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[Satellite News 10-22-08] Harris Corp. has been awarded a $60 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to continue work under the first-year option for the Network and Space Operations […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has entered into a three-year, fully secured $100 million revolving credit agreement led by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and syndicated among six of the […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] ICO Global Communications has been awarded at least $371 million plus interest in its breach of contract lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and Boeing Satellite Systems International. […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Arianespace won a contract to launch the Rascom-QAF 1R satellite in 2010 aboard an Ariane 5 or Soyuz rocket from French Guiana, Arianespace announced Oct. 22.     […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] SES Astra has seen a significant increase in the number of high-definition (HD) channels broadcast via its Astra satellite system, the company said Oct. 20.     At […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] Integral Systems has reorganized its business operations, the company announced Oct. 20.      Integral’s SAT Corp. subsidiary will move under the company’s space communications services group, joining […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] The third satellite in the Earth observation constellation, Cosmo-SkyMed is set to be launched Oct. 24 aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force, Calif., […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] Bond Offshore Helicopters has selected Blue Sky Network’s solution to provide GPS flight following, text and voice capabilities aboard its fleet of 10 helicopters based in Aberdeen, […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] Nynex Network Solutions, a satellite network operator headquartered in Germany, has launched a DVB-S2 network with adaptive coding and modulation based on iDirect’s Evolution product line.     […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] The launch of the Astra 1M satellite on a Proton rocket was postponed after an anomaly was discovered with ground equipment at the launch site in Bakinour, […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] KVH Industries reported third quarter revenue of $15.7 million, a 10 percent decrease from the same quarter in 2007. Net loss for the period was $800,000, the […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] Net sales for Lockheed Martin’s space systems unit decreased by 14 percent for the quarter and 1 percent for the nine months of 2008 from the comparable […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] Eutelsat Communications signed an extended capacity deal with Roots Global, a new pan-European TV platform for South Asian communities in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] SpaceDev Inc. signed an agreement to be acquired by the privately held Sierra Nevada Corp., SpaceDev announced Oct. 20.       Under the agreement, SNC would acquire the […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Acquisition Policy Working Group (DAWG) has decided to halt the contract award competition between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to build the […]

[Satellite Today 10-20-08] Inmarsat unveiled an aircraft telemedicine system that allows doctors on the ground to treat passengers taken ill in flight, the company announced Oct. 20.     The Tempus […]

[Satellite Today 10-20-08] More than 98.9 percent of respondents in urban households in Bahrain own a satellite dish, according to a report from Arab Advisors.     “Bahrain Media Survey,” released […]

[Satellite Today 10-20-08] Iridium Satellite has unveiled its new satellite phone, the Iridium 9555, Iridium announced Oct. 20.     The phone’s design features a reduced size, a hand-friendly form factor, […]

[Satellite Today 10-20-08] Lao Telecom, a joint venture between the government of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic and Thaicom, has launched the first 3G service in Laos, Lao Telecom announced […]

[Satellite Today 10-20-08] Vizada is offering Inmarsat Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) mobile satellite service to news organizations operating in the Middle East, Vizada announced Oct. 20.     Vizada has […]

[Satellite Today 10-20-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) will launch a new satellite broadband service in the Middle East, the company announced Oct. 18. Yahsat 1B will deliver the […]

[Satellite Today 10-20-08] Hughes do Brasil, the Brazilian operating entity of Hughes Network Systems, will implement services on new Ku-band capacity on Intelsat’s Galaxy-28 satellite, Hughes announced Oct. 20.     […]

[Satellite Today 10-20-08] WorldSpace Inc. has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, the companies announced Oct. 17.     WorldSpace and U.S. subsidiaries WorldSpace Systems Corp. and AfriSpace Inc. filed voluntary […]

Enemies could inflict severe damage on the United States and its allies in an attack on American space assets, experts said. U.S. leaders need to begin deciding now how to […]

The Department of Defense Saturday decided to delay the Transformational Satellite System (TSAT) contract that was to be awarded in December, putting it off until the June- September quarter in […]

NASA faces increasing chances that it will lose priceless scientific data and discoveries that it otherwise could have gathered during a third of a year, because a glitch on Sept. […]

The Department of Defense should shift its procurement programs from a heavy emphasis on containing costs, and stress instead maintaining schedules, a new report states. Costs have risen, and schedules […]

President Bush signed into law a $20.2 billion NASA authorization bill, a measure that NASA Administrator Michael Griffin welcomed because it endorses the long-term goal of moving beyond low Earth […]

Spacecraft Will Remain In Orbit For 45-Day Systems Checkout, Then Head Off To Edge Of Solar System The Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the Kwajalein Atoll […]

SES ordered launches for three satellites from Arianespace, the launch provider announced. A global satellite services provider, SES plans to orbit new satellites including the Astra 3B, plus two other […]