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The Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system successfully killed a target missile in a realistic test using multiple radars, showing that the Missile Defense Agency and its contractors have developed a […]

Report: Kill European Missile Defense And Airborne Laser; Halt Procurement, Deployment Of Aegis, GMD, THAAD, Patriot; And End Streamlined Missile Defense Budget System The multi-layered U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Glowlink has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for a satellite carrier monitoring system to manage FAA satellite communications traffic in Alaska […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] The launch of the Hot Bird and W2M satellites for Eutelsat has been set for Dec. 20, Arianespace announced Dec. 8.     The launch will be Arianespace’s […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Norsat International Inc. reported increased revenues in its 2008 third quarter 2008 of $4.9 million, up from $3.8 million in 2007, Norsat announced Dec. 6. Net earnings […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Raytheon Co., Northrop Grumman Corp. and the U.S. National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System’s (NPOESS) integrated program office completed another phase of compatibility testing for the NPOESS […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Microspace Communications Corp. (Microspace), a distributor of digital cinema via satellite, delivered the 2009 season opening night performance of "Don Carlo" live in high definition from the […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Inmarsat will switch to a single dialling code, +870, for all its services by the end of 2008 as part of its One World, One Number project, […]

Hughes Network Systems signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to study network centric enterprise architecture validation of IP networking with the […]

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. won a contract to build the ST-2 satellite for SingTel and Chunghwa Telecom, Mitsubishi announced.     SingTel and Chunghwa Telecom will co-own ST-2 through a joint venture, […]

Thaicom signed a contract with Vietnam Telecom International (VTI) for capacity on the IPStar satellite, Thaicom announced.     The three-year agreement, valued at nearly $3.5 million, will allow VTI, a […]

Globalstar Inc. signed a contract with Ericsson Federal Inc. to develop, implement and maintain a ground interface or core network system that will be installed at Globalstar’s satellite gateway ground […]

O3b Networks has signed a multi-year backhaul deal with Nigerian based wireless company, Galaxy Wireless Communications (Galaxy), O3b announced.     O3B will begin deployment of a new high capacity backhaul […]

Europe Media Port (EMP) is providing teleport services to Gateway Communications in Africa, EMP announced.     EMP, a Cyprus-based global provider of transmissions services, is providing services from its Greek […]

Nynex Network Solutions, a satellite network operator headquartered in Germany, has launched a DVB-S2 network with adaptive coding and modulation based on iDirect’s Evolution product line.     According to iDirect, […]

Spacenet has formed a strategic alliance program intended to offer integrated digital media solutions to enterprise customers, the company announced.     Stratacache has joined Spacenet’s Digital Media Alliance as one […]

Gilat Satellite Networks unveiled its modular VSAT platform, SkyEdge 2 Access, enabling converged services such as broadband IP, voice, video and multicasting, the company announced.     The SkyEdge 2 Access […]

Link Research, a manufacturer within the Vislink Group, is expanding its operations in Singapore to accommodate growing sales and distribution for the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced Dec. 2.     […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) changed its name to SkyTerra, MSV announced Dec. 8.  MSV’s Canadian joint venture partner, Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc., also is changing its […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] Arianespace will loft the ViaSat-1 satellite into orbit for ViaSat in the first half of 2011, the companies announced Dec. 4.     ViaSat in January ordered the […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] Arrowhead Global Solutions, the government services division of CapRock Communications, has launched a managed network services based on commercial X-band satellites, Arrowhead announced Dec. 5.     To […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] SES Astra signed a deal to bring satellite broadband to the Dutch agricultural community, the company announced Dec. 5.     Under the agreement with LTO Commerce, the […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] Tandberg Television received contracts from South Korea’s KT and SK Broadband for equipment to support IPTV expansion, Tandberg announced Dec. 5.     KT, selected a Tandberg Television […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] BSkyB has launched Sky Player TV in the United Kingdom, the company announced Dec.4.     Sky Player TV is an online only subscription TV service offering live […]

[Satellite Today 12-5-08] The digital video recorder (DVR) market is seeing significant growth as satellite pay-TV operators face stiffer competition from terrestrial alternatives, according to IMS Research.     The DVR […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] Vizada has linked up with Eclipse to offer mobile satellite services to the European military community, the companies announced Dec. 4.      The two partners have begun […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] The Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) has expanded the capabilities of its ground satellite control and monitoring system in an effort to deliver the new Express-AM44 and […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] StarHub, a pay-TV operator in Singapore, is using digital delivery service SmartJog for its file-based workflow to receive content for its newly launched cable video-on-demand platform, StarHub […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] Cyfrowy Polsat, a digital satellite pay-TV platform in Poland, has launched a mobile phone service, Rodzinna Telefonia Komorkowa (Family Cellular Telephony), based on its own telecommunications infrastructure […]

[Satellite Today 12-04-08] MySpace Mobile has entered the mobile video market with the launch of a beta version of a streaming video application for mobile phones, the company announced Dec. […]