The editors of SatelliteTODAY.com would like to share some of this week’s most interesting space and satellite perspectives from across the Web: 

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NASA’s "Next Big Thing" Could Actually be Small
– via OrlandoSentinel.com

"Satellites the size of lunch boxes. Planetary probes that weigh as little as a piece of paper. If these fantastic, futuristic ideas are to be turned into inventions, it will happen in Pasadena and La Cañada Flintridge, home to one of the greatest concentrations of scientific minds in the world…." read more.

NASA, NWS celebrate satellite at Ball
– via BCBR.com

"Officials from NASA and the National Weather Service visited the Boulder headquarters of Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. on Monday to celebrate the completion of the company’s latest major satellite…" read more.

Satellite Finds Evidence of Antimatter Belt Around Earth
– via Wired.com

"The satellite, named Payload for Antimatter Matter Exploration and Light-nuclei Astrophysics, was launched in 2006 to study the nature of cosmic rays — high-energy particles from the Sun and beyond the solar system which barrel into Earth…." read more.

Satellite TV Businessman Changes with the Times
– via TheTimesNews.com

"Bill Price sold his first satellite TV dish in 1984 to a customer in Chapel Hill. That was before starting his own business in Burlington. In 1984, it was a brand new kind of deal. And the dishes? Well, they were whoppers — gadgets that looked almost more at home on the moon than in a back yard…" read more.

New communication satellite ‘PakSat-1R’ important for many reasons: Khan
– via App.com.pk (Associated Press of Pakistan)

"Pakistan’s Ambassador to China, Masood Khan has said that Pakistan’s new communication satellite—PakSat-1R, is important for the country for many reasons. “It is a symbol of Pakistan-China cooperation in the area of space science and technology. It is the first of the kind to be launched by China and Pakistan…." read more.

Developing Countries Get In Satellite Game
– via ScientificAmerican.com

"Developing countries don’t have the same access to satellite information as do first-world nations. A given country might want to monitor dust storms, measure rice yields or track population migrations. But satellites were typically built one-at-a-time and were very pricey items…." read more.