Da, Double The Budget, Spasiba…
Itar-Tass, the Russian News Agency, is reporting the country's Federal Space Agency has requested their budget be doubled to finance GLONASS.
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AIA Wants Political Candidates To “Listen Up”
The Aerospace Industries Association has asked the 2008 political candidates to endorse 10 substantial issues the organization feels are crucial to the strength of U.S. global leadership in aerospace and defense.
Read MoreEvents for ICO @ FCC & Cape Canaveral
ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (ICO) [NASDAQ:ICOG] has reported progress on two key regulatory proceedings before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The company also reported that their ICO G1 spacecraft had arrived at Cape Canaveral in preparation for its April 14 launch.
Read MoreSUIRG Reports Unacceptable WiMAX Interference
The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) has released their formal findings of a field test on the compatibility of Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) and WiMAX services sharing the C-band spectrum.
Read MoreNew DoD Directive Gives And Takes Away…
The civilian sector, rather than the U.S. Air Force, will now be the driver of of government policy when it comes to the joint military and civilian control of GPS, as seems to be indicated within a new Department of Defense (DoD) directive.
Read MoreFCC Okays Liberty Media’s DIRECTV Ambitions
MB Docket No. 07-18: The Federal Communications Commission (has approved the transfer of control of DIRECTV to Liberty Media, subject to conditions.
Read MoreJuniper Helps To Prep The IPv6 Changeover
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has mandated that all federal government agencies transition their network backbones to IPv6 by June 30, 2008.
Read MoreAcquiring Minds Wish To Know… Globalstar…
Globalstar, Inc. [Nasdaq:GSAT] has received the necessary Agencia Nacional de Telecomunicacoes (ANATEL) regulatory approval for its agreement to purchase the Globalstar independent gateway operator in Brazil from Loral Space & Communications Inc. and various affiliated entities.
Read MoreNAB Continuing Their Anti-Merger Activities For SatRadio
When it comes to the much ballyhooed XM + SIRIUS satellite radio merger, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) continues to oppose the move.
Read MoreMahmoud Mentions More Motile Moves
Two additional research rockets will be launched by Iran prior to the country's first domestically built "research" satellite is in orbit.
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