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Sea Launch Boosts EchoStar XI Satellite To Orbit Sea Launch, the mobile seagoing launch platform, saw a Zenit-3SL rocket blast off to deliver the EchoStar XI broadcast satellite into orbit, […]

The space program leaders also reviewed what spaceships likely will be availablel to continue transporting crew and cargo to the space station after the space shuttle fleet retires in two […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] completed preliminary design of a rugged beam control system for the Army High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) program, a truck-mounted asset that counters rocket, […]

New evidence shows that Mars once had immense quantities of water, the vital and indispensable substance of life requisite for any sustained human settlement of the red planet. Water is […]

ATK, Lockheed, Northrop Join To Pursue Multi-Role Weapons Contracts Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK], Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced they signed a teaming agreement to jointly […]

[Satellite News 07-21-08] Inmarsat has ended discussions with Harbinger Capital Partners in regard to a possible offer for Inmarsat, the satellite operator said July 21.     Harbinger, which is Inmarsat’s […]

Boeing 747 Does Well In ABL Work; MDA Not Seeking Different Plane Some friendly nations have shown interest in acquiring the U.S. Airborne Laser (ABL) system to defend themselves from […]

Rob Strain, head of the space department at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will become the new Goddard Space Flight Center director, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced. Strain […]

[Satellite News 07-21-08] Louis Brothers, founder and president of Valley Forge Composite Technologies (VFCT), is so confident that his company’s new small satellite platform will be a revolution for the […]

The ABL has come a long way in its years of development, Obering told journalists at a Pentagon press briefing. "There’s been so much work done there in that" aircraft, […]

A university professor has been named president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank in Washington that focuses on defense and other issues. Arthur C. Brooks, the […]

[Satellite Today 07-21-08] DataPath Inc., has been awarded a contract under the SeaPort-Enhanced contract vehicle, the company announced July 21.     The award by the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center […]

The concept of operationally responsive space (ORS) is widely endorsed, but there are differences between the combatant commanders and the intelligence/space community as to just what ORS should be, according […]

The Phoenix Mars Lander is performing well, with its solar arrays generating more electricity than expected so that Phoenix hours of operation each day can be extended, Lockheed Martin Corp. […]

[Satellite News 07-21-08] Crawford Communications will use capacity on SES New Skies’ NSS-7 satellite to provide content aggregation, media, Internet and satellite services for the U.S. military‘s Digital Video and […]

[Satellite News 07-21-08] XM Satellite Radio added 322,000 net subscribers in the 2008 second quarter to bring its total subscriber base to 9.7 million, XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced […]

[Satellite Today 07-21-08] DirecTV taken on-orbit delivery of the DirecTV 11 satellite, spacecraft manufacturer Boeing Co. announced July 21.     DirecTV plans to use the satellite, placed in orbit in […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] Valley Forge Composite Technologies Inc. unveiled plans to develop a new small satellite platform, the company announced July 17.     The new platform will target the market […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] SES Americom’s AMC-21 satellite, the second of two spacecraft for Ariane 5’s next flight, has arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, Arianespace announced July 17.     AMC-21, based […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ACTi) introduced a specialized two-channel flyaway broadcast system geared towards specific applications in Southeast Asia, the company announced July 18.     The new […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] Space Angels Network LLC, a network of seed- and early-stage investors focused on aerospace-related ventures, issued a call for applicant companies for the Aerospace Venture Forum, Space […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] SkyWave Mobile Communications introduced a dual-mode satellite/GPRS terminal that will provide transportation and logistics managers a means for communicating in urban and remote locations, the company announced […]

[Satellite News – 07-18-08] BSkyB, which serves around 1.4 million broadband subscribers in the United Kingdom, hopes to use that infrastructure to provide the next generation of content services to […]

[Satellite Today 07-18-08] The BBC appointed Danielle Nagler to run its high-definition (HD) service as part of the BBC Vision team, the broadcaster announced July 18.     Nagler will focus […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) appointed Susan Miller senior vice president for satellite services, the company announced July 17.     Miller, who previously has served as president and […]

[Satellite News – 07-17-08] Hellas Sat has ambitious plans to attack both the direct-to-home (DTH) and residential broadband arenas, as the Greek national satellite operator looks to transform its business […]

[Satellite News 07-17-08]  A lack of diverse content, desire for a commercial-driven direct-to-home (DTH) market and an ingrained political fear of change will result in slow growth and underperforming Chinese […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] Hughes Communications Inc. will provide the broadband satellite backbone America’s Emergency Network Inc. (AEN)’s video-Internet emergency communications network, Hughes announced July 17.     Hughes’ Spaceway 3 satellite […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. reported revenues of $301.2 million in the 2008 second quarter, a 15 percent improvement over revenues a year ago, the company announced July 17. […]

[Satellite Today 07-17-08] 4C Controls selected Thales Alenia Space Italia (TASI) as prime contractor for the delivery of two high-resolution imagery satellites, 4C announced July 17.     The contract will […]