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Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] is poised to compete for some $8 billion or more annually in work that NASA will award in coming years, including the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) […]

By Dave Ahearn The U.S. space program is fraught with funding and safety questions, according to a report to Congress by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. NASA, as it attempts […]

NASA announced today that once again it will delay the troubled launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis because of bad weather, putting it off into next month at least, with a […]

Lockheed Martin is poised to compete for some $8 billion or more annually in work that NASA will award in coming years, including the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program, the […]

BA The story of the Iridium satellite telephone service provides a blueprint for savvy investors who may want to rescue Boeing Co.‘s Connexion satellite Internet service by capitalizing on the […]

With no breakthroughs in space propulsion or rocket design likely in the near future, a new family of launch vehicles developed for military payloads should satisfy all projected national security […]

VSAT systems have established themselves as a technology ideally suited to corporate networking, enabling a new tier of users to take advantage of the enhanced flexibility the platforms offer. But […]

Intelsat announced that Station 53, supplier of integrated communications services to luxury yachts, has signed a multi-year agreement to provide voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), data and Internet service through […]

Home2US Communications, which launched a pay-TV platform via satellite in North America that caters to a variety of ethnic markets, hopes to eventually get somewhere between 1 and 2 million […]

With the market for mobile TV "finally gaining momentum," IMS Research is predicting strong growth for the sector throughout the next several years. IMS forecasts that by the end of […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. delivered the Nextsat Commodities Spacecraft for Boeing Co.’s Orbital Express, Ball announced. The satellite, being developed for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), […]

Assurance Technology Corporation received a contract from NASA, in coordination with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to provide an instrument for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program, […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) won another in a series of patents issued to the company for its advanced Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) technology. The U.S. Patent Office awarded MSV a […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide a Skyedge broadband satellite hub station and VSAT terminals to Empresa Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones (Enitel), Gilat announced. Enitel will use the system to provide […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued new grants of authority for three XM radios with FM transmitters, XM Satellite Radio announced Aug. 25. The certification means that three of […]

The merger of Sky Brasil and DirecTV Brasil has been completed and DirecTV Group Inc. has acquired the interests of News Corp. and Liberty Media in Sky Brasil, DirecTV Group […]

SAT Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc., delivered a SAT-DSA spectrum analyzer to the London Satellite Exchange (LSE). Designed to provide satellite signal monitoring and interference detection, SAT-DSA […]

Boeing Co. has announced that the third of three Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) built for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed testing designed to […]

KVH Industries launched a new Tracvision A7 mobile satellite TV system that will allow passengers across the continental United States to gain in-motion reception of up to 185 channels of […]

Comtech Telecommunications received a contract to supply satellite-based position and location equipment to the Iraqi Army and security forces, the company announced. Under the $1.7 million contract, Comtech’s Maryland-based subsidiary, […]

Alliant Techsystems received a five-year, $22 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop automated-composite technologies designed to reduce the manufacturing costs and increase the performance […]

Asiasat recorded revenues of HK $475 million ($61 million) in the first half of 2006, the company reported. The figure was up from revenues in the first half of 2005 […]

Korean Air will ask Boeing to reimburse the airline about $12 million to cover the cost of installing equipment to provide Boeing’s Connnexion satellite Internet service, The Korea Times reported […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. named Carl Marchetto as executive vice president and general manager of Space Systems effective in early September, the company announced Aug. 23. Formerly corporate senior vice president […]

Verso Technologies and Shiron Satellite Communications Ltd. announced the completion of interoperability tests between Verso and the Shiron Intersky 2-Way Satellite IP Broadband platform. The companies also announced their joint […]

The first launch of a U.S. Air Force GPS Block 2F satellite has slipped from November to possibly January 2009, the U.S. Department of Defense said. The delay was revealed […]

Telenor Satellite Services has purchased the satellite communications activities of Norse Technology AS and acquired the majority of stock in Norway-based Norse Electronics AS, Telenor announced Aug. 23. Norse Electronics […]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas denied without comment Aug. 22 a request by Echostar Communications Corp. to delay a lower court order that could force Echostar to stop rebroadcasting […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Aug. 21 that its Tempe, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a satellite communications equipment order for $2.8 million from an unnamed systems integrator. The […]

SES Americom announced Aug. 21 that Comcast, Bresnan Communications, Brighthouse Networks, and Metrocast are among the first U.S.-based cable multiple system operators (MSO) to participate in a triple-feed antenna program […]