Satellite News

The European polar-orbiting satellite Metop-A delivered its first images Oct. 25, the first day the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA)…

Orbital Sciences Corp. reported a profit of $8.6 million on revenues of $197.7 million in the 2006 third quarter, the company announced Oct. 27. In the 2005 third quarter, Orbital earned $6.8 million on revenues of $159.3 million. Orbital credited the revenue gains to a 58 percent increase in satellites and…

ViaSat Inc. received a $12 million delivery order from Arinc for extra production quantities of its Skylink Airborne…

Responding to complaints from a pair of investors, Loral Space & Communications Inc. and its largest shareholder will consider alternatives to a recent equity financing deal. Loral asked MHR Fund…

Alliant Techsystems announced that Kent Rominger, former NASA Chief of the Astronaut Corps, has accepted the position of Vice President, Advanced Programs within the Launch Systems Group.

Orbital Sciences Corporation announced preliminary financial results for the third quarter of 2006.

Loral Space & Communications Inc. announced that it has requested that MHR Fund Management LLC consider proposing an alternative to the recently announced US$300 million equity financing transaction that would include the participation of all interested shareholders.

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin will announce a decision on a space shuttle mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope on 31 October.