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[Satellite Today 11-18-08] Europe Media Port (EMP) is providing teleport services to Gateway Communications in Africa, EMP announced Nov. 18.     EMP, a Cyprus-based global provider of transmissions services, is […]

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] Raytheon Co. has been awarded a task order by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency to restore the available bandwidth of the Global Broadcast Service (GBS) satellite […]

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] Boeing will upgrade the U.S. Air Force‘s Operational Control Segment (OCS) satellite  ground control system to operate  GPS 2F satellites as well as provide advanced  encryption and […]

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] The third of five sensors for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft has been delivered to NASA for spacecraft integration, Northrop […]

[Satellite Today 11-18-08] ND SatCom has unveiled a full-featured, trailer-mounted, military tactical terminal, the company announced Nov. 18.     The MTT2450 terminal is HMMWV-towable and supports communication via satellite or […]

Honeywell [HON] will provide the Air Force Research Laboratory with a mini momentum control system for space missions. The system will include four control momentum gyroscopes, space hardened electronics, a […]

United Launch Alliance plans to lay off hundreds of workers next year, the Denver Business Journal reported. ULA is a joint venture of The Boeing Co. [BA] and Lockheed Martin […]

The Czech Republic joined the European Space Agency, ESA announced. That makes 18 nations holding membership in the agency. An agreement for the Czech accession to the ESA convention was […]

The third of five sensors has been delivered to the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced today. That science instrument will monitor ozone from […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] will improve capabilities for technology in the Air Force Operational Control Segment (OCS) satellite ground-control system. That will permit\the system to operate the new Boeing-built Global […]

The Boeing Co. [BA], through its work on the Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system, added more than $246 million to the Alaska economy last year, Boeing announced. GMD includes interceptors […]

A new software has demonstrated it can support the space and ground segments of the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT), The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. This demonstration is one of […]

The United States should erect defenses against anti-satellite attacks, rather than merely attempting to deter assaults, according to an analyst. Deterrence may well not work, stated Robert Butterworth, president of […]

Raytheon Gains $54 Million Multiple Kill Vehicle Contract The Missile Defense Agency gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $54 million contract to continue design and development of a Multiple Kill Vehicle […]

Kazakhstan will send a cosmonaut to the International Space Station a year or so from now, the Kazakh National Space Agency announced. But funding arrangements for the flight haven’t yet […]

Updated — November 14, 2008 – 9:10 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2008 Launches Date: Nov. 14 Mission: STS-126 Launch […]

By Geoff Fein The Navy is currently not looking to add a maritime variant of the Air Force Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM) to its weapons inventory, relying […]

Sea Launch took delivery of the SICRAL 1B communications satellite at the payload processing facility at the Sea Launch home port in the Port of Long Beach. With additional arrivals […]

A Versatile KEI Could Be New Interceptor For Navy Ships, Briefers Say Briefers Have No Word That KEI Funding To Be Cut Under Obama The Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI) first […]

Space Shuttle Endeavour thundered to the heavens and docked with the International Space Station to begin a major makeover of the orbiting laboratory. While the blazing, on-time launch at 7:55 […]

Iran is moving ahead solidly with construction of a little-noticed heavy water reactor, a new study by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) discloses. If Iran can succeed […]

But Missile Defense Generally, And The Airborne Laser Especially, Will Face Close Obama Scrutiny While some military analysts have voiced concerns that President-elect Obama will slash defense spending deeply when […]

Chances are that funding may be cut for the Transformational Satellite Program, or TSAT, along with some other defense programs that may go under the knife in the impending administration […]

Leaders of small businesses received extensive tips from NASA prime-contractor officials on how to become subcontractors, during a two-day symposium at a Washington hotel. The tips included common-sense guidance, such […]

A major piece of hardware for the Ares 1-X rocket arrived at Kennedy Space Center last week. Ares, the rocket that someday will power Orion space capsule flights, is being […]

NASA’s newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review, NASA announced. The engine passed the milestone at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. That J-2X […]

A senior Chinese military officer said if China acquires an aircraft carrier or two, it will merely be to protect the Chinese homeland, not to project power across the globe, […]

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, coming to the United States for a Group of 20 Nations summit confronting economic issues, backed off from their prior harsh […]

A rogue state or terrorists could launch an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack on the United States that would kill more Americans than a nuclear strike on a major city, but […]

NASA Administrator Mike Griffin is awaiting two studies probing how to shrink the yawning half-decade gap when NASA won’t be able to take even one astronaut to low Earth orbit. […]