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[Satellite Today 02-19-09] Pradman Kaul, chairman and CEO of Hughes Network Systems, has been named Via Satellite‘s Satellite Executive of the Year for 2008.     Kaul was recognized for his […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] JSAT Mobile Communications has been granted a radio license by the Kanto Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, JSAT Mobile joint venture partner […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] Eutelsat’s How Bird 9 satellite has entered into commercial service, the company announced Feb. 17.     The 64 Ku-band transponder satellite was built by EADS Astrium and […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] Northrop Grumman awarded EMS $35.7 million for continued development work on the new extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications system for the B-2 stealth bomber, EMS announced […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] GlobeCast is set to launch its new African DTH satellite platform in March, the company announced Feb. 18.      The content management and delivery company said it […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] The Secure World Foundation (SWF) has proposed a series of space traffic control solutions to the United Nations in response to the recent collision of an Iridium […]

[Satellite News 02-19-09] Integral Systems CEO John Higginbotham believes the collision of an Iridium commercial satellite with a defunct Russian military satellite on Feb. 10 was an event that will […]

[Satellite News 02-19-09] Satlynx, a provider of communication services throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa, hopes to use its status as a GE-owned company to sign a deal with […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] Sri Lanka is set to launch its first satellite in 2009, a spacecraft named after science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, Sri Lankan government officials confirmed in […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ACTi) will be offering its 3 cents-per-minute advanced cellular communications satellite systems to countries across the Middle East, Latin America and Africa in […]

[Satellite News 02-17-09] Liberty Media Corp. signed a last-minute agreement to loan Sirius XM Radio the funding it needs to avoid bankruptcy, beating EchoStar to a deal it had been […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] A team led by Northrop Grumman has completed a system design review for the GPS next-generation Operational Control Segment (OCX) program for the U.S. Air Force, Northrop […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] The U.S. Navy has accepted the in-motion satellite terminal installed by Americom Government Services (AGS) on board the seventh fleet command ship, the USS Blue Ridge, AGS […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of $6.5 million in its results released Feb. 17. The loss compares to a net […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] Impeva Labs Inc., a global asset management firm, and Agility, a logistics provider, deployed a new satellite service to track and monitor more than 365 U.S. military […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] Stratos Global rolled out its StratosNet Accelerator, a free Internet-optimization application that aims to help customers reduce airtime costs required to operate BGAN, FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband mobile […]

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] Boeing Co. delivered the first Legacy communications payload and the first digital channelizer to Lockheed Martin in support of the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) […]

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] Premiere posted a net loss 269.4 million euros ($346.6 million) in 2008, the company announced Feb. 16. The German pay-TV operator has seen its losses increase dramatically […]

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] KVH and ViaSat have expanded their mini-VSAT Broadband service to service enterprise operations in the Persian Gulf, the companies announced Feb. 17. The expansion also extends the […]

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] Solaris Mobile is joining forces with Nagravision as it looks to make an impact in the mobile TV and mobile broadband markets across Europe, the companies announced […]

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] Sirius XM Radio and Liberty Media Corp. have entered into agreements for Liberty to invest $530 million in the form of loans to Sirius XM and its […]

The Navy gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $78.6 million contract to produce upgrades for the Aegis shipboard weapons control system, the company announced. Lockheed is to produce the next […]

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $246 million Foreign Military Sales contract for Patriot system spares for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, […]

Updated — Feb. 10, 2009 – 9:20 a.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 22 * Mission: STS-119 […]

A Proton-M rocket with Breez-M accelerator launched the Express-AM44 and Express-MD1 satellites. The RSCC satellite mission control then took control of the satellites. At present RSCC via its terrestrial facilities […]

The AASM modular air-to-ground weapon was fired successfully, Sagem announced. Sagem (SAFRAN Group) and the French defense procurement agency DGA successfully carried out the first firing test of the 125-kilogram […]

Some Progress Seen In Understanding Flow Control Valves Problem: NASA Continuing worries about flow control valves on Space Shuttle Discovery once again caused NASA to postpone its launch, now set […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] delivered the final upgraded missile guidance set (MGS) for the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to the Air Force, completing 82 months — or nearly […]

ESA extended the operations of its Mars Express, Venus Express and Cluster missions to the end of the year. The decision to extend the three successful missions was taken on […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) water mission is poised for launch between July and October, the agency reported. Following word from Eurockot that launch of the Earth Explorer SMOS satellite […]