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[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] The United States, Canada, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom are now using Lockheed Martin’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) protected communications satellite system, following the successful...

[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] The U.S. Department of Commerce has updated approvals to allow DigitalGlobe to begin offering customers its highest resolution imagery from the company’s current constellation, effective immediately. DigitalGlobe...

[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] Freesat, the subscription free satellite television service, added Service Sound and Vision Corporation’s (SSVC) Forces TV to its channel line-up. Forces TV is the only channel in...

[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] Intelsat signed a 15-year contract with MultiChoice, a pay-TV provider in Africa, for capacity on the operator’s new satellite, Intelsat 36. The satellite is expected to launch...

[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] NovelSat released a new solution for Digital Satellite News Gathering (DSNG) that allows units to deploy multiple cameras through a single satellite modem without requiring additional bandwidth...

[Via Satellite 06-11-2014] Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) to provide space inertial reference systems for the Geo Kompsat 2 space satellite program....

[Via Satellite 06-10-2014] Months of rumored interest have proven true: Internet giant Google has officially entered into an agreement to purchase Skybox Imaging. The $500 million price tag falls shy...

[Via Satellite 06-10-2014] Executives from Com Dev International said they are using the explosive growth of the company’s subsidiary exactEarth to compensate for the continued slump in U.S. defense sales....

[Via Satellite 06-10-2014] Boeing has announced completion of the second Mexsat 702 High Power (HP) geomobile satellite for the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transportation (SCT). The satellite, Morelos 3,...

[Via Satellite 06-10-2014] Measat and Newtec are scheduled to deliver a satellite transmission of 4K Ultra-High Definition (Ultra-HD) television video distributed via the new extension to the second generation Digital...