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The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) has been especially active recently, and in early April released its latest report, "Space-based services in Europe." The report’s goal is to investigate challenges […]

In my last column, I concluded that direct-to-home (DTH) video was more vulnerable to bad economic times than wholesale video distribution or VSAT services. This month I consider broadband satellite. […]

A Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] subsidiary settled a patent infringement lawsuit. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed, except that the Lockheed unit, Savi Technology, Inc., termed it "favorable." Savi contended […]

Crew Rehearsal For Flight Delayed Two Days; Weather Might Mandate One-Month Delay In Endeavour Launch From Kennedy Space Shuttle Endeavour yesterday rolled from Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center […]

Hubble Space Telescope Mission A Huge Success; Orbiting Observatory Now Better Than Ever With New Sensors Space Shuttle Atlantis is headed for Kennedy Space Center, riding atop a Boeing 747 […]

The latest variant of the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) completed its seventh test flight, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. During the March 19 test, the AIM-120D AMRAAM was fired from […]

Updated — May 21, 2009 – 2 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: June 13 + Mission: STS-127 […]

The Air Force gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $1.487 billion cost plus fixed fee contract to provide the third Space Based Infrared Systems Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite. Lockheed also […]

South Korea may purchase Standard Missile (SM) gear through the Foreign Military Sale program, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced. It notified Congress of a possible sale to Korea of […]

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded Harris Corp. a 10-year contract with a potential value of $736 million to provide the ground segment for […]

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Sirius XM’s new FM series satellite arrived at International Launch Services’ (ILS) Baikonur facility for a scheduled launch in June or July, ILS announced May 28.     […]

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom received $6 million worth of Movement Tracking System (MTS) orders from the U.S. Army under its existing supply contract, Comtech announced May 28.     […]

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Avanti Communications signed a pair of contracts worth about $1 million, the company announced May 27.     Avanti was selected by the North Sea Freight and Intelligent […]

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Yahsat CEO Jassem Al-Zaabi is investing $100 million in YahLive, a direct-to-home service it plans to launch in the fourth quarter of 2009 with joint venture partner […]

[Satellite Today 05-29-09] Microsoft and Sky Television have signed a deal that will allow users in the United Kingdom and Ireland to watch BskyB satellite TV via an application on […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Measat Satellite Systems won a $189.2 million contract with Astro All Asia Networks to supply transponder capacity on the Measat-3a satellite, Measat announced May 27.     Measat […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Thaicom subsidiary IPStar is partnering with Comtech EF Data to provide integrated satellite backhaul solutions for mobile and WiMax networks, Thaicom announced May 27.     The companies […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Magellan Aerospace Corp. was chosen by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to provide a phase B preliminary design of the satellite bus for the Radarsat Constellation Mission […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Microsoft and BskyB will announce a partnership to integrate functionality between Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming system and BskyB’s satellite TV service, according to a May 27 report […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Starling Advanced Communications will unveil a new satellite antenna, StarRail, which aims to deliver broadband communications aboard high-speed trains, the company announced May 27.     The new […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] Spacenet and channel partner Orbital Enterprises have deployed their Connexstar satellite communications services to support enterprise networks for auto producer Star Race Cars, Spacenet announced May 27. […]

[Satellite Today 05-28-09] RapidEye has collected more than 69 million square kilometers of at least 80 percent cloud-free images during its first 100 days of operation, the company announced May […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] In a May 26 story, Satellite Today identified Ned Hughes as a spokesman for HughesNet. Hughes is a spokesman for Eitelsat and his statements do not represent […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] Japanese broadcasting technology company NTT Electronics selected Newtec to be its DVB-S2 technology partner for the development of its new integrated receiver decoder (IRD) unit, the HVD6100, […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) subsidiary Mabuhay Satellite Corp. dropped its offer to buy $27.5 million worth of preferred shares of ProtoStar, PLDT announced in a […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] Sirius XM could capitalize on the censorship policies of major retail outlets such as WalMart, according to Satellite Standard Group analyst, Tyler Savery.     “Some of the […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] ViaSat received certification from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) for its ruggedized AN/PSC-14 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) integrated manpack terminal, ViaSat announced May 26.     […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] Atrexx, a German satellite service provider, won a U.S. military contract to provide satellite-based Internet connectivity for the U.S. Air Force’s Eagle Vision program in Europe, Atrexx […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] SES Astra signed a cooperation agreement with Eurosat and the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) to extend the reach of its Astra2Connect service in the United […]

[Satellite Today 05-27-09] SkyTerra has exercised an option with International Launch Services (ILS) to move the launch of the SkyTerra 2 satellite from Sea Launch to ILS, a SkyTerra spokesman […]