Satellite News

Ondas Media, which plans to launch a satellite radio service in Europe by 2009, has named John Yates senior vice president of network engineering, Jason Jones vice president of broadcast operations and Martin Charman vice president of broadcast technology, the company announced Sept. 21…

Spacehab, Inc. announced Sept. 20 that its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary won a payload-processing services contract from NASA’s Kennedy…

Lockheed Martin’s second modernized GPS Block 2R satellite for the U.S. Air Force is set for a Sept. 25 launch…

NASA has formed a partnership with San Mateo, Calif.-based Red Planet Capital Inc. to establish a strategic venture capital fund for NASA intended to help the agency gain access to new and innovative…

Matthew Desch has been named chairman and CEO of Bethesda, Md.-based Iridium Satellite LLC , the company announced Sept. 21. Desch will replace Dan…

Iridium Satellite LLC has named Matthew J. Desch, 48, as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company.

Hughes Communications, Inc. announced that it has received notification from NASDAQ that its common stock has been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Global Market, subject to standard listing requirements.

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) said it has delivered the first of four flight SGR-10 GPS receivers to SpaceDev.