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Technology Delta Wave Unveils Tracking System Delta Wave Communications Inc. introduced a GPS-based asset tracking system. Rigtrac is installed onboard a truck and uses GPS coordinates to monitor the movement […]

Near Earth LLC added three members to its advisory board and one member to its investment banking team, the company announced July 29. Christopher Baugh, Robert Mancini and Bruce Wendt […]

Conexant Systems Inc. announced July 31 that sales of its DVB-S2 satellite set-top box demodulator and forward error correction decoder exceeded 1 million units. The decoder helps operators deliver content […]

The South African government announced July 27 it approved the creation of the South African Space Agency, which will manage and execute the country’s national space science and technology programs. […]

Mitsubishi Motors North America will offer Sirius Satellite Radio as a standard feature or factory option on four of its 2007 models beginning this fall and all of its 2008 […]

The U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center awarded Tampa Microwave an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, to supply satellite simulators for training and testing satellite terminals, Tampa Microwave announced […]

Com Dev International Ltd. won a contract to design and build equipment for an unnamed European military communications satellite program. The company will work on the equipment throughout the next […]

Globecast signed a deal with one of Korea’s largest broadcasters, Korean Broadcasting Systems (KBS) to broadcast the channel KBS World into the Middle East. Under a distribution partnership between Globecast, […]

NASA selected Lockheed Martin‘s Atlas 5 rocket to launch the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) mission in 2008, the organizations announced July 30. The mission which also will carry a secondary […]

A lobbying group including major defense contractors is urging Congress to extend the research and development tax credit, saying the now-expired tax break could help to contain costs of R […]

Space Shuttle Atlantis is slated to roll out today from the vehicle assembly building for a four-mile journey to Launch Pad 39-B, NASA announced. The fully assembled space shuttle vehicle, […]

Starsem reported that a Soyuz launch vehicle carried a satellite into space after lifting off earlier this month. This was the 1,711th flight of a Soyuz vehicle, according to Starsem. […]

Myriad launches are keeping launch pads busy, according to announcements: No sooner than Aug. 20, NASA will launch the STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) spacecraft from Cape Canaveral using a […]

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, has 10 launches on its manifest, according to the company. Late this year, SpaceX will use the Falcon 1 rocket in a launch for […]

Yet another example of uses for satellites came as NASA released images of clouds and moisture viewed by the newly orbiting CALIPSO, along with pictures of an exploding volcano and […]

The space and missiles industry, including missile defense firms, reported muddied financial results during April through June, compared to those recorded in the three month last year. At Lockheed Martin […]

Japan should enhance its outlays on a missile defense shield as North Korea belligerently launches missiles, but Japan would leave any military strike on North Korea to U.S. armed forces, […]

While still assessing the fallout from the July launch failure that destroyed the Insat-4C communications satellite, Madhaven Nair, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) continues to look forward […]

Congress should consider limiting NASA spending on the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program to nothing beyond the preliminary design review, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated. NASA shouldn’t enter […]

Planetlink Communications Inc. will supply another shipment of GPS Fleet Tracking Systems to R&R Sales Group, Planetlink announced July 27. This second order is for 26 units, bringing the total […]

U.S. armed services, and allied militaries abroad, will see greater integration of missile and missile defense systems, including radars and other sensors, Lt. Gen. Larry Dodgen, commanding general of the […]

Eurockot Launch Services GmbH launched the Korean Kompsat-2 satellite July 28 from Plesetsk Cosmodrome. The satellite, built by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, will provide monitoring and mapping services using […]

An expert group has urged the United States to press ahead with developing the sea-based Aegis ballistic missile defense system, a space-based system, and formation of a missile shield to […]

BSkyB added 389,000 subscribers in its 2006 financial year to close with 8.2 million subscribers, the U.K. pay-TV provider announced July 28. The company’s revenues improved 8 percent to 4.1 […]

Taiwan used the Patriot ballistic missile defense system to take down two target ballistic missiles, Raytheon Co. [RTN] reported. Prime contractor Raytheon makes the missiles, and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] […]

XMSR Revenues for XM Satellite Radio jumped 82 percent to $227.9 million in the 2006 second quarter, but the satellite operator’s loss increased to $231.7 million, XM Satellite Radio Holdings […]

NASA awarded four companies a 90-day study contact to examine long-term ground processing and infrastructure planning for the agency’s Constellation Program, NASA announced July 26. Under the $150,000 contracts, ATK […]

Euro-World signed a deal with Home2US, to deliver Croatian radio and TV shows to throughout the United States. Home2US operates an open-pay TV platform using C- and Ku-band payloads aboard […]

Boeing Co.‘s Wideband Gapfiller Satellite program completed two more space-to-ground compatibility tests, the company announced July 27. Working with Universal Space Network (USN) and ITT Industries, Boeing demonstrated the compatibility […]