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[Satellite Today 07-09-08] WildBlue Communications has completed hardware and software system upgrades designed to increase its total network capacity by more than 150,000 additional customers, the operator announced July 9....

[Satellite Today – 07-09-08] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a contract to manufacture a new spacecraft for Spain’s Hispasat Group, SS/L announced July 9.     Hispasat 1E, scheduled to...

[Satellite Today 07-09-08] RigNet, a communications solutions provider, announced two shifts in personnel. Shareholders elected Tom Matthews chairman of the board of directors and Brian Keefover was named director of...

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) reached an agreement with Boeing Satellite Systems Inc. to defer $40 million of payments on the construction of the MSV-2 satellite, MSV announced...

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] ViaSat Inc. signed a 10-year agreement with KVH Industries Inc. establishing a global Ku-band mobile broadband network using ArcLight technology.     Under the agreement, KVH initially will...

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] MotoSat has been acquired by the Balaton Group Inc., a private equity firm based in Toronto, the companies announced July 8.     MotoSat, founded in 1984 as...

[Satellite News 07-08-08] VT iDirect Inc. and Panasonic signed an agreement to license iDirect’s satellite IP router technology with the Panasonic exConnect in-flight satellite transmission platform, iDirect announced July 8....

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] Americom Government Services (AGS) received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to host an experimental sensor on board a commercial spacecraft, the company announced July 8....

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC was awarded a contract by Spain’s Sistemas Tecnicos de Loterias del Estado S.A. (STL) to provide equipment and support services, Hughes announced July...

[Satellite Today 07-08-08] The Sea Launch board appointed Kjell Karlsen president and general manager, replacing Robert Peckham, Sea Launch announced July 7.     Karlsen joined Sea Launch 1999 as vice...