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Connectivity
Thales Alenia Space Receives CMMI Industrial Certification
[Satellite Today 03-23-09] All 11 Thales Alenia Space industrial sites located in France, Italy, Belgium and Spain have been certified to Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3, Thales Alenia […]
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Government/Military
Harris to Supply Navy Seabees with Satellite Terminals
[Satellite Today 03-23-09] Harris Corp. received a $30 million contract from the U.S. Navy First Construction Division — the Seabees — to provide multiband satellite reachback capabilities from around the […]
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Connectivity
Mitsubishi Selects Integral Epoch to Support DS2000 Satellite Platform
[Satellite Today 03-23-09] Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has selected Integral Systems’ Epoch Integrated Product Suite) to support Mitsubishi’s DS2000 satellite platform, Integral announced March 19. Under the terms of the […]
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Connectivity
AsiaSat Sees Revenues Increase, Profits Fall
[Satellite Today 03-23-09] AsiaSat has seen an increase in revenues but a fall in profits in 2008, according to the company’s full-year financial results released March 19. AsiaSat reported […]
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Finance
SATELLITE 2009 – Solutions Start Here
Welcome to the 28th SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition. This year’s theme “Solutions Start Here,” could not be more appropriate for today’s communications world, where customers do not want to create […]
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Finance
Economic Impact Dominates Industry Discussion
SATELLITE 2009 opens following a busy 12 months. The sector has seen the emergence of new players, new business models and new opportunities — all coming against the backdrop of […]
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Finance
Funding Issues Create Industry Anxiety
The ability to access funding for business plans has become a lot tougher than it was just 12 months ago, casting a huge shadow not just over the satellite sector […]
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Government/Military
Rep. Tauscher To Leave House Armed Services Committee For Administration Post
Whether This Means Brighter Outlook For Missile Defense Programs Isn’t Yet Clear The leading congressional critic of missile defense systems will leave the powerful post where she was able to […]
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Government/Military
Airborne Laser System Endangered By Looming Budget Cuts
Military May Lose Laser Capability In Killing Enemy Missiles; Industrial Base Is Threatened By Budget Moves Legislators Write Letter To Gates A bipartisan group of legislators told Secretary of Defense […]
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Connectivity
Newtec Wins Middle East Mobile TV Deal
[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Mobision has selected Newtec’s Horizon HZ420 equipment for use in what Newtec claims is the Middle East’s first ever paid mobile television service for mobile phones and […]
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Connectivity
Thaicom Ready to Bring Satellite Broadband to Japan
[Satellite Today 03-20-09] IPStar Co., subsidiary of Thaicom, has received the necessary licenses from the Japanese government to bring satellite broadband services to Japan, the Thai satellite operator announced March. […]
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Connectivity
Stratos to Distribute ViaSat BGAN Terminals
[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Stratos Global Corp. signed an agreement to become a global distributor of two new ViaSat ruggedized BGAN terminals, the companies announced March 19. Stratos will distribute […]
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Connectivity
XipLink, Diem Technologies Form Strategic Partnership
[Satellite Today 03-20-09] XipLink has named Diem Technologies, based in Genova, Italy, a value-added reseller to provide delivery and logistics support for XipLink’s XA-Series of appliances and the XipStick portable […]
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Connectivity
GeoEye Delivers Satellite Imagery to Google
[Satellite Today 03-20-09] GeoEye has started delivering high-resolution, color satellite imagery from its newest satellite to Google, GeoEye announced March. 19. The images from GeoEye-1 include shots of the […]
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Connectivity
Inmarsat CEO Hails Company’s Resilience
[Satellite News 03-20-09] Inmarsat posted better-than-expected results in 2008, with pre-tax profits increasing by more than 50 percent over 2007 to $193.8 million. Inmarsat also recorded total revenues of $996.7 […]
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Connectivity
Intelsat Reports Fourth Quarter, Full Year Financial Results
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Intelsat Ltd. reported 2008 fourth quarter revenues of $608.8 million and full-year revenues of $2.3 billion, the company announced March 18. The operator also reported fourth […]
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Connectivity
GlobeCast Launches New Satellite Broadcast Platform
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GlobeCast has launched its second MCPC platform on the AsiaSat 3S satellite, GlobeCast announced March 18. The C-band platform is located at 105.5 degrees East with […]
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Connectivity
GeoEye Signs Reseller Contracts with Asian, EMEA Customers
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GeoEye Inc. has signed agreements with several international resellers to provide high-resolution satellite imagery and value-added products from GeoEye-1 to Beijing Earth Observation (BEO), Space Imaging Middle […]
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Connectivity
EchoStar Europe Targets European Cable
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] EchoStar Europe is targeting the European cable market with a new range of advanced set-top boxes, the company announced March 18. EchoStar Europe said it aims […]
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Connectivity
Türk Telekom Selects Envivio Encoding Platform for IPTV Launch
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Türk Telekom has selected Envivio Inc.’s Convergence series video headend for its IPTV project in Turkey, Envivio announced March 17. Türk Telekom will use Envivio 4Caster […]
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Government/Military
CCAP: TerraSAR-X Accuracy Exceeds Standards
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] The Civil and Commercial Applications Project (CCAP) group within the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) asid the geolocation accuracy and performance of Infoterra’s TerraSAR-X data product exceeds […]
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Connectivity
Faria LRIT System Receives Iridium Certification
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Faria’s WatchDog 750 long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) ship terminal has completed compliance and testing requirements for operation on the Iridium satellite network, Faria announced March 17. […]
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Connectivity
Idate: Falling Terminal Prices Driving Satellite Broadband Market Revival
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] There has been a revival in the satellite broadband market thanks to the falling price of terminals and the emergence of Ka-band satellites, according to the findings […]
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Government/Military
India to Keep ISRO Launch Vehicles Busy
[Satellite News 03-19-09] While there will be plenty of launch opportunities within India, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) also hopes to make inroads internationally in the next five years, […]
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Government/Military
Arrowhead Awarded U.S. Government X-Band Contracts
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Arrowhead Global Solutions has been awarded a pair of multimillion dollar contracts to provide more than 200 megahertz of commercial X-band satellite services to two U.S. government […]
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Government/Military
ViaSat Receives U.S. Army Order for Blue Force Testing Prototype
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] ViaSat received an order from the U.S. Army for initial production of the next generation Blue Force Tracking (BFT-2) transceivers for the Force 21 Battle Command Brigade […]
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Connectivity
Loral Reports Net Loss due to Telesat Acquisition, Economic Climate
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Loral Space & Communications Inc. reported a net loss of $692.9 million in 2008, the company announced March 17. The losses were mainly attributed to non-cash charges […]
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Government/Military
ULA Scores NASA Contract
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) won a contract valued at about $600 million from NASA to launch four science and satellite communications missions beginning in 2011, the ULA […]
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Connectivity
Final Preparations for TerreStar-1 Launch Underway
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] TerreStar completed final satellite and reflector post dynamics performance testing of the TerreStar-1 mobile services satellite and has entered into the final phase of integration and testing […]
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Government/Military
Symmetricom Awarded GPS 3A Contract from ITT
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Symmetricom has been awarded a contract from ITT Corp. to provide components for the GPS 3 system, Symmetricom announced March 16. Under the terms of the […]