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[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, […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] completed preliminary design of a rugged beam control system for the Army High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) program, a truck-mounted asset that counters rocket, […]

ATK, Lockheed, Northrop Join To Pursue Multi-Role Weapons Contracts Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK], Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced they signed a teaming agreement to jointly […]

Rob Strain, head of the space department at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will become the new Goddard Space Flight Center director, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced. Strain […]

A university professor has been named president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank in Washington that focuses on defense and other issues. Arthur C. Brooks, the […]

[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 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 […]

Rep. Bartlett Urges Government To Counter EMP Danger EMP Would Bring Down Planes, Threaten Vehicles, Kill 90 Percent Of U.S. Population Within Year Of Attack U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]

U.S. Sea-Based Missile Defense Required: U.S. Navy Officer Iran is gaining increased capability to launch an overwhelming ballistic missile attack that would overwhelm Israel, Vice Adm. James A. "Sandy" Winnefeld […]

[Satellite News – 07-14-08] Premiere had a difficult beginning to 2008, as the German pay-TV operator disclosed in February that hackers had compromised its platform.     The breach of the […]

Israeli Action Against Iranian Nuclear Facilities Also Would Draw Less Protest Than U.S. Strike The condemnation-free silence following the Israeli air strike on a Syrian nuclear reactor shows that world […]

[Satellite Today 07-14-08] Sea Launch has initiated a 72-hour countdown for the launch of EchoStar 11, the company announced.     Built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the spacecraft carries a Ku-band […]