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NASA can’t expect any huge funding increases, and instead will have to find areas to cut and ways to perform the space mission with more intelligence and efficiency, NASA Administrator […]

The Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system has achieved “tremendous success” in the past year, Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry “Trey” Obering, director of the Missile Defense Agency […]

NASA chose for concept study development two proposals for future robotic missions to Mars. These missions would increase understanding of Mars’ atmosphere, climate and potential habitability in greater detail than […]

Arianespace received a contract from Asian direct-to-home (DTH) operator ProtoStar to place the ProtoStar 1 satellite into orbit in the first half of 2008, Arianespace announced Jan. 8. The satellite, […]

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force Milsatcom Systems Wing have exercised an $8.4 million contract option to activate Phase 2 of the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) payload study, Boeing announced […]

DigitalGlobe has acquired GlobeXplorer, a geographic data integration and publishing company, from Stewart REI Group, DigitalGlobe announced Jan. 8. The combination will make it easier for DigitalGlobe to offer its […]

EchoStar Communications Corp. introduced a mobile TV package Jan. 8. The MobileDish in-car satellite service uses a roof rack-mounted RaySat antenna to provide EchoStar’s Dish Network to customers in vehicles. […]

SkyTerra Communications Inc. has completed its previously announced acquisition of BCE Inc.’s stake in Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), SkyTerra announced Jan. 8.   SkyTerra issued about 22.5 million shares of […]

With an 18 percent increase in subscribers during the 2006 fourth quarter over the same period in 2005, Hughes Network Systems LLC reported that residential subscriptions to its HughesNet service […]

Joslyn Read has joined SES New Skies as vice president for regulatory affairs in the company’s Washington, D.C., office. Read previously served as head of regulatory affairs for Hughes Network […]

XM Satellite Radio and Bushnell Outdoor Products unveiled Jan. 8 the Bushnell Onix 400, a portable, waterproof handheld unit that combines a GPS unit, XM WX weather data and an […]

KVH Industries introduced its TracVision M3 marine satellite TV system Jan. 8 in London. Now available to mariners throughout Europe, the small, stabilized marine satellite TV system is designed for […]

Telekom Serbia, a telecom carrier in Serbia, will deploy Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.’s SkyEdge broadband satellite hub and several hundred VSATs to serve residential and corporate customers, Gilat announced Jan. […]

French pay-TV operator Canal Plus has finalized a deal to acquire its direct-to-home (DTH) rival TPS and create a new platform, Canal Plus France.   The merger reportedly makes Canal […]

As a Democratic majority last week took command of both houses of Congress, a key question is whether those lawmakers will provide solid financial support for space and missile defense […]

The year 2006 was lustrous for both the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and NASA, as programs moved ahead sharply and many if not all woes were blasted into the past. […]

A constellation of Space Radar satellites with capabilities such as spotting moving targets on the ground would be technologically feasible by 2015, and likely would cost $25 billion to $90 […]

Discovery Mission Hits A Holiday Home Run Space Shuttle Discovery landed safely at Kennedy Space Center without any major damage after a winning STS-116 mission to the International Space Station […]

The Missile Defense Agency gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $619 million contract to begin production of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense (BMD) weapon system, […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] late last year completed an Air Force review of the Global Positioning System (GPS) Space Segment III, and the company separately gained a roughly $50 million […]

The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] a contract in the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) engines program. That contract, covering 22 months, calls for Northrop to continue the full-rate […]

As with any year, 2006 will be defined by beginnings and ends. As they apply to the satellite industry, and while there is much yet to be ascertained about what […]

It has been another eventful year in the satellite industry. Who would have thought at the start of 2006 that we would have seen a high-profile link-up between traditional rivals […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) was awarded a contract to deliver a high-power satellite to ProtoStar Ltd., SS/L announced Jan. 5. SS/L will modify the previously built ChinaSat-8 satellite for ProtoStar. The […]

  Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Jan. 4 that it has been awarded from a global multilateral organization multiple contracts valued at about $2.1 million. Globecomm will provide the customer with […]

Measat Satellite Systems and Measat Broadcast Network Systems signed an interim transponder lease agreement under which Astro will lease five Ku-band transponders aboard the Measat-3 satellite, which is expected to […]

GlobeCast signed deal with leading Bangladeshi broadcaster Channel S Television to strengthen the broadcaster’s presence the U.K. market. The deal will see GlobeCast deliver three of its channels — Channel […]

Boeing completed a live demonstration of the GPS ground station, which when fully operational will control the GPS constellation, the company announced Jan. 4. Boeing is under contract to migrate […]

XM Satellite Radio added nearly 1.7 million new subscribers in 2006 to close the year with more than 7.6 million subscribers, the company announced Jan. 5. XM fell short of […]