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The Paveway 4 weapon system completed all evaluation activities, clearing it to enter service with the U.K. Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Harrier GR9 aircraft, Raytheon Co. [RTN] reported. […]

The Hubble Space Telescope spotted carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star, NASA announced. This breakthrough is an important step toward finding chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial […]

A satellite orbiting Mars completed its primary two-year mission and, after a pause, will be ready for another, NASA announced. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found signs of a complex Martian […]

Light-colored deposits in Martian soil indicate that water long ago may have gushed from springs, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported. That water might, for a time, have sheltered any […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] missile shield effort, the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, contributed more than $193 million to Arizona’s economy last year, the company reported. Boeing also supported more […]

The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) B10 satellite completed 15 years on orbit, 50 percent more than its 10-year design life, builder Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The entire DSCS […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Kudelski Group, a supplier of conditional access and middleware solutions to satellite pay-TV operators, has made a pair of appointments to its executive board, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] The Yaogan 5 satellite, a Chinese Earth observation satellite, was launched on board a Long March rocket from the Taiyuan launch base, state-owned Xinhua News Agency announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] The U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency (LIA) awarded Arinc and Impeva Labs Inc. with a contract to install and demonstrate satellite-based next-generation wireless communications tracking, security and […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] DataPath has been awarded a pair of delivery orders to manufacture and install Ku-band satellite communications hubs in support of U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Marine […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Level 3 Communications has expanded its Vyvx satellite services platform to include broadcast video distribution in Europe due to a reported 15 percent annual increase in Vyvx […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Inmarsat appointed Perry Melton COO effective Jan. 1, the company announced Dec. 15.     Melton replaces Michael Butler, who will remain president and executive director of the […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-SAT) and Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. to build a next-generation broadcasting and telecommunications satellite, […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] SES Americom is abandoning the IPTV market North America next year, after it revealed only 10,000 subscribers were accessing IPTV services through its IPTV initiative, IP-Prime, SES […]

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] The Space Foundation has certified three GMV space products: insightArthroVR, Moviloc, and SAGRAN, as certified space technologies, GMV announced Dec. 10.     The Space Foundation’s space certification […]

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] TC Communications, an Australian reseller, signed a three-year wholesale agreement with Optus to sell the Optus Thuraya satellite range of handsets through its Sydney and West Australian […]

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] Measat Senior Vice President of Space Systems Development, Ali Ebadi has been elected to be the chairman of the International Telecommunications Union’s (ITU) Radio Regulations Board (RRB), […]

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] My Broadband TV (MyBBTV), a U.S.-based provider of television and radio programming via the Internet, is offering a new mix of channels targeted to an Asian-American audience, […]

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] 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, […]

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] SES New Skies has signed a multi-year capacity deal with Satlynx, a General Electric company and European provider of two-way broadband satellite communications, SES announced Dec. 12. […]

[Satellite Today 12-12-08] EMS Technologies has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Formation Inc., an airborne wireless network provider, for $40 million, EMS announced Dec. 12.     Under the terms […]

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] Őzkan Dalbay, director general of Turksat, told Satellite Today that there will be strong growth for the operator in the regional broadcast market.     Turkey has a […]

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] Avanti Communications has won a disaster recovery contract with NetworkFlow in the United Kingdom, the company announced Dec. 10.     Avanti will install its Business Internet Continuity […]

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] The BBC, ITV and BT have joined forces to promote a common industry approach and consumer offer to deliver on demand TV over broadband, the organizations announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] DataPath has received a $3.6 million order from the U.S. Army to continue resets, repairs and upgrades to its Satellite Transportable Terminals (STT) used in the U.S. […]

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded $7.8 million in orders from the U.S. government to provide fixed satellite terminal sites and managed bandwidth services over 16 months […]

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] Arts Alliance Media (AAM) has signed agreements for 43 million euros ($56.4 million) of funding from pan-European services company Econocom and various private investors, together with a […]

[Satellite Today 12-11-08] Integral Systems‘ expects a 10 percent revenue growth rate in 2009 due to higher sales on existing government contracts and higher demand for its commercial products and […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] Marlec Pty, an Australian satellite specialist company, signed a three-year wholesale agreement to sell the Optus Thuraya satellite range of handsets throughout Australia, Optus Thuraya announced Dec. […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] Thaicom signed a long-term capacity deal for a remote education project in Thailand, the company announced Dec. 9.     The 10-year contract with the Distance Learning Education […]