Sea Launch Wins Spaceway 3 Contract
Sea Launch received a firm contract award from Hughes Network Systems LLC to launch the Spaceway 3 satellite in early 2007 aboard a Zenit 3SL rocket, the companies announced Dec....
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ATK Receives NASA Contract To Develop Crew Launch Vehicle
ATK has been named the prime contractor to design, develop, test and evaluate the first stage propulsion system for NASA‘s next-generation crew launch vehicle, ATK announced. The first stage will...
JAXA Sets February Launch Date For MTSat-2
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Rocket System Corp. plan to launch the Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSat-2) Feb. 15. The satellite will be lofted into orbit aboard an...
ESA Approves Budget, European Launch Policy
Members of the European Space Agency (ESA) approved a budget for 2006 through 2008 that includes a new earth observation program, ESA announced Dec. 6. The Global Monitoring for Environment...
BGAN Service Officially Launches
The major Inmarsat service providers – France Telecom Mobile Satellite Telecommunications, Stratos Global Corp., Telenor Satellite Services and Xantic – announced separately Dec. 7 the commercial availability of Inmarsat’s Broadband...
Globalstar Receives Approval To Launch Spare Satellites
Globalstar said Dec. 7 it received approval from the U.S. State Department to proceed with plans to launch up to eight spare satellites, with the first launch expected to occur...
Eutelsat Signs Morocco Broadcaster Deal
Eutelsat signed a deal with Morocco’s national public broadcaster, Société Nationale de Radio et de Télévision Marocaine (SNRT), to broadcast six television channels and four radio stations using Eutelsat’s Hot...
Scientific Games Taps Spacenet For VSAT Solution
Spacenet Inc. said Dec. 5 that Scientific Games International Inc. (SGI) has selected Spacenet to provide 3,000 Skystar Advantage VSAT terminals for state lottery networks in Colorado, Pennsylvania, North Dakota...
Worldspace Reaches 100,000 Subscribers
Satellite radio services provider Worldspace Inc. announced Dec. 7 it surpassed 100,000 subscribers globally. During 2005, Worldspace has rolled out service in nine cities in India, which has enabled the...
Ball Aerospace Completes NPP Instrument Verification And Test
Ball Aerospace said Dec. 6 it completed the integration of the engineering models for three of the instruments scheduled to fly on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory...