Month: October 2006

While the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has done a “reasonable” job of ensuring safety of paying passengers on commercial flights into space, Congress should decide whether the FAA should begin...

Cerona Networks Corp., a Maryland-based manufacturer of satellite communications ground equipment, has added John Baras to its board, the company announced Oct. 27. Baras holds a joint appointment as professor...

Alcatel Alenia Space will develop on-board and ground segment equipment for the Laser Interferometry Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder mission, the company announced Oct. 25. The LISA Pathfinder will provide in-orbit...

The combination of the Kudelski Group and OpenTV should create a much stronger force in the satellite pay-TV and other markets, as Kudelski gained control of OpenTV in a deal...

Northrop Grumman has a handle on cost overruns that have plagued the National Polar-orbiting Observational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), and the program can be completed for $11.5 billion, an official...

BA Charges related to the shut down of the Connexion satellite Internet unit pushed Boeing Co.‘s profit lower in the 2006 third quarter, the company announced Oct. 25. Boeing posted...

Responding to complaints from a pair of investors, Loral Space & Communications Inc. and its largest shareholder will consider alternatives to a recent equity financing deal. Loral asked MHR Fund...

ViaSat Inc. received a $12 million delivery order from Arinc for extra production quantities of its Skylink Airborne Integrated Satellite Communication Terminal, ViaSat announced Oct. 27. The Skylink system is...

It’s not difficult to understand the literal and figurative gravity involved with trying to summit Mount Everest. On average, about 10 percent of those annually attempting it are killed, and...

The European polar-orbiting satellite Metop-A delivered its first images Oct. 25, the first day the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) was operational....