Month: October 2006

Telenor announced Oct. 25 it is selling its Telenor Satellite Services (TSS) unit to Apax Partners France for $400 million in cash. Telenor had been shopping its satellite communications unit...

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...

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...

NASA and the Russian Federal Space Agency have named two astronauts and two cosmonauts to the next International Space Station crew, known as Expedition 15. Astronauts Clayton Anderson and Daniel...

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin tomorrow will announce his decision on whether a space shuttle will be dispatched on a mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope and keep it functioning....

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to conduct investigations into the operations of each Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, the NAB...

Orbital Sciences Corp. reported a profit of $8.6 million on revenues of $197.7 million in the 2006 third quarter, the company announced Oct. 27. In the 2005 third quarter, Orbital...

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 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....

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...