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The Cassini interplanetary traveler whizzed at 40,000 miles an hour relative speed past a moon of Saturn called Enceladus, skimming just 30 miles above the lunar surface, NASA announced. A […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] is about to use a new method of assembling satellites that will shorten construction time. That so-called "pulse line" method, at a facility in El Segundo, […]

A key propulsion system component for the Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) payload passed a test, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. A post-test assessment showed that the divert thruster stem […]

[Satellite News 08-18-08] Foxtel has seen a strong early take-up of high-definition (HD) services in Australia, attracting nearly 40,000 HD subscribers since launching the service in June.     Patrick Delany, […]

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] Foxtel, the Australian pay-TV operator, is encouraged by the early results from its high-definition (HD) offering, and with the costs for HD-ready TV sets plummeting, Foxtel chose […]

[Satellite Today 08-13-08] Australia’s Foxtel reported revenues of 1.7 billion Australian dollars ($1.5 billion) in the year that closed June 30, a 17 percent increase compared to the same stage […]

[Satellite Today 08-13-08] An overhead crane operated by Measat‘s launch service provider accidentally damaged the Measat 3a satellite while at the Baikonur, Kazakhstan launch site, Orbital Sciences announced.     The […]

[Satellite Today 08-13-08] Intelsat reported record revenues of $584.9 million in the 2008 second quarter but recorded a loss of $82 million, the company announced Aug. 13. Intelsat reported revenues […]

[Satellite Today 08-12-08] DataPath has introduced  easy-to-deploy communications on-the-move (COTM) solution mobile network-centric warfare and first responder capabilities, the company announced Aug. 12.     The MobiLink system incorporates standard communications […]

[Satellite Today 08-12-08] Home2US has added three premium channels produced by Albania’s Top Channel to the Home2US direct-to-home lineup, the company announced Aug. 13.     As part of the agreement […]

[Satellite Today 08-12-08] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. received  its iNetVu mobile satellite antenna systems from an Asian television, C-Com announced Aug. 12.     The station plans to use the antennas […]

[Satellite Today 08-12-08] Globalstar completed the second quarter with more than 315,000 subscribers, an increase of about 23,000 since the end of March, the company announced Aug. 11.     Total […]

The Human Research Program will provide grants to fund nine proposals from six states to investigate questions about effects of space radiation on human explorers, NASA announced. Selected proposals from […]

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), a United Kingdom firm, is opening offices in the United States to more easily enter the U.S. satellite market. The company wishes to take advantage […]

[Satellite News 08-11-08] Glocal Media Networks Inc. named Theodore “Ted” McFarland to the company’s board, Glocal announced Aug. 11.     Glocal, based in Los Angeles, operates five ethnic language pay-TV […]

SpaceX Launch Failed When First Stage Hit Second Stage Tiny Bit Of Extra Thrust Caused Disaster In Mission Next SpaceX Falcon Flight Goes To Launch Pad Next Month That Falcon […]

[Satellite News 08-11-08] AsiaSat appointed Zhang Hai Ming general manager for China, the company said Aug. 8.     Zhang will oversee AsiaSat’s marketing, sales and customer relations activities in the […]

Boeing Gets $153.5 Million GPS Technology Contract The Naval Research Laboratory gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $153.5 contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. That […]

[Satellite News 08-11-08] The European Commission (EC) unveiled Aug. 7 the selection procedure for operators seeking a license to provide pan-European mobile satellite services. Satellite operators will for the first […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] handed over the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system to the Air Force, the company announced. Certified operations […]

[Satellite News 08-11-08] The European Commission (EC) unveiled Aug. 7 the selection procedure for operators seeking a license to provide pan-European mobile satellite services. Satellite operators will for the first […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] completed a $10 million, 20,500-square-foot satellite Mission Control Center (MCC) in El Segundo, Calif. The MCC can manage up to four commercial or government satellite missions […]

Further Delays Possible, Such As Any Funding Freeze Congress Sets For NASA Fiscal 2009 Appropriations NASA Leaders Reject Report That Orion Safety Concerns Trumped By Budget, Cost Concerns The unofficial […]

Bush Says North Korea Won’t Come Off State Sponsor Of Terrorism List Or Axis Of Evil List Until It Takes Further Action But Bush Praises Destruction Of Reactor President Bush […]

Classified Information Disclosed On JASSM Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will pay a $4 million civil penalty for unauthorized actions the company took to sell Hellfire missiles to the United Arab […]

The Florida state government will rent a long-unused launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to create a spaceport for commercial spaceship launches. This move comes as the nearby […]

Armed forces across the globe will spend $30.6 billion to acquire 95 military satellites over the next 10 years, according to a projection by Forecast International (FI), a Newtown, Conn., […]

Researchers have found a toxic chemical, perchlorate, in Martian soil excavated by the Phoenix Mars Lander that was tested in a wet chemistry laboratory in Phoenix, but it is uncertain […]

Iran has an anti-ship missile with a 190-mile range that could be used to close the Strait of Hormuz and threaten shipping traffic in the Persian Gulf, according to statements […]

Military strikes on illicit Iranian nuclear materials production sites likely wouldn’t destroy them, according to a new report by the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington think tank. […]