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[11-01-07 – Satellite Today] Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. and Antrix Corp. Ltd. signed an agreement for the lease of Ku-band capacity on the Measat-3 satellite, Measat announced Nov. 1. […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today] PlanetSky Ltd. signed an agreement with ProtoStar Ltd. for C-band capacity on ProtoStar’s first satellite, ProtoStar announced Nov. 1.     The agreement provides PlanetSky with five […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite News] NDS, the conditional access and middleware vendor which generates around 80 percent of its revenues from satellite players, has signed another deal with a start-up direct-to-home […]

Approximately a year after becoming an independent company, International Launch Services Inc. (ILS) was in the midst of a record year in 2007 before a September Proton failure halted the […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] Loral Space and Communications and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) have completed their acquisition of Telesat Canada, Loral announced Oct. 31.      Loral […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a special web-exclusive editorial […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] SES Astra signed a contract to broadcast Czech music channel Ocko from Astra’s orbital position 23.5° East, Astra announced Oct. 31.     The channel, based in […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today]  Raytheon Co., Northrop Grumman Corp. and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office (IPO) turned over NPOESS command, control and communications segment […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) reported higher revenues for the third quarter of 2007, the company announced Oct. 30.     MDA reported revenues of 291.9 […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today]  Garmin Ltd.’s third quarter total revenue is up 79 percent from the same time last year, the company announced Oct. 31.     All segments reported revenue […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] Aruba Networks Inc. and iDirect Inc. have completed integration testing of a wireless local area network (WLAN)-to-satellite connection, Aruba announced Oct. 31.     The two companies […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] Spanish industrial group Abertis has reached an agreement to acquire a 28.4 percent stake in satellite operator Hispasat, Abertis announced Oct. 31.     Abertis subsidiary Abertis […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite News] SES Global is likely to order two new satellites over the next few weeks, SES Global CEO, Romain Bausch said Oct. 29 during a conference call […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite News] GENEVA — During the first week of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-07), administrations from Asia, Africa, and Latin America made clear their broad and deep support […]

Boeing, which has had a limited role in the commercial launch market for several years, could be set to make more of an impact in this area, according to Ken […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a special web-exclusive editorial […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today]  Eagle Broadband Inc. has sold its SatMax satellite telephony repeater business to Security Financing Services Inc., Eagle announced Oct. 29.     Security Financing purchased all the […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today]  Radyne Corp. business unit Xicom Technology has received two orders for millimeter-wave power amplifiers for use in military terminals, Radyne announced Oct. 30.     The contract, […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] Irdeto, a provider of content security solutions to pay-TV operators, said Oct. 30 that its CEO, Graham Kill, has relocated from Amsterdam to the company’s Beijing […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] BSkyB said Oct. 29 that it has reached 1 million broadband customers.     BSkyB launched its Sky Broadband offerings in 2006 following the acquisition of EasyNet. […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] The Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite is ready for environmental testing, Lockheed Martin announced Oct. 30.     The spacecraft has completed the baseline integrated system […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] Tandberg Television is providing a combination of compression products and managed services to NBC Universal for the launch of new high definition (HD) channels, Tandberg announced […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today]  Telesat Canada posted increases in revenue and profit in the third quarter of 2007, the company announced Oct. 30.     The company posted operating revenue of […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today] Sirius Satellite Radio recorded revenues of $241.8 million in its 2007 third quarter, an increase of 45 percent over the same period in 2006, the company […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite Today]  Iridium Satellite will provide global monitoring and transmission capabilities to Harris Corp.’s Falcon Watch Remote Imager, Iridium announced Oct 29.     The Falcon Watch RF-5408-RI is […]

[10-30-07 – Satellite News] Finding the next generation of executives and talent is one of the key challenges facing the space industry, and the Isle of Man is set to […]

Arianespace is one of the leading players in the launch services arena offering customers a variety of launch vehicles and options and also has signed a number of deals in […]

2007 Dec. 6 + STS-122 STS-122 will deliver the Columbus European Laboratory Module and will be the twenty-fourth mission to the International Space Station. Launch Time: 4:34 p.m. EST 2008 […]

Ariane 5 Preparations Build Toward Launch Next Week The two satellites for the next Ariane 5 flight are in final preparation at the European Spaceport in French Guiana in South […]

North Korean nuclear facilities are dangerous, primitive and expose humans to radiation, but they still pose a threat in empowering the isolated nation to produce nuclear weapons, according to a […]