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As we do each year, we shall observe the Independence Day holiday. Therefore, your next regular issue of Space & Missile Defense Report shall be dated Monday, July 13, 2009. […]

[Satellite Today 06-29-09] ITT Corp. named Edward Kelly as director of image information solutions for tactical development in the company’s space systems division, the company announced June 26.     Kelly […]

[Satellite Today 06-29-09] Keystone Enterprise Services announced a partnership with Lehigh University to enhance its distance learning educational program using Keystone’s interactive satellite-training network, Keystone announced June 26.     The […]

[Satellite Today 06-29-09] U.K. telecoms regulator Ofcom may seek to limit BSkyB’s position in the pay-TV market by offering competitors access to attractive content such as sports and movies at […]

[Satellite Today 06-29-09] MDA signed a $21.7 million contract with the Canadian government to provide the Canadian Department of National Defense with a maritime surveillance solution based on MDA’s Radarsat-2, […]

[Satellite Today 06-29-09] Wavestream Corp. received orders totaling more than $50 million from General Dynamics for products from Wavestream’s family of Ka-band SSPAs  for the U.S. Army’s new satellite transportable […]

[Satellite Today 06-29-09] U.K. government and space industry leaders launched the Innovation Growth Team (IGT), a review organization focusing on U.K. space and technology sectors, IGT announced June 25.     […]

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] Boeing will record a $35 million charge in the 2009 second quarter related to the Sea Launch bankruptcy filing, Boeing said in a June 25 filing with […]

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] Boeing will record a $35 million charge in the 2009 second quarter related to the Sea Launch bankruptcy filing, Boeing said in a June 25 filing with […]

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] SES is looking to increase capacity to serve a lucrative Asian market, with highly populated countries like Indonesia and India proving to be potentially strong growth opportunities […]

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] BT Media & Broadcast signed a deal with CET Teleport to extend its Global Media Network (GMN) reach using satellite, BT announced June 24.     The deal […]

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] Sirius XM Radio has increased the offering size of senior notes belonging to subsidiary XM Satellite Radio, due 2013, to about $525 million from the original offer […]

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] M2 Global Technology, a small business that supplies microwave products for the defense and aerospace industries, entered into a one-year defense mentor-protégé agreement with Lockheed Martin, M2 […]

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] French satellite pay-TV operator Canalsat launched its on-demand television service, Canalsat a la Demande, the company announced June 25.     The service was launched on the PC […]

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] The broadband satellite services market is projected to exceed $6.4 billion as several new high-speed networking applications using existing bandwidth continue to drive the requirement for higher […]

[Satellite Today 06-26-09] Nationwide Satellite, an authorized HughesNet reseller, launched its "$100 Nationwide Referral Rewards Program," allowing current HughesNet customers to earn $100 for every person they recommend to the […]

[Satellite Today 06-25-09] The Discovery Channel was found to be the most important element of enjoyment for the total adult audience of satellite service subscribers, according to results of the […]

[Satellite Today 06-25-09] U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano terminated a program that would use U.S. spy satellites for domestic security and law enforcement using overhead and mapping […]

[Satellite Today 06-25-09] Arianespace has received and integrated the TerreStar-1 telecommunications satellite payload onto its Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift launcher, scheduled for liftoff July 1, TerreStar announced June 24.     […]

[Satellite Today 06-25-09] SES Americom-New Skies signed a three-year capacity agreement with Korea Telecom (KT) for the use of up to 9 megahertz of C-band capacity on the NSS-703 and […]

[Satellite Today 06-25-09] Integral Systems signed a contract with Telesat to provide Integral’s Epoch Integrated Product Suite (Epoch IPS) of satellite command and control software to support the SkyTerra1 and […]

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] TerreStar-1 is in final preparations for its launch by Arianespace July 1, TerreStar CTO Dennis Matheson told Satellite Today.     Matheson outlined the reasoning behind the technology […]

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] Panasonic Avionics’ Multiplexed Passenger Entertainment System (MPES) has been installed on 6,000 Boeing 737s entering into service as of today, the company announced June 23.     The […]

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] Latvia has become a full member of the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat), the organization confirmed June 23.     As a member state, […]

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] C-Com Satellite Systems has developed a proprietary inclined orbit satellite-tracking algorithm which aims to provide customers with the ability to use inclined orbit satellites for their space […]

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] Setanta Sport Holdings has not been able to acquire the funding it needs to survive and will end its broadcasting service in the United Kingdom, the company […]

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] Raytheon received a $5 million contract from the Maryland Procurement Office to create a distributed services architecture cross-domain service to connect open service-oriented architectures and closed cross-domain […]

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] EchoStar Satellite Services signed an agreement with Ringgold Telephone Company (RTC), a U.S. provider of converged communications to access lines in northern Georgia, to deliver EchoStar’s ViP-TV […]

[Satellite Today 06-24-09] Sea Launch Company LLC and Sea Launch Limited Partnership and subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions to reorganize under Chapter 11 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Sea Launch announced June […]