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Connectivity
EMS Expects 40 Percent Earnings Growth in 2009
[Satellite Today 01-06-09] EMS Technologies expects its 2009 earnings to exceed $50 million, growing more than 40 percent compared with 2008, the company announced Jan. 5. “The guidance for […]
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Government/Military
U.S. Air Force Renews TSAT Competition
[Satellite Today 01-06-09] The U.S. Air Force formally renewed the competition between Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. for the Transformational Communications Satellite (TSAT) program, the U.S. Air Force announced […]
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Connectivity
Telespazio Signs Telecom Service Contracts with DRS Technologies
[Satellite Today 01-06-09] Telespazio has signed a pair of deals with DRS Technologies for satellite communications services, Telespazio announced Dec 29. Under the first contract, Telespazio will provide DRS […]
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Connectivity
Gilat Resolves Stock Dispute with Colombian Government
[Satellite Today 01-05-09] Gilat Satellite Networks announced a new pact with the Colombian Ministry of Communications that will resolve standoff between the two parties, resulting in the release of about […]
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Government/Military
Obama May Use Delta 4, Atlas 5 Instead of Orion to Lead Space Race with China
[Satellite Today 01-05-09] President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team is considering a collaboration between the U.S. Defense Department and NASA to use the U.S. military Delta 4 and Atlas 5 launch […]
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Connectivity
Audiovox Signs With Sirius XM to Become Principal North American Radio Supplier
[Satellite Today 01-05-09] Satellite radio supplier Audiovox Corp. has reached an agreement in principle with Sirius XM Satellite Radio to become the principal supplier of Sirius XM radio products to […]
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Connectivity
SS/L Finalizes Intelsat 17 Contract Award
[Satellite Today 01-05-09] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), has finalized a contract award to provide the Intelsat 17 spacecraft to Intelsat, SS/L announced Dec. 31. The C- and Ku-band satellite is […]
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Government/Military
Air Force Resets TSAT Competition
The Air Force shut down the existing Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) program competition without awarding a contract. Instead, the restructured contest now moves back to square one, with the air […]
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Government/Military
NASA Awards Orbital, SpaceX ISS Resupply Flight Contracts
Space Agency Moves To Foster Private Commercial Logistics Spacecraft NASA, in a double departure from business as usual, has taken a giant step toward privatizing the transport of cargo to […]
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Government/Military
Boeing To Continue Ground-based Midcourse Defense Program For Six Months
Long-Term Contract To Be Decided In Impending Obama Administration The Missile Defense Agency gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a cost-plus-award-fee contract worth up to $397.9 million to continue the Ground-base […]
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Government/Military
GAO Denies Raytheon Protest Over Aegis Mod Contract
Systems Upgrading Work Will Proceed On Navy Destroyers , Cruisers The Government Accountability Office (GAO) denied Raytheon Co. [RTN] protests against several sole-source, non-competitive contracts that the Navy earmarked for […]
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Government/Military
Report Details Causes Of Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
A new report from a study panel details the causes leading to the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003, with the panel recommending many corrective and preventive moves to avert […]
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Finance
Arianespace Plans For Three Satellite Launches
Lockheed Decides To Use Ariane 5 Rocket To Launch Satellite For Japanese Operators In Liftoff From South American Spaceport Arianespace announced it will provide lift capability to orbit several satellites […]
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Finance
Ariane 5 Launches Two Satellites
An Ariane 5 heavy lifter rocket lifted off from the spaceport at Kourou, French Guiana, South America, to launch two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer orbits. Those satellites were accurately […]
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Finance
Russia Launches Three Glonass-M Satellites On Proton Rocket
Russia launched three Glonass-M navigational satellites on a Proton robotic rocket that soared on Christmas from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Itar-Tass reported. That brings the total number of Glonass […]
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Government/Military
NLOS System Precision Attack Missile Completes Third Test
A Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System’s Precision Attack Missile completed the third guided test flight for the weapon class. NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Co. [RTN] and Lockheed Martin Corp. […]
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Government/Military
NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — December 19, 2008 – 8:30 a.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 4 Mission: NOAA-N Prime […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon Gains Up To $3.3 Billion Patriot Order For UAE
The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a not-to-exceed $3.3 billion order for advanced Patriot air and missile defense capability, whole life support and training for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). […]
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Connectivity
Space Systems/Loral Finalizes Contract To Provide Satellite To Intelsat
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) finalized a previously announced satellite contract award to provide a new satellite to Intelsat. SS/L is ), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [LORL]. "This will […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Gains $371.6 Million Contract For GMLRS Program
The Army gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $371.6 million firm fixed price contract for further work in the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) Full Rate Production IV initial […]
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Government/Military
Mars Rovers Still Going After Five Years
The Mars rovers, which NASA designed to send spectacular pictures of the red planet back to Earth, are still going some five years after landing in the alien world. That […]
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Government/Military
NASA Denies White House Killed U.S.-China Space Cooperation Deal
NASA denied a news report that the White House killed a U.S.-China space cooperation deal. Contrary to a news report, NASA never asked the White House for a cooperative mission […]
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Finance
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Now Fully Assembled At Cape Canaveral
Liftoff Seen Soon A Falcon 9 rocket has been fully integrated at Cape Canaveral, Fla., poised for a liftoff early this year, Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, announced. The […]
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Government/Military
Missile Defense Modeling And Simulation Advances
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has advanced modeling and simulation for missile defense testing, the agency announced. MDA oversaw successful execution of Flight Support Ground Test 03b (GTF-03b). The GTF-03b […]
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Government/Military
Lunar Orbiter Passes Thermal Vacuum Test
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, completed thermal vacuum testing, NASA announced. Those tests simulate extreme hot, cold and airless conditions of space that LRO will experience after launch. This […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Delivers Subsystems For SBIRS Geo-2 Satellite
Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered the spacecraft bus subsystems for the emergent Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) satellite, Lockheed announced. It will be the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) satellite in the […]
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Connectivity
Regulatory Status of Satellite Service Using Vehicle-Mounted Antennas
Satellite connectivity while driving traditionally has been possible by using handheld, pay-by-the-minute satellite phones. More recently, always-on services have come to the forefront by using satellite tracking antennas installed on […]
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Government/Military
The Obama Administration and the Space Business
January marks the inauguration of President Barack Obama and offers a good moment to review what the space policy of the new administration likely will be. Clearly, any incoming president […]
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Uncategorized
More Content, More Platforms
The Satellite Group has written numerous articles about the changes taking place in the broadcasting industry, many of them from the angle that changes are being driven by the evolving […]
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Connectivity
EU versus ITU
What’s eating the European Commission about observing international radio regulations of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)? And how much authority will the Commission be given in pending legislative changes to […]