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Space Systems/Loral Lands Contract For ProtoStar Satellite
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) was awarded a contract to deliver a high-power satellite to ProtoStar Ltd., SS/L announced Jan. 5. SS/L will modify the previously built ChinaSat-8 satellite for ProtoStar. The...
Globecomm Systems Nets Multiple Contracts
Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Jan. 4 that it has been awarded from a global multilateral organization multiple contracts valued at about $2.1 million. Globecomm will provide the customer with...
Measat Broadcast Network Signs Deal For Ku-band Capacity On Measat-3 Satellite
Measat Satellite Systems and Measat Broadcast Network Systems signed an interim transponder lease agreement under which Astro will lease five Ku-band transponders aboard the Measat-3 satellite, which is expected to...
GlobeCast Signs Bangladeshi Deal
GlobeCast signed deal with leading Bangladeshi broadcaster Channel S Television to strengthen the broadcaster’s presence the U.K. market. The deal will see GlobeCast deliver three of its channels — Channel...
Boeing GPS Ground Station Test Validates Ability to Command GPS Fleet
Boeing completed a live demonstration of the GPS ground station, which when fully operational will control the GPS constellation, the company announced Jan. 4. Boeing is under contract to migrate...
XM Surpasses 7.6 Million Subscribers
XM Satellite Radio added nearly 1.7 million new subscribers in 2006 to close the year with more than 7.6 million subscribers, the company announced Jan. 5. XM fell short of...
Space Systems/Loral Lands Contract For ProtoStar Satellite
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) was awarded a contract to deliver a high-power satellite to ProtoStar Ltd., SS/L announced Jan. 5. SS/L will modify the previously built ChinaSat-8 satellite for ProtoStar. The...
Connectivity
DigitalGlobe Orders WorldView 2 Satellite
Moving to position itself to meet growing commercial demand for high-resolution satellite imagery, DigitalGlobe awarded Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. a contract to build the WorldView 2 satellite, DigitalGlobe announced...
TCS Awarded GPS Location Patent
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has received a U.S. government patent for technology that improves the ability of GPS to provide position information to users surrounded by geographic constraints such as...