Author: Staff Writer

Orbital Sciences Corp. received a contract from the U.S. Air Force for two Minotaur launches under the Rocket System Launch Program, the company announced May 25. Under the $23 million...

Harris Corp. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aastra Digital Video, a maker of video networking, encoding, decoding and multiplexing technologies used by television broadcasters, telecommunications providers and satellite networks,...

EMS Technologies Inc. announced that Francis Erbrick and Bradford Parkinson were elected to the company’s board of directors at the annual meeting of shareholders May 19. Erbrick and Parkinson join...

International Communications Group (ICG) has appointed L2 Consulting Services Inc. as an authorized reseller for its Iridium-based satellite communication products in the aviation market. L2 will be responsible for promoting...

DigitalGlobe announced that its collection of high-resolution satellite imagery depicting news events and locations from around the world is now available to newsrooms and freelancers via Getty Images. DigitalGlobe’s archive...

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. reported a change to its subscriber and financial guidance for 2006, projecting that it will end 2006 with 8.5 million subscribers, resulting in subscriber revenues...

Following an equipment alert on the launch vehicle, Arianespace decided to conduct complementary checks. Upon the successful completion of these checks, Arianespace has decided to restart the final countdown for...

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and its joint venture partner, MSV Canada, announced that it had reached an agreement with Boeing to accelerate the deployment of its two North American satellites,...

SES Astra now has a 100 percent shareholding in ND SatCom. It has acquired a 74.9 percent share in the company from the German-based high-tech group August Technologie. SES Astra...

ContactMEO Communications LLC, a supplier of IP connectivity as well as innovative broadcast and transport solutions, has been granted authority from the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) for a global satellite...