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The Space Shuttle Discovery is poised for a launch July 1, according to NASA. Discovery has a window of July 1 to July 19 to lift off from the Kennedy...

The Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) is slated for launch July 22, according to NASA. STEREO blastoff from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., is slated for 3:11 to 3:13...

Crew from the International Space Station will execute a spacewalk Thursday, NASA announced. The space agency will preview the spacewalk later today. The five-and-a-half hour spacewalk begins at 6:40 p.m....

U.S. military forces require greater space-based communications systems, and also need Space Based Radar, a noted analyst said. Because the United States is the lone superpower on the planet, it...

The Department of Defense (DOD) has failed to meet its original cost, schedule and performance goals in the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) program, a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report...

Euronews CEO Philippe Cayla believes it will be a while before the channel provider will offer news services in high definition (HD). Euronews is one of the most widely watched...

Italy-based Eurimage, Digitalglobe‘s European business partner, has signed a contract with the European Commission‘s (EC) Joint Research Center to supply satellite imagery over a four-year period, Digitalglobe announced May 25....

The U.S. Department of Defense is not meeting original cost, schedule and performance goals established for the Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) program, according to a report from the U.S. Government...

The U.S. Department of Justice approved Intelsat Ltd.‘s acquisition of Panamsat Corp. without conditions, Intelsat announced May 26. “We are gratified that the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, after a comprehensive...