Lockheed Martin’s board of directors today declared a regular quarterly dividend on the Corporation’s common stock of 12 cents per share. The dividend is payable September 30, 2003 to holders […]
Orbital Selected for $25 Million Scientific Satellite Contract
Company’s Satellite Manufacturing Business Bolstered by Strong Demand for Low-Earth Orbit Scientific Spacecraft (Dulles, VA 6 August 2003) – Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has been […]
NASA GRC Center Director Campbell Selected as NASA Deputy Administrator Special Assistant
NASA Deputy Administrator Frederick D. Gregory today named Donald J. Campbell, Director for NASA’s Glenn Research Center (GRC) at Lewis Field in Cleveland, to help develop high-power generation systems for […]
Canada Joins NASA 2007 Mission to Mars
BRAMPTON, Ont. — NASA announced today that the Scout Mission "Phoenix," that includes a sophisticated instrumentation package developed by a team of Canadian scientists and engineers, has been selected to […]
Envisat focuses on carbon-rich peat swamp forest fires
Multiple sensors on ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite have been used to peer beneath a vast pall of smoke above tropical Borneo and detect fire hotspots – known to add millions […]
SSTL win BNSC rural broadband study
The British National Space Centre has awarded Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), and Avanti Communications Limited a £100,000 study contract to examine the provision of satellite based broadband services. The […]
Pinpoint Faraday award for Surrey Space Centre
The Surrey Space Centre and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), have won a Pinpoint Faraday award for the design of an advanced Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Under the CASE […]
Shooting-star spectacle next week
A fantastic, free light show is coming your way, in the morning of Wednesday, 13 August 2003, in the form of the Perseid meteor shower – provided the sky is […]
Space Foundation Appoints Director of Marketing & Development
The Space Foundation announced today that Kevin C. Cook has been chosen to fill the newly created position of Director of Marketing & Development. Responsible for development of the Space […]
IGBP calls for better observation of Earth’s “Achilles’ heels”
Monitoring the most sensitive “hotspots” of the Earth is an important way of assessing the health of our planet and predicting our future, said IGBP (International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme) scientists speaking […]