Author: Staff Writer

Spacedev completed its acquisition of Starsys Research Corp. after shareholders of both companies approved the deal, Spacedev announced Feb. 2. Spacedev agreed in October to pay $9 million in cash...

Boeing completed initial electromagnetic compatibility and interference testing of the first GPS 2F satellite, the company announced Feb. 2. The test, conducted at the company’s Satellite Development Center in El...

Xtar LLC signed master service agreements with two companies that provide service to U.S. government customers, Xtar announced Feb. 3. Under the agreements, General Dynamics Satellite Communications Services Inc. and...

Ex-Aramiska CEO Philippe Bodart believes the future for satellite broadband in the United Kingdom is limited, if any future exists at all. Aramiska, a pan-European satellite broadband operator, abruptly shut...

Part of Frascati’s Controlled Origin Denomination — "Denominazione d’Origine Controllata" or DOC in Italian, a wine’s legally demarcated home region — was surveyed before and after the October harvest using...

The four largest U.S.-based space companies, Boeing Co., Lockheed Martin Corp., Northrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co., generally posted strong performances in 2005 thanks to continued strong government work and...

Michael Targoff has been elected CEO of Loral Space & Communications, replacing the retiring Bernard Schwartz, the company announced Feb. 2. Targoff has served as vice chairman of Loral’s board...

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has begun construction of Telstar 11N, a new multi-region Ku-band communications satellite, for Loral Skynet. Both companies are subsidiaries of Loral Space & Communications. Scheduled to begin...

Intelsat received a pair of multiyear contracts from Connexion by Boeing to support the launch of a new high-speed Internet maritime service, Intelsat announced Feb. 2. Connexion by Boeing will...

Gilat Satellite Networks announced four new deals with telecommunications companies in Kazakhstan for high-speed satellite communications networks. These four contracts with Jarykh, JSC Astel, JSC Kazakhtelecom and Technoservice Lyuks cover...