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Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] submitted a proposal for the follow-on production phase of the Air Force Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) program, the company announced today. As well, Lockheed completed […]

The Director of National Intelligence, with the Department of Defense (DOD), may acquire a new generation of electro-optical satellites that would cost billions of dollars, with the work likely going […]

A powerful House committee chairman blasted NASA for awarding a new $1 billion-plus contract for the Space Communications Networks Services (SCNS) despite the committee asking NASA to delay the award […]

NASA gave Science Applications International Corp. [SAI] a $58 million, one-year contract change to provide safety and mission assurance at Johnson Space Center in Houston. SAIC will ensure safety, reliability, […]

Intelsat Ltd. sold capacity on its IS-14 satellite to Juch-Tech Inc. That will help Juch-Tech bolster its LinkStar service to Africa. Juch-Tech signed a multi-year agreement with Intelsat for capacity […]

MakaLani, LLC. of Hawaii announced it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with RapidEye AG of Brandenburg, Germany to be the distributor in the United States of RapidEye satellite […]

The European GOCE spacecraft will use electric engines to provide critical thrust needed to keep it from toppling out of orbit and plunging to Earth. Those T5 ion thrusters are […]

Mike Stolarik is the new president and CEO of QinetiQ North America, a subsidiary of the British firm that provides IT and engineering. He succeeds Rob Topping who is moving […]

NASA’s newest module for the International Space Station will get a new name tomorrow night, to be announced on the Comedy Central routine, "The Colbert Report." Announcing the name for […]

A Chinese firm stands indicted for allegedly aiding Iran in its drive to advance its nuclear and ballistic missiles development programs, according to Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau. Li Fanwei […]

The first mirror segment for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) pass its initial series of cryogenic, or super-cold, tests at Marshall Space Flight Center, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] rolled out the new Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) weapon system launcher and fire control and communications unit today. The ceremony in Camden, Ark., marked […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Newtec will unveil two mobile TV space products — the AZ810 stream aggregator and the HZ914 multistream satellite receiver, the company announced April 9.     The new […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Russian operator Gazprom Space Systems may need to lease capacity from other operators while it waits for the launch of a slew of new satellites throughout the […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Arianespace has scheduled the launch of the European Space Agency‘s (ESA) Herschel and Planck payloads for May 6, the launch company announced April 9.     The launch […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Northrop Grumman completed the first series of cryogenic temperature tests on the mirror segment that will fly on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), a next-generation space […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] Orbcomm entered into a services agreement with General Electric Asset Intelligence (GEAI) to be the sole provider of satellite, cellular and dual-mode telematics, and machine-to-machine data communications […]

[Satellite Today 04-10-09] EMS Technologies is adjusting the low end of the range of its previous earnings guidance for the 2009 fiscal year from $1.55 to $1.35 per share, due […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] RapidEye reached an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) for MDA to be the sole supplier of direct downlink solutions for RapidEye’s international ground station customers, […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] A major earthquake that struck L’Aquila, Italy, has closed a Thales Alenia Space plant, the company announced April 8.     “We have taken all necessary measures to […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] Fransat, a free French digital terrestrial television (DTT) offer, will launch in June with a majority of the channels available via Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 3 satellite, Eutelsat […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] ND SatCom, in cooperation with SES Astra, received a two-year frame contract from African VSAT service provider Q-Kon for SkyWAN VSAT units, ND SatCom announced April 8. […]

[Satellite Today 04-09-09] Arianespace reported total sales of 955.7 million euros ($1.3 billion) with net income of 2.5 million euros ($3.3 million) in its 2008 year-end results released April 8. […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] As part of a restructuring of U.S. defense spending in the 2010 U.S. federal budget, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates recommended the termination of the U.S. Air […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) saw yearly revenues increase by 18 percent at $29.1 million in its 2009 year-end financial reports released April 7.     The company also […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] The U.S. Army ordered a MobiLinkx2122 communications on-the-move (COTM) system from DataPath that will be deployed in support of battlefield operations, DataPath announced April 7.     The […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] CET Teleport, a teleport operator based in Germany, has purchased a universal satellite hub from iDirect, in efforts to launch a pan-African DVB-S2/ACM satellite network, iDirect announced […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] C-Com Satellite Systems unveiled a portable solar power system for its flyaway antennas, the company announced April 7.      The iNetVu SolarPack has been designed to operate […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] Half of U.K. television households are using pay-TV service, according to the Digital Progress Report released by Ofcom April 6.     According to the report, 49.5 percent […]

[Satellite Today 04-08-09] The global economic crisis will have little impact on the satellite broadband sector, according to an April 7 report by NSR.     The report, “Broadband Satellite Markets, […]