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[Satellite TODAY 03-12-10] SkyBitz and Iridium Communications Inc. have formed a strategic partnership to provide global MSS for SkyBitz, the companies announced March 10.    The companies will develop a...

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-10] CapRock Government Solutions has expanded coverage on its pre-packaged satellite subscription service, CommandAccess, the company announced March 10.    The service now includes a commercial X-band network...

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-10] Wavestream Corp. introduced the PowerStream 757C-i 600W C-band indoor rack-mount solid state power amplifier, the first in a line of new C-band and Ku-band products, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-10] Broadpoint signed a contract with SandRidge Energy to provide offshore aviation communications to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, Broadpoint announced.    The FAA has used Broadpoint’s digital...

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-10] Northrop Grumman appointed Paul Russell vice president of the newly created Space business area within the company’s Navigation Systems Division, the company announced.    Russell will be...

[Satellite TODAY 03-12-10] Raytheon has named Richard Yuse president of Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems business, effective immediately.    Yuse has been president of Raytheon Technical Services Company, which provides...

Interested in hearing the CEOs of the top satellite operators but unable to make it to Gaylord National Convention Center on Tuesday?  Now, you can join SATELLITE 2010 at The...

July 10, 1962: The launch of Telstar 1, developed by a Bell Laboratories team led by Dr. John Pierce and funded by AT&T, marked the beginning of the commercial satellite...

November 8 – November 16, 1984: Westar 6 and Palapa B2 became the first satellites to be retrieved from space and repaired by the Space Shuttle Discovery’s mission STS 51-A....

April 9, 2003: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, General Motors and Hughes Electronics reached agreement on a deal through which News Corp. would acquire a 34% stake in Hughes (20% owned...