Satellite News

SAT Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., announced that it has delivered its MonicsNET Satellite Carrier Monitoring system to Advantech Satellite Networks, Inc., for use in the Saudi Aramco Satellite Communications Network.

OHB Technology AG reported financial results for the first quarter of 2007.

EchoStar reported first quarter 2007 financial results.

Eutelsat Communications reported revenues for third quarter ending 31 March.

The deadline has passed, the required miracle apparently did not happen, and the planned European navigation satellite system Galileo now faces the biggest hurdle in its history–which so far hadn’t been a smooth ride anyway. The private consortium charged with developing Galileo has failed to provide an adequate response for getting the project back on track, the European Commission said.

SpaceDev, Inc.has been awarded an additional US$4.4 million contract modification to continue with Phase III of its microsatellite programme for the U.S. Missile Defense Agency.

The Boeing Orbital Express system has completed another industry first by successfully performing a fully autonomous free-flight rendezvous and capture operation. The demonstration of the two-spacecraft system is part of an ongoing Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) mission to validate on-orbit servicing capabilities.

Skynet 5A, the British military’s latest communication satellite, has been commissioned into service following its successful launch last month.