Satellite News

NASA has selected Lockheed Martin Corp. as the prime contractor to design, develop, and build Orion, formerly known as Crew Exploration Vehicle.

Iridium Satellite LLC officially opened its new telemetry, tracking and command/control (TTAC) station in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

SAT Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems Inc., delivered a SAT-DSA spectrum analyzer to the London Satellite…

Boeing Co. has announced that the third of three Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) built for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed testing designed to ensure the spacecraft’s operation. GOES-P underwent a battery of tests to examine…

KVH Industries launched a new Tracvision A7 mobile satellite TV system that will allow passengers across the continental United States to gain in-motion reception of up to 185 channels of DirecTV…

Comtech Telecommunications received a contract to supply satellite-based position and location equipment to the Iraqi Army and security forces, the company announced. Under the $1.7 million contract…

Alliant Techsystems received a five-year, $22 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop automated-composite technologies designed to…

Asiasat recorded revenues of HK $475 million ($61 million) in the first half of 2006, the company reported. The figure was up from revenues in the first half of 2005 but only because of a one-time gain of HK $46 million ($5.9 million) from the early termination of…