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Connectivity
Sea Launch To Orbit O3b Constellations
[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Sea Launch signed a launch services agreement with O3b Networks for up to two launches, Sea Launch announced Sept. 23. According to Sea Launch, the first […]
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Connectivity
Iridium Acquired by GHL
[Satellite Today 09-23-08] Iridium signed an agreement with GHL Acquisition Corp. Sept. 23 that will eliminate Iridium’s debt of about $131 million and allow the mobile satellite service provider to […]
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Government/Military
Norsat Subsidiary Wins Department of Defense Contract
[Satellite Today 09-22-08] The U.S. subsidiary of Norsat International Inc. has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Defense to provide portable satellite terminals, ancillary equipment and associated […]
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Connectivity
USSI Acquires Palm Bay
[Satellite Today 09-22-08] United Service Source Inc. (USSI), a communications service provider, has acquired Ascent Media’s Palm Bay satellite systems engineering and field business unit, USSI announced Sept. 22. […]
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Connectivity
Hughes Launches Business IPTV Solutions in Europe
[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC has launched Helius business IPTV solutions in an effort to expand its portfolio of HughesNet enterprise offerings in Europe, Hughes announced Sept. 22. […]
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Connectivity
Orbit to Provide Milano Teleport with Additional Ku-band Services
[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Orbit Technology Group has reached an agreement with Milano Teleport to provide Ku-band maritime OrSat Systems for Milano Teleport’s ISeaGlobal broadband marine communication platform, Orbit announced. […]
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Government/Military
DataPath Receives Military Satcom Order
[Satellite Today 09-22-08] DataPath Inc. has received a $1.6 million order from the U.S. Military to provide technical personnel to support forward-deployed battlefield satcom systems deployed in remote locations in […]
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Connectivity
MSS Companies Enter Agreement to Integrate Satcom with Cell Phones
[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV), ICO Global Communications Ltd. and Qualcomm Inc. have reached an agreement to integrate satellite communications into mass-market cellular handsets and devices, the companies […]
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Connectivity
Gilat Signs O3b Deal
[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Gilat Satellite Networks will design a line of satellite ground-segment equipment for O3b networks, Gilat said Sept. 22. Gilat’s planned line of VSAT terminals and gateway […]
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Connectivity
Arianespace Acquires 10 Soyuz Launch Vehicles
[Satellite Today 09-22-08] Arianespace will acquire 10 Soyuz launch vehicles from the Russian Space Agency, Roskosmos, Arianespace said Sept. 22. The contract provides for the supply of Soyuz ST […]
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Connectivity
Telesat Nimiq 4 Satellite Launched
[Satellite Today 09-22-08] International Launch Services launched the Nimiq 4 satellite for Telesat, the companies announced Sept. 22. The satellite, which will be located at 82 degrees West, is […]
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Uncategorized
North Korea Test-Fires ICBM Engine; Russia Launches Missile Said To Defeat U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Shield
Report Says Missile Threat Worsens, Outlines Need For American BMD System Russia successfully launched a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that Moscow claims can defeat U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) […]
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Europeans Charting Course To Be Independent Of United States In Both Civil, Military Space
The Europeans wish to be independent of the United States in space, including a capacity to make their own satellites and launchers. As the United States falls on hard times, […]
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Uncategorized
Endeavour Arrives At Launch Pad 39B To Act As Life Raft For Atlantis During Hubble Space Telescope Repair Mission
Barring Problems, Atlantis Lifts Off Oct. 10, Endeavour Slated For Nov. 12 Blast-Off After Atlantis, Endeavour Go Aloft, Only Nine Shuttle Missions To Launch Before Shuttle Fleet Retires In 2010 […]
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Senate Approves Amendment Providing $89 Million For Ballistic Missile Defense AN/TPY-2 Radar
Provision Doesn’t Specify Which Nation Is Site The Senate voted out a defense authorization bill for the soon-to-begin fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2009, approving an amendment that would provide […]
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General Cool To Expanding Missile Defense System To Protect Space Assets From Attack
The United States shouldn’t leap to expand its missile defense system to protect U.S. military and civilian space assets from enemy attack, Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of the Air […]
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Launches
Chinese Rocket Rolled Out To Launch Pad, As Taikonauts Arrive For Manned Mission Chinese space workers finished rolling out the Long-March II-F rocket topped by a spaceship, moving the system […]
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Contracts
NASA Extends Information Technology Contract For $214.4 Million NASA extended the Unified NASA Information Technology Services, or UNITeS, contract with Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] of San Diego. This extension […]
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NASA, Air Force, Seek Industry And University Partners To Establish Hypersonic Centers
NASA and the Air Force are looking for university and industry partners to advance hypersonic research. The NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate in Washington and the Air Force Research Laboratory’s […]
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Uncategorized
GeoEye Resolves Nasdaq Compliance Problem
GeoEye, Inc. [GEOY] resolved compliance problems with the Nasdaq stock exchange, the company announced. Filing a restatement of its past financial reports, and 10Q reports filed with the Securities and […]
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Uncategorized
Electronic Units Integrated Into AEHF Satellite
Electronic units of the payload module have been integrated into the third Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite, Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] announced. Northrop is under contract to […]
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Uncategorized
Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope Completes On-Orbit Checkout
The Fermi Gamma-Ray Telescope built for NASA completed its on-orbit checkout, General Dynamics Corp. [GD] announced. The company completed the Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) of the telescope. Fermi, […]
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Connectivity
DirecTV Orders Harmonic Encoders
Harmonic Inc. will supply additional encoders to DirecTV Inc. that will be used to expand the DTH operators high-definition (HD) national channel service, Harmonic announced. Harmonic will supply DiviCom […]
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Connectivity
CETel Leases Capacity on NSS-12
SES New Skies has signed a capacity deal with CETel for transponder space on the NSS-12 satellite, SES News Skies announced. CETel will use a Ku-band transponder on the […]
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Connectivity
Tam Tam TV Chooses GlobeCast for Broadcast Delivery
Tam Tam TV, an entertainment channel in the Ivory Coast, has chosen GlobeCast to provide a broadcast solution that combines remote broadcast delivery via Internet with satellite distribution, GlobeCast announced. […]
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Connectivity
Integral to Provide Network Managing System to Vinasat
Integral Systems Europe delivered and installed a fully-integrated carrier signal monitoring, transponder planning, and network management system for the Vinasat satellite program, Integral announced. The system will be part […]
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Connectivity
Next Step for Broadcasting Industry Crystallizes
IBC 2008 wrapped up our the tour of the major communications shows around the globe and confirms a common thread running through all the major and minor communications shows: The […]
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Government/Military
Trac Networks, Wavefield Inseis ASA Implement Satcom to Oil Tanker
[Satellite Today 09-19-08] Trac Networks, a provider of wireless telecommunication systems to oil related companies, and Wavefield Inseis ASA, a Norwegian marine geophysical company, have implemented a DVB-RCS system on […]
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Connectivity
Galaxy 19 Launch Delayed by Weather
[Satellite Today 09-19-08] The launch of Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 satellite, scheduled for Sept. 23, will be delayed 24 hours due to unfavorable weather during transit to the launch site, Sea […]
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Connectivity
Intersputnik Leases AfricaSat-1 Capacity from Measat
[Satellite Today 09-19-08] Measat Satellite Systems signed a contract with the International Organization of Space Communications (Intersputnik) to lease satellite capacity on AfricaSat-1, Measat announced Sept. 19. Intersputnik, an […]