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Boeing Taps EMS For RF Control Hardware for HDTV Satellites
EMS Technologies Inc. said its Defense & Space Systems division will deliver hardware for two next-generation Ka-band satellites that Boeing will build for DirecTV Inc. The satellites, slated for launch […]
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Iridium To Unveil New Data Modem In 2005
Iridium Satellite LLC said it will introduce a new 9600 data transceiver this year based on the company’s Short Burst Data technology. This move will extend the unique capabilities of […]
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EMS, Putian-Linkcom To Provide DVB-RCS Products, Services To China
EMS Technologies Inc. said it signed an agreement with Putian-Linkcom to provide DVB-RCS products and services in China. The exclusive, long-term agreement between the two companies covers the installation of […]
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Malaysia Company Taps ViaSat For Broadband Satellite System
ViaSat said it finalized a contract to supply its SurfBeam broadband satellite networking system to Smart Digital Communications Bhd in Malaysia. Smart will use the system, the first of its […]
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SES Astra Creates New Subsidiary
SES Astra aims to boost its position in terms of generating revenues from technical services to satellite customers with the creation of a new subsidiary, SES Astra TechCom. The subsidiary […]
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AMC-18 Manufacturing, Launch Details Revealed
SES Global said it awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Commercial Satellite Systems to build the latest addition to the SES Americom fleet. The satellite, named Americom-18 (AMC-18) will be […]
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Satellite CEOs Laud, Question Benefits of Private Equity Ownership
Will private equity ownership of satellite carriers save the industry or strangle it? Six of the top CEOs in the satellite industry thrashed out this question before a standing room […]
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Former SES Americom CEO Launched New Company
Former SES Americom CEO Dean Olmstead yesterday formally introduced his new company, Satellite Development LLC, at the SATELLITE 2005 conference and exhibition. The company is described in a press release […]
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Andrew Previews New VSAT Antenna Products
Andrew Corp. said it is previewing two VSAT antenna designs this week at the SATELLITE 2005 conference and exhibition at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The VSAT antennas, […]
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Artel Tapped To Provide Satellite Services To U.S. Central Command
Artel Inc., a provider of information technology and managed network services, said the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency awarded it a task order to provide satellite service to the U.S. […]
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Air Force Taps SAIC, Eagle Broadband For Satellite Communications Technology
Eagle Broadband Inc. said it and Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) were awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for Eagle’s Satellite Media Access Extender (SatMAX) non-line-of-sight satellite communications […]
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SES Astra Inks First ASTRA 4A Deal
SES Astra signed a two-transponder deal with SkyVision, an operator looking to deliver satellite Internet services in Africa. SkyVision is the first customer on ASTRA 4A. ASTRA 4A is a […]
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AsiaSat Hooks Up Pakistani Channel Deal
AsiaSat signed a C-Band capacity deal for capacity on AsiaSat 3S to broadcast Pakistan’s premier channel, AAJ TV, on all local networks in Pakistan and its overseas audience across Asia. […]
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Atlas 5 Stacked Vertically On New West Coast Launch Pad
Lockheed Martin‘s first West Coast Atlas 5 rocket has successfully completed “booster on stand” (BOS) operations at the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket, which will carry a […]
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Iridium To Deploy Push-To-Talk Service
Iridium Satellite LLC announced plans to deploy a group call push-to-talk voice and data service. The new service will allow for deployment of multi-user communication “nets” from Iridium mobile satphones […]
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Loral Files Reorganization Plan
Loral Space & Communications Ltd. filed a revised plan of reorganization with the Bankruptcy Court. The plan revises terms of a previous plan filed Dec. 5, 2004, reflects an agreement […]
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2005: The Last Easy Year For DTH
Thomas Eagan, vice president of Oppenheimer‘s subscription TV research group, said that 2005 would be the “last easy year for satellites” competing against cable in the broadcast television market. Eagan […]
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RSCC Names Igor Zabolotny Deputy Director General
The Russian Satellite Communications Co. appointed Igor Zabolotny as its deputy director general. He will head the organization’s marketing efforts. He most recently worked as the general director of JSC […]
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Global VSAT Forum, SUIRG Unite To Combat Interference
The Global VSAT Forum and the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) announced they have joined forces to strengthen their respective efforts to fight satellite RF interference. The agreement reached […]
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Iridium Claims World Record Milestone Of Satellite Longevity
Iridium Satellite LLC said its constellation of low-earth-orbit communications satellites has achieved a world record of more than 500 satellite-years of in-orbit performance. The company’s initial satellites launched in 1997-1998 […]
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Yamaha, XM To Unveil First XM-Ready Receivers And Home Theater Systems
Yamaha Electronics Corp. and XM Satellite Radio announced a partnership under which the companies will bring to the market the first XM-ready home entertainment products. Yamaha will manufacture four new […]
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SES Americom Completes In-Orbit Testing Of AMC-12
SES Americom said its AMC-12, which was launched on Feb. 3, successfully completed a full battery of in-orbit tests and is now being drifted into its 37.5? West orbital location. […]
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India To Launch Satellite For Telemedicine
The AFP newswire reported India is planning on launching a satellite that will be used exclusively for health care so patients and doctors in rural and remote areas can remain […]
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Euro1080 Makes New Appointment
Euro1080, the European HDTV media company, has announced that Jean Stock is joining the company as strategic advisor. Euro1080 has been one of the pioneers of HDTV in Europe. Its […]
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NASA Taps Ball Aerospace To Build Instrument For Climate And Weather Mission
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration‘s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to build the Global Precipitation Measurement-Microwave Imager (GMI) in […]
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GlobeCast Expands Coverage, Presence In Asia
GlobeCast said it launched a new satellite distribution platform on Telstar 10 to expand its capacity in Asia and has opened up a new liaison office in Beijing to serve […]
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Spaceway F1 Arrives At Sea Launch Home Port
Boeing and The DirecTV Group Inc. said the Spaceway F1 satellite arrived at Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, CA., where it will undergo final preparations for a late […]
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Spaceway F1 Prepped For Launch
Boeing and The DirecTV Group Inc. said the Spaceway F1 satellite arrived at Sea Launch home port in Long Beach, CA, where it will undergo final preparations for a late […]
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Galileo Joint Undertaking Denies Consortia Being Pushed Together
“We are not pushing for the two consortia to join together, definitely not,” Rainer Grohe, executive director of the Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU), told Satellite News when asked whether the […]
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Panamsat Raises $900 Million, Stock Price Drops Following IPO
Many people across the nation probably spent a good portion of March 17 clicking on various Internet sites to get the latest college basketball scores as “March Madness” officially began. […]