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[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...

[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] 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

[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 – 6-20-08] 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] 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...