Author: Staff Writer

Agents from Iran’s state security force last week climbed rooftops in western Tehran to confiscate satellite dishes, which are banned in Islamic Iran. According to a report by Iran Focus...

The Soyuz spacecraft that launched Sept. 18 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan, according to NASA. That brought to an end a mission carrying a...

EADS Astrium, the European satellite manufacturer, is enjoying a strong 2006 based on winning high-profile satellite contracts from operators, including Arabsat and Eutelsat among others. Antoine Bouvier, EADS Astrium’s CEO,...

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] successfully conducted a guided test flight of its Compact Kinetic Energy Missile (CKEM) against a reinforced urban structure (RUS). The test was conducted at Eglin Air...

Dahl-Morrow International (DMI), an executive-recruitment firm for the satellite, security, telecommunications and information-technology industries, has opened a London-area office, according to a company statement. With more than 15 years of...

A Navy Tomahawk cruise missile was launched from a submarine in the Atlantic and flew its intended course to terminate at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., the Navy announced. The...

Word of the Sept. 21 anomaly which rendered Intelsat Ltd.’s IS-802 satellite useless to customers in the Eastern Hemisphere has raised renewed concern about whether poor design is to blame...

Rocketplane Kistler and Andrews Space Inc. have entered into a strategic relationship to work on NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program, the companies announced Sept. 28. Rocketplane Kistler and...

If only the airlines managed passengers’ luggage so reliably: The wireless Precision Airdrop System (PADS) — developed by Reston, Va.-based Planning Systems Inc. — is proving to be a soaring...