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Connectivity
Hughes Signs HX Deal With IPNet; Receives Antennas From C-Com
[Satellite Today – 2-12-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC signed a contract with Russian broadband provider IPNet to implement a new HX system teleport in Moscow, Hughes announced Feb. 12. ...
DataPath Names Helfgott President, CEO
[Satellite Today – 2-12-08] DataPath Inc. has named David Helfgott president and CEO, the company announced Feb. 12. Helfgott, a 20-year veteran of the communications industry, has served as...
Connectivity
Restructured OpenTV Targets Era Of Sustained Profitability
[Satellite News – 2-12-08] OpenTV, the U.S. based technology vendor, hopes the structural changes made in 2007 will better position the company in 2008. The supplier of middleware and...
Launches
Progress Freighter Lifts Off To Resupply Space Station A Progress freighter spaceship lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a resupply mission to the International Space Station (ISS),...
Contracts
JSOW Missile Engine Test Successful, Raytheon Announces The Joint Standoff Weapon Extended Range (JSOW-ER) missile moved one step closer to powered flight testing when Raytheon Co. [RTN] successfully conducted a...
Bush Budget Supports Space Exploration
President Bush’s federal government budget for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, provides solid support for space exploration programs and for missile defense, experts said. Bush unveiled his NASA...
Analysts Hail Polish Moves Toward Accepting U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Unit
But Involving The European Union Could Kill Defense Shield Plans Approval Needed Soon, Before Bush Leaves Office Next Year Polish steps toward accepting the U.S. proposal to install a Ground-based...
Air Force Space Budget Rises About 5 Percent To $11.9 Billion For Fiscal 2009
The proposed Air Force space budget advanced about 5 percent to $11.9 billion in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, which would be up from $11.3 billion in the...