Orbiter Atlantis Returns From Successful Mission
Mission control specialists were all smiles as the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis touched down at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., Sept. 20 at 3:56 a.m. EDT bringing the STS- 106...
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The Commercial Earth Imaging Satellite Market Is Pegged For Conservative Growth
Some industry analysts concur that the next decade will yield minor growth for business ventures within the remote sensing industry. According to the Teal Group‘s study The Commercial Earth Imaging...
Money, Management Are Key To Avoiding NASA Failures, House Panel Hears
In addition to management reorganization efforts that are under way, future NASA space science projects simply will need more money if they are to avoid failures like the ones that...
Raytheon Completes Trials; Navy Precision Landing System Takes Off
Project managers for Raytheon Systems Co. [RTNA] were all smiles recently when they completed successfully shore-based flight trials of a technology demonstrator designed for the shipboard version of the Joint...
Military, Commercial Communications Officials Seek Common Ground
Even though commercial satellite communications systems are projected to handle an increasing amount of the U.S. military bandwidth requirements in the coming decade, success for these systems will lie in...
RLV Rules Released; Industry Leaders View Guidelines As Positive Step
Industry leaders within the reusable launch vehicle (RLV) sector received a boost from the U.S. government Sept. 19 when the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) released the final rules and regulations...
Globalstar Secures An Additional $105 Million In Financing
In another shrewd financing move by Globalstar Telecommunications Ltd. [GSTRF], the company has secured an additional $105 million. The company earlier this week (Sept. 19) announced that it has entered...
Orbcomm Woes Likely To Not Have A Dramatic Effect On Orbital
It seems like Wall Street was ready for Orbcomm’s filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection, at least in terms of how it affected one of its parent companies – Orbital...
ACeS's Garuda 1 Satellite Capacity Appears Limited By Antenna 'Anomaly'
The calling capacity of the Asia Cellular Satellite’s Garuda 1 mobile services satellite “is likely to be limited by an antenna-related anomaly discovered…during testing by its manufacturer, Lockheed Martin Corp.”...
Hughes Will Build Three More Satellites, Modify 11 For New ICO
Hughes Space and Communications Co. [GMH] will build at least three additional satellites for New ICO, the reorganized and refinanced company that has emerged from the bankrupt ICO Global Communications....