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Loral Space & Communications completed a sale of $300 million of stock to MHR Fund Management LLC, Loral’s largest shareholder, Loral announced Feb. 27. The deal was announced in October […]

A star-crossed Space Shuttle Atlantis is rolling back to the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida for repairs after a hail storm caused damage, meaning […]

A leading lawmaker asked NASA Administrator Michael Griffin to supply Congress with estimates of how much money it would take to accelerate a now-delayed Orion-Ares space exploration program. Griffin will […]

While the International Space Station (ISS) is sound and robust, with ample safety provisions, the ISS nonetheless faces extensive threats such as those caused by space debris and micrometeoroids and […]

Budget Cuts List Includes ABL, GMDS, STSS, SR Many leading space and ballistic missile defense (BMD) procurement programs could be cut back or killed outright under a compendium of defense […]

Hughes Network Systems, LLC awarded a contract to Arianespace to launch its next-generation Spaceway 3 satellite. The Ariane 5 heavy launcher will boost the satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] is the leading candidate to build ballistic missile defense (BMD) interceptors that would be installed in Poland, according to media reports quoting Air Force Lt. Gen. […]

The Missile Defense Agency gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $979.2 million change to an existing cost-plus-award-fee contract, with the added funds paying for continued work on the Aegis ballistic […]

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] an $18 million operation and maintenance support contract to provide Kuwait with Patriot system technical assistance. Separately, Raytheon received a five-year, nearly $170 million […]

NASA gave Colsa Corp. a contract worth up to $49 million if all options are exercised. Colsa, of Huntsville, Ala., will provide configuration and data management services for the NASA […]

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) is concerned that the Department of Defense (DOD) might implement guidance on controlling exports of sensitive defense-related technology items that might conflict with existing State […]

The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system meets acceleration requirements of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), but funding shortages are slowing development of the KEI land-mobile version. […]

The U.S. Air Force Feb. 28 awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin Corp. and Boeing Co. for launch services. Lockheed Martin is being awarded a $108 million contract under the Evolved […]

The European Space Agency has released the technical details of the signals transmitted by the first Galileo test satellite, allowing receiver manufacturers and research institutions to use a real signal […]

SES Americom deorbited the Satcom C-4 satellite, the company announced March 2. The spacecraft, built by GE Astro Space (now Lockheed Martin) and was placed into orbit in August 1992 […]

[3/5/07] A star-crossed start of the year for Sea Launch saw the launch provider take another hit with the March 1 announcement that Arianespace has been retained to launch the […]

If Sirius Satellite Radio CEO Mel Karmazin is to win the hearts and minds of federal regulators in Washington, he may first have to remind them which year it is. […]

[3/2/07] Arianespace will launch the Spaceway-3 communications satellite for Hughes Network Systems LLC, the companies announced March 1. An August liftoff is scheduled aboard an Ariane 5 launch from the […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. reported revenue of $9.8 billion in 2006, up from $8.5 billion in 2005, the company announced March 1. Profits slipped from $1.5 billion in 2005 to $608 […]

Boeing Co. completed a critical design review of its family of advanced beyond-line-of-sight terminals (FAB-T) program, the company announced March 1. The review — attended by senior U.S. Air Force, […]

GIT Satellite and Iridium Satellite will provide communications for the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, which begins March 4. GIT Satellite will donate a complete complement of Iridium equipment, airtime, and […]

Ascent Media Network Services has appointed Wee Way Kiat managing director of its Asian business, the company announced March 1. Wee, who will be based in Singapore, will have operational, […]

It is, quite simply, a spectacular 18 seconds of video. The explosion that destroyed Sea Launch’s Zenit-3SL rocket and SES New Skies’ NSS-8 satellite, creating a fireball that engulfed the […]

A little more than year after completing its initial public offering, Eutelsat is undergoing significant ownership changes as the satellite operator’s private equity holders sell their stakes. Spanish industrial group […]

In mid-2005, European politicians declared that “European space policy will take off before the end of 2005.” It did not quite happen that way, as European voters rejected the European […]

In June 1997, then-U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Reed Hundt called a hypothetical merger between AT&T and one of the regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) spun off in the […]

Patrick DeWitt has ridden the ups and downs of the satellite manufacturing industry throughout his nearly 35 years at Space Systems/Loral (SS/L). Now he has led SS/L to the top […]

Not so long ago, the highlights of an in-flight experience were prepackaged meal, the drink trolley and a few magazines. With luck, there may have been an in-flight movie. Now […]

Satellite-based services support everything from pay TV and cellular phone services to robust broadband and niche VSAT markets throughout Africa. While the market is growing, Africa remains a continent where […]