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ABS Ready to Help Eurovision Olympics Coverage
[Satellite Today 08-05-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) received distribution deal for the Olympic Games, , the company said August 5. Eurovision, a distributor of sports and news content for […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Receives $20 Million Investment
[Satellite Today 08-05-08] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) received a $20 million equity investment from Founders Fund, a San Francisco-based technology venture capital firm whose management team includes the co-founders of […]
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Government/Military
Americom Government Services to Acquire AOS
[Satellite Today -8-05-08] Americom Government Services (AGS) signed an agreement to acquire AOS Inc., AGS announced Aug. 5. AOS, founded in 1998, provides secure, customized, turnkey network mobility and […]
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Government/Military
Astrium Expects THEOS To Launch August 6
[Satellite News 08-04-08] Astrium announced that it expects the THailand Earth Observation Satellite (THEOS) will be launched August 6 on board a Dnepr rocket from the Yasny launch site in […]
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EMS Expands Stock Repurchase Program
[Satellite News 08-04-08] EMS Technologies, Inc. (EMS) announced that it is expanding its previously announced share repurchase program to include market acquisitions in brokered transactions. The expanded program also includes […]
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ABS Gets Into Fashion
[Satellite News 08-04-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed a long-term capacity agreement with the World Fashion Channel (WFC), the company said August 1. WFC has entered into a long-term […]
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Government/Military
Two Companies Selected To Compete For Iridium NEXT Development Contract
[Satellite News 08-04-08] Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) has selected Lockheed Martin and Thales Alenia Space to participate in the final phase of its procurement process for the company’s next-generation satellite […]
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Integral Systems Expands Offices
[Satellite News 08-04-08] Integral Systems (Integral) today announced that it is leasing additional office space in Colorado Springs, CO, El Segundo, CA, and Chantilly, VA. The facilities will accommodate the […]
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Connectivity
Dish Network Gains Revenue, Loses Subscribers
[Satellite News 08-04-08] In its latest results, Dish Network had mixed fortunes with increases in revenues and profits, but a drop in the number of subscribers overall. Dish Network reported […]
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Connectivity
SES Sees Strong Profit Increase
[Satellite News 08-04-08] SES has seen a double-digit percentage increase in its net profits for the first half of this year. The operator reported net profits of 235.8 million euros […]
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Government/Military
Inmarsat-4 F3 Launch Delayed
[Satellite News 08-04-08] The launch of the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite is likely to be delayed a few days Khrunichev State Research and Production Centre along with Inmarsat, said August 4. […]
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Government/Military
SpaceX’s Falcon 1 Flight 3 Launch Fails
[Satellite News 08-04-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp’s (SpaceX) fortunes have taken another turn for the worse, with yet another launch failure. Approximately two minutes after its August 2 launch, SpaceX’s […]
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Self-Assembling Crane Stands Poised For Construction Job On The Moon
A Multi-Tasking Wonder Worker, Crane Helps To Erect Buildings, Create Roads HAMPTON, Va. — A new type of crane can assemble itself, lift loads, hop onto a mobile platform to […]
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NASA Budget Would Be 70 Percent Higher If It Kept Pace With Inflation
NASA 50th Anniversary Celebration Not So Golden In Budget Terms; Glenn Urges Increasing NASA Budget At Least $3 Billion Annually The budget for NASA, as it moves into a new […]
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Why Not Go Directly To Mars?
Stephen Hawking: The Costs Of Space Exploration Are Steep, But They Are Well Worth It John Glenn, the first U.S. astronaut, questioned a major portion of President Bush’s vision for […]
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Iran Refuses To Abandon Its Nuclear Production Work
Iran refused to abandon its illicit nuclear materials production program, with an obstinate statement issued by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the International Herald Tribune. Fears that Iran might […]
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U.S. Hasn’t Frozen Arms Sale To Taiwan, Its Legislative Leader Says
The United States hasn’t frozen sales of arms to Taiwan, but rather American officials are taking time to review the planned sale, according to a senior Taiwanese official. There is […]
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Job Losses For Lockheed Employees As Space Shuttle Fleet Set To Retire By 2010
Thousands of job losses stemming from the space shuttle fleet retirement, long feared, are about to begin. Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced that this fall it will begin workforce reductions […]
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Far More Destroyers, Cruisers, Must Be Converted To Advanced Aegis Missile Defense
The current Navy program to convert 18 cruisers and destroyers to the Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) capability, which will be completed by the end of this year, will have […]
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NASA Brainstorms Lunar Outpost Concepts With Other Nations
NASA policymakers met with leaders of foreign space agencies to mull the shape of a network of science stations that might be placed on the moon. Leaders of nine space […]
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Launches
Another Major Loss For SpaceX As Falcon 1 Suffers Separation Failure During Ascent Space X Still Has More Missions Planned, And It Remains Set To Provide Commercial Transport Services To […]
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Contracts
NASA Contracts Aim For Lunar Surface Systems Concepts The Constellation Program developing the next-generation U.S. spacecraft system Orion-Ares selected 11 companies and a university to each develop concepts that contribute […]
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Boeing Gains DARPA Contract For Spacecraft Electric Power, Propulsion Capability
The Boeing Co. [BA] will develop a new type of system providing power to spacecraft for maneuvering propulsion, communications, radar and more, under the first phase of a contract from […]
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Early Warning Satellite Decommissioned After Insertion To Wrong Orbit, Limited Use
An early-warning missile detection satellite that was launched into the wrong orbit nine years ago was decommissioned, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. The Air Force Flight 19 satellite was launched […]
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Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Finishes Environmental Tests
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, also known as LRO, completed the first round of environmental testing at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., NASA announced. Those tests ensure the spacecraft […]
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NASA Offers Interactive 50th Anniversary Website
NASA, after celebrating its 50th anniversary last week, opened a Website interactive tour highlighting its first half century of exploration. Combining current and historic video with state-of-the-art computer animation, the […]
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Satellite Opportunities Abound
Around mid-summer we begin the process of putting together the Satellite Group editorial calendar for the following year. It takes just a few conversations with people throughout the satellite field […]
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Mary Cotton, CEO, VT iDirect Inc.
Mary Cotton cannot be accused of thinking small, which makes her the perfect fit to head VT iDirect Inc. Cotton joined iDirect as CEO in September 2007 bringing more than […]
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Government/Military
European Space Research Funding
Europe funds a substantial number of space-related research projects, with the vast bulk of money in recent years directed to the Galileo navigation satellite system and to the Global Monitoring […]
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Connectivity
Kazakhstan Keeps Quiet about Kazsat 1 Loss
In June, Kazakhstan’s National Space Agency, KazCosmos, announced that it had lost contact with the nation’s first communications satellite, Kazsat 1. News coverage of this event to date has been […]