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[Satellite Today 05-21-09] The Ku-band and C-band missions of Eutelsat’s W2A satellite have now entered into full commercial service, Eutelsat announced May 19.     Operations for the W2A satellite, launched...

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract from DigitalGlobe to upgrade an existing multi-satellite ground station solution delivered by MDA in 2007,...

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] Inmarsat has chosen Arianespace to launch the Alphasat I-XL communications satellite in 2012, Arianespace announced May 20. The deal follows an agreement between Inmarsat and the European...

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] Boeing Co. accused NASA of “inexplicably” altering the evaluation process between the company and its competitor, Lockheed Martin, in the battle for a $1.1 billion contract to...

[Satellite News 05-20-09] The bandwidth needs of the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Defense and its coalition forces have increased to the point where the U.S. government now...

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] The Indian Institute of Technology of Kanpur (IITK) has received approval from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to launch Jugnu, India’s lightest nano satellite, by the...

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] Skycasters, a broadband satellite solutions provider, won the 2009 Crain’s Leading Edge award from The Entrepreneurs Edge, a Ohio-based organization devoted to economic development through growth and...

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] GlobeCast will partner with its recently acquired subsidiary, Netia, to demonstrate and release its new HD media sharing platforms and digital channel workflow at CommunicAsia 2009, GlobeCast...

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] Ipstar Australia now has 60,000 broadband connections in Australia, its parent company Thaicom announced May 18.     Under the Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG), Ipstar service providers have...

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] Faith Satellite Radio, a religious satellite radio service covering Africa and Europe, has secured capacity on the Intelsat 10 satellite, the company announced May 19.     Faith...