http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2010 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 6:32:36 EDT The launch services marketplace always has been a tough place to earn a living. These days, there is a combination of strong demand and heavy backload, high barriers to entry, consolidated supply but with new market entrants and former players threatening increased competition, as well as thin margins under... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/33401.html Mon, 1 Mar 2010 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 01-25-10] U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), chair of the U.S. Space and Aeronautics Subcommittee, is pushing back against President Obama’s proposed 2010 fiscal year NASA budget due to its provision of $200 million in funding to outsource manned space exploration missions to... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/33250.html Mon, 25 Jan 2010 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 12-22-09] The global recession may have dominated global business plans and future outlooks in 2009, but the satellite industry finds itself standing at the end of one of its most active years in recent history. Acquisitions, bankruptcies and record-breaking profits seemed to happen on a... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/33078.html Tue, 22 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 12-09-09] Arianespace is on schedule to introduce its new medium-lift launch service in 2010, according to CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall, who celebrated the company’s 30th anniversary at its U.S. headquarters in Washington D.C.     Le Gall told Satellite News that the company is... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/33011.html Wed, 9 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST On Nov. 14 2008, it was announced that the Eurozone (European Union Member States) had gone into recession, and on Nov. 27, the European (EU) unveiled the EU Recovery Plan which aimed to pump billions of euros into the market to boost economies throughout Europe. On Dec. 1, the National Bureau of Economic... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/32912.html Tue, 1 Dec 2009 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 11-03-09] I have just returned from Kourou, French Guiana where I witnessed the spectacular launch of both the NSS-12 and Thor 6 satellites on Thursday, Oct. 29.     It was my first time covering a launch first hand, and I found it a thoroughly intense experience. Kourou, with... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/32760.html Tue, 3 Nov 2009 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 10-02-09] Launch services and access to space are at the forefront of discussions in the satellite sector, particularly in light of Sea Launch’s bankruptcy filing.     SES CEO Romain Bausch spoke to Satellite News about his view on the launch services situation and what... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/32557.html Fri, 2 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT The 40th anniversary of Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing, and the approaching end of the space shuttle program after a nearly 30-year run have prompted reflection and soul-searching in the United States as to the direction of future space efforts. While the shuttle has provided enormous scientific... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/32559.html Thu, 1 Oct 2009 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 09-10-09] The fall of U.S. commercial launch service Sea Launch may offer an opportunity for both Boeing Launch Services (BLS) and Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services (LMCLS) to become a force in the U.S. commercial launch services market. But, with lucrative existing U.S. government... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/32000.html Fri, 11 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 09-08-09] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully sold its Falcon 1 launch vehicle services twice this week. On Sept. 3, it won a four-year long-term commitment with Orbcomm to launch its new satellite constellation from 2010 to 2014, and on Sept. 8, won a contract with... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/31984.html Mon, 7 Sep 2009 0:00:00 EDT