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Sales of ballistic missile defense systems and components have grown to make up 10 percent of the revenues in Lockheed Martin [LMT], the largest defense contractor, a senior official said...

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] ND SatCom, an SES Astra company, has unveiled its new VSAT application, SkyRay Light IPS high definition for mobile video broadcasting, the company announced Aug. 25.    ...

Space Shuttles For Hubble Mission, Standby, Unharmed By Storm; Shuttle Atlantis Still Set For Liftoff At 1:34 A.M. ET Oct. 8 Tropical Storm Fay, despite its drenching deluge that flooded...

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] MTV Networks International has chosen SatLink Communications to broadcast its newly launched channel, Nickelodeon Polska, according to an Aug. 25 announcement by SatLink.     SatLink is transmitting...

Lockheed Gains $357 Million Hellfire II Production Contract The Army gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $357 million deal to produce more Hellfire missiles, the company announced today. They will...

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] WildBlue Communications has introduced an equipment lease program for new customers, the company announced Aug. 25.     Under the program, customers will no longer be required to...

Engineers finished testing the workhorse gas generator in the J-2X engine, in the upper stage of the next-generation Ares I rocket, NASA announced. The Ares will loft the future U.S....

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] Hong Kong Satellite Communication International Ltd., Japan Digital Communications and AA Techneq have signed commercial partnerships with Thuraya, the mobile satellite company announced Aug 25.     The...

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] Mary Frost stepped down as CEO of GlobeCast America, the company announced Aug. 25.     Christian Pinon, chairman and CEO of GlobeCast, will serve as interim CEO...

[Satellite Today 08-25-08] Korean Telecom Corp. has chosen Arianespace to launch Koreasat 6, the launch service provider announced Aug. 22.     Koreasat 6 will be boosted into geostationary transfer orbit...