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The first day of CABSAT MENA and SATELITE MENA 2009 was dominated of talk of the changing capacity situation that could evolve in the Middle East over the next two […]

Satellite capacity problems exist in many regions around the globe, and the Middle East is no exception, according to satellite operators, industry analysts and, most importantly, customers. For the moment, […]

NASA gave Oceaneering International Inc. an interim letter contract for the next-generation American spacesuit. Oceaneering, of Houston, will begin work on designing, developing and producing a new spacesuit system for […]

NASA selected Bell Helicopter Textron, The Boeing Co. [BA] and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp. [UTX] to compete for task orders in a total $40 million […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] gave Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] a $90 million contract to provide solid rocket propulsion systems for the three stages of the Navy Trident II D-5 fleet […]

Experts To Meet Wednesday To Reassess Safety Concerns March 12 Liftoff At 8:54 P.M. ET Would Mean On-Schedule Launches For Hubble, Station Missions The much-delayed Space Shuttle Discovery now may […]

Delay Allows Time To Ensure Kepler Doesn’t Meet Fate Of Satellite Last Week The Kepler space telescope launch has been shifted to Friday night, a day later than planned, so […]

An Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missile launched successfully in a recent stockpile verification test at Fort Bliss, Texas, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The missile was fired from a […]

Updated — Feb. 28, 2009 – 12 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: March 6 * Mission: Kepler […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] gave NASA a proposal for Altair lunar lander design support. NASA is expected to award multiple contracts this spring. The lunar lander, part of the Constellation […]

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) would receive more than $1.3 billion for weather satellites and climate sensors, under a budget plan that President Obama handed Congress. That budget […]

NASA Fiscal 2010 Budget Provides $900 Million Increase Over Fiscal 2009 Base Level, New Obama Document States Space Agency Budget Plan Attracts Praise, But It Also Is Seen As Short […]

[Satellite Today 03-02-09] Measat Satellite Systems received confirmation from Intelsat that the Measat-3a satellite has been scheduled for launch in June, Measat announced Feb. 27.     The launch of the […]

[Satellite Today 03-02-09] ND SatCom and Central European Telecom Services (CETel) are joining forces in the area of the managed services, the two companies announced Feb. 26.     The agreement […]

[Satellite Today 03-02-09] The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has called President Obama’s 2010 proposed fiscal budget, “solid for defense, space and civil aviation” in a Feb. 27 statement from AIA […]

[Satellite Today 03-02-09] Access Intelligence LLC (AI), a business-to-business information and marketing solutions provider, has added the Offshore Communications event to AI’s Satellite Group portfolio, acquiring Offshore Communications from Technology […]

Northrop Grumman delivered the final flight module cooler assemblies for the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) sensor to ITT Corp., Northrop Grumman announced Feb. 27.     The delivery, which consists of […]

[Satellite Today 03-02-09] The Kudelski Group, a supplier of conditional access services to DTH operators, will take control of OpenTV in a $130 million deal, Kudelski announced Feb. 27.     […]

[Satellite Today 03-02-09] The Telstar 11N satellite has been launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit and is on its way to a final orbital position of 37.5 degrees West, Sea […]

Report Appeared In Russian Paper President Obama offered to kill plans to build the European Missile Defense (EMD) system if Russia would help the United States force Iran to abandon […]

NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket at the Army Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. The Ares […]

The satellite industry has enjoyed a long period of steady growth, but the industry faces formidable regulatory hurdles in the new millennia. In addition to the challenges of doing day-to-day […]

The use solar energy is forecasted to soar in the next eight years as the world’s population looks for alternatives to fossil fuels. It is estimated the sun can provide […]

TECHNOLOGY Glowlink Releases Satellite System Upgrade Glowlink released a new version of its flagship Model 1000 system.     Version 2.11.1 introduces advanced data fusion technologies, alarm management tool sets and […]

Is the security threat to satellites from possible terrorist acts being taken sufficiently seriously? The European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) thinks not and issued an article in January, titled "The […]

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) reviews foreign investment in FCC common carrier, broadcast and aeronautical radio licenses. The reviews include applications for new licenses, transfer of control, and assignment […]

The ability of Pradman Kaul and his executive team at Hughes Network Systems to anticipate the evolutions of the satellite market has placed the company firmly atop the VSAT field […]

Pradman Kaul is a very worthy winner of the 2008 Satellite Executive of the Year award, but as so often happens in the modern world, we move immediately from the […]

As an independent provider of C-band and Ku-band satellite space segment, The SpaceConnection serves as "sort of a tripwire" for the satellite industry, says president and CEO Mike Antonovich. The […]

We are departing briefly from issues affecting the satellite sector specifically to look at the general economic conditions affecting our sector and all others. The 2003-2004 rebound of the satellite […]