Author: Staff Writer

Falcon Communications Inc. signed an agreement with Intelsat to distribute the satellite operator’s Ampiage service, Intelsat announced June 5. Falcon will distribute Ampiage to the about 800 U.S. telcos the...

Swales Aerospace received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide the platform for the TacSat-3 mission, the company announced June 2. The task order was made under Swales’...

NASA announced June 2 it awarded a contract with Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. to use an Atlas 5 to launch the Mars Science Laboratory mission in the fall...

A communications satellite built by Space Systems/Loral was launched into orbit to provide coverage across the entire Western Hemisphere, the companies announced. Satmex-6 was lofted on an Ariane 5 ECA...

Space Shuttle Atlantis is set for a launch from Kennedy Space Center, Fla., on Aug. 28. The shuttle is to be rolled out of a hangar to the vehicle assembly...

The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is slated for launch July 22, according to NASA. STEREO blastoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., is slated for 3:11 to 3:13...

An Aerospace Corp. launch hardware tracker (LHT) was launched from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the company announced. It was lifted by the Prospector 7 sounding rocket developed by Garvey...

NASA awarded The Boeing Co. [BA] and universities a contract to develop further gear for extremes of the space environment, including very low temperatures and space radiation, the company announced....

Pakistan’s National Database & Registration Authority (NADRA) signed an agreement with British Telecom (BT) June 1 to obtain the DVB-RCS satellite communication system that will enhance NADRA’s broadband capability. Under...

A spacewalk from the International Space Station took about an hour longer than expected, but ended in success. The walk began a few minutes after the 6:40 p.m. ET Thursday...