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[Satellite News – 5-14-08] EchoStar Corp. is suspending construction of the CMBStar satellite, the company reported in a filing with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.     The satellite, which will...

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] Arianespace rescheduled the launch of the Skynet 5C and Turksat 3A satellites to May 30, the company announced May 14.     The mission, originally scheduled for...

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] GeoEye Inc. will launch its next-generation imaging satellite Aug. 22 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 vehicle, the company announced May 14.     GeoEye-1 developed...

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] Intelsat Ltd. has sold transponder capacity on the Intelsat 15 satellite to Romantis GmbH, Intelsat announced May 13.     Romantis expects to use the Ku-band transponder...

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] Dish Network Corp. reported a 7.5 percent increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2008 and a 65 percent increase in income, the company announced...

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] Sirius Satellite Radio reported a 33 percent jump in revenues in the first quarter of 2008 and cuts its net loss, the company announced May 12....

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) posted a 5.2 percent decrease in revenues for the first quarter of 2008 but earnings jumped 23 percent, the company...

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has been awarded a contract by Boeing Co. for an information system for the International Space Station (ISS), MDA announced...

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] Lockheed Martin submitted a bid for the U.S. Air Force’s Space Situational Awareness program, Lockheed Martin announced May 13.     The program is intended to demonstrate...

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) today alleged that U.S. rules restricting exports of American military technology are harming the U.S. aerospace industrial base, especially in satellite component...