Satellite News

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it has divided its defence operations organisation unit into two separate business units.

Sirius Satellite Radio reported financial results for the second quarter 2006.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. has entered into a C$1.4 million contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to study the development of a joint Canadian-Italian Hyperspectral Mission.

Frequency Electronics, Inc. has been awarded contracts aggregating US$1.5 million for a U.S. Department of Defense secure communications satellite system.

South Africa has named the low Earth orbit satellite its plans to launch in December Sumbandila. The spacecraft will be launched from a Russian submarine.

Boeing said it has demonstrated the ability of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) to link from one satellite to another using a laser beam in a simulated space environment.

Russia’s Roskosmos space agency says it will compensate Kazakhstan for any possible environmental damages caused by the recent Dnepr crash. The extent of the damage is still unclear, and there are contradicting reports as usual.

Near Earth LLC added three members to its advisory board and one member to its investment banking team, the company announced July 29…