Satellite News

Six people were injured when a train carrying space shuttle parts to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center derailed in Alabama, USA, yesterday. The train was carrying space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor segments from the ATK Launch Systems manufacturing site in Brigham City, Utah.

Alcatel-Lucent and Hughes Network Systems will develop architecture and technology for use in ICO Global Communications’…

GeoEye has received awards to supply U.S. government customers with satellite imagery…

Telesat reported a profit of 22.9 million Canadian dollars ($20.6 million) in the 2007 first quarter, up from $21.6 million ($19.5 million) in the same period a year ago, the company announced May 2. Operating revenue was 121.6 million…

BSkyB added about 51,000 customers in the 2007 first quarter to bring its total subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland to nearly 8.5 million, the company announced May 2. While subscriber numbers…

SES Global posted a strong increase in revenues, but saw profits fall in the 2007 first quarter, the company announced May 2. Overall revenues improved 20 percent…

An Ariane 5 launch vehicle with a dual-passenger payload of the Astra-1L and Galaxy 17 satellites has been cleared for liftoff following the launch readiness review…

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) awarded contracts to 24 companies to provide next-generation satellite communications systems to U.S. government military and civilian agencies, the GSA announced May 2. Among the companies that will be available to provide services under…