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[Satellite Today 10-23-08] RRsat has launched an additional platform on Galaxy-25 satellite Ku-Band, which provides services to DTH viewers and cable operators in the United States, RRSat announced Oct. 23. […]

[Satellite Today 10-23-08] Viasat will launch video-on-demand (VoD) services to its satellite subscriber base in Sweden within  a week, with plans to expand the availability of the service across Scandinavia, […]

[Satellite Today 10-23-08] WorldSpace Inc. received approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware for the first part of an interim debtor-in-possession financing in an amount up to $2 million, […]

[Satellite Today 10-23-08] Globecomm Systems Inc. signed a contract with Atlantique Telecom to develop a VSAT network connecting seven GSM networks in seven Central African countries, Globecomm announced Oct. 23. […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Arianespace won a contract to launch the Rascom-QAF 1R satellite in 2010 aboard an Ariane 5 or Soyuz rocket from French Guiana, Arianespace announced Oct. 22.     […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] ICO Global Communications has been awarded at least $371 million plus interest in its breach of contract lawsuit filed against Boeing Co. and Boeing Satellite Systems International. […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has entered into a three-year, fully secured $100 million revolving credit agreement led by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and syndicated among six of the […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Harris Corp. has been awarded a $60 million contract by the U.S. Air Force to continue work under the first-year option for the Network and Space Operations […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Abertis Telecom, a subsidiary of Abertis, has reached an agreement to increase its stake in Hispasat, the Spanish satellite operator, Abertis said Oct. 21.     Abertis will […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Satamatics has relocated its U.S. operation to larger premises in Marion, Ill., the company said Oct. 21.      The office will become the central point for all […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] VT iDirect  CTO Dave Bettinger has been elected to the board of the Global VSAT Forum, a London-based non-profit international association of the VSAT industry.     The […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] RRSat Global Communications Network will provide uplink and playout services for the new Fashion TV Paris high-definition channel, FTV HD, over Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East and […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Viasat Broadcasting continues to see the numbers of DTH subscribers fall in Scandinavia, the company announced Oct. 21. The company, a subsidiary of the Modern Times Group […]

[Satellite News 10-22-08] Spacenet Inc. has increased the speed of its commercial grade Connexstar performance series service to include a 5 megabit per second option, the company announced Oct. 22. […]

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[Satellite Today 10-21-08] The U.S. Department of Defense’s Defense Acquisition Policy Working Group (DAWG) has decided to halt the contract award competition between Boeing and Lockheed Martin to build the […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] SpaceDev Inc. signed an agreement to be acquired by the privately held Sierra Nevada Corp., SpaceDev announced Oct. 20.       Under the agreement, SNC would acquire the […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] Eutelsat Communications signed an extended capacity deal with Roots Global, a new pan-European TV platform for South Asian communities in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] Net sales for Lockheed Martin’s space systems unit decreased by 14 percent for the quarter and 1 percent for the nine months of 2008 from the comparable […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] KVH Industries reported third quarter revenue of $15.7 million, a 10 percent decrease from the same quarter in 2007. Net loss for the period was $800,000, the […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] The launch of the Astra 1M satellite on a Proton rocket was postponed after an anomaly was discovered with ground equipment at the launch site in Bakinour, […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] Nynex Network Solutions, a satellite network operator headquartered in Germany, has launched a DVB-S2 network with adaptive coding and modulation based on iDirect’s Evolution product line.     […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] Bond Offshore Helicopters has selected Blue Sky Network’s solution to provide GPS flight following, text and voice capabilities aboard its fleet of 10 helicopters based in Aberdeen, […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] The third satellite in the Earth observation constellation, Cosmo-SkyMed is set to be launched Oct. 24 aboard a Boeing Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force, Calif., […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] Integral Systems has reorganized its business operations, the company announced Oct. 20.      Integral’s SAT Corp. subsidiary will move under the company’s space communications services group, joining […]

[Satellite Today 10-21-08] SES Astra has seen a significant increase in the number of high-definition (HD) channels broadcast via its Astra satellite system, the company said Oct. 20.     At […]

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a pulsar, a dead star, that pulses with gamma rays, NASA announced. That will permit scientists to learn more about how such collapsed […]

Mobil Satellite Technologies is obtaining capacity on Intelsat Ltd. satellites. Under a multi-year contract, Intelsat will provide Mobil with satellite capacity. The network operator and communications provider will expand its […]

The backshell that will protect the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) when it blasts off for space was delivered to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena, Calif., Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] […]

A proposal to reform national security space activities, including procuring new hardware, draws some support from younger military persons and outsiders, but encounters "concern" and resistance from older, higher-ranking personnel. […]