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Khrunichev will manufacture the Kazsat-2 satellite for the government of Kazakhstan, according to a Sept. 26 report from RIA Novosti. Khrunichev will work with the Russian Institute of Space Device...

Arianespace received a contract to launch the Helios 2B military reconnaissance satellite in the first half of 2009, Arianespace announced Sept. 25. Helios 2B is part of a second-generation defense...

A modernized GPS Block 2R satellite built by Lockheed Martin was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., the company announced Sept. 25. The satellite, designated GPS 2R-15(M), is...

Raytheon Co. will provide equipment designed to improve voice and data communications for the U.S. Army, the company announced Sept. 25. Raytheon will deliver 15 multiplexer integration and digital communication...

SES Astra Techcom, a subsidiary of SES Astra, has been chosen to participate in Vietnam’s first public satellite project, Vinasat-1, SES Astra announced. SES Astra Techcom will deliver a pair...

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Solar-B scientific satellite aboard MV Launch Vehicle No.7 Sept. 23, the agency announced. The satellite is designed to analyze and possibly predict...

Intelsat Ltd. announced that its IS-802 satellite, located at 33 degrees East, experienced a sudden and unexpected anomaly Sept. 21 at about 8:27 p.m. EDT. The Intelsat satellite control center...

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) sounded off against signal bleed from satellite radios. On Sept. 21, NAB President and CEO David Rehr urged the heads of XM Satellite Radio...

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS), a newly formed satellite operator, announced Sept. 20 the acquisition of Lockheed Martin Space Communications Ventures Ltd. (LMSCV) and Lockheed Martin Intersputnik Ltd. (LMI) from Lockheed...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced Sept. 22 that it has been selected by Empresa Nicaraguense de Telecomunicaciones (Enitel) to provide a Skyedge broadband satellite hub station and VSAT terminals. Enitel,...