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[Satellite Today – 6-24-08] Gilat Satellite Networks appointed Ari Krashin CFO, the company said June 24.     Krashin, who starts the position immediately, replaces Tal Payne, who has become CFO […]

The Missile Defense Agency will host a small business conference at Huntsville, Ala., next month. That event will be held July 21-22 at the Von Braun Center North Hall. Theme […]

A new organization within the Pentagon acquisition chief’s office responsible for all acquisition oversight of Defense Department space and intelligence programs has been officially established with Joshua Hartman at the […]

NASA and Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] test-fired a critical safety component for the Orion crew exploration vehicle, the future American spacecraft. Technicians fired a yard-long igniter for the abort motor […]

NASA Awards $1.5 Billion Kennedy Space Center Contract NASA gave EG&G Technical Services Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., a contract worth up to $1.5 billion to provide institutional services at Kennedy […]

[Satellite Today – 6-23-08] Com Dev International Ltd. will design, build and launch a micro-satellite for the government of Canada, the company announced June 23. Under the contract, valued at […]

[Satellite Today – 6-23-08] Alcatel-Lucent has announced a deal which should boost its plan to derive revenues from the Asian mobile TV market, linking up with SpeedCast Ltd. to jointly […]

[Satellite Today – 6-23-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to manufacture and install satellite communications hubs to support the U.S. military Joint Task Force […]

OSTM/Jason-2 Satellite Launched To Examine Ocean Surfaces The OSTM/Jason-2 satellite was launched atop a Delta II rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., into an orbit where the spacecraft will […]

Cost Of NPOESS, Once Seen At $6.5 Billion, Now Is $13.6 Billion, Headed For $14 Billion The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) that once was estimated to cost […]

Missile Defense Agency Tests A Plane-Based Missile Defense System Obering Seeks U.S.-European Missile Defense Test Area; U.S., NATO Radar Systems Swap Data; More Links Seen Shifting interceptors for a proposed […]

Measure Also Includes $1.1 Billion For NOAA Satellites The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a sweeping appropriations bill that includes $17.8 billion for NASA, some $200 million more than President Bush […]

The House, on a lopsided and veto-proof 409 to 15 vote, passed a $20.21 billion authorization bill to support NASA in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, including an […]

Interceptors in the planned European Missile Defense (EMD) system can be deployed on time in 2013 if Congress provides sufficient funding, though any requirement that a test- article interceptor be […]

Global demand for space-based capabilities will continue its rapid growth, and the U.S. government should aid U.S. industry as it seeks business overseas, a Commerce Department official said. Ed Morris, […]

The unending woes of the over-budget, under-performing, behind-schedule National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) may have been inevitable even before the program began, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) indicated. Not […]

Iran, as it continues to produce nuclear materials that might be used to assemble nuclear weapons, threatens to end Israel’s singular role as a nuclear-armed nation in the region, a […]

The Phoenix Mars Lander, a miner for a heart of ice, has found what researchers say they are sure is frozen water on the fourth planet from the sun. Phoenix […]

The Air Force completed an early on-orbit checkout of the second space based infrared systems (SBIRS) sensor. That craft is in a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) over the northern hemisphere. […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] The United States is using capacity on the United Kingdom’s military Skynet 5 satellites and further deals could be struck later this year. Paradigm, an EADS […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 satellite has been successfully launched, NASA said June 20. The satellite, a NASA and French Space Agency (CNES) oceanography satellite, […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Harris Corp. and VBrick Systems have partnered to create a combined solution that delivers digital signage and live streaming video over various communications networks, Harris announced […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Measat Satellite Systems has signed a significant new HD deal with National Geographic Channel Asia, the company announced June 19. The deal between the two parties […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL)’s Earth observation satellite has passed its Test Readiness Review (TRR), the company said June 19. The DMC-2 satellite is scheduled for […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Orbcomm Inc. announced that six new Orbcomm satellites were successfully launched from Kapustin Yar, Russia at 2:36 AM EDT June 19. The satellites have been successfully […]

[Satellite Today – 6-20-08] Integral Systems subsidiary, RT Logic has announced the successful PL4 (Protection Level 4) C&A (Certification and Accreditation) of its RTGuard Cross Domain Solution product, Integral said […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] One of the Asia’s major telcos is getting set to launch a two-way broadband service in the region. Telekom Malaysia (TM), Malaysia’s biggest telco, and Numix […]

[Satellite Today – 6-19-08] AsiaSat has signed a highly significant capacity deal with one of the India’s largest media companies, the company said June 19. The satellite operator has signed […]