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[Satellite TODAY 02-10-10] The U.S. Department of Commerce is planning to create a U.S. National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Service line office that will combine the agency’s climate science...

[Satellite TODAY 02-10-10] Gilat Satellite Networks has received new VSAT orders from Costa Rican national telecommunications operator Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), Gilat announced Feb. 9.     The purchase builds...

[Satellite TODAY 02-10-10] Satellite TV upstart FreeHD Canada won limited approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to operate in Canada, the company announced Feb. 9.     In...

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-10] Globalstar signed a joint venture agreement with mobile satellite voice and data provider Arion Communication to form Globalstar Asia Pacific, the companies announced Feb. 8.     The...

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-10] Iridium Communications selected Hughes Network Systems to develop an access network controller (ANC) for its gateway ground radio control network, Hughes announced Feb. 8.     Hughes will...

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-10] Oil and gas industry communications provider RigNet relocated its U.K.-based Aberdeen operations to a new facility, the company announced Feb. 8.      The new facility, also located...

[Satellite TODAY 02-09-10] A second global arms race may erupt by 2025 if the international community does not take steps toward a space treaty program, according to a forecast published...

A second global arms race may erupt by 2025 if the international community does not take steps toward a space treaty program, according to a forecast published by the Military...

Alliant Techsystems (ATK) appointed Mark DeYoung President and CEO, effective immediately, the company announced Feb. 4     DeYoung also was elected to serve on the company’s board and will replace...

The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program will be dismantled and split between separate projects headed by the U.S. Department of Defense and a partnership between NASA and...