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[Via Satellite 12-30-2015] The Department of Land Resources at India’s Ministry of Rural Development has accepted a proposal from the Chandigarh Administration for using satellites to map city properties, according...

[Via Satellite 12-29-2015] South Korean satellite operator KT Sat, owned by Korea Telecom, has not given up ambitions to become a global presence in the satellite industry. The operator currently...

[Via Satellite 12-29-2015] SpeedCast International has signed a definitive agreement for the acquisition of NewCom International, a satellite communications service provider specializing in the South and Central American regions. With...

[Via Satellite 12-29-2015] Visiona Tecnologia Espacial, responsible for the integration of the Geostationary Satellite of Defense and Strategic Communications (SGDC) system in Brazil, announced the completion of a key program milestone. On Dec....

[Via Satellite 12-29-2015] Avanti Communications is deploying Gilat Satellite Networks’ Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs) to provide the fast broadband Internet access to rural households throughout the United Kingdom. Avanti...

[Via Satellite 12-29-2015] DataPath has appointed Carsten Drachmann has as vice president and general manager for DataPath’s portable satellite terminals business unit based in Sweden, and George Tong as DataPath’s vice president of...

[Via Satellite 12-28-2015] Slovenia-based Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN) is preparing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO), having grown significantly as a privately owned business to continue seeking new business opportunities....

[Via Satellite 12-28-2015] The French defense procurement agency Direction Generale de l’Armement (DGA), part of the French Defense Ministry, has selected the consortium formed by Thales Alenia Space (65 percent)...

[Via Satellite 12-28-2015] ABS has extended its agreement for teleport services with Batelco in Bahrain. Under the agreement, signed in 2011, Batelco provided ABS with a full suite of telecom...

[Via Satellite 12-28-2015] Vanguard Space Technologies has delivered the first set of three primary components for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) program to Orbital ATK. Vanguard was responsible for...