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Connectivity
Sirius XM Radio to Release Free Andriod, Nexus One Smartphone Application
[Satellite TODAY 04-26-10] Sirius XM Radio will release in May a free application for the Motorola Andriod and Google Nexus One smartphones, the satellite broadcaster announced April 23. The […]
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Connectivity
Stratos Selected to Provide BGAN to Global Awareness Expedition
[Satellite TODAY 04-26-10] Stratos Global Corp. has been selected to provide Inmarsat BGAN mobile broadband satellite service to the Running Tunisia expedition, Stratos announced April 23. Running Tunisia, the […]
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Connectivity
Iridium Names OpenPort Maritime Reseller in Japan
[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Iridium Communications named KDDI Corp. an authorized service provider for the Iridium OpenPort high-bandwidth maritime satellite communication service in Japan, Iridium announced April 22. KDDI has […]
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Connectivity
MTN Opens New VSAT Teleport in Spain
[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Connectivity service provider MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has opened a satellite teleport in Santander, Spain, in a joint venture project with Erzia Technologies, MTN announced April 22. […]
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Connectivity
Mission Control: The Countdown Begins for SES-1 Launch on Satellite TODAY
[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Don’t miss history in the making as SatelliteTODAY.com brings you a live webcast of the third ILS Proton launch campaign for 2010. Join us on www.SatelliteTODAY.com […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon Space Sales Jump in First Quarter
[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Raytheon’s first quarter 2010 net income grew to $453 million from the same quarter in 2009, when it reported $449 million in operations income, the company announced […]
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Government/Military
Boeing Sees First Quarter Space Systems Revenue Decline
[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Boeing Defense, Space and Security’s 2010 first-quarter revenues fell to $7.6 billion from $7.7 billion reported in 2009 due to lower volume in network and space systems, […]
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Connectivity
Harris Delivers Nexio Platform to German Broadcaster
[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Harris Corp. has been contracted to provide its Nexio advanced media platform to German national public television broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Harris announced April 22. […]
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Government/Military
ATK Ships ORS-1 Satellite Bus
[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has shipped the Operational Responsive Space-1 (ORS) satellite bus to Goodrich Corp. for payload integration after completing environmental tests, ATK announced. ATK said […]
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Connectivity
Cathay Pacific Airways Selects Arinc EFB Management Services
[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Arinc’s AeroConnx Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) datalink communication solution for its fleet, Arinc announced April 21. Cathay Pacific installed the system […]
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Connectivity
GSE to Help Ocens Avoid Iridium, Inmarsat Long-Distance Charges
[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Global Satellite Engineering (GSE) has signed an agreement with Ocens Data Services to provide its SatCollect software to help Ocens reduce their in-bound call expenditure for all […]
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Connectivity
Satellite CEOs Rely on Customer Relations to Recover from Economic Downturn
[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] CEOs from a cross-section of the satellite industry — fixed satellite services, imaging, and satellite ground equipment segments — are stressing the value of long-term customer relationships […]
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Connectivity
SES to Launch European 3-D Demo Channel
[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] SES Astra is set to launch a 3-D demo channel in Europe May 4 following initial testing, the company announced April 21. The new Astra 3-D […]
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Connectivity
Lockheed Martin Satellite Sales Slip in 2010 First Quarter
[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] While Lockheed Martin’s overall earnings for the 2010 first quarter fell from $666 million in 2009 to $547 million, net sales for the company’s space systems division […]
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Connectivity
Harris Wins Mobile Digital TV Broadcasting Deal with NBC Affiliate
[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Harris Corp. has signed an agreement with NBC affiliate broadcaster Belo Corp. to provide Harris’ MPH platform to support the launch of Belo’s mobile digital TV transmission, […]
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Connectivity
Glowlink Upgrades Spectrum Monitoring System
[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Glowlink has released the third generation of its Model 1000 spectrum monitoring system, the company announced April 19. Model 1000 3G upgrades include paired-carrier monitoring, increased […]
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Connectivity
BusinessCom Launches iDirect VSAT Services in the Middle East
[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] BusinessCom has launched iDirect Evolution Ku-band satellite Internet access services on the Loral Skynet Telstar-11N and SES NSS-12 geostationary satellites, BusinessCom announced April 20. The Evolution […]
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Government/Military
GMV Opens German Subsidiary
[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] GMV has opened a subsidiary in Darmstadt, Germany, the Madrid-based space company announced April 20. The new subsidiary aims to enhance GMV’s relationship with the European […]
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Government/Military
Integral Systems Contracted to Relocate NOAA Satellite Operations Facility
[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Integral Systems has entered into a partnership agreement with Aleut Communications Services to relocate the operational satellite ground system equipment of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
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Connectivity
KVH, ViaSat Complete Global Mini-VSAT Coverage
[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] KVH and ViaSat have launched their mini-VSAT broadband service to the Indian Ocean, Guam, and Northern Australia regions via Sky Perfect JSAT’s JCSAT-85 satellite, KVH announced April […]
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Connectivity
Orbital First Quarter Revenues Boosted by NASA Resupply Contract
[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Orbital Sciences Corp.’s first-quarter 2010 revenues increased from $295.7 million in 2009 to $296.2 million, the company reported in its latest financial results, released April 20. […]
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Government/Military
GPS 3 Development Ahead of Schedule
[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Lockheed Martin is ahead of development schedule for the U.S. Air Force‘s next-generation GPS system, GPS 3, having completed 26 of 65 critical design review (CDR) tests, […]
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Connectivity
Iridium Integrates SBD Service on Quake Satellite Transceivers
[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Iridium Communications has expanded its value-added manufacturing agreement with Quake Global to integrate Iridium’s short-burst data (SBD) service into Quake’s new line of industrial satellite transceivers, the […]
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Government/Military
ViaSat Wins MIDS-LVT Add-On Order
[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] ViaSat has received a $6.6 million add-on to its $21.5 million Multifunctional Information Distribution System–Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) delivery order contract with the U.S. Space and Naval […]
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Connectivity
SES Leases Three Transponders to South African Broadcaster
[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] SES Astra signed a capacity agreement with South African pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM), the DTH satellite system provider announced April 19. ODM, which is […]
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Connectivity
Inmarsat Secures Alphasat Financing
[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Inmarsat completed an eight-year, 225 million euro ($302.9 million) credit facility from the European Investment Bank to fund the build and launch of the Alphasat 1-XL satellite, […]
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Connectivity
SeaMobile Europe Wins Connectivity Services Contract for Ocean Race
[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10] SeaMobile Europe has been chosen to provide audio and video satellite communications for the AG2R Transat maritime race, the company announced April 16. SeaMobile Europe will […]
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Government/Military
DigitalGlobe Selects Raytheon to Supply Constellation Management System
[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10] Satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe has contracted Raytheon to provide an enhanced constellation collection management system, DigitalGlobe announced April 16. The Raytheon system aims to provide DigitalGlobe’s […]
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Connectivity
Intelsat Responds to Unfair Business Practice Complaints
[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10] Satellite operators Artel, Caprock and Globecomm filed complaints with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and called for a congressional and regulatory inquiry over alleged unfair business […]
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Government/Military
Brazil, India, South Africa Partner to Launch Two Satellites
[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10] Brazil, India and the Republic of South Africa signed an agreement to develop and launch a new civil satellite program into space, government officials from the countries […]