Inmarsat 4-F1 To Launch This Week
International Launch Services (ILS) revealed the details of its scheduled March 10 launch of the Inmarsat 4-F1 satellite. The spacecraft will be sent into orbit onboard an Atlas 5 rocket....
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Internal Politics Leave Voom's Survival In Question
Watching the events unfold as the fate of Cablevision‘s Rainbow DBS direct-to-home satellite television business is being determined is in some ways as entertaining as the programs that are transmitted...
Galileo Joint Undertaking Delays Naming Winning Concession Bid
A winner between the two consortia in competition for the concession contract to operate the European Union’s (EU) Galileo satellite-based navigation system was supposed to be announced on March 1....
Spotlight: Satellite Imagery Streamlining Oil And Gas Operations
DigitalGlobe recently announced that Apache Corp. has joined the company’s enterprise partner program, a mechanism that streamlines access to geospatial products and provides quick and easy data viewing and ordering...
B-2 Looks To Interim Solution For EHF Satcom Delay
The B-2 Spirit bomber, which is undergoing a series of upgrades as part of its overall modernization program, will need an interim solution to accommodate a delay in its EHF...
Program Office Established For Space-Based Radar
ORLANDO, FL.-As part of the Pentagon’s continuing plans to shore up a coherent development strategy for a new space surveillance system and launch a demonstration satellite by 2008, the Air...
European Satellite Pay-TV, Performance Update
European direct-to-home (DTH)satellite television operators have seen some encouraging numbers in the final quarter of 2004. With all the results now in, Satellite News assesses the performances of the main...
Sanborn Acquires Space Imaging Business Unit
Sanborn, a geographic information system and photogrammetry company, said it acquired Space Imaging‘s Federal Civil and Commercial Solutions value-added solutions business unit. The unit’s capabilities span a full range of...
Lockheed Martin Reaches Milestone In SBIRS High Program
Lockheed Martin said it achieved a milestone with the completion and delivery of a sophisticated, high-performance communications subsystem integral to the infrared payload of the first Space-based Infrared System High...
Eumetsat Playing Key Role in Tsunami Warning System
Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, moved fast to support a new Tsunami warning system in the Indian Ocean. It announced that it has made its...