Author: Staff Writer

A Boeing-led team received a $10 million, six-month contract to define a next-generation weather satellite for the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Boeing announced Nov. 3. The Program...

Worldspace Satellite Radio announced Nov. 3 availability of its service in Ahmedabad, India, the seventh largest city in the country. Ahmedabad has a population of nearly 4 million, including more...

Sirius Satellite Radio announced Nov. 3 its Canadian affiliate, Sirius Canada, will offer 100 channels of programming for Cdn. $14.99 ($12.66) per month when it begins broadcasting in December. Sirius...

SIRI While XM Satellite Radio has had a comfortable lead in terms of subscriber numbers, investors may be looking more favorably at Sirius Satellite Radio at the moment. The telling...

Digitalglobe and Valtus Imagery Services, a division of Northwest Geomatics Ltd., entered into a three-year data distribution partnership to offer Digitalglobe’s high-resolution commercial satellite imagery to Valtus customers. Valtus customers...

The move by MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) to acquire the financially challenged Space & Technology/Montreal division of EMS Technologies Inc. drew a mixed reaction from the financial community....

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced Nov. 3 that it had reached an agreement with Donald Stout to lead MSV’s patent licensing and enforcement efforts. Stout brings to MSV an extensive...

The Canadian Space Agency‘s Radarsat-1 satellite celebrated its 10th anniversary Nov. 4. The satellite, launched Nov. 4, 1995 and expected to operate only five years, has flown nearly 2.4 million...

Venezuela signed an agreement Nov. 1 to buy a satellite from China, the Venezuelan Ministry of Science and Technology announced. The Simon Bolivar Satellite will provide telecommunications services such as...

Boeing Co.‘s government launch services business faces short-term and potentially long-term delays as the company’s union machinists went on strike Nov. 3. The strike could push back the three remaining...