http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2012 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 8:04:21 EST [Satellite News 01-31-12] Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA) have spent nearly $924 million into their new four-stage, 30-meter Vega launcher. Now, ESA officials confirmed Jan. 31 that the rocket is assembled on its launch pad at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou and scheduled for lift-off next week... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/38261.html Tue, 31 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 01-17-12] Satellite operator Intelsat and Canadian space company MDA have terminated a $280 million in-orbit satellite life extension service agreement signed by the two companies in March 2011.    The deal would have employed MDA’s space-based Space Infrastructure Servicing... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/38192.html Tue, 17 Jan 2012 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 12-28-11] Despite economic challenges and a series of next-generation offerings still in development, the satellite industry reaped remarkable financial benefits in 2011 thanks to smart acquisition moves and increasing demand for bandwidth. Satellite News has compiled a list of the most... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/38095.html Thu, 29 Dec 2011 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 12-28-11] The past 12 months have seen a new impetus placed on the noteworthy acceleration in satellite technology. From Ka-band to hosted payloads, new offerings and breakthroughs have changed the dynamic of the satellite industry and have paved the way for the next generation of... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/38088.html Wed, 28 Dec 2011 0:00:00 EST The design of the modern satellite has taken several different evolutionary paths during the past five years. They have both grown and shrunk. The variety of their capabilities has both expanded and become more specialized. We examine how launch service providers are investing to improve capabilities and the... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/37910.html Thu, 1 Dec 2011 0:00:00 EST [Satellite News 10-26-11] SpaceX CEO Elon Musk testified before the U.S. House Science, Space and Technology Committee on the progress of its $75 million NASA Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program contract awarded in April, the commercial launch company announced Oct. 26.    In written... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/37765.html Wed, 26 Oct 2011 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-21-11] Arianespace has successfully launched its first Soyuz rocket from the European Spaceport and Guiana Space Center (CSG) in Kourou, the company confirmed Oct. 21.    The debut launch carried the first two Galileo IOV-1 satellites in the Galileo constellation, which aims to... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/37748.html Fri, 21 Oct 2011 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-18-11] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is questioning a joint U.S. Department of Defense and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) plan to spend $15 billion on United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket booster cores. In a report issued Oct. 18, the GAO claimed that the plan did... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/37724.html Tue, 18 Oct 2011 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 07-18-11] International Launch Services’ (ILS) first shared payload Proton-M rocket launch was a success, carrying the SES-3 and KazSat-2 telecommunications satellites July 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to their respective geosynchronous transfer orbits.   ... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/37126.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 06-24-11] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) will announce next week which company has won the contract to launch its new Thor 7 satellite, TSBc CEO Cato Halsaa, told Satellite News.    Four companies — Arianespace, ILS, SpaceX and Sea Launch — are still in the... http://www.satellitetoday.com/commercial/launchers/37013.html Mon, 27 Jun 2011 0:00:00 EDT