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Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Narayana will head a failure analysis committee to investigate the July 10 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) failure that destroyed the Insat-4C satellite. The […]

The U.S. Air Force awarded ATK Space Systems Inc. a contact to develop automated composite production technologies for space launch vehicles. Work performed under the contract, valued at $21.7 million, […]

Applied Global Technologies (AGT) partnered with Skyport International Inc. on joint contract awards with several National Guard states and emergency management agencies, AGT announced July 11. The partnership will offer […]

Lockheed Martin awarded Spacedev a contract to supply components for the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program, Spacedev announced July 12. Under the initial award, Spacedev will provide […]

Industry Canada will launch an initiative that could lead to the award of up to 29 licenses to develop satellites, the largest spectrum licensing initiative in Canadian history, the agency […]

Sportsmanship International AB, a Garmin Ltd. distributor, will supply Saab automotive dealerships in Europe satellite navigation units, Garmin announced July 10. Along with positioning information, the Nuvi 300 navigation units […]

Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. signed with the United Nations to supply portable satellite terminals for rescue operations, the United Nations announced July 10. The United Arab Emirates satellite-based company will […]

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Summation Research Inc. (SRI) a contract to provide components for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) weather satellite system. Under the […]

Datapath Inc. appointed to Wilson Lowery Jr. as executive chairman of its board of directors and Mack Mattingly as a new member, both effective immediately, the company announced July 11. […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for the scheduled July 17 launch of Europe’s first polar-orbiting weather satellite. Metop-A, the first member of a new family of European satellites […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) hired Jack Dziak as senior vice president of services and distribution, the company announced. Dziak’s responsibilities will include building MSV’s services portfolio as well as formulating […]

Planetlink Communications Inc. will supply 27 GPS receivers to lumber distributor R&R Sales Group, Planetlink announced July 10. R&R signed an agreement in May to use Planetlinks asset tracking service, […]

Arabsat awarded a contract to Arianespace for the launch of the BADR-6 satellite in the first half of 2008, Arianespace announced July 7. In June, Arabsat announced EADS Atrium would […]

Milsat Services GmbH signed a deal to lease satellite services from Intelsat General Corp., to provide services for a pair of secure military communication satellites for the German Armed Forces, […]

Loral Skynet do Brasil, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, signed a contract to provide fixed satellite communications services throughout Chile, Loral announced July 10. Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones […]

Satcom Group Holdings plc, a reseller of mobile satellite communications, entered into a conditional agreement to acquire World Communications Center (WCC), a reseller of Iridium services, Satcom company announced July […]

Globecomm Systems Inc. received a contract from NATO to provide a GPS-based friendly force tracking system, Globecomm announced July 19. Under the $7.8 million contract, Globecomm and subcontractor EMS Technologies […]

An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) carrying the Insat-4C satellite failed shortly after liftoff, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced July 10. The vehicle veered off course shortly […]

SIRI, XM Sirius Satellite Radio added 600,460 net subscribers during the second quarter of 2006 to bring its total subscriber base to 4.7 million, the company announced July 6. Rival […]

Roughly a year after launching its satellite broadband service in Southeast Asia, Shin Satellite plc expects its new Thaicom 5 satellite to be 60 percent used as it begins commercial […]

Flawless Flight Follows Safety Warnings Top NASA leaders won their gamble that safety concerns about the Space Shuttle Discovery were wrong, but the picture-perfect Fourth of July launch to the […]

By Geoff Fein The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] last week conducted a high supersonic submunition dispense test of the Revolutionary Approach To Time critical […]

SES Astra launched broadcasts of the German-French channel Arte high definition (HD) for the first time in Germany, SES Astra announced. “We recently succeeded in showing some important HDTV events […]

By Dave Ahearn The failure of a long-range North Korean missile is no cause for relief, according to observers. While the long-range missile failed shortly into its first-stage burn, North […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) received its 12th patent related to its planned ancillary terrestrial (ATC) service that uses a combination of satellite and terrestrial links to provide communications services, […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, has a 10th launch on its manifest, the company announced. Late this year, SpaceX will use the Falcon 1 rocket in a launch for […]

Telus and XM Canada unveiled a streaming satellite radio service delivered via mobile phones, the companies announced. The Telus Mobile Radio-powered by XM Canada service delivers a portion of XM […]

By Michael Sirak KEYSTONE, Colo.–The Air Force is drafting the design of a long- range strike missile that eventually would succeed the conventionally armed Trident D-5 submarine-launched missiles that the […]

Radyne Corp. will supply ground components for the U.S. military’s Ground Multi-Band Terminal program under a contract from an unnamed integrator, Radyne announced. Radyne will supply satellite modems and power […]

KEYSTONE, Colo.–Having determined that it intends to operate the nation’s Minuteman III nuclear-tipped ICBM fleet beyond 2020, the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) has laid out the modernization priorities needed […]