Author: Mark Holmes

[11-14-07 – Satellite News] Small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has been growing at an impressive rate throughout the last few years, building satellites for European, African and...

    [11-13-07 – Satellite News] Space has become “a lifeline to military forces,” U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Victor See, commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command’s Space Field Activity, said...

[11-08-07 – Satellite News] DirecTV, the U.S. satellite pay-TV operator, issued a strong set of third quarter results, which largely were ahead of analyst forecasts. Spencer Wang, a satellite equity...

 [11-08-07 – Satellite News] The Global MilSatCom 2007 show in London from Nov. 5 to Nov. 7 saw a variety of speakers highlight the ever-increasing importance of satellite communications in...

 [11-08-07 – Satellite News]   Vizada aims to use its improved product portfolio and distribution reach to become a greater force on the satellite communications landscape. Vizada now incorporates the...

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is one of the newer players in the launch services market and hopes it can build a strong business and tempt customers from the...

Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services is another U.S.-based player, along with Boeing, that would like to return to the commercial launch services market. David Markham, president of the unit, talks...

Approximately a year after becoming an independent company, International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) was in the midst of a record year in 2007 before a September Proton failure halted the...

[11-01-07 – Satellite News] NDS, the conditional access and middleware vendor which generates around 80 percent of its revenues from satellite players, has signed another deal with a start-up direct-to-home...

The September failure of an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton rocket is the latest incident that has led to a tightening of capacity in the launch services market. The Proton...