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[Satellite Today 04-29-09] Communications and Power Industries Inc. (CPI) received a contract worth approximately $3 million from DataPath to support an upgrade to existing communications terminals used for the U.S. […]

[Satellite Today 04-29-09] Vislink is partnering with Warsaw-based reseller Janusz Rupik PVP, which will distribute Vislink’s products in Poland, Vislink announced April 28.     Janusz Rupik will promote Vislink’s Link […]

[Satellite Today 04-29-09] The Africa Union Commission (AUC) is set to inaugurate an AU-AMESD project satellite receiving station at the AUC Headquarters in Ethiopia, AUC announced April 28.      The […]

[Satellite Today 04-29-09] NeuLion Inc. launched iTVRSN, an IPTV network for Romanian audiences in North America, the company announced April 28.     The set-top-box service provides viewers with a selection […]

[Satellite Today 04-29-09] In a push for U.S. broadband stimulus funding, WildBlue will demonstrate residential satellite connectivity of 18 megabits per second in Denver April 29, the company announced.     […]

[Satellite Today 04-29-09] Ekahau, a provider of Wi-Fi-based location systems, is integrating its tracking software into GPS receivers designed by NavSync, Ekahau announced April 28.     The tags expand the […]

[Satellite Today 04-29-09] Dish Network named Bernie Han COO, the company announced April 27.     Han will oversee Dish Network’s operations, information technologies and finance functions. Han formerly served as […]

[Satellite Today 04-29-09] The final paragraph in the April 28 story “Hughes and WildBlue Team Up To Fight for Broadband Stimulus Funding,” should read: Hughes has proposed to the NTIA […]

[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Intelsat signed a $167 million contract to host a specialized UHF payload to provide communication services for the Australian military, Intelsat announced April 27.     Intelsat is […]

[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Dolby Laboratories partnered with Arqiva to launch Dolby Direct Distribution Services, a European satellite content delivery network for digital cinemas, Arqiva announced April 27.     The service […]

[Satellite Today 04-28-09] An American Arbitration Association panel has ordered Sea Launch to pay Hughes Network Systems about $52 million in a dispute over whether Hughes had the legal right […]

[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Telekom Austria TA launched a satellite global service package for international Internet service providers and government organizations, the company announced April 27.     The service bundle has […]

[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Harris Corp. is beginning a pilot program with McDonald’s that will launch a branded TV channel, delivered via satellite and powered by Harris digital signage solutions, into […]

[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Zcom Networks finalized an agreement with TIN Network for the North American broadcast launch of Zcom’s Smart Money Network channel via satellite, Internet and fiber optic transmission, […]

[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Hughes Network Systems and WildBlue Communications likely wil submit a joint proposal to the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for grants to underwrite the cost […]

Dolby Laboratories partnered with Arqiva to launch Dolby Direct Distribution Services, a European satellite content delivery network for digital cinemas, Arqiva announced April 27.     The service uses Arqiva’s international […]

Telekom Austria TA launched a satellite global service package for international Internet service providers and government organizations, the company announced April 27.     The service bundle has been created specifically […]

Harris Corp. is beginning a pilot program with McDonald’s that will launch a branded TV channel, delivered via satellite and powered by Harris digital signage solutions, into 20 of McDonald’s […]

Zcom Networks finalized an agreement with TIN Network for the North American broadcast launch of Zcom’s Smart Money Network channel via satellite, Internet and fiber optic transmission, Zcom announced April […]

Korean satellite and terrestrial broadcast company DTV Interactive carried out the broadcast transmission lab test of the company’s ATX2000 unit, an ATSC-M/H multiplex signal generator utilizing the transmission facilities of […]

The Hubble Space Telescope spotted galaxies colliding, with the smashup producing a long trail of new blue stars, streaming away from the nuclei of those galaxies, the European Space Agency […]

The payload for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile warning system has been delivered. Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC], a subcontractor, delivered the payload to prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] saw its network and space systems unit advance operating margin profit by 7.7 percent, but lower earnings from the United Launch Alliance joint venture with Lockheed […]

John Rood, a former State Department under secretary for arms control and international security, accepted a position on the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) Advisory Board. The addition of Rood’s […]

The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $23.5 million contract extension to perform additional risk-reduction activities for the next-generation Global Positioning System Operational Ground Control Segment, or GPS OCX. […]

Updated — April 24, 2009 – 3:30 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 5 Mission: STSS ATRR […]

China launched another of its COMPASS navigational satellites, in a constellation of birds that eventually will provide global-wide navigational signals much like the U.S. Global Positioning Satellites (GPS), Xinhua, the […]

Other Launches Also Are Juggled Space Shuttle Atlantis will lift off at 2:01 p.m. ET May 11 from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, a day earlier than planned, […]

The Airborne Laser missile defense system has begun flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the aircraft, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Boeing, the prime ABL contractor, contributed […]

NOAA Roasted In House, Senate, On Satellite Oversight Woes Afflicting Costs, Schedules Of Both GOES-R, NPOESS Programs The GOES-R satellite program cost estimates jumped again, to $7.67 billion from an […]