NASA Scientist Nobel Winner
A NASA scientist won the Nobel Prize for physics, NASA announced. The Nobel Prize Committee chose NASA scientist and Goddard Fellow John C. Mather to receive the 2006 prize. Mather...
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Costs Having Nearly Doubled, Satellite Program May See More Overruns
The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites-R series (GOES-R), which already has seen its price tag soar more than $5 billion, stands in danger of seeing further cost increases, missed schedules and...
NASA Gives Boeing-Lockheed Firm $1.1 Billion Shuttle Contract
NASA gave a joint venture of The Boeing Co. [BA] and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $1.1 billion cost reimbursement pact to run space shuttle program operations. The letter contract...
Raytheon To Close California-Based Civil Space Operation
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) announced Oct. 5 that it will close its civil space operation in Goleta, Calif. — also known as Santa Barbara Remote Sensing (SBRS) –...
Boeing-Lockheed Launch Alliance Gains FTC Clearance
The Boeing Co. [BA] and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] won unanimous 5-0 Federal Trade Commission (FTC) permission to form a joint space launch alliance, Boeing, Lockheed and the FTC announced....
Australia's Optus-D1 Satellite Prepared For Launch
The Optus-D1 telecommunications satellite for Australia’s Optus has been mated to its Ariane 5 launcher in preparation for an Oct. 12 launch aboard an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced. The...
ND Satcom, LCDC Telecoms Implement Enterprise Network In Africa
ND Satcom announced Oct. 5 that it has earned a contract for VSAT systems from France VSAT service provider LCDC Telecoms. LCDC will supply end customer Maurel & Prom, an...
Russia, India To Share Glonass Satellite System
Russia and India will share use of Glonass, a 24-satellite navigational and global positioning system, the Russian Federal Space Agency announced Oct. 4. Glonass is designed for military and civilian...
Decarta Teams With Globexplorer For Aerial, Satellite Imagery
Decarta, a supplier of software platforms and services for the location-based services industry, and Globexplorer, a provider of a commercial library of aerial photos, satellite imagery and geographic maps, have...