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For Fiscal 2008-2013, Cost Overruns Total Some $10.9 Billion For Satellites The Department of Defense (DOD) has a poor track record in its military satellites development efforts, the Government Accountability […]

Needed: a huge vacuum cleaner that can roam around in low Earth orbit. While the danger of catastrophic collisions in space is rising steadily, cost and feasibility issues mean development […]

The Tracking and Data Relay Satellite system (TDRS) K-L program completed its system-level preliminary design review, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Boeing is moving toward integrations of the TDRS K […]

Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and contractor employees were given MDA awards for their performance in helping develop the Airborne Laser missile defense system. ABL is being created by The Boeing […]

TECHNOLOGY Advantech Releases Dual-Operation DVB-S2 VSAT Modem Advantech Satellite Networks released its S5420 DVB-S2 (Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite – Second Generation)VSAT modem, which is capable of operating in either […]

TECHNOLOGY EchoStar Europe Targets European Cable Market with Set-Top Box EchoStar Europe is targeting the European cable market with a new range of advanced set-top boxes.     EchoStar Europe aims […]

The Middle East is a market in desperate need of more satellite capacity. It seems as fast as the satellites are going up, the capacity is being snapped up by […]

The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $23.5 million contract extension to perform additional risk-reduction activities for the next-generation Global Positioning System Operational Ground Control Segment, or GPS OCX. […]

John Rood, a former State Department under secretary for arms control and international security, accepted a position on the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) Advisory Board. The addition of Rood’s […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] saw its network and space systems unit advance operating margin profit by 7.7 percent, but lower earnings from the United Launch Alliance joint venture with Lockheed […]

The payload for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile warning system has been delivered. Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC], a subcontractor, delivered the payload to prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. […]

The Hubble Space Telescope spotted galaxies colliding, with the smashup producing a long trail of new blue stars, streaming away from the nuclei of those galaxies, the European Space Agency […]

Griffin Concerned Future Is Bleak The Obama White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing a $3.5 billion NASA budget cut that would hurt the Constellation Program developing […]

Space not only can be but must be explored, with missions to the moon, Mars, and ultimately to planets circling other stars in the nearby universe, according to Stephen Hawking, […]

Israel aims to purchase the Raytheon Co. [RTN] Vulcan-Phalanx close-in air defense systems to kill rockets and mortars launched into Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to […]

NOAA Roasted In House, Senate, On Satellite Oversight Woes Afflicting Costs, Schedules Of Both GOES-R, NPOESS Programs The GOES-R satellite program cost estimates jumped again, to $7.67 billion from an […]

The Airborne Laser missile defense system has begun flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the aircraft, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Boeing, the prime ABL contractor, contributed […]

Other Launches Also Are Juggled Space Shuttle Atlantis will lift off at 2:01 p.m. ET May 11 from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, a day earlier than planned, […]

China launched another of its COMPASS navigational satellites, in a constellation of birds that eventually will provide global-wide navigational signals much like the U.S. Global Positioning Satellites (GPS), Xinhua, the […]

Updated — April 24, 2009 – 3:30 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 5 Mission: STSS ATRR […]

SES Americom added six high-definition (HD) channels from MTV networks to its HD-Prime distribution platform, bringing the total number of HD channels delivered by SES platforms to 136 and demonstrating […]

Tandberg Television’s operations are based on the progress of multimedia technology delivery methods. In the last year, the company has made notable steps in advanced compression systems, on-demand and content […]

Like a number of DTH operators, New Zealand-based Sky Televisions’s multi-platform strategy is in full swing. At the end of 2009, the company announced a deal to launch services to […]

DirecTV already has seen better than expected take-up of its video-on-demand (VOD) services launched in spring 2008, DirecTV CTO Rômulo Pontual told Via Satellite.      The U.S. satellite pay-TV operator, […]

Newtec signed a deal with Horizon Satellite Services of the United Arab Emirates to provide a FlexACM solution to deliver an increased IP throughput, Newtec announced Feb. 25.     Newtec’s […]

In today’s economy, advertisers for large retail organizations are forced to do more with less while balancing the need to engage with their customers and promote their products with economic […]

TP Group, the largest telecom in Poland, is one of an increasing number of operators complementing its IPTV offering with satellite service. The launch of an IP-satellite service is considered […]

IPTV Americas (IPTVA), a satellite-based IPTV solutions provider, is searching for outside investments as it looks to go to the next level of its growth strategy, CEO Alvaro Gazzolo told […]

Galaxy Broadband Communications (GBC) has selected Encore Networks’ Bandit line of industrial routers for GBC’s satellite networks, systems and solutions throughout Canada, GBC announced April 13.     This partnership allows […]

[Satellite Today 04-15-09] In the last six months, more than 35 new IPTV operations began trials or deployment, as several major companies attempt to gain leadership status in the sector, […]