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Thrane & Thrane Closes Nera Acquisition

Thrane & Thrane closed its acquisition of the mobile satellite communications operations of Nera ASA, Thrane & Thrane announced Oct. 10. The deal, announced in August, combines two providers of...

RRSat Files For IPO

Israel-based RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. filed a prospectus Oct. 10 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO). RRSat is offering 3.6 million...

Arianespace Delays Ariane 5 Launch

The launch of an Ariane-5 rocket carrying DirecTV’s DirecTV-9S and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s LDREX-2 satellites was delayed by 24 hours in order to conduct checks on components of...

Service on W3A Satellite Resumes

Eutelsat has confirmed that operations of its W3A satellite have been fully restored to normal mode following an anomaly that occurred Oct. 9. Full commercial service on the satellite resumed...