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SES ordered launches for three satellites from Arianespace, the launch provider announced. A global satellite services provider, SES plans to orbit new satellites including the Astra 3B, plus two other...

Spade Shuttle Atlantis, towering over its crawler transporter, today was moved off Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center and headed into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Atlantis was moved...

[Satellite Today 10-20-08] Inmarsat unveiled an aircraft telemedicine system that allows doctors on the ground to treat passengers taken ill in flight, the company announced Oct. 20.     The Tempus...

Updated — October 14, 2008 – 4:35 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Oct. 19 Mission: IBEX Launch...

[Satellite Today 10-20-08] More than 98.9 percent of respondents in urban households in Bahrain own a satellite dish, according to a report from Arab Advisors.     “Bahrain Media Survey,” released...

Boeing Gains $30 Million For Further Advanced Tactical Laser Tests The Air Force gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a contract worth up to $30 million to continue testing the Advanced...

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] Christopher Hoyle resigned as a director of Norsat International Inc., the company announced Oct. 17.     William Witten, vice president of sales, and Pervez Siddiqui, vice president...

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) received an order from SSI Micro, a Canadian regional Internet service provider, for receivers to upgrade satellite-delivered high speed Internet service to remote...

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] Talia is expanding its iDirect Evolution (DVB-S2) services to sub-Saharan Africa, Talia announced Oct. 16.      Talia, a provider of Internet and voice services for the Middle...

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] Paradise Datacom received a contract to supply satellite modems for the first phase of a large mobile telephone network expansion project in Asia, parent company Intelek announced...