Satellite News

SkyPort International Inc. announced Jan. 17 a strategic partnership with Comdex Inc. in which the two companies will jointly provide secure satellite communications services to Comdex customers…

ViaSat Inc. will supply its LinkStar DVB-S2 satellite networking system to Unete Telecomunicaciones SA of Bolivia to expand enterprise broadband services in Ecuador and the surrounding…

Northrop Grumman Corporation has teamed up with the University of New Orleans’ National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM) to develop and test new ways to produce large composite structures that NASA could use to create future space transportation systems.

Lars Persson has been appointed as the new President and CEO for Swedish Space Corporation as from 16 February 16.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. said that its recently acquired Montreal operation has booked another advanced technology contract, at a value of approximately US$14 million through the Japanese company, Sumitomo Corporation.

Integral Systems, Inc. announced that it was awarded a contract modification for the GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites) N-P Program to upgrade a number of ground command and control subsystems.

European Space Agency director general Jean-Jacques Dordain admitted that the reasons for the delay of the second Galileo test satellite, GIOVE-B, were not solely of a technical nature. In particular, ESA appears to be unhappy with the performance of the industrial consortium that is to provide at least the first four Galileo satellites.

SpaceX may make the second attempt to launch its Falcon 1 rocket from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean on 21 January, the company’s CEO Elon Musk said.