Satellite News

The U.S. federal claims court has denied a motion by United Launch Alliance seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed by SpaceX against the company and the U.S. Air Force.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has notified NASA that it has denied Sierra Nevada Corporation’s protest of the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract awards.

Alliant Techsystems Inc.and Orbital Sciences Corporation announced that the U.S. Department of Justice has unconditionally cleared the proposed merger of ATK’s Aerospace and Defense Groups with Orbital.

A compromise defence policy bill in U.S. Congress would bar United Launch Alliance from using Russian RD-180 engines unless they were bought before Moscow’s invasion of the Crimean Peninsula this year.

Loral Space & Communications Inc. announced that during a 1 December 2014 mediation session, Loral and MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) agreed that Loral will be responsible for US$45 million, and MDA and Loral’s former subsidiary, Space Systems/Loral, LLC (SSL), will be responsible for US$55 million, of the US$100 million ViaSat litigation settlement.

The outlines of an accord to fund development of a new Ariane 6 satellite launch vehicle appeared to be in place after Germany dropped its insistence on a prior upgrade to the current Ariane 5, officials said according to news agencies.

European Union antitrust regulators have, under conditions, cleared the proposed joint venture by Airbus Group and Safran.

Two former senior Korea Telecom executives were indicted for selling the Koreasat 3 satellite to ABS of Hong Kong without government authorisation, a spokesman for the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office was quoted as saying.