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[Satellite Today 05-05-09] DirecTV will merge with its majority shareholder, Liberty Entertainment, in an effort to consolidate Liberty’s broadcasting and programming units, the companies announced May 4.     The new...

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. hopes to raise $200 million through a private sale, the company announced May 4.     Comtech intends to grant the initial purchasers of the...

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] Bezeq Israel Telecom will merge with Israeli satellite TV provider Yes, the companies announced May 4.     The conditions of agreement require Bezeq to raise its investment...

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] SeaMobile, a provider of satellite communications services to the maritime industry, named Jonathan Weintraub CEO, the company announced May 4.     Weintraub previously served as the company’s...

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] AT&T CruiseCast soft-launched its $1,299 mobile satellite entertainment device for automotive vehicles at about 373 retail outlets, the company announced May 4.     AT&T CruiseCast, a joint...

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] Artel, a developer of information technology and managed network services, hired Rosalind Kadasi as its CFO, the company announced May 4. In addition to CFO responsibilities, Kadasi...

[Satellite Today 05-05-09] SpaceConnection President and CEO Michael Antonovich resigned, effective May 15, according to a statement released May 4.     Antonovich said he was leaving the company to join...

Some 300,000 Pieces Of Space Junk Imperil Billions Of Dollars Worth Of Spacecraft; Exponential Risk Rise Seen Spacecraft operators later this year may gain access to better warnings of space...

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], the largest defense contractor receiving $34.2 billion in contracts in fiscal 2007, also led the pack in instances of misconduct, according to the Project on Government...

Needed: a huge vacuum cleaner that can roam around in low Earth orbit. While the danger of catastrophic collisions in space is rising steadily, cost and feasibility issues mean development...