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[Satellite News 08-11-08] The European Commission (EC) unveiled Aug. 7 the selection procedure for operators seeking a license to provide pan-European mobile satellite services. Satellite operators will for the first […]

[Satellite News 08-08-08] EMS Technologies (EMS) is growing aggressively, backed by a booming wireless market.     Perhaps that is why the company appointed Neil Mackay COO and executive vice president […]

Further Delays Possible, Such As Any Funding Freeze Congress Sets For NASA Fiscal 2009 Appropriations NASA Leaders Reject Report That Orion Safety Concerns Trumped By Budget, Cost Concerns The unofficial […]

Bush Says North Korea Won’t Come Off State Sponsor Of Terrorism List Or Axis Of Evil List Until It Takes Further Action But Bush Praises Destruction Of Reactor President Bush […]

Classified Information Disclosed On JASSM Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will pay a $4 million civil penalty for unauthorized actions the company took to sell Hellfire missiles to the United Arab […]

The Florida state government will rent a long-unused launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station to create a spaceport for commercial spaceship launches. This move comes as the nearby […]

Armed forces across the globe will spend $30.6 billion to acquire 95 military satellites over the next 10 years, according to a projection by Forecast International (FI), a Newtown, Conn., […]

Researchers have found a toxic chemical, perchlorate, in Martian soil excavated by the Phoenix Mars Lander that was tested in a wet chemistry laboratory in Phoenix, but it is uncertain […]

Iran has an anti-ship missile with a 190-mile range that could be used to close the Strait of Hormuz and threaten shipping traffic in the Persian Gulf, according to statements […]

Military strikes on illicit Iranian nuclear materials production sites likely wouldn’t destroy them, according to a new report by the Institute for Science and International Security, a Washington think tank. […]

The United States could use a modified existing Raytheon Co. [RTN] air-to-air missile to shoot down enemy ballistic missiles in their vulnerable boost phase, according to Loren Thompson, chief operating […]

The Human Research Program will provide grants to fund nine proposals from six states to investigate questions about effects of space radiation on human explorers, NASA announced. Selected proposals from […]

Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), a United Kingdom firm, is opening offices in the United States to more easily enter the U.S. satellite market. The company wishes to take advantage […]

SpaceX Launch Failed When First Stage Hit Second Stage Tiny Bit Of Extra Thrust Caused Disaster In Mission Next SpaceX Falcon Flight Goes To Launch Pad Next Month That Falcon […]

Boeing Gets $153.5 Million GPS Technology Contract The Naval Research Laboratory gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $153.5 contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. That […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] handed over the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-1) payload and ground system to the Air Force, the company announced. Certified operations […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] completed a $10 million, 20,500-square-foot satellite Mission Control Center (MCC) in El Segundo, Calif. The MCC can manage up to four commercial or government satellite missions […]

[Satellite Today 08-08-08] KVH Industries Inc. appointed Brent Bruun vice president for business development, the company announced Aug. 7.     Bruun will assist with KVH’s planned worldwide rollout of the […]

[Satellite Today 08-08-08] Andrews Space has been awarded a contract to develop plug-and-play spacecraft subsystems and demonstrate integrated spacecraft capability, the company announced Aug. 6.     Under the contract, valued […]

[Satellite Today 08-08-08] U.S. Air Force Space Command plans to sell Space Launch Complex (SLC) 36 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to the state of Florida, the organizations […]

[Satellite Today 08-08-08] While talk surrounding Inmarsat centers on whether Harbinger Capital Partners Funds, which owns 28 percent of Inmarsat, will look to acquire the mobile satellite services company and […]

[Satellite Today 08-07-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded an infrastructure contract from General Communication Inc. to provide supporting infrastructure for a communications network in Alaska, Globecomm announced Aug. 6. […]

[Satellite Today 08-07-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $1.7 million contract to provide field services support for the Ramstein Air Base satellite communications teleport operated by the U.S. Air […]

[Satellite Today 08-07-08] Sirius XM Radio released Sirius’ standalone second quarter results showing total revenue increasing to $283 million, up 25 percent from the previous year, the company announced Aug. […]

[Satellite Today 08-07-08] Hughes recorded revenues of $265.6 million in the 2008 second quarter, a 13 percent increase over the same period a year ago, the company announced Aug. 6. […]

[Satellite Today 08-07-08] A gap of 1.5 seconds between engine shutdown and stage separation caused Falcon 1’s engines to fail, Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) founder Elon Musk said in an […]

[Satellite Today – 08-07-08] The European Commission launched a competition Aug. 7 seeking satellite operators to provide mobile services across Europe.     New regulations will allow the selected operators to […]

[Satellite News 08-06-08] Conditional access and middleware vendor NDS is set to go private, the company confirmed Aug. 5.     An independent committee of NDS’ board has reached an agreement […]