Satellite News

SES Global reported financial results for the first half of 2006.

ITT Corporation has completed and shipped the imaging sensor for DigitalGlobe’s next generation WorldView 1 satellite.

SMART-1, the first European spacecraft to the Moon, is about to end its mission after almost sixteen months of lunar science investigations.

MetOp, the first in the new European series of operational meteorological satellites in polar orbit, is now scheduled for launch aboard a Soyuz 2.1.b on 7 October 2006.

Congress should consider limiting NASA spending on the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program to nothing beyond the preliminary design review, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated. NASA shouldn’t enter into longer-term deals with contractors, the watchdog agency advised. The GAO made…

With civil space initiatives being pushed with significant momentum, many projects have passed milestones that are making some industry executives re-evaluate this sector. Recently, Boeing Co. successfully tested a key laser component of the Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) system. This…

The largest maize maze in the world has opened in York, England, and fittingly, the maze design was created using space age technology. Pioneering GPS equipment was employed to plot out the maze pathways. The system, based on the newly-released European Space Agency (ESA) EGNOS satellite, enabled the maze…

After a few challenging years, satellite-enabled business initiatives have begun to rebound fueled by new technologies and applications. Many industry observers believe that the notion of a “killer app” that will trigger significant business development has gone by the wayside. Rather, diversified service…