Satellite News

The Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan is preparing for this year’s first launch of a Proton-M launch vehicle.

Another Sea Launch customer has switched launch vehicles in the wake of the Zenit 3-SL explosion in January: an Ariane 5 launch vehicle will deliver Spaceway 3 to Geostationary Transfer Orbit from Europe’s Spaceport at the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana, in August of 2007.

ClientLogic will provide expanded customer service, technical support and customer retention services to XM Satellite…

TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) was awarded its seventh patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, TCS announced Feb. 27. The patent covers technology enables a wireless subscriber’s location…

SpaceDev subsidiary Starsys Inc., has been awarded a $1.4 million subcontract by NASA’s Jet Propulsion…

A newly-formed subsidiary of SkyPort International has signed a letter of intent to purchase RAMTelecom Inc. of Canada, SkyPort announced Feb. 28. SkyPort has formed a Canadian subsidiary, SkyPort…

Com Dev International Ltd. has received an authorization to proceed from Alcatel Alenia Space to provide advanced payload electronics for the Globalstar-2…

Loral Space & Communications has completed its sale of $300 million of stock to MHR Fund Management LLC, Loral’s largest shareholder, Loral announced Feb. 27. The deal was announced in October and was delayed after other shareholders raised opposition. Investment firms Murray Capital Management Inc. and…