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An AIM-9X Sidewinder missile successfully hit a target unmanned aerial vehicle in a test, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. The AIM-9X is a fifth-generation, high off-boresight, infrared-guided missile developed and deployed […]

 [Satellite Today 06-22-09] The U.S. Air Force‘s space acquisition center reported that a GPS satellite, manufactured by Lockheed Martin Corp., launched in March, is not performing as well as expected, […]

An Atlas V solid rocket motor passed a burst test, a contractor reported. The burst test and re-qualification of the upgraded Atlas V Solid Rocket Motor composite case was conducted […]

[Satellite Today 06-22-09] BBC has enlisted the help of Eutelsat‘s W2M satellite to assist the broadcast company in covering the recent presidential election dispute in Iran, the BBC announced June […]

Updated — June 19, 2009 – 3:55 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: June 26 Mission: GOES-O Launch […]

[Satellite Today 06-22-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched NASA‘s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) carrying the Lunar Crater Observing and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) aboard an Atlas 5 rocket at 5:32 p.m. […]

The Navy gave BAE Systems a $33.6 million low-rate initial production contract for the AN/ALE-55 anti-missile system. AN/ALE55 is part of the Navy Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) system that […]

[Satellite Today 06-22-09] C-Com Satellite Systems has delivered iNetVu Mobile Flyaway systems to China Petroleum and  Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) through one of its resellers, China Blue Satellite Communications Technology Co., […]

NASA chose two science proposals — one by Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and one by Goddard Space Flight Center, Md. — for spacecraft that will be launched by 2015, or […]

[Satellite Today 06-22-09] Expand Networks, specializing in optimizing WANs for branch office consolidation and virtualization, has formed a partnership with Level 421, a satellite broadband communication teleport operator, in an […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] finished on-orbit tests and handed over the IndoStar II-ProtoStar II satellite to ProtoStar Ltd., with the bird ready for service. That 601HP satellite will now begin […]

First ASA Mission To Moon In A Decade NASA launched an Atlas V heavy lifter rocket carrying two lunar spacecraft, the first U.S. moon mission in a decade and a […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] transferred control of the second Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite to the Air Force, which will monitor and control the new satellite from Schriever Air Force […]

Disrupting Constellation Program Spacecraft Development Could Mean More Job Losses, On Top Of Plunging Space Shuttle Employment Underfunding Can Threaten Astronauts’ Lives NASA, the largest space agency on the planet, […]

The Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system completed integration and testing of the space segment, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Initial testing of the ground segments also was completed. This […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour has been grounded yet again by the same gremlin that kept it sitting on the launch pad last week: a leaking gaseous hydrogen venting system on the […]

The first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (Advanced EHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing final thermal vacuum testing, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The second AEHF satellite completed thermal vacuum […]

North Korea May Be Poised To Launch Another Taepo Dong-2 Ballistic Missile Toward Japan Or Hawaii In Early July Obama Says U.S. Poised For ‘Any Contingencies’ Although the Ground-based Midcourse […]

NPOESS Program Run With Cost Savings Paramount, Not Mission Success: Study Witnesses: NPOESS Is Broke, And It Is Time To Fix It; Yet Another $1 Billion Cost Rise Is Predicted […]

Military Leaders Say Total U.S. Missile Defense System Has 90 Percent Chance Of Success Sens. Sessions, Begich, Flail Cuts In Missile Defense Budget Before Study Is Done; Sen. Thune Backs […]

Two Arianespace-led Russian Soyuz spacecraft each will launch two Galileo navigational satellites next year two begin construction of the navigational constellation, the company announced. The European Space Agency aims to […]

The Max Launch Abort System (MLAS)launched from Wallops Flight Facility on Wallops Island, Va., this morning. That test had been set for Saturday, but was delayed to today because of […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] delivered two launch abort system (LAS) motors for the Orion crew exploration vehicle to White Sands Missile Range, N.M. They are set for integration and preparation […]

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] Sirius XM Radio is releasing a free application on Apple‘s App Store that will allow iPhone and iPod touch users to access Sirius XM content, the company announced […]

[Satellite News 06-19-09] Hughes Network Systems‘ recently announced next-generation, high throughput satellite, set to launch in the first quarter of 2012, is just another step in the company’s 24-year service […]

[Satellite News 06-19-09] The Asian communications and broadcast market is in good health despite economic problems in other regions of the world. Patrick French, senior analyst at NSR said the […]

[Satellite News 06-19-09] Gilat Satellite Networks CEO Amiram Levinberg said the company’s deal with CAT Telecom Public Co. Ltd. to supply a Gilat SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite network to serve […]

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] A new high throughput broadband satellite by Hughes will cost about $400 million after insurance, Hughes CEO Pradman Kaul told Satellite Today, in an interview.     Kaul […]

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] Thuraya has appointed Teknikkom Electronic as a national handheld voice service provider in Malaysia, Thuraya announced June 17.     Teknikkom will distribute Thuraya’s satellite mobile handhelds as […]

[Satellite Today 06-19-09] XipLink added Datacom Systems to its network of value added distributors, XipLink announced June 17.     Datacom Systems, based out of Hong Kong, will provide delivery and […]