Satellite News

NASA has delayed shuttle Atlantis’ landing by a day because of bad weather expected at the landing site. The agency also wants time to examine video of an object that may have accidentally flown out of the shuttle’s cargo bay.

Orbital Sciences Corporation announced on Sept. 18 that it was promoting four executives to new positions. G. David Low will become…

Siemens researchers have developed simulation software to test the precision of Galileo, Europe’s fledgling satellite system, though not all of the satellites are yet in position. A collaboration between the European Union and the European Space Agency (ESA), the Euro Galileo project is planned for operation…

Bridge Broadband, a U.K. broadband operator, is looking to step into the breach after a number of customers lost satellite broadband services in Scotland. Ouranous Networks/Aramiska customers who have lost connections can now look to Bridge Broadband for help as it offers a support package including free…

Several hundred international scientists are expected to attend the Envisat Symposium from April 23 to 27, 2007, in Montreux, Switzerland, to present and review results of ongoing research projects using data from the European Space Agency’s Envisat, ERS and Third Party Mission satellites. The main…

Echostar Communications Corporation announced on Sept. 18 that Carl Vogel will oversee day-to-day operations as president for Dish Network, effective immediately, while continuing to serve as vice chairman of the company’s board of…

Lost amid widely published speculation last week that Rupert Murdoch might divest his interests in DirecTV were definitive answers about what such a move would mean to the satellite TV industry at large: If Murdoch’s News Corp. was to sell its estimated $10 billion interest in DirecTV to Liberty Media for…

Alliance Spacesystems, LLC, which has already built three robotic arms for Mars spacecraft, has been awarded the engineering contract for yet another – the robotic arm for NASA’s next major Mars rover mission, the Mars Science Laboratory, targeted for a 2009 launch.