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Discovery Launch A Day Earlier Than Expected; NASA Likely Can Execute Its Five Planned Space Shuttle Missions This Year, On Schedule Satellites Colliding Raise Risk Of Catastrophic Damage To Space...

KVH and ViaSat have expanded their mini-VSAT Broadband service to service enterprise operations in the Persian Gulf, the companies announced. The expansion also extends the ViaSat Yonder mobile network for...

NASA is making progress in tackling problems with programs suffering cost overruns and schedule delays, but more work remains in fixing the mess, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified. The...

The Telstar 11N satellite has been launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit and is on its way to a final orbital position of 37.5 degrees West, Sea Launch announced.    ...

Russia is developing an anti-satellite capability, The International Herald Tribune reported, quoting a Russian official. Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Valentin Popovkin said Russia can’t remain idle while China and the...

ND SatCom and Central European Telecom Services (CETel) are joining forces in the area of the managed services, the two companies announced.     The agreement will see ND SatCom, a...

Mikulski Continues To Chair NASA Oversight Subcommittee Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) will continue to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee commerce, justice, science and related agencies subcommittee for the next...

Inmarsat has gone live with its Inmarsat-4 F1 satellite, completing a project to relocate its broadband satellites to provide global coverage, the company announced.     The move also completes the...

NASA named six people to a mishap investigation board to probe causes of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) disaster, in which the carbon-dioxide-tracking satellite was lost as it plunged into...

Elbit Systems has completed the acquisition of Shiron Satellite from Polar Communications for $16 million, Elbit announced.     Polar Communications, which owned 47.4 percent of Shiron, said it will record...