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More Work Required To Review Data, Perform Tests, Before Experts Will Be Comfortable With Flight Safety Another Flight Readiness Review May Be Held; No Liftoff Seen During March 13-April 6; […]

Analyst: Regime Ignored Pressures In 2006, Tested Missile, Nuke; It’s Still Obstinate The West shouldn’t assume that North Korea can be persuaded to abandon its moves toward launching a long-range […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Sea Launch halted preparations for the launch of the Sicral 1B communications satellite at the request of Telespazio, Sea Launch announced Feb. 19.     Sea Launch said […]

 [Satellite Today 02-20-09] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) received an additional $5.6 million of funding from the U.S. Army to provide additional system to support ongoing U.S. military operations, TCS announced Feb. […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Thales Alenia Space has delivered the Herschel and Planck scientific satellites to the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, the company announced Feb. 19.     The […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] NSSL and Telemar have joined forces in the maritime broadband service arena, as NSSL’s Cruise IP and Telemar’s Seacall services will use the same DVB-S2-RCS broadband platform, […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Nasdaq has granted Sirius XM Radio’s request to issue new preferred stock without shareholder approval in connection with its agreements with Liberty Media Corp., Sirius XM announced […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Intorel has rolled out Visionic version 4.2, a monitoring and control solution for the broadcast and satellite industry, the company announced Feb. 19.     The latest version […]

[Satellite Today 02-20-09] Numerex Corp. has established a technology partnership with Savi, a Lockheed Martin company, to co-develop the first asset and shipment-monitoring device that combines global satellite positioning, active […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] Pradman Kaul, chairman and CEO of Hughes Network Systems, has been named Via Satellite‘s Satellite Executive of the Year for 2008.     Kaul was recognized for his […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] JSAT Mobile Communications has been granted a radio license by the Kanto Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, JSAT Mobile joint venture partner […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] Eutelsat’s How Bird 9 satellite has entered into commercial service, the company announced Feb. 17.     The 64 Ku-band transponder satellite was built by EADS Astrium and […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] Northrop Grumman awarded EMS $35.7 million for continued development work on the new extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications system for the B-2 stealth bomber, EMS announced […]

[Satellite Today 02-19-09] GlobeCast is set to launch its new African DTH satellite platform in March, the company announced Feb. 18.      The content management and delivery company said it […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] The Secure World Foundation (SWF) has proposed a series of space traffic control solutions to the United Nations in response to the recent collision of an Iridium […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] Sri Lanka is set to launch its first satellite in 2009, a spacecraft named after science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, Sri Lankan government officials confirmed in […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ACTi) will be offering its 3 cents-per-minute advanced cellular communications satellite systems to countries across the Middle East, Latin America and Africa in […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] A team led by Northrop Grumman has completed a system design review for the GPS next-generation Operational Control Segment (OCX) program for the U.S. Air Force, Northrop […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] The U.S. Navy has accepted the in-motion satellite terminal installed by Americom Government Services (AGS) on board the seventh fleet command ship, the USS Blue Ridge, AGS […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of $6.5 million in its results released Feb. 17. The loss compares to a net […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] Impeva Labs Inc., a global asset management firm, and Agility, a logistics provider, deployed a new satellite service to track and monitor more than 365 U.S. military […]

[Satellite Today 02-18-09] Stratos Global rolled out its StratosNet Accelerator, a free Internet-optimization application that aims to help customers reduce airtime costs required to operate BGAN, FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband mobile […]

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] Boeing Co. delivered the first Legacy communications payload and the first digital channelizer to Lockheed Martin in support of the U.S. Navy‘s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) […]

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] Premiere posted a net loss 269.4 million euros ($346.6 million) in 2008, the company announced Feb. 16. The German pay-TV operator has seen its losses increase dramatically […]

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] KVH and ViaSat have expanded their mini-VSAT Broadband service to service enterprise operations in the Persian Gulf, the companies announced Feb. 17. The expansion also extends the […]

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] Solaris Mobile is joining forces with Nagravision as it looks to make an impact in the mobile TV and mobile broadband markets across Europe, the companies announced […]

[Satellite Today 02-17-09] Sirius XM Radio and Liberty Media Corp. have entered into agreements for Liberty to invest $530 million in the form of loans to Sirius XM and its […]

The Navy gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $78.6 million contract to produce upgrades for the Aegis shipboard weapons control system, the company announced. Lockheed is to produce the next […]

The Army gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $246 million Foreign Military Sales contract for Patriot system spares for the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, […]

Updated — Feb. 10, 2009 – 9:20 a.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Feb. 22 * Mission: STS-119 […]