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[Satellite Today 11-04-08] United Space Alliance, a space operations provider, has been awarded a three-year, $206.5 million contract from NASA, United Space Alliance announced Nov. 4.     The provider said […]

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] Intelsat retired its Marisat-F2 satellite on Oct. 29 after 32 years of providing maritime communications to the South Pole, the company announced Nov. 3.     Marisat-F2, which […]

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] Measat Satellite Systems will distribute the JimJam television channel via the Measat 3 satellite throughout the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Eastern Africa regions, Measat announced Oct. […]

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenSky for the provision of IDC’s broadband satellite technology for the rollout of a new digital […]

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and its joint venture partner has selected Telesat to manage in-orbit operations of both the MSV-1 and MSV-2 next-generation satellites to be launched […]

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] DigitalGlobe and Navteq have formed a partnership aimed at providing better support to software developers using Navteq map data who want to include high-resolution satellite and aerial […]

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] ICO Global Communications was awarded $236 million in punitive damages by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury in its case against Boeing Co. and its Boeing Satellite […]

[Satellite Today 11-03-08] Marlink, a maritime satellite communications provider, has agreed to purchase the WaveCall brand from Sea Tel, Marlink announced Nov. 3.  Marlink said it will package its maritime […]

View That Congress Will Slash Or Kill Spaceship Program Not Borne Out By Strong Budgetary Support, Officials Say NASA Examining Ways To Begin Manned Orion-Ares Flights Sooner The next-generation Ares […]

The score was one hit, one miss, in an Aegis system ballistic missile defense (BMD) test in the Pacific where the Navy for the first time ran the BMD test […]

McCain In 2004 Sponsored Bill Containing Retirement Of Shuttle As voters prepare to pick the next president in the election tomorrow, a key question regardless of who wins is what […]

United States Needs Cheap, Quickly Orbited Satellites To Replace Those Lost In Anti-Satellite Attacks: Gates The leader of the largest war-making force on the planet told members of an august […]

Israel must work with the United States to advance missile defense capabilities, soon, before Iran develops nuclear weapons and missile delivery systems that could annihilate Israel, the U.S.-based Missile Defense […]

The United States has deployed an X-band radar and 120 personnel to operate it in Israel, in the Negev Desert, to detect incoming enemy missiles such as the Iranian Shahab-3, […]

Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek begged off a scheduled White House visit with President Bush, because Topolanek has to deal with political problems arising from a regional election, and he […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour is cleared to launch at 7:55 p.m. ET Nov. 14 from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center on its STS-126 Mission to the International Space Station, top […]

Barak-1 interceptors shot down four out of four target missiles in live fire tests involving three ships from two navies, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) announced. The Barak-1s operated on ships […]

China used a Long March 311 rocket to launch a telecommunications satellite for Venezuela, the first time China made and launched a bird for a Latin American nation, Xinhua news […]

Updated — October 30, 2008 – 6:30 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch […]

Hubble Space Telescope Fix Works, As Camera Captures Aftermath Of Two Galaxies Colliding Space Shuttle Atlantis will be delayed 6.5 months, at least, before it can launch on its mission […]

Raytheon Gains $441.9 Million Sole Source Multiple Kill Vehicle Contract The Missile Defense Agency gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] unit Missile Systems a sole source contract worth up to $441.9 million […]

NASA and South Korea have forged a deal to cooperate on civil space and aeronautics activities. The agreement doesn’t detail specific space programs they will conduct jointly, but rather is […]

Odyssey Moon Ventures LLC will partner with NASA to help develop a robotic lunar lander, the company announced. The partnership was established through a Reimbursable Space Act Agreement signed with […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has used figures that may suggest a new type of nuclear weapons detectors is more reliable than warranted, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated […]

By Marina Malenic Expressing concern that the Air Force is "playing games" with important military satellite acquisitions, John Young — undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics — said […]

A hefty, unneeded component that astronaut Clay Anderson last year heaved off the International Space Station now is coming down to Earth, with reentry and an impact area unknown. The […]

On Mercury, True North Is Very Close To Magnetic North A U.S. spaceship early this month raced just 125 miles above the planet closest to the sun, Mercury, and came […]

The Phoenix Mars Lander is weakening in the bitterly cold northern arctic winter on Mars and soon will freeze to death, but not before achieving a stellar success as a […]

The Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 (JSOW C-1) variant completed its critical design review, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. JSOW C-1 adds moving maritime target capability and a two-way data link to […]

NASA in two weeks will hold a symposium for small-business representatives where they can meet officials from prime contractors, and receive briefings from NASA officials, but the deadline to register […]