Month: May 2007

Walter “Wally” Schirra, an adventurous astronaut on pioneering 1960s space missions and a veteran CBS News space commentator in the days of anchorman Walter Cronkite, died of natural causes last...

After Delay, Two Satellites Are Launched On Heavy-Lift Ariane 5-ECA An Ariane 5 rocket lofted two satellites into orbit in a weekend launch that initially was delayed by high-altitude winds,...

ABL Loses $400 Million, Euro Site $160 Million; But Rescue In Works The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) strategic forces subcommittee cut $764 million, or 8.6 percent, from the total...

A Republican Florida congressman lost his bid to eliminate a proposed $500 million cut in NASA funding in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, compared to the current fiscal...

A mushrooming, proliferating and increasing longer-range missile threat in the Middle East shows the rising danger facing the United States and the rest of the world as terrorists and rogue...

The Air Force completed the system design review (SDR) of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT). That paves the way for selection of the TSAT space-segment contractor before the end...

India will be one of the biggest markets for satellite pay-TV services throughout the next few years. Dish TV, backed by Zee Telefilms, already is seeing strong growth in this...

[5/04/07] Andrew Corp. plans to sell its satellite communications business, which contributed 6 percent of the company’s revenues in the 2007 second quarter, Andrew announced May 3.  Andrew lost $2...

Terrestar Global Ltd. has signed a letter of intent with the Government of Bermuda to place its operations facilities in Bermuda, Terrestar announced May 3. TerreStar, a subsidiary of Motient...

DirecTV Inc. has made its portable system available for subscribers, the company announced May 3. The Sat-Go is available to DirecTV customers for $1,499, but nationwide retail availability has not...