Satellite News

NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander was delivered by its builder Lockheed Martin to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on 7 May. The vehicle will undergo three more months of testing and integration in preparation for its launch on a Delta II launch vehicle in early August.

SES Americom has ordered a replacement satellite, AMC-5R, plus a ground spare with an option to add up to three more spacecraft per its contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation.

DataPath Inc. has become an executive member of the Satellite Industry Association (SIA)…

EchoStar Communications Corp. and its Dish Network satellite TV service has launched the MobileDish in-car satellite service, EchoStar announced May 4. The programming package combines…

A team from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman completed a key design review of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Space Segment, signaling readiness to proceed with the next development phase of the program, Lockheed Martin announced…

Furled by its Mobile Satellite Service (MSS) business, Stratos Global Corp. posted revenues of $144.6 million in the 2007 first quarter, up 21 percent from the same period a year ago, the company announced May 3. Stratos cuts its net loss from $24.9 million…

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Proxim Wireless Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Terabeam Inc., to offer WiMAX, Wi-Fi Mesh and other broadband wireless access solutions, Gilat announced May…

Arianespace’s second heavy-lift flight of 2007 deployed two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbit May 4, the company announced. The Ariane 5 placed the Astra-1L spacecraft for SES…