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[Satellite Today 11-26-08] Wegener Corp. reported a slight decrease in revenues in its fourth quarter 2008 fiscal report released Nov. 26. Sales slipped from $5.7 million a year ago to […]

 [Satellite Today 11-26-08] 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 Nov. 26.  […]

[Satellite Today 11-26-08] Pace has delivered a next-generation hybrid satellite/IP set-top box to Canal+ Group in France, Pace announced Nov. 26.     The set-top box, dubbed +Le Cube, is the […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] MVS Comunicaciones, a Mexican telecommunications conglomerate, and EchoStar Corp. have formed a joint venture, Dish Mexico, that will launch Dish satellite TV service across Mexico, the companies […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] Gilat Satellite Networks reported revenue of $65.3 million in its third quarter 2008 financial report, compared to $71.5 million for the same period in 2007. In the […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] T-Home SatTV, Hungary’s newest DTH service, has commenced operations using the Amos-3 satellite, operator Spacecom announced Nov. 25.     Magyar Telecom, the largest telco in Hungary, is […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has finished the instrument critical design review for the Operational Land Imager instrument for the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 11-25-08] AtlanTecRF launched a new series of Ka-band loop test translators in support of the next generation of ground based transmit and receive stations, the company announced Nov. […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] NDS, a supplier of middleware and conditional access solutions to satellite pay-TV operators, made a series of executive appointments and promotions, the company said Nov. 24.     […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] UDcast has rolled out with WANcompress for its UDgateway security and performance solution, the company announced Nov. 24.      UDgateway offers bandwidth optimization to reduce the high […]

Pratt Gains $12.2 Million MDA Liquid Propellant System Contract The Missile Defense Agency gave Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a unit of United Technologies Corp. [UTX], a $12.2 million cost plus […]

Endeavour Mission Doubles Space Station Crew Capacity, Improves Solar Array Mechanism, May Provide Water Supply Solution After 2010 Fourth And Final Spacewalk Performed Today Space Shuttle Endeavour will wrap up […]

President-elect Obama is focusing on the weak economy and financial system crisis, along with auto industry woes, raising questions as to how much new money will be available for programs […]

President-elect Obama must continue the search for a Middle East peace accord, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today, as he prepared to meet this evening with President Bush at […]

The abort motor for the next-generation U.S. spaceship Orion successfully test-fired. Once Orion begins manned flights to space in the middle of the next decade, if a crisis occurs in […]

Alan Stern Resigned From NASA This Year NASA space hardware programs frequently run over budget, and the space agency should keep a tighter rein on spending, a former NASA science […]

Jammed Valve On Interceptor Kill Vehicle May Have Caused It To Miss Target Missile A jammed valve on a tiny maneuvering thruster in a Standard Missile-3 Block 1A interceptor kill […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Hughes do Brasil has won a public tender and signed a 36-month contract with Prodam, the data processing company of the state of Amazonas, to deploy a […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted a full mission-length firing of its Falcon 9 launch vehicle’s first stage at its McGregor Test Facility in Texas, SpaceX announced […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Integral Systems Europe signed a yearly renewable contract to support the Polar Mission Control System (MCS) over the next 15 years with the European Organisation for the […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Orbital Data Net (ODN), a satellite network integrator and emergency services solutions provider, has deployed Spacenet’s Connexstar satellite services in support of emergency networks for government agencies, […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Intelligent Media has installed the first large-scale Harris InfoCaster system in Greece for Harris Corp., the companies announced Nov. 24.     Intelligent Media operates one of the […]

[Satellite Today 11-24-08] Polish DTH operator Cyfrowy Polsat has deployed an advanced high-definition set-top box, EchoStar Europe announced Oct. 24.     The launch of the DBS-7100HD product is intended to […]

The BAE Systems Nulka anti-missile asset was installed on its 100th Navy ship, BAE announced. Nulka is a rocket propelled active decoy designed to lure anti-ship missiles away from the […]

Updated — November 24, 2008 – 2 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date:Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch Vehicle: […]

NASA and the Department of Energy (DOE) will join forces to launch an observatory that will plumb the mysteries of dark energy, which is found throughout the universe. The two […]

The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) conducted critical design readiness reviews (CDRR) on its final two prime items, Raytheon Co. [RTN] announced. Those final […]

Even if President-elect Obama is unenthusiastic about deploying the European Missile Defense (EMD) system as a shield against Iranian missiles, Obama now must stand firm in favor of building the […]

European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Frank De Winne is set to become the first European commander of the International Space Station (ISS), ESA announced. De Winne, from Belgium, will fly […]

NASA is pushing ahead with a plan to launch a spacecraft, Juno, that will unlock secrets of the largest planet in the solar system, Jupiter, the space agency announced this […]