http://www.viasatellite.com Satellite Today en-us 2008 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:35:55 EST While the satellite sector generally remains in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the globe also threatens the necessary funding that many companies will need as they look to expand their operations and capitalize on new technology and initiatives. There are warning signs... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/launchers/25757.html Mon, 1 Dec 2008 0:00:00 EST NASA's newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review, NASA announced. The engine passed the milestone at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. That J-2X engine was developed for NASA by Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne, a unit of United Technologies... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/launchers/25902.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Sea Launch took delivery of the SICRAL 1B communications satellite at the payload processing facility at the Sea Launch home port in the Port of Long Beach. With additional arrivals this month of associated hardware and personnel, Sea Launch is prepared to boost the satellite to space in January. Sea Launch... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/launchers/25910.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST United Launch Alliance plans to lay off hundreds of workers next year, the Denver Business Journal reported... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/launchers/25921.html Mon, 17 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST China used a Long March 311 rocket to launch a telecommunications satellite for Venezuela, the first time China made and launched a bird for a Latin American nation, Xinhua news reported... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/launchers/25250.html Mon, 3 Nov 2008 0:00:00 EST Arianespace and Thales Alenia Space have entered a deal for launching the pan-African communications satellite, Rascom-QAF 1R. It is scheduled for launch into geostationary transfer orbit in 2010. It will be launched by an Ariane 5 or Soyuz rocket from... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/launchers/25152.html Mon, 27 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-22-08] A jury awarded ICO Global Communications at least $371 million plus interest in its breach of contract lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and Boeing Satellite Systems International over a plan to launch a fleet of mobile telephone and Internet service satellites     The... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/launchers/25080.html Wed, 22 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-20-08] CEOs from the satellite industry’s largest companies remain largely optimistic about their prospects despite the current worldwide economic crisis.     “The good news is, nobody blames the telecom industry for the crisis and satellite is in a pretty good... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/launchers/25032.html Mon, 20 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-15-08] The discussion between financial analysts and satellite executives at the ISIS Satellite Investment Symposium was dominated by talk of the recent financial crisis on Wall Street.     Craig Moffett, managing director of Sanford Bernstein, urged his panel of mobile... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/launchers/24999.html Wed, 15 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT [Satellite News 10-09-08] The spiralling cost of launch services remains a major concern for fixed satellite services (FSS) operators around the globe.     “I believe satellites and launchers are too expensive,” Eutelsat CEO Giuliano Berretta said at September’s World... http://www.viasatellite.com/commercial/launchers/24917.html Fri, 10 Oct 2008 0:00:00 EDT