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[Satellite Today 08-28-08] ND SatCom, an SES Astra company, will deliver a turnkey redundant 5+1 uplink station for TDF‘s teleport in Nantes, France, the company announced Aug. 28.     According […]

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] Satamatics, a provider of satellite telematics, asset tracking and monitoring solutions, has formed a new partnership with Satalliance which could boost its opportunities to gain business in […]

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] Norsat International Inc. has entered into a strategic partnership with Navisystem Marine Electronics, a provider of maritime VSAT based in Italy, the company announced Aug. 28.     […]

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] Pacific Century Matrix has been renamed GlobeCast Hong Kong Ltd. following its acquisition by GlobeCast earlier this summer, the new company announced Aug. 28.     The integration […]

[Satellite Today 08-28-08] Skylogic, the broadband affiliate of Eutelsat Communications, has been awarded an ISO 14001 environmental management system certification from Bureau Veritas, an accredited certification body of quality, environmental […]

[Satellite News 08-28-08] iBiquity Digital Corp., a developer and licenser of HD radio technology, told Satellite News that it will file with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in response […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Thales Alenia Space has begun production assembly, integration and testing of the first Globalstar second-generation flight model satellites, Globalstar, Thales Alenia Space and Arianespace announced on Aug. […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Hughes Network has made HughesNet Business Internet service plans available, the company announced Aug. 27. The plan aims to provide high-performance broadband access to small- and mid-sized […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Avanti Communications has signed wholesale partnership agreement with a satellite telecommunications service provider in Albania, opening its first business in the country, Avanti said Aug. 26.     […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] The RapidEye constellation is ready for launch from Baikonur Aug. 29, according to an announcement from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL).    All five satellites, designed and […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Streambox Inc. and Thrane & Thrane have forged a partnership, the companies announced Aug. 27.     The partnership is aimed to develop enhanced integration between the Streambox […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Channelot and Udcast have made the Channelot 100i available to the market, the companies announced Aug. 27.    The DVB-T/H micro-transmission station is embedded with a UDcast […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08]  GeoEye Inc. has provided high-resolution images taken from its Ikonos satellite for integration into Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X video game from UbiSoft, GeoEye announced Aug. 26.     The […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08]  Harmonic has appointed Ian Graham vice president of sales and support for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), the company announced Aug. 27.     Graham previously […]

[Satellite Today 08-27-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. named Frank Culbertson Jr. senior vice president and deputy general manager of the advanced programs group, and Mark Pieczynski vice president of the company’s […]

[Satellite News 08-26-08] OverHorizon, a new satellite services operator addressing the global mobile satellite communication market, hopes to launch services in the next two years.     In July, the government […]

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] DataPath Inc. has been awarded a contract to continue providing field services for DataPath Deployable Ku-band Earth Terminals (DKET) at a communications hub in Iraq, the company […]

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] ITT Corp. has named Eric Webster as vice president for government and industry partnerships for its Space Systems division, the company announced Aug. 26.     Webster will […]

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] AETN All Asia Networks (AAAN) launched the History Channel HD in Hong Kong and Singapore, the company announced Aug. 26. The channel will offer a separate schedule […]

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] Pace is targeting three areas of its business to make its products more environmentally friendly, the company announced Aug. 26. Pack is “taking action to reduce our […]

[Satellite Today 08-26-08] Thrane & Thrane, a manufacturer of equipment and systems for global mobile communication based on satellite and radio technology, reported a sharp increase in revenues and profits […]

[Satellite News 08-26-08] Stratos Global executives returned from a trip to Japan with a new joint venture, JSAT Mobile Communications, in hand. The entity, developed partnership with JSAT,  is set […]

[Satellite News 08-25-08] ManSat and the Office of Communications (Ofcom), an independent regulator and competition authority for the U.K. communications industries won a favorable ruling Aug. 13 in the High […]

Engineers finished testing the workhorse gas generator in the J-2X engine, in the upper stage of the next-generation Ares I rocket, NASA announced. The Ares will loft the future U.S. […]

Lockheed Gains $357 Million Hellfire II Production Contract The Army gave Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] a $357 million deal to produce more Hellfire missiles, the company announced today. They will […]

Space Shuttles For Hubble Mission, Standby, Unharmed By Storm; Shuttle Atlantis Still Set For Liftoff At 1:34 A.M. ET Oct. 8 Tropical Storm Fay, despite its drenching deluge that flooded […]

Sales of ballistic missile defense systems and components have grown to make up 10 percent of the revenues in Lockheed Martin [LMT], the largest defense contractor, a senior official said […]

NASA issued a request for information, or RFI, for concepts concerning communications and navigation services that could be used on the moon. The space agency wishes to gauge interest and […]

The global market for expendable launch vehicles (ELVs), or rockets, will see an upturn to total about $48 billion over the next decade, according to a new projection from Forecast […]

The U.S. military procurement effort faces an immense disconnect between funding needs and available financing, complicated by new emerging threats such as the loss of sanctuary in space and the […]