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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued new grants of authority for three XM radios with FM transmitters, XM Satellite Radio announced Aug. 25. The certification means that three of […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. will provide a Skyedge broadband satellite hub station and VSAT terminals to Empresa Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones (Enitel), Gilat announced. Enitel will use the system to provide […]

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) won another in a series of patents issued to the company for its advanced Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) technology. The U.S. Patent Office awarded MSV a […]

Assurance Technology Corporation received a contract from NASA, in coordination with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), to provide an instrument for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite program, […]

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. delivered the Nextsat Commodities Spacecraft for Boeing Co.’s Orbital Express, Ball announced. The satellite, being developed for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), […]

With the market for mobile TV "finally gaining momentum," IMS Research is predicting strong growth for the sector throughout the next several years. IMS forecasts that by the end of […]

Home2US Communications, which launched a pay-TV platform via satellite in North America that caters to a variety of ethnic markets, hopes to eventually get somewhere between 1 and 2 million […]

Intelsat announced that Station 53, supplier of integrated communications services to luxury yachts, has signed a multi-year agreement to provide voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), data and Internet service through […]

VSAT systems have established themselves as a technology ideally suited to corporate networking, enabling a new tier of users to take advantage of the enhanced flexibility the platforms offer. But […]

With no breakthroughs in space propulsion or rocket design likely in the near future, a new family of launch vehicles developed for military payloads should satisfy all projected national security […]

BA The story of the Iridium satellite telephone service provides a blueprint for savvy investors who may want to rescue Boeing Co.‘s Connexion satellite Internet service by capitalizing on the […]

Lockheed Martin is poised to compete for some $8 billion or more annually in work that NASA will award in coming years, including the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program, the […]

NASA announced today that once again it will delay the troubled launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis because of bad weather, putting it off into next month at least, with a […]

By Dave Ahearn The U.S. space program is fraught with funding and safety questions, according to a report to Congress by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. NASA, as it attempts […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] is poised to compete for some $8 billion or more annually in work that NASA will award in coming years, including the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) […]

The Air Force found that the GPS IIF program has experienced delays caused by several problems. According to the Air Force, they are: Complexity of the M-Code Application Specific Integrated […]

Raytheon Co. [RTN] successfully demonstrated the improved navigation accuracy of a new variant of the High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) Called HDAM, for HARM destruction of enemy air defense attack module, […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] sees ample opportunities in providing missile defense systems for other nations, company executives said. For example, Turkey may obtain the improved Patriot PAC-3 system (increase range […]

The Boeing Co [BA] and Hughes Network Systems [HUGHES] demonstrated the space-based delivery of MP-3 files, a streaming video multi-cast and voice over Internet protocol services to a government audience. […]

NASA will name the next-generation American spaceship Orion, a cosmic traveler that will take astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond, the space agency announced last week. The Crew Exploration […]

Iran launched what appeared to be a long-range missile from a submarine in the Persian Gulf, although the missile traveled but a short distance before successfully striking a target, according […]

A Proton Breeze M launch vehicle blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to place the Hot Bird 8 satellite in orbit. It was the fourth launch of the year […]

Koreasat 5, the hybrid military and civilian communications satellite for South Korea, was launched successfully a week ago, Alcatel Alenia Space announced. The Koreasat 5 satellite is owned jointly by […]

A test of the ground-based ballistic missile defense system is set for Thursday. The interceptor kill vehicle, which will launch from Vandenburg Air Force Base, Calif., won’t be expected to […]

Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, predicted it will do well in providing commercial transport flights into space under a contract from NASA. SpaceX predicted that the contracts which NASA handed […]

NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration gave Assurance Technology Corp. a $101.7 million dollar contract in the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES-R) program, NASA announced. The contract is […]

Asiasat recorded revenues of HK $475 million ($61 million) in the first half of 2006, the company reported. The figure was up from revenues in the first half of 2005 […]

Alliant Techsystems received a five-year, $22 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to develop automated-composite technologies designed to reduce the manufacturing costs and increase the performance […]

Comtech Telecommunications received a contract to supply satellite-based position and location equipment to the Iraqi Army and security forces, the company announced. Under the $1.7 million contract, Comtech’s Maryland-based subsidiary, […]