NASA Rewards Education and Innovation
From NASA's Office of Education comes announcements regarding three new extramural funding opportunities that could result in the award of grants or cooperative agreements.
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NASA Partners With Small (and Weightless) Businesses
Prepare to be swept off your feet. That's what NASA might have said to their Innovative Partnerships Program, which has selected seven Small Business Innovation Research program, or SBIR, companies to participate in reduced-gravity test flights in early September.
Read MoreA Crucial Micro Step For COM DEV Int’l
COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV) has announced they have formally commenced a $7M internally funded program to develop an advanced micro-satellite platform and associated micro-sat mission capability.
Read MoreFinancially Speaking… SkyTerra Communications…
SkyTerra Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: SKYT) has further extended the expiration date for its previously announced offer (the "Offer") to issue options to purchase shares of common stock of SkyTerra, in replacement of and upon termination of options to purchase limited partnership units of Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P. ("MSV").
Read MoreFinancially Speaking… SkyTerra Communications…
SkyTerra Communications, Inc.</b> (OTCBB : SKYT) announced it has extended the expiration date for its previously announced offer (the "Offer") to issue options to purchase shares of common stock of SkyTerra, in replacement of and upon termination of options to purchase limited partnership units of Mobile Satellite Ventures L.P.
Read MoreNASA + Nanosats…
NASA's Ames Research Center and m2mi Corp. now have a cooperative research and development agreement.
Read MoreFINANCIALLY SPEAKING… PROTOSTAR LTD.
A 245M/USD satellite financing arrangement has been completed by Milibank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP for ProtoStar Ltd.
Read MoreFinancially Speaking… ProtoStar…
ProtoStar Ltd., a Bermuda corporation, announced the closing of 245M/USD of debt and equity financing to complete the on-going development and launch of its second satellite.
Read MoreSatInsurance To Pump Up
Space insurers are targeting premium increases of up to 30 percent following losses in 2007, which included the failures of the Sea Launch rocket carrying the NSS-8 satellite, the Proton carrying JCSat 11, and the initial failure of the Proton rocket carrying the AMC-14 satellite.
Read MoreFinancially Speaking… Universal Space Network
Universal Space Network, Inc. (USN) provides outsourced space operations and ground control and communications services and they've just announced they have closed a $13M equity financing round and a $5M debt facility.
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