Author: Staff Writer

China Signs Galileo Agreements

China Galileo Industries (CGI) signed agreements to participate in three application projects for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system, Xinhuareported July 28. The agreements with the Galileo Joint Undertaking call for...

EDO To Provide Components For NASA Spacecraft

EDO Corp. received a contract to build the microwave receiver subsystem for NASA‘s Global Precipitation Measurement satellite system, EDO announced July 27. Under the $15.6 million contract from satellite prime...

Viasat Announces Strong Subscriber Increases

Viasat Broadcasting reached the 700,000 mark for direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television customers in the Nordic and Baltic regions, the company announced. Viasat added 16,000 new subscribers during the second quarter,...

GOES-N Satellite Ready For Launch

NASA said earlier this week that its Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N) is ready for launch. The mission is scheduled for July 29 aboard a Boeing Delta 4 from Cape...

Space Imaging Nabs $5.9 Million Contract From NGA

Space Imaging received a $5.9 million Clearview mid-year supplemental satellite imagery capacity contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). This contract enables NGA to acquire additional commercial imagery from...

Galaxy 14 Launch Delayed

The launching of Panamsat‘s Galaxy 14 satellite has been delayed, Kathryn Lancioni, vice president of corporate communications and investor relations at Panamsat, told Satellite Today July 27. The satellite had...