Author: Staff Writer

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...

Vocati Enterprises unveiled June 1 a new satellite service designed to keep business operating after a hurricane. The Systems for Automated Failure Recovery was developed in conjunction with GMPCS Personal...

Gen. Kevin Chilton will become commander of Air Force Space Command during an assumption of command ceremony at Peterson Air Force Base parade grounds at 10:30 a.m. June 26. Gen....

Inmarsat announced June 1 it teamed with Assemble Communications to integrate Inmarsat’s new Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) high-speed mobile communications service into a small lightweight kit used as a...

Eutelsat will play a key role in a new high-definition (HD) TV trial taking place in France throughout the next two months. The operator is partnering with TDF to transmit...

Amnesty International released the first-ever satellite images of the wholesale destruction of a large community in Zimbabwe — providing evidence to date of the devastating impact of the Zimbabwean government’s...