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[Satellite Today 07-14-09] International Launch Services (ILS) and SES have reached an agreement to launch QuetzSat-1 in 2011, the companies announced July 14.  QuetzSat-1, under construction by Space Systems/Loral on...

[Satellite News 07-13-09] Sky Deutschland, the German pay-TV operator formerly known as Premiere, is at a crossroads. Beset with recent issues of piracy and reports of false subscriber figures, the...

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] Emmanuel Grave has been appointed executive vice president of telecommunications for Thales Alenia Space, the company announced July 10.     Grave previously served as a senior vice...

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] UltiSat has commissioned a C-band teleport for Afcomsat, a Nigerian satellite services provider, UltiSat announced July 10.     Under its agreement with Afcomsat, UltiSat designed, integrated, installed...

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has shipped the AsiaSat 5 satellite, built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Ltd. (AsiaSat), to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is...

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] Telesat has finalized a $69 million deal with APT Satellite to transfer its interest in the Telstar 10 satellite back to APT, Telesat announced July 9.    ...

[Satellite Today 07-13-09] Showtime Arabia and the Orbit Group are merging their direct-to-home (DTH) platforms to form a single provider in the Middle East, the companies announced July 12.    ...

The defense policy bill the Senate is expected to debate this month calls for the Pentagon to craft detailed plans for two much-debated aspects of the Ballistic Missile Defense System:...

Suppliers and contractors in the United States are capable of meeting the nation’s needs for solid rocket motors (SRM) but challenges remain, including the need for increased public and private...

Facing a series of do-or-die reliability tests later this summer, a Lockheed Martin [LMT] official expressed confidence in an Air Force cruise missile program that has come under increased scrutiny...