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NASA Administrator Michael Griffin assessed the odds of space debris crippling spacecraft and killing astronauts, giving numerical substance to the fact that space travel is unsafe. “Our average chance of […]

Starting with the landing of Space Shuttle Endeavour from its STS-118 mission, technicians will have a new scanner to check for damage — which, coincidentally, occurred on the Endeavour orbiter […]

Global broadband satellite network solutions and services provider Hughes Communications Inc. reported second-quarter increases in services, hardware sales and revenues, the company announced Aug. 10. For the second quarter ended […]

Worldspace Satellite Radio saw a slight drop in overall subscriptions during the second quarter of 2007, the company announced with its earnings report on Aug. 9. For the period ended […]

Australian direct-to-home (DTH) operator Foxtel ended June with close to 1.3 million domestic direct customers, the company announced Aug. 9. The operator added 150,000 of those customers in the last […]

Gilat Satellite Networks announced strong increases in revenues and profits when it reported its second-quarter results on Aug. 9. The publicly traded, Israel-based company which designs, develops and markets satellite […]

Foam May Have Ripped Gash In Orbiter Vehicle Space Shuttle Endeavour suffered damage, a gash more than an inch long plus perhaps as many as four other hits, in heat […]

EchoStar Communications Corp., the Colorado-based parent of Dish Network satellite TV, reported boosts in subscriptions and total revenue as it announced its second quarter 2007 figures on Aug. 10. For […]

President Bush assailed Iran for obstinately posing a nuclear threat while at the same time Iran threatens the continued existence of Israel, two facts that he said should concern the […]

In a second-quarter 2007 earnings report, fixed satellite services provider Intelsat Ltd. claimed revenue of $543.2 million and a net loss of $31.7 million for the three months ended June […]

NASA gave Alliant Techsystems [ATK] a $1.8 billion sole-source contract for design, development, testing, and evaluation of the first stage of the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles. Ares […]

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch May Move From Oct. 20 To Oct. 23 Liftoff of Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS) may slip from Oct. 20 to Oct. […]

NASA Issues Request-For-Proposals For Ares I Launcher Work NASA issued a request for proposals for construction of the mobile launcher for Ares I, the rocket that will lift to orbit […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has entered into a three-year strategic distribution deal with Sprint’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) to offer continuous wireless connectivity for public safety agencies in situations […]

ViaSat Inc., a producer of satellites and digital communication products, reported that its fiscal first-quarter profit fell on flat revenues and higher expenses, the company announced Aug. 8. The Carlsbad, […]

India’s cabinet has approved a contract worth up to $67.5 million with Arianespace for launching satellites, according to Aug. 9 published reports out of New Delhi. In June, the Indian […]

Sky Italia, the Italian DTH operator owned by News Corp., had 4.2 million subscribers by the end of June, News Corp. reported Aug. 8. Sky Italia added nearly 370,000 subscribers, […]

Tata Sky, the Indian direct-to-home (DTH) operator, has reached 1 million subscribers within its first year of having launched services, the company announced Aug. 8. As India represents one of […]

Loral Space & Communications saw revenues increase by 17 percent in the second quarter, and 22 percent for the first half of the year, the company announced Aug. 8. For […]

Formerly known as France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications, mobile satellite communications provider Vizada has launched a Website to reflect the new brand, Vizada announced Aug. 8. Acquired by Apax Partners […]

Alliant Techsystems’ (ATK) mission research and technical services business division has signed a $2.8 million dollar contract from Sandia National Laboratories to build a unique multi-channel test source for the […]

The GeoInformation Group, publishers of Cities Revealed aerial photography, is offering a new Thermal Mapping solution among its geographic information and aerial imagery portfolio, the company announced Aug. 8. Thermal […]

Notwithstanding an Aug. 3 report posted online at an industry publication, Telesat confirmed Aug. 7 that its Anik F3 satellite “has been performing normally and there have been no recent […]

Arinc Inc. has signed a marketing agreement with SkyPort Global Communications of Houston to distribute SkyPort’s broadband satellite service to customers of Arinc’s wireless interoperability network solution (AWINS) interoperability solution, […]

Texas-based NTE Automation has selected SkyWave Mobile Communications to supply reliable D+ terminals and network services for integration with NTE’s remote Web-based monitoring, NTE Automation announced Aug. 7. The SkyWave […]

NDS posted strong increases in revenues and overall profits and revenues among its full year results to the end of June, the company announced Aug. 7. The conditional access and […]

Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) has signed a deal with European satellite companies EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space for the buildout of a dual satellite communications system, Yahsat […]

Pace Micro Technology has won a new contract from BSkyB, the company announced August 7. Pace said it had won additional STB business for the 2007 financial year. Through previous […]

DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $16.7 million contract for Joint Incident Site Communications Capability (JISCC) for the U.S. Army National Guard, DataPath announced Aug. 7. DataPath’s communications networks, provided […]