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Compuprint Inc., an energy technology company that combines satellite-based technology with traditional exploration services, announced June 26 it completed a $1 million private placement with Kiev Investment Group, a partner […]

Quake Global unveiled a small, low-cost modem that works with Iridium Satellite‘s global short-burst service, Iridium announced June 23. The Q9612 modem, about the size of a deck of cards, […]

Canada’s Ministry of Natural Resources unveiled a deal to provide public access to satellite imagery of the country via the Internet, the ministry announced June 23. The five-year deal, valued […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) test fired the second stage motor for the Vega launch vehicle, ESA announced June 26. The test of the Zefiro 23, built by Avio, was […]

By Dave Ahearn Hours after testing yielded yet another successful destruction of a target ballistic missile, the top U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) leader gave assurance that the United States […]

VSAT ViaSat Inc. acquired Enerdyne Technologies Inc., a provider of video data link equipment and digital video systems primarily for unmanned aerial vehicles, ViaSat announced June 21. The acquisition will […]

China is developing weapons to destroy satellites in orbit, a senior Department of Defense leader said. Peter W. Rodman, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, reported the Chinese […]

By Dave Ahearn U.S. military and commercial satellites, long seen as above the fray and out of harm’s way, are vulnerable to multiple types of attack, an assault that a […]

A Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM) destroyed a target missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to the GEM maker, Raytheon [RTN]. It was the second consecutive test flight […]

A Boeing-led [BA] industry team and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) took a major step toward demonstrating the capability of the Airborne Laser (ABL) by successfully firing surrogate lasers […]

Two key NASA leaders said in a new statement that the crew set to ride the Space Shuttle Discovery on a July 1 launch will be able to return safely, […]

Myriad launches are keeping launch pads busy, according to announcements: On June 21, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced that the GOES-N satellite, the first of three in the Geostationary Operational […]

A C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft dropped a 65-foot, 65,000-pound mockup of a booster rocket, a move toward a new and better means of placing satellites in low earth orbit. […]

NASA named six astronauts for the STS-120 mission of Space Shuttle Atlantis that is to launch in August or September next year. The STS-120 mission will take into orbit an […]

Century 21 Real Estate LLC introduce a satellite mapping function to its Web site via its relationship with Microsoft Virtual Earth and Microsoft Map Point, Century 21 announced June 22. […]

Satelinx signed a contract to provide 2,500 personal tracking units to Algeria’s S.A.R.L Algeria Online, Satelinx announced June 22. The order for the PT 300 units is valued at more […]

CanalSat CEO Guy Lafarge believes there will be a strong demand for high-definition (HD) services in France. The direct-to-home operator likely will be one of the leaders in bringing HD […]

Hughes Communications Inc. rounded out its board with the appointment of three executives, the company announced June 22. Stephen Clark, a venture partner with Intersouth Partners; Gene Gabbard, a private […]

Globalstar applied for authority from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use its entire assigned Mobile Satellite Services spectrum for Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) services in the United States. […]

PCI Geomatics received certification for its flagship software to be used with India’s Cartosat-1 satellite, PCI announced June 21. The satellite will use the Geomatica software to process stereo data […]

Globalstar Inc. ended a contract with Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. for asset tracking services support, Spectrum announced June 21. Under the agreement, Spectrum supplied hardware, software and engineering services for […]

Telecommunications Systems Inc. extended its satellite coverage over several Asia Pacific region countries, the company announced June 21. Telecommunications’ Swiftlink Global Satellite Service, launched in August 2005, provides high-speed communications […]

NDS will provide software for set-top boxes that Dutch satellite pay-TV operator Canaldigitaal will use for its expansion into Belgium, Canaldigitaal announced. Canaldigitaal will begin distributing new STBs incorporating NDS’s […]

Jean-Jacques Dordain will continue to serve as director general of the European Space Agency (ESA) for another four years, the agency announced June 22. Dordain joined ESA in 1986 and […]

A Boeing Delta 2 launch vehicle carried a pair of experimental payload into orbit June 21 for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. Air Force and U.S. […]

Arianespace and CNES, the French Space Agency, awarded a contract to Alcatel Alenia Space to supply the switching and power feeder unit for the safety systems for Soyuz-Fregat rockets, Alcatel […]

Loral Skynet partnered with Go2Call to provide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services to Asia’s telecommunications and ISP/Broadband carriers, businesses and government organizations. The partnership will combine Skynet’s Telstar satellite […]

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. began production June 20 of a full-scale trial unit of the upper and lower domes of the fuel tanks for the H-2B rocket, Japan’s next- generation […]

Boeing announced June 21 that the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-N) satellite has reached its orbital slot and now is controlled by NASA. The satellite has been renamed GOES-13 and […]