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Eutelsat Communications announced Oct. 2 that its Hotbird-3 satellite will begin operations from its new orbital slot at 10 degrees East before the end of October. The satellite, renamed Eurobird-10, […]

Globalstar Inc. is planning an initial public offering of 6.5 million shares priced at between $16 per share and $18 per share, the company said in an Oct. 2 filing […]

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission granted anti-trust clearance to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture that will combine the government launch operations of Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin […]

Intelsat Oct. 2 announced the promotion of Linda Kokal to senior vice president and treasurer. Kokal’s areas of responsibility and oversight include treasury, risk management, financial planning and analysis. She […]

The Union Cabinet approved the design, development and launch of the Gsat-8/Insat-4G communications satellite, the government of India announced Sept. 29. The spacecraft, which is scheduled to be in service […]

Alcatel Alenia Space received a contract from prime contractor EADS Space to provide the main instrument for the Cryosat-2 spacecraft, Alcatel announced Oct. 2. CryoSat-2, scheduled to be launched in […]

Boeing Co. announced that its team building the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system has selected a vendor for the optical sensor that will fly aboard the Pathfinder spacecraft. Boeing […]

Eumetsat announced Oct. 2 that the planned launch of the MetOp satellite would be delayed again after the spacecraft and the launch vehicle’s upper stage experienced a slight mechanical shock. […]

Retail sales of satellite radios continue to be sluggish, and a general lighter trend in retail traffic suggest that “should this trend continue into mid-October, it may very well be […]

A Navy Tomahawk cruise missile was launched from a submarine in the Atlantic and flew its intended course to terminate at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., the Navy announced. The […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] successfully conducted a guided test flight of its Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) against a reinforced urban structure (RUS). The test was conducted at Eglin Air […]

The Soyuz spacecraft that launched Sept. 18 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan, according to NASA. That brought to an end a mission carrying a […]

Export controls cause U.S.-based satellite companies to lose business to non-U.S. firms, according to experts at a recent symposium. “There was a clear consensus among speakers and participants that these […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] completed Spacecraft Thermal Vacuum (SCTV) testing for the first of its Wideband Gapfiller Satellites (WGS), the company announced. The tests, conducted at the Boeing Satellite Development […]

The Mars rover Opportunity has moved to the edge of a giant crater, NASA announced. Rovers Opportunity and Spirit, which only were supposed to work briefly after landing on the […]

Progress has been achieved in several areas in developing the Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system, according to a briefing held by The Boeing Co. [BA]. The company […]

While questions may hang over the multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense program, it nonetheless is leagues ahead of any U.S. cruise missile defense effort, experts said at a symposium on […]

U.S. military forces have lost much of their emergency production reserve for weapons platforms that might be required if a major conflict erupted, because a significant chunk of the commercial […]

The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R), which already has seen its price tag soar to $11.4 billion from $6.2 billion, stands in danger of seeing further cost increases, missed […]

An arbitrator denied XM Satellite Radio’s request to recover 20 percent of the value of two Boeing-built satellites, XM announced in a Sept. 27 filing with the U.S. Securities and […]

SATTEL The stock of Shin Satellite Corp. has yet to recover from the drop it took in the aftermath of the military coup in Thailand. The exchange was closed Sept. […]

The satellite manufacturing landscape remains a tough place to do business, with a host of manufacturers still competing for relatively few orders. Despite the intense competition, EADS Astrium remains one […]

If only the airlines managed passengers’ luggage so reliably: The wireless Precision Airdrop System (PADS) — developed by Reston, Va.-based Planning Systems Inc. — is proving to be a soaring […]

Rocketplane Kistler and Andrews Space Inc. have entered into a strategic relationship to work on NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, the companies announced Sept. 28. Rocketplane Kistler and […]

Word of the Sept. 21 anomaly which rendered Intelsat Ltd.’s IS-802 satellite useless to customers in the Eastern Hemisphere has raised renewed concern about whether poor design is to blame […]

Dahl-Morrow International (DMI), an executive-recruitment firm for the satellite, security, telecommunications and information-technology industries, has opened a London-area office, according to a company statement. With more than 15 years of […]

EADS Astrium, the European satellite manufacturer, is enjoying a strong 2006 based on winning high-profile satellite contracts from operators, including Arabsat and Eutelsat among others. Antoine Bouvier, EADS Astrium’s CEO, […]

Agents from Iran’s state security force last week climbed rooftops in western Tehran to confiscate satellite dishes, which are banned in Islamic Iran. According to a report by Iran Focus […]

Canada-based Bulldog Technologies, which combined cellular and satellite technologies in a unique cargo-tracking system, was reportedly forced to shut its doors last weekend. As first reported Sept. 29 in sister […]