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[8/20/07 – Satellite Today] The European Commission (EC) authorized the acquisition of Telenor Satellite Services by Apax Partners, concluding that the deal would not “significantly impede effective competition,” the EC...

Storm Forces Early Mission End; Landing At 12:32 P.M. ET Tomorrow NASA officials decided that astronauts on Space Shuttle Endeavour can survive their impending reentry tomorrow without first having spacewalking...

Moves in Congress to cut funding for the Transformational Satellite Communications program (TSAT) endanger both progress on the networking program itself, and the lives of service personnel as well. So...

An Iranian leader who has called for wiping Israel off the map lashed out at plans to install a U.S. Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) shield at a new site...

Spaceway 3 Satellite Launched, Works Well, Boeing Announces The Boeing Co. [BA] sent and received the first on-orbit commands from the Spaceway 3 satellite following its successful launch. Data show...

Boeing Gains $30 Million SatCom Contract The Air Force gave a unit of The Boeing Co. [BA] a $30 million satellite communications contract option, in a deal that eventually may...

The Air Force is considering restarting production of the laser-guided Maverick missile, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. That springs from an urgent operational need for a close air support weapon to...

By Jen DiMascio The Pentagon’s new office to rapidly produce space capabilities for commanders has so far received support from Capitol Hill, but the fledgling program faces a number of...

NASA added a new computer program to help monitor the four gyroscopes that keep the International Space Station (ISS) properly oriented without the use of rocket fuel. During a spacewalk...

The Boeing Co. [BA] will transfer production supporting the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) program from Anaheim, Calif., to its facility in Huntsville, Ala. That move expands production capability and...