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ViaSat Inc. received a contract from DirecTV Inc. to supply four antenna systems to for use with high-definition TV services, ViaSat announced. ViaSat will provide four 9.1-meter Ka-band earth station […]

China Satellite Communications Corp. (China Satcom) completed its deployment of about 1,000 Gilat Skyedge VSATs, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced April 11. The VSATs will provide rural telephony services in […]

The JCSAT-9 telecommunications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for Japan’s JSAT Corp., is on track for an April 12 launch aboard a Zenit 3-SL rocket, Sea Launch announced. […]

SES Astra has acquired all minority shareholdings in European satellite broadband operator Satlynx, bringing SES Astra’s ownership from 77 percent to 100 percent. Satlynx, a joint venture between Israel-based satellite […]

GMPCS Personal Communications, a subsidiary of Telenor Satellite Services, announced April 10 that it has begun supplying the Hughes 9201 broadband satellite IP terminals to customers. Inmarsat hasgiven the terminal […]

Hughes Network Systems LLC unveiled April 10 its HughesNet High Availability Networks, the first new offering under the company’s recently announced HughesNet Managed Network Services. The service, targeted for enterprise-level […]

SES Global added New Skies CEO Dan Goldberg to its executive committee, SES Global announced. The move follows the completion of SES Global’s acquisition of New Skies in March. Goldberg, […]

Sweden’s Saab Ericsson Space and Austria’s Austrian Aerospace have been selected to develop and manufacture onboard equipment for the first four satellites for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system, the companies […]

Wildblue Communications added five additional value-added resellers to its list of providers in the enterprise market, Wildblue announced April 10. Dove Digital Services, based in Louisiana; Horizon Technical Services Inc. […]

Arrowhead Global Solutions Inc. signed a master service contract with Xtar LLC to market and lease X-band capacity to U.S. and allied government agencies, Xtar announced April 10. Xtar, a […]

Arianespace received a contract from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. to launch the Superbird-7 communications satellite in the first quarter of 2008, Arianespace announced April 10. Superbird-7 is being built by Mitsubishi […]

If a large asteroid such as the recently identified 2004 VD17 – about 500 meters (1,640 feet) in diameter collides with the Earth it could spell disaster for much of […]

BY RICHARD MULLEN The lack of a "viable strategic plan" at the Pentagon for developing and acquiring unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has resulted in a wide range of problems in […]

BY KEITH STEIN The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Space Vehicles Directorate (VS), announced last week they are ready to accept detailed cost and technical proposals for a Flight Demonstration […]

The Missile Defense Agency is awarding the Raytheon Co., of Woburn, Mass., a cost-plus-award-fee letter contract. This contract is to upgrade the early warning radar at Thule Air Base, Greenland. […]

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems and Solution, Santa Maria, Calif., has been awarded a $408 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. This contract is basic ordering period for four years and ten […]

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $29.5 million cost-plus-award-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-03-C-5330) to provide engineering and technical services in support of the Standard Missile-2 Guided […]

The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass., is being awarded a $26.9 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to provide repair and recertification of MK-6 guidance systems, including pendulous integrating gyroscopic accelerometers, inertial […]

Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $16.6 million cost plus award fee contract modification to provide for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental […]

The Israeli Earth Remote Observation Satellite (EROS) B remote sensing satellite has been delivered to Svobodny cosmodrome in Russia in advance of its scheduled April 25 launch, Itar-Tass reported. A […]

NASA has selected Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, Md., for the Laboratory for Atmospheres Scientific and Technical Support Services contract. The award is a five-year cost-plus award fee, indefinite […]

NASA has awarded a subcontract to Northrop Grumman Space Technology in Redondo Beach, Calif., to develop an ultra-cold mechanical helium cryocooler for an instrument aboard the James Webb Space Telescope. […]

Discovery Communications announced April 6 plans to launch Discovery Mobile, a 24-hour mobile programming network featuring original content. Discovery Mobile will be targeted to a younger demographic, ages 15-39, the […]

Eumetsat, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, has declared the first operational meteorological satellite of the EPS mission, MetOp, ready for shipment to the Baikonour Cosmodrome in […]

As of January, 6.7 million homes in France received channels from Eutelsat Communications‘ Hot Bird neighborhood, the company announced April 6. The findings are included in Eutelsat’s 2006 Survey on […]

BY KEITH STEIN A developing and growing economy in China has caught the space bug and is dedicated to a "slow" but bold space exploration program, according to the Center […]

BY KEITH STEIN A developing and growing economy in China has caught the space bug and is dedicated to a "slow" but bold space exploration program, according to the Center […]

Globalstar has awarded Alcatel Alenia Space a study contract for the design of a new satellite constellation aiming at replacing Globalstar’s first generation satellites. In the frame of this study, […]

XCOR Aerospace announced April 6 the successful testing of its new thermoplastic fluoropolymer composite material. NASA‘s White Sands Test Facility located in southwest New Mexico conducted ignition and oxygen compatibility […]

Satlynx S.A. extended its geographical coverage beyond Europe with the introduction of a new service platform, the company announced. The Satlynx 9000, along with space segment capacity from RSCC, will […]