All articles by David Todd – Page 2
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NewsEnvisat formally declared lost
The European Space Agency (ESA) has formally declared that the Envisat environmental and remote sensing satellite mission is now over, following the satellite's...
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Satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe rejects takeover by rival GeoEye
Commercial satellite Earth imagery provider DigitalGlobe has formally turned down an offer from rival GeoEye to buy the company for $17 per share in a combination...
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NewsPlanetary Resources firm plans to survey and mine asteroids
At the Museum of Flight in Seattle, on 24 April, a US-based firm called Planetary Resources, Inc. announced a plan to use unmanned robotic spacecraft to...
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Hispasat posts increased revenues and profits for 2011
Spanish commercial satellite operator Hispasat registered a 3.4% increase in revenue to €187.5 million ($247.6 million) for 2011, owing mainly to the Amazonas 2 and Hispasat 1E satellites.
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NewsLightSquared buys time with Inmarsat frequency spectrum payment
Having previously missed a payment to the mobile satellite firm Inmarsat, troubled mobile satellite company LightSquared has now made a payment of $56.25 million in relation to its use of Inmarsat's frequency spectrum.
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NewsSpace Systems/Loral countersues Viasat over patent infringements
Space Systems Loral’s countersuit filings were made on 9 April in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California.
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NewsUS Air Force orders Minotaur 1 launch for ORS-3
The US rocket and satellite manufacturer, Orbital Sciences Corporationm, announced that the US Air Force has exercised an option order for a Minotaur I launch for the ORS-3 “Enabler” mission for the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office of the Department of Defense.
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NewsArianespace confirms that 2011 was just profitable but has expectations of improvement
At Arianespace’s annual shareholder meeting, the European launch provider revealed that its net profit for 2011 of €1.6 million in 2011.
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Boeing finally wins appeal against ICO court verdict
The California State Court of Appeals a 2008 California Superior Court ruling that Boeing should pay mobile satellite operator ICO Global (now part of Pendrell) $603 million over an alleged fraud and breach of contract related to the construction of ICO’s planned satellite fleet.
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NewsPICTURE: Space Shuttle Discovery makes final airborne salute as hitchhiker
The Space Shuttle Orbiter Discovery (OV-103) made its last ever flight to its final rest home at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
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NewsNorth Korean satellite launch attempt fails
At 2239GMT on 12 April, North Korea launched its three stage Unha 3 rocket from its new launch site at Tongchang-ri.. The launch vehicle flew for between 60 and 90 seconds before breaking up and crashing into the Yellow Sea. A failure on the first stage is ...
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India's PSLV wins Spot 6 launch order
In a sign that India still intends to compete in the commercial launch market, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced the signing of a commercial Launch Services Agreement between its commercial arm, Antrix, and the European satellite manufacturer Astrium, for the launch of the European remote sensing ...
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NewsManned Moon landings need big rockets - as China finds out
While Russia's space agency Roscosmos deals with unrest over the leadership of General Vladimir Popovkin, a draft of its national space plan showing its intention to send cosmonauts to the Moon by 2030 was leaked to Russian newspaper Kommersant.
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Lightsquared saves its SkyTerra 1 satellite while creditor Inmarsat remains upbeat
The LightSquared operated SkyTerra 1 communications satellite that had been knocked out by a solar flare on 7 March has now been recovered.
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NewsNuSTAR Pegasus XL launch delay is longer than expected
The launch of a Pegasus XL air-dropped rocket which was set to carry the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) mission for NASA has now been delayed from its planned launch date of 22 March.
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Astrium awarded two Express satellite construction contracts
The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has awarded European satellite manufacturer Astrium construction orders for Express AM-4R, which will replace the recently re-entered Express AM-4 and Express AM-7 telecommunications satellites.
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Asiasat's revenues rise
The Hong Kong-based regional commercial satellite operator AsiaSat reported its figures for 2011
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NewsArianespace formally signs contract for launch of Newsat's Jabiru-1
Arianespace formalised its previous agreement to launch the communications Jabiru-1 when chief executive Yves Le Gall and Adrian Ballintine, founder and chief executive of NewSat Limited (NewSat), signed the launch services contract for the Jabiru-1 satellite at the Satellite 2012 conference being held in Washington, DC.
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NewsBoeing gets four-sat order for 'small platform' bus as Falcon 9 gets launches
Boeing has announced orders for a total of satellites for its new Boeing 702SP "small platform" bus design.
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Sea Launch is assigned Eutelsat 70B (W5A) launch
Under a pre-existing contract, Eutelsat has assigned the launch of its EUTELSAT 70B (aka W5A) communications satellite to Sea Launch to be launched in the...
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