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[Satellite News – 5-14-08] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract to provide Korea Telecom’s (KT) next telecommunication satellite, Thales announced May 14.     Thales will manufacture the communications payload […]

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] Genesis Networks is introducing what it calls the “world’s first hybrid satellite-fiber service” for global high-definition (HD) broadcasting, Genesis announced May 14.     The services extends […]

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] Intelsat Ltd. has sold transponder capacity on the Intelsat 15 satellite to Romantis GmbH, Intelsat announced May 13.     Romantis expects to use the Ku-band transponder […]

India successfully tested an intermediate range (1,860 miles) Agni-III missile capable of striking Chinese targets such as Shanghai with a 1.5-ton payload, Arab News reported. This was the third Agni-III […]

NOTE: NASA SOON WILL RESCHEDULE SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS, BEGINNING WITH THE ATLANTIS LIFTOFF NOW SET FOR AUG. 28. SHUTTLE MISSIONS EACH WILL BE DELAYED ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS. (Please […]

NASA and Japanese aerospace authorities intend to conduct joint research on sonic boom modeling. Sonic boom modeling is one of the key technologies needed to enable a next generation supersonic […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] seeks workers in the Houston area with NASA mission operations experience. Those mission operations specialists would aid Boeing in its bid for a facilities development and […]

[Satellite Today – 5-12-08] XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. reported a nearly 17 percent increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2008, as well as more than 300,000 net […]

Authorization Bill Written By House Panel Cuts $719 Million From Missile Defense, Including European BMD, ABL, KEI, MKV Aegis, THAAD, Others, Would Gain Funds A battle will erupt Wednesday in […]

Nelson Urges $2 Billion Extra For NASA Spread Over Two Years: Fiscal 2009, 2010 NASA Struggling With Far More Missions Than Weak Funding Will Support: Experts As senators overseeing NASA […]

Congressional Concerns Focus On New Missile, Nuclear Capabilities Emerging In A Hostile Iran Scores of lawmakers in Congress have asked President Bush to deploy a U.S. missile defense radar in […]

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) today alleged that U.S. rules restricting exports of American military technology are harming the U.S. aerospace industrial base, especially in satellite component […]

A new report suggests that perhaps nations such as China can be dissuaded from any headlong rush to build a formidable force with a global military reach. The report was […]

Provisions in a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) strategic forces subcommittee defense authorization bill likely would provide ammunition for any legislators who might wish to cut funding for some ballistic […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) air and land forces subcommittee provided $631 million of authorizations for Army precision-guided missiles and rockets. That amount was contained in one portion of […]

NASA gave Hensel Phelps a contract worth up to $263.8 million to build at least one, and perhaps two, 390-foot-tall mobile launchers that will transport the Ares I rocket to […]

The European Galileo navigation system has begun operation with the initial signals being received from the newly-launched Giove-B navigation satellite, Astrium announced. Galileo will compete with the years-old U.S.-sponsored Global […]

NASA engineers completed the first series of tests in early development of the J-2X engine that will power upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets. Ares rockets […]

[Satellite News – 5-9-08] U.K. telecommunications giant BT Vision has perhaps one of the hardest tasks of any major operator in Europe in terms of penetrating the TV market.     […]

[Satellite Today – 5-8-08] SES Astra signed a capacity deal with Czech pay-TV platform CS Link, SES Astra announced May 8.      CS Link, one of the largest pay-TV platforms […]

[Satellite Today – 5-8-08] DirecTV Holdings LLC and DirecTV Financing Co. Inc. will offer up to $1.4 billion in senior notes, DirecTV announced May 7.     DirecTV may also offer […]

[Satellite News – 5-8-08] Bharti Airtel, one of India’s largest telecommunications companies, wants to expand its business and is setting its sights on India’s burgeoning satellite pay-TV market.     Bharti […]

Key NATO capability initiatives–alliance ground surveillance (AGS), missile defense and the Defense Against Terrorism Program of Work (DATPoW)–continue to move forward after the biannual Conference of National Armament Directors (CNAD) […]

Astronauts Robert D. Cabana and Bryan D. O’Connor, along with former astronauts John E. Blaha and Loren J. Shriver, are being inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame. They will […]

Satellite To Provide New Missile-Launch Warning As China, Iran, North Korea, Increase Missile Capabilities The GEO-1 satellite in the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) system passed a comprehensive baseline integrated test […]

The Polar satellite that studied radiation and particles from the sun above the Earth died. In operation for a dozen years, the satellite was part of the NASA Global Geospace […]

[Satellite News – 5-5-08] Israeli satellite pay-TV operator Yes may only have 550,000 subscribers, but it is determined to be one of the most innovative pay-TV operators in terms of […]

Panel Adds $350 Million To Transformational Satellite, $100 Million To Aegis, $115 Million To THAAD, And An Extra $28 Million To Short-Range BMD Bill Adds $30 Million For Follow-On To […]

Analyst Asks Why Negotiate With A Nation That Cheats The good news is that North Korea is moving to disable its Yongbyon nuclear reactor, and it is open about its […]

Missile and missile defense programs were little mentioned during a lengthy congressional hearing where some major defense procurement programs were flailed for being over budget, under performance goals and behind […]