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[Satellite Today – 5-2-08] The Jason-2 satellite has left the integration center in France and is being shipped to its California launch site, Thales Alenia Space announced April 30.    ...

When introduced, Connexion by Boeing was hailed as a breakthrough productivity tool, but the service lost millions of dollars before being grounded after a few short years. Today, other providers...

Rapid advances in wireless communications and display technologies are transforming how, when and where people receive and consume information, and these changes are creating booming demand for bandwidth that promises...

There has been plenty of gloom in the first months of 2008 stemming from the credit crisis born of the subprime mortgage meltdown and the end of easy and cheap...

TECHNOLOGY SpaceDev To Develop Seals For NASA SpaceDev Inc. has been awarded a contract to develop next-generation seal technologies for instrument covers for NASA, SpaceDev announced. Under the six-month Phase...

Consolidation, consolidation, consolidation. It always has been a buzzword in the satellite industry, but after an intense round of activity that produced some significant transactions among satellite operators, are other...

Satellite industry experts pretty much agree that satellite-delivered TV and video, including direct-to-home services, direct broadcast services and the distribution of digital and high-definition TV are the star performers in...

Thousands of e-mails honoring the life and works of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, who passed away on March 19 in a hospital near his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, have...

When a Proton Breeze M rocket suffered a second launch failure in six months, it provided yet another reminder of how difficult placing a satellite in orbit can be and...

Is the satellite industry green? The issue of the environmental impact of satellites was raised by Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta at the SATELLITE 2008 conference in February. “It’s the only...