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[Satellite News – 5-14-08] DirecTV Holdings LLC and DirecTV Financing Co. Inc. completed $2.5 billion in debt financing, the DirecTV Group announced May 14.     This financing consists of $1.5 […]

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] ViaSat Inc. posted gains in revenue and net income for both the fourth quarter of 2008 and its fiscal year, the company announced May 13.     […]

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] Occasional use provider SpaceConnection will acquire the occasional use satellite space segment services business of 5DTV, SpaceConnection announced May 13.     The acquisition will bring enhanced […]

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] EchoStar Corp. is suspending construction of the CMBStar satellite, the company reported in a filing with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.     The satellite, which will […]

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] Arianespace rescheduled the launch of the Skynet 5C and Turksat 3A satellites to May 30, the company announced May 14.     The mission, originally scheduled for […]

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] GeoEye Inc. will launch its next-generation imaging satellite Aug. 22 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 vehicle, the company announced May 14.     GeoEye-1 developed […]

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] Genesis Networks is introducing what it calls the “world’s first hybrid satellite-fiber service” for global high-definition (HD) broadcasting, Genesis announced May 14.     The services extends […]

[Satellite News – 5-14-08] SES Americom named Jodi Morelli marketing director for its media and enterprise services, the company announced May 14.         Morelli , who has 20 years […]

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] Intelsat Ltd. has sold transponder capacity on the Intelsat 15 satellite to Romantis GmbH, Intelsat announced May 13.     Romantis expects to use the Ku-band transponder […]

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] Dish Network Corp. reported a 7.5 percent increase in revenue for the first quarter of 2008 and a 65 percent increase in income, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] Sirius Satellite Radio reported a 33 percent jump in revenues in the first quarter of 2008 and cuts its net loss, the company announced May 12. […]

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) posted a 5.2 percent decrease in revenues for the first quarter of 2008 but earnings jumped 23 percent, the company […]

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has been awarded a contract by Boeing Co. for an information system for the International Space Station (ISS), MDA announced […]

[Satellite Today – 5-13-08] Lockheed Martin submitted a bid for the U.S. Air Force’s Space Situational Awareness program, Lockheed Martin announced May 13.     The program is intended to demonstrate […]

[Satellite News – 5-13-08] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. will acquire Radyne Corp. in a deal that will allow Comtech to improve its leadership position in the ground station and amplifier markets, […]

[Satellite Today – 5-12-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide Mongolian telecommunications company Incomnet with a SkyEdge broadband satellite communications network, Gilat announced May 12.     Incomnet will use the […]

[Satellite Today – 5-12-08] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. will acquire Radyne Corp. in an all-cash transaction worth about $223.6 million in equity, Comtech announced May 12.     Radyne’s satellite earth station […]

[Satellite Today – 5-12-08] – ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. has filed its final milestone certification with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) confirming that its satellite system is operational, […]

Authorization Bill Written By House Panel Cuts $719 Million From Missile Defense, Including European BMD, ABL, KEI, MKV Aegis, THAAD, Others, Would Gain Funds A battle will erupt Wednesday in […]

Nelson Urges $2 Billion Extra For NASA Spread Over Two Years: Fiscal 2009, 2010 NASA Struggling With Far More Missions Than Weak Funding Will Support: Experts As senators overseeing NASA […]

Congressional Concerns Focus On New Missile, Nuclear Capabilities Emerging In A Hostile Iran Scores of lawmakers in Congress have asked President Bush to deploy a U.S. missile defense radar in […]

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) today alleged that U.S. rules restricting exports of American military technology are harming the U.S. aerospace industrial base, especially in satellite component […]

A new report suggests that perhaps nations such as China can be dissuaded from any headlong rush to build a formidable force with a global military reach. The report was […]

Provisions in a House Armed Services Committee (HASC) strategic forces subcommittee defense authorization bill likely would provide ammunition for any legislators who might wish to cut funding for some ballistic […]

The House Armed Services Committee (HASC) air and land forces subcommittee provided $631 million of authorizations for Army precision-guided missiles and rockets. That amount was contained in one portion of […]

NASA gave Hensel Phelps a contract worth up to $263.8 million to build at least one, and perhaps two, 390-foot-tall mobile launchers that will transport the Ares I rocket to […]

The European Galileo navigation system has begun operation with the initial signals being received from the newly-launched Giove-B navigation satellite, Astrium announced. Galileo will compete with the years-old U.S.-sponsored Global […]

NASA engineers completed the first series of tests in early development of the J-2X engine that will power upper stages of the Ares I and Ares V rockets. Ares rockets […]

India successfully tested an intermediate range (1,860 miles) Agni-III missile capable of striking Chinese targets such as Shanghai with a 1.5-ton payload, Arab News reported. This was the third Agni-III […]

NOTE: NASA SOON WILL RESCHEDULE SPACE SHUTTLE MISSIONS, BEGINNING WITH THE ATLANTIS LIFTOFF NOW SET FOR AUG. 28. SHUTTLE MISSIONS EACH WILL BE DELAYED ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE WEEKS. (Please […]