Author: Veronica Magan

Brandenburg / Havel, Germany, January 17, 2013 – RapidEye, a leader in high-resolution, wide area repetitive coverage of earth through its constellation of five satellites announced a positive update on...

MONTREAL, CANADA, January 15, 2013 – Advantech Wireless Inc., a privately-held Canadian corporation and manufacturer of Satellite, RF Equipment and Microwave Systems, announced today that it has received new orders...

NASA has successfully achieved simultaneous laser communication and tracking with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

Globalstar’s proposal to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to offer an extra channel of Wi-Fi has raised questions from industry groups.

Lockheed Martin Information Systems & Global Solutions-Defense has won a $100 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Space Command to support its GPS ground control segment.

South Korea will try again to launch its first satellite by the end of this month.

Russia has launched three new military satellites on Tuesday, Jan. 15 from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia.

China has announced that Ziyuan III, its first high-resolution, stereo mapping satellite, meets international standards, freeing the country from relying on imported satellite images.

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting confirmed its Thor II satellite has been successfully deorbited.

NEC Corporation announced an expansion to its plant located in Fuchu City, outside of Tokyo.