Astrium to build Hot Bird 8
Posted: Sun, Sep 14 12:40 AM ET (0440 GMT)
European satellite manufacturer Astrium has won a contract to build the latest broadcasting satellite for Eutelsat, the company announced Friday. Hot Bird 8 will be...

XM Radio raises money for backup satellite
Posted: Fri, Sep 12 9:57 AM ET (1357 GMT)
XM Satellite Radio announced Thursday that it sold $150 million of securities, raising the funds it needs to pay for a backup satellite. The company...

Shuttle board offers mixed review on NASA plans
Posted: Fri, Sep 12 9:50 AM ET (1350 GMT)
An independent shuttle return-to-flight panel said Thursday that it saw no evidence of schedule pressures on the shuttle program, but added that NASA’...

Landsat 7 glitch likely permanent
Posted: Thu, Sep 11 2:03 PM ET (1803 GMT)
A problem with a key component of the Landsat 7 remote sensing satellite appears to be beyond repair, making use of data collected by the...

NASA approves James Webb Space Telescope mirror design
Posted: Thu, Sep 11 10:51 AM ET (1451 GMT)
NASA announced Wednesday that it has signed off on the mirror design for the James Webb Space Telescope, a spacecraft billed as the successor to...

Congress grills NASA on space policy
Posted: Thu, Sep 11 10:34 AM ET (1434 GMT)
Members of Congress used a House hearing on the Columbia accident investigation Wednesday to criticize NASA and the White House for the lack of a...

EchoStar orders Lockheed Martin satellite
Posted: Wed, Sep 10 2:09 PM ET (1809 GMT)
EchoStar announced Wednesday that it has ordered a new satellite from Lockheed Martin for launch in 2005. EchoStar 10 will be based on Lockheed's...

Weather satellite damaged in factory mishap
Posted: Tue, Sep 9 1:58 PM ET (1758 GMT)
A NOAA weather satellite under construction for launch later this decade was severely damaged in a factory accident on Saturday, Space News reported late Monday....

Arianespace, ILS win launch contracts
Posted: Tue, Sep 9 1:47 PM ET (1747 GMT)
Both Arianespace and International Launch Services announced new commercial launch contracts on Tuesday. SES Astra has selected Arianespace to launch its Astra 1KR communications satellite,...

Titan 4 launches classified payload
Posted: Tue, Sep 9 11:04 AM ET (1504 GMT)
A Titan 4B booster successfully launched a classified surveillance satellite early Tuesday. The Titan 4B lifted off from Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral at 12:...