Author: Staff Writer

As they strive to improve profitability and as they work to meet the U.S. Defense Department‘s often complex requirements for space-based technology, aerospace companies want the government to continue working...

Poland satellite pay-TV operator in Canal+ CYFROWY is targeting a major subscriber push in the rural areas of the country. It operates the CYFRA+ digital direct- to-home (DTH) platform and...

Loral Space and Communications Ltd. filed a revised plan of reorganization with the Bankruptcy Court. The plan revises terms of a previous plan filed Dec. 5, 2004, reflects an agreement...

The Russian Satellite Communication Co. has scheduled the launch of the Russian Express-AM2 communications satellite for March 30. The satellite will be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on a Proton-K...

The Launch Services Alliance–an alliance between Boeing Launch Services, Arianespace and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries–announced a new contract employing Alliance launch systems to deliver satellites to orbit on time. The new...

SES Astra aims to boost its position in terms of generating revenues from technical services to satellite customers with the creation of a new subsidiary, SES Astra TechCom. The subsidiary...

China News reported that China has delayed the launch of its SinoSat 2 direct-to-home broadcast satellite until next year. The satellite was expected to be launched this year, but has...

Iridium Satellite LLC announced plans to deploy a group call push-to-talk voice and data service. The new service will allow for deployment of multi-user communication “nets” from Iridium mobile satphones...

Itar-Tass reported cited an official from the Moscow Thermal Machinery Institute saying that Russia is looking into the Svobodny spaceport in the Amur region of Russia as a possible launch...

Lockheed Martin‘s first West Coast Atlas 5 rocket has successfully completed “booster on stand” (BOS) operations at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket, which will carry a...