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NASA selected four proposals focusing on astrophysics priorities in lunar science to facilitate an exploration program. Those proposed studies would help develop new opportunities to conduct important science investigations during […]

Lander Spacecraft Streaks On Mission To Arctic Region Of Mars The Phoenix spacecraft lifted off at 5:22 a.m. ET Saturday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on a 422 […]

Boeing, Lockheed Submit Rival Proposals To Compete For TSAT As we reported last week, two rival teams, headed by The Boeing Co. [BA] and a Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT]/Northrop Grumman […]

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) commissioned a new $44.4 million, 240,000-square-foot building at the von Braun Complex in Redstone Arsenal at Huntsville, Ala. Some 2,500 people will move to the […]

Having earlier in the week submitted its proposal to the U.S. Air Force for the development and production phase of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Military Operations System, Boeing […]

Showtime, the Middle East satellite pay-TV operator, is launching a new Video-on-Demand (VoD) service to its subscribers in the Middle East, the company announced August 2. With the launch of […]

Integral Systems Inc. has been awarded a cost-plus-award fee modification from the U.S. Air Force totaling $5.8 million to modify the Command and Control System-Consolidated (CCS-C) effort to support the […]

Inmarsat has teamed up with top Philippines wireless operator Smart Communications as the telco looks to expand the reach of its satellite phone offering, Smart Link, the companies announced August […]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, has been awarded a contract from Sirius Satellite Radio to build Sirius FM-6, a high-power satellite designed to operate in […]

Abertis, a Spanish infrastructure company, has firmly set its sights on Spanish satellite operator Hispasat. In its results issued August 2, the company announced that its subsidiary, Abertis Telecom, “has […]

GlobeCast has opened a complete playout and media management center at its existing facility in London, the company announced August 1. The new center allows GlobeCast to offer a range […]

Lockheed Martin has completed a critical end-to-end test between the space and ground elements of the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the company announced Aug. 1. The test was considered a […]

Stauder Technologies of St. Peters, Mo., has been awarded a contract modification with a not-to-exceed ceiling of $9.6 million with undefinitized contract line items for not less than 230 units, […]

Norsat International Inc. has sold its portable satellite systems to seven of the world’s militaries, deploying Norsat’s technology in at least 17 countries and all five continents, the company announced […]

Telesat Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc., posted increases in both revenue and profitability, the company announced Aug. 1. For the second quarter ending June 30, Telesat’s second […]

Trimble reported that its revenue for the second quarter of 2007 was $327.7 million, up approximately 34 percent from revenue of $245.3 million in the same quarter of 2006, when […]

Satellite broadcast company RR Satellite Communications Ltd. posted record revenue and a 37 percent growth in net profit during the second quarter of 2007, the company announced July 31. The […]

Eumetsat, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, gave further details of an anomaly on its Metop-A satellite, which it believes could now be “non-correctable,” the agency announced […]

Northrop Grumman Space Technology was awarded a contract modification including a cost-plus-award-fee with multiple incentives worth $2.35 billion in the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) acquisition and operations […]

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has revised the 700 megahertz band plan and service rules “to promote the creation of a nationwide interoperable broadband network for public safety and to […]

Northrop Grumman Corp. and three U.S. government agencies have completed a restructuring of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), the organizations announced July 30. As part of the […]

ST Electronics Introduces C-Band VSAT Antenna ST Electronics has rolled out its Agilis 1.2-meter stabilized C-band VSAT antenna for smaller vessels. The antenna provides transmission speeds of up to 2 […]

After what seemed to be a quiet start, the “battle” for C-band spectrum — or at least awareness that there is a battle — is picking up. C-band was the […]

Convergence of services, platforms and technologies has been a theme in the communications industry for more than 10 years. The satellite industry now needs to focus on how the latest […]

Recent advances in minimally invasive robotic telesurgery — now being performed via satellite — are taking on greater significance now that space agencies are planning flights to the moon and […]

Twenty years ago, a telecommunications executive said the company’s ultimate goal was to reduce the operational staff for its global network to one man and one dog. The man’s job […]

NASA wants to have astronauts back on the moon by 2020, and this expensive effort is in addition to everything else the agency has on its plate. A debate is […]

IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) has emerged as the driving next-generation core business of the fixed satellite services (FSS) sector. Analysts have predicted there will be between 35 million and 50 […]

Global Energy, RAMTelecom To Provide Wireless Broadband For Remote Sites Global Energy Services Ltd. will provide a communications network for an unidentified North American oil and gas exploration and production […]