Author: Staff Writer

The European Space Agency (ESA) signed a 950 million euro ($1.2 billion) contract with Galileo Industries GmbH for the development and in-orbit validation of the Galileo satellite navigation constellation’s first...

NASA‘s New Horizons mission began its nine-year flight to Pluto after two days of delays. The satellite was launched aboard an International Launch Services Atlas 5 rocket from Cape Canaveral...

The launch of NASA‘s New Horizons mission to Pluto was delayed for the second straight day after NASA’s mission control center at Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory lost power...

Radyne Corp. named Carl Myron Wagner president and COO effective Jan. 30, the company announced. Wagner also is a candidate for CEO, Radyne said. Brian Duggan, who has served as...

iDirect Technologies, a division of Vision Technologies Systems Inc., and Globecomm Systems Inc. have deployed their first hub intended specifically to support GSM networks over satellite, the companies said. The...

Telesat Canada awarded a contract to EADS Astrium to build the Nimiq 4 direct broadcast satellite, the companies announced. The spacecraft, based on the E3000 platform, will carry 32 Ku-band...

Spacedev Inc. raised gross proceeds of about $5.2 million through the sale of convertible preferred stock and warrants to a small syndicate of new and existing institutional investors, the company...

Pace Micro Technology had a difficult second half of 2005, recording a loss of 8.9 million British pounds ($15.7 million) for the 26 weeks which ended Dec 3. At the...

The launch of NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto was delayed 24 hours due to high winds at the launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The launch...

According to press reports in the United Kingdom, NTL is moving closer to agreeing a deal to takeover Virgin Mobile in a 961 million British pounds ($1.7 billion) deal. The...