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[Satellite Today 07-24-08] Harmonic Inc. will provide Astra Platform Services with high-definition (HD) encoders and statistical multiplexing for a network upgrade, Harmonic announced July 24.     Astra will install Harmonic’s […]

[Satellite Today 07-24-08] Canal Digital, the Nordic direct-to-home platform, saw an increase in revenues but a drop in overall profits and subscriber numbers for the quarter ended June 30, parent […]

[Satellite Today 07-24-08] Norsat International Inc. released the first product in its vehicle-mount satellite terminal family and signed contracts with the U.S. military and an Asian broadcasting network to provide […]

[Satellite Today 07-24-08] Lockheed Martin delivered the core propulsion module for the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications system six months ahead of schedule, the company announced July […]

[Satellite News 07-23-08] SES New Skies signed another capacity deal for its NSS-7 satellite, the operator said July 23.     SM2 Sports Media Solutions, based in Greenwich, Conn., delivers sports […]

[Satellite Today 07-23-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC has increased the speeds of three of its HughesNet consumer service plans, the company announced July 23.     The Home plan now features […]

[Satellite News 07-23-08] Revenues in KVH’s mobile communications business improved 4 percent to $18.3 million in the company’s 2008 second quarter, the company announced July 22. The gains were driven […]

[Satellite News 07-23-08] Viasat, a Modern Times Group (MTG) subsidiary, has seen a decrease in direct-to-home (DTH) subscribers in the Nordic region in the second quarter, the company announced July […]

[Satellite Today 07-23-08] General Dynamics mounted three 18.4-meter satellite antennas on 53-foot-tall pedestals in Wahiawa, Hawaii, in preparation for the deployment of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the company […]

[Satellite Today 07-23-08] Spot LLC has expanded satellite coverage of its satellite messenger servivce to include all of Alaska, the Aleutian Islands and the surrounding maritime regions, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 07-23-08] Digital Angel’s Sarbe division received Cospas-Sarsat type approval for its Advanced Aircrew Personal Locator Beacon, the company announced     Cospas-Sarsat is a satellite system that provides distress, […]

[Satellite News 07-23-08] BSkyB signed an innovative deal with one of the world’s biggest music companies to offer digital music services, BSkyB said July 23.     The satellite pay-TV operator […]

[Satellite News 07-22-08] Arianespace won a launch services contract with Eumetsat (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) for the launch of the MSG-4 meteorological observation satellite , […]

[Satellite News 07-22-08] Germany’s first satellite-based reconnaissance system has been completed with the launch of the fifth SAR-Lupe satellite, OHB System said July 22.     The fifth reconnaissance satellite was […]

[Satellite News 07-22-08] XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. reported a net loss of $119.6 million in the 2008 second quarter, down from a loss of $175.8 million in the same […]

[Satellite Today 07-22-08] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. reported second quarter revenues of $1.8 million, an increase of 17 percent from the same period in 2007, the company announced July 22. […]

[Satellite 07-22-08] Comtech EF Data Corp. has acquired the network backhaul assets and the NetPerformer and AccessGate product lines of Verso Technologies, Comtech Telecommuications Corp. announced July 21.     The […]

[Satellite 07-22-08] ViaSat Inc. completed the rollout of its LinkStarS2 satellite networking system to Spain Eliop S.A., ViaSat announced July 21.     ViaSat supplied the complete satellite communication network, including […]

[Satellite 07-22-08] Kenneth Miller, president and one of the founders of Globecomm Systems Inc., died July 20, the company announced.     Miller helped found Globecomm Systems as a satellite systems […]

The Phoenix Mars Lander is performing well, with its solar arrays generating more electricity than expected so that Phoenix hours of operation each day can be extended, Lockheed Martin Corp. […]

A university professor has been named president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a conservative think tank in Washington that focuses on defense and other issues. Arthur C. Brooks, the […]

Rob Strain, head of the space department at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will become the new Goddard Space Flight Center director, NASA Administrator Michael Griffin announced. Strain […]

ATK, Lockheed, Northrop Join To Pursue Multi-Role Weapons Contracts Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK], Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] and Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced they signed a teaming agreement to jointly […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] completed preliminary design of a rugged beam control system for the Army High Energy Laser Technology Demonstrator (HEL TD) program, a truck-mounted asset that counters rocket, […]

Sea Launch Boosts EchoStar XI Satellite To Orbit Sea Launch, the mobile seagoing launch platform, saw a Zenit-3SL rocket blast off to deliver the EchoStar XI broadcast satellite into orbit, […]

The concept of operationally responsive space (ORS) is widely endorsed, but there are differences between the combatant commanders and the intelligence/space community as to just what ORS should be, according […]

The ABL has come a long way in its years of development, Obering told journalists at a Pentagon press briefing. "There’s been so much work done there in that" aircraft, […]

Boeing 747 Does Well In ABL Work; MDA Not Seeking Different Plane Some friendly nations have shown interest in acquiring the U.S. Airborne Laser (ABL) system to defend themselves from […]

New evidence shows that Mars once had immense quantities of water, the vital and indispensable substance of life requisite for any sustained human settlement of the red planet. Water is […]

The space program leaders also reviewed what spaceships likely will be availablel to continue transporting crew and cargo to the space station after the space shuttle fleet retires in two […]