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A Russian Progress cargo vehicle launched successfully from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, but then was delayed in docking with the International Space Station (ISS) by a balky antenna, NASA and Starsem...

Space Shuttle Discovery on Wednesday will move from the Orbiter Processing Facility to the Vehicle Assembly Building, NASA announced. Discovery will lift off no sooner than Dec. 7, when a...

The Spacecraft Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory, or STEREO, launched into space atop a Delta II rocket made by The Boeing Co. [BA], NASA announced. STEREO rose from Launch Pad 17-B...

A Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile failed and self-destructed shortly after launch from the Dmitry Donskoy submarine, the second test failure for the missile, the Russian navy reported. The new type...

Telenor has agreed to sell its Telenor Satellite Services (TSS) unit to Apax Partners France for $400 million in cash, Telenor announced. Telenor has been shopping its satellite communications unit...

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to conduct investigations into the operations of each Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio, the NAB...

Verso Technologies Inc. announced Oct. 26 a formal partnership with ViaSat Inc. to jointly develop and market global satellite-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networking solutions. The companies will combine...

Having declared its second modernized GPS Block 2R-15(M) satellite operational Oct. 12, Lockheed Martin announced plans for the launch of the third GPS Block 2R-M Nov. 14 from Cape Canaveral,...

DirecTV has added a new Arabic-language programming package to its international programming platform, the company announced Oct. 23. The Arabicdirect package combines five Arabic-language channels from the Middle East. The...