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The Hubble Space Telescope for the first time snapped a visible-light picture of a planet circling another star, NASA announced. The planet is called Formalhut b. While the Hubble and […]

U.S. Nuclear Weapons May No Longer Provide Credible Deterrence, Tauscher Says, Urging Nukes Reduction Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), whose subcommittee oversees U.S. missile defense efforts, today questioned the value of […]

General Warns That Delaying Missile Defense Such As In Europe Would ‘Severely Hurt’ Ability To Defend United States, Allies Against Enemies U.S.-European Missile Defense Scheduled To Be Operational By 2013, […]

NASA Administrator Michael Griffin said he would be "happy" to remain in his post if President-elect Obama asked, but Griffin doesn’t expect that request from the newly-elected leader, the Orlando […]

[Satellite Today 11-17-08] Egyptian satellite operator Nilesat, has selected GMV‘s satellite monitoring and control product and flight dynamics product to operate the Nilesat 201 satellite, GMV announced Nov. 17.     […]

[Satellite Today 11-17-08] Saft received a contract from MicroSat Systems Inc. to provide rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for Orbcomm’s Generation 2 satellite program, Saft announced Nov. 17.     Saft will […]

[Satellite Today 11-17-08] Thuraya signed a distribution agreement with i2 of Saudi Arabia to sell and market Thuraya’s phones through its distribution network throughout Egypt, Thuraya announced Nov. 16.    […]

[Satellite Today 11-17-08] Scopus Video Networks entered into a distribution partnership with Japanese video manufacturer and distributor For-A, Scopus announced Nov. 17.     Under the agreement, For-A will provide sales […]

[Satellite Today 11-17-08] em24, a digital business and lifestyle channel, has begun broadcasting on SES Astra, the operator said Nov. 15. The channel will broadcast its German language programs free-to-air […]

[Satellite Today 11-17-08] Wu Jinfeng, general manager of China DBSat, is confident that satellite broadband technology will help reduce the digital divide in the country.     “Satellite broadband is another […]

Flag Of India Is Planted On Moon The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) unmanned spaceship Chandrayaan-1 entered lunar orbit successfully, ISRO announced. Then the spaceship ejected a lunar craft called […]

[Satellite Today 11-14-08] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) received a contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to begin the design of the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM), the CSA announced […]

[Satellite Today 11-14-08] The Sicral 1B satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, has completed integration and testing and has been shipped to its launch site, Thales Alenia Space announced Nov. […]

[Satellite Today 11-14-08] Thales Alenia Space España has been awarded a 17 million euro ($21.5 million) contract by prime contractor Sener to supply electronics for the optical observation instrument on […]

[Satellite Today 11-14-08] A team led by Raytheon has submitted its proposal for the U.S. Air Force Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Satellite Broadcast Manager Defense Enterprise Computing Center transition contract, […]

[Satellite Today 11-14-08] Vizada has integrated the Iridium 9555 handset into its mobile satellite services (MSS) portfolio, Vizada announced Nov. 14.     Iridium 9555 by Vizada will be available exclusively […]

[Satellite Today 11-14-08] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted a request by TerreStar Networks for another extension of its satellite launch milestone for TerreStar-1 (TS-1) from Sept. 30, […]

[Satellite Today 11-14-08] Global Satellite USA, an offshore industry satcom provider had launched Polaris, a new position-reporting device for monitoring and surveillance over Iridium, Global Satellite announced Nov. 14.     […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-08] Intelsat Ltd. saw a 10 percent increase in revenues to $598.5 million in its 2008 third quarter,  the company announced Nov. 12.     Despite a net loss […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded a delivery order to manufacture and deploy a satellite communications on-the-move solution for U.S. Army forces in Iraq, Datapath announced Nov. 13. […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-08] The U.S. Air Force has accepted an SBIRS Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO) system from prime contractor Lockheed Martin, the company announced Nov. 13.     The SBIRS payload […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-08] The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is implementing a statewide network of 80 GNSS reference stations provided by Leica Geosystems, the company announced Nov. 13.     The […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-08] Xiplink, a developer of wireless bandwidth optimization, has rolled out with version 2.7 of its bandwidth software, the company announced Nov. 13.     The commercial release includes […]

[Satellite Today 11-12-08] China Great Wall Industry Corp. confirmed Nov. 12 that the NigComSat-1 spacecraft was suffering power problems due to a technical problems with the satellite’s solar panels.     […]

 [Satellite Today 11-12-08] Measat Satellite Systems signed an agreement to distribute the YR Asia Satellite TV channel across the Asia-Pacific region via the Measat 3 satellite, Measat announced Nov. 12. […]

[Satellite Today 11-12-08] iDirect Inc. has entered into a technology partnership with O3b Networks to build features into iDirect’s operating software so its partners can access the satellite network through […]

[Satellite Today 11-12-08] Loral reported a net loss of $50.4 million in its 2008 third quarter 2008, including a $35.3 million charge representing Loral’s share of Telesat’s third quarter loss, […]

[Satellite Today 11-12-08] ViaSat Inc. has received a subcontract modification valued at just over $28 million from Boeing Co. for the Family of Advanced Beyond-line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) program, ViaSat announced […]

[Satellite Today 11-12-08] The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government selected Blue Sky Network to provide flight tracking and voice capabilities aboard selected government operated aircraft, Blue Sky announced Nov. 12.  […]

[Satellite Today 11-12-08] GeoEye Inc.’s revenues for the third quarter of 2008 fell to $35.9 million, compared with its $53.8 million mark for the corresponding quarter in 2007, the company […]