Jeff has been involved in aerospace journalism since the mid 1990s. Prior to joining Aviation Week, Jeff served as managing editor of Launchspace magazine and the International Space Industry Report. He has been the editor and chief of Aviation Week's Aerospace Daily & Defense Report since 2007 and has been a regular contributor to Aviation Week magazine. He received his B.A. from the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
NASA’s Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP) is calling on the next Congress and presidential administration to make quick decisions about the leadership of NASA when they take office next year. “The ASAP continues to offer its counsel to NASA, but at this significant point in national affairs, the Panel will also seek to convey several views to the incoming Presidential administration and Congress,” the group says in its 2007 annual report.
Intelsat reported strong revenue growth for the second quarter of 2008, but an overall net loss due to financing charges associated with the February acquisition of Intelsat’s parent company, as well as a glitch that crippled the Galaxy 26 spacecraft.
Launch of the MEASAT 3A satellite has been pushed back indefinitely while manufacturer Orbital Sciences assesses the damage done after a crane struck the spacecraft on Aug. 9 local time at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. Launch provider Land Launch was preparing the Malaysian communications satellite for a planned Aug. 21 liftoff on a Zenit-3SLB rocket. The accident occurred when a crane operator was moving a piece of ground equipment after the spacecraft was mated with the rocket’s upper stage, according to Land Launch spokeswoman Paula Korn.
