Satellite News

aeroTelesis, Inc. has signed an agreement with Mabuhay Satellite Corporation to become the first beta partner that will utilise USM-based products. USM, Ultra Spectral Modulation, is a proprietary modulation technique that significantly increases spectral efficiency in satellite and wireless applications.

ViaSat, Inc. reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

Alliant Techsystems reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2007.

Spacehab, Incorporated announced that its spacecraft processing and facility services subsidiary, Astrotech Space Operations, has been awarded a new US$1.6 million payload processing contract by Boeing to support the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Orbital Express mission.

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate has chosen Lockheed Martin to provide engineering design and development support for the Autonomous Nanosatellite Guardian Evaluating Local Space satellite programme.

Alliant Techsystems has received a US$90 million contract to provide first, second, and third stage Orion solid rocket motors to Orbital Sciences Corporation for use in a variety of launch platforms including the Ground-based Missile Defense (GMD) programme.