Author: Staff Writer

Bridge Broadband, a U.K. broadband operator, is looking to step into the breach after a number of customers lost satellite broadband services in Scotland. Ouranous Networks/Aramiska customers who have lost...

Siemens researchers have developed simulation software to test the precision of Galileo, Europe’s fledgling satellite system, though not all of the satellites are yet in position. A collaboration between the...

Orbital Sciences Corporation announced on Sept. 18 that it was promoting four executives to new positions. G. David Low will become senior vice president and program manager for the commercial...

Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has been selected for phase A of the Lightweight Electro-Optical Space Sensor (LEOSS) program by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base,...

NASA is poised to provide $14 million to research programs to study the risks of space radiation to crews such as those who will voyage to the moon, Mars and...

Orbimage Holdings Inc., which does business under the name Geoeye, announced Sept. 14 that Nasdaq approved its application to list its securities on the market. Geoeye has begun trading its...

The Army awarded The Boeing Co. [BA], General Dynamics Corp. [GD] and four smaller contractors roles in the $5 billion World Wide Satellite Systems program. This program calls for six...

Pioneer Electronics and XM Satellite Radio have unveiled a pink Pioneer Inno XM2go, a portable player that received XM signals and stores MP3 and WMA audio files, the companies announced....

The Soyuz Russian spacecraft launched successfully twice, first last week and then today. But the craft won’t be carrying Madonna into space, at least not any time soon. First, the...

The World Teleport Association announced Sept. 15 that Gerhard Bommas, chief technology officer of ND Satcom, and Malcolm Warren, director of Asia-Pacific for Viasat, have been elected to the WTA’s...