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[Satellite Today 08-25-08] ND SatCom, an SES Astra company, has unveiled its new VSAT application, SkyRay Light IPS high definition for mobile video broadcasting, the company announced Aug. 25.     […]

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] MTV Networks International has chosen SatLink Communications to broadcast its newly launched channel, Nickelodeon Polska, according to an Aug. 25 announcement by SatLink.     SatLink is transmitting […]

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] Korean Telecom Corp. has chosen Arianespace to launch Koreasat 6, the launch service provider announced Aug. 22.     Koreasat 6 will be boosted into geostationary transfer orbit […]

Rep. Franks Says Deal Resolves Concerns Of Congress; It Is Time To Fund European Defense Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski signed a deal for […]

Rocket Veered Off Course; Range Safety Personnel Destroyed Rocket When It Reached Safety-Area Limit; Unconfirmed Report Civilian Saw Rocket Debris On Land NASA Hypersonic Experiments Were Aboard Failed Rocket, Representing […]

NASA leaders announced a solution for an intense vibration, or thrust oscillation, in the Ares I rocket that will loft the next-generation U.S. space capsule Orion into orbit. The thrust […]

The United States needs to field laser weapons, including solid-state assets, now, not later, a new report states. Proof of the urgent need for directed-energy defenses have been provided by […]

[Satellite Today 08-22-08] Intelsat is currently offering transmission support of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing to Latin America, the company announced.     The provider will deliver more than 12,000 […]

[Satellite Today 08-22-08]  Freesat has appointed James Strickland as its new director of product and technology development, the company announced Aug. 21.     Strickland will be joining Freesat from Cisco, […]

[Satellite Today 08-22-08] Inmarsat has selected Thales Alenia Space and International Launch Services (ILS) to support an application under the European S-band Application Process (ESAP) for an award of S-band […]

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] Dish Network Corp. is offering new programming deals for consumers affected by the upcoming digital TV transition. The company said that consumers may opt to sign up […]

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] Crawford Communications will use Genesis Network’s fiber infrastructure as a component in the launch of a new high-definition service offering for Crawford’s client, World Fishing Network (WFN), […]

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] Hawaii Pacific Teleport has put a standard A (15.5-meter) C-band antenna into service for SES New Skies, Hawaii Pacific Teleport announced Aug. 21.     The antenna will […]

[Satellite Today 08-21-08] BSkyB is ramping up the number of high-definition (HD) channels available to its U.K. subscriber base, the pay-TV operator said Aug. 20.     BSkyB will launch seven […]

[Satellite News 08-21-08] Dish Network’s new package deal, unveiled Aug. 21, aims to acquire Latino subscribers affected by the switch to digital TV.     The switch from analog broadcasts to […]

[Satellite News 08-20-08] Alcatel-Lucent is supporting the world’s first commercial trial of the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)’s new BCAST smartcard profile, a standard for mobile TV content protection, Alcatel-Lucent announced […]

[Satellite News 08-20-08] GlobeCast signed a channel distribution deal with Verizon for the launch of 14 international channels on Verizon’s FiOS TV, GlobeCast announced Aug. 20.     World TV, a […]

[Satellite Today 08-20-08] Efficient Channel Coding (ECC) introduced a multi-stream extraction feature that enables its ECC3100 Digital Video Broadcast Satellite standard (DVB-S2) receiver chip to extract multiple data streams from […]

[Satellite Today 08-19-08] U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Kevin Martin and other commission staff will fan out to rural areas and other markets in the United States to raise […]

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] ICO Global Communications has reached an agreement with MTV Networks to add Nickelodeon and Comedy Central to the alpha trials of ICO’s mobile interactive media (mim) service, […]

Moscow Reverts To Cold War Moves Just As NASA Plans To Buy Russian Soyuz Services; Cause Of Soyuz Woes Still Unknown Russia Cuts Oil Flow To Czech Republic, But Denies […]

After months of negotiations, Poland signed an agreement allowing the United States to install ballistic missile interceptors in silos in Poland. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk disclosed the agreement in […]

Poll Results Come As Congress Weighs Financing For U.S. Missile Defense Programs A lopsided 87 percent of the American public supports creation of the multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense shield […]

Bush Warns Russian Military Not To Block Americans Bush Hints Russia May Be Kicked Out Of G-8 For Its Persistent Aggression In Georgia President Bush announced he is sending U.S. […]

Russia Fires Dozens Of Missiles Into Georgia Russian Use Of Missiles Enhances Their Value In Eyes Of Rogue States And Terrorist Groups As Russia invaded the Republic of Georgia, it […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] has launched a dozen target missiles successfully since 2005, the company announced. The company did so under a targets and countermeasures contract with the Missile Defense […]

First Time Entire ATL System Is Tested: Boeing The entire Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) was tested for the first time, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The ATL, mounted on its […]

The Army High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator beam control system passed its preliminary design review requirements, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced today. The laser would take out airborne threats including […]

U.S. Air Force Launches Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile The U.S. Air Force launched a Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with three unarmed multiple independent reentry vehicles on a […]

NASA Cancels Lunar Spacesuit Contract Award To Oceaneering, After Exploration Systems & Technology Protest To GAO NASA canceled its $183.8 million contract award to Oceaneering International Inc. for lunar spacesuits, […]