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The space industry faces robust growth in coming years, with 139 imaging satellites worth $16.3 billion being delivered in the next 10 years, a surge that will see India seize […]

Military space programs, in the past burdened by blunders and underfunding, now are embarked upon a renaissance, a well-known defense analyst asserts. For example, the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) will work together to ensure interoperability of the E.U. and U.S. global positioning satellite-based systems, Lockheed and EADS […]

L-3 Communications [LLL] agreed to acquire Crestview Aerospace Corp. [CAC] for $135 million in cash. The acquired business is expected to have annual sales of approximately $120 million in 2006, […]

The U.S. Justice Department authorized Bermuda-based Intelsat Ltd. to proceed with its takeover of PanAmSat Holding Corp. [PA], the company announced. Justice officials didn’t seek any conditions on the merger, […]

If ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems are developed to the point where they work dependably, they nonetheless will be effective only against limited numbers of incoming enemy missiles, and BMD […]

A new weather-spotting satellite was launched successfully into a geostationary orbit, just as the 2006 hurricane season begins. NOAA and NASA announced the launch from the Cape Canaveral Air Force […]

The Space Shuttle Discovery is poised for a launch July 1, according to NASA. Discovery has a window of July 1 to July 19 to lift off from the Kennedy […]

The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is slated for launch July 22, according to NASA. STEREO blastoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., is slated for 3:11 to 3:13 […]

Crew from the International Space Station will execute a spacewalk Thursday, NASA announced. The space agency will preview the spacewalk later today. The five-and-a-half hour spacewalk begins at 6:40 p.m. […]

U.S. military forces require greater space-based communications systems, and also need Space Based Radar, a noted analyst said. Because the United States is the lone superpower on the planet, it […]

The Department of Defense (DOD) has failed to meet its original cost, schedule and performance goals in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report […]

Euronews CEO Philippe Cayla believes it will be a while before the channel provider will offer news services in high definition (HD). Euronews is one of the most widely watched […]

Italy-based Eurimage, Digitalglobe‘s European business partner, has signed a contract with the European Commission‘s (EC) Joint Research Center to supply satellite imagery over a four-year period, Digitalglobe announced May 25. […]

The U.S. Department of Defense is not meeting original cost, schedule and performance goals established for the Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) program, according to a report from the U.S. Government […]

The U.S. Department of Justice approved Intelsat Ltd.‘s acquisition of Panamsat Corp. without conditions, Intelsat announced May 26. “We are gratified that the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, after a comprehensive […]

An industry-first offering from England’s Royal Mail is set to revolutionize the same day postal delivery market by offering customers the ability to track the progress of their goods in […]

SIRI, XMSR XM Satellite Radio may be losing its grip on the one area where it still holds a formidable edge over rival Sirius Satellite Radio – subscribers. XM reported […]

From June through November, residents along the Southeast and Gulf Coast regions of the United States brace for nature’s furry. Government officials already predict that the 2006 hurricane season is […]

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 […]

Sweden’s Saab Ericsson Space will provide modular payload adapters for Land Launch vehicles, Saab announced. Land Launch, a collaboration of Sea Launch and Space International Services, will use a Zenit-3SLB […]

Lockheed Martin and EADS Astrium announced May 25 that they have signed a teaming agreement to ensure interoperability of the GPS 3 constellation and Europe’s Galileo program. The companies will […]

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 […]

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, […]