ROCKVILLE, Md. – Princeton, N.J.-based satellite operator SES Americom is aggressively pursuing growth opportunities in a competitive environment inhabited by increasingly cautious rivals .
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Raytheon Proposes Kill Vehicle Technology for Lunar Mission
Raytheon Co. has proposed a robotic lunar lander to NASA that would be based on technology already developed for a missile defense program .
GD Sees Spectrum Astro as Ticket to Satellite Prime Contracts
Eight months after acquiring Spectrum Astro, General Dynamics Corp. is trying to beef-up the small-satellite maker to win large U.S. government prime contracts without stifling the creativity that made Spectrum Astro successful in its traditional market niche.
U.S. Air Force, Critic Differ on XSS-11 Mission Objective
An experimental on-orbit rendezvous spacecraft launched by the U.S. Air Force April 11 will begin conducting up-close inspections of inactive satellites and spent rocket stages in six to eight weeks in a mission that critics charge is a prelude to placing weapons in space.
MDA PLans Competition for Space Test Bed Beginning 2008
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intends to spend nearly $675 million from 2008 through 2011 to develop an experimental constellation of space-based missile interceptors that would launch in 2012, according to budget justification documents submitted to Congress in March.
APT Expects Financial Boost With Apstar 5, 6 in Orbit
APT Satellite Holdings reported an 8 percent decline in sales in 2004, but also recorded narrower losses, as the oversupply of satellite transponders in East Asia continued to take its toll.
ILS, Lockheed See Opportunity for More NASA Business
International Launch Services is renewing its push to capture more satellite-launch business from NASA, a market that Boeing has had largely to itself in recent years with its Delta 2 rocket.
Astronauts To Choreograph Use of 2 Robot Arms at ISS
The shuttle crew will get to conduct an intricate and carefully choreographed orbital ballet after they arrive at the international space station, passing equipment from the shuttle’s robotic arm to the station’s robotic arm.