Author: Staff Writer

Intelsat Ltd. announced that its IS-802 satellite, located at 33 degrees East, experienced a sudden and unexpected anomaly Sept. 21 at about 8:27 p.m. EDT. The Intelsat satellite control center...

The Air Force gave Science Applications International Corp., [SAIC], of San Diego a $23.2 million, 31-mnoths cost-plus-award fee contract SAILC will investigate and demonstrate, via hardware test and evaluation, the...

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) sounded off against signal bleed from satellite radios. On Sept. 21, NAB President and CEO David Rehr urged the heads of XM Satellite Radio...

A target missile failure marred a planned Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptor test, the second time in more than six years that a target missile has malfunctioned,...

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS), a newly formed satellite operator, announced Sept. 20 the acquisition of Lockheed Martin Space Communications Ventures Ltd. (LMSCV) and Lockheed Martin Intersputnik Ltd. (LMI) from Lockheed...

NASA should abandon the space shuttles and International Space Station (ISS) programs, and put the money instead into developing manned missions to the moon, Mars and beyond, according to The...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced Sept. 22 that it has been selected by Empresa Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones (Enitel) to provide a Skyedge broadband satellite hub station and VSAT terminals. Enitel,...

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) gave General Dynamics Corp. [GD] a $48 million information technology contract, the company announced. General Dynamics Information Technology will provide comprehensive professional information technology (IT)...

Eagle Broadband, provider of broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and communications technology and services, announced Sept. 22 that it began construction of its headend and satellite farm at Newcom International in...

The Air Force has a shortage of midgrade and senior officers who play vital management and oversight roles in space acquisition, the Government Accountability Office reported. The report, prepared for...