(30 January 2016) International Launch Services (ILS) successfully placed the Eutelsat 9B satellite into geosynchronous transfer orbit today, for Eutelsat Communications of Paris, France.

(30 January 2016) The European Data Relay System’s first laser terminal has reached space aboard its host satellite and is now under way to its final operating position.

(30 January 2016) The Eutelsat 9B satellite of Eutelsat Communications was successfully launched into geosynchronous transfer orbit today by ILS using a Proton rocket that lift off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 04.20 (22.20 GMT, 23.20 CET on January 29).

(29 January 2016) Harris Corporation has received a $316 million cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to build two payloads for the fourth and fifth weather satellites in the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program.

(29 January 2016) Ground measurements are essential for making sure that satellites deliver accurate information about our changing world.

(29 January 2016) Data from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft point to more prevalent water ice on Pluto’s surface than previously thought.

(29 January 2016) Intelsat announced today that Jacques Kerrest is joining the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, reporting to Intelsat’s Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Spengler.

(29 January 2016) Nepal's magnitude 7.8 Gorkha earthquake caused significant damage and loss of life in 2015. In natural disasters like this, it is critical to locate areas that are in the most need of assistance as fast as possible.

(29 January 2016) A NASA team has been tapped to build a new type of communications modem that will employ an emerging, potentially revolutionary technology that could transform everything from telecommunications, medical imaging, advanced manufacturing to national defense.

(28 January 2016) Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second largest space company, is making the final preparations for the launch of Eutelsat 9B, the latest spacecraft in the Eutelsat fleet.

(28 January 2016) The Boeing Company has awarded ViaSat a contract for the production of approximately 90 Link 16 Small Tactical Terminals (STT) for the Lots 5 and 6 of the AH-64E Apache Guardian Attack Helicopter production line.  

(28 January 2016) Orbcomm today announced that Terex Materials Processing, a business segment of Terex Corporation, has selected Orbcomm to deliver a customized end-to-end telematics solution to track and monitor Powerscreen and Terex Finlay machines.

(28 January 2016) Advantech Wireless, a global leader for High Throughput Satellite (HTS) broadband communications solutions, today launched its new VR7400C VSAT Router.

(28 January 2016) Raytheon Company has received a $564 million contract modification award from NASA for two satellite sensors as part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Polar Follow-On missions.

(28 January 2016) NASA has awarded a sole source contract modification to Exelis Space Systems, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Harris Corporation, of Fort Wayne, Indiana, for two Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) instruments for flight on the Polar Follow-On/Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)-3 and -4 missions.

(27 January 2016) OHB Sweden has been appointed as supplier of both the chemical propulsion system as well as the fluidic part of the micro-propulsion system for the satellite EUCLID by the European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space in Italy.

(27 January 2016) DigitalGlobe today announced its third customer commitment for direct access capacity on the WorldView-4 satellite, which is expected to begin commercial operations in early 2017 following its launch in September.

(27 January 2016) Inmarsat has been granted a Public Satellite Service Licence by the General Authority for Regulating the Telecommunication Sector (TRA), to offer mobile satellite communications services in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) region.

(27 January 2016) Millennium Space Systems has inked a contract for launch services with NanoRacks LLC of Webster, Texas, to launch its ALTAIR-1 Pathfinder satellite into Low Earth Orbit (LEO) this summer via cargo resupply to the International Space Station (ISS).

(27 January 2016) Inside a massive clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland the James Webb Space Telescope team is steadily installing the largest space telescope mirror ever.

(27 January 2016) Intelsat today announced that Intelsat 29e, the first of the Intelsat Epic^NG high throughput satellites, was launched successfully from French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 vehicle.

(27 January 2016) Clyde Space, the pioneering company which designed and manufactured Scotland’s first satellite, today announced it is opening its first subsidiary company in the United States.

(27 January 2016) Arianespace kicked off its fast-paced 2016 operational schedule tonight with the 70th consecutive launch success using Ariane 5, which orbited a pioneering new-generation satellite for this workhorse vehicle’s leading commercial customer.

(27 January 2016) The Space and Missile Systems Center released the tenth and final award notice on Jan. 27 under the Booster Propulsion Technology Maturation Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation supporting technology maturation and risk reduction for rocket propulsion system development.