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[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] Norsat International Inc. has signed a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to supply NATO‘s Consultation, Command and Control Agency with its OmniLink and GlobeTrekker portable satellite terminals...

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] Space Explorations Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)’s Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office to carry its Jumpstart mission...

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] OpenTV has appointed Ben Bennett as its CEO, the company confirmed March 10.     Bennett has been acting CEO and COO since August 2007. OpenTV is...

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Viaccess is the latest Conditional Access (CA) company to acquire a middleware company in order to widen its range of services for customers. The company said...

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) with a 500-site Gilat SkyEdge broadband network platform, Gilat announced March 10.     The platform will...

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Arianespace successfully placed Jules Verne, the European Space Agency‘s first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) in space, but an on-board computer shut down one of the four...

Brass Don’t Say As Senators Ask Who Built Failed Satellite Whodunit? Senators asked at a hearing which company or firms built that U.S. intelligence satellite that failed completely just after...

Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop, Orbital Get DARPA Contracts For Mini-Satellites; Splitting One Satellite Into Parts Would Bolster Survivability Against Anti-Satellite Attacks, And Against Damage Caused By Space Debris Demonstration Of ‘Fractionated’...

Space Shuttle Endeavour To Launch At 2:28 A.M. Tomorrow Morning Space Shuttle Endeavour is poised on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center to lift off at 2:28 a.m. tomorrow...

NASA is running out of plutonium to use for powering spacecraft on deep space missions, far from the rays of the sun, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said. Very little of...