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[Satellite News 07-21-08] AeroAstro, a business unit of Radyne Corp., named Paul Lithgow COO, the company announced July 21.     Lithgow will supervise upper management and oversee current programs and […]

[Satellite Today 07-21-08] BADR-6, boosted into orbit July 7, delivered its first signals, payload manufacturer Thales Alenia Space announced July 18.     BADR-6, built by Astrium, is equipped with 24 […]

Protection Of Czech Republic Against Missile Attack Also Assured The United States has guaranteed to protect the Czech Republic from any potential Russian attack on an envisioned European Missile Defense […]

NASA isn’t planning to award future contracts to the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) or to the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide cargo transport to the International Space Station, NASA […]

Analyst: U.S. Satellites Likely To Be Hit In A Hot War The United States must prepare for war in space, because any enemy nation will be tempted to offset the […]

European Missile Defense System Urgently Needed Worrisome Threats Uttered By Iranian Leader Cited European Interceptor Design Not Risky, Won’t Involve Major Changes From Already-Proven Rocket Components: Obering There is no […]

Flaws persist in masterminding a multi-program, $2.8 billion yearly anti-smuggling detection system to block rogue nations and terrorists from mounting a nuclear attack on the United States, the Government Accountability […]

Opposition To Early International Space Station Retirement Five global space-program leaders voiced concern that the International Space Station (ISS) should be operational through the end of the next decade at […]

The space program leaders also reviewed what spaceships likely will be availablel to continue transporting crew and cargo to the space station after the space shuttle fleet retires in two […]

New evidence shows that Mars once had immense quantities of water, the vital and indispensable substance of life requisite for any sustained human settlement of the red planet. Water is […]

Boeing 747 Does Well In ABL Work; MDA Not Seeking Different Plane Some friendly nations have shown interest in acquiring the U.S. Airborne Laser (ABL) system to defend themselves from […]

The ABL has come a long way in its years of development, Obering told journalists at a Pentagon press briefing. "There’s been so much work done there in that" aircraft, […]

The concept of operationally responsive space (ORS) is widely endorsed, but there are differences between the combatant commanders and the intelligence/space community as to just what ORS should be, according […]

Sea Launch Boosts EchoStar XI Satellite To Orbit Sea Launch, the mobile seagoing launch platform, saw a Zenit-3SL rocket blast off to deliver the EchoStar XI broadcast satellite into orbit, […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] completed preliminary design of a rugged beam control system for the Army High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) program, a truck-mounted asset that counters rocket, […]

ATK, Lockheed, Northrop Join To Pursue Multi-Role Weapons Contracts Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK], Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced they signed a teaming agreement to jointly […]

Rob Strain, head of the space department at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will become the new Goddard Space Flight Center director, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced. Strain […]

A university professor has been named president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank in Washington that focuses on defense and other issues. Arthur C. Brooks, the […]

The Phoenix Mars Lander is performing well, with its solar arrays generating more electricity than expected so that Phoenix hours of operation each day can be extended, Lockheed Martin Corp. […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] Valley Forge Composite Technologies Inc. unveiled plans to develop a new small satellite platform, the company announced July 17.     The new platform will target the market […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] SES Americom’s AMC-21 satellite, the second of two spacecraft for Ariane 5’s next flight, has arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, Arianespace announced July 17.     AMC-21, based […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ACTi) introduced a specialized two-channel flyaway broadcast system geared towards specific applications in Southeast Asia, the company announced July 18.     The new […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] Space Angels Network LLC, a network of seed- and early-stage investors focused on aerospace-related ventures, issued a call for applicant companies for the Aerospace Venture Forum, Space […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] SkyWave Mobile Communications introduced a dual-mode satellite/GPRS terminal that will provide transportation and logistics managers a means for communicating in urban and remote locations, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] The BBC appointed Danielle Nagler to run its high-definition (HD) service as part of the BBC Vision team, the broadcaster announced July 18.     Nagler will focus […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] Hughes Communications Inc. will provide the broadband satellite backbone America’s Emergency Network Inc. (AEN)’s video-Internet emergency communications network, Hughes announced July 17.     Hughes’ Spaceway 3 satellite […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. reported revenues of $301.2 million in the 2008 second quarter, a 15 percent improvement over revenues a year ago, the company announced July 17. […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] 4C Controls selected Thales Alenia Space Italia (TASI) as prime contractor for the delivery of two high-resolution imagery satellites, 4C announced July 17.     The contract will […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] Dish Network’s EchoStar 2 satellite “experienced a substantial failure that appears to have rendered the satellite a total loss,” Dish said in a July 14 filing with […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] The government of Cyprus granted OverHorizon (Cyprus) PLC a second orbital slot, the government announced July 17.     OverHorizon, which has offices in Arlington, Va., and Solna, […]