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[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. launched its next-generation Blue Force Tracking High Capacity (BFT-HC) solution for satellite-enhanced asset tracking and secure mobile data communications, Comtech announced March 9. […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Swe-Dish Satellite Systems launched a high-capacity satcom-on-the-move terminal, the company announced March 9.     The terminal is the result of an integration of Swe-Dish’s satellite terminal technology […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] TriaGnoSys is set to reveal a next-generation Newsky Network air traffic control service that integrates satellite technology to provide graphical weather maps, Voice Over IP and passenger […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] SkyTerra appointed Gary Epstein as executive vice president of law and regulation, the company announced March 9.     Epstein will be responsible for the legal, legislative and […]

Mobil Satellite Technologies was awarded a contract by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to provide mobile and fixed satellite Internet equipment and service to state agencies, institutions and other public […]

Australian Satellite Communications (ASC) has chosen the Evolution platform from iDirect to implement a DVB-S2 network covering Australia and New Zealand, iDirect announced.     ASC said it will leverage the […]

SES New Skies has contracted capacity on the upcoming NSS-12 satellite to Detasad, a German-Saudi joint venture and provider of telecommunication and IT services.     Detasad said it chose NSS-12 […]

ViaSat appointed Satcom Direct as a value-added reseller and customer support liaison for its new Yonder mobile broadband service, ViaSat announced.     The deal provides coverage over North America, the […]

Allen and Overy has reached a financial close with Mubadala Development Co. and Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) on the Yahsat satellite project, Allen and Overy announced. The $1.8 […]

Elbit Systems has completed the acquisition of Shiron Satellite from Polar Communications for $16 million, Elbit announced.     Polar Communications, which owned 47.4 percent of Shiron, said it will record […]

Inmarsat has gone live with its Inmarsat-4 F1 satellite, completing a project to relocate its broadband satellites to provide global coverage, the company announced.     The move also completes the […]

ND SatCom and Central European Telecom Services (CETel) are joining forces in the area of the managed services, the two companies announced.     The agreement will see ND SatCom, a […]

The Telstar 11N satellite has been launched into a geosynchronous transfer orbit and is on its way to a final orbital position of 37.5 degrees West, Sea Launch announced.     […]

KVH and ViaSat have expanded their mini-VSAT Broadband service to service enterprise operations in the Persian Gulf, the companies announced. The expansion also extends the ViaSat Yonder mobile network for […]

Incorrect information was supplied to Space & Missile Defense Report by Fleishman-Hilliard public relations concerning the title of Ed Anderson, information that was used in an article March 2, 2009. […]

The Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] Global Positioning System III, or GPS III, is progressing well during its preliminary design review, the company announced. Lockheed and its subcontractors, ITT and General […]

NASA is holding a tournament in which participants can vote for what they think are the all-time greatest missions out of 64. The Mission Madness competition begins today. Space fans […]

NASA and the Air Force designated three university and industry partners in California, Texas and Virginia as national hypersonic science centers. Those centers will advance research in air-breathing propulsion, materials […]

A new Navy Air and Missile Defense Command will be stood up next month at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Dahlgren, Va., Adm. Gary Roughead, chief of naval operations, […]

The Air Force Research Laboratory gave Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] a contract to develop lightweight wireless systems inside spacecraft, in place of heavy copper wire systems. Northrop will develop a […]

Courtney Stadd, a former NASA official who left the agency, was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly using a temporary NASA post he held later to help steer […]

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] an $11.4 million contract to support Patriot missile defense facilities this year. The Army Aviation and Missile Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., issued the […]

Updated — March 6, 2009 – 12:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: March 6 Mission: Kepler Launch […]

In a brilliant nighttime launch, a Delta II rocket from United Launch Alliance (ULA) blazed into a black sky over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., to place the Kepler […]

Irdium Satellite LLC, which lost one of its satellites in a collision with an old Russian intel satellite, proposed multiple actions to lessen the threat space debris poses to spacecraft […]

NASA named six people to a mishap investigation board to probe causes of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) disaster, in which the carbon-dioxide-tracking satellite was lost as it plunged into […]

Mikulski Continues To Chair NASA Oversight Subcommittee Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) will continue to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee commerce, justice, science and related agencies subcommittee for the next […]

Russia is developing an anti-satellite capability, The International Herald Tribune reported, quoting a Russian official. Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Valentin Popovkin said Russia can’t remain idle while China and the […]

NASA is making progress in tackling problems with programs suffering cost overruns and schedule delays, but more work remains in fixing the mess, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified. The […]

Discovery Launch A Day Earlier Than Expected; NASA Likely Can Execute Its Five Planned Space Shuttle Missions This Year, On Schedule Satellites Colliding Raise Risk Of Catastrophic Damage To Space […]