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Connectivity
FCC Rejects MSV Proposal for Required First Responder Satellite Connectivity
[Satellite Today 09-29-08] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected a proposal by Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) that every handset in a national broadband network for emergency responders include satellite […]
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NASA Reaches Age 50 On Wednesday, As China Performs Its First Spacewalk
NASA reaches its 50th anniversary Wednesday, a celebration dampened by the fact that the agency is strapped for funds and facing years of depending on arch-rival Russia to transport American […]
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NASA Seeks Weight Reduction, Reuseable Components
NASA needs technology, design and components that will cut weight and costs in Constellation Program systems such as the Orion space capsule and Ares rocket, the next- generation space hardware […]
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SpaceX Successful in Fourth Falcon 1 Mission
[Satellite Today 09-29-08] Space Exploration Technology Corp. (SpaceX) launched the first privately funded, liquid-fuelled rocket into orbit Sept. 28. The Falcon 1 rocket, which carried a dummy payload, lifted […]
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Astrium Selected by ESA as Prime Candidate for Galileo
[Satellite Today 09-29-08] Astrium has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union (EU) as a prime candidate for both the Galileo FOC space and ground […]
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Inmarsat to Support Entry-Level Maritime Broadband Terminal in 2009
[Satellite Today 09-29-08] Inmarsat plans to support a new entry-level FleetBroadband terminal, the FB150, developed for the small fishing, leisure and business vessels market from mid-2009, the company announced Sept. […]
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AT&T Drops Dish Network, Picks Up DirecTV
[Satellite Today 09-29-08] AT&T will market and sell DirecTV‘s service as a co-branded satellite television service after Jan. 31, according to a commercial agreement the two companies unveiled Sept. 26. […]
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Tandberg to Broadcast National Geographic HD in Europe
[Satellite Today 09-29-08] Tandberg Television is providing an MPEG-4 AVC high definition (HD) encoding system to a Spanish-based broadcast solutions provider, Overon, Tandberg announced Sept. 29. Overon will use […]
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Missile Defense Programs Hit With $410 Million In Authorization Cuts
European Missile Defense Receives $465 Million In Defense Authorization, $246 Million Under Budget Request Congress, rushing to wrap up work for the year ahead of the Nov. 4 general election, […]
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NASA Astronauts Won’t Be Grounded; Will Ride Russian Spaceships Until Orion Flies
But Congress Orders NASA Not To Take Action That Could Preclude Flying Space Shuttles After 2010 Congress Gives NASA $1 Billion Leeway To Accelerate Orion-Ares; Overall NASA Authorization Is $20.2 […]
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Financial Bailout Package Will Tighten Finances Further On Missile Defense Programs, NASA
An emergency $700 billion financial industry bailout package that a worried, hurried Congress wrote to stave off a global economic disaster may serve to further tighten finances of many federal […]
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Missile-Sensing Satellite Detects, Tracks Target Missile In Test
The the Near Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE) research satellite successfully detected and tracked a modified Minuteman II booster vehicle with a simplified target payload that was launched from Vandenberg Air […]
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Missile Defense Needed Even More As Enemy Capabilities, Threats, Actions Pose Daunting Challenge
The United States needs to accelerate forming its missile defense shield now, more than ever, as enemy threats, worrisome capabilities and hostile actions mandate swift U.S. protective action, Riki Ellison, […]
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SpaceX Finally Launches Falcon 1, Rocket Soars To Orbit On Fourth Try
Launch Is A Win For Both SpaceX And NASA, Which Needs Commercial Transport Capabilities To Space Station Space Exploration Technologies Corp., or SpaceX, yesterday finally attained success in launching a […]
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NASA Delays Launches Of Space Shuttles, Hurricane Ike Forced Johnson Space Center To Close
Atlantis Now Blasts Off At 10:19 P.M. ET On Oct. 14, While Endeavour Will Launch At 7:07 P.M. ET Nov. 16, NASA Announces NASA delayed its next two space shuttle […]
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Kinetic Energy Interceptor Test Success Resolves Problems With Nozzles, Rocket Motor Pressure Spike
Congress Gives KEI Program Full Appropriations Funding Of $386 Million, As Bush Requested The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) ballistic missile interceptor system, in a successful rocket motor test last week, […]
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Minotaur II Launches To Support Near-Field Infrared Experiment
A Minotaur II rocket launched to support the Missile Defense Agency Near-Field Infrared Experiment (NFIRE), Orbital Sciences Corp. [ORB] announced. That launch for the Air Force Space and Missile Systems […]
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Sea Launch Posed For Wednesday Launch Of Intelsat Galaxy 19 Satellite
Sea Launch is poised to launch the Intelsat Galaxy 19 satellite on Wednesday, Sea Launch announced. A 72-hour countdown is underway at the launch site. All systems and personnel are […]
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Sea Launch Lofts Space Systems/Loral Satellite On Zenit-3SL Rocket
A Galaxy 19 satellite for Intelsat was lofted to orbit by a Zenit-3SL rocket that lifted off the Sea Launch Odyssey platform at the Equator, Space Systems/Loral, the satellite provider, […]
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NASA Launch Schedule
Updated — September 26 – 9:20 a.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: October + Mission: TacSat-3 Launch Vehicle: […]
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European Space Policy Leaders Urge Coordination Of Space Programs With Defense Needs
The European Space Council urged greater coordination between civil and defense programs. Europeans called for further dialogue on the issue, including the European Space Agency as a participant. The Europeans […]
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Contracts
Space Coast Launch Services Receives $40.2 Million Air Force Contract Change The Air Force gave Space Coast Launch Services a $40.2 million contract change for launch operations support. Space Coast […]
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Phoenix Mars Lander Still Working Hard As It Faces A Death Sentence
The Phoenix lander, a plucky geologist unlocking many mysteries of Mars, is laboring away and still producing rich scientific finds as it faces a death sentence, NASA briefers said this […]
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Mars Orbiter Finds Martian Fissures That Filled With Water Eons Ago
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed hundreds of small fractures exposed on the Martian surface that billions of years ago directed flows of water through underground Martian sandstone, NASA reported. […]
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IKONOS Satellite On Orbit Nine Years
The IKONOS commercial remote sensing satellite has been on orbit and continues to function, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. GeoEye Inc. [GEOY] owns and operates the bird, which supplies high-resolution […]
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Air Force Move To Avert Possible Industry Protest Of Pending Satellite Contract Could Delay Award
By Marina Malenic The Air Force is doing "everything humanly possible" to ensure that any industry protest of an upcoming multibillion-dollar satellite contract will not be upheld by auditors, but […]
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Russian Belligerence Over European Missile Defense May Assist EMD
Russian saber rattling and belligerence against U.S. plans to build a European Missile Defense (EMD) system in the Czech Republic and Poland may, ironically, have so worried the Czechs and […]
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Bush Administration Seen Blocking Arms Packages For Taiwan
President Bush is failing to provide action required to facilitate provision of new arms to Taiwan, a military analyst said. Therefore, a White House decision on the issue likely may […]
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Connectivity
PCI Unveils Network Configurator Tool
[Satellite Today 09-26-08] Proactive Communications Inc. (PCI) has launched its PCI Network Configurator, an estimating tool to help companies understand basic system requirements for satellite communications networks, the company announced […]
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MSV Vice President Discusses Satellite Integration with Terrestrial
[Satellite News 09-25-08] Christian Gates, vice president of strategy for Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), spoke with Satellite News about his company’s partnership with ICO and Qualcomm to integrate satellite communications […]