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[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Wegener Corp. has renewed its $1.8 million distributor agreement with Mega Hertz, Wegener announced Oct. 1. The long-standing agreement grants Mega Hertz exclusive distributor status for […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Advent Communications has signed two new agreements with Chinese broadcast companies, Advent announced Oct. 2. Advent signed an agency agreement with Beijing Century Sage Scientific System […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  SpaceDev received a contract from U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract for work on the High Delta-V satellite program, the company announced Oct. 2. […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Stratos Global Corp. is making Inmarsat’s Satellite Phone Services available commercially, the company announced Oct. 1. The new services, available in mobile, fixed-land and fixed-maritime packages, […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Spacenet Inc. is working with Verizon Business to deploy a satellite network for the U.S. Postal Service, Spacenet parent Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced Oct. 1. […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Orbital Sciences Corp. has been selected by the California Institute of Technology and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to design, manufacture, integrate and test the Nuclear […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  BSkyB may have to sell its stake in leading U.K public broadcaster ITV, after U.K. Competition Commission said the deal "restricts competition.” BSkyB acquired a nearly […]

[10-03-07 – Satellite Today]  Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed a capacity exchange deal with Vietnam Telecom International, the companies announced Oct. 2. Under the memorandum of agreement, the two […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Newtec has appointed Jean-Robert Barallon vice president of sales, the company announced Oct. 1. Barallon has more than 30 years in the global satellite communications and […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today] The BSat-3A broadcasting satellite is operational following on-orbit deployment and checkout,     Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 1. The spacecraft, owned by Japan’s Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-Sat), […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Raytheon Co. will be allowed to continue with development of the Navy Multiband Terminal, the Navy has directed following a review of the original decision. The […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  BSkyB plans to offer broadband, telephone and digital terrestrial television (DTT) services in a single package as the satellite operator looks to tap into the strong […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Shin Satellite will launch a high-definition TV service in Thailand, the company announced Sept. 28. Shin subsidiary Shin Broadband Internet will launch the HD Cinema offering, […]

[10-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Eutelsat has been awarded a satellite broadband contract by Diputacion Provincial de Zaragoza to service 120 communities in Saragossa region in northern Spain, Eutelsat announced Oct. […]

In September, we looked at video on demand (VOD) as a demand trigger for IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) takeup. We reviewed aspects of VOD technology and key considerations in VOD […]

The use of satellite links to backhaul cell phone and other handheld wireless device traffic enables service providers to reach more customers and gain new revenue streams. For developing countries […]

Evidence of satellite communications services can be found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. In my family’s safari travel through Zambia and Botswana in August we saw numerous signs of satellite services in […]

When it comes to health care, satellites play an increasingly important role. The scope of this activity is enormous and growing, as innovative professionals seek out new and better ways […]

Approximately a year after becoming an independent company, International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) was in the midst of a record year in 2007 before a September Proton failure interrupted the […]

The amount of content being demanded by consumers around the globe is flourishing as customers want more specialized entertainment options. At the same time, the types and number of platforms […]

The Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) system aced a test against a long-range ballistic missile target, just as Congress is poised to decide the financial fate of plans to extend […]

Moon Mission Not Until End Of Next Decade; Mars Is Three Decades Away The space age reaches the half-century mark Thursday surrounded by the same questions that marked its beginning: […]

Japanese firms might contribute components to the U.S. Airborne Laser (ABL) ballistic missile defense platform, an executive with The Boeing Co. [BA] said. But there have as yet been no […]

It was a time of worry and wonder, tension and transformation, fear and fulfillment. That was the 1950s and 1960s, living in the United States not only under the threat […]

Movie makers plan to make a telescope in the heavens into a star – a movie star.?IMAX Corp. and Warner Bros. Pictures announced with NASA that the IMAX 3D camera […]

Discovery Rolls To Launch Pad For Oct. 23 Liftoff Space Shuttle Discovery has settled in at Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, as NASA aims for a blastoff Oct. […]

The Air Force continues to grapple with how to protect its on-orbit space assets in the wake of China’s successful test of an anti-satellite weapon in January, according to senior […]

China is expanding its military forces immensely because it wishes to counter a rapid military modernization in U.S. forces, according to a new 582-page report by the Army War College […]

NASA Gives Contract Change To European Space Agency NASA has awarded a $27.5 million contract change to the European Space Agency Space Technology Center for further engineering on the International […]

Even before the baby boom generation retires and begins using expensive Social Security and medical programs, the Department of Defense is sorely underfunded, according to a report from The Heritage […]