Author: Staff Writer

SES Astra Techcom, a subsidiary of SES Astra, has been chosen to participate in Vietnam’s first public satellite project, Vinasat-1, SES Astra announced. SES Astra Techcom will deliver a pair...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Solar-B scientific satellite aboard MV Launch Vehicle No.7 Sept. 23, the agency announced. The satellite is designed to analyze and possibly predict...

SES Americom‘s new Internet-protocol (IP) TV service promises "a front-row seat to the next phase of video technology" for more than 30 programmers and networks that have signed deals to...

Santa Claus is getting nervous: Judging from satellite images taken last month, the Arctic’s perennial sea ice pack has encountered gaping openings of territory reaching all the way to the...

After a few frustrating years of slow launch rates due to a depressed commercial launch market as well as satellite manufacturing delays, Sea Launch is on target to perform six...

DTV Lost amid widely published speculation last week that Rupert Murdoch might divest his interests in DirecTV were definitive answers about what such a move would mean to the satellite...

The market for set-top boxes (STB) that combine Internet Protocol (IP) and direct broadcast service functionality is growing, and Michael Arden, an analyst with ABI Research believes satellite pay-TV operators...

Night Launches, Hubble Telescope Repair Mission Considered The flawless Space Shuttle Atlantis mission STS-115 marked a turning point for NASA, permitting the space agency to enter a full-speed catch-up sprint...

Costs of procuring, operating and maintaining the missiles-centered U.S. nuclear force structure could be reduced modestly or greatly under multiple outlay-reduction possibilities, according to a new study by the Center...