Satellite News

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a contract to manufacture Nimiq 5, a new high-power, direct broadcast satellite for Telesat Canada.

The European Space Agency has published a list of launches and related activities with ESA participation in 2007.

Wegener Corp. announced Jan. 3 its signing of a non-exclusive distributor agreement with Netherlands-based Simac…

TransCore and Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor ASA of Norway, have signed a five-year agreement for Telenor to serve as a distributor of TransCore’s…

The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) achieved a milestone with the delivery of an advanced sensor engineering development unit by Raytheon Co., the company announced Jan. 3. The Visible…

Based on preliminary financial data, Sirius Satellite Radio expects to be cash-flow positive in…

DigitalGlobe has signed a deal with Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for the construction of the WorldView 2 satellite. WorldView 2 is scheduled to be placed into…

Frequency Electronics, Inc. has acquired an approximate 20 percent interest in Elcom Technologies, Inc., a privately-held company located in Rockleigh, New Jersey, USA.