U.S. Congress — SHVERA Gets 60 Day Extension
John Eggerton of Multichannel News reports that the U.S. Congress has agreed to extend the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act for a period of 60 days.
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U.K.’s Space + Satellite Industry Now Has A New Exec Agency
A new executive agency will be created to take the U.K.’s recession-busting space and satellite sector into a new space age, Science and Innovation Minister Lord Drayson said today.
Read MoreSSTL Says ‘Cheers!’ With Lord Drayson’s Proclamation Of U.K.’s Space Agency
The U.K. is not to be left behind in the space industry as SSTL applauds the latest news of Lord Drayson's announcement of a U.K. executive Space Agency.
Read MoreCongress Warned By AIAA President Regarding Human Spaceflight Budget Cuts
AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics) President Dave Thompson testified before the House Committee on Science and Technology on “Decisions on the Future Direction and Funding for NASA: What Will They Mean for the U.S. Aerospace Workforce and Industrial Base?”
Read MoreNASA’s Constellation Program Protection Is In Spending Bill
SpaceNews is reporting House and Senate negotiators have reached an agreement on a 2010 omnibus spending bill that includes US$18.7 billion for NASA — a US$942 million increase over the agency’s 2009 budget — and includes a provision that would prevent the agency from scaling back or canceling its current human spaceflight activities in the absence of formal legislative approval from congressional appropriators.
Read MoreSpace Policy Workshop In Mexico City ID’s Latin American + Caribbean Desires
New space institutions in Latin American and Caribbean countries have agreed to identify common elements in their space policies to facilitate international cooperation.
Read MoreSummit Calls For 100 Percent Mission Success As Goal Of U.S. Agencies
During the second annual U.S. Space Enterprise Mission Assurance Summit, leaders from two key government space agencies agreed to a strategic intent addressing mission assurance and are working on a memorandum of understanding that they believe will open doors for enhanced collaboration.
Read MoreStratos Global Back Into The Gulf With Spectrum Sizzle
Stratos Global Corp. has been selected as the winning bidder for two of the three geographic zones for 2.5 GHz broadband radio service (BRS) in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM).
Read MoreETSI Establishes New BSM Specs
Satellite systems delivering broadband multimedia services need to be effectively managed to ensure satisfactory performance is maintained.
Read MoreInmarsat, Intelsat, SES + ManSat Bring the SDA To Fruition
ManSat, based in the Isle of Man, is going to be working with Inmarsat, Intelsat, and SES as the administrator of a new organization — the Space Data Association (SDA).
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