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Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.), chairman of the House committee on science and technology, released an April 2 letter to President George W. Bush calling for the removal of Robert Cobb as inspector general of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Both Rep. Brad Miller (D-N.C.), chairman of…

Stating that the potential merger of Sirius Satelllite Radio and XM Satellite Radio “is the paradigm for why anti-trust laws and FCC competitive mandates were enacted in the first place,” Carmel Group…

Shareholders of News Corp. have approved a deal to swap the company’s stake in DirecTV Group Inc. with Liberty Media Corp. in exchange for US$550 million in cash and Liberty’s roughly US$11 billion stake in News Corp.

SpaceDev, Inc. reported its financial results for the year ending 31 December 2006.

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) announced that it intends to acquire Swales Aerospace, a provider of satellite components and subsystems, small spacecraft and engineering services for NASA, U.S. Department of Defense and commercial satellite customers.

The Cornell University student team and their CUSat nanosatellite design has won the University Nanosat Flight Competition Review (FCR).

Globalstar, Inc. has signed a EUR9 million (approximately US$12 million) agreement with Alcatel Alenia Space to upgrade the Globalstar satellite operations and control centre located in Milpita and its backup satellite ground control facility located in El Dorado Hills (both California, USA).

Sea Launch said significant progress has been made in the investigation into the cause of the unsuccessful Zenit-3SL launch on 30 January and repairs to the Odyssey Launch Platform. The company said it plans to return to flight in October.