Author: Staff Writer

Congress should counter veto threats from a stingy President Bush by passing a continuing budget resolution freezing NASA funding for half a year, and then pass a budget with spending...

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] Euronews has signed with SatLink Communications a deal that will improve distribution of Euronews in key markets in Asia, the company announced June 30.     SatLink...

President Bush is lifting sanctions on North Korea, even though he remains "deeply concerned" about the rogue nation as a bad actor. But some observers asked why a treacherous nation...

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] The launch of TerreStar Networks Inc.‘s TerreStar-1 satellite may be pushed into the second quarter of 2009 due to damaged sustained during construction, TerreStar Corp. announced...

[Satellite Today – 6-30-08] CETel and strategic partner Arabsat are offering DVB-S2 services on Arabsat-2B in C-Band, the companies announced June 30.     The service is designed to serve CETel’s...

Chinese Missiles Threaten U.S. Navy Ships U.S. Fails To Match Chinese Arms Buildup: Witness The immense Chinese military buildup continues to run at a breakneck pace, and it is difficult...

Backup Pad 39-B Found To Have Similar Deterioration, But Repairs Not Slated To Be Performed There: Briefers Damage to a flame trench at Launch Pad 39-A at Kennedy Space Center...

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted a full launch dress rehearsal and hold down firing of the Falcon 1 Flight 3 vehicle June 26, the company...

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne a contract for the fabrication and ground test of a solar thermal propulsion...

[Satellite Today – 6-27-08] Avanti Communications has won a key satellite broadband contract in Scotland, the company said June 26.     Avanti will provide broadband services to premises throughout Scotland,...