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[Satellite Today 07-16-08] Microsemi Corp., a manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits and semiconductors, has acquired Semicoa, a provider of semiconductors and smart munitions optoelectronics for the military […]

[Satellite Today 07-16-08] The Chinese satellite market will grow at a rate of 5.3 percent per year, reaching $375 million by 2013, according to a study released July 15 by […]

[Satellite Today – 7-16-08] Encore Networks has been granted a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office related to the company’s method for securely connection satellite networks with terrestrial […]

[Satellite Today 07-16-08] ASC Signal Corp. has released a pair of trifold transportable antennas, the company announced.     The 4.6-m model is Ka-band compliant, is designed for C- and Ku-bands, […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] SES Astra awarded a contract to Astrium for the construction of the Astra 1N satellite, SES Astra announced July 15.        The satellite, based on a Eurostar […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] Saab AB reached an agreement to sell Saab Space to Swiss aerospace and defense company Ruag Holding AG, the companies announced July 15.     Saab announced in […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] Telecomunicaciones Bantel has installed a network of iDirect remote satellite routers to expand cellular access within Venezuela, VT iDirect Inc. announced July 15.     Bantel installed the […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. has been awarded a mobile infrastructure contract from First Networks Operations Inc., a Canadian mobile telecommunications operator, Globecomm announced July 15.     Globecomm will […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] Comtech Telecommunications Corp. extended the deadline for its tender offer for shares of Radyne Corp. to Aug. 1, Comtech announced July 14.     Based on a preliminary […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] Astrium has become the majority owner of Spot Image, buying additional sharesof the imagery satellite operator from the French Space Agency, CNES, Astrium announced July 15.     […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] Integral Systems Europe (ISE) has installed a fully integrated carrier signal monitoring and transponder planning system for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS, ISE announced July 14.     The […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] BT plans to invest up to 1.5 billion British pounds ($3 billion) to upgrade its terrestrial broadband network, the company announced July 15.     The invest is […]

[Satellite Today 07-15-08] NDS won a middleware and conditional access contract with Korea Digital Satellite Broadcasting Co. Ltd., (SkyLife), Korea’s only satellite pay-TV operator, NDS announced July 14.     NDS […]

Testing is complete on the first of a dozen GPS IIF satellites, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Those environmental tests confirm mechanical integrity of the spacecraft. The program is on […]

Astrium Gains European Space Agency Contract For ISS Work The European Space Agency (ESA) transferred work on operating and using the European share of the International Space Station (ISS) to […]

Ariane 5 Lofts ProtoStar I And BADR-6 Satellites Into Orbit An Ariane 5 heavy lift rocket lifted off from the European Spaceport in French Guiana, South America, and carried two […]

NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) are joining to work on cooperative programs and technologies for a human encampment on the moon. That would involve, on the part of […]

Adding a propulsion system and navigation gear to the International Space Station (ISS) could turn the $156 billion orbiting laboratory complex into an interplanetary spaceship, a writer on space issues […]

Cosmonauts Sergei Volkov, the International Space Station commander, and Oleg Kononenko, flight engineer, ventured outside the space station to remove an explosive bolt from their docked Soyuz space vehicle. The […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] currently is competing for about $14 billion worth of additional satellite/space-related business, an area that already generates $3.2 billion of annual revenues, according to Craig Cooning, […]

The United States needs to begin a national dialogue on just how open it should be to procuring military and space wares from abroad, and what the proper role of […]

China has developed and is about to deploy medium-range missiles that can hit U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, according to a report in The Washington Times. The Department of Defense is […]

Israeli Action Against Iranian Nuclear Facilities Also Would Draw Less Protest Than U.S. Strike The condemnation-free silence following the Israeli air strike on a Syrian nuclear reactor shows that world […]

U.S. Sea-Based Missile Defense Required: U.S. Navy Officer Iran is gaining increased capability to launch an overwhelming ballistic missile attack that would overwhelm Israel, Vice Adm. James A. "Sandy" Winnefeld […]

Rep. Bartlett Urges Government To Counter EMP Danger EMP Would Bring Down Planes, Threaten Vehicles, Kill 90 Percent Of U.S. Population Within Year Of Attack U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]

Agreement Voiced On Rogue States Such As Iran, North Korea President Bush and Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev discussed U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Europe, but failed […]

Czech Parliament Still Has Not Ratified Deal Poland Moving To Bolster Talks On Granting Permission For Missile Interceptors Site Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg and U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza […]

NASA unveiled a new schedule of remaining missions for the space shuttle fleet before its scheduled retirement in October 2010, a manifest that ends with four idle months where an […]

McCain Says Iranian Missile Salvo Proves Need For Construction Of European Missile Defense System; Obama Urges More Talks With Iran, Further Sanctions United States Will Protect Allies Such As Israel […]

[Satellite Today 07-14-08]  The capacity of the W5 satellite has been permanently reduced due to the technical problems the satellite suffered in June, satellite operator Eutelsat announced July 11.     […]