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[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10] GlobeCast CEO Christian Pinon is leaving the company, GlobeCast announced Aug. 2.      Pinon is leaving GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, at the end of September...

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10] NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) tabbed five science instruments for the first mission joint instrument to Mars, the agencies announced Aug. 2.      The ExoMars...

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10] Astrium won a contract worth 55.2 million euros ($72 million) from the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) to manufacture and launch an Earth observation optical...

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10] Orbital Sciences has been selected by NASA as the prime contractor under the Sounding Rocket Operations Contract 2 (NSROC 2) program, the company announced July 30.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10]  ViaSat has contracted Cavium Networks to supply its Octeon Multi-Core processor technology to power ViaSat’s next-generation subscriber terminals and SurfBeam 2 broadband aggregation gateways, Cavium announced July...

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10]  Harris Corp. has completed its $525 million acquisition of CapRock Communications, Harris announced July 30.     As a result of the combination, Harris will acquire CapRock’s end-to-end...

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10]  Eutelsat saw its 2010 full-year revenues increase more than 11 percent over its 2009 year-end results to 1.05 billion euros ($1.37 billion), with net profits increasing 9...

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10]  SES saw modest revenue growth in its 2010 second quarter at 844.9 million euros ($1.1 billion), an increase of 4.5 percent compared to the same stage last...

[Satellite TODAY 08-02-10] Canadian antenna manufacturer C-Com Satellite Systems saw its 2010 second quarter net profits increase by 27.4 percent to $501,432 Canadian dollars ($486,827) despite a 29.5 percent drop...

Former CapRock CTO Philip Harlow has found a new position as Xtar’s president and COO, responsible for the growth and strategic direction of Xtar’s global X-band business as well as...