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[Satellite Today – 06-03-08] Eutelsat Communications has boosted its position in the broadband market in Germany, reaching an agreement with TelDaFax Communications GmbH for the immediate distribution of Eutelsat’s Tooway […]

[Satellite Today – 06-03-08] Hamadoun Touré, secretary general of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), said the organization can beat forecasts about having every school and hospital around the globe connected, […]

[Satellite Today – 06-03-08] Thales Alenia Space won a contract from Nilesat to build the Nilesat-201 satellite and provide associated services and ground stations, Thales said June 3.     Based […]

The Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) missile defense program saw progress as its algorithms were tested, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. MKV-L is designed to counter multiple targets, such as an […]

A Chinese general said at an international conference that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) weapons-buying spree is purely for defensive purposes, according to news reports in the Brisbane Times Web […]

Boeing Bids For Space Situational Awareness Contract The Boeing Co. [BA] submitted a bid for the Air Force Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) contract. The program, valued at approximately $30 […]

Ariane 5 Launch Postponed Again, After Glitch In Rocket A scheduled launch Friday of an Ariane 5 rocket carrying the Skynet 5C and the Turksat 3A satellites was canceled because […]

The Airborne Laser (ABL) completed its first activation tests on the ground, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Those tests were conducted this month at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., home […]

The Phoenix Mars robotic spacecraft, having survived a hair-raising arrival on the red planet, immediately struck gold, or rather ice. (Please see Space & Missile Defense Report, Monday, May 26, […]

NASA should drop plans to visit and establish an outpost on the moon, and instead should focus on something more practical: saving mankind from extinction by a killer comet or […]

By Ann Roosevelt and Dave Ahearn The first Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) unit was activated, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced. That Army unit is Alpha Battery, 4th […]

Iran is studying nuclear fusion, the technology of the hydrogen bomb (H-bomb), according to Xinhua, the official Chinese news agency. The Iranian program was revealed by Sadat Hosseini, an Iranian […]

NASA will release details of a broad agency announcement seeking ideas for buildings to be constructed on the moon, with those details being provided in a meeting in Washington, D.C., […]

The Aegis ballistic missile defense system will be tested Thursday in the Pacific, with two interceptor missiles attempting to annihilate the short-range target missile in the terminal phase of its […]

Only Problem Is Shutdown In Backup Electronic Unit For Second Left Orbital Maneuvering System; Primary Unit Works, So No Loss Of Capability Faces Mission Space Shuttle Discovery docked this afternoon […]

Even With Extra Funds, First Flight Of Orion-Ares Next-Generation Spaceship May Be Only One Year Earlier, In 2014, Rather Than In 2013, Griffin Indicates Continuing Shuttle Flights Could Prevent Orion-Ares […]

[Satellite Today – 6-3-08] Intelsat Ltd. and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) jointly announced June 2 that the FAO’s forthcoming World Food Security Summit in […]

[Satellite Today – 6-3-08] Arianespace postponed the launch of Skynet-5C and Turksat-3A, the company announced May 30.     Arianespace halted the launch countdown during final pre-launch checks when the result […]

[Satellite Today – 6-3-08] Orbit received an order for its OrSat Ku-band satellite system from an unnamed European company, Orbit announced June 2.     OrSat is a maritime communications systems […]

[Satellite Today – 06-02-08] Satlynx is targeting the maritime market with the launch of a new set of services, the company said June 2.     Satlynx is making available a […]

[Satellite Today – 06-02-08] Thuraya has launched a service dubbed ThurayaMarine as the satellite telephone provider looks to make more of an impact in the maritime market, the company said […]

[Satellite Today – 6-3-08] Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Ltd. (AsiaSat) signed a new capacity deal with Ayur Group‘s broadcast arm Vintage Studio Pvt. Ltd., the companies said June 2.     […]

TECHNOLOGY Navsync Introduces New Fully Integrated GPS Module Navsync launched its new CW46 GPS sensor. The unit offers low signal tracking capabilities, which means it can continue to provide synchronization […]

[Satellite Today – 5-30-08] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., has received orders totaling $1.3 million under its movement tracking system (MTS) contract, with the U.S. […]

[Satellite Today – 5-30-08] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has won a contract worth 1.6 million euros ($2.49 million) from Astrium GmbH to develop and supply the multi-spectral imager for […]

[Satellite Today – 5-30-08] ND SatCom has won a contract from the U.S. Navy, which could be worth close to $300 million over the next five years, the company said […]

[Satellite Today – 5-29-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC (Hughes) has reached an agreement with Wayport Inc. to provide Wi-Fi services to its HughesNet subscribers at more than 10,000 locations in […]