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[Satellite Today 05-22-09] RRsat Global Communications has started operating a new Multi Channels Per Carrier (MCPC) platform on Telesat’s Telstar 11N satellite located at 37.5 degrees West, RRsat announced May […]

[Satellite Today 05-22-09] Swedish Space Corp. (SSC) completed the acquisition of U.S.-based Universal Space Network (USN), a U.S.-based telemetry, tracking and control services provider, after it receiving approval from the […]

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) has completed NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) science instrument and has shipped the unit to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, who will […]

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] Israeli DTH platform, Yes reported an increase of net profits to $9.72 million, compared to a net loss of $3.40 million in the corresponding quarter last year, […]

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] The Ku-band and C-band missions of Eutelsat’s W2A satellite have now entered into full commercial service, Eutelsat announced May 19.     Operations for the W2A satellite, launched […]

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been awarded a multimillion dollar contract from DigitalGlobe to upgrade an existing multi-satellite ground station solution delivered by MDA in 2007, […]

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] Inmarsat has chosen Arianespace to launch the Alphasat I-XL communications satellite in 2012, Arianespace announced May 20. The deal follows an agreement between Inmarsat and the European […]

[Satellite Today 05-21-09] Boeing Co. accused NASA of “inexplicably” altering the evaluation process between the company and its competitor, Lockheed Martin, in the battle for a $1.1 billion contract to […]

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] The Indian Institute of Technology of Kanpur (IITK) has received approval from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to launch Jugnu, India’s lightest nano satellite, by the […]

[Satellite News 05-20-09] The bandwidth needs of the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Defense and its coalition forces have increased to the point where the U.S. government now […]

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] Skycasters, a broadband satellite solutions provider, won the 2009 Crain’s Leading Edge award from The Entrepreneurs Edge, a Ohio-based organization devoted to economic development through growth and […]

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] GlobeCast will partner with its recently acquired subsidiary, Netia, to demonstrate and release its new HD media sharing platforms and digital channel workflow at CommunicAsia 2009, GlobeCast […]

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] Ipstar Australia now has 60,000 broadband connections in Australia, its parent company Thaicom announced May 18.     Under the Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG), Ipstar service providers have […]

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] Faith Satellite Radio, a religious satellite radio service covering Africa and Europe, has secured capacity on the Intelsat 10 satellite, the company announced May 19.     Faith […]

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] BusinessCom has expanded its VSAT space segment capacity on Telesat’s Telstar-10; Ku-band capacity on Telstar-12 and C-band beam capacity on SES New Skies’ NSS-7 satellites, BusinessCom announced […]

[Satellite Today 05-20-09] The Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) awarded Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev (ISS Reshetnev) a contract to build the Express-AM5 and Express-AM6 satellites, RSCC announced May 19.     […]

[Satellite Today 05-19-09] Space Systems/Loral has delivered TerreStar-1 to its launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, where Arianespace will launch it on June 24 aboard an Ariane 5 heavy lift […]

[Satellite Today 05-19-09] Measat Satellite Systems signed a capacity deal the Asian Food Channel (AFC), renewing its video distribution contract on the Measat-3 satellite, Measat announced May 18.     AFC, […]

[Satellite Today 05-19-09] NASA rescheduled the launch of the U.S. Air Force’s TacSat-3 satellite on a Minotaur rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport for Tuesday, May 19, NASA announced May […]

[Satellite Today 05-19-09] God’s Learning Channel (GLC), a Christian faith-based channel, entered into an agreement with SatLink Communications for digital C-band capacity on the AsiaSat 2 satellite, SatLink announced May […]

[Satellite Today 05-19-09] RAD Data Communications, based in Tel Aviv, is set to unveil a set of gateways that support 2G and 3G cellular backhaul over landline, satellite and microwave […]

[Satellite Today 05-19-09] International Launch Services (ILS) launched the Indostar 2 / Protostar 2 satellite into orbit on a Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, ILS announced May […]

[Satellite Today 05-18-09] GMV opened commercial offices in Malaysia and the Korean Republic, marking the Spain-based company’s entrance into the Asia region, GMV announced May 15.     The company said […]

[Satellite Today 05-18-09] ViaSat fourth quarter revenues grew 12 percent to $165.6 million, beating its own expectations and setting the company up for sustainable growth, ViaSat CEO Mark Dankberg said […]

[Satellite Today 05-18-09] ATSB will launch its remote sensing satellite, RazakSat, in mid-July after its scheduled April 21 launch was postponed due to technical problems, ATSB announced May 15.     […]

[Satellite Today 05-18-09] Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-Fl) and Joseph Crowley (D-NY) have introduced a bill to U.S. Congress, which would label satellite operators who broadcast “encitive stations” as associates of […]

[Satellite Today 05-18-09] ICO Global Communications is filing legal challenges against the European Commission (EC) over its decision to issue Inmarsat and Solaris Mobile exclusive licenses to operate MSS services […]

President Obama is considering whether to name retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Charles F. Bolden Jr., 62, a former astronaut, as the first black NASA administrator. Bolden would succeed Michael […]

VIIRS Thermal Vacuum Tests Among Advances NASA Gives Northrop CERES Sensor Contract Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] completed the initial step toward the critical design review (CDR) for the National Polar-orbiting […]

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft will launch next week with three space travelers — a Russian, a Japanese and a Canadian — who will initiate the first six-person crew aboard the […]