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NASA Cancels Lunar Spacesuit Contract Award To Oceaneering, After Exploration Systems & Technology Protest To GAO NASA canceled its $183.8 million contract award to Oceaneering International Inc. for lunar spacesuits, […]

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] VT iDirect Inc. (iDirect) has been awarded the global telecommunications industry’s TL 9000-HV quality management system certification. They are the first Satcom technology provider to receive the […]

The Cassini interplanetary traveler whizzed at 40,000 miles an hour relative speed past a moon of Saturn called Enceladus, skimming just 30 miles above the lunar surface, NASA announced. A […]

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] Thuraya is launching a new location service, combining with Geonix, a specialist in location services and equipment, Thuraya announced Aug. 17.     ThurayaLocate allows anyone with any […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] is about to use a new method of assembling satellites that will shorten construction time. That so-called "pulse line" method, at a facility in El Segundo, […]

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] ICO Global Communications has reached an agreement with MTV Networks to add Nickelodeon and Comedy Central to the alpha trials of ICO’s mobile interactive media (mim) service, […]

A key propulsion system component for the Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) payload passed a test, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. A post-test assessment showed that the divert thruster stem […]

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] AsiaSat saw its revenues increase 6 percent in the first half of the year to 487 million Hong Kong dollars ($62.4 million), the operator announced Aug. 15. […]

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] HughesNet digital signage customers will be able to display real-time weather information at their retail sites from AccuWeather Inc., Hughes announced Aug. 18.     The service initially […]

[Satellite Today 08-18-08] HughesNet digital signage customers will be able to display real-time weather information at their retail sites from AccuWeather Inc., Hughes announced Aug. 18.     The service initially […]

Moscow Reverts To Cold War Moves Just As NASA Plans To Buy Russian Soyuz Services; Cause Of Soyuz Woes Still Unknown Russia Cuts Oil Flow To Czech Republic, But Denies […]

After months of negotiations, Poland signed an agreement allowing the United States to install ballistic missile interceptors in silos in Poland. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk disclosed the agreement in […]

Poll Results Come As Congress Weighs Financing For U.S. Missile Defense Programs A lopsided 87 percent of the American public supports creation of the multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense shield […]

Bush Warns Russian Military Not To Block Americans Bush Hints Russia May Be Kicked Out Of G-8 For Its Persistent Aggression In Georgia President Bush announced he is sending U.S. […]

Russia Fires Dozens Of Missiles Into Georgia Russian Use Of Missiles Enhances Their Value In Eyes Of Rogue States And Terrorist Groups As Russia invaded the Republic of Georgia, it […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] has launched a dozen target missiles successfully since 2005, the company announced. The company did so under a targets and countermeasures contract with the Missile Defense […]

First Time Entire ATL System Is Tested: Boeing The entire Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) was tested for the first time, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. The ATL, mounted on its […]

The Army High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator beam control system passed its preliminary design review requirements, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced today. The laser would take out airborne threats including […]

[Satellite News 08-15-08] Industry analyst Tim Farrar told Satellite News that NASA’s dependency upon the Russian Soyuz space capsules and rockets to carry astronauts to and from the space station […]

[Satellite News 08-15-08] The CEOs of Inmarsat and Iridium have made it very clear that the two companies are direct and heated competitors. Andy Sukawaty, CEO of Inmarsat, has commented […]

[08-15-2008 Satellite News]  Brilliant Telecommunications Inc. (Brilliant) completed the second close of its Series B financing.      Series B is a timing system that helps service providers transition to IP […]

[Satellite Today 08-15-08] GeoEye Inc. restated its financial reports for 2005, 2006 and 2007.     According to GeoEye, auditors discovered that the company’s overstated imagery sales in 2007, incorrectly included […]

[Satellite Today 08-15-08] Second quarter results for 1worldspace saw revenues of approximately $3.3 million, a slight increase over revenues of approximately $3.0 million for the first quarter of 2008 and […]

[Satellite Today 08-15-08] SpaceDev Inc. saw revenues of $8.9 million, an increase of over 8.5% in the second quarter with operating income, net income and positive adjusted EBITDA, according to […]

[Satellite Today 08-15-08] Arianespace launched its fifth successful Ariane 5 mission of the year on Aug. 14 from Kourou, French Guiana. This is Arianespace’s third launch in a two-month time […]

[Satellite News 08-15-08] The CEOs of Inmarsat and Iridium have made it very clear that the two companies are direct and heated competitors. Andy Sukawaty, CEO of Inmarsat, has commented […]

[Satellite News 08-14-08] By bringing the pulse assembly line to Boeing’s satellite manufacturing facilities, the company intends to reduce production cycle time by 50 percent by the end of the […]

[Satellite Today 08-14-08] Telecom specialists from the Inmarsat-sponsored aid agency Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) have deployed in Georgia as an emergency crew, carrying satellite communications equipment intended to set up […]

[Satellite Today 08-14-08]  Ball Aerospace & Technologies’ Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) protoflight model has entered final integration and acceptance testing, the company announced Aug. 13.      Ball expects […]

[Satellite Today 08-14-08] News Corp. and Permira Newcos have signed an agreement to make NDS a private company, sealing a deal that will take NDS off the public market, News […]