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  • AeroAstro: Making A Big Splash With Small Satellites

    [10-29-07 – Satellite News] AeroAstro, a microsatellite company based in Ashburn, Va., recently was acquired by Radyne Corp.. President and CEO Rick Fleeter talks with Satellite News about how being […]

  • Launch Services Providers Week On SatelliteTODAY.com

    [10-29-07 – 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 […]

  • Raytheon Forms Team For HC3 Development

    [10-29-07 – Satellite Today]  Raytheon Co. will team with L3 Communications, Northrop Grumman Corp. and Agile Communications, Inc. to develop the next generation of U.S. Army satellite communications, Raytheon announced […]

  • EMS, Windmill Deliver GBS To Military

    [10-29-07 – Satellite Today] EMS Technologies Inc. and Windmill International have turned their portable Global Broadcast Service (GBS) Receive Suite over to the military for evaluation, EMS announced Oct. 29. […]

  • INPE Renews DMC Contract

    [10-29-07 – Satellite Today]  The Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE) has renewed a contract with DMC International Imaging Ltd. for a third year of acquiring high-resolution satellite images […]

  • Iridium, Tesacom Expand South American Market

    [10-29-07 – Satellite Today]  Iridium Satellite has formed a partnership with Tesacom to help grow the South American market, Iridium announced Oct. 26.     Tesacom, a South American channel partner […]

  • NDS Secures Indian DTH Deal; Reports Revenue Growth

    [10-29-07 – Satellite Today] NDS received a contract from Bharti Airtel, one of India’s main cellular operators, to provide services for a digital satellite service in India, NDS announced Oct. […]

  • BTV+ Commissions HD Satellite Uplink

    [10-29-07 – Satellite Today]  BTV+ has commissioned new satellite uplink equipment to provide high-definition (HD) and standard-definition broadcasting to the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean and South America, the […]

  • SES Global Sees Net Profits Rise

    [10-29-07 – Satellite Today] SES Global saw a fall in overall revenues but an increase it its net profits in its latest quarter, the operator announced Oct. 29.   For […]

  • Rob Peckham, CEO, Sea Launch

    Sea Launch had a rough start in 2008 with the January launch failure that destroyed the NSS-8 satellite. Since then, the company has been working hard toward a return to […]

  • Inmarsat Exec Explains Why Aerial Route Is So Appealing

    [10-26-07 – Satellite News] Inmarsat’s launch of SwiftBroadband service, capable of supporting broadband IP data at speeds up to 432kbps, is a significant milestone for the company as it looks […]

  • Launch Services Providers Week On SatelliteTODAY.com

    [10-26-07 – 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 […]

  • Measat Signs Golf Channel Deal

    [10-26-07 – Satellite Today] Measat Satellite Systems, the Asian satellite operator, said Oct. 24 that it had signed a deal with StarHub Cable Vision (StarHub) for the delivery of the […]

  • CSA Ready For Radarsat Launch

    [10-26-07 – Satellite Today]  Canada is ready to launch Radarsat-2 in December, the Canadian Space Agency announced Oct. 25. The satellite, scheduled to be launched Dec. 8 from the Baikonur […]

  • Raytheon SAS Division Struggles in Third Quarter

    [10-26-07 – Satellite Today] Raytheon Co.‘s Space and Airborne Systems division had a tough third quarter, reporting a five percent revenue loss in the quarter to the end of September, […]

  • Sogecable Boosts Capacity with SES Astra

    [10-26-07 – Satellite Today] Sogecable, which owns the Digital+ Direct-To-Home (DTH) platform in Spain, has secured new capacity with SES Astra as it looks to boost its High Definition (HD) […]

  • Proton Returns To Flight

    [10-26-07 – Satellite Today] Three Russian Glonass satellites were launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, aboard a Proton launch vehicle, the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center announced Oct. […]

  • Stratos Celebrates 100 Million Messages

    [10-25-07 – Satellite Today]  Stratos Global Corp. has had 100 million messages sent via its AmosConnect service, the company announced Oct. 25. AmosConnect integrates vessel and shore-based office applications such […]

  • RSCC Appoints Nikolaeva

    [10-25-07 – Satellite Today] Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has appointed Natalia Nikolaeva as its new deputy director general, and head of business development, the company announced Oct. 23. She […]

  • Telenor Announces Key Broadcast Executive Changes

    [10-25-07 – Satellite Today] Telenor has announced some management changes, which will impact its broadcast and satellite operations, the company announced Oct. 25. In some major changes, Christian Albech, who […]

  • MDA Signs Radarsat Contract With Pemex

    [10-25-07 – Satellite Today]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) has signed a five-year, multi-million dollar contract with Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to continue monitoring natural oil seeps and oil spills […]

  • Radyne Receives GMT Orders

    [10-25-07 – Satellite Today]  Radyne Corp. has received $1.6 million in orders for modems in support of the Ground Multi-band Terminal (GMT) project, as well as another military communications program, […]

  • XM Posts Increased Subscribers, Net Loss

    [10-25-07 – Satellite Today] XM Satellite Radio broke the 8.5 million subscriber mark, but posted a 72 percent higher net loss figure in the third quarter of 2007, the company […]

  • Top Analysts Talk Satellite Set-Top-Box Trends

    [10-25-07 – Satellite News] Over the last couple of weeks, two major research organizations, IMS Research and ABI Research have released detailed market reports on the set-top box arena. ABI […]

  • Com Dev Develops Maritime AIS “De-collider”

    [10-24-07 – Satellite News] Com Dev International Ltd. has developed a way to “de-collide” the hundreds or thousands of signals emitted by the maritime Advanced Identification System (AIS), solving the […]

  • Wireless Matrix Launches SDM 5000

    [10-24-07 – Satellite Today] Wireless Matrix Corp. has launched its new satellite communications platform, the company announced Oct. 22. The Satellite Data Modem (SDM) 5000 leverages satellite communication so customers […]

  • Qualcomm Introduces New Mobile Internet Solution

    [10-24-07 – Satellite Today] Qualcomm Inc. has introduced a new global mobile Internet and GPS solution for notebook computers, the company announced Oct. 23. The Gobi solution includes Qualcomm’s MDM1000 […]

  • Fortified DataCom Supplies Nomad Platform To Louisiana Police Dept.

    [10-24-07 – Satellite Today] Fortified DataCom, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortified Holdings Corp., has been awarded a contract to supply the Monroe, La. Police department with a communications and […]

  • NDS Offers New HD-DVR with Amino; SES AMERICOM Announced as First Customer

    [10-24-07 – Satellite Today] NDS has introduced a new high-definition digital video recorder, an Amino AmiNET530 set-top box (STB) powered by Metro middleware, for the IPTV market, the company announced […]

  • Ariane 5 Launcher Delivered For Final Checks, Launch

    [10-24-07 – Satellite Today] The Ariane 5 ECA launcher has been delivered to Arianespace at their Spaceport in French Guiana, the company announced Oct. 23. The spacecraft has to undergo […]