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Connectivity
PPC Selects Eutelsat to Boost C-band Resources in Africa
[Via Satellite 12-2-13] PPC (formerly Philips Projects Centre), an integrated IT services provider in Nigeria, has selected Eutelsat to boost C-band resources to meet demand from the oil and gas […]
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Connectivity
IDC Appoints New Execs, Restructures Sales Team for Emerging Markets
[Via Satellite 12-2-13] International Datacasting Corporation has appointed a new chief financial officer and vice president of products. The company has also restructured its global sales force in order to […]
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Connectivity
Boeing Targets Manned and Unmanned ISR Platforms for Inmarsat’s GX Government Sales Tactic
[Via Satellite 11-27-13] U.S. budget and government spending difficulties are nothing new in recent years. With significant drawbacks in spending occurring in 2013, many government suppliers saw revenue streams run […]
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Government/Military
SSL Builds off Success of LADEE Mission, Awarded Further Contract from NASA
[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Following the success of the propulsion system built for NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), Space Systems/Loral (SSL) was awarded the next phase of hosted payload […]
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Uncategorized
Intelsat Amends Senior Secured Credit Agreement with Subsidiary Company
[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Intelsat Jackson, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Intelsat, has amended its senior secured credit agreement, which governs its approximately $3.1 billion senior secured term loan facility and […]
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Finance
Teal Group Analysts Identify More Than 3,000 Proposed Space Payloads Between now and 2032
[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Space analysts from Teal Group, an aerospace and defense consulting firm, have identified 3,164 space payloads that have been proposed to be built and launched to Earth […]
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Connectivity
Telespazio Deal with Eutelsat Opens up Ka-Sat Services in Italy
[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Telespazio and Eutelsat have signed a strategic multi-year agreement for the marketing of broadband services in Italy using Eutelsat’s HTS Ka-Sat. The initiative supports Italy’s Digital Agenda […]
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Connectivity
Comtech Systems Receives $2.4 M Contract for New Troposcatter Communications System
[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Comtech Systems, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, recently received a $2.4 million contract to install a digital over-the-horizon microwave communications system. The system will be used on […]
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Connectivity
Boeing Completes FAB-T Satellite Communications Tests, Ready to Support US Nuclear Forces
[Via Satellite 11-26-13] Boeing’s Defense Space & Security division’s Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) development program has completed the functional qualification-testing phase for the protected wideband satellite communications […]
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Connectivity
Caribsat Teams up with Newtec and Eutelsat for West Indies Broadband Play
[Via Satellite 11-26-13] Eutelsat selected Newtec’s Sat3Play VSAT Broadband Platform to extend its IP Easy service offering over the French West Indies and French Guiana. Caribsat, using the Eutelsat 8 […]
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Government/Military
NASA Weather Satellite With Ball Aerospace’s GMI Instrument Arrives in Japan
[Via Satellite 11-26-13] A Ball Aerospace instrument needed for precipitation measurements has arrived in Japan where it will launch aboard NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. Ball’s GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) […]
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Connectivity
Comtech Telecommunications Receives $1 Million Satcom Equipment Order
[Via Satellite 11-26-13] Building on the success of a previous purchase, Comtech EF Data, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications has received a $1.0 million equipment order. This follow-on order from […]
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Connectivity
Orbcomm Strengthens Cellular Footprint Through Agreement with Telefonica
[Via Satellite 11-26-13] Orbcomm has secured a deal with Telefonica Digital to offer Telefonica’s GSM cellular communications service for Orbcomm’s M2M applications across multiple vertical markets around the world. A […]
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Connectivity
SpaceQuest CEO Looking to Enter M2M Market
[Via Satellite 11-26-13] Last week’s Dnepr Cluster Mission launch carried more payloads than any other launch to date. Two of the 32 satellites lifted to orbit were AprizeSat 7 and […]
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Connectivity
O3b Networks opens Satellite Ground Station in Peru
[Via Satellite 11-25-13] O3b Networks moves a step closer to service launch for its customers with the formal opening of its gateway (satellite ground station) in preparation for its Launch […]
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Government/Military
Trio of Swarm Satellites Successfully Launched from Plesetsk
[Via Satellite 11-25-13] The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Swarm satellite mission has been successfully launched from a Rockot launch vehicle at Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 1:02 p.m. CET on Friday, […]
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Connectivity
Spanish Ministry Of Defense Selects Globalstar’s Spot Satellite Devices for Military Communications
[Via Satellite 11-25-13] Spain’s Ministry of Defense (MOD) has chosen to use Globalstar’s Spot Satellite GPS Messenger and Spot Connect devices for in-field communications for personnel who are operating in […]
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Connectivity
Sat Space Africa to Expand African Market Reach Through AfricaSat 1a
[Via Satellite 11-25-13] Measat and Sat Space Africa have entered a three-year agreement for capacity on AfricaSat 1a. The capacity will be deployed to connect end users in Africa with […]
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Connectivity
UK MOD Chooses ViaSat Small Tactical Terminal for DA20 Falcon
[Via Satellite 11-25-13] ViaSat and Harris Corp have been boosted by a key breakthrough in the European milsatcom market. The KOR 24 Small Tactical Terminal, a co-development of the two […]
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Finance
Dubai Sat 2 Launched as Part of Record-Breaking 32 Satellite Launch Onboard Dnepr Rocket
[Via Satellite 11-21-13] The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology’s (EIAST) Dubai Sat 2 was successfully launched into space at 11:10 a.m. local UAE time. The launch took place […]
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Government/Military
DARPA Chooses MDA For Satellite Servicing Demonstration
[Via Satellite 11-22-13] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has been selected for additional robotics work for the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Phoenix Program. MDA has started work […]
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Connectivity
Poste Italiane Selects Eutelsat’s Tooway Satellite Broadband Service
[Via Satellite 11-22-13] Poste Italiane CEO Massimo Sarmi and Eutelsat chairman and CEO Michel de Rosen, signed an agreement to commercialize the Tooway satellite broadband service. According to data from […]
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Connectivity
Inmarsat Appoints RRsat as Distribution Partner for Israeli Government and Defense
[Via Satellite 11-22-13] Inmarsat appointed Station711, the MSS arm of RRsat Global Communications Network, as a Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) Distribution Partner. The new distribution agreement expands Station711’s longstanding […]
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Connectivity
CRP Medios y Entretenimiento SAC Radio Selects IDC’s Star Pro Audio Solution to Upgrade Broadcast Equipment in Peru
[Via Satellite 11-22-13] CRP Medios y Entretenimiento SAC Radio will upgrade its network across Peru using International Datacasting Corporation’s (IDC) Star Pro Audio Receivers. Star is the modern replacement for […]
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Government/Military
Harris Corporation Unfurlable Mesh Antenna Reflectors Deployed Successfully on MUOS Satellite
[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Two unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors developed by Harris Corporation have successfully deployed onboard the second U.S. Navy Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite built by Lockheed Martin. […]
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Government/Military
US Congress Listens to Satellite Industry Association During Commercial Space Hearing
[Via Satellite 11-21-13] The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) testified on the satellite industry’s leading role in the commercialization of space at a hearing held by the United States House Committee […]
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Finance
Arianespace Targets Small Payloads with New Vega Launcher Order from ELV
[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Arianespace has ordered 10 Vega rockets from the Italian manufacturer European Launch Vehicle, to be ready for launch starting at the end of 2015. They follow the […]
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Connectivity
Harmonic Hires Two New Senior Management Officials, both with Cisco Backgrounds
[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Harmonic has appointed Frank Montalto as the company’s regional vice president for North American cable and telco, and Spencer Hodson as the company’s vice president of sales […]
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Connectivity
CaribSat Launches Satellite Broadband in French West Indies and French Guiana with Eutelsat’s IP Easy Service
[Via Satellite 11-21-13] Eutelsat and CaribSat, an Internet service provider for the French West Indies and French Guiana, signed a distribution agreement for the IP Easy satellite broadband service provided […]
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Connectivity
European Parliament Allocates Funds for Galileo and EGNOS Satellite Navigation Programs
[Via Satellite 11-20-13] The European Parliament has approved the financing and governance of two European satellite navigation programs: Galileo and EGNOS, from 2014 to 2020. Their total budget of 7 […]



























