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[Satellite Today 12-10-08] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) performed a long-duration firing and restart of its smallest rocket engine, dubbed Draco, SpaceX announced Dec. 9.     SpaceX fired the engine […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] Nigerian Communication Satellite and Chinese officials have held a series of meetings to discuss how to remedy the losses of customers whose business depended on the NigComSat-1 […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] International Launch Services (ILS) launched the Ceil-2 satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome Dec. 10, ILS announced.     The final ILS mission of the year will place the […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] SES Astra signed a reseller agreement with satellite equipment distributor Eurosat for the marketing and sales of Astra2Connect, SES Astra announced Dec. 10.     Eurosat, a developer […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] GlobeCast signed a three-year deal with Rai Way, owners of Italian public broadcaster Rai, to provide fiber connectivity, teleport facilities and satellite capacity to deliver Rai signals […]

[Satellite Today 12-10-08] GeoEye has finalized a service level agreement modification to the company’s NextView contract with the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), GeoEye announced Dec. 10.     The value […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] On Call Communications has assumed management of the QuickSpot satellite bandwidth-on-demand service from Intelsat, On Call announced Dec. 9.     On Call will manage the marketing, sales, […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] Arinc Inc. and EADS Secure Networks North America, a subsidiary of EADS, have formed a strategic alliance to address growing market opportunities for advanced Land Mobile Radio […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] Mitsubishi Electric Corp. has developed a full-mold package low-noise, high-electron mobility transistor, the MGF4921AM, for low noise amplifiers in satellite digital radio reception systems, the company announced […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] Brazilian broadcasting company RMT has chosen Scopus Video Networks’ digital networking solutions to upgrade video distribution networks for two Brazilian regional RMT television stations, TV Centro America […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] Harris Corp. is evaluating strategic alternatives related to its majority-owned subsidiary, Harris Stratex Networks, a backhaul solutions provider for mobility and broadband networks, Harris announced Dec. 9. […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) won a contract with the Canadian Department of National Defense to continue broadcasting Canadian Forces Radio and Television (CFRT) to Canadian soldiers serving […]

[Satellite News 12-09-08] Intelsat formed a South African-based joint venture, Intelsat New Dawn, to launch a satellite into the 33 degrees East orbital slot to serve a variety of African […]

[Satellite News 12-09-08] CapRock Communications signed a five-year contract with offshore drilling contractor Transocean to provide VSAT communications onboard Transocean’s offshore fleet, CapRock announced Dec. 9. The deal marks the […]

[Satellite Today 12-09-08] The Canadian government selected Stratos to provide products and Inmarsat broadband global area network (BGAN) services to all government departments, including the Canadian Department of National Defense, […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) changed its name to SkyTerra, MSV announced Dec. 8.  MSV’s Canadian joint venture partner, Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc., also is changing its […]

Hybrid networks involving IP and satellite technologies are now becoming much more prevalent around the globe, as the advent of IP is allowing both networking technologies to complement each other […]

Satellite video equipment manufacturers’ current and next-generation products are ready-play in an IP-networked world, and IP is becoming mainstream in real-time satellite video according to hardware players. So what strategies […]

Link Research, a manufacturer within the Vislink Group, is expanding its operations in Singapore to accommodate growing sales and distribution for the Asia-Pacific region, the company announced Dec. 2.     […]

Gilat Satellite Networks unveiled its modular VSAT platform, SkyEdge 2 Access, enabling converged services such as broadband IP, voice, video and multicasting, the company announced.     The SkyEdge 2 Access […]

Spacenet has formed a strategic alliance program intended to offer integrated digital media solutions to enterprise customers, the company announced.     Stratacache has joined Spacenet’s Digital Media Alliance as one […]

Nynex Network Solutions, a satellite network operator headquartered in Germany, has launched a DVB-S2 network with adaptive coding and modulation based on iDirect’s Evolution product line.     According to iDirect, […]

Europe Media Port (EMP) is providing teleport services to Gateway Communications in Africa, EMP announced.     EMP, a Cyprus-based global provider of transmissions services, is providing services from its Greek […]

O3b Networks has signed a multi-year backhaul deal with Nigerian based wireless company, Galaxy Wireless Communications (Galaxy), O3b announced.     O3B will begin deployment of a new high capacity backhaul […]

Globalstar Inc. signed a contract with Ericsson Federal Inc. to develop, implement and maintain a ground interface or core network system that will be installed at Globalstar’s satellite gateway ground […]

Thaicom signed a contract with Vietnam Telecom International (VTI) for capacity on the IPStar satellite, Thaicom announced.     The three-year agreement, valued at nearly $3.5 million, will allow VTI, a […]

Mitsubishi Electric Corp. won a contract to build the ST-2 satellite for SingTel and Chunghwa Telecom, Mitsubishi announced.     SingTel and Chunghwa Telecom will co-own ST-2 through a joint venture, […]

Hughes Network Systems signed a cooperative research and development agreement with the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to study network centric enterprise architecture validation of IP networking with the […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Inmarsat will switch to a single dialling code, +870, for all its services by the end of 2008 as part of its One World, One Number project, […]

[Satellite Today 12-08-08] Microspace Communications Corp. (Microspace), a distributor of digital cinema via satellite, delivered the 2009 season opening night performance of "Don Carlo" live in high definition from the […]