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Lockheed Martin Corp. reported second quarter 2007 earnings of $778 million, a 34 percent increase over profits of  $580 million for the same period of 2006, the company announced July […]

Spacenet Inc. has named Michael Hughes CFO, the company announced July 23. A certified public accountant, Hughes previously has served as a senior manager for FinSol LLC, senior vice president […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. has been awarded a $9 million contract to install a vehicle management system for tracking the fleet of buses operated by Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, Orbital announced […]

EMS Technologies Inc. has completed delivery of anti-jamming hardware to Northrop Grumman for installation on the payloads for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) satellites, EMS announced July 23. EMS […]

The payload for Lockheed Martin’s first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous (GEO) spacecraft has completed thermal vacuum testing, the company announced July 23. The test, performed by payload subcontractor Northrop […]

Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio are pledging to offer a pair of a la carte programming options as well as six other plans if their merger is allowed […]

Bentley Walker, a U.K.-based satellite solutions provider, has purchased an HX System Network Operations Center as a compact satellite solution for smaller networks, Hughes Networks Systems announced July 23. The […]

In preparation for an October launch of the Thuraya 3 satellite, Sea Launch is awaiting delivery of the replacement for a gas, or flame, deflector for its Odyssey Launch Platform, […]

EADS Astrium won a contract from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) to develop concepts for a new upper stage of Europe’s Vega rocket, EADS Astrium announced July 23. Vega, a […]

SES Americom and partner Hiwire have launched a test of a digital video broadcast-handheld (DVB-H) mobile TV service they claim will deliver twice the channels and higher-quality pictures than other […]

RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. will broadcast the Soundtrack Channel to the United States, RRSat announced July 19. The content will be delivered over the RRSat Global Network using Intelsat’s […]

Conditional access and middleware vendor Irdeto is offering a prepaid solution to its customers under a partnership with Brand-ID Europe, Irdeto announced July 20. The companies have integrated Irdeto’s content […]

Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) will launch an Internet Protocol (IP) trunking DVB-S2 platform service in September for the African market, the company announced July 20. EMC will provide the service […]

A Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) spacecraft has been flown for the first time without using navigation gyros, the U.S. Air Force announced July 19. DMSP F15, launched in December […]

Virgin America airline and EchoStar Communications Corp. will offer an 18-channel programming package starting Aug. 8 to afford passengers live, in-flight satellite entertainment, the companies announced July 20. Programming will […]

Analyst: Satellite Industry Could Find Opportunity In Working With WiMax While many in the satellite industry fear the potential loss of some C-band spectrum to terrestrial providers, by working together […]

Presidential candidates and officeholders of both parties roundly condemned as a serious threat moves by Iran to deploy advanced missiles and to produce nuclear materials, in statements from the solons […]

NASA carefully studied the potential risks that might be created today when International Space Station (ISS) Astronaut Clay Anderson lobs hugely heavy, unneeded components into the void of space, deciding […]

North Korea may become a permanent nuclear-power state by the time a newly elected U.S. president takes the oath of office in January 2009, some 18 months hence, according to […]

A group of former Northrop Corp. engineers who worked on the Apollo moon landing program said exhaustive testing of failure causes, multiple redundancies in systems, and a driven desire to […]

Congressional Democrats, as they criticize and cut budget funds for the U.S. ground-based midcourse missile defense (GMD) system planned for Europe, are playing into the hands of Russian President Vladimir […]

The House approved a $30 million increase in funding for the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) to $117 million in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2008, the Aerospace Industries Association […]

An intense and long-running summertime dust storm has imperiled the Mars Rover Opportunity and, to a lesser degree, its sister rover Spirit, NASA reported. The craft already have lasted more […]

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Snares $1.2 Billion NASA Pact For Ares NASA gave Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Inc. a $1.2 billion sole source contract for work on the upper stage […]

By Michael Sirak The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) this week will start the process of moving its nascent F6 satellite program forward by hosting an unclassified industry day […]

The International Space Station (ISS) tested a new U.S. oxygen generating system capable of supporting a larger ISS crew, NASA announced. That system, tested between July 11 and 14, will […]

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin named Michael Ryschkewitsch as chief engineer. He succeeds Christopher Scolese, whom Griffin selected as associate administrator. (Please see Space & Missile Defense Report, Monday, July 16, […]

Global Relief Technologies named Paul Kollmer-Dorsey senior vice president and general counsel, the company announced July 19. Kollmer-Dorsey most recently served four years as vice president and associate general counsel […]

The World Teleport Association has added two members to its board, the association announced July 18. M.N. Vyas, director of India’s Essel Shyam Communications, has been elected to a three-year […]