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Egyptian cabinet agrees to reassess 2011 ban on issuing permits for new privately-owned satellite channels.

It is a perennial problem in military operations that there is never enough satellite capacity to satisfy commanders’ gargantuan appetite for voice and data communications.

Tags: SpaceX,Spaceport, NASA, Grasshopper, Reusable rocket Publication: GizMag.com Publication Date: 03/10/2013 Click on the image to watch SpaceX’s Grasshopper reusable vertical takeoff and landing rocket take its highest flight to...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that the first four satellites of the future Galileo Satellite Navigation constellation achieved their first autonomous position fix.

The House of Representatives approved legislation that would ease the budget shortfall that threatens to delay National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s geostationary weather satellites.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gravity Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite was able to detect the 2011 earthquake that killed approximately 16,000 people in Japan, caused widespread destruction, and almost triggered a nuclear crisis.

DIYRocket and Sunglass have partnered to launch the world’s first open source competition to create a 3D printed rocket engine. The contest will open on Mar. 9 during this year’s SXSW.

The Rolls Royce Wraith coupe is the fastest, most powerful car the company has made, and it is the first time its eight-speed automatic transmission is linked to a GPS receiver...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is planning its next remote sensing satellite. The Cartosat-3 is expected to dethrone GeoEye-1 and take the highest resolution images of our planet.

Tom Choi will be presented with the Satellite Executive of the Year award during the SATELLITE 2013 Conference and Exhibition in Washington, D.C. Image credit: ABS [Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] SATELLITE...