Satellite News

Just another satellite weblog

Archive for June 29th, 2007

MSV Appoints VP For Next-Gen Services

June 29th, 2007 by

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) appointed Ines LeBow vice president for…
Share This

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

MicroSat Systems To Help Design Platform For Mars Gravity Biosatellite Program

June 29th, 2007 by

MicroSat Systems Inc. of Littleton, Colo., is participating with a student team to develop and fabricate the platform for a prototype biosatellite, the company announced…
Share This

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

ESA Signs Development Contract For Future Launch Vehicles

June 29th, 2007 by

The European Space Agency (ESA) signed a pair of contracts with Italy’s NGL Prime S.p.A. to develop concepts for future launch vehicles as well as develop a reusable test vehicle under ESA’s Future Launchers Preparatory Program, ESA announced June 27. The European Next Generation Launcher study will…
Share This

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

NASA Awards Contract For Orion Pad Escape System

June 29th, 2007 by

Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc. received a contract from NASA to design the escape system for the agency’s next generation space exploration vehicle, the…
Share This

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

Satellite Systems Launches Satellite Communications Subsidiary

June 29th, 2007 by

Satellite Systems Corp. has established a subsidiary, Dominion Test Instruments, to enhance satellite communications offerings, the company announced June 26. Satellite Systems has been manufacturing satellite…
Share This

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

Second Bigelow Experimental Spacecraft Launched

June 29th, 2007 by

Genesis 2, the second experimental pathfinder spacecraft for Bigelow Aerospace, was placed into orbit June 28 by a…
Share This

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

STMicroelectronics Chipset To Be Used In Sirius TV Offering

June 29th, 2007 by

STMicroelectronics , which has provided radio receiver chipsets for Sirius Satellite Radio since 2004, will provide the digital broadcasting chipset for Sirius Backseat…
Share This

Category: NEWS | No Comments »

FCC Seeks Comments On Rule Preventing Sirius-XM Merger

June 29th, 2007 by

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking public comments on the 1997 rule that would bar the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. The FCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking June 27 that seeks comment on whether the 1997 order that prohibits a holder of a satellite…
Share This

Category: NEWS | No Comments »