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Robert W. Cobb, the long-embattled NASA inspector general, resigned under pressure from several Senate and House lawmakers who earlier had slammed his performance in office and requested that he be […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] paid $325 million to settle a whistleblower case involving faulty military satellite parts involving TRW Inc. before Northrop bought that company in 2002, while at the […]

The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a contract to upgrade guidance and control sections for the air-to-ground Maverick missile. "The military is successfully employing laser-guided Mavericks against moving targets […]

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) criticized several space programs on cost and other criteria. They were among many defense procurement programs that have run a combined total $296 billion over […]

Boeing ABL: No More Planes; Boeing GMD: No More Interceptors; Boeing EMD: Coasting On Old Funds Gates Plan Cuts 14 Percent Of MDA Funds; Aegis-Standard Missile Program Does Well, As […]

Japan, U.S. Forces, Don’t Try To Shoot It Down; Instead, Obama, Others, Frown On Outlaw Launch Illicit North Korean Missile Launch Proves Need For U.S., Japanese Missile Defense; Missile Flight […]

The $26 billion Transformational Satellite, or TSAT, program would die under a new budget plan that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates today unveiled in a news briefing. The Boeing Co. […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] In a March 26 Satellite News story, “Satellite 2009 CEO Panel Discusses Launch Costs, HDTV, ITAR,” Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta’s name was spelled incorrectly. Also, Berretta said […]

[Satellite Today 04-02-09] Satellite Today is extending the SATELLITE 2009 Crossword Puzzle Contest submission deadline to Friday, April 3.     The Crossword Contest was featured in our exclusive SATELLITE 2009 […]

Intorel UNVEILS BROADCAST, SATELLITE MONITORING SOLUTION Intorel has rolled out Visionic version 4.2, a monitoring and control solution for the broadcast and satellite industry. The latest version features upgrades such […]

Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher (D-Calif.), who chairs the House Armed Services Committee strategic forces subcommittee, whom President Obama has chosen for a nonproliferation post in the State Department, made comments […]

A Proton M rocket in early May will launch the IndoStar II/ ProtoStar II satellite built by The Boeing Co. [BA]. Krunichev built the Proton M in Moscow, and shipped […]

Mobil Satellite Technologies was awarded a contract by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to provide mobile and fixed satellite Internet equipment and service to state agencies, institutions and other public […]

There are roughly 110 million households in the United States, and 16.5 million of those are in rural communities — areas of the country that have a population density of […]

The search for the potentially lucrative Ka-band broadband market has several key industry players focusing on specific regions of the globe. The United States, France and the United Kingdom – […]

Avanti Communications Group, the U.K.-based fixed satellite services operator, is preparing for the launch of its HylasOne satellite, which is designed to serve the satellite broadband markets of Europe.     […]

KVH and ViaSat have expanded their mini-VSAT Broadband service to service enterprise operations in the Persian Gulf, the companies announced. The expansion also extends the ViaSat Yonder mobile network for […]

The Telstar 11N satellite has been launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit and is on its way to a final orbital position of 37.5 degrees West, Sea Launch announced.     […]

ND SatCom and Central European Telecom Services (CETel) are joining forces in the area of the managed services, the two companies announced.     The agreement will see ND SatCom, a […]

Inmarsat has gone live with its Inmarsat-4 F1 satellite, completing a project to relocate its broadband satellites to provide global coverage, the company announced.     The move also completes the […]

Elbit Systems has completed the acquisition of Shiron Satellite from Polar Communications for $16 million, Elbit announced.     Polar Communications, which owned 47.4 percent of Shiron, said it will record […]

Allen and Overy has reached a financial close with Mubadala Development Co. and Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) on the Yahsat satellite project, Allen and Overy announced. The $1.8 […]

ViaSat appointed Satcom Direct as a value-added reseller and customer support liaison for its new Yonder mobile broadband service, ViaSat announced.     The deal provides coverage over North America, the […]

SES New Skies has contracted capacity on the upcoming NSS-12 satellite to Detasad, a German-Saudi joint venture and provider of telecommunication and IT services.     Detasad said it chose NSS-12 […]

Australian Satellite Communications (ASC) has chosen the Evolution platform from iDirect to implement a DVB-S2 network covering Australia and New Zealand, iDirect announced.     ASC said it will leverage the […]

We are departing briefly from issues affecting the satellite sector specifically to look at the general economic conditions affecting our sector and all others. The 2003-2004 rebound of the satellite […]

Pradman Kaul is a very worthy winner of the 2008 Satellite Executive of the Year award, but as so often happens in the modern world, we move immediately from the […]

Is the security threat to satellites from possible terrorist acts being taken sufficiently seriously? The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) thinks not and issued an article in January, titled "The […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reviews foreign investment in FCC common carrier, broadcast and aeronautical radio licenses. The reviews include applications for new licenses, transfer of control, and assignment […]

TECHNOLOGY Glowlink Releases Satellite System Upgrade Glowlink released a new version of its flagship Model 1000 system.     Version 2.11.1 introduces advanced data fusion technologies, alarm management tool sets and […]