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[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] German pay-TV operator Premiere has unveiled its strategy to deter criminal hackers, the company announced April 15. The operator, which saw its platform compromised earlier this […]

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] International Datacasting Corp. reported increased growth for both the fiscal year 2008 and the fourth quarter, the company announced April 14.     IDC posted a 9 […]

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] Arqiva’s Satellite Media Solutions division is partnering with GE subsidiary SAT-GE to provide an Asia Pacific satellite-based high-definition (HD) video platform, Arqiva announced April 15.     […]

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] Northrop Grumman has submitted a proposal to NASA to design and develop the next generation of GOES-R satellites, Northrop Grumman announced April 15.     Northrop Grumman’s […]

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missiles Systems Center (SMC) has ordered three additional Minotaur space launch vehicles from Orbital Sciences Corp., Orbital announced April 15. […]

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] The Broadcasting Satellite Systems Corp. (B-Sat) has awarded Lockheed Martin the contract to build BSAT-3b, Lockheed Martin announced April 15.     BSAT-3b, the second consecutive satellite […]

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd. has launched its ICO G1 satellite, ICO announced April 14.     The satellite was launched at 4:12 p.m. EST, and was […]

[Satellite Today – 4-15-08] U.S. Strategic Command has taken command and control of WGS-1, the U.S. Air Force announced April 15.     This milestone initiates the transition of operational users […]

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] Dish Network Corp. is forming Dish Digital Media Services, which will provide digital signage platforms for retail customers, Dish announced April 14.     The new service […]

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has completed satellite integration and environmental testing for GeoEye’s next-generation earth imaging satellite, GeoEye-1, General Dynamics announced April 11.      GeoEye-1 […]

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] Intelsat Ltd.’s IPTV platform has been chosen as a distribution platform for programming to cruise ships in the Americas, Intelsat announced April 11.     SeaMobile Enterprises […]

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. did not grant EchoStar Communications Corp. a rehearing for its Feb. 1 ruling in […]

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] Com Dev International Ltd. has been awarded a $1.2 million authorization to proceed to provide passive microwave components for a major commercial satellite, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] Thales Alenia Space has won a contract worth 305 million euros ($482.1 million) to provide the first Sentinel-3 earth observation satellite to the European Space Agency […]

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from the 2008 NAB Show beginning April 14.     Be sure to check out the live Blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog for […]

[Satellite Today – 4-14-08] Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has inked a deal with the United Arab Emirate (UAE) Armed Forces to provide secure satellite communications in the UAE, […]

The European Space Agency (ESA) needs a few good men, and women, who want to venture into space. ESA wishes to hire new astronauts, who would come from the 17 […]

GeoEye-1 Earth Imaging Satellite Complete, General Dynamics States Integration and environmental testing of the GeoEye-1 Earth imaging satellite is complete, producer General Dynamics Corp. [GD] announced. General Dynamics is the […]

NASA Gives Aerojet Contract To Develop LOX/Liquid Methane Engine NASA gave Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. [NYSE: GY] unit, a contract to develop a 5,500 pounds/feet thrust liquid oxygen-liquid methane engine. […]

Arianespace To Launch Satellite For Japanese Operator Japanese company Broadcasting Satellite System Corp., or B-SAT, picked Arianespace to launch the BSAT-3b satellite. The deal was announced today by Jean-Yves Le […]

The U.S. space agency will send a spacecraft to the moon to examine the lunar atmosphere and any moon dust it contains. That Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) […]

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) pushed Congress to give swift backing to a Colombian Free Trade Agreement that President Bush just sent to Capitol Hill. AIA also hopes Bush will […]

A looming renaissance in construction of nuclear power plants may increase dangers of nuclear weapons proliferation, according to experts. Their comments came hours after Iran announced it will triple its […]

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft heralded a new space saga when it launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to take the new Expedition 17 crew to the International Space Station, to […]

Worldwide Space Industry Output Increased To $251 Billion Last Year; Industry Soars A Sizzling 11 Percent, Double World Economic Growth Rate Government Spending On Satellites, Missile Defense And More Is […]

[Satellite Today – 4-11-08] SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from the 2008 NAB Show beginning April 14.     Be sure to check out the live Blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog for […]

[Satellite Today – 4-11-08] Intelsat Ltd. has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder deal to distribute content from Elite Entertainment Television S.A., Intelsat announced April 10.     Intelsat will distribute direct-to-home (DTH) […]

[Satellite Today – 4-11-08] Arianespace has been selected to launch the BSAT-3b satellite, Arianespace announced April 11.     This will be the seventh satellite Arianespace will launch for Japanese operator […]

[Satellite Today – 4-11-08] The Thor 5 satellite has begun commercial operations, owner Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) said April 11. The satellite, which is deployed at 1Ëš West, has successfully […]