Month: February 2009

The Airborne Laser (ABL), a defensive system that kills enemy missiles shortly after they launch, may have other applications such as air-to-air combat against enemy planes, killing enemy cruise missiles...

A Proton-M rocket with Breez-M accelerator launched the Express-AM44 and Express-MD1 satellites. The RSCC satellite mission control then took control of the satellites. At present RSCC via its terrestrial facilities...

ESA extended the operations of its Mars Express, Venus Express and Cluster missions to the end of the year. The decision to extend the three successful missions was taken on...

The European Space Agency (ESA) water mission is poised for launch between July and October, the agency reported. Following word from Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite...

Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) will again chair the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee science and space subcommittee that oversees NASA. Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), chairman of the...

The AASM modular air-to-ground weapon was fired successfully, Sagem announced. Sagem (SAFRAN Group) and the French defense procurement agency DGA successfully carried out the first firing test of the 125-kilogram...

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] Satlynx has signed two new contracts with the Polish government, the company announced Feb. 12.     The first deal, worth 6.7 million euros ($8.65 million), is with...

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] The British wireless chip firm, CSR, has agreed to buy Sirf Technology Holdings for $136 million in stock, CSR announced Feb. 12. The deal, approved by both...

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] A defunct Russian satellite collided with an Iridium satellite resulting in the destruction of both spacecraft, Iridium announced Feb. 12.     The collision occurred above Siberia at...

[Satellite Today 02-13-09] Boeing Co. has won the decision in an international arbitration case filed by a group of insurance underwriters in 2004, the company announced Feb. 12.     The...