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Costs Of Nuclear Force Programs Could Be Cut Greatly: Study
Costs of procuring, operating and maintaining the missiles-centered U.S. nuclear force structure could be reduced modestly or greatly under multiple outlay-reduction possibilities, according to a new study by the Center […]
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Russia Concerned U.S. May Create BMD System In Space
Russian leaders would be greatly concerned by any U.S. move to place laser or other ballistic missile defense systems in space, analysts said at a symposium. Depending on how great […]
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NATO Selects SAIC Team For Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Work
NATO said a Science Applications International Corp-Raytheon Co. [RTN] team has been selected over two competitors for a six-year, $95 million command and control missile defense system as well as […]
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SAIC Gains $23.2 Million Missile Defense System Contract
The Air Force gave Science Applications International Corp., [SAIC], of San Diego a $23.2 million, 31-mnoths cost-plus-award fee contract SAILC will investigate and demonstrate, via hardware test and evaluation, the […]
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THAAD Target Missile Malfunctions, So Interceptor Not Launched
A target missile failure marred a planned Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile interceptor test, the second time in more than six years that a target missile has malfunctioned, […]
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Think Tank Assails Space Shuttle, Space Station As Wasteful
NASA should abandon the space shuttles and International Space Station (ISS) programs, and put the money instead into developing manned missions to the moon, Mars and beyond, according to The […]
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General Dynamics Gains $48 Million MDA Contract
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) gave General Dynamics Corp. [GD] a $48 million information technology contract, the company announced. General Dynamics Information Technology will provide comprehensive professional information technology (IT) […]
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GAO Finds Shortage Of Air Force Space Acquisition Personnel
The Air Force has a shortage of midgrade and senior officers who play vital management and oversight roles in space acquisition, the Government Accountability Office reported. The report, prepared for […]
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New Gear Launched To Study Dynamic Solar Activity
A new asset to study solar phenomena was launched Saturday from Japan. Built by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT], the Focal Plane Package (FPP) on the Solar-B satellite was lofted from […]
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Upcoming Soyuz Launches Seen For ESA, Eumetsat, Others
The 1,713th flight of a Soyuz launch vehicle was performed Sept. 18 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 10:08 a.m. Baikonur time (6:08 a.m., in Paris). It carried two […]
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Iridium Appoints Desch Chairman, CEO
Matthew Desch has been named chairman and CEO of Bethesda, Md.-based Iridium Satellite LLC , the company announced Sept. 21. Desch will replace Dan Colussy as CEO of Iridium Satellite […]
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NASA Partners With Venture Capital Firm
NASA has formed a partnership with San Mateo, Calif.-based Red Planet Capital Inc. to establish a strategic venture capital fund for NASA intended to help the agency gain access to […]
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Lockheed Martin GPS Satellite Ready For Launch
Lockheed Martin’s second modernized GPS Block 2R satellite for the U.S. Air Force is set for a Sept. 25 launch aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force […]
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Spacehab Wins $9.5 Million NASA Contract
Spacehab, Inc. announced Sept. 20 that its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary won a payload-processing services contract from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for payload- processing support on several NASA spacecraft. Under […]
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Ondas Expands Senior Management Team
Ondas Media, which plans to launch a satellite radio service in Europe by 2009, has named John Yates senior vice president of network engineering, Jason Jones vice president of broadcast […]
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WorldSpace Becomes First U.S. Customer For Intraplex Netxpress
Harris Corp. announced its first U.S. sale of Intraplex Netxpress, a managed platform for the transport of audio-over-Internet Protocol (IP), to Worldspace Inc., of Silver Spring, Md. In a Sept. […]
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Payload Integration Begun For Next Ariane 5 Launch
Payload integration has begun for Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 mission following the vehicle’s transfer to the Final Assembly Building at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Arianespace announced Sept. 19. In […]
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Sirius Satellite Radio Creates Metropolitan Opera Channel
The Metropolitan Opera and Sirius Satellite Radio announced Sept. 20 that they signed a multiyear agreement to air Metropolitan Opera Radio. Debuting Sept. 25, the channel will feature hundreds of […]
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Satlynx Ready To Help Ouranos Networks
Satlynx is the latest satellite operator looking to capitalize on the potential Ouranos Networks fallout. Many Ouranos customers were left without service, and little is known regarding its return online. […]
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National Railways of Zimbabwe To Acquire Satellite Tracking Equipment
The National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) is in the process of acquiring satellite tracking equipment and two-way radio communication equipment worth $2.5 million to enhance safety on the country’s railway […]
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Estimate: Global Navigation Satellite System Receiver Shipments to Increase Sevenfold by 2011
While more than 40 million global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receivers were shipped in 2005, by 2011 the market will have grown to nearly 300 million shipments, according to a […]
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SSTL Delivers On-board GPS Receiver To Spacedev
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) of Guildford, United Kingdom, has delivered the first of four flight SGR-10 GPS receivers to California-based Spacedev, SSTL announced Sept. 20. SSTL’s Space GPS Receiver, […]
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Clarification:
An item in the Sept. 20 edition of Satellite Today, “Spacenet Reinvents Home and Small-Office Satellite Services with All-New StarBand Nova,” should have read “StarBand Nova services include two options: […]
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Telesat Files Preliminary Prospectus And Registration Statement For IPO
Telesat Holding Inc. and its shareholder BCE Inc. announced that a preliminary prospectus and registration statement have been filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of non-voting shares of Telesat […]
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Eutelsat To Continue HDTV DTT Role In France
Eutelsat intends to maintain development of digital terrestrial television (DTT) in France. The operator has announced that, following the first series of tests of reception of HDTV through France’s DTT […]
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Spacenet Reinvents Home and Small-Office Satellite Services with All-New StarBand Nova
Spacenet Inc. introduced StarBand Nova satellite broadband Internet services for small-office and residential users, according to a Sept. 19 release. StarBand Nova is aimed at independent users looking for reliable, […]
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Romanian Satellite Provider Offers Interactive Programming
Harmonic Inc. announced Sept. 19 that Boom TV’s recent satellite direct-to-home (DTH) service in Romania is powered by a Harmonic IP-based headend including Divicom encoders, Divitrack IP-distributed statistical multiplexing and […]
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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $1.9 Million Order
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Sept. 19 that its Tempe, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $1.9 million satellite communications equipment order from a U.S. government agency to expand […]
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Artel Announces $100 Million In Previously Unannounced DoD Contracts
Artel, Inc., a global provider of information technology and managed network services, announced nine signed but previously unannounced contracts valued at approximately $100 million. According to a Sept. 18 statement, […]