Month: September 2008

[Satellite News 09-08-08] WildBlue Communications Inc. will use $50 million in equity financing secured Sept. 3 to boost customer services and not to pay debt.     WildBlue had to state...

[Satellite Today 09-08-08] Eutelsat Communications CEO Giuliano Berretta admits one of the key challenges facing the company is gaining access to space. Eutelsat has signed a number of launch contracts...

Report Adds To Disputes Over Funding For Multiple Missile Defense Programs The Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) system was praised as a useful asset ready to take on missile threats...

The Jules Verne cargo spacecraft built for the European Space Agency (ESA) undocked from the International Space Station, the ESA announced. That Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is a disposable craft,...

The European Space Agency (ESA) spacecraft Rosetta took a close look at an asteroid called Steins, which floats in the asteroid belt, ESA announced. Rosetta approached asteroid 2867 Steins, coming...

The W5 satellite has lost power generation by one of its two solar panels, maker Thales Alenia Space announced. Operated by Eutelsat Communications, the W5 power loss occurred June 16,...

Space Shuttles Atlantis, Endeavour Will Launch Two Days Later On Weather Problems Atlantis To Lift Off At 12:33 A.M. Oct. 10; Endeavour To Fly At 8:43 P.M. ET Nov. 12...

Intelsat Chooses Orbital Sciences To Build Satellite Intelsat Ltd. selected Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] to design, build and deliver the Intelsat-18 (IS-18) commercial communications satellite. The satellite will be based...

The third Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite is undergoing extensive tests, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Those tests in a thermal-vacuum chamber were completed in record time, Boeing stated, thanks...

[Satellite Today 09-08-08] ViaSat has received a $50 million contract award from Skylogic, the broadband subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications, to provide ground infrastructure for the Ka-Sat satellite system, ViaSat announced...