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AT&T will market’s broadband satellite Internet access provided by Wildblue Communications Inc. under a non-exclusive agreement, Wildblue announced May 9. Wildblue will provide equipment management, installation and distribution services for […]

LogicaCMG will develop facilities that will help provide security for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation program, the company announced May 8. Under three development contracts valued at a combined 20 million […]

SES Global reported revenues of 329 million euros ($418.8 million) in the first quarter of 2006, up 13 percent from revenues of 290 million euros ($369.2 million) in the first […]

Gilat Satellite Networks won a key remote education contract in Latin America, as the VSAT provider was selected by Integradores de Tecnologia to provide an 8,500-site Skyedge network that will […]

Lockheed Martin received one of four contracts from the U.S. Air Force to develop concepts for a hybrid launch vehicle with a reusable first-stage booster and an expendable upper state, […]

The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) granted full certification to the SC-9a X-band satellite communications thermal manufactured by Globecomm Systems Inc., the company announced May 5.

Sea Launch Co. revealed that it signed a contract in November to place the Echostar 11 satellite in orbit for Echostar Communications Corp. The satellite, being manufactured by Space Systems/Loral, […]

The Navy gave Raytheon Co. a $142 million contract to produce Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) assets. Raytheon will provide 75 Block IIIB missiles, 80 Block IIIB conversion kits, telemeters, spare parts, […]

The space shuttle Discovery will be moved out of its hangar at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., Friday, NASA announced. This move comes as Discovery is poised to launch on […]

Sea Launch signed a firm launch contract with Intelsat to loft a satellite into orbit next year. The company will loft the Intelsat Americas-9 (IA-9) spacecraft sometime between October-December 2007, […]

Sea Launch Co. has signed a firm contract to launch the the EchoStar XI Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) in 2007, The Boeing Co. announced. That contract, signed with EchoStar Communications […]

The board of Raytheon Co., one of the top missile makers on the planet and the fifth-largest defense contractor, criticized its chairman and CEO, William Swanson, over his role in […]

The Army gave Lockheed Martin Corp. a $379 million contract for 112 Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles, the company announced. The contract also includes launcher modification kits, program management and […]

NASA isn’t able to pay for its existing and planned programs, a new congressionally mandated study concludes. Focusing on NASA space and earth science programs, for example, the study found […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is pursuing several novel all- weather sensors that hold the promise of dramatically reducing the time it takes to detect the launch of a ballistic […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. delivered components for the first geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite in the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the missile warning system, according to the company. The software will provide […]

The Air Force selected Lockheed Martin Corp. to advance the Hybrid Launch Vehicle (HLV) program. Lockheed received a $2.5 million contract for work on the HLV studies and analysis program. […]

The L-3 Narda Satellite Networks unit received the indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity firm fixed price pact, calling for it to provide about 174 Ground Multi-Band Terminals (GMTs), including spares […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chopped a total $183.5 million from President Bush’s budget proposal for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). That came as the panel moved to authorize […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) chopped a total $183.5 million from President Bush’s budget proposal for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). That came as the panel moved to authorize […]

High-end, expensive satellite news gathering (SNG) trucks are facing stiff low-cost competition these days, as satellite service providers and equipment manufacturers market faster, better, and cheaper solutions. In doing so, […]

The European Space Agency, in collaboration with the Ramsar Convention Secretariat, created GlobWetland products and services. This offering uses satellite imagery to provide detailed wide-area views of individual wetlands. GlobWetland […]

Eutelsat‘s results have been met with favourable results by analysts who believe the company has performed strongly in recent periods. The operator reported revenues of 590 million euros ($745.2 million) […]

Ka-band, long struggling to attract a market, looks to be attracting new customers thanks to a growing menu of services. Applications enterprise and government high-speed data services to consumer two-way […]

SES Astra has signed a long-term satellite capacity agreement with Discovery Communications to broadcast XXP, a German-based mainstream entertainment channel. XXP has been using analogue capacity from Astra on the […]

England’s FA Premier League split the broadcasting rights for its game between BSkyB and Setanta Sports, the league and broadcasters announced May 5. BSkyB, which had its monopoly broadcast rights […]

NASA‘s Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (Stereo) spacecraft arrived May 4 at Astrotech, a payload processing facility near Kennedy Space Center in Florida, to begin preparations and final testing for launch. […]

Los Alamos National Laboratory has received funding for a new space payload to increase on-orbit computational capabilities. The project is jointly sponsored by the National Nuclear Security Administration‘s (NNSA) Office […]

Intermap Technologies Corp. announced May 4 that it has been awarded a $1.6 million contract to provide elevation and geospatial data from the company’s NextmMap USA and Nextmap International data […]