Month: May 2007

DataPath, Inc. has joined the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) as an executive member. The company provides satellite and wireless communications networks around the world. SIA is a U.S.-based trade association...

The announcement that Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) will manufacture the NSS-12 spacecraft for SES New Skies came as small but further indication of the overall health of SS/L’s parent company just...

The Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system successfully found and tracked a target that resembled an enemy missile rising in a launch, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced....

Massive cuts to the Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) program would cripple or eliminate the ABL program, its three contractors said in a joint statement. The companies, along...

ABL Passes Another Test; Further Funds Restoration Sought House lawmakers provided a reprieve that averted death for the Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) program, while also lifting the...

Boeing Co. demonstrated a fully autonomous, free-flight rendezvous and capture operation, while Northrop Grumman Corp. conducted multiple fluid transfers between two space vehicles using the Orbital Express system, the companies...

Yousuf Al Sayed, CEO of Thuraya, confirmed reports that his company will keep the launch of the Thuraya-3 satellite with Sea Launch despite delays stemming from a January failure. Thuraya-3...

EchoStar Communications Corp. reported total revenue of $2.6 billion in the 2007 first quarter, up 15 percent from the same period a year ago, the company announced May 10. Net...

Video applications drove a 10 percent increase in Eutelsat’s 2007 third-quarter revenues, the company announced May 10. Eutelsat posted revenues of 205.7 million euros ($278.6 million) in the quarter, which...