Satellite News

Loral Space & Communications Inc. posted a 41 percent increase in the 2006 second quarter to $192.9 million, driven by satellite construction contracts, the company announced Aug. 7. In the 2005 second quarter, Loral reported revenues of $136.8 million. Despite the gain in revenues, Loral’s net loss grew…

DirecTV’s profits more than doubled in the 2006 second quarter to $459 million, as revenues improved 10 percent to $3.5 billion, DirecTV announced Aug. 8. In the 2005 second quarter, DirecTV reported a profit of $162 million on revenues of $3.2 billion. “In many ways, the results in the…

The DirecTV Group, Inc. reported financial results for the second quarter 2006.

Loral Space & Communications Inc. reported its financial results for the three months ending 30 June 2006.

The largest optical mirror ever built for a mission beyond Earth’s orbit has arrived at Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for environmental testing and spacecraft integration. The 1.4-meter primary mirror was produced by subcontractor L-3 Communications Brashear.

NASA scientists and engineers have completed final testing and integration of the GLAST Burst Monitor, a space-based instrument for studying gamma ray bursts.

On 11 August, an Ariane 5 ECA is to launch the JCSAT-10 communications satellite for Japanese operator JSAT Corporation, and the Syracuse 3B communications satellite for the French Ministry of Defence.

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, plans to launch the MetOp-A satellite Oct. 7…