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Proton To Launch IndoStar II/ProtoStar II Satellite Built By Boeing
A Proton M rocket in early May will launch the IndoStar II/ ProtoStar II satellite built by The Boeing Co. [BA]. Krunichev built the Proton M in Moscow, and shipped […]
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Finance
Payload Added To Loral Launch
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) will add a government payload to Sirius 5, a satellite for SES (Euronext Paris:SESG) (Luxembourg Stock Exchange:SESG), currently under construction at the spacecraft manufacturing facility in California. […]
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Government/Military
Space Tourist Simonyi To Launch Thursday On Soyuz For Record-Setting Second Space Tourist Flight To Station
Charles Simonyi will launch Thursday on a Soyuz space vehicle, becoming the first space tourist to visit the International Space Station twice. He is the seventh tourist whose voyage was […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon Gains $106 Million Pact Providing JSOWs To Navy, Allies
The Navy gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $106 million contract to produce Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 missiles for the Navy and key allies. The new C-1 variant will be network-enabled, […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Takes On Boeing In Fight Over Ground-Based Missile Defense System
GMD System Operations And Sustainment At Stake; Missile Defense Agency Contract Sought Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] will take on The Boeing Co. [BA] in a fight for an operations and […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon Receives $23 Million Maverick Missiles Contract
The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $23 million undefinitized with firm fixed price contract for production of 70 Maverick Missiles and a guidance and control section. A unit […]
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Connectivity
GeoEye Delivers Satellite Imagery to Google
[Satellite Today 03-20-09] GeoEye has started delivering high-resolution, color satellite imagery from its newest satellite to Google, GeoEye announced March. 19. The images from GeoEye-1 include shots of the […]
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Connectivity
XipLink, Diem Technologies Form Strategic Partnership
[Satellite Today 03-20-09] XipLink has named Diem Technologies, based in Genova, Italy, a value-added reseller to provide delivery and logistics support for XipLink’s XA-Series of appliances and the XipStick portable […]
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Connectivity
Stratos to Distribute ViaSat BGAN Terminals
[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Stratos Global Corp. signed an agreement to become a global distributor of two new ViaSat ruggedized BGAN terminals, the companies announced March 19. Stratos will distribute […]
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Connectivity
Thaicom Ready to Bring Satellite Broadband to Japan
[Satellite Today 03-20-09] IPStar Co., subsidiary of Thaicom, has received the necessary licenses from the Japanese government to bring satellite broadband services to Japan, the Thai satellite operator announced March. […]
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Connectivity
Newtec Wins Middle East Mobile TV Deal
[Satellite Today 03-20-09] Mobision has selected Newtec’s Horizon HZ420 equipment for use in what Newtec claims is the Middle East’s first ever paid mobile television service for mobile phones and […]
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Connectivity
Faria LRIT System Receives Iridium Certification
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Faria’s WatchDog 750 long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) ship terminal has completed compliance and testing requirements for operation on the Iridium satellite network, Faria announced March 17. […]
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Connectivity
Intelsat Reports Fourth Quarter, Full Year Financial Results
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Intelsat Ltd. reported 2008 fourth quarter revenues of $608.8 million and full-year revenues of $2.3 billion, the company announced March 18. The operator also reported fourth […]
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Connectivity
Türk Telekom Selects Envivio Encoding Platform for IPTV Launch
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] Türk Telekom has selected Envivio Inc.’s Convergence series video headend for its IPTV project in Turkey, Envivio announced March 17. Türk Telekom will use Envivio 4Caster […]
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Connectivity
EchoStar Europe Targets European Cable
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] EchoStar Europe is targeting the European cable market with a new range of advanced set-top boxes, the company announced March 18. EchoStar Europe said it aims […]
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Connectivity
GeoEye Signs Reseller Contracts with Asian, EMEA Customers
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GeoEye Inc. has signed agreements with several international resellers to provide high-resolution satellite imagery and value-added products from GeoEye-1 to Beijing Earth Observation (BEO), Space Imaging Middle […]
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Connectivity
GlobeCast Launches New Satellite Broadcast Platform
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] GlobeCast has launched its second MCPC platform on the AsiaSat 3S satellite, GlobeCast announced March 18. The C-band platform is located at 105.5 degrees East with […]
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Connectivity
Idate: Falling Terminal Prices Driving Satellite Broadband Market Revival
[Satellite Today 03-19-09] There has been a revival in the satellite broadband market thanks to the falling price of terminals and the emergence of Ka-band satellites, according to the findings […]
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Government/Military
Symmetricom Awarded GPS 3A Contract from ITT
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Symmetricom has been awarded a contract from ITT Corp. to provide components for the GPS 3 system, Symmetricom announced March 16. Under the terms of the […]
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Connectivity
Final Preparations for TerreStar-1 Launch Underway
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] TerreStar completed final satellite and reflector post dynamics performance testing of the TerreStar-1 mobile services satellite and has entered into the final phase of integration and testing […]
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Government/Military
ULA Scores NASA Contract
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) won a contract valued at about $600 million from NASA to launch four science and satellite communications missions beginning in 2011, the ULA […]
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Connectivity
Loral Reports Net Loss due to Telesat Acquisition, Economic Climate
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Loral Space & Communications Inc. reported a net loss of $692.9 million in 2008, the company announced March 17. The losses were mainly attributed to non-cash charges […]
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Government/Military
Arrowhead Awarded U.S. Government X-Band Contracts
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Arrowhead Global Solutions has been awarded a pair of multimillion dollar contracts to provide more than 200 megahertz of commercial X-band satellite services to two U.S. government […]
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Connectivity
Spectracom Wins Globecomm Network Subsystems Contract
[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Globecomm Systems has selected Spectracom to supply network synchronization subsystems for Globecomm’s new satellite communications system, Spectracom announced March 17. The contract, valued at $500,000, includes […]
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Connectivity
SATELLITE 2009 Conference Adds 50 New Exhibitors
[Satellite Today 03-17-09] The SATELLITE 2009 conference and exhibition is reporting increased attendance projections this year as well as the addition of 50 new exhibiting companies on the show floor, […]
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Connectivity
EMS Names Two New Executives
[Satellite Today 03-17-09] EMS Technologies named Gary Hebb vice president of innovation and strategy and Joanne Walker general manager, the company announced March 16. Hebb will be responsible for […]
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Connectivity
Kenyan Cable ISP: Satellite ‘Expensive’ for Africa
[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Sea Submarine Communication (Seacom) said the cable Internet service it plans to bring to Africa will compete with satellite Internet and that satellite, the dominant Internet Service […]
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Connectivity
Fujitsu Encoder now Features DVB-S, DVB-S2 Capabilities
[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Fujitsu Computer Products of America’s IP-9500 MPEG-4 AVC encoder now features DVB-S and DVB-S2, the company announced March 16. Fujitsu said that the integration of DVB-S/S2 […]
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Connectivity
NDS Wins Russian IPTV Deal
[Satellite Today 03-17-09] NDS has secured a contract win with Comstar-United TeleSystems (Comstar), a subsidiary of Russian company Sistema, to supply a number of services, including content protection and a […]
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Connectivity
Orbcomm Revenues Increase, Sales Drop
[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Orbcomm reported a 34.4 percent increase in 2008 service revenues to $23.8 million, the company announced March 16. The company also reported a 39.8 percent ($4.2 […]