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The Space Foundation, a global nonprofit organization focused on space awareness and education, released a report this week about U.S. leadership in space.

A team of researchers from Ohio State University has suggested satellites as a new way to detect nuclear tests.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded two contracts to SpaceX in the latest move to foster competition in the country’s launch market.

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] ViaSat has implemented an Integrated Waveform Network Control Station (IW NCS) for the UK Ministry of Defense (MOD), the company announced Dec. 6. The IW is designed […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-06-12] Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce says the company has performed solidly in 2012 despite a tough operating environment this year. Pearce became CEO of Inmarsat at the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with Astrium GmbH for the BepiColombo spacecraft designed to explore Mercury, the company announced Dec. 5. BepiColombo is scheduled for […]

The European Space Agency's third satellite has sent its first test navigation signals back to Earth and broadcasted signals across all three Galileo bands.

Raytheon is partnering with the U.S. military to provide persistent surveillance imagery on-demand to low-echelon warfighters in the field.

[Satellite News 12-05-12] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has launched a gap risk study for its $13 billion Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program to address concerns about […]

ManSat's CEO Chris Stott has been invited to join the advisory board of the new exhibition at the National Electronics Museum in Maryland titled "Satellites Transform our Lives."

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-05-12] Wavestream, now a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks, is shipping its AeroStream transceivers to Tecom Industries for integration into Tecom’s KuStream 1000 and KuStream 1500 broadband […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-05-12]  Xiplink has signed a value added reseller contract for optimization products with Globecomm Systems, Xiplink announced Dec. 5.  The agreement follows several months of testing at the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-05-12]  SES has signed a new capacity deal with that Turkish public broadcaster, Türkiye Radyo ve Televizyon Kurumu (TRT), the company announced Dec. 5.  TRT will use capacity […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-05-12]  Europe’s third Galileo satellite has transmitted its first test navigation signals back to Earth, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced Dec. 4.  The two Galileo satellites launched […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-05-12]  Elbit Systems Electro-Optics Elop (Elop) has won a new deal from Israel Aerospace Industries, the company announced Dec. 5.  Elop will provide a space camera for the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-05-12]  C-Com has received $1,700,000 in new orders in its first quarter for its iNetVu mobile antenna products from Russia, Japan and China, the company announced Dec. 4.  […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-12] Etihad Airways has launched its new in-flight Internet and mobile connectivity service powered by the Panasonic Avionics Global Communications Suite “Etihad Wi-Fly,” the company announced Dec. 4. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-12] EchoStar has announced that David Rayner is to return to the company as Chief Financial Officer. Current CFO Kenneth Carroll will become Executive Vice President of Corporate […]

A new publication features a collection of high-resolution images taken by Earth-observing satellites orbiting our planet

The satellite operator has chosen to move its headquarters from Whasington, D.C. to Virginia

After embezzlement scandals, Russia delayed the launch of its second Glonass-K satellite until 2013.

[Satellite News 12-04-12] When satellite manufacturer Boeing unveiled its 702-SP satellite platform with an all-electric propulsion system in March 2012, it packaged the buzz with immediate endorsements from Asia Broadcast […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-04-12] The merger between DigitalGlobe and GeoEye moved a step closer after it was announced that GeoEye’s shareholders have approved the proposal to combine GeoEye with DigitalGlobe. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-12] Eutelsat’s Eutelsat 70B satellite has been successfully launched into orbit by a Zenit-3SL rocket operated by Sea Launch, Eutelsat announced Dec. 4.       Liftoff occurred […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-04-12] Iridium Communications has selected technology design and development firm Cambridge Consultants to participate in the deployment of its second-generation satellite constellation and commercial space program Iridium NEXT, […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-03-12] AsiaSat has signed a new capacity deal with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the company announced Dec. 3. The EBU has signed long-term contract renewals for […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-12] Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat Broadcasting has launched a new package of HD channels now made available to Rostelecom’s ‘Interactive TV’ subscribers, Viasat announced Dec. 3. The […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-12] Arianespace has launched its fourth Soyuz rocket with the Pléiades 1B observation satellite onboard for French space agency CNES from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French […]

 [Satellite TODAY 12-03-12] Measat Satellite Systems will distribute Fox International Channels’ (FIC) Nat Geo Music HD via the Measat-3a satellite at 91.5 degrees East for viewers across the Asian region, […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-03-12] The 29th National Space Symposium’s Space Technology Hall of Fame dinner presented by the Space Foundation will feature Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winning actress Sigourney […]