Author: Staff Writer

Thales agreed to acquire Alcatel‘s 67 percent stake in satellite manufacturer Alcatel Alenia Space, the companies announced April 5. Thales will issue 26.7 million shares of stock to Alcatel and...

An international team of scientists are working at a rapid pace to study environmental conditions behind the fast-acting and widespread coral bleaching plaguing Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Data from NASA...

BY KEITH STEIN A developing and growing economy in China has caught the space bug and is dedicated to a "slow" but bold space exploration program, according to the Center...

BY KEITH STEIN A developing and growing economy in China has caught the space bug and is dedicated to a "slow" but bold space exploration program, according to the Center...

Globalstar has awarded Alcatel Alenia Space a study contract for the design of a new satellite constellation aiming at replacing Globalstar’s first generation satellites. In the frame of this study,...

If a large asteroid such as the recently identified 2004 VD17 – about 500 meters (1,640 feet) in diameter collides with the Earth it could spell disaster for much of...

BY RICHARD MULLEN The lack of a "viable strategic plan" at the Pentagon for developing and acquiring unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has resulted in a wide range of problems in...

BY KEITH STEIN The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate (VS), announced last week they are ready to accept detailed cost and technical proposals for a Flight Demonstration...

Modulus Video Inc. announced April 6 that recent orders for its MPEG-4 AVC standard definition and high definition video encoding systems have exceeded $10 million. Included in this recent orders...

SES Astra signed a deal with French pay-TV group Canal+, which will see the group use a transponder at 19.2 degrees East to broadcast high-definition (HD) content, SES announced April...