Satellite News

Lockheed Martin has won two of five awards given annually by the U.S. Department of Defense and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) for excellence in systems engineering.

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced earnings for the three-month period ending 30 September 2007.

Northrop Grumman Corporation reported financial results for the third quarter 2007.

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has made progress in planning its GOES-R procurement but cost and schedules are likely to grow, the country’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) said.

NASA’s Northrop Grumman-built James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will use a new technology network interface called SpaceWire that enables the components on the telescope to work more efficiently and more reliably with each other.

Chinese scientists have successfully activated the first instrument on the Chang’e 1 lunar orbiter in order to start exploring the space environment between Earth and moon.

The recently launched Kosmos 2430 military satellite “is a new satellite of the US-KS early-warning system (also known as Oko),” according to Pavel Podvig’s RussianForces.org web site.