NASA has extended a contract with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to provide science and operational support for the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Read the rest of this entry »
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to provide a new, direct broadcast satellite (DBS), EchoStar XVI, to a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq:SATS). Read the rest of this entry »
In a web posting at the RIANovosti site, Russia is apparently going to launch research into nuclear engines for spaceships from 2010, according to the head of the country’s Federal Space Agency. Read the rest of this entry »
Start-up satellite broadband service provider Avanti Communications of London announced that it has secured more than $300 million in loans and guarantees from the U.S. and French export-credit agencies for a Hylas 2 Ka-band satellite to be built by Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Virginia, and launched in the first half of 2012 by Franceβs Arianespace launch consortium. Read the rest of this entry »
Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Spot LLC, have acquired substantially all of the assets of Axonn, L.L.C. (Axonn). Read the rest of this entry »
Overwatch has announced that Karl Stupnik has joined Overwatch, a Textron Systems company, as Business Development Manager. Read the rest of this entry »
Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) will draft an agreement on space cooperation, the Roscosmos chief said last Sunday. Read the rest of this entry »
In a recent online survey, more than three-fourths of responding consumers stated they would rather receive 3D content via their satellite or cable or provider compared with those respondents who prefer Blu-ray/DVD, which was the second choice overall. Read the rest of this entry »
John Eggerton of Multichannel News reports that the U.S. Congress has agreed to extend the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act for a period of 60 days. Read the rest of this entry »
SatMAX Corp. (PINKSHEETS: SATM) has delivered an order for additional satellite communications antennae to ITT Corporation. Read the rest of this entry »
