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El Segundo, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), founded by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, has successfully test fired the company’s Falcon rocket main engine. “Satellites and spacecraft urgently need a more...

The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granted Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] a patent for a ceramic rocket nozzle throat for solid rocket motors. The new ceramic material promises...

Inmarsat, a London-basedprovider of global mobile communications via satellite, reported increases in revenues, profits and earnings per share last year compared with 2001. Revenues rose 5 percent to $463 million;...

The Satellite Broadcasting and Communications Association (SBCA) has named Angela Hearn as marketing manager and Heidi Sann as communications and marketing coordinator. Hearn, who joined SBCA in 2001, will be...

Annual sales revenues from commercial applications of Europe’s planned Galileo satellite navigation service could reach 400 million euros ($425 million) by 2015, according to Hispasat CEO Jacinto Garcia Palacios. When...

The U.S. State Department has selected Space Imaging‘s Geobook geographic information systems (GIS) product for use by the department’s “future of Iraq” project. The working groups will use Geobook for...

With the imminent launch of AsiaSat 4 in the next few weeks, AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson admitted that the main challenge for the operator in 2003 would be to sell...

Inmarsat is moving one of its five in-orbit spare satellites over the Middle East to meet the rising demand for communications in that region of the world. The move is...

DirecTV Latin America, a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based subsidiary of Hughes Electronics [NYSE: GMH],has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The filing applies only to DirecTV Latin America and not its...

Orbis Telecom has launched voice over IP (VoIP) services based on its CosmoCall Universe platform, which uses satellite communications links. The CosmoCall Universe servers in Florida can route calls via...