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Analyst: U.S. Satellites Likely To Be Hit In A Hot War The United States must prepare for war in space, because any enemy nation will be tempted to offset the […]

European Missile Defense System Urgently Needed Worrisome Threats Uttered By Iranian Leader Cited European Interceptor Design Not Risky, Won’t Involve Major Changes From Already-Proven Rocket Components: Obering There is no […]

Flaws persist in masterminding a multi-program, $2.8 billion yearly anti-smuggling detection system to block rogue nations and terrorists from mounting a nuclear attack on the United States, the Government Accountability […]

Opposition To Early International Space Station Retirement Five global space-program leaders voiced concern that the International Space Station (ISS) should be operational through the end of the next decade at […]

[Satellite Today 07-21-08] DirecTV taken on-orbit delivery of the DirecTV 11 satellite, spacecraft manufacturer Boeing Co. announced July 21.     DirecTV plans to use the satellite, placed in orbit in […]

The space program leaders also reviewed what spaceships likely will be availablel to continue transporting crew and cargo to the space station after the space shuttle fleet retires in two […]

[Satellite Today 07-21-08] BADR-6, boosted into orbit July 7, delivered its first signals, payload manufacturer Thales Alenia Space announced July 18.     BADR-6, built by Astrium, is equipped with 24 […]

New evidence shows that Mars once had immense quantities of water, the vital and indispensable substance of life requisite for any sustained human settlement of the red planet. Water is […]

Boeing 747 Does Well In ABL Work; MDA Not Seeking Different Plane Some friendly nations have shown interest in acquiring the U.S. Airborne Laser (ABL) system to defend themselves from […]

The ABL has come a long way in its years of development, Obering told journalists at a Pentagon press briefing. "There’s been so much work done there in that" aircraft, […]

The concept of operationally responsive space (ORS) is widely endorsed, but there are differences between the combatant commanders and the intelligence/space community as to just what ORS should be, according […]

Sea Launch Boosts EchoStar XI Satellite To Orbit Sea Launch, the mobile seagoing launch platform, saw a Zenit-3SL rocket blast off to deliver the EchoStar XI broadcast satellite into orbit, […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] SES Americom’s AMC-21 satellite, the second of two spacecraft for Ariane 5’s next flight, has arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, Arianespace announced July 17.     AMC-21, based […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] The BBC appointed Danielle Nagler to run its high-definition (HD) service as part of the BBC Vision team, the broadcaster announced July 18.     Nagler will focus […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG), has filed a position paper with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposing a request to allow terrestrial services in […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] Pace received a contract to develop a new high-definition (HD) personal video recorder (PVR) for Sky Italia, one of Europe’s biggest satellite pay-TV providers, Pace announced July […]

[Satellite News 07-17-08]  A lack of diverse content, desire for a commercial-driven direct-to-home (DTH) market and an ingrained political fear of change will result in slow growth and underperforming Chinese […]

[Satellite Today 07-16-08] ASC Signal Corp. has released a pair of trifold transportable antennas, the company announced.     The 4.6-m model is Ka-band compliant, is designed for C- and Ku-bands, […]

[Satellite Today 07-16-08] The Chinese satellite market will grow at a rate of 5.3 percent per year, reaching $375 million by 2013, according to a study released July 15 by […]

[Satellite Today 07-16-08]  SES Astra signed a capacity deal intended to boost a number of independent cable operators in Germany, the company said July 16.     The long-term agreement with […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] NDS won a middleware and conditional access contract with Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting Co. Ltd., (SkyLife), Korea’s only satellite pay-TV operator, NDS announced July 14.     NDS […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] Integral Systems Europe (ISE) has installed a fully integrated carrier signal monitoring and transponder planning system for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS, ISE announced July 14.     The […]

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are joining to work on cooperative programs and technologies for a human encampment on the moon. That would involve, on the part of […]

Ariane 5 Lofts ProtoStar I And BADR-6 Satellites Into Orbit An Ariane 5 heavy lift rocket lifted off from the European Spaceport in French Guiana, South America, and carried two […]

Astrium Gains European Space Agency Contract For ISS Work The European Space Agency (ESA) transferred work on operating and using the European share of the International Space Station (ISS) to […]

McCain Says Iranian Missile Salvo Proves Need For Construction Of European Missile Defense System; Obama Urges More Talks With Iran, Further Sanctions United States Will Protect Allies Such As Israel […]

Testing is complete on the first of a dozen GPS IIF satellites, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Those environmental tests confirm mechanical integrity of the spacecraft. The program is on […]

NASA unveiled a new schedule of remaining missions for the space shuttle fleet before its scheduled retirement in October 2010, a manifest that ends with four idle months where an […]

Czech Parliament Still Has Not Ratified Deal Poland Moving To Bolster Talks On Granting Permission For Missile Interceptors Site Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza […]

Agreement Voiced On Rogue States Such As Iran, North Korea President Bush and Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev discussed U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Europe, but failed […]