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Myriad launches are keeping launch pads busy, according to announcements: On June 21, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced that the GOES-N satellite, the first of three in the Geostationary Operational […]

Two key NASA leaders said in a new statement that the crew set to ride the Space Shuttle Discovery on a July 1 launch will be able to return safely, […]

A Boeing-led [BA] industry team and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) took a major step toward demonstrating the capability of the Airborne Laser (ABL) by successfully firing surrogate lasers […]

A Patriot Guidance Enhanced Missile (GEM) destroyed a target missile at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., according to the GEM maker, Raytheon [RTN]. It was the second consecutive test flight […]

By Dave Ahearn U.S. military and commercial satellites, long seen as above the fray and out of harm’s way, are vulnerable to multiple types of attack, an assault that a […]

China is developing weapons to destroy satellites in orbit, a senior Department of Defense leader said. Peter W. Rodman, assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, reported the Chinese […]

By Dave Ahearn Hours after testing yielded yet another successful destruction of a target ballistic missile, the top U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) leader gave assurance that the United States […]

U.S. military and commercial satellites, long considered out of harm’s way, are vulnerable to multiple types of attack, an assault a determined enemy someday will attempt, according to military, government, […]

VSAT ViaSat Inc. acquired Enerdyne Technologies Inc., a provider of video data link equipment and digital video systems primarily for unmanned aerial vehicles, ViaSat announced June 21. The acquisition will […]

In the highly competitive French pay-TV market, satellite operator Canalsat likely will lead the way in bringing high-definition (HD) services to customers. The operator, which is in the midst of […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has demonstrated a prototype satellite navigation system accurate enough to direct vision-impaired pedestrians. This system, designed with the Spanish National Organisation for the Blind, is […]

The U.S. government will fund NASA missions to the moon, Mars and beyond in coming decades, even though federal finances are constrained by daunting deficits, an industry leader predicted. For […]

The final report from NASA‘s Exploration Systems Architecture Study threw its support behind using a shuttle-derived solid rocket booster (SRB)-based launch vehicle for the agency’s mission to return humans to […]

In a significant high-definition (HD) TV deal, Rainbow Media Holdings LLC has signed a deal with Sky HD to launch a number of Voom HD programming brands in Korea. The […]

Globalstar applied for authority from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use its entire assigned Mobile Satellite Services spectrum for Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) services in the United States. […]

Hughes Communications Inc. rounded out its board with the appointment of three executives, the company announced June 22. Stephen Clark, a venture partner with Intersouth Partners; Gene Gabbard, a private […]

CanalSat CEO Guy Lafarge believes there will be a strong demand for high-definition (HD) services in France. The direct-to-home operator likely will be one of the leaders in bringing HD […]

Satelinx signed a contract to provide 2,500 personal tracking units to Algeria’s S.A.R.L Algeria Online, Satelinx announced June 22. The order for the PT 300 units is valued at more […]

Century 21 Real Estate LLC introduce a satellite mapping function to its Web site via its relationship with Microsoft Virtual Earth and Microsoft Map Point, Century 21 announced June 22. […]

Arianespace and CNES, the French Space Agency, awarded a contract to Alcatel Alenia Space to supply the switching and power feeder unit for the safety systems for Soyuz-Fregat rockets, Alcatel […]

A Boeing Delta 2 launch vehicle carried a pair of experimental payload into orbit June 21 for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), U.S. Air Force and U.S. […]

Jean-Jacques Dordain will continue to serve as director general of the European Space Agency (ESA) for another four years, the agency announced June 22. Dordain joined ESA in 1986 and […]

NDS will provide software for set-top boxes that Dutch satellite pay-TV operator Canaldigitaal will use for its expansion into Belgium, Canaldigitaal announced. Canaldigitaal will begin distributing new STBs incorporating NDS’s […]

Telecommunications Systems Inc. extended its satellite coverage over several Asia Pacific region countries, the company announced June 21. Telecommunications’ Swiftlink Global Satellite Service, launched in August 2005, provides high-speed communications […]

Globalstar Inc. ended a contract with Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. for asset tracking services support, Spectrum announced June 21. Under the agreement, Spectrum supplied hardware, software and engineering services for […]

PCI Geomatics received certification for its flagship software to be used with India’s Cartosat-1 satellite, PCI announced June 21. The satellite will use the Geomatica software to process stereo data […]

Members of SPATEA (Spar Professional and Allied Technical Employee’s Association) employed at MDA Space Missions are preparing to strike , MacDonald Dettwiler announced June 21. The employees have been working […]

ViaSat Inc. acquired Enerdyne Technologies Inc., a provider of video data link equipment and digital video systems primarily for unmanned aerial vehicles, ViaSat announced June 21. The acquisition will expand […]

Inmarsat, which took its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service global by expanding the service into North and South America in May, is looking to make a different kind of […]

DirecTV Inc. will provide a new luxury programming and service package called DirecTV Titanium, the company announced June 20. The package, priced at $7,500 per year, includes unlimited access to […]