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NASA science and research space programs have been savaged, facing “unprecedented” funding cuts that mean missions are delayed, compromised or canceled, prominent analysts told members of Congress. “The future of […]

Galileo Industries and the European Space Agency (ESA) selected Saft to provide its lithium-ion battery modules for the four satellites involved in the Galileo in-orbit validation phase, Saft announced June […]

SES Americom won a multiyear contract to provide Local Communications Network Inc. (LCN) with C-band satellite bandwidth on the AMC-12 satellite, SES Americom announced June 8. The contract will allow […]

Sirius Satellite Radio orders its fifth satellite, dubbed FM-5, from Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the companies announced June 8. The spacecraft, scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 2008, […]

Loral Space & Communications Inc. announced June 8 it formed a consulting agreement with Dean Olmstead, one of the company’s directors. The agreement allows Olmstead to provide consulting services to […]

Outerlink, a subsidiary of Digital Angel Corp., won contract from the South Carolina Army National Guard to deliver its satellite based Automatic Flight Following System (AFFS). Under the $3.2 million […]

Teracom selected Wegener Corp. to provide technology to support digital signage solutions in Sweden, Wegener announced June 7. Teracom currently uses Wegener’s Ipump Media Servers and Compel Network Control to […]

Eutelsat Communications signed a facilities agreement for a 1.9 billion euro ($2.4 billion) loan at part of the company’s debt refinancing plans, Eutelsat announced June 8. The proceeds of the […]

Foxtel, the Australian direct-to-home operator, has unveiled what it claims to be Australia’s most advanced digital television facility. The newly built Foxtel Television Centre will be the company’s national headquarters […]

End II End Communications named Michael Penny director of business continuity and disaster recovery, the company announced June 7. Penny’s position will include responsibility for product management and business development […]

The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) is sponsoring a program in conjunction with Wildblue to provide training, sales and marketing experience as well as a paid internship to college students […]

C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. and Unasat Communications LLC agreed to a partnership under which the companies will integrate and market C-Com’s Inetvu Mobile satellite-based antenna system with the Unasat-deployed Surfbeam […]

The Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology signed a one-year agreement with Imageone, a Japanese satellite imaging company, to train an Imageone engineer on ecological remote sensing and analysis techniques. […]

Canada’s Telesat won a contract from the Canadian Coast Guard to provide ship-to-shore communications via satellite. Telesat will provide satellite equipment to selected Coast Guard vessels, including a satellite terminal […]

Sea Launch named Robert Peckham the company’s president and general manager effective June 5. He has served in the roles on an interim basis since March. Peckham has worked for […]

Frank Lanza, chairman and CEO of L-3 Communications, died June 6, the company announced. Lanza was recovering from an April surgical procedure, but doctors had said his recovery was proceeding […]

XM Canada reached the 80,000-subscriber mark at the end of its fiscal year third quarter and added Toyota and Lexus as an automobile distribution partnership, Canadian Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. […]

EADS Atrium signed a contract with Arabsat to build the BADR-6 communications satellite, the companies announced June 6. Under the in-orbit delivery contract, Astrium will supply its Eurostar platform and […]

Satellite Imaging Corp. announced June 6 that Michael Johnson has bee named vice president of sales and business development. Prior to joining Satellite Imaging, Johnson worked with Kansas-based Triple-i Corp. […]

France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) is launching a pair of pricing initiatives to encourage commercial shipping companies to take the Connexion by Boeing maritime service. The first offers will […]

Globalstar announced June 6 it received temporary operating authority from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for its North American satellite ground gateway in Wasilla, Alaska. The gateway, the sixth […]

The U.S. Army awarded Datapath Inc. a $72.9 million contract to provide specialized satellite Earth terminals and support services for the Joint Network Node program, Datapath announced June 6. Under […]

Sea Launch‘s Odyssey Launch Platform and Sea Launch Commander have set sail in advance of the launch of Panamsat Corp.‘s Galaxy 16 communications satellite, Sea Launch announced June 5. The […]

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. announced June 5 it received a $1.4 million order under its General Services Administration schedule to provide Model 2011 mobile aviation satellite data communications transceivers and […]

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) signed a memorandum of understanding with the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, to place space environment measurement equipment on the […]

Polsat CEO Dominik Libicki is hopeful the operator can do a deal with leading Polish telco TPSA to offer services via Internet Protocol. Polsat is the second largest satellite pay-TV […]

Falcon Communications Inc. signed an agreement with Intelsat to distribute the satellite operator’s Ampiage service, Intelsat announced June 5. Falcon will distribute Ampiage to the about 800 U.S. telcos the […]

Swales Aerospace received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide the platform for the TacSat-3 mission, the company announced June 2. The task order was made under Swales’ […]

NASA announced June 2 it awarded a contract with Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services Inc. to use an Atlas 5 to launch the Mars Science Laboratory mission in the fall […]

Deep flaws in space programs cause them to run far over cost estimates and trail well behind schedule, with a risk that they may not perform as required, flaws that […]