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[Satellite Today 03-12-09] International Launch Services (ILS) has been contracted by ViaSat to the launch the ViaSat-1 satellite on an ILS Proton in the first half of 2011, ILS announced […]

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] Thales Alenia Space has won a contract with JSC ISS-Reshetnev Co. to supply the Telkom-3 communications satellite payload, the company announced March 11.     ISS is the […]

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] Sirius XM Radio added about 83,000 new subscribers at the end of the year, well short of the 1.1 million subscribers the company added in the fourth […]

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] Bourbon, a French marine services group, has chosen Orange Business Services for the modernization of the communications system for its fleet of 150 vessels, Orange announced March […]

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] ComDev reported a 26 percent increase in revenue in its first quarter of 2009, at $56.5 million compared to $44.9 million in 2008, the company announced March […]

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) completed a full mission-duration firing of its Merlin vacuum engine March 7 at SpaceX’s test facility in McGregor, Texas, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 03-12-09] AsiaSat will deregister from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and terminate its reporting obligations, the company announced March 10.     AsiaSat delisted its American depositary […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] SES Astra will move its Astra 2C satellite from its current orbital position at 28.2 degrees East to 31.5 degrees East to take over the mission of […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Raytheon, along with Northrop Grumman and the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office have deployed and demonstrated the ground segment’s interface data processing […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Thuraya has launched a satellite-based Public Calling Office (PCO) service in Zambia and Cameroon, the company announced March 10.     Thuraya’s PCO is a telephone unit providing […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC), in partnership with its Australian-based distributor, OmniCast, received an order from Global Vision Networks for the provision of a digital cinema broadband distribution […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Twenty First Century Systems (21CSI) has entered into an agreement with Infoterra to become the U.S. distributor of its satellite based synthetic aperture radar TerraSAR-X services, 21CSI […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] Swe-Dish Satellite Systems unveiled its FA120KS Fly-Away satellite communications terminal with multi-band capability, the company announced March 10.     The FA120KS is being marketed for voice, video […]

[Satellite Today 03-11-09] TeamCast is releasing Power4-T2, the first version of its DVB-T2 modulator, the company announced March 10.     The company said the solution had just completed DVB-T2 testing, […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Iridium completed the replacement of its operational satellite lost in the Feb. 10 collision with a non-operational Russian military satellite, Iridium announced March 9.     Iridium worked […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has delivered the first two suites of equipment for the Kanopus-type satellite platforms to VNIIEM in Russia, the company said March 6. […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Orbcomm’s two-way satellite data communications services have been authorized for use in Greece, Albania and Latvia, the company announced March 9.     The company said the increase […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] EMS Satamatics has received Germanischer Lloyd-class approval for its latest Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) solution, EMS announced March 9.     The small size of the […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. launched its next-generation Blue Force Tracking High Capacity (BFT-HC) solution for satellite-enhanced asset tracking and secure mobile data communications, Comtech announced March 9. […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] Swe-Dish Satellite Systems launched a high-capacity satcom-on-the-move terminal, the company announced March 9.     The terminal is the result of an integration of Swe-Dish’s satellite terminal technology […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] TriaGnoSys is set to reveal a next-generation Newsky Network air traffic control service that integrates satellite technology to provide graphical weather maps, Voice Over IP and passenger […]

[Satellite Today 03-10-09] SkyTerra appointed Gary Epstein as executive vice president of law and regulation, the company announced March 9.     Epstein will be responsible for the legal, legislative and […]

Mobil Satellite Technologies was awarded a contract by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency to provide mobile and fixed satellite Internet equipment and service to state agencies, institutions and other public […]

Australian Satellite Communications (ASC) has chosen the Evolution platform from iDirect to implement a DVB-S2 network covering Australia and New Zealand, iDirect announced.     ASC said it will leverage the […]

SES New Skies has contracted capacity on the upcoming NSS-12 satellite to Detasad, a German-Saudi joint venture and provider of telecommunication and IT services.     Detasad said it chose NSS-12 […]

ViaSat appointed Satcom Direct as a value-added reseller and customer support liaison for its new Yonder mobile broadband service, ViaSat announced.     The deal provides coverage over North America, the […]

Allen and Overy has reached a financial close with Mubadala Development Co. and Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (Yahsat) on the Yahsat satellite project, Allen and Overy announced. The $1.8 […]

Elbit Systems has completed the acquisition of Shiron Satellite from Polar Communications for $16 million, Elbit announced.     Polar Communications, which owned 47.4 percent of Shiron, said it will record […]

Inmarsat has gone live with its Inmarsat-4 F1 satellite, completing a project to relocate its broadband satellites to provide global coverage, the company announced.     The move also completes the […]

ND SatCom and Central European Telecom Services (CETel) are joining forces in the area of the managed services, the two companies announced.     The agreement will see ND SatCom, a […]