Author: Staff Writer

As satellite business executives look forward to the first years of the 21st century, they can expect the landscape of multimedia space-based applications to remain turbulent. More than ever, in...

Investors are optimistic with L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. [LLL], sighting the company’s second quarter results show growth as well as continued integration success. The company reported revenue of $461 million,...

The last in a series of powerful medium-data-rate (MDR) communications payloads for the U.S. Air Force Milstar satellite program was shipped by Hughes Space and Communications Co. [GMH] to Lockheed...

International Launch Services (ILS) announced last week that it has received more than $1 billion in new launch orders through July 2000. The new business includes 13 firm launch orders...

A significant milestone for the International Space Station was completed July 25 when the Russian service module Zvezda flawlessly locked down to the ISS orbiter after more than a year’s...

Changes are needed in U.S. laws to stem continuing delays in the export of U.S. satellites and components, according to a letter from the California delegation in the U.S. House...

Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] said it successfully launched a Minotaur rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., July 19 carrying a multiple-experiment satellite for the Defense Department. At 4:09 p.m....

Spot Image Corp. has been named a U.S. Geological Survey business partner to distribute commercially Landsat 7 satellite images. To be named a business partner, Spot committed itself to the...

Sea Launch officials breathed dawned smiles July 28 when the Russian and Ukrainian-built Zenit 3SL rocket rose from the Odyssey platform and successfully delivered its payload into orbit. Now, Sea...

Lessons Learned from Iridium, ICO, and Globalstar – Part I The communications satellite industry is facing a profound crisis. The financial disaster created by the Big LEO experiments has far-reaching...