Month: August 2008

U.S. Air Force Launches Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile The U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with three unarmed multiple independent reentry vehicles on a...

[Satellite News 08-18-08] Foxtel has seen a strong early take-up of high-definition (HD) services in Australia, attracting nearly 40,000 HD subscribers since launching the service in June.     Patrick Delany,...

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] Thuraya is launching a new location service, combining with Geonix, a specialist in location services and equipment, Thuraya announced Aug. 17.     ThurayaLocate allows anyone with any...

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] has launched a dozen target missiles successfully since 2005, the company announced. The company did so under a targets and countermeasures contract with the Missile Defense...

After months of negotiations, Poland signed an agreement allowing the United States to install ballistic missile interceptors in silos in Poland. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk disclosed the agreement in...

The Boeing Co. [BA] is about to use a new method of assembling satellites that will shorten construction time. That so-called "pulse line" method, at a facility in El Segundo,...

The Cassini interplanetary traveler whizzed at 40,000 miles an hour relative speed past a moon of Saturn called Enceladus, skimming just 30 miles above the lunar surface, NASA announced. A...

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] VT iDirect Inc. (iDirect) has been awarded the global telecommunications industry’s TL 9000-HV quality management system certification. They are the first Satcom technology provider to receive the...

NASA Cancels Lunar Spacesuit Contract Award To Oceaneering, After Exploration Systems & Technology Protest To GAO NASA canceled its $183.8 million contract award to Oceaneering International Inc. for lunar spacesuits,...

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV operator, is encouraged by the early results from its high-definition (HD) offering, and with the costs for HD-ready TV sets plummeting, Foxtel chose...