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Spade Shuttle Atlantis, towering over its crawler transporter, today was moved off Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center and headed into the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). Atlantis was moved […]

Updated — October 14, 2008 – 4:35 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Oct. 19 Mission: IBEX Launch […]

Boeing Gains $30 Million For Further Advanced Tactical Laser Tests The Air Force gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a contract worth up to $30 million to continue testing the Advanced […]

A proposal to reform national security space activities, including procuring new hardware, draws some support from younger military persons and outsiders, but encounters "concern" and resistance from older, higher-ranking personnel. […]

The backshell that will protect the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) when it blasts off for space was delivered to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena, Calif., Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] […]

Mobil Satellite Technologies is obtaining capacity on Intelsat Ltd. satellites. Under a multi-year contract, Intelsat will provide Mobil with satellite capacity. The network operator and communications provider will expand its […]

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a pulsar, a dead star, that pulses with gamma rays, NASA announced. That will permit scientists to learn more about how such collapsed […]

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] Christopher Hoyle resigned as a director of Norsat International Inc., the company announced Oct. 17.     William Witten, vice president of sales, and Pervez Siddiqui, vice president […]

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) received an order from SSI Micro, a Canadian regional Internet service provider, for receivers to upgrade satellite-delivered high speed Internet service to remote […]

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] Talia is expanding its iDirect Evolution (DVB-S2) services to sub-Saharan Africa, Talia announced Oct. 16.      Talia, a provider of Internet and voice services for the Middle […]

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] Paradise Datacom received a contract to supply satellite modems for the first phase of a large mobile telephone network expansion project in Asia, parent company Intelek announced […]

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] SES has confirmed three new launches as part of its multi-launch agreement with Arianespace.     Ranging from 4,400 kilograms to 5,800 kilograms, the three satellites are slated […]

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] Globalstar Inc. signed a contract with Ericsson Federal Inc. to develop, implement and maintain a ground interface or core network system that will be installed at Globalstar’s […]

[Satellite Today 10-17-08] Lufthansa Technik has completed integration of XipLink embedded wireless optimization software on their mobile access router, Xiplink announced. In addition, Satcom Direct has also developed an aircraft […]

[Satellite Today 10-16-08] Norsat International Inc. has established a WiMax business unit to address the market for satellite-enabled WiMax opportunities in emerging markets throughout Asia, Africa and South America, the […]

[Satellite Today 10-16-08] DirecTV will use MPEG-4 AVC HD encoding solutions from Tandberg Television to expand local high-definition (HD) channel expansion, Tandberg announced Oct. 16.     DirecTV will use Tandberg’s […]

[Satellite Today 10-16-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. revenues remained relatively flat in the 2008 third quarter, as profits slipped from $15.7 million a year ago to $12.1 million in the most […]

[Satellite Today 10-16-08] Panasonic Avionics Corp. awarded a contract to EMS Technologies Inc. for antennas for Panasonic’s eXConnect inflight broadband system, EMS announced Oct. 15.     Under the agreement, EMS […]

[Satellite Today 10-16-08] Newtec received a contract from Gateway Communications to provide an end-to-end IP trunking solution to increase the bandwidth efficiency of its intercontinental data links between Europe and […]

[Satellite Today 10-16-08] Wegener Corp. unveiled its Nielsen SpoTTrac Digital encoder product for Nielsen Co., Wegener announced Oct. 15.      SpoTTrac Digital is an encoding and watermarking solution that enables […]

[Satellite Today 10-16-08] Pace CEO Neil Gaydon expects the company’s standard-definition (SD) set-top box business to decline as more pay-TV operators move to high definition (HD), personal video recorders and […]

[Satellite Today 8-15-08]  Intelsat Ltd. appointed Peter Ostapiuk North American cable and emerging media regional vice president, the company announced Oct. 13. Ostapiuk replaces Tim Jackson, who now serves as […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-08] Norsat International Inc. has expanded its line of high stability Ku-band low noise block down-converters (LNBs), the company announced Oct. 14.     Norsat had added the HS […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-08] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. unveiled its latest iNetVu antenna system, the iNetVu 1.2-meter flyaway, the company announced Oct. 14. The ruggedized suitcase-based system has been designed to […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-08] Globecomm Systems introduced a 1.2-meter X-band auto-acquisition satellite terminal as part of its Auto-Explorer system, the company announced Oct. 14. The system provides government and military customers […]

[Satellite Today 8-15-08] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) signed cross-licensing agreements with Doremi Cinema LLC enabling the use of leading edge 3D live technology from Sensio Technologies in Doremi playback servers, […]

[Satellite Today 8-15-08] Tandberg Television is introducing a new cable HD program transcoder that will enable programmers to harness the bandwidth efficiencies of MPEG-4 AVC HD and DVB-S2 (Digital Video […]

[Satellite Today 8-15-08] Premiere, the German pay-TV operator, has hired a slew of executives from Sky Italia, as it looks to turn around its fortunes in Germany, in the wake […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-08] Intelsat signed a multi-year contract with Mobil Satellite Technologies and a multi-year extension with Vista Satellite Communications Inc., Intelsat announced Oct. 14.     Mobil Satellite Technologies, a […]

[Satellite Today 10-14-08] Measat Satellite Systems and Sky Channel signed an agreement for Sky Channel to use the Measat-3 satellite to broadcast horse races, the companies announced Oct. 13.     […]