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International Launch Services (ILS) now has a contract today with Inmarsat for the launch of an S-band satellite to provide mobile broadcast and two-way telecommunications services throughout Europe.M/b> The contract follows last week’s successful launch of the Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite on an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle.
Read MoreSatService GmbH will be at IBC 2008 presenting some new products of the sat-nms product family. Representatives will be available to discuss system-integration business and turn-key satellite ground station solutions or an upgrade of your station, as well as representatives, distributors and sales partners/system-integrators interested.
Read MoreOrbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has been selected by Intelsat, Ltd. to design, build and deliver the Intelsat-18 (IS-18) commercial communications satellite. The satellite will be based on Orbital's flight-proven STAR-2 platform and will generate approximately 4.9 kilowatts of payload power.
Read MoreStratos Global Corporation has formed a joint venture company with JSAT Corporation (JSAT) to serve the mobile satellite communications needs of Japanese businesses and government agencies. The new company, called JSAT MOBILE Communications Inc. (JSAT MOBILE), will build upon the Japanese market success that Stratos has enjoyed over the past seven years. JSAT MOBILE will bring Stratos' portfolio of mobile satellite services (MSS), including Inmarsat and Iridium services, to the Japanese market.
Read MoreBBN Technologies has been awarded $8.9M in funding by the Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the third phase of its Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) program. This latest award follows BBN’s successful completion of Phases One and Two, which resulted in a working prototype system.
Read MoreHere's a contract that could take you out of this world, and give you the moon in the process. NASA issued a Request for Information, or RFI, to gauge interest and solicit ideas from private companies in providing communications and navigation services that would support the development of exploration, scientific and commercial capabilities on the moon over the next 25 years.
Read MoreNASA has concluded that corrective action is appropriate in the Government Accountability Office bid protest of Exploration Systems & Technology, Inc. NASA determined that a compliance issue requires the termination of the contract for the Constellation Space Suit System with Oceaneering International, Inc. of Houston for the convenience of the government.
Read MoreNASA's Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded a five-year contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) for engineering and technical services to support NASA's use of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft for Earth science research. The contract supports NASA's planned operation of two Global Hawk aircraft, their associated ground control station, and related systems.
Read MoreBeacon Power Corporation which designs and develops advanced products and services to support more stable and reliable electricity grid operation, has been awarded a contract through the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), and co-funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense. The contract, valued at $750,000, is for the preliminary design of a space-based flywheel energy storage system for satellite applications, and is a Phase II award under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of Technology. Beacon announced completion of an associated Phase I project earlier this year.
Read MoreOn July 30, in Tel Aviv, a contract was signed between the JSC “Academician M.F. Reshetnev” Information Satellite Systems” and Israeli-based Space Communication Ltd. The deal finds the former set to build the geostationary satellite system AMOS-5, based on the Express-1000H platform.
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