[Satellite TODAY 08-28-09] Satellite-link service provider Telenor awarded a contract to Hiltron Communications to supply a 7.6-meter K-band transmit/receive antenna system with tracking and full reflector de-icing features, Hiltron announced Aug. 27.
    The antenna will form part of the new BSS Earth Station at the Nittedal Teleport near Oslo, Norway. The site is being prepared for use with the Thor 6 satellite, which will have 36 Ku-band transponders servicing audiences in Scandinavia, Central and Eastern Europe when it is launched by Arianespace later this year.
    The antenna system’s installation is scheduled to begin in November, with completion expected by early 2010.
    Financial details of the contract were not disclosed.

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