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The European Space Agency (ESA) and NASA signed an agreement on June 18 to cooperate on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) Pathfinder […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has moved closer to implementing the first satellite based on Alphabus, the new European telecommunications platform, ESA announced. Alphabus is designed by the ESA and […]

Last week’s news of the plans of U.K.-based private equity firm BC Partners to purchase with other investors a majority stake in Intelsat Ltd. for $5.03 billion looks to prove […]

Thuraya has recently embarked on an ambitious pricing strategy as it looks to make its mobile satellite services more popular. Earlier this month, the company announced it was relaunching its […]

A pioneering program by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is providing technical expertise to human rights groups and helping Amnesty International USA with a new online […]

One of the most ambitious satellite broadband programs taking place anywhere in the world is Shin Satellite’s IPStar initiative, which aims to deliver cutting-edge satellite broadband services to corporations and […]

The U.S. Air Force has issued a July 30 deadline for its final request for proposals for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) Military Operations System, a program that will […]

Orbiter Vehicle Appears Sound After Landing Space Shuttle Atlantis, blocked repeatedly by two days of bad Florida weather from landing at Kennedy Space Center (KSC), streaked through reentry and landed […]

The sea-based Aegis ballistic missile defense (BMD) system aced a test by obliterating a target missile in its midcourse flight over the Pacific Ocean, making a strong nine successes in […]

Funding At Risk; Lawmakers, Brass, Given Tour Of Airborne Laser Boeing 747 Many of the components required to make the Airborne Laser (ABL) a working ballistic missile defense system already […]

President Bush has stiff-armed Capitol Hill efforts to bolster funding for threadbare NASA space exploration, science and aeronautics, some members of Congress complained. In an administration letter, Bush refused to […]

While further jointness and less overlap may be well in some legacy or mature areas of defense capabilities, some redundancy in programs could be welcome and beneficial in new mission […]

China developed and successfully tested various anti-satellite capabilities as a means to countering overwhelming U.S. military superiority, so that China might be able to win a toe-to-toe war with American […]

Lockheed To Deliver BSAT-3A and JCSAT-11 Spacecraft In July-September Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] plans to deliver spacecraft during July-September for Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-SAT) and JSAT Corp. (JSAT), both […]

The United States may have to accept that the atomic genie is out of the bottle, as steadily more nations will possess nuclear weapons, including some states hostile to the […]

The Orbital Express in-space service craft, ASTRO, captured a satellite in a fully autonomous operation, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)-led program performed a […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] bolstered SL-AMRAAM medium-range missile capabilities, the company announced. The International Surface Launched, Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile will be able to include capabilities of the AIM-9X and SL-AMRAAM-ER […]

The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) completed a series of production readiness reviews, prime contractor and systems engineering lead Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. MUOS, a narrowband tactical satellite communications […]

All this week, SatelliteToday.com has featured the latest news from CommunicAsia 2007. Be sure to check out the blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog to read and react about the goings-on in Singapore.

Modulus Video Inc. has introduced several new configurations of its MRE2000 series receiver encoder for MPEG-4 AVC video for IPTV, the company announced June 18. With configurations to support both […]

Envivio Inc. announced June 19 that its 4Caster M2 encoders were selected by Dream Satellite TV, a brand of Philippine Multimedia Systems Inc. (PMSI), for the first commercial deployment of […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has named Gary Sharpe as vice president for investor relations and corporate communications, MSV announced June 21. Sharpe served as a past president or director […]

Boeing Co. and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) have signed a memorandum of agreement for the Republic of Korea’s E-X 737 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) program, the parties […]

Arianespace and Thales Alenia Space have signed a launch service-and-solutions contract for the first pan-African communications satellite, Rascom 1, Arianespace announced June 21. Scheduled for launch into geostationary transfer orbit […]

All this week, SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from CommunicAsia 2007. Be sure to check out the live Blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog for updates on the goings-on in Singapore.

Advantech has named Jack Buechler as its director of sales for Advantech Satellite Networks in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, the company announced June 20. He previously worked in […]

Eutelsat Communications and Digiturk have signed a contract for capacity on the W3A satellite to support expansion of a pay-TV platform in Turkey, Eutelsat announced June 20. The four-year agreement […]

CapRock Communications has formed a strategic alliance with Phoenicia Group Libya LLC to provide turnkey satellite services to customers with onshore and offshore energy, maritime and construction operations in Libya, […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Thales Alenia Space to develop an advanced S-band onboard satellite mobile broadcast repeater and to develop and qualify its key equipment, Thales announced […]