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[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] According to Satellite TODAY’s May 2010 Web poll results, 67.9 percent of respondents said they believe commercial launch capacity will increase in the future as a result...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to build the Anik G1 satellite for Telesat, the companies announced June 1.    The Anik G1 multi-mission spacecraft will be...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] DigitalGlobe has secured a one-year Crisis Event Service (CES) imagery agreement with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), DigitalGlobe announced June 1.     CES, launched by DigitalGlobe...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Eurovision has signed deals with SES World Skies and AsiaSat to provide satellite delivery of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the operators announced June...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 satellite has safely passed SES’s AMC-11 satellite after Intelsat lost control of the spacecraft April 5 due to a solar storm anomaly, Intelsat confirmed...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Venezuelan telecoms operator CanTV has signed a deal with China Digital TV Holding Co. (CDT), which will see the Chinese company install various systems and solutions on...

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] VT iDirect has released a new line of software packages for its SatManage network management system, the company announced June 1.     iDirect has combined the product’s...

BusinessCom Launches iDirect VSAT Services in Middle East BusinessCom launched iDirect Evolution Ku-band satellite Internet access services on the Loral Skynet Telstar-11N and SES NSS-12 geostationary satellites. The services cover...

Glowlink Upgrades Spectrum Monitoring System Glowlink has released the third generation of its Model 1000 spectrum monitoring system, which includes upgrades such as paired-carrier monitoring, increased signal speed and characterization,...

Ericsson Wins 3-D Technology Award The Ericsson 3-D content delivery solution, featuring the company’s MPEG-4 AVC HD contribution encoder, won the 2010 Superior Technology Award Recipient (STAR) award at the...