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House and Senate lawmakers are considering cutting only $85 million from a $310 million funding request by President Bush for the planned European Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program, a […]

Space Shuttle Discovery is poised to wrap up the long 15-day STS-120 mission with a landing just after 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, capping a challenging spacewalk in which physician- astronaut […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today]  Space Micro Inc. and DR Technologies Inc. have formed a partnership to develop radiation-hardened structures for the military and space market, Space Micro announced Nov. 2. […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today] The GPS Block 2R satellite launched Oct. 17 has been declared fully operational following checkout by the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin, the company announced […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today]  Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has officially broken ground to expand Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), which will serve as the primary launch site for SpaceX’s […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today] Xtar LLC., a joint venture between Loral Space and Communication and Hisdesat, has received a contract from the U.S. General Services Administration to provide information technology […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today]  DataPath Inc. has been awarded $2.9 million to upgrade DataPath terminals used in the U.S. Marine Corps Support Wide Area Network (SWAN) program, the company announced […]

[11-5-07 – Satellite Today]  Sat-Ge will be providing satellite capacity for Indonesian telecommunications operator PT Telcom, Sat-Ge announced Nov. 1.     PT Telcom will use multiple transponders on the GE-23 […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Globalcom Satellite Communications has introduced a new satellite messenger with a satellite GPS personal locator, the company announced Nov. 1.     The Spot Satellite Messenger weighs […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] HNS Europe, a European operating company of Hughes Network Systems LLC, will supply Czech telecommunications provider GiTy with its latest generation broadband satellite system, Hughes announced […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] TeleCommunications Systems Inc. posted record revenues of $37.6 million in the 2007 third quarter, up 22 percent from the same period a year ago, the company […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. third quarter revenues improved by nearly 30 percent, the company announced Nov. 1.     Revenues for the quarter ending Sept. 30 […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] BSkyB closed September with 8.7 million subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, adding 83,000 subscribers in its most recent quarter, the company announced Nov. 2. […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Andrews Space Inc. completed the acquisition of Automated Controlled Environments Inc., (ACEi), Andrews announced Nov. 1.     ACEi develops fault-tolerant aerospace avionics and advanced control systems. […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Alliant Techsystems (ATK) reported Launch Systems Group sales increased by 21.3 percent for the third quarter, the company announced Nov. 1.     ATK reported sales of […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  ViaSat Inc. has increased revenue by 11.5 percent  for the second quarter of 2008, the company announced Nov. 1.     ViaSat reported revenue of $146.6 million […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  SSC has signed a contract to provide the China Meteorological Administration with a meteorological satellite, SSC announced Nov. 1.     The satellite, called FY-3A, will be […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed a deal to expand Filipino channel NET 25’s coverage across the Middle East and Europe, ABS announced Nov. 2. Under […]

Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services is another U.S.-based player, along with Boeing, that would like to return to the commercial launch services market. David Markham, president of the unit, talks […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is one of the newer players in the launch services market and hopes it can build a strong business and tempt customers from the […]

Eutelsat Names CFO Catherine Guillouard has joined   Eutelsat as CFO and a member of the group executive committee.     Guillouard joined Air France in 1997 and served most recently at […]

  Comtech Receives Government Order Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., received a contract to provide satellite communications equipment to support an unnamed U.S. government agency’s […]

Stratos Global Introduces FleetBroadband Stratos Global Corp. introduced its maritime broadband satellite communications solution based on Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband. The service is expected to be commercially available this month.     FleetBroadband, […]

STM Consortium  To Improve DVB-RCS STM Group’s research and development center is leading a consortium to evaluate, prototype and test advanced modem technologies for the European Space Agency (ESA).     […]

This is the last installment in our review of key “demand triggers” for IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) takeup. Since IPTV is widely touted as the principal driver of fixed satellite […]

The September failure of an International Launch Services (ILS) Proton rocket is the latest incident that has led to a tightening of capacity in the launch services market. The Proton […]

Fixed satellite services (FSS) companies abandoned some traditional forms of satellite insurance in the early 2000s due to high premiums and insurance rates, relying instead on self-insurance through the use […]

In the second half of 2007, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued a batch of consultations and regulations that affect the burgeoning satellite broadcasting industry in India. […]

Globalstar has made its share of headlines throughout the past year, though not always for reasons the company would prefer. In December, the satellite operator awarded a contract to Thales […]

It may sound cliché, but it’s hard to believe that November already has arrived and 2007 is nearly over. For the Via Satellite team that means that preparations for SATELLITE […]