Author: Staff Writer

NASA chose for concept study development two proposals for future robotic missions to Mars. These missions would increase understanding of Mars’ atmosphere, climate and potential habitability in greater detail than...

New satellite operator ProtoStar has chosen Arianespace to launch the DTH satellite ProtoStar I. Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall announced the award during his annual January press conference, saying that...

Arianspace received the Skynet 5A military communications satellite for the first Ariane 5 launch mission this year, the company announced. The satellite arrived in French Guiana this week, with the...

It has been another eventful year in the satellite industry. Who would have thought at the start of 2006 that we would have seen a high-profile link-up between traditional rivals...

BCE, LORL The Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) businesses of Loral Space & Communications Inc. and Telesat Canada will be combined under a new Canadian company that will become the fourth...

As a Democratic majority last week took command of both houses of Congress, a key question is whether those lawmakers will provide solid financial support for space and missile defense...

The year 2006 was lustrous for both the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and NASA, as programs moved ahead sharply and many if not all woes were blasted into the past....

A constellation of Space Radar satellites with capabilities such as spotting moving targets on the ground would be technologically feasible by 2015, and likely would cost $25 billion to $90...

Discovery Mission Hits A Holiday Home Run Space Shuttle Discovery landed safely at Kennedy Space Center without any major damage after a winning STS-116 mission to the International Space Station...

The Missile Defense Agency gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $619 million contract to begin production of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense (BMD) weapon system,...