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Launches

Arianespace Set To Launch Japanese JCSAT-12 Satellite In 2009 JSAT Corp. tapped Arianespace to launch its JCSAT-12 communications satellite. Jean-Yves Le Gall, chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Kiyoshi Isozaki,...

Contracts

Army $921 Million WIN-T Contract Change Goes To General Dynamics, Lockheed The Army gave a General Dynamics Corp. [GD]-Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] team a contract change worth up to $921...

SkyPort Names New Executives

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  SkyPort Global Communications has named Michael Polmar vice president of sales and Peter Semenach director of product management, the company announced Polmar most recently served as...
Connectivity

GMV Launches New Generation SmartRings

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  GMV has launched SmartRings 2.0, the latest version of its telecommunications satellite payload reconfiguration tool, the company announced Sept. 21. Engineers can use SmartRings during the...
Connectivity

STM Consortium To Improve DVB-RCS

[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  STM Group’s research and development center is leading a consortium to evaluate, prototype and test advanced modem technologies for the European Space Agency (ESA), the company...

European Military Satellite Deals Examined

September has seen two significant deals in the European military space, as Italian satellite operator Telespazio won a contract from the Italian Defence Ministry for the launch and operation of...

Richmond To Head Orbital Sciences'GEO Unit

[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] Christopher Richmond has been promoted to senior vice president as well as the head of      Orbital Sciences Corp.’s commercial geosynchronous (GEO) satellite business unit, the company...