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[Satellite Today 08-06-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC launched its fastest consumer broadband satellite Internet access plan, offering speeds of up to 5 megabits per second (Mbps), the company announced Aug. […]

[Satellite Today -8-06-08] TeleCommunication Systems Inc. received an order to provide deployable satellite solutions based on the company’s SwiftLink product line to the U.S Army, the company announced Aug. 6. […]

[Satellite News 08-06-08] ViaSat‘s revenues reached a record $153 million, up 19 percent year-over-year, ViaSat announced Aug. 5     Inventory was down from the beginning of the fiscal year due […]

[Satellite Today -8-06-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. is expanding its workforce in the Southern California area with a new engineering and technology center scheduled to open this fall, the company announced […]

[Satellite News 08-06-08] Iridium‘s total revenue in the second quarter 2008 was $81.7 million, a 22 percent increase over revenues of $66.7 million in the same quarter, according to second […]

[Satellite News 08-06-08] Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has set up a new subsidiary in the United States, the company said August 5.     The new company, Surrey Satellite Technology […]

[Satellite News 08-06-08] Inmarsat posted a strong increase in operating profits and revenues for the first six months of the year, the satellite operator announced Aug. 6.     In the […]

[Satellite Today -8-06-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) has secured commitments for $1.2 billion to finance its hybrid satellite communications system, parent company Mubadala Development Co. announced Aug. 6. […]

[Satellite Today 08-05-08] DigitalGlobe has released ImageConnect: Global, a online collection of high-resolution international imagery, the company announced Aug. 5.     The data contains 30.5 million square kilometers of imagery […]

[Satellite Today 08-05-08] Boeing has completed a $10 million, 20,500-square-foot satellite mission control center in El Segundo, Calif, that can manage up to four satellites at the same time, the […]

[Satellite Today 08-05-08] NDS has seen a strong increase in its overall revenues and operating profits for the year that closed June 30, the company announced Aug. 5.     NDS, […]

[Satellite Today 08-05-08] Newtec won a contract that will see its software help provide fast and secure Intranet access via satellite to the German Federal Armed Forces, the company said […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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. […]

[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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]