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Experts said outsiders can’t accurately assess just when a secretive Iran might develop a nuclear bomb, and also said it is unclear just when Iran might gain a workable nuclear […]

Space Shuttle Discovery is poised to wrap up the long 15-day STS-120 mission with a landing just after 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, capping a challenging spacewalk in which physician- astronaut […]

House and Senate lawmakers are considering cutting only $85 million from a $310 million funding request by President Bush for the planned European Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program, a […]

NASA Sorely Underfunded, Needs Far More Money: Douglass U.S. preeminence in space is fading because NASA is being starved of funding it urgently requires, and that may mean some other […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is one of the newer players in the launch services market and hopes it can build a strong business and tempt customers from the […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  ViaSat Inc. has increased revenue by 11.5 percent  for the second quarter of 2008, the company announced Nov. 1.     ViaSat reported revenue of $146.6 million […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Andrews Space Inc. completed the acquisition of Automated Controlled Environments Inc., (ACEi), Andrews announced Nov. 1.     ACEi develops fault-tolerant aerospace avionics and advanced control systems. […]

Lockheed Martin Commercial Launch Services is another U.S.-based player, along with Boeing, that would like to return to the commercial launch services market. David Markham, president of the unit, talks […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today] Telespazio has acquired 85 percent of Fileas, a satellite broadcasting company, from Agence France Presse, Telespazio announced Oct. 31.     Telespazio said the acquisition extends its […]

It may sound cliché, but it’s hard to believe that November already has arrived and 2007 is nearly over. For the Via Satellite team that means that preparations for SATELLITE […]

STM Consortium  To Improve DVB-RCS STM Group’s research and development center is leading a consortium to evaluate, prototype and test advanced modem technologies for the European Space Agency (ESA).     […]

Stratos Global Introduces FleetBroadband Stratos Global Corp. introduced its maritime broadband satellite communications solution based on Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband. The service is expected to be commercially available this month.     FleetBroadband, […]

  Comtech Receives Government Order Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., received a contract to provide satellite communications equipment to support an unnamed U.S. government agency’s […]

Eutelsat Names CFO Catherine Guillouard has joined   Eutelsat as CFO and a member of the group executive committee.     Guillouard joined Air France in 1997 and served most recently at […]

Approximately a year after becoming an independent company, International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) was in the midst of a record year in 2007 before a September Proton failure halted the […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite News] SES Global is likely to order two new satellites over the next few weeks, SES Global CEO, Romain Bausch said Oct. 29 during a conference call […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] Spanish industrial group Abertis has reached an agreement to acquire a 28.4 percent stake in satellite operator Hispasat, Abertis announced Oct. 31.     Abertis subsidiary Abertis […]

Boeing, which has had a limited role in the commercial launch market for several years, could be set to make more of an impact in this area, according to Ken […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] Sirius Satellite Radio recorded revenues of $241.8 million in its 2007 third quarter, an increase of 45 percent over the same period in 2006, the company […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today]  Telesat Canada posted increases in revenue and profit in the third quarter of 2007, the company announced Oct. 30.     The company posted operating revenue of […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] BSkyB said Oct. 29 that it has reached 1 million broadband customers.     BSkyB launched its Sky Broadband offerings in 2006 following the acquisition of EasyNet. […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] Irdeto, a provider of content security solutions to pay-TV operators, said Oct. 30 that its CEO, Graham Kill, has relocated from Amsterdam to the company’s Beijing […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today]  Eagle Broadband Inc. has sold its SatMax satellite telephony repeater business to Security Financing Services Inc., Eagle announced Oct. 29.     Security Financing purchased all the […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a special web-exclusive editorial […]

Arianespace is one of the leading players in the launch services arena offering customers a variety of launch vehicles and options and also has signed a number of deals in […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite News] Finding the next generation of executives and talent is one of the key challenges facing the space industry, and the Isle of Man is set to […]

The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile defense (BMD) system annihilated a target missile outside the atmosphere, the fourth winning intercept for THAAD and the 31st successful target […]

Space Shuttle Discovery Heat Shield OK, Cleared For Reentry The International Space Station (ISS) is growing with the addition of a new room, a sort of connecting chamber that eventually […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin equated U.S. proposals to install a missile defensive system in Europe to Soviet Union attempts in 1962 to install offensive nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) in […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will begin a ground test involving many U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) systems, plus input from allied nations, MDA announced. The test will include all […]