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Sea Launch is reviewing the safety of an engine used in its Zenit-3SL rocket that is similar to an engine that failed on a Proton rocket launch in late 2002....

A technical problem caused Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force to delay the planned launch Monday of the defense satellite communications system (DSCS) spacecraft, DSCS III A3, aboard...

For three decades, satellite communications systems have played a key role in international and long-distance telecommunications services. This role, however, has been largely that of a support facility rather than...

European Space Agency (ESA) director general Antonio Rodota told SATELLITE TODAY that the delay in the Rosetta mission was necessary despite the costs. “The costs could be in the range...

Space Imaging has laid off 65 of its 370 employees in a restructuring aimed at realigning its business model. The company’s board of directors approved the cuts and plans to...

Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has downgraded Telesat Canada‘s debt rating. S&P analyst Barbara Komjathy said the company’s biggest challenge is excess capacity on satellite and fiber-optic networks, which could...

Epicus, a subsidiary of Phoenix International Industries [OTCBB:PHXU], has signed a comprehensive joint sales and marketing agreement with Satellite Solutions, a DirecTV reseller. The agreement enables Epicus (West Palm Beach,...

X-Prize organizers renewed their commitment to the competition that will offer $10 million for the first private sector team to fly 100 kilometers or 62 miles to space, return to...

ViaSat [Nasdaq: VSAT] has received a delivery order from ARINC for initial production quantities of SKYLink airborne integrated satellite communications terminals. The contract includes delivery of terminals for corporate jets...

Alexis Livanos is leaving his position as an executive vice president of Boeing’s [NYSE: BA] Boeing Satellite Systems division to join Northop Grumman [NYSE: NOC]. In his post as vice...