Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Declared Operational for Users Worldwide (SpaceRef)The newest modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has been declared fully operational by the U.S. Air Force following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems.Kurds happy with Saddam execution: satellite TVs (Islamic […]

Video shows Saddam's final moments (AP)AP - Iraqi television showed what it said was the body of Saddam Hussein after his execution Saturday, his head uncovered and the neck twisted at a sharp angle.Rudolph Nose Ratings (E! Online)E! Online - And rounding out the Nielsens'top […]

Innovative Satellite System Proves Worth With Better Weather Forecasts, Climate Data (Science Daily)Preliminary findings from a revolutionary satellite system launched earlier this year show that the system can boost the accuracy of forecasts of hurricane behavior, significantly improve long-range weather forecasts, and monitor climate change with unprecedented accuracy. There will be a press conference/teleconference at […]

Networks face quandary over Saddam execution (Reuters)Reuters - As the world awaited word of Saddam Hussein's fate, U.S. television news executives faced a quandary over whether to break a taboo against airing footage of executions should video of his hanging become available.Annie Leibovitz exposed on PBS […]

Nick and Jessica Split the Bills (E! Online)E! Online - The final curtain has fallen on this very public affair.TV plans tasteful coverage of Saddam execution (Reuters)Reuters - Television networks face a killer of a conundrum with the impending execution of Saddam Hussein, […]

IIT plan to set up satellite campus in Guj hits snag (The Times of India)IIT-Mumbai's plan to start a satellite campus in Gujarat, may not take place early. Because the state didn't take Centre's approval.NASA Satellite Zooms In on the Sun (Addict 3D)During the week of Dec. 18, NASA's Hinode, a satellite that uses three […]

Saddam Hussein hanged: Iraqi official (Reuters via Yahoo! News)Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (10:00 p.m. EST) on Saturday, U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra and Arabic satellite channel Arabiya said.IIT plan to set up satellite campus in Guj hits snag (The Times of India)IIT-Mumbai's plan to start a satellite campus […]

Saddam Hussein hanged: Iraqi official (Reuters via Yahoo! News)Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (10:00 p.m. EST) on Saturday, U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra and Arabic satellite channel Arabiya said.IIT plan to set up satellite campus in Guj hits snag (The Times of India)IIT-Mumbai's plan to start a satellite campus […]

French launch planet detecting satellite (Geek.com)The French national space agency (CNES) has launched a new satellite, which has a mission to detect planets orbiting other stars besides our own. The satellite is called COROT, which stands for "Rotation and Planetary Transits." The satellite will monitor 120,000 stars as it looks for new planets.IIT plan to […]

Channel Partners Place $1.77 Million in Satellite Systems Orders on Norsat (T-Net British Columbia)Vancouver, BC, December 28, 2006–(T-Net)–Norsat International (TSX:NII.TO) (OTC BB:NSATF.OB), a leading provider of intelligent satellite solutions, estimates that its channel program has generated $1.77 million in new orders for its satellite systems in the fourth quarter of 2006. While approximately 44% of […]

Bravo hires 'Taxicab'Reality TV: Cable networks hails reality show — In a deal with HBO, Bravo has acquired nine episodes of docudrama series "Taxicab Confessions." One-hour series makes its basic-cable premiere on Friday with three back-to-back episodes, followed by a New Year's Eve marathon and a fourth original episode on Sunday.

Indonesia: Satellite Service To Ease Taiwan Earthquake Impact (Nasdaq)JAKARTA -(Dow Jones)- Indonesia will temporarily lift restrictions on corporate access to a government telecommunications satellite to ease regional service disruptions caused by the earthquake Tuesday off the southern coast of Taiwan, a senior government minister said Thursday.Eminem to Host New Year's Eve Countdown on His Shade […]

Indonesia: Satellite Service To Ease Taiwan Earthquake Impact (Nasdaq)JAKARTA -(Dow Jones)- Indonesia will temporarily lift restrictions on corporate access to a government telecommunications satellite to ease regional service disruptions caused by the earthquake Tuesday off the southern coast of Taiwan, a senior government minister said Thursday.French launch planet detecting satellite (Geek.com)The French national space agency […]

Eminem to Host New Year's Eve Countdown on His Shade 45 Channel Exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio (Elite TV)Eminem will share and count down 25 of his favorite hip-hop tracks on SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel Shade 45 on New Year's Eve.Channel Partners Place $1.77 Million in Satellite Systems Orders on Norsat (SYS-CON Media)Norsat International Inc.(TSX: […]

Indonesia to let firms use its satellite to access Internet (INQ7.net)JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesian companies can use a government telecommunications satellite to access the Internet while Asia's earthquake-disrupted data transmission service is being repaired, a senior government minister said Thursday.Indonesia: Satellite Service To Ease Taiwan Earthquake Impact (Nasdaq)JAKARTA -(Dow Jones)- Indonesia will temporarily lift restrictions […]

French Space Agency Launches Planet-Hunting Satellite Corot (Bloomberg.com)Dec. 27 (Bloomberg) — France today launched the first satellite dedicated to finding planets outside the solar system, the French National Center of Space Studies said.Deployment Status of the Large Deployable Antenna Reflectors of the Engineering Test Satellite VIII KIKU No. 8 (SpaceRef)The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) […]

Bravo hires 'Taxicab'Reality TV: Cable networks hails reality show — In a deal with HBO, Bravo has acquired nine episodes of docudrama series "Taxicab Confessions." One-hour series makes its basic-cable premiere on Friday with three back-to-back episodes, followed by a New Year's Eve marathon and a fourth original episode on Sunday.

NBC looks to break the ice with NHL (Reuters)Reuters - NBC will create a National Hockey League game of the week and focus on emerging stars in an effort to reverse a ratings drop following the league's yearlong lockout.India pay-TV rollout good signal for broadcasters […]

Hilary Duff Plays with Barbie (E! Online)E! Online - Hilary Duff is getting cut down to size. Twelve inches, to be exact.Calif. gov to have surgery on broken leg (AP)AP - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will need crutches, screws to secure his thigh bone and several […]

Corot Satellite Embarks on Planet-Hunting Mission (TechNewsWorld.com)The European planet-hunting satellite, Corot, was launched into polar orbit on Wednesday, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The 670-kilogram (1,477 lbs.) satellite was lifted into orbit on board a Soyuz-2 vehicle, the Russian news agency, Interfax, reported.French Corot satellite successfully launched (Sharewatch)The aim of the satellite is to […]