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[Satellite Today – 3-12-08] Shareholders of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) approved the sale of the company’s Information Systems and Geospatial Services business to ATK, MDA announced March 12. […]

[Satellite Today – 3-12-08] Orbcomm Inc. posted revenue gains in the 2007 fourth quarter and full year as the company cuts its yearly loss by 68 percent, Orbcomm reported March […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC has signed a deal that certifies MicroCorp Inc. to resell HughesNet broadband satellite business services in the United States, Hughes announced March […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has announced that it has found ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd.’s application for use of an Ancillary Terrestrial Component to be […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] Measat Satellite Systems is expanding its relationship with Celestial Movie Channel Limited with a new capacity deal, the company said March 11.     Measat has agreed […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] The Kudelski Group has won a deal which will see it play a pivotal role in a new hybrid satellite broadband service in Portugal, the company […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] Norsat International Inc. has signed a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) to supply NATO‘s Consultation, Command and Control Agency with its OmniLink and GlobeTrekker portable satellite terminals […]

[Satellite Today – 3-11-08] Space Explorations Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has signed a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)’s Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office to carry its Jumpstart mission […]

Brass Don’t Say As Senators Ask Who Built Failed Satellite Whodunit? Senators asked at a hearing which company or firms built that U.S. intelligence satellite that failed completely just after […]

Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop, Orbital Get DARPA Contracts For Mini-Satellites; Splitting One Satellite Into Parts Would Bolster Survivability Against Anti-Satellite Attacks, And Against Damage Caused By Space Debris Demonstration Of ‘Fractionated’ […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour To Launch At 2:28 A.M. Tomorrow Morning Space Shuttle Endeavour is poised on Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center to lift off at 2:28 a.m. tomorrow […]

NASA is running out of plutonium to use for powering spacecraft on deep space missions, far from the rays of the sun, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said. Very little of […]

Establishing Camp On Moon Wise Before Moving On To Mars, Foreman Says Space shuttles have become far safer with engineering changes made in response to the tragic loss of Space […]

Another new report has confirmed the gigantic military buildup in China and the threat that it poses, drawing concern from members of Congress. Following reports from the Defense Intelligence Agency […]

Space Acquisition Programs At Risk For Cost Increases, Schedule Delays: GAO Space is becoming a steadily more dangerous place for satellites and spacecraft, not only because of the threat of […]

House Panel: Concern That Budget Plans May Short TSAT By $4 Billion, Delaying It By At Least Two Years The Transformational Satellite (TSAT) communications program is slipping into the future, […]

Witnesses Agree Rogue Nations Gain Nuclear/Missile Capabilities, But Differ On Whether Threat Of Strike On U.S. Justifies BMD Program While U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) programs have scored multiple successes […]

Bipartisan Support In Congress For Bigger NASA Budget, But Bush May Again Thwart That Move This Year So A Possibility Is Using Continuing Budget Resolution Through Next January, Then Sending […]

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] International Launch Services (ILS) will launch its second mission this year, carrying SES Americom’s AMC-14 satellite, on March 15, ILS announced March 7.     The satellite, […]

[Satellite News – 3-10-08] Network solutions company DataPath Inc. named industry veteran Dave Helfgott CEO in February.     The company has moved from mainly selling systems to the U.S. Department […]

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] OpenTV has appointed Ben Bennett as its CEO, the company confirmed March 10.     Bennett has been acting CEO and COO since August 2007. OpenTV is […]

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Viaccess is the latest Conditional Access (CA) company to acquire a middleware company in order to widen its range of services for customers. The company said […]

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. (Petrobras) with a 500-site Gilat SkyEdge broadband network platform, Gilat announced March 10.     The platform will […]

[Satellite Today – 3-10-08] Arianespace successfully placed Jules Verne, the European Space Agency‘s first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) in space, but an on-board computer shut down one of the four […]

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) signed a contract with Emerging Markets Communications Inc. for the lease of C-band transponders on Yahsat’s dual-satellite communications systems, the […]

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] SpaceDev Inc. has been awarded a design and development subcontract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, SpaceDev announced March 6.     The […]

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] Com Dev International Ltd. posted a 14 percent increase in revenue in the 2008 first quarter, but net income fell more than 4 million Canadian dollars […]

[Satellite Today – 3-7-08] The U.S. Department of Defense has cancelled the Space Radar program, a U.S. Air Force spokeswoman confirmed March 6.     The program, which would have provided […]

[Satellite Today – 3-6-08] Sensor technology company Inprox Technology Corp. has entered into a Space Act Agreement with NASA‘s Glenn Research Center to develop advanced silicon carbide-based positron sensors, the […]

[Satellite Today – 3-6-08] Australian satellite pay-TV operator Austar has launched personal video recorder (PVR) services in Australia using OpenTV technology, Austar announced March 5.     The service, dubbed MyStar, […]