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| 11.17.2008 |
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Griffin Would Remain NASA Administrator If Obama Asked
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said he would be "happy" to remain in his post if President-elect Obama asked, but Griffin doesn't expect that request from the newly-elected leader, the Orlando Sentinel reported. Griffin made his remarks in...
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| 11.11.2008 |
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U.K. Military Officials See Promise, Challenge in Satcoms
The U.K. military is seeing more evidence of network enabled capability, as officials from the U.K. Ministry of Defense emphasized the importance of satellite communications in next-generation warfare. “We now have more capable and...
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| 11.11.2008 |
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U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Moyles
Maj. Michael Moyles of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Superiority Panel is a strong believer in the ability of hosted commercial payloads to serve the satellite communication needs of U.S. Department of Defense. In 2004, he compiled a thesis at the Naval...
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| 11.11.2008 |
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South Africa Considers Military Satcom Possibilities
[Satellite News 11-11-08] South Africa is looking to develop its military satellite communications capabilities. The country has long used commercial capacity for its military satellite communication needs. However, with bandwidth demands going up, the...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Serving the U.S. Military’s Satcom Needs Through Hosted Commercial Payloads
[Satellite News 11-10-08] Maj. Michael Moyles of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Superiority Panel is a strong believer in the ability of hosted commercial payloads to serve the satellite communication needs of U.S. Department of Defense. In 2004, he...
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| 11.10.2008 |
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Military Weather Satellite Longevity Means Launch Of Replacement Delayed
A satellite expected to last four years is still going after five years in orbit, so its replacement won't have to be launched immediately, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] stated. The bird is the Defense Meteorological...
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| 11.06.2008 |
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U.K. Military Officials Discuss Changing Role of Satcoms
[Satellite News 11-06-08] A number of key figures from the U.K. Ministry of Defense emphasized the importance of satellite communications in next generation warfare at the Global MilSatCom conference. Commodore Eric Fraser, assistant chief...
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| 10.21.2008 |
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Boeing, Lockheed Martin Do Not Acknowledge TSAT Delay
[Satellite News 10-21-08] Niether Boeing nor Lockheed Martin were notified by the U.S. Department of Defense of any delay in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program, despite the Pentagon’s press announcement that the contract...
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| 10.17.2008 |
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U.S. Military Accepts Dependency on Commercial Satellite Operators
[Satellite News 10-16-08] The U.S. military's desire for a dedicated, exclusive military communications network has turned into a future partnership and dependency on commercial satellite operators. But that paradigm shift will not come easy...
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| 10.17.2008 |
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Intelsat Invests in Supporting U.S. Troop Morale
[Satellite News 10-16-08] Commercial satellite operators used the Satcon 2008 conference as a forum to push and develop military partnerships to provide communications services to combat forces and military command centers. Intelsat has been a frequently...
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| 09.16.2008 |
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Satcom Projects, TacSat-3 Capture Interest on AFA Showroom Floor
[Satellite News 09-16-08] While there was not much of a satellite presence in the largely warfighter-dominated showroom of the 2008 AFA Air & Space Conference and Technology Expo, Satcom exhibits received lost of attention from U.S. Air Force customers...
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| 09.15.2008 |
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Possible TSAT Project Delays Discussed at AFA Conference
[Satellite News 09-15-08] Northrop Grumman kicked off a three-day event on Monday, Sept. 15 in Washington D.C. The “2008 AFA Air & Space Conference and Technology Expo” unveiled new projects and featured renowned speakers such as U.S. Air...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Gen. Chilton: Greater Cooperation In Space Will Boost All Nations
The United States sets the standard for military satellite operations, but as nations around the globe enhance their capabilities and new nations enter the space arena, U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander, U.S. Strategic Command, sees the...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Military Continues To Influence Commercial Operators
Faced with a shortage of military satellite communications capacity, the U.S. government has increasingly turned to commercial operators to close the bandwidth gap. Roughly 80 percent of all U.S. government and military traffic is carried over commercial...
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| 09.01.2008 |
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Letter From The Editor
We live in a multimedia age where it seems as though information has become as important as oxygen, and the demand for satellite capacity for military purposes have increased by eye-popping amounts since satellite communications gave the United States a great...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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ITAR Dilemma: Finding The Balance Between Regulation And Profit
America’s commercial space industry holds a dominant position in the global market, but due to a number of factors, other countries are beginning to gain more market share. Many small suppliers maintain that the primary problem is the International...
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| 06.17.2008 |
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U.S. General Calls for Greater Space Cooperation
[Satellite News – 6-17-08] Space situational awareness is one of the key issues that countries around the world have to work on throughout the next 10 years in terms of improving the space landscape, according to U.S. Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton...
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| 05.19.2008 |
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Spain Raises Space Ambitions
[Satellite News – 5-19-08] Spain is getting serious about space, with plans to launch a pair of its own satellites in the next few years to improve its capabilities. “After several years participating in multinational space programmes, we feel we...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Thompson: TSAT Could Disappear
The unveiling of the Air Force budget request for fiscal year 2009 revealed that the service has cut funding to some programs such as the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) while increasing funding for programs like the Space Based...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Satellite Vendors Ready to Meet Military Challenges
With the United States and its allies embroiled in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the demands on technology to help warfighters has never been greater, particularly against an enemy that is more fluid and flexible than before. Demands Satellite technology...
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