BSkyB Goes Current
Current TV, headed by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, has signed with BSkyB to launch a version of its viewer-created TV channel in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The...
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North Korea Tests Nuclear Bomb; Bush Seeks No-Nukes Korean Peninsula
North Korea announced it detonated a nuclear weapon, drawing strong protest from the United States, with President Bush vowing “an immediate response by the United Nations Security Council.” But he...
Verizon Taps Globecast To Boost International Offering
Globecast has signed a content deal with Verizon enabling the North American telco to offer a variety channels to customers in the United States. Globecast will supply Globecast WorldTV international...
Northrop Completes Payload Test On SBIRS GEO Satellite
Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] completed acoustic testing on the payload for the first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO) satellite, the company announced. Northrop will provide the payload to...
Globecomm Receives Extension From Afghan Telecom
Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Oct. 5 that its wholly owned subsidiary, Globecomm Network Services Corporation (GNSC), has been awarded service-contract extensions from Afghan Telecom Corp. valued at $2.1 million. Afghan...
Hole Found In Space Shuttle Atlantis Payload Bay Door Radiator
NASA ground crews discovered a hole in the Space Shuttle Atlantis right-hand payload bay door radiator. The hole, about a tenth of an inch in diameter, apparently resulted from something...
Comtech Receives Order For Satellite Communications Equipment
Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $1 million order for satellite communications equipment to support a satellite-based cellular backhaul network in Southeast Asia. Included in the order are bandwidth-efficient satellite...
Soyuz Launch Of MetOp-A Satellite Postponed
The launch of a satellite on the Soyuz vehicle, which was to have lifted off Saturday from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, has been postponed for several days, according to Starsem. Cause...
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United Launch Alliance Gains Regulatory Clearance For Takeoff
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Oct. 3 granted anti-trust clearance to the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture that will combine the government launch operations of Boeing Co....
Griffin In China
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin visited China, meeting with leaders of the Chinese space program and others. Griffin said China has impressive capabilities in space programs, adding that Chinese space personnel...