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[12-18-07 – Satellite Today] WildBlue Communications Inc. signed an agreement with Google Inc. for a suite of enhanced services, WildBlue announced Dec. 17.     The WildBlue.net home page will make...

[12-18-07 – Satellite Today] U.K. communications regulator Ofcom has published a consultation document investigating the pay-TV market which suggests that the regulator does not necessarily believe that there are issues...

[12-18-07 – Satellite Today] SpaceDev Inc. has completed development of its low shock release mechanism (LSRM), which provides restraint and release of spacecraft components, the company announced Dec. 17.    ...

[12-18-07 – Satellite Today] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) closed its acquisition of Alliance Spacesystems, MDA announced Dec. 18.     Alliance Spacesystems provides U.S. government and aerospace customers with...

[12-17-07 – Satellite News] Saab, the Swedish industrial company, is likely to exit the space industry early next year. The company, which less than two years ago acquired Ericsson‘s 40...

[12-17-07 – Satellite Today] Norsat International (America) Inc, a subsidiary of Norsat International Inc., has won a $750,000 contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Norsat announced Dec. 17....

[12-17-07 – Satellite Today] Arabsat has signed a $300 million credit deal with the Saudi Hollandi Bank that will secure the operator’s expansion plans throughout the next five years, the...

[12-17-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has successfully demonstrated Next Generation Processor/Router (NPGR) technologies in tests for the Transformational Satellite Communications System Space Segment (TSAT SS), the company announced Dec....

[12-17-07 – Satellite Today] Thuraya Telecommunications Co. (Thuraya) has appointed Fort Info Technology (Fort) as its exclusive distributor for its rural telephony products, the company announced Dec. 17. The move...

The Boeing Co. [BA] beat out Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. [BLL] to win an up-to $799.5 million avionics instrument unit contract for the Ares I upper stage rocket that...