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NASA's Dawn Mission Delayed Until September
July 10, 2007
The launch of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has been rescheduled to September, NASA announced July 7. The primary reasons for the delay are a combination of limited launch opportunities in July...
TCS Gains Defense Satellite Equipment Contract
July 10, 2007
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has received a $2.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide satellite parts and services for Defense Satellite Communication System (DSCS) terminals and the DSCS...
Orbcomm Subscribers Grow
July 09, 2007
Orbcomm Inc. added 28,000 net billable subscribers in the 2007 second quarter, the company announced July 5. The additions give Orbcomm a total subscriber base of more than 278,000 at...
ESA Receives Proposals For 50 Scientific Missions
July 09, 2007
The European scientific community has submitted proposals for 50 new scientific missions following a call for proposals issued in March by the European Space Agency (ESA), the agency announced July...
Sogecable Loses Key Rights
July 09, 2007
In a major blow to its pay-TV aspirations, Sogecable, which operates the Digital+ direct-to-home satellite platform, has lost the blue-chip Spanish soccer rights in Spain to Mediapro, a Spanish audiovisual...
NASA Postpones Dawn Spacecraft Launch
July 09, 2007
The scheduled July 7 launch of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft aboard a Delta 2 rocket has been postponed until July 9 at the earliest, NASA announced. Dawn, the first planetary spacecraft...
Norsat CFO Resigns
July 09, 2007
Cathy Zhai, CFO of satellite solutions provider Norsat International Inc., resigned effective June 27, the company announced July 6. Until a successor is named, the CFO duties will be conducted...