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Asiasat recorded revenues of HK $475 million ($61 million) in the first half of 2006, the company reported. The figure was up from revenues in the first half of 2005 […]

Korean Air will ask Boeing to reimburse the airline about $12 million to cover the cost of installing equipment to provide Boeing’s Connnexion satellite Internet service, The Korea Times reported […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. named Carl Marchetto as executive vice president and general manager of Space Systems effective in early September, the company announced Aug. 23. Formerly corporate senior vice president […]

Verso Technologies and Shiron Satellite Communications Ltd. announced the completion of interoperability tests between Verso and the Shiron Intersky 2-Way Satellite IP Broadband platform. The companies also announced their joint […]

The first launch of a U.S. Air Force GPS Block 2F satellite has slipped from November to possibly January 2009, the U.S. Department of Defense said. The delay was revealed […]

Telenor Satellite Services has purchased the satellite communications activities of Norse Technology AS and acquired the majority of stock in Norway-based Norse Electronics AS, Telenor announced Aug. 23. Norse Electronics […]

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas denied without comment Aug. 22 a request by Echostar Communications Corp. to delay a lower court order that could force Echostar to stop rebroadcasting […]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Aug. 21 that its Tempe, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a satellite communications equipment order for $2.8 million from an unnamed systems integrator. The […]

SES Americom announced Aug. 21 that Comcast, Bresnan Communications, Brighthouse Networks, and Metrocast are among the first U.S.-based cable multiple system operators (MSO) to participate in a triple-feed antenna program […]

MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. received several orders from an unnamed U.S. government agency to provide Radarsat-1 products throughout a 10-month period, the company announced Aug. 22. The orders, valued […]

Boeing Co. demonstrated space-based delivery of MP-3 files, a streaming video multicast and Voice over Internet protocol (IP) services in a test of the company’s approach for the Transformational Satellite […]

Orbital Sciences Corp. announced Aug. 22 that the Optus D1 communications satellite has been delivered to Kourou, French Guiana, where it is scheduled to be lofted into orbit aboard an […]

Sea Launch placed the Koreasat 5 communications satellite into orbit Aug. 21 for KT Corp. and South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development, Sea Launch announced. The hybrid satellite, built by […]

In addition to its high frequency 40 Ghz Bias Tees and DC Blocks, MITEQ has now introduced a new line of low frequency, low cost Bias Tees and DC Blocks. […]

Hugh Panero, CEO of XM Satellite Radio, has resigned from the board of Vonage Holdings Corp., Vonage announced. Panero joined the board of the Internet telephone company in January, but […]

Harmonic announced details of the new DiviCom Electra 5400, third generation MPEG-4 AVC (H.264) standard definition (SD) encoder, which it hopes will prove a hit with pay-TV operators worldwide. This […]

Jadoo Power Systems Inc., a supplier of portable fuel cell power systems, announced Aug. 21 that General Atomics Space Power Division has awarded Jadoo a contract to develop an advanced […]

UDcast, a provider of solutions enabling full IP over broadcast and satellite media, announced Aug. 21 it would supply 1,500 gateway appliances to Algérie Télécom. Algérie Télécom Satellite, a subsidiary […]

Wildblue Communications Inc. completed a $350 million debt financing round intended to fund the growth of the company’s satellite broadband business, Wildblue announced Aug. 21. The financing round, led by […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – This center of government and military space and missile programs is looking for a few (thousand) good men and women: engineers with security clearances. The unemployment rate […]

By Dave Ahearn In yet another move to clear away old financial deadwood and gain a fresh start, The Boeing Co. [BA] will take an expected $320 million charge to […]

With no breakthroughs likely in space propulsion or rocket design in the near future, a new family of space-launch vehicles developed for military payloads should satisfy all projected national security […]

Arianespace placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit: the JCSAT-10 communications satellite for Japanese operator JSAT Corp., and the Syracuse 3B military communications satellite for the French Ministry of Defense. […]

Space Shuttle Atlantis has been cleared for launch as early as Sunday with a unanimous “go” recommendation that stands in contrast to the divided views that clouded the recent Space […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The Boeing Co. [BA] is offering military forces an advancement making Humvees into launching pads for multiple types of missiles. The new Agile Multi-role Weapons System (AMWS) […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) blasted defense contractors for cost overruns on weapons acquisition programs. Sessions, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and chairman of […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – A defense company is hoping its ballistic missile defense work may grow as Europe installs a missile shield against enemy weapons launched from the Middle East. But […]

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – Each of the anti-ballistic missile programs to kill enemy missiles just after launch has improved measurably, but further advancements must be achieved in those ballistic missile defense […]

NASA selected Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, and rival Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) to demonstrate their ability to loft cargo, and eventually crew members, into orbit, on missions to the International […]