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Congress should consider limiting NASA spending on the Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program to nothing beyond the preliminary design review, the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) stated. NASA shouldn’t enter into longer-term deals with contractors, the watchdog agency advised. The GAO made…

With civil space initiatives being pushed with significant momentum, many projects have passed milestones that are making some industry executives re-evaluate this sector. Recently, Boeing Co. successfully tested a key laser component of the Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) system. This…

The largest maize maze in the world has opened in York, England, and fittingly, the maze design was created using space age technology. Pioneering GPS equipment was employed to plot out the maze pathways. The system, based on the newly-released European Space Agency (ESA) EGNOS satellite, enabled the maze…

After a few challenging years, satellite-enabled business initiatives have begun to rebound fueled by new technologies and applications. Many industry observers believe that the notion of a “killer app” that will trigger significant business development has gone by the wayside. Rather, diversified service…

Romania Cable Systems (RCS), the media company which launched direct-to-home (DTH) services in Romania in 2005, is looking to launch new DTH platforms in other countries and build an Eastern-European footprint. “We have plans to go beyond Hungary and Slovakia,” Alexandru Oprea, RCS’s president, told…

Romania Cable Systems (RCS) which launched direct-to-home (DTH) market in Romania in 2005 in areas not covered by the company’s cable offerings, hopes to double its number of DTH subscribers before 2010. RCS…

Geoeye appointed Martin Faga to the board of directors, the company…

Sirius Satellite Radio appointed Adrienne Calderone to senior vice president and controller the company announced Aug. 3. Calderone…