ABU DHABI, UAE (Oct. 4, 2011) - Thuraya, the leading international mobile satellite services operator, is set to showcase its ground-breaking portfolio of space-based products during GITEX, the Middle East’s largest ICT event. The Company will be exhibiting its full suite of data, maritime and voice solutions that continue to lead the market with unique features and functionality designed to flexibly meet the changing telecom needs of government, enterprise and private consumers.
Thuraya, which has a track...






BOULDER, Colo. (Oct. 3, 2011) - DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution earth imagery solutions, and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. jointly announced today they successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for DigitalGlobe's next generation remote-sensing satellite, WorldView-3. The successful CDR was completed in late August and keeps WorldView-3 on schedule for a planned launch in the middle of 2014. WorldView-3 will expand DigitalGlobe's orbiting...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 29, 2011) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that along with NASA and Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) (Orbital), the team conducted a successful ground test firing of an AJ26-62 flight engine that will power Orbital's Taurus® II medium-class space launch vehicle. The test was conducted at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Sept. 28, 2011) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today that on Sept. 20, 2011, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Unilateral Administrative Order to Aerojet to carry out remedial design and remedial action for the groundwater within the Perimeter Groundwater Operable Unit at Aerojet's Sacramento, Calif. facility. The Order was issued after Aerojet and EPA agreed it was the quickest route to document the remedy requirements. The Order...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., and HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (Sept. 23, 2011) - Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, announced today the expansion of its Huntsville offices to provide its local customers with additional engineering expertise, business development and program management support.
GRAZ, Austria (Sept. 16, 2011) - After the success in partnering with Graz University of Technology (TU Graz), ISU is pleased to announce the signing of an official Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions.
Graz, Austria (Sept. 14, 2011) - On September 8th, the Board of Trustees of the International Space University (ISU) has named Prof. Walter Peeters as its new President succeeding Dr. Michael K. Simpson.
MCLEAN, Va. (Sept. 12, 2011) - Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) today announced that it has reached 500,000 total billable subscribers for its satellite voice and data services worldwide. The number is comprised of approximately 90 percent commercial customers and 10 percent U.S. Government customers.
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (Sept. 8, 2011) - ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced today that it will relocate its corporate headquarters as of October 1, 2011 to Arlington, Virginia, where the company will expand its existing office space. The company will continue to maintain a strong presence in Minnesota, including approximately 210 Minnesota-based corporate employees. In total, ATK employs approximately 2700 people in Minnesota. ATK currently employs approximately 3500 people in the Mid-Atlantic region, where it operates facilities...



















