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Lockheed Martin Orbits 100th and 101st Commercial Geo Satellites
May 19, 2012 (ESA)
The 100th and 101st Lockheed Martin commercial geostationary communication satellites have been successfully placed in orbit after a dual launch aboard an Arian...
Astronaut Launches into Texas Tech Doctorate Program
May 17, 2012 (SPX)
The College of Education at Texas Tech announced a NASA astronaut has been accepted to its doctoral program in education. Joseph Acaba launched May 14 for a fou...
Ariane 5 ECA rocket orbits JCSAT-13 and VINASAT-2 Mission accomplished
May 16, 2012 (ESA)
On Tuesday, May 15, Arianespace successfully launched a direct broadcast and a communications satellite: JCSAT-13 for Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corpora...
Wireless firm Lightsquared seeks bankruptcy
May 14, 2012 (AFP)
Lightsquared, a firm whose an ambitious high-speed wireless broadband venture was thwarted by US regulators, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday, document...
Nigeria to commercialize satellite services: official
May 14, 2012 (XNA)
The newly-launched earth observation satellite, NigeriaSat-2, is now set for commercial activities, a top government official has said. Director-general of the ...
Vietnam's 2nd satellite to be launched
May 14, 2012 (XNA)
Vietnam will send its second satellite into orbit on May 16, the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), on Thursday. VNPT said that after the first o...
United Launch Alliance IAMAW Employees Ratify New Contract
May 10, 2012 (SPX)
United Launch Alliance has been notified that the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) representing its workforce at Cape Canav...
JUICE is Europe's next large science mission
May 04, 2012 (ESA)
Jupiter's icy moons are the focus of Europe's next large science mission. The Jupiter Icy moons Explorer - JUICE - was selected over two other candidates: NGO, ...
AIA Welcomes Export Control Review of Space Systems and Components
May 03, 2012 (SPX)
The release of the Defense Department assessment of the implications of normalizing export controls on satellites and related components gives decision makers i...
ESA says to probe Jupiter's moons for life-giving elements
May 03, 2012 (AFP)
The European Space Agency (ESA) said Thursday it plans to launch an explorer craft in 2022 to examine Jupiter's icy moons for conditions that may be conducive t...
BSkyB says profits jump 19%
May 02, 2012 (AFP)
British pay-TV giant BSkyB said on Wednesday that group net profit jumped 19 percent to 689 million pounds (845 million euros, $1.118 billion) in the first nine...
British media watchdog boosts probe into Murdoch's BSkyB
Apr 26, 2012 (AFP)
Britain's media regulator said Thursday it was stepping up its probe into whether BSkyB, the pay-TV giant partly owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., is a "fit...
United Arab Emirates' second communications satellite ready to launch
Apr 24, 2012 (SPX)
Y1B, the second satellite of the United Arab Emirates' space communications programme is ready to be launched on a Proton launcher from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. ...
JWST Spinoff Technologies Already Seen in Some Industries
Apr 23, 2012 (SPX)
A critical component of the James Webb Space Telescope is its new technology. Much of the technology for the Webb had to be conceived, designed and built specif...
UK watchdog probes email hacking by Murdoch's Sky News
Apr 23, 2012 (AFP)
Britain's media watchdog launched an investigation on Monday into two cases of email hacking by Sky News, the satellite broadcaster partly owned by Rupert Murdo...
SES grows its 23.5 degrees East reach in Benelux by 20 percent
Apr 20, 2012 (SPX)
SES reports that the technical reach of its ASTRA Satellite System in the Benelux markets from the 23.5 degrees East orbital position has increased by more than...
UK supports space innovation overseas
Apr 19, 2012 (SPX)
Minister for Universities and Science David Willetts has announced a 6 million pounds co-funded grant for commercial products and services developments from spa...
US report urges easing rules on satellite exports
Apr 18, 2012 (AFP)
Congress should ease restrictions on US satellite exports that are unnecessary and place US firms at a "disadvantage," the Pentagon and the State Department sai...
Shuttle contractor lays off workers
Apr 13, 2012 (UPI)
United Space Alliance, the lead space shuttle contractor for NASA, says it has cut its workforce by 10 percent, including 181 employees at Kennedy Space Center....
Lockheed Martin Delivers Two Commercial Communications Satellites For Upcoming Historic Launch
Apr 13, 2012 (SPX)
Lockheed Martin has delivered its 100th and 101st commercial geostationary communications satellites in preparation for the first dual launch of satellites buil...
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