Boeinglaunched its second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office on an Atlas 5 rocket into a low-Earth orbit from the Cape Canaveral Launch Complex in Florida, the company announced March 7. The X-37B unmanned space-based test platform objectives ...

TheU.S. Air Forcesuccessfully demonstrated over-the-air, low-data-rate communication between an orbiting Milstar satellite and the family of advanced beyond line-of-sight terminal, the Pentagon announced Feb. 25. The demonstration, conducted late last month, included a series of uplink and...

Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings(CSR) shareholders have approved the merger of XM CanadawithSirius Canada, which would combine the country's two satellite subscriber radio services, XM Canada announced Feb. 18. The merger, expected to close by the end of May pending CRTC approval, follows...

Comtech Xicom Technologyunveiled its X-BUC block up-converter, which is targeted to commercial and military customers using X-band capacity onXtarand Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites, the company announced Feb. 11. Comtech's X-BUC aims to offer higher power in a compact package ...

SES Astra signed an agreement to provide the Albanian Postal Service’s rural customers with free Internet access via its Astra2Connect satellite broadband service, the operator announced Jan. 24. The Albanian Postal Service also will use Astra2Connect for its daily operations ...

Thales Alenia Spacesigned a contract with French space agencyCNESto produce the Surface Waves Investigation and Monitoring (SWIM) instrument as part of a joint French-Chinese program to develop an Earth observation satellite, the satellite manufacturer announced Jan. The SWIM multibeam Ku-...

International Launch Services (ILS) has successfully carried the XM-5 satellite into orbit today on an ILS Proton for SIRIUS XM Radio, America’s satellite radio company. Sirius XM-5 satelliteThis was the 6th commercial mission of the year for ILS and the 9th successful Proton launch of 2010. ...

Astrium has acquired German space sensors and optical systems specialistJena-Optronik, Astrium announced Oct. 4. Jena-Optronik develops attitude sensors and space-based optics for a variety of different platforms, including Earth observation satellites and the laser guidance system for ...

Globecomm Systems has been awarded a $4 million one-year contract from an unnamed U.S. government agency to provide Ku-band space segment bandwidth and bandwidth management services, the company announced Sept. 24. Globecomm also will provide the customer with implementation, ...

The Lockheed Martinand Alliant Techsystems(ATK) Athena Launch Vehicle Family has been selected byNASAto become part of the agency's Launch Services 2 contract. The contract will see the rockets launched from U.S.-based sites, such as Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., and Kodiak ...