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[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11] Astrium Services signed a three-year contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver satellite images under the terms of the European Global Monitoring for Environment and […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11] Northrop Grumman has entered into a network distribution partnership agreement with Inmarsat Commercial Satellite Services, Northrop Grumman announced Sept. 20.    As part of the agreement, Northrop […]

[Satellite TODAY 10-21-11]Independent satellite communications provider Vizada has extended and renewed its contract agreements with aeronautical services company Arinc to provide Inmarsat Classic Aero voice and data services over both […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-20-11] Australian satellite operator NewSat signed a $40.2 million, three-year contract with Quicklink Communications to lease transmission NewSat capacity on the Jabiru-1 satellite, the companies confirmed Sept. […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-11] Gilat has signed an agreement with an unnamed Latin American government agency to deliver more than 1,800 SkyEdge 2 VSATs to facilitate broadband Internet connectivity in schools, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-11] ATK has delivered the first two A2100 composite satellite structures and the first ship set of propellant tanks for the GPS 3 satellites Lockheed Martin is building […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-11] Raytheon has fielded the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (SMART-T) satellite communications solution to the U.S. armed services, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-11] Maritime satellite communications provider Marlink has partnered with antenna manufacturer Sea Tel to provide satellite communications support to Project Kaisei for a third expedition, the companies announced […]

[Satellite News 09-20-11] Telecom operators are viewing the advent of Ka-band satellites as a significant offering to companies that had previously looked away from satellite in order to re-assess the […]

[Satellite News 09-19-11] One of the main takeaways from Comsys’ VSAT 2011 event held in London this week was that 2010 was a tough year for the VSAT industry.             […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-19-11] While new developments in technology have put the broadband satellite industry in a position to compete with DSL providers in Europe and North Africa, satellite is […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-11] The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved $500 million in funding for commercial spaceflight as part of NASA’s 2012 budget, NASA confirmed Sept. 15.    The funding will […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-11] Satellite manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered ViaSat’s high throughput broadband satellite, ViaSat-1, to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where International Launch Services (ILS) will launch […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-11] Wholesale 4G LTE network operator LightSquared was denied an opportunity to testify at a Sept. 15 hearing of the U.S. House Armed Service Committee’s Strategic Forces Subcommittee […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-19-11] ViaSat has received a delivery order for approximately $27.6 million in Multifunctional Information Distribution System – Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) for the U.S. Space and Naval Warfare […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-16-11] China’s telecom industry enjoyed a 10 percent year-over-year increase in 2010 service revenues compared to the previous year, generating a robust regional total of $128.2 billion, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-11] Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary Spacenet Integrated Government Solutions (SIGS) received the third in a series of new FCSA ComSatCom contract vehicles to offer its products and services […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-11] Vizada Networks has launched connectivity services from its new iDirect hub on the SES World Skies NSS12 satellite for customers in Tanzania and the East Coast of […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-11] Stratos Global has activated Inmarsat’s new FleetBroadband Large Money bundle for single-vessel operators and fleets with fewer than 10 vessels, Stratos announced Sept. 15.             Stratos said […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-11] Machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless asset tracking provider OnAsset Intelligence has unveiled the latest version of its Vision software platform, the company announced Sept. 14.    Vision is a […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-11] Video contribution and distribution solutions T-VIPS has partnered with broadcast technology developer ProTelevision to develop a joint DVB-T2-Lite transmission solution, T-VIPS announced Sept. 15.    The companies […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] KVH Industries is set to unveil a new global maritime satellite HDTV system, TracVision HD11, the company confirmed Sept. 14.    The 1-meter TracVision HD11 includes a […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received an additional $20.7 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment and field services support for Secret Internet Protocol Router and […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] Comtech Mobile Datacom received $1.7 million in additional funding from the U.S. Army for a previously announced $4.6 million order that was placed under Comtech’s existing $384.0 […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] Panasonic Avionics has finalized an agreement with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) to install its Ku-band eXConnect and eXPhone solutions on SAS’ fleet of domestic, pan-European and intercontinental aircraft, […]

[Satellite News 09-15-11] A massive solar “superstorm” could endanger, and potentially kill, several weather, telecommunications, and military satellites in less than a year, according to a Space Weather research report […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-15-11] The first two Astrium-built Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) satellites were accepted by the European Space Agency (ESA) as part of a quality acceptance review – marking […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-15-11] Northrop Grumman signed a three-year agreement with Inmarsat to become a leased services provider and network services distribution partner of Inmarsat commercial satellite services, the companies announced […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 09-14-11] ATK has entered into a partnership with NASA to co-develop ATK’s commercial Liberty Launch System and support future partnerships under the 2010 U.S. National Space Policy, […]

[Satellite TODAY 09-14-11] Boeing received a $1.09 billion contract modification from the U.S. Air Force, which adds funding to its existing Block 2 follow-on contract for full production, launch and […]