Berry Smutny, 47, has been appointed as Chief Executive Officer of OHB-System AG in Bremen, effective July 1, 2009, according to an announcement made by OHB-System AG’s Supervisory Board.

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NASDAQ: LORL) and the leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it has been selected to provide a new communications satellite, named AsiaSat 5C, to Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat).

Astrotech Corporation, a leading provider of commercial space services, announced today that the Company will change its Nasdaq stock ticker symbol from SPAB to ASTC, in conjunction with its previously announced name change from SPACEHAB Incorporated to Astrotech Corporation.

Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully completed a rigorous qualification of its new Draco spacecraft thruster and Draco propulsion tank at the SpaceX Test Facility in McGregor, Texas.

SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), announced today that it has entered into a partnership with the Arab satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) to create a new company operating under the YahLive brand that will offer Direct-to-Home (DTH) television capacity and services to more than two dozen countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South West Asia, a large region mainly including the Gulf states and the Maghreb.

Early this morning, the Sea Launch Company successfully launched Telespazio’s SICRAL 1B communications satellite from its equatorial launch site.