Satellite News

A shepherd in Russia’s southwestern Siberian Altai Republic is to seek damages from the Russian space agency over a rocket fragment that fell into his yard, Novosti news agency reported.

Globalstar, Inc. has received the necessary Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes (ANATEL) regulatory approval for its agreement to purchase the Globalstar independent gateway operator in Brazil from Loral Space & Communications Inc. and various affiliated entities.

The Spanish government has cleared a deal under which abertis relecom would acquire a 28.4 percent stake in Hispasat for EUR199 million. It had earlier been reported the government was opposing the acquisition.

JAXA and Japanese companies, which have set up a public-private partnership (PPP) to develop the medium-sized Galaxy Express (GX) launch vehicle, disagree on how to proceed with the troubled project, the Yomiuri Shimbun reports.

The U.S. General Accounting Office has rejected a protest by Rocketplane Kistler (RpK) against the second round of NASA’s Commercial Orbital Transportation System (COTS) competition.

Alliant Techsystems announced that it will file an Investment Canada Act (ICA) Registration relating to its planned acquisition of the Information Systems and Geospatial Businesses of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates .

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved the US$16.4 billion sale of Intelsat Holdings Ltd. to Serafina Holdings Ltd., an investment vehicle primarily owned by private equity firm BC Partners Ltd.

iDirect, Inc. has received a series of intellectual property patents protecting critical aspects of its Intelligent Platform for satellite IP communications.