Former ESA Dir. Gen. Antonio Rodot� Dies
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Mobile Satellite Firms Scrambling To Secure Partners on the Ground
T he world’s five mobile satellite services (MSS) companies are seeking to use a U.S. regulatory quirk to leverage their modest ventures into multibillion-dollar businesses by adding a nationwide network of ground stations that would permit their satellite systems to reach practically the entire country. But they have at best 12-18 months to secure big-spending partners to help them pay for those ground networks, according to industry officials.
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Pentagon Could Face Big Cost Increases for Future TacSats
The Pentagon is likely to come close to meeting its cost target for building and launching the first in a series of small spacecraft intended for use by tactical forces, but the price tag of those that follow now is expected to be at least twice what the military had hoped to spend, according to a draft audit report and Pentagon officials.
Posted inCommercial
Tracking Defense Department Space Spending Proves a Difficult Exercise
Developing government satellites is big business.
Posted inOpinion
OpEd: Europe Confirms Its Engagement on the Path of Space Exploration
The approval of Europe’s Aurora Exploration Program by ministers of the European Space Agency (ESA) member states at the recent council meeting in Berlin confirms, at the highest political level, the willingness of Europe to play a significant role in the global efforts to further the exploration and understanding of our solar system, and in particular of Mars and the Moon.
Posted inOpinion
OpEd: NASA’s 2007 Budget Proposal: No Real Vision
Let’s put the bottom line right at the top. The Bush administration is unwilling to provide the funds necessary to fulfill its Vision for Space Exploration.
Posted inOpinion
Editorial: Caution Is Not Without Risk
The U.S. Air Force’s budget request, which calls for spending $9.8 million on unclassified space-related activities next year — $500 million more than this year — is about as good as could be expected under the circumstances.
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Israel Puts Air Force in Charge of Space Activities – Hotly Debated Decision Renames the Service the Israel Air and Space Force
After years of heated debate over competing claims to Israel’s military space activities, top brass here have determined that the Air Force will have sole responsibility for designing and operating the nation’s future satellites.
