Author: Staff Writer

Spot Image Corp. has been named a U.S. Geological Survey business partner to distribute commercially Landsat 7 satellite images. To be named a business partner, Spot committed itself to the...

Sea Launch officials breathed dawned smiles July 28 when the Russian and Ukrainian-built Zenit 3SL rocket rose from the Odyssey platform and successfully delivered its payload into orbit. Now, Sea...

EMS Technologies Inc. [ELMG] said its Caltrac Star Tracker system successfully provided critical navigation functions to the STS-101 mission crew during an experiment in orbital attitude readiness involving ISS. The...

The Swedish aerospace manufacturer Saab Ericsson Space has won two subcontracts to supply onboard electronic systems for satellites under construction. Under one of the subcontracts, the company will provide 45...

Hughes Electronics Corp. [GMH] named three new corporate vice presidents. Pat Doyle was promoted to corporate vice president for finance and acting treasurer. He joined the company in 1992 as...

Societe Europeenne des Satellites (SES) has announced a further intercontinental expansion–the move into the Western Hemisphere that it long has planned. It is investing $135 million in Embratel’s satellite Ivision...

As satellite business executives look forward to the first years of the 21st century, they can expect the landscape of multimedia space-based applications to remain turbulent. More than ever, in...

Investors are optimistic with L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. [LLL], sighting the company’s second quarter results show growth as well as continued integration success. The company reported revenue of $461 million,...

The last in a series of powerful medium-data-rate (MDR) communications payloads for the U.S. Air Force Milstar satellite program was shipped by Hughes Space and Communications Co. [GMH] to Lockheed...

International Launch Services (ILS) announced last week that it has received more than $1 billion in new launch orders through July 2000. The new business includes 13 firm launch orders...