Author: Staff Writer

El Segundo, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), founded by Internet entrepreneur Elon Musk, has successfully test fired the company’s Falcon rocket main engine. “Satellites and spacecraft urgently need a more...

Satellite communications company New Skies Satellites [AEX, NYSE: NSK] has named Jurandir M. Pitsch as sales director for its commercial activities in Brazil and the Mercosur region of Latin America....

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has purchased Integral’s [ISYS] SKYLIGHT ground terminal system for receiving and processing satellite Earth science data. The system includes a receiver and data processing,...

SES Global [Luxembourg: SESG], the world’s largest satellite operator, increased its revenues by 1.38 billion euros ($1.47 billion), or 38 percent, from 2001 to 2002. The company’s profit, however, dipped...

Week of March 14 – 20, 2003 Percentage Change Symbol March 20 Price One Week One Month Three Month Year to Date Operators APT SATELLITE HLDGS ATS 1.41 0.7 (10.8)...

John Scelfo, Sirius Satellite Radio‘s [Nasdaq: SIRI] chief financial officer, is leaving the company April 6 to join a company outside the satellite industry. Scelfo played a key role in...

Programmers that were unable to re-negotiate contract terms with money-losing DirecTV Latin America may have lost leverage last week after the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The question...

The soaring cost of space insurance has convinced EchoStar Communications [SPOT] that buying coverage for its eight in-orbit satellites is not worth the price. According to documents filed with the...

By Roger Rusch Although there is great concern about weak demand within the launch services industry, there are brighter prospects ahead. In a few years, a new cycle of satellite...

Inmarsat is moving one of its five in-orbit spare satellites over the Middle East to meet rising demand for military and media communications in that region. The London-based provider of...