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[Satellite Today 07-10-08] GeoEye Inc.’s GeoEye-1 satellite arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in advanced of its scheduled Aug. 22 launch, GeoEye announced.     GeoEye-1 will provide black-and-white imagery […]

[Satellite Today 07-11-08] Columbus Geographic Systems (GIS) Ltd. reached an agreement with DigitalGlobe for access to the satellite operator’s digital image bank for use in navigation systems, Columbus announced July […]

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] A new satellite solution will spearhead a new push into Europe for Newpoint Technologies, a market in which the company has “significantly underperformed” in throughout the […]

[Satellite News – 07-09-08] Panasonic has licensed iDirect’s satellite IP router hardware and spread spectrum mobile waveform for a system that will provide broadband access to aircraft.     The iDirect […]

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] Magellan Aerospace delivered the Cassiope small satellite platform to Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA), Magellan announced.     The first of the MAC-200 small satellite buses […]

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] Arqiva is supporting a new military history channel launching on BSkyB’s direct-to-home platform, Arqiva said July 9.     Under a five-year contract, Arqiva will provide playout […]

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] Pace expects to perform ahead of expectations over the next year, the company said July 10.     The set-top box manufacturer expects to benefit from a […]

[Satellite Today 07-10-08] Integral Systems Inc. named John Higginbotham the company’s new CEO effective immediately, Integral announced July 9.     Higginbotham founded private equity firm SpaceVest Capital (now RedShift Ventures) […]

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] Ciel Satellite Group received approval from the Canadian government to develop several orbital slots, SES, the primary shareholder of Ciel, said July 9.     Industry Canada […]

[Satellite Today – 07-10-08] SES Americom and SES New Skies will be combined into a single operating segment, parent company SES announced July 10. Robert Bednarek, president and CEO of […]

[Satellite Today 07-09-08] RigNet, a communications solutions provider, announced two shifts in personnel. Shareholders elected Tom Matthews chairman of the board of directors and Brian Keefover was named director of […]

[Satellite Today – 07-09-08] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new spacecraft for Spain’s Hispasat Group, SS/L announced July 9.     Hispasat 1E, scheduled to […]

[Satellite Today 07-09-08] WildBlue Communications has completed hardware and software system upgrades designed to increase its total network capacity by more than 150,000 additional customers, the operator announced July 9. […]

[Satellite Today 07-09-08] CETel has announced a contract with Arabsat following the launch of Arabsat’s BADR-6 satellite, CETel said July 9.     CETel, a satellite communications service provider, has committed […]

[Satellite Today 07-09-08] Thales Alenia Space is ready to deliver the high-resolution optical imaging instrument for integration in the first Pleiades earth observation satellite, the company said July 9.     […]

[Satellite Today 07-09-08] Portuguese airline TAP will run a six-month commercial trial of GSM mobile calling and messaging enabled via SwiftBroadband with equipment supplied by Inmarsat partner OnAir, TAP announced. […]

[Satellite Today 07-09-08]  RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. signed an agreement with WatchIndia TV, a subscription-based live broadcast and on-demand video platform and subsidiary of Live Asia TV.     According […]

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] Arianespace has launched the ProtoStar 1 and BADR-6 satellites, the company said July 8.     This is the fourth launch Arianespace in 2008 and is a boost […]

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] The Sea Launch board appointed Kjell Karlsen president and general manager, replacing Robert Peckham, Sea Launch announced July 7.     Karlsen joined Sea Launch 1999 as vice […]

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC was awarded a contract by Spain’s Sistemas Tecnicos de Loterias del Estado S.A. (STL) to provide equipment and support services, Hughes announced July […]

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] Americom Government Services (AGS) received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to host an experimental sensor on board a commercial spacecraft, the company announced July 8. […]

[Satellite News 07-08-08] VT iDirect Inc. and Panasonic signed an agreement to license iDirect’s satellite IP router technology with the Panasonic exConnect in-flight satellite transmission platform, iDirect announced July 8. […]

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] MotoSat has been acquired by the Balaton Group Inc., a private equity firm based in Toronto, the companies announced July 8.     MotoSat, founded in 1984 as […]

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] ViaSat Inc. signed a 10-year agreement with KVH Industries Inc. establishing a global Ku-band mobile broadband network using ArcLight technology.     Under the agreement, KVH initially will […]

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) reached an agreement with Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. to defer $40 million of payments on the construction of the MSV-2 satellite, MSV announced […]

[Satellite News – 07-08-08] Inmarsat has held preliminary discussions with U.S. investment company Harbinger Capital Partners, Inmarsat’s largest shareholder, which could lead to Harbinger taking over the satellite operator.     […]

[Satellite News 07-04-08] Television viewing and video consumption is about to enter a paradigm shift, one that could put satellite at a disadvantage to new providers such as Internet Protocol […]

[Satellite Today 07-07-08]  The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the French Space Agency Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) signed a distribution agreement for data collected by an Indo-French weather […]

[Satellite Today 07-07-08]  Spacenet Inc. announced that its satellite services have been deployed in Missouri as part of an emergency response network for two state agencies, the company announced July […]

[Satellite Today 07-07-08]  Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Ltd., to supply components for the Amos-4 satellite, Thales Alenia announced J uly 7.     Thales […]