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Connectivity
DirecTV Sees Strong Subscriber Take-Up
[Satellite Today 02-12-09] DirecTV has seen impressive subscriber take-up in the U.S. and Latin America. These were two of the highlights of its fourth quarter and full year results to […]
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Connectivity
Analysts Buoyed by Eutelsat Results
Eutelsat Communications has issued a strong set of results and seems to be thriving despite tough economic conditions. The satellite operator issued its first half year results, Feb 10. Such […]
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Connectivity
Canal Digital Loses DTH Subscribers
Canal Digital lost 12,000 DTH subscribers in the quarter to the end of December. This was one of the highlights of Telenor’s latest set of results issued Feb. 11. Canal […]
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Connectivity
Globecomm Launches Broadband Maritime Solution
[Satellite Today 02-11-09] Globecomm Systems is launching a global broadband satellite maritime solution in combination with Mach6, the company announced Feb. 9. The two companies have already received an order […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat Issues Positive Set of Results
[Satellite Today 02-11-09] Eutelsat Communications has reported a close to eight percent increase in overall revenues for the six months to the end of December. This was one of the […]
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Connectivity
Avanti Rejects Approach
[Satellite Today 02-11-09] Avanti Communications has received an unsolicited approach for the company, it said Feb. 10. The European based satellite operator, which is getting set to launch its high-powered […]
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Connectivity
Austar Helps Relief Effort in Australia
[Satellite Today 02-11-09] Austar, the Australian satellite pay-TV operator, is ready to support relief efforts in Australia after fires tore through parts of the country. The operator, said Feb. 10, […]
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Connectivity
Solaris Mobile Ready to Showcase Live Mobile Video
[Satellite Today 02-11-09] Solaris Mobile is getting ready to launch live mobile video demonstrations in Europe, the company said Feb. 9. The company, a joint venture between SES Astra and […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Martin Confirms Military Satellite Test
[Satellite Today 02-11-09] The second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite is now undergoing thermal vacuum testing, Lockheed Martin said Feb. 9. The testing is taking place at […]
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Connectivity
Arianespace Confirms Successful Soyuz Launch
[Satellite Today 02-11-09] The first successful Soyuz launch in 2009 has taken place today. Arianespace said, Feb. 10, that the Progress cargo spacecraft was accurately placed on the target orbit […]
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Connectivity
Analysts Examine Satellite Pay-TV Failure in Africa
[Satellite News 02-10-09] The closure of the GTV satellite pay-TV service is a huge blow to the nascent sub-Saharan Africa pay-TV market. GTV was one of the first low-cost pay-TV […]
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Connectivity
New Satellite Operator Created in the Middle East
[Satellite Today 02-10-09] A new private satellite operator has been established in the Middle East. The creation of a new $500 million company, ‘SmartSat’ was announced Feb. 9. The company […]
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Connectivity
Globecomm Systems CEO “Disappointed” by Results
[Satellite Today 02-10-09] Globecomm Systems has seen a decrease in revenues and profits for the second half of 2008. This was one of the highlights of second quarter and half […]
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Connectivity
AsiaSat Back in Fashion
[Satellite Today 02-10-09] AsiaSat has signed a C-Band capacity deal with Fashion TV (FTV), the company announced Feb. 9. The deal is for C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2 to launch […]
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Connectivity
Gilat Gets Africa Boost
[Satellite Today 02-10-09] Gilat Satellite Networks has signed a new deal to boost communications to Nigeria’s financial community. The company said, Feb. 9, that long-time customer DCC Satellite & Networks […]
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Connectivity
Spacenet Helps NASCAR Team
[Satellite Today 02-10-09] Spacenet has announced details of a collaboration with a leading NASCAR racing team. Spacenet said, Feb. 9. that its Connexstar satellite communications services have been deployed to […]
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Connectivity
BSkyB Wins Five out of Six
[Satellite Today 02-10-09] BSkyB is the big winner in the latest U.K. Premier League soccer rights auction, which concluded Feb. 6. The satellite pay-TV operator won five out of the […]
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Government/Military
Boeing, Lockheed Marting Receive TSAT Contract Extension
Boeing received a $75 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force to continue risk reduction and system definition for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT). The six-month contract extension […]
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Government/Military
Vizada to Provide Inmarsat, Iridium Satcom to U.S. Army
Vizada won a contract with Delta Wave Communications to supply the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers with Inmarsat and Iridium mobile satellite communications services in the United States and overseas. […]
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Government/Military
PCI Provides Satcom to Afghansitan via Australia
Proactive Communications Inc. (PCI) signed a $2 million contract negotiation with Australian-based operator NewSat to provide a unified communications solution to customers in Afghanistan. The three-year deal will expand […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman Advance TSAT Risk Reduction System
A team led by Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman sent its SpaceWire data bus technology for preliminary design review. The development marks a milestone in the risk reduction phase […]
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Government/Military
ViaSat Demonstrates Advanced Blue Force Tracking Capabilities
ViaSat Inc. and the U.S. Army extended the vehicular Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT2) demonstration with U.S. Army Aviation BFT2 demonstrations aboard a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter. ViaSat’s ArcLight BFT2 […]
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Government/Military
MDA Flies First Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) conducted its first unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flight in Afghanistan Jan. 1. Flight operations are underway from Kandahar Airfield for the Canadian Department of […]
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Government/Military
AIA Sees Benefits, Challenges in Obama’s Space Weapons Ban Policy
President Obama is pursuing a global ban on space-based weapons while promising to protect U.S. satellites from harm, according to a Jan. 26 announcement from the White House. The […]
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Government/Military
NATO Looks to IP to Meet Communications Challenges
NATO’s demands for bandwidth are increasing, and the organization has been tapping into the benefits of IP technologies to help in operations, said Malcolm Green, chief of CAT 9 communication […]
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Government/Military
U.S. Army Completes Testing of Satellite Tracking System
In 2010, the U.S. Army Logistics Innovation Agency (LIA) will leverage global communications integrator Arinc’s Asset Assure wireless satellite tracking systems to provide weapons manufacturers and intermediaries with real-time global […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Martin Completes SBIRS Software Testing
Lockheed Martin‘s Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite has completed baseline integrated system testing of new flight software that enables command and control operations. The flight software […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon: GPS OCX Project on Track, Within Budget
A team led by Raytheon Co. completed a segment design review and modernized capability engineering for the U.S. Air Force‘s next-generation GPS control segment (GPS OCX). Working under a […]
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Government/Military
Insitu Selects Enerdyne to Provide DVA Technology for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Enerdyne Technologies, a ViaSat company, will supply its EnerLinks2 digital video over analog (DVA) data link technology to Insitu Inc. for use in its Integrator and next-generation ScanEagle unmanned aerial […]
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Government/Military
L-3 Receives Ka-Band Traveling Wave Tube Order from U.S. Air Force
L-3 Electron Technologies received combined orders totaling nearly $1 million for the development of a high-efficiency 600-watt Ka-band communications helix traveling wave tube. The airborne platform communications technology orders […]