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[Satellite Today 01-12-09] Global satellite access service provider TS2 is offering a new array of Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) satellite terminals, the company announced Jan. 8.     TS2’s new […]

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] GeoEye Inc. signed a multi-year agreement with the National University of Singapore to allow the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP) to collect and sell […]

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] The Hot Bird 10 satellite has been delivered to Arianespace’s launch facility at French Guiana, Arianespace announced Jan. 9.     This spacecraft will be placed in orbit […]

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] Spacehab subsidiary Astrotech was awarded two contracts totaling $3.2 million from United Launch Alliance (ULA) in support of the ground processing of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) […]

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) has been awarded contracts totaling more than $652,000 for the provision and support of a new version of its Cyphercast IP Conditional Access […]

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] Avanti Communications won two supply contracts valued at a combined $1.8 million, the company announced Jan. 9.     Avanti will supply wholesale broadband services to the Polish […]

[Satellite Today 01-12-09] Vizada won a contract with Delta Wave Communications to supply the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers with Inmarsat and Iridium mobile satellite communications services in the United […]

Combined satellite-cellular service moves a step closer to fruition as TerreStar and Skyterra make final preparations for satellite launches later this year. The next generation of hybrid mobile satellite systems […]

Satellite-based data communications provider Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. has received a $282 million supply order from the U.S. Army for the supply of upgraded ruggedized computers manufactured by a third-party […]

Thaicom signed a contract with Vietnam Telecom International (VTI) for capacity on the IPStar satellite, Thaicom announced.      The three-year agreement, valued at nearly $3.5 million, will allow VTI, a […]

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. won a contract to build the ST-2 satellite for SingTel and Chunghwa Telecom, Mitsubishi announced.      SingTel and Chunghwa Telecom will co-own ST-2 through a joint venture, […]

O3b Networks has signed a multi-year backhaul deal with Nigerian based wireless company, Galaxy Wireless Communications, O3b announced.      O3B will begin deployment of a new high capacity backhaul infrastructure […]

LXE, the wireless logistics computing business of EMS Technologies, signed an agreement with MCL Technologies giving the partners greater access to MCL software tools on LXE equipment, LXE announced.      […]

TerreStar has entered into an agreement with Qualcomm to develop integrated satellite-cellular communications technologies for conventional-sized mobile devices designed for government, public safety, enterprise and consumer users, TerreStar announced.      […]

TerreStar Networks and protocol stack software supplier Comneon demonstrated the first Voice Over IP (VOIP) phone call on an integrated satellite-terrestrial multi-mode handset from a Comneon test lab, TerreStar announced. […]

Envivio Inc. has begun shipping its mobile TV configuration of its 4Caster C4 three screens — TV, PC and mobile device — encoder as the product officially enters commercial service, […]

Arinc Inc. and EADS Secure Networks North America, a subsidiary of EADS, have formed a strategic alliance to address growing market opportunities for advanced land mobile radio communications in support […]

Vizada has linked up with Eclipse to offer mobile satellite services to the European military community, the companies announced.      The two partners have begun providing services to the French […]

Cyfrowy Polsat, a digital satellite pay-TV platform in Poland, has launched a mobile phone service, Rodzinna Telefonia Komorkowa (Family Cellular Telephony), based on its own telecommunications infrastructure using network solutions […]

Iran is attempting to build a nuclear weapon that could ignite an atomic arms race raging across the Middle East, President-elect Obama warned. He also said Iran sponsors terrorist organizations […]

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin said last week he has thus far received no word, either way, on whether President-elect Obama will ask him to remain at the helm of the […]

NASA issued a request for proposal for the huge Ares V rocket that will hoist payloads to space needed for astronauts to return to the moon and establish a permanent […]

Recommendation Comes As Some Urge Dumping Ares I NASA Rocket For EELV Military Lifter AIA Says Studying Shift To EELV Worthwhile, But AIA Doesn’t Recommend That Change It would be […]

A Valedictory: NASA Administrator Mike Griffin Sums Up Challenges, Opportunities Facing Space Agency NASA Can Create ‘New Options For Our Grandchildren’s Grandchildren, Or Leave That Privilege To Others’ NASA Administrator […]

The planned Tactical Satellite-3 launch set for later this month will be postponed because an avionics component malfunctioned, the Air Force announced. Earlier, the launch had been set for last […]

The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) began cold-launch system testing essential for mobile, global and flexible missile defense, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. A key part of this system — the […]

The Direct Attack Guided Rocket, or DAGR, a helicopter-mounted weapon, succeeded in its first ground launch, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. Along with earlier tests, the DAGR now has a […]

Updated — January 9, 2009 – 8:15 a.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 4 Mission:NOAA-N Prime Launch […]

NASA selected Analytical Services & Materials Inc., and Analytical Mechanics Associates Inc., of Hampton, Va., to provide analysis, systems engineering and research support for the NASA Langley Research Center in […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] reconfigured an on-orbit Navy satellite, adding 30 percent more communications capability. The satellite, the 11th in the Ultra-High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) series built by Boeing, was […]