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Radyne Comstream announced June 3 it changed its name to Radyne Corp. and adopted a simplified brand strategy. The company will manufacture and sell satellite and microwave communications equipment using...

New Zealand pay-television operator Sky Network Television Ltd. said June 3 it has developed a plan to secure access to a back-up satellite in the event that its current satellite,...

Lockheed Martin and Aerojet conducted the second test firing of the Atlas 5 upgraded Block B solid rocket booster (SRB). The test firing was performed late last month at Edwards...

Saunders Kramer passed away May 30 in Washington, D.C., after complications following heart surgery. He was 84. Kramer, while working at Lockheed Missiles and Space in the late 1950s, was...

With Mexican satellite operator Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V.‘s (Satmex) facing numerous questions about its future, a group of the company’s creditors filed an involuntary Chapter 11 petition against Satmex...

Loral Space & Communications Ltd. moved a step closer to emerging from bankruptcy when the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York approved, June 1, the company’s...

Tracking people using GPS technology, particularly paroled felons, is gaining media attention. Now GPS Tracks LLC is applying that concept to help people keep track of something a bit closer...

While market conditions continue to be tough for satellite manufacturers, Alcatel Space CEO Pascale Sourisse is confident the company’s prospects for revenue growth prospects will remain strong. Whether it is...

The biggest news affecting a publicly-traded company in the past five business days leading up to this issue’s June 3 publication was the launch of an investigation of Orbital Sciences...

G2 Satellite Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Panamsat that focuses on providing communications solutions to the U.S. government, announced June 1 the launch of a new global managed network service...