Globalstar looking for investment from Inmarsat, Intelsat
Posted: Fri, Jun 7 8:21 AM ET (1221 GMT)
Satellite communications company Globalstar is looking for investment by Inmarsat, Intelsat, and other companies as it attempts to reemerge from bankruptcy, Reuters reported this week....

Lockheed Martin, Loral considering merging satellite units
Posted: Thu, Jun 6 9:10 AM ET (1310 GMT)
Lockheed Martin and Loral are in talks to merge their rival satellite manufacturing divisions into a single venture, the Wall Street Journal and other sources...

News briefs: June 5
Posted: Thu, Jun 6 8:00 AM ET (1200 GMT)
The Russian Duma ratified two space-related accords with Ukraine and Brazil this week, RIA Novosti reported. The Ukrainian agreement, signed in February 2001, deals...

Endeavour lifts off
Posted: Wed, Jun 5 6:33 PM ET (2233 GMT)
The space shuttle Endeavour lifted off Wednesday afternoon on a mission to the International Space Station. The shuttle started mission STS-111 with a liftoff...

Mars Odyssey deploys science boom
Posted: Wed, Jun 5 2:32 PM ET (1832 GMT)
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft deployed a boom with a major scientific instrument on the end of it Tuesday, mission managers reported. The 6.2-...

Ariane launches Intelsat 905
Posted: Wed, Jun 5 9:03 AM ET (1303 GMT)
An Ariane 4 booster successfully launched the Intelsat 905 communications satellite early Wednesday. The Ariane 44L, the version of the Ariane 4 that uses four...

News briefs: June 4
Posted: Wed, Jun 5 8:52 AM ET (1252 GMT)
NASA announced late Tuesday the official time for Wednesday's launch attempt of the shuttle Endeavour. The shuttle is scheduled to lift off at 5:...

Partners make little progress on ISS issues
Posted: Tue, Jun 4 8:02 AM ET (1202 GMT)
The partners in the International Space Station, meeting in Paris Monday, made little headway in efforts to resolve problems with the project created by US...

News briefs: June 3
Posted: Tue, Jun 4 7:50 AM ET (1150 GMT)
Astronomers reported Monday that they have seen for the first time evidence of a star cluster being ripped apart by the Milky Way galaxy. German...

News briefs: June 1-2
Posted: Mon, Jun 3 8:06 AM ET (1206 GMT)
Satellite Internet provider StarBand filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Friday, the Washington Post reported. StarBand executives said they have had problems billing its customers...