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With a number of satellite operators and direct-to-home players fighting for business, the Middle East remains a fierce region in which to do business. While fixed satellite services operators such […]

China is expanding its military forces immensely because it wishes to counter a rapid military modernization in U.S. forces, according to a new 582-page report by the Army War College […]

The use of satellite links to backhaul cell phone and other handheld wireless device traffic enables service providers to reach more customers and gain new revenue streams. For developing countries […]

NASA Gives Contract Change To European Space Agency NASA has awarded a $27.5 million contract change to the European Space Agency Space Technology Center for further engineering on the International […]

Driven by Communism and the Cold War, Russia ushered in the satellite age in October 1957 with the launch of Sputnik. Today, the country is one of the biggest single […]

 [10-01-07 – Satellite Today] The  European Space Agency approved the transition to Phase 2 of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES), ESA announced Sept. 28. The approval of […]

 [10-01-07 – Satellite Today]  The flight software for the  European Space Agency’s (ESA) Automatic Transfer Vehicle (ATV) is compatible with the rest of the International Space Station’s flight software, ESA […]

[09-28-07 – Satellite Today]  Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has completed the precision coating process for the Kepler Mission’s primary mirror and the integration of the detector array assembly, the […]

EMS Technologies Inc.’s Defense and Space Systems (D&SS) business unit accounts for more than $50 million of the company’s annual revenue. But EMS would like to see that number grow […]

[09-26-07 – Satellite Today] Harris Corp. has been selected for a potential five-year, $10.7 million follow-on contract to provide technical engineering and support for the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), […]

Space Shuttle Discovery has undergone tests to check whether repairs to its right landing gear are sound, and hopefully all that work won’t delay liftoff past an Oct. 23 target, […]

[09-25-07 – Satellite Today]  Inmarsat has approved EMS Technologies Inc.’s eNfusion HSD-400 High-speed data terminal for use with the Inmarsat SwiftBroadband network, EMS announced Sept. 24. The terminal is the […]

Three members of Congress urged more testing of the Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) system before it is deployed in Europe, and also said NATO should not only advise the […]

Pentagon leaders are debating whether existing platforms such as the multi-layered ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield will suffice to counter emerging anti-satellite threats, or whether some new platform or systems […]

By Ann Roosevelt Emplacing European missile defense sites in Europe would add to global deterrence of ballistic missile proliferation, according to the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). "We […]

Arianespace Set To Launch Japanese JCSAT-12 Satellite In 2009 JSAT Corp. tapped Arianespace to launch its JCSAT-12 communications satellite. Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Kiyoshi Isozaki, […]

Army $921 Million WIN-T Contract Change Goes To General Dynamics, Lockheed The Army gave a General Dynamics Corp. [GD]-Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] team a contract change worth up to $921 […]

September has seen two significant deals in the European military space, as Italian satellite operator Telespazio won a contract from the Italian Defence Ministry for the launch and operation of […]

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  SkyPort Global Communications has named Michael Polmar vice president of sales and Peter Semenach director of product management, the company announced Polmar most recently served as […]

[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] The French Ministry of Defense has selected    Vizada to provide mobile satellite communications to enable military surgeons to transmit images to medical staff in a different […]

[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] The European Commission (EC) proposed funding the Galileo satellite navigation system completely through public funds, ending a plan that called for a contribution from private industry, […]

[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Department of Defense plans to stop procuring GPS satellites that provide the Pentagon the capability to intentionally degrade the accuracy of civil signals, the […]

[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] Industry Canada has approved Loral Space & Communications Inc.’s acquisition of Telesat Canada, Loral announced Sept. 19. Loral and its partner, Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment […]

[09-21-07 – Satellite Today]  Boeing has been awarded a contract by Thales Alenia Space Italia to launch the third Cosmo-SkyMed satellite, Boeing announced Sept. 20. The satellite will be lofted […]

[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] Christopher Richmond has been promoted to senior vice president as well as the head of      Orbital Sciences Corp.’s commercial geosynchronous (GEO) satellite business unit, the company […]

[09-21-07 – Satellite Today]  Intelsat Ltd. promoted Edward Berger to lead its business development organization, the company announced Sept. 19. Berger has more than 15 years of experience in the […]

[09-20-07 – Satellite Today]  Iridium Satellite has increased maritime traffic in Asia and the South Pacific by 22 percent, land-based traffic by 26 percent, the company announced Sept. 18. "Traffic […]

[09-18-07 – Satellite Today] DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-1 imagery satellite was lofted into orbit Sept. 18 by a Boeing Delta 2 rocket, Boeing announced. Lift-off occurred at 2:35 p.m. EDT, and the […]

Atlantis May Not Retire Next Year Spacewalking astronauts on the upcoming Space Shuttle Discovery STS-120 Mission to the International Space Station (ISS) likely will test making repairs to damaged thermal […]