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Starchaser Industries was awarded a study contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) for the detailed assessment of the company’s Thunderstar/Starchaser 5A space tourism reusable launch vehicle, Starchaser announced Jan. […]

Norsat International Inc. has issued 1 million common shares of stock and nearly 533,000 non-transferable common share purchase warrants in connection with its Employee Share Ownership Plan that was unveiled […]

Inspired as a response to rumors of a potential merger between XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, law students at George Washington University have created a consumer advocacy group […]

DirecTV and EchoStar jostled for attention and headlines throughout the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, as the two direct-to-home (DTH) providers unveiled a variety of new […]

More money is needed for defense programs than the present federal top line budget will provide, and that need should dictate raising more revenues in taxes, the new chairman of […]

President Bush recently signed an Executive Order (EO) establishing the nation’s first Aeronautics Research and Development Policy. That EO was accompanied by release of a supporting policy document developed by […]

The Navy gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $654.9 million contract to for system support for Trident II D5 fleet ballistic missiles in the current fiscal year 2007 ending Sept. […]

General Dynamics Corp. [GD] received a $424.5 million contract from the Spanish Army for Long Range (LR) SPIKE Missile Systems. General Dynamics Santa Barbara Sistemas, the prime contractor, has an […]

The Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system successfully passed a system critical design review (CDR) as the Air Force authorized the program to proceed toward a December 2008 launch, The […]

Arianspace received the Skynet 5A military communications satellite for the first Ariane 5 launch mission this year, the company announced. The satellite arrived in French Guiana this week, with the […]

New satellite operator ProtoStar has chosen Arianespace to launch the DTH satellite ProtoStar I. Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall announced the award during his annual January press conference, saying that […]

NASA chose for concept study development two proposals for future robotic missions to Mars. These missions would increase understanding of Mars’ atmosphere, climate and potential habitability in greater detail than […]

The Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system has achieved “tremendous success” in the past year, Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry “Trey” Obering, director of the Missile Defense Agency […]

NASA can’t expect any huge funding increases, and instead will have to find areas to cut and ways to perform the space mission with more intelligence and efficiency, NASA Administrator […]

Sen. Levin Urges Slowing Major BMD Programs, While Stressing Others Congress should slow and stretch out programs to create a multi-layered ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield, while emphasizing instead programs […]

The Skynet 5A military telecommunications satellite has been delivered to French Guiana in advance of its launch aboard an Arianespace Ariane 5 in late February. Skynet, scheduled to be launched […]

Virgin America will offer EchoStar Communications Corp.’s Dish Network on all flights, the airline announced Jan. 12. Pending government approval, the airline hopes to introduce domestic service this spring. The […]

Ondas Media, a European satellite media company, has signed a deal with Dutch broadcaster Talpa Radio B.V as Ondas looks to build its satellite radio business in Europe. Talpa Radio […]

Interstate Electronics Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications Corp., has been awarded a pre-production contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for 3-dimensional locators using Integrated GPS […]

Set-top box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology named Stuart Hall as its new CFO. Hall will join Pace in April, succeeding David Brocksom. Damien Wilkinson, Pace’s group financial controller, will head […]

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C7, lofted four satellites into orbit Jan. 10. The 10th PSLV mission placed India’s Cartosat-2 and Space Capsule Recovery Experiment […]

Harris Corp. completed Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal Prototype Testing on its tri-band ship antenna and associated RF components five months ahead of schedule, the company announced […]

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) will provide a data reception and transmission subsystem that will be used in an advanced solution for two Yamal-300 satellites for Russian operator Gascom. […]

Thales was awarded a contract to supply NATO with an electronic protective measures modem system to support satellite communications and associated control capabilities. The system is intended to reinforce the […]

RAMTelecom Inc. and SkyPort International Inc. have formed a strategic alliance to serve the North American market, the companies announced Jan. 10. SkyPort’s Houston-based network operations center and RamTelecom’s Ottawa-based […]

Joslyn Read has joined SES New Skies as vice president for regulatory affairs in the company’s Washington, D.C., office. Read previously served as head of regulatory affairs for Hughes Network […]

With an 18 percent increase in subscribers during the 2006 fourth quarter over the same period in 2005, Hughes Network Systems LLC reported that residential subscriptions to its HughesNet service […]

SkyTerra Communications Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of BCE Inc.’s stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), SkyTerra announced Jan. 8.   SkyTerra issued about 22.5 million shares of […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. introduced a mobile TV package Jan. 8. The MobileDish in-car satellite service uses a roof rack-mounted RaySat antenna to provide EchoStar’s Dish Network to customers in vehicles. […]