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Globecast Signs Up Two More Channels

Globecast hooked up two new deals with channel providers to provide them access to Sky‘s platform in the United Kingdom and Ireland using Globecast’s capacity aboard the Eurobird satellite. The...

Iridium Doubles Customer Base

Iridium Satellite announced July 12 its satellite communications customer base in the aviation market has more than doubled throughout the past 12 months. At the end of June, the installed...

Raytheon Wins Navy, Air Force Contracts

Raytheon Co. won a contract from the U.S. Navy to provide mission support systems to satellite communications terminals, the company announced July 13. Under the five-year, $75 million contract, Raytheon...

Showtime Ready To Expand DVR Presence

Showtime, the Middle East direct-to-home operator, is stepping up its plans in the digital video recorder (DVR) arena as the operator plans to introduce it in more countries across the...

ISRO Forms Committee To Review GSLV Failure

Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman K. Narayana will head a failure analysis committee to investigate the July 10 Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) failure that destroyed the Insat-4C satellite. The...

Air Force Awards ATK $21 Million Contract

The U.S. Air Force awarded ATK Space Systems Inc. a contact to develop automated composite production technologies for space launch vehicles. Work performed under the contract, valued at $21.7 million,...

Spacedev Awarded MUOS Contract

Lockheed Martin awarded Spacedev a contract to supply components for the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program, Spacedev announced July 12. Under the initial award, Spacedev will provide...