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[Satellite Today – 4-22-08] DataPath Inc. will supply its MaxView network management system to ITT Corp. for use on a U.S. Army communications system, DataPath announced April 22.     Under […]

[Satellite Today – 4-22-08] iDirect Inc. has formally established a relationship with the iDirect Hub Owners Group (iHOG), a forum for owners of iDirect’s universal satellite hubs, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today – 4-22-08] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting has helped launch a new direct-to-home (DTH) platform in Eastern Europe, Telenor announced April 22.     Telenor is supplying capacity and services for […]

[Satellite Today – 4-22-08] AOS Inc. has added satellite-based products and services from Vizada to AOS’s U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) schedule, AOS announced April 21.     AOS, based in […]

[Satellite Today – 4-22-08] Space Systems/Loral (SS/) will build the EchoStar 15 satellite for Dish Network Corp., SS/L announced April 22.  The satellite will be the eighth spacecraft SS/L has […]

[Satellite News – 4-22-08] Following a shakeup of its management team, TerreStar Networks Inc. is laying off nearly half of its employees in a cost-cutting measure, parent company TerreStar Corp. […]

[Satellite News – 4-22-08] On the heels of the resignation of CEO and President Robert Brumley, TerreStar Networks Inc. is laying off nearly half of its employees in a cost-cutting […]

A Test, However, Shows White Target Missile Body Blasted Wide Open In Airborne Laser Ground Shot This is what the Airborne Laser can do to the body of a missile […]

Peggy Whitson, Space Station Expedition 16 Commander, Breaks Record For Cumulative Time In Space For Any U.S. Astronaut, Male Or Female, With 377 Days Aloft Russian Cosmonauts Still Hold World-Wide […]

Are Private Space Transport Firms Today Where Microsoft Was When It Sold Stock In 1985? Broader, Established Space Transport Industry Sees Revenues, Profits Soar More Than 40 Percent Over Two […]

Space Based Radar Needed Because Ground Radars Blind In Some Spots Europeans Would Welcome Mobile Kinetic Energy Interceptor Missile Defense Some nations are interested in buying the Terminal High Altitude […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will seek approval to roughly double the production rate of new Aegis and Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) ballistic missile interceptors in fiscal years […]

Total Destruction Of Buildings Near Blast Would Be Followed By Widespread Fatalities In Radioactive Fallout Over Many Miles Even a small, primitive nuclear bomb detonated on the National Mall in […]

Another Minuteman Overhaul May Be Needed U.S. moves to form a multi-layered ballistic missile defense (BMD) shield help to avert conflict, much as the vast U.S. arsenal of nuclear weapons […]

The federal government needs to step up to the challenge and fully fund myriad defense programs, specifically including procurement of ships, tanks, planes, missiles and more, the Aerospace Industries Association […]

Lockheed Satellite Launched Into Orbit By Ariane-5 For Vietnam The Vinasat-1 communications satellite was launched into orbit by an Ariane 5-ECA rocket provided by Arianespace, with the satellite poised to […]

Northrop To Vie For GOES-R Contract Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] will compete for the Geostationary Environmental Operational Satellite — Series R GOES-R contract. Northrop submitted a proposal to NASA to […]

[Satellite Today – 4-21-08] TerreStar Networks Inc. CEO and President Robert Brumley has resigned effective April 16, the company announced April 21. Jeffrey Epstein, the company’s general counsel and secretary, […]

[Satellite Today – 4-21-08] Arianespace launched communications satellites for Brazil and Vietnam, the company announced April 18.     Star One C2, built by Thales Alenia Space, will be used by […]

[Satellite Today – 4-21-08] SES New Skies signed a contract with Talia Ltd. for capacity on the NSS-703 satellite, SES New Skies announced April 21.     Talia, headquartered in London, […]

[Satellite Today – 4-21-08] The U.S. Army exercised a $5.5 million contract option for continued production of the Joint IP Modem (JIPM), Globecomm Systems Inc. announced April 21.     In […]

[Satellite Today – 4-21-08] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) appointed Khodadad (Ken) Betaharon CTO, a newly created position, the company said April 21.     Betaharon, who previously served as CTO at […]

[Satellite Today – 4-21-08] Christopher Stott, president and CEO of ManSat Ltd., has been appointed the company’s chairman, ManSat announced April 21.     Stott, who co-founded ManSat, will take over […]

NASA Extends Saturn-Circling Cassini-Huygens Satellite Tour By Two Years NASA extended the tour of the international Cassini-Huygens mission scoping out Saturn and its exotic moons by two years, and yet […]

[Satellite Today – 4-18-08] Delphi Corp. will develop advanced DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcasting – Satellite Services to Handhelds) user terminals for ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd., ICO announced April 17. […]

[Satellite Today – 4-18-08] The Modern Times Group (MTG) has sold its national Russian free-TV network DTV Group to CTC Media, Inc., for $395 million in cash, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today – 4-18-08] AEPOC (the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services) believes more needs to be done to fight smart card piracy in Europe. The […]

[Satellite Today – 4-18-08] DirecTV is acquiring 180 Connect Inc., an installation, integration and fulfillment services to the home entertainment, communication and home integration service industries provider, DirecTV announced April […]

[Satellite Today – 4-17-08] Satamatics, a global provider of satellite telematics asset tracking and monitoring services, has sold more than 50,000 SAT-201 satellite terminals, the company said April 16.     […]

[Satellite Today – 4-17-08] Arqiva will roll out a new international high-definition (HD) platform for occasional use broadcasting, the company announced April 16.     Arqiva’s Washington Teleport will take feeds […]