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Swe-Dish Satellite Systems introduced a new concept by combining two of the company’s products available on the market. The Two-In-One concept consists of the new FA150K Lite and the compact […]

SAT Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc announced April 24 that it has delivered an additional MonicsNet Satellite Carrier Monitoring site to SES Astra, thereby extending their […]

Alcatel Alenia Space will manufacture the AMC-21 satellite for SES Americom, which will broadcast programming for PBS (Public Broadcasting Service) affiliated television stations throughout the United States and the Caribbean […]

XTAR Llc, a joint venture between Loral Space & Communications and Hisdesat, announced April 24 that the second component of its X-band satellite network, XTAR-LANT, has completed in-orbit testing and […]

XM Satellite Radio unveiled its plans to raise $800 million through a pair of debt offerings and also announced a contract that will return shock jocks Opie & Anthony to […]

XM Canada signed a multiyear distribution agreement with Harley-Davidson motorcycles, XM Canada announced April 21. Under the deal, select motorcycles will offer XM Canada as a pre-installed service. Harley-Davidson currently […]

Newtec unveiled a product offering for transmitting IP data over DVB-S2 satellite links, the company announced. The new concept expands the existing Azimuth family of DVB-S and DVB-S2 modulators, demodulators […]

GeoEye, announced April 21 the appointment of Paolo E. Colombi as vice president of International Sales. Colombi has more than 25 years of experience in sales, operations and international management […]

Raytheon Company named Chuck Enoch vice president of space systems for the company’s Intelligence and Information Systems (IIS) business in Aurora, Colo. In his new position, Enoch will lead the […]

ITT named Chris Young as president and general manager of its Space Systems Division on April 18. Previously, Young served as vice president and director for the divisions commercial & […]

Honeywell International Inc., Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded an $8.2 million cost plus fixed fee and firm fixed price contract. The effort, awarded as a result of Broad Agency Announcement […]

NASA has authorized a contract action having a maximum value of $28.6 million with ATK Thiokol of Brigham City, Utah, to continue design and development of the first stage for […]

NASA has selected Honeywell Technology Solutions, Columbia, Md., to provide supplier assurance services to various agency programs and projects. The services primarily consist of systems safety and mission assurance oversight […]

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to award a sole source contract to Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., for cooperative development of the Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IIA Missile […]

The Air Force intends on issuing a request for proposal (RFP) to provide launch support services for the 576th Flight Test Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. These services […]

The Missile Defense Agency intends to issue a sole source contract to Vanguard Research, Inc., for scientific, engineering, and technical assistance for ballistic missile defense simulation, architectures, evaluation of sensors, […]

BY SCOTT NANCE Bell Helicopter Inc. has a plan to be the top provider of vertical-lift unmanned aerial vehicles, regardless of the mishap experienced this month by one such drone, […]

A Lockheed Martin team successfully launched a scientific payload April 13 for the Missile Defense Agency’s (MDA’s) Critical Measurements/Countermeasures Program. Lockheed Martin leads the Targets and Countermeasures industry team, which […]

BY RICHARD MULLEN An advanced communications satellite that Lockheed Martin Corp. is producing for the Pentagon has passed a significant test of physical durability, the company said. The Advanced Extremely […]

The Astra-1KR telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES Astra of Betzdorf, Luxembourg, was launched successfully Thursday from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle […]

Iridium Satellite LLC, the global supplier of mobile satellite communications services, announced that Carmen Lloyd, CEO, is retiring from the company. The Board of Iridium Holdings LLC, the holding company […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) announced last week their scramjet experiment performed in Australia last month experienced problems after the rocket’s nose cone failed to jettison. The scramjet experiment […]

GeoEye, a U.S.-based satellite imagery company, announced last week its partner European Space Imaging (EUSI) received an additional contract from the European Commission to supply OrbView-3 high-resolution map-accurate imagery. The […]

The first MetOp meteorological satellite arrived at its launch site last week, the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, following shipment from EADS Astrium in Toulouse, on board an Antonov-124 transport plane. […]

BY RICHARD MULLEN A satellite system for monitoring the Earth’s climate and weather patterns probably is safe from congressional budget cutters because it will provide vital information, both defense-related and […]

BY RICHARD MULLEN A satellite system for monitoring the Earth’s climate and weather patterns probably is safe from congressional budget cutters because it will provide vital information, both defense-related and […]

The launch of Digitalglobe’s next-generation Worldview 1 commercial imagery satellite has slipped by an estimated six months to mid 2007 but is not expected to create a gap in coverage, […]

ORB Orbital Sciences Corp. reported a profit of $8.8 million on its 2006 first quarter on revenues of $192.1 million, the company announced April 20. In the same period in […]

Intelsat has high hopes for its new satellite-based, open-architecture content delivery and management service, which the company unveiled April 12. Intelsat is targeting telcos who wish to enter the Internet […]

British scientists discovered rivers flowing under the Antarctica ice shelf by examining small changes in elevation using data collected by a European Space Agency (ESA) satellite. The team found anomalies […]