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[Satellite Today 12-18-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has appointed Gwynne Shotwell president, the company announced Dec. 18.     Shotwell will be part of the company’s office of the chairman […]

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] A Lockheed Martin-led team has won a $20 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to develop capabilities in support of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s […]

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] NASA’s Kennedy Space Center awarded a contract to SRA International to support NASA’s Constellation program, SRA announced Dec. 17.      SRA’s Spacecraft Command Language software package will […]

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) announced Dec. 17 that Poland will become a full member of the organization in 2009.     Poland […]

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] Envivio Inc. has begun shipping its mobile TV configuration of its 4Caster C4 three screens — TV, PC and mobile device — encoder as the product officially […]

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] Global Satellite USA has released the Generator, a bag that produces enough solar power to charge a laptop from less than a day in the sun, the […]

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] Tata Sky has more than 3 million DTH subscribers in India, the company announced Dec. 16.     Tata Sky reached the milestone in 27 months, adding the […]

[Satellite Today 12-17-08] In a new tax plan made public Dec. 16 at the New York State government Web site, New York Gov. David Paterson outlined provisions that would impose […]

[Satellite Today 12-16-08] Boeing Co. has filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) over Lockheed Martin‘s win of a $1.1 billion contract to build Geostationary Operational Environmental […]

[Satellite Today 12-16-08] Objectivity Inc. filed a lawsuit against Iridium Satellite in the U.S. District Court in Arizona seeking unspecified damages arising from an alleged copyright infringement of Objectivity/DB, Objectivity […]

[Satellite Today 12-16-08] SpaceDev Inc. shareholders, along with holders of outstanding SpaceDev preferred stock, have approved the acquisition of SpaceDev Inc. by Sierra Nevada Corp., SpaceDev announced Dec. 16.     […]

[Satellite Today 12-16-08] JUS Punjabi has selected SES Americom to distribute the first U.S. Punjabi-language network serving the Indo-Punjabi, Sikh and South Asian communities throughout the United  States, SES announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-16-08] Thrane & Thrane has implemented the iDirect satellite communications platform to support maritime high-speed connectivity customers, iDirect announced Dec. 16.     Thrane & Thrane’s Sailor 900 VSAT […]

[Satellite Today 12-16-08] The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP), a risk reduction mission for NPOESS, will be the first major element of the next generation […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] SES Americom is abandoning the IPTV market North America next year, after it revealed only 10,000 subscribers were accessing IPTV services through its IPTV initiative, IP-Prime, SES […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by the Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-SAT) and Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. to build a next-generation broadcasting and telecommunications satellite, […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Inmarsat appointed Perry Melton COO effective Jan. 1, the company announced Dec. 15.     Melton replaces Michael Butler, who will remain president and executive director of the […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Level 3 Communications has expanded its Vyvx satellite services platform to include broadcast video distribution in Europe due to a reported 15 percent annual increase in Vyvx […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] DataPath has been awarded a pair of delivery orders to manufacture and install Ku-band satellite communications hubs in support of U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Marine […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] The U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency (LIA) awarded Arinc and Impeva Labs Inc. with a contract to install and demonstrate satellite-based next-generation wireless communications tracking, security and […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] The Yaogan 5 satellite, a Chinese Earth observation satellite, was launched on board a Long March rocket from the Taiyuan launch base, state-owned Xinhua News Agency announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-15-08] Kudelski Group, a supplier of conditional access and middleware solutions to satellite pay-TV operators, has made a pair of appointments to its executive board, the company announced […]

The Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) B10 satellite completed 15 years on orbit, 50 percent more than its 10-year design life, builder Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. The entire DSCS […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] missile shield effort, the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) program, contributed more than $193 million to Arizona’s economy last year, the company reported. Boeing also supported more […]

Light-colored deposits in Martian soil indicate that water long ago may have gushed from springs, the European Space Agency (ESA) reported. That water might, for a time, have sheltered any […]

A satellite orbiting Mars completed its primary two-year mission and, after a pause, will be ready for another, NASA announced. The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found signs of a complex Martian […]

The Hubble Space Telescope spotted carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star, NASA announced. This breakthrough is an important step toward finding chemical biotracers of extraterrestrial […]

The Paveway 4 weapon system completed all evaluation activities, clearing it to enter service with the U.K. Royal Navy and Royal Air Force Harrier GR9 aircraft, Raytheon Co. [RTN] reported. […]

An Air Strike By A Threatened Israel May Be Last Chance To Stop Iran No Chance Seen For U.S. Strike On Iranian Nuclear Facilities Iran is on the verge of […]

Updated — December 12, 2008 – 3:45 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: Jan. 30 * Mission: OCO […]