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Newtec is partnering with UDCast to present a mobile TV system for distribution of digital video broadcasting–handheld signals via satellite for commercial deployments beginning in the third quarter of 2007,...

Northrop Grumman Corp. demonstrated a GPS range-tracking system developed for the Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the company announced Feb. 9. The system, one of two independent tracking systems required...

Telenor Satellite Services has teamed with Telemar Scandinavia AB to deliver broadband maritime communications aboard 27 vessels managed by Wallenius Marine AB, Telenor announced Feb. 12. Telemar will deliver and...

By focusing on large missions such as the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, NASA’s astrophysics program is squeezing out smaller missions, the U.S. National Research Council said Feb. 7....

South Africa-based ComputaMaps has released BrightEarth, a natural-color image mosaic covering 95 percent of the Earth’s land surface at a resolution of 14.5 meters, the company announced Feb. 9. The...

The launch of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)’s Falcon 1 rocket has been delayed until no earlier than March 9, CEO Elon Musk said on the company’s Web site. The...

Raytheon Co. has delivered the second of two advanced infrared sensor payloads to Northrop Grumman Space Technology for the missile-warning Space Tracking & Surveillance System Block 6 program, Raytheon announced...

Iridium Satellite has appointed eight new value-added partners offering Iridium-based products and services for remote asset management and other machine-to-machine data applications, Iridium announced Feb. 9. Among new resellers are...

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Bruce Henoch has joined Stratos Global Corp. as vice president for legal and regulatory affairs, the company announced Feb. 7. Henoch comes to Stratos from the law firm of Shulman,...