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[Satellite Today 11-20-08] Thales Alenia Space España, signed an agreement with prime contractor Hispasat for the development and supply of the Redsat Advanced Communication Payload for the AG1 satellite, Thales […]

[Satellite Today 11-20-08] Eutelsat signed a capacity deal with the Airfield Media Group, a company looking to make an impact in the Belgian pay-TV market, Eutelsat announced Nov. 20.      […]

Like its fixed satellite services counterparts, SES some very interesting growth strategies in play. The operator of the second largest communications satellite fleet has an IPTV offering in the United […]

[Satellite Today 11-19-08] VT iDirect Inc. signed a contract with Gateway Communications to implement a pan-African DVB-S2/ACM satellite network built on iDirect’s Evolution platform, the company announced Nov. 19.     […]

[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Ltd. for the development, delivery and installation of elements of the Amos-4 ground segment, Thales Alenia […]

[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Honeywell has been selected to provide the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory with a mini momentum control system for space missions, the company announced Nov. 18.     […]

Eutelsat Communications, which has Spanish company Abertis Telecom as one of its main shareholders, has made a number of interesting strategic moves over the last year. While continuing to grow […]

[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Incomnet, one of Mongolia’s largest telecommunications service providers, added Gilat’s SkyAbis cellular backhaul solution to its satellite communications network to serve Mongolia’s mobile operators, Gilat Satellite Networks […]

[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Thuraya is rolling out its ThurayaIP service to government and corporate sectors in Libya, the company announced Nov. 19.     In partnership with General Post & Telecommunications […]

[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Communications & Power Industries Inc. (CPI) has been awarded a $1.4 million contract to design, develop and test Ka-band traveling wave tubes and amplifiers for the U.S. […]

[Satellite News 11-19-08] With WorldSpace filing for bankruptcy protection in the United States and Sirius XM Radio struggling post-merger, the outlook for a new satellite radio business does not look […]

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] The third of five sensors for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft has been delivered to NASA for spacecraft integration, Northrop […]

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] Boeing will upgrade the U.S. Air Force‘s Operational Control Segment (OCS) satellite  ground control system to operate  GPS 2F satellites as well as provide advanced  encryption and […]

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] Raytheon Co. has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency to restore the available bandwidth of the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) satellite […]

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] Europe Media Port (EMP) is providing teleport services to Gateway Communications in Africa, EMP announced Nov. 18.     EMP, a Cyprus-based global provider of transmissions services, is […]

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] Sonema, a provider of telecommunication services in Europe and Africa, expanded its agreement with Intelsat for contracted satellite capacity, Intelsat announced Nov. 18     Sonema uses the  […]

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] ND SatCom has unveiled a full-featured, trailer-mounted, military tactical terminal, the company announced Nov. 18.     The MTT2450 terminal is HMMWV-towable and supports communication via satellite or […]

Intelsat CEO David McGlade feels the fixed satellite services (FSS) sector is in a good position today, but he would like to see the industry as a whole “spend more […]

[Satellite Today 11-17-08] Egyptian satellite operator Nilesat, has selected GMV‘s satellite monitoring and control product and flight dynamics product to operate the Nilesat 201 satellite, GMV announced Nov. 17.     […]

A Versatile KEI Could Be New Interceptor For Navy Ships, Briefers Say Briefers Have No Word That KEI Funding To Be Cut Under Obama The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) first […]

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said he would be "happy" to remain in his post if President-elect Obama asked, but Griffin doesn’t expect that request from the newly-elected leader, the Orlando […]

Sea Launch took delivery of the SICRAL 1B communications satellite at the payload processing facility at the Sea Launch home port in the Port of Long Beach. With additional arrivals […]

General Warns That Delaying Missile Defense Such As In Europe Would ‘Severely Hurt’ Ability To Defend United States, Allies Against Enemies U.S.-European Missile Defense Scheduled To Be Operational By 2013, […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is currently not looking to add a maritime variant of the Air Force Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) to its weapons inventory, relying […]

U.S. Nuclear Weapons May No Longer Provide Credible Deterrence, Tauscher Says, Urging Nukes Reduction Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), whose subcommittee oversees U.S. missile defense efforts, today questioned the value of […]

Updated — November 14, 2008 – 9:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch […]

The Hubble Space Telescope for the first time snapped a visible-light picture of a planet circling another star, NASA announced. The planet is called Formalhut b. While the Hubble and […]

Kazakhstan will send a cosmonaut to the International Space Station a year or so from now, the Kazakh National Space Agency announced. But funding arrangements for the flight haven’t yet […]

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is awaiting two studies probing how to shrink the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won’t be able to take even one astronaut to low Earth orbit. […]

Raytheon Gains $54 Million Multiple Kill Vehicle Contract The Missile Defense Agency gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $54 million contract to continue design and development of a Multiple Kill Vehicle […]