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[09-20-07 – Satellite Today]  Tandberg Television has won a deal to supply advanced IP infrastructure equipment and encoders to a new direct-to-home provider in India, Tandberg announced Sept. 19. Bharti...

[09-20-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Development and Test Wing awarded      Lockheed Martin a $2.4 million task order to support missions of...

[09-20-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Air Force awarded   Comtech EF Data Corp. a $5.3 million development contract for the High Data Rate Radio Frequency Ground Modem, the company announced...

[09-20-07 – Satellite Today]  Arqiva, the U.K.-based satellite solutions company, received a contract to help launch the BBC’s free-to-air digital TV platform, dubbed Freesat, by March, Arqiva announced Sept. 18....

[09-20-07 – Satellite Today] The  Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST), a Dubai government organization, plans to launch its DubaiSat-1 spacecraft in 2008, the organization announced. The satellite...

[09-20-07 – Satellite Today]  Iridium Satellite has increased maritime traffic in Asia and the South Pacific by 22 percent, land-based traffic by 26 percent, the company announced Sept. 18. "Traffic...

[09-18-07 – Satellite Today] The state of Missouri awarded Orbital Data Net a satellite broadband contract to provide WildBlue high-speed internet via satellite service throughout the state, the company announced....

[09-18-07 – Satellite Today] Altium Ltd. has donated software to the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Space Flight Laboratory to support the school’s CanX satellite missions, the company...

[09-18-07 – Satellite Today] International Communications Group (ICG) received a contract Dassault Falcon to provide Iridium satellite communication systems and handsets as optional equipment for the Falcon family of aircraft,...

[09-18-07 – Satellite Today] In-orbit testing of the DirecTV 10 satellite has uncovered problems with some of the spacecraft’s spot beams, DirecTV announced Sept. 14. DirecTV 10, which will be...