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NASA signed a memorandum of understanding with Airlaunch LLC to collaborate on space systems development, focusing on a small spacecraft that costs less than $250 million and can be launched […]

The EADS Space Division recorded revenues of 1.3 billion euros ($1.6 billion) in the first half of 2006, compared to revenues of 1.2 billion euros ($1.5 billion) in the first […]

Northrop Grumman Corp.‘s Aerospace segment, which includes the company’s Space Technology segment, reported revenues of $2.3 billion in the 2006 second quarter, matching revenues from the same period a year […]

Revenues for XM Satellite Radio jumped 82 percent to $227.9 million in the 2006 second quarter, but the satellite operator’s loss increased to $231.7 million, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. […]

Globalstar Inc. launched a promotion in the United States that will drop the price of satellite airtime as low as 9 cents per minute, the company announced July 26. The […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) scheduled the launch of its Solar-B satellite for Sept. 24 aboard an M-5 rocket from the Uchinoura Space Center. Solar-B, developed by JAXA and […]

Viasat, the Nordic direct-to-home platform, closed June with 652,000 subscribers, adding 20,000 subscribers during the 2006 second quarter, the company announced. Rival Canal Digital announced last week that it closed […]

Elara Networks selected iDirect Technologies to supply a technology platform to a privately held pharmacy chain based in Mexico, iDirect announced July 26. iDirect will provide enhanced voice communication and […]

Boeing Co. lost $160 million in its 2006 second quarter due in part to charges related to the settlement charges of ethical conduct, while warning the cost to close its […]

The Canadian government selected Ramtelecom Inc. to provide a satellite service network that will secure high-speed data and voice services for remote federal government offices across Canada. Ramtelecom will create […]

Apache Corp. approved Stratos Global Corp.‘s proposal to supply remote communications to more than 100 offshore oil and gas platforms in the Gulf of Mexico, Stratos announced July 25. Stratos […]

Revenue at Lockheed Martin Space Systems increased 29 percent to $2.1 billion in the 2006 second quarter, driven by growth in satellite and missile defense systems, Lockheed Martin Corp. announced […]

Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) signed a new capacity deal with German-Saudi company Detasad. For a 54-megahertz transponder on the Express-AM22 satellite. Detasad, working with gateway partner Telekom Austria, will […]

Spacenet Inc. hired Andreas Georghiou as its CEO effective August 1, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced. Georghiou has more than 25 years of satellite communications experience and previously served as […]

Telenor Satellite Services unveiled its mobile satellite emergency communications response kit designed to allow emergency responders, government agencies and humanitarian relief organizations to establish essential communications during emergencies. The 28-pound […]

Rocketplane Kistler and Orbital Sciences Corp. have formed a partnership to compete in NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program and develop other applications for Rocketplane’s space transportation system. Under […]

Raytheon Co. and NASA completed data transfer and system compatibility testing for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP), the organizations announced July 24. The 12-day […]

Trimble acquired and tracked the signal from Europe’s Galileo test satellite using a prototype receiver that can also receive signals from the U.S. GPS and Russia’s Glonass satellite navigation systems, […]

Iridium Satellite LLC reported revenues of $53.6 million in its 2006 second quarter, finishing the period with 159,000 subscribers around the globe, the company announced July 24. Earnings before interest, […]

XM Satellite Radio appointed Nate Davis to the newly created position of president and chief operating officer, the company announced July 24. Davis has been a member of XM’s board […]

France Telecom signed an agreement to sell its stake in France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications SA to investment funds managed by Apax Partners SA for 60 million euros ($76.1 million) […]

Canal Digital, the Nordic direct-to-home operator, reported slow subscriber growth in the 2006 second quarter. The platform, owned by Telenor, ended the quarter with 687,000 subscribers, an increase of just […]

Mercury Computer Systems Inc. received an $8.6 million contract from an unnamed company to provide a communication platform for a commercial ground-based satellite beam- forming application, the company announced July […]

Sarantel Group PLC dropped its revenue forecast for the company’s 2006 fiscal year after being informed by XM Satellite Radio demand for satellite radios is below expectations, Sarantel announced July […]

By Jason Bates The Air Force failed to follow federal regulations in awarding a contract to The Boeing Co. [BA] to develop a sensor for a next-generation government weather satellite, […]

Indian Space Research Organisation‘s satellite-based search and rescue network was used to help save 30 crewmembers from a ship in distress in Sri Lankan water. The agency’s geostationary communication satellite, […]

Aerojet delivered the first of the new-generation propulsion thrusters to NASA‘s Glenn Research Center to be used in NASA’s Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) project. The thrusters are capable of operating […]

Eutelsat Communications reported a 5.4 percent increase in revenues to 791.1 million euros ($998.1 million) in its 2006 fiscal year, the company announced July 20. Video applications improved 3.4 percent […]

Stratos Global Corp. formed a subsidiary company dedicated to U.S. government customers, the company announced. Stratos Government Services Inc. is a single-source integrator of several commercial satellite technologies and will […]