Month: October 2006

LORL Loral Space & Communications Inc. will sell $300 million of stock to its largest shareholder, MHR Fund Management LLC, Loral announced Oct. 17. The proceeds, combined with existing resources,...

Galileo is one of the most ambitious space projects ever undertaken in Europe, as a partnership between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Commission (EC) works to bring...

External Tanks May Delay Some Shuttle Launches NASA officials are considering a proposal to delay some space shuttle launches by weeks, because of timetables for the external fuel tanks, a...

An infrared satellite will provide the United States with early warning of enemy satellite launches, Raytheon Co. [RTN] reported. The satellite will have a sensor with a focal plane array...

Loral Space & Communications Inc. [LORL] entered a deal to sell securities to affiliates of MHR Fund Management LLC, Loral’s largest shareholder, The MHR entities will buy $300 million worth...

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is nearer to its next phase of testing with the recent arrival of THAAD equipment at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF)...

The Air Force gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $1.067 billion contract for up to three more Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS), if all options are exercised, Boeing announced. Signing the...

A ballistic missile defense shield test went well, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. Integrated Ground Test 01 (GTI-01), a test of hardware, software, and communications interfaces of the Ballistic...

Digital+, the Spanish pay-TV operator, has seen very slow subscriber growth in the last quarter, although it did reach an important milestone by surpassing 2 million subscribers. Sogecable, the owners...

Outlays To Reach $15 Billion Peak In Fiscal 2016 U.S. spending on ballistic missile defense should average about $10 billion per year, with a possibility the annual outlays might be...