Satellite News

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) signed a contract amendment valued at $8.7 million Canadian ($7.5 million) with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to…

The Boeing team that will compete for the upper stage production contract for NASA’s Ares 1 crew launch vehicle includes Hamilton Sundstrand (a…

GlobeCast signed a deal to distribute content from more than 60 of its WorldTV channels over an Internet TV network…

WildBlue Enterprise Solutions has added Broadcast International as a value-added reseller of its products and services, WildBlue announced March 28. Broadcast…

WorldSpace Satellite Radio lost $128.6 million in 2006 on revenues of $15.6 million, compared to losses of $79.9 million on revenues of $11.7…

OHB-System AG of Germany signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a European Small Geostationary Satellite platform for telecommunication missions, the organizations announced March 28. The contract, valued at 100 million euros ($133.4 million) covers the first part of an initiative…

While noting that its Falcon 1 rocket fell well short of the velocity needed to reach orbit, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) declared the rocket operational following its second test launch, founder and CEO Elon Musk said in a March 27 posting on the company’s Web site. The Falcon 1 reached an…

Mobile Satellite Ventures said it will deploy what it believes to be the first integrated 4G and satellite broadband trial powered by Nortel mobile WiMAX and IMS technologies.