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A fiery end to a perfect mission: ATV Albert Einstein
Nov 06, 2013 (ESA)
ESA's fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle cargo ferry, Albert Einstein, completed its five-month mission to the International Space Station by reentering the atmo...
Astrium to build new satellite for US operator DIRECTV
Oct 29, 2013 (SPX)
Astrium, Europe's leading space technology company, has been awarded a contract by US company DIRECTV Latin America to build the latest addition to its communic...
SES Places 500 Million 5-year Euro Bond
Oct 21, 2013 (SPX)
SES S.A. has placed a 500 million 5-year Euro bond. The bond, issued by SES Global Americas Holdings GP and guaranteed by SES S.A., was priced at a coupon of 1....
Boeing to build a new satellite for Inmarsat network
Oct 15, 2013 (UPI)
Boeing will build a fourth Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress satellite as part of a strategy to widen the Inmarsat network. The first spacecraft in the series is schedul...
French seek lock on Persian Gulf satellite deals
Oct 14, 2013 (UPI)
The French government, fresh from securing a $913 million deal with the United Arab Emirates for two military satellites, is pushing hard to sell a military sys...
Ukraine targets 50 percent increase in space industry output by 2017
Oct 11, 2013 (XNA)
The Ukrainian government aimed to increase local space industry output by 50 percent over the next five years through closer cooperation with investors, Prime M...
Inmarsat to purchase fourth Inmarsat-5 satellite from Boeing
Oct 08, 2013 (SPX)
The fourth Inmarsat-5 satellite will have a dual strategic role. Initially the satellite will serve to provide an early available spare in the unlikely event of...
SES and CETel ink new capacity deals to meet growing connectivity demands in the Middle East
Sep 24, 2013 (SPX)
SES has announced that CETel has renewed a multi-year deal and signed a new multi-transponder capacity deal with SES to provide services to meet the escalating ...
Blue Sky Network Dynamic Electronic Forms Feature Via Iridium And HawkEyeLink
Sep 20, 2013 (SPX)
Blue Sky Network has announced that its portable Bluetooth device, HawkEyeLink, now supports access and transmission of electronic forms. HawkEyeLink enables tw...
First Boeing-built Inmarsat-5 Satellite on Track for 2013 Launch
Sep 19, 2013 (SPX)
The first of three Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress (GX) satellites being built by Boeing has completed a key system life test, paving the way for it to launch later th...
Lockheed Martin Unveils A2100 Satellite Improvements
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has applied substantial enhancements to its A2100 satellite platform to meet current and future global communications market needs. The new A210...
Ryder Selects ORBCOMM for Telematics Solution Across its Mixed Fleet of Trailer Assets
Sep 13, 2013 (SPX)
ORBCOMM has announced that Ryder System has selected ORBCOMM to deliver a comprehensive telematics systems solution tailored for Ryder's fleet of more than 30,0...
China delivers control of satellite to Venezuela
Sep 09, 2013 (XNA)
China has delivered full control of the Chinese-built Miranda satellite over to Venezuela, Venezuelan Minister of Science and Technology Manuel Fernandez announ...
Three Managers Charged with Embezzlement from Glonass
Sep 09, 2013 (RIA Novosti)
Three senior managers were charged with embezzling $3.2 million allocated for Russia's Glonass satellite navigation program, a spokesman for the Russian Investi...
Israel's Amos 4 satellite launch boosts space plan
Sep 03, 2013 (UPI)
Israel Aerospace Industries has launched the Amos 4 communications satellite, strengthening the Jewish state's foothold in space where it's building its own arr...
Israeli telecom satellite sent into space: statement
Sep 01, 2013 (AFP)
A rocket carrying an Israeli communications satellite has been successfully launched from a Russian facility in Kazakhstan, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) sa...
SSL Names Undisclosed Customer
Aug 19, 2013 (SPX)
Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has named its undisclosed customer for a multi-mission communications satellite announced on July 18, 2013. The satellite is being man...
Thales Alenia Space announces satellite deal in Brazil
Aug 13, 2013 (AFP)
French-Italian group Thales Alenia Space (TAS) said on Tuesday it had won a contract worth about 300 million euros ($400 million) to build a satellite for Brazi...
Mexican satellite network bought by Eutelsat for $831 million
Jul 31, 2013 (UPI)
Mexico's Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. will join the global network of Eutelsat Communications after a $831 million purchase deal was announced Wednesday. Eu...
Astrium's satellites qualified by EU within CAP framework
Jul 22, 2013 (XNA)
Europe's leading space company Astrium announced Thursday that its SPOT 6 satellite has been qualified by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commissi...
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