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Satcom Group Holdings plc, a reseller of mobile satellite communications, entered into a conditional agreement to acquire World Communications Center (WCC), a reseller of Iridium services, Satcom company announced July...

Roughly a year after launching its satellite broadband service in Southeast Asia, Shin Satellite plc expects its new Thaicom 5 satellite to be 60 percent used as it begins commercial...

Flawless Flight Follows Safety Warnings Top NASA leaders won their gamble that safety concerns about the Space Shuttle Discovery were wrong, but the picture-perfect Fourth of July launch to the...

By Geoff Fein The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] last week conducted a high supersonic submunition dispense test of the Revolutionary Approach To Time critical...

By Dave Ahearn The failure of a long-range North Korean missile is no cause for relief, according to observers. While the long-range missile failed shortly into its first-stage burn, North...

SES Astra launched broadcasts of the German-French channel Arte high definition (HD) for the first time in Germany, SES Astra announced. “We recently succeeded in showing some important HDTV events...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, has a 10th launch on its manifest, the company announced. Late this year, SpaceX will use the Falcon 1 rocket in a launch for...

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) received its 12th patent related to its planned ancillary terrestrial (ATC) service that uses a combination of satellite and terrestrial links to provide communications services,...

By Michael Sirak KEYSTONE, Colo.–The Air Force is drafting the design of a long- range strike missile that eventually would succeed the conventionally armed Trident D-5 submarine-launched missiles that the...

Telus and XM Canada unveiled a streaming satellite radio service delivered via mobile phones, the companies announced. The Telus Mobile Radio-powered by XM Canada service delivers a portion of XM...