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[Satellite TODAY 07-12-10] Mobile satellite service provider TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) received a $9.8 million order from the U.S. Army for support equipment and maintenance of secret and non-secure Internet protocol […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-10] The German military’s ComsatBw-2 communications satellite is operational and has been handed over by manufacturer Astrium after completing in-orbit testing, Astrium announced July 9.      ComsatBw-2, launched […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-10] Inmarsat has signed a partnership agreement with technology developer GateHouse for the two companies to create a development program to enhance the BGAN Software Defined Radio (SDR) […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-10] ViaSat has been awarded a $5.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy for tactical data link and satellite communications equipment and engineering support services, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-12-10] The Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) Insat-4B communications satellite suffered a power glitch July 7, forcing a shutdown of half of its transponder capacity, ISRO announced July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] Globecomm Systems has secured two contracts to provide wireless managed services to unnamed service operators in Antigua, the Turks and the Caicos Islands, the service provider announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received a $22.2 million order for mobile satellite data communications transceivers under its $384 million Blue Force Tracking (BFT) IDIQ program contract with […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] Harris Corp. has received orders totaling $99 million to supply C4I systems, including Falcon tactical radios and sensors for UAVs and other advanced satcom applications, to an […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] NASA has awarded a crew robotics and vehicle equipment work contract to ATK Space Systems, the agency announced July 8.     ATK was among three contract winners. […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-09-10] Thaicom will launch a high-speed Internet service in India via the Ipstar broadband satellite in the third quarter of 2010, the company announced July 8.     In […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] Vizada is offering the full range of its solutions package with the Iridium OpenPort service to shipping customers through a direct interconnection with the Iridium network, Vizada […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] RigNet has entered into a multi-year contract with Seahawk Drilling, an oil drilling services company in the Gulf of Mexico, to provide managed remote communications for its […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] The U.S. Air Force has postponed a  scheduled July 8 Minotaur 4 launch carrying the Space-Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) due to an anomaly discovered on another Minotaur […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] Astrium has been contracted by the European Space Agency (ESA) to undertake initial development studies for a next-generation launcher (NGL) for future satellite launches under the ESA’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] DigitalGlobe has signed a contract with end-to-end Internet business products and service provider Internap to use its managed hosting and route-optimized performance IP network to power DigitalGlobe’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-08-10] United Space Alliance (USA) will layoff about 15 percent of its 8,100-employee space shuttle workforce, effective Oct. 1, the company announced July 7.     USA said the […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Kudelski Group subsidiary Nagravision was selected by Spanish broadband communication and entertainment provider ONO to provide security technology supporting its next generation, hybrid television platform, Nagravision announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] A class-action lawsuit was filed July 1 against DirecTV field service provider Multiband Corp. on behalf of satellite installers and technicians who claim they were treated as […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] A majority of Satellite TODAY’s June Quick Poll respondents said that they have bad experiences with manufacturers after they have been acquired or have merged with a […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] U.K. satellite operator Bentley Walker has purchased two iDirect 5IF Hubs to expand services via Eutelsat SkyLogic’s teleports in Turin and Cagliari, Italy, iDirect announced July 6. […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Indian mobile network operator Reliance Communications (RCom) has agreed to acquire cable television distribution firm Digicable in an all-stock deal, the companies announced July 6.     RCom […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-07-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been awarded a contract from broadcaster Hispasat Group to build the Amazonas 3 spacecraft, SS/L announced July 6.     Amazonas 3 will be […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] TerreStar expects to begin commercial rollout of its TerreStar Genus dual-mode satellite-cellular smartphone in September, the company announced July 5.     TerraStar unveiled the smartphone and its […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] Thailand’s Pheu Thai Party will launch Asia Update, a new C-band satellite TV service, next week from a transponder on an unnamed foreign-owned satellite, party deputy spokesman […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] The Norwegian AISSat-1 (Automatic Identification System) satellite has been scheduled to launch in August on an Indian rocket, the Norwegian Space Center announced July 5.     AISat-1, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV C-15 July 12 from the Sriharikota Space Center, ISRO announced July 5.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-06-10] The U.S. Air Force will launch its Space-Based Surveillance System (SBSS) satellite July 9 from the Vandenberg Air Force base in California, the Air Force confirmed July […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10] The U.S. Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command‘s (SPAWAR) Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) has completed a series of UHF component tests for the program’s first satellite, […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10]  Eutelsat has appointed Andrew Wallace CCO, the company announced July 2.     Wallace replaces Olivier Milliès-Lacroix, who will leave the company this month to pursue other interests […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-05-10] The Nilesat-201 and Rascom-QAF1R satellites have been delivered to Arianespace in French Guiana in preparation for their Aug. 3 launch on an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced […]