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[Satellite Today 03-04-09] SES New Skies has contracted 36 MHz of capacity on the upcoming NSS-12 satellite to Detasad, a German-Saudi joint venture and provider of telecommunication and IT services. […]

[Satellite Today 03-04-09] GlobeCast has started transmissions of its new African DTH platform on SES Astra’s Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite, GlobeCast announced Mar. 3.     The platform, located at […]

[Satellite Today 03-04-09] Harris Corp. has been awarded a contract to provide an integrated large-scale broadcast solution to the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) as part of a facility upgrade, Harris […]

[Satellite Today 03-04-09] Smartlink Communications, a satellite network operator based in Jordan, has chosen iDirect’s platform to launch a satellite broadband service covering the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern […]

[Satellite Today 03-04-09] Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company, was selected by China Network Systems (CNS), a cable-based television provider in Taiwan, to protect the content rights and revenues of its […]

[Satellite Today 03-04-09] Entertainment Studios has chosen Crawford Communications to transmit six high-definition (HD) television networks initially launching on Verizon’s FiOS TV, the company announced Feb. 24.     Entertainment Studios […]

[Satellite Today 03-04-09] Cisco Inc. and NASA have formed a partnership to develop an online collaborative global monitoring system, called the Planetary Skin, to capture, collect, analyze and report data […]

Pak Datacom, a satellite network operator in Pakistan and Bangladesh, has deployed an iDirect series 15000 universal satellite hub in Karachi, Pakistan, iDirect announced Mar. 4.     The manufacturer said […]

Satconsult, based in Ghana, has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract for high speed, low latency IP trunking from O3b Networks, the company announced Mar. 4.     O3b Networks will […]

The first day of CABSAT MENA and SATELITE MENA 2009 was dominated of talk of the changing capacity situation that could evolve in the Middle East over the next two […]

GlobeCast has started transmissions of its new African DTH platform on SES Astra’s Astra 4A (Sirius 4) satellite, GlobeCast announced Mar. 3.     The platform, located at 5 degrees East, […]

SES New Skies has contracted 36 MHz of capacity on the upcoming NSS-12 satellite to Detasad, a German-Saudi joint venture and provider of telecommunication and IT services.     Detasad said […]

Harris Corp. has been awarded a contract to provide an integrated large-scale broadcast solution to the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) as part of a facility upgrade, Harris announced Mar. 3.  […]

Al Jazeera English has selected software from ScheduAll to manage its staff and media resources, workflow, and cost accounting for its global newsgathering operations and integrate four broadcast centers and […]

Thuraya Telecommunications is showcasing a satellite solution offering streaming speeds of up to 384 kilobits per second, Thuraya announced Mar. 3.     In partnership with Quicklink, a broadcast media solutions […]

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Globecomm Systems has acquired Mach6, a satellite services provider headquartered in the Netherlands, for $5.9 million, Globecomm announced Mar. 2.     Mach6 employs approximately 30 staff members […]

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] GlobeCast and Measat Satellite Systems have signed an agreement with SPE Networks to distribute the AXN HD channel in the Asia-Pacific Region, starting with the Korean market […]

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] A Los Angeles Superior Court overseeing litigation by ICO Global Communications against Boeing Co. and its satellite subsidiary has denied nearly all of Boeing’s post-trial motions, ICO […]

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Mobil Satellite Technologies was awarded a contract by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) to provide mobile and fixed satellite Internet equipment and service to state agencies, […]

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Satellite Today will be providing daily coverage of the CabSat 2009 convention to our readers from Mar. 3-5.     Our coverage includes a daily e-newsletter, an on-site […]

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Boeing Co. has reached a four-year national partnership agreement with For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) to encourage students to explore careers in math […]

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Sirius XM Radio will file a Form 12b-25 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to delay filing its full-year 2008 financial report, the company announced Mar. […]

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] Xiplink has released the XipStick, a wireless optimizer for mobile satellite services, the company announced Mar. 2.     XipSitck is a self-contained, palm-sized wireless optimizer that runs […]

[Satellite Today 03-03-09] EchoStar Corp. reported a net loss of $690 million in its fourth quarter financial report released Mar. 2, a considerable drop compared to net losses of $45 […]

NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket at the Army Yuma Proving Ground near Yuma, Ariz. The Ares […]

Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] gave Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] a $90 million contract to provide solid rocket propulsion systems for the three stages of the Navy Trident II D-5 fleet […]

NASA selected Bell Helicopter Textron, The Boeing Co. [BA] and Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a unit of United Technologies Corp. [UTX] to compete for task orders in a total $40 million […]

NASA gave Oceaneering International Inc. an interim letter contract for the next-generation American spacesuit. Oceaneering, of Houston, will begin work on designing, developing and producing a new spacesuit system for […]

The Boeing Co. [BA] gave NASA a proposal for Altair lunar lander design support. NASA is expected to award multiple contracts this spring. The lunar lander, part of the Constellation […]

Updated — Feb. 28, 2009 – 12 p.m. EST Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: March 6 * Mission: Kepler […]