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[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] HNS Europe, a European operating company of Hughes Network Systems LLC, will supply Czech telecommunications provider GiTy with its latest generation broadband satellite system, Hughes announced […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] TeleCommunications Systems Inc. posted record revenues of $37.6 million in the 2007 third quarter, up 22 percent from the same period a year ago, the company […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd. third quarter revenues improved by nearly 30 percent, the company announced Nov. 1.     Revenues for the quarter ending Sept. 30 […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] BSkyB closed September with 8.7 million subscribers in the United Kingdom and Ireland, adding 83,000 subscribers in its most recent quarter, the company announced Nov. 2. […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Andrews Space Inc. completed the acquisition of Automated Controlled Environments Inc., (ACEi), Andrews announced Nov. 1.     ACEi develops fault-tolerant aerospace avionics and advanced control systems. […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  Alliant Techsystems (ATK) reported Launch Systems Group sales increased by 21.3 percent for the third quarter, the company announced Nov. 1.     ATK reported sales of […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  ViaSat Inc. has increased revenue by 11.5 percent  for the second quarter of 2008, the company announced Nov. 1.     ViaSat reported revenue of $146.6 million […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today]  SSC has signed a contract to provide the China Meteorological Administration with a meteorological satellite, SSC announced Nov. 1.     The satellite, called FY-3A, will be […]

[11-02-07 – Satellite Today] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) has signed a deal to expand Filipino channel NET 25’s coverage across the Middle East and Europe, ABS announced Nov. 2. Under […]

Eutelsat Names CFO Catherine Guillouard has joined   Eutelsat as CFO and a member of the group executive committee.     Guillouard joined Air France in 1997 and served most recently at […]

  Comtech Receives Government Order Comtech EF Data Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., received a contract to provide satellite communications equipment to support an unnamed U.S. government agency’s […]

Stratos Global Introduces FleetBroadband Stratos Global Corp. introduced its maritime broadband satellite communications solution based on Inmarsat’s FleetBroadband. The service is expected to be commercially available this month.     FleetBroadband, […]

STM Consortium  To Improve DVB-RCS STM Group’s research and development center is leading a consortium to evaluate, prototype and test advanced modem technologies for the European Space Agency (ESA).     […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a special web-exclusive editorial […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today]  TeleCommunication Systems Inc. (TCS) has named Timothy Lorello to lead commercial sales, the company announced Nov. 1.     Lorello will oversee the firm’s sale of messaging, […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today]  Norsat International Inc. will receive a patent for its frequency selective surface waveguide filter, the company announced Oct. 30.     The European Patent Office notified the […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today]  Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) will operate two Gulf States Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroups (GSMART), the company announced Nov. 1.     The groups, which will enable communications […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today] Telespazio has acquired 85 percent of Fileas, a satellite broadcasting company, from Agence France Presse, Telespazio announced Oct. 31.     Telespazio said the acquisition extends its […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today]  SpaceDev has been awarded a $100,000 contract to develop a new radiator technology for satellite thermal control, the company announced Nov. 1.     SpaceDev will collaborate […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today] The third of Germany’s SAR-Lupe satellites has been launched from the Plesetsk space center by a Russian Cosmos-3M rocket.     The third of five satellites in […]

 [11-01-07 – Satellite Today] Sea Launch’s Odyssey launch platform set sail carrying the Thuraya-3 satellite for the first mission since the company’s January launch failure, Sea Launch announced Nov. 1. […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today] Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. and Antrix Corp. Ltd. signed an agreement for the lease of Ku-band capacity on the Measat-3 satellite, Measat announced Nov. 1. […]

[11-01-07 – Satellite Today] PlanetSky Ltd. signed an agreement with ProtoStar Ltd. for C-band capacity on ProtoStar’s first satellite, ProtoStar announced Nov. 1.     The agreement provides PlanetSky with five […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] Loral Space and Communications and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) have completed their acquisition of Telesat Canada, Loral announced Oct. 31.      Loral […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] SatelliteTODAY.com, the Internet’s leading source for business news, market research and competitive analysis for the global satellite enabled communications market, has created a special web-exclusive editorial […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] SES Astra signed a contract to broadcast Czech music channel Ocko from Astra’s orbital position 23.5° East, Astra announced Oct. 31.     The channel, based in […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today]  Raytheon Co., Northrop Grumman Corp. and the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Integrated Program Office (IPO) turned over NPOESS command, control and communications segment […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today]  MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) reported higher revenues for the third quarter of 2007, the company announced Oct. 30.     MDA reported revenues of 291.9 […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today]  Garmin Ltd.’s third quarter total revenue is up 79 percent from the same time last year, the company announced Oct. 31.     All segments reported revenue […]

[10-31-07 – Satellite Today] Aruba Networks Inc. and iDirect Inc. have completed integration testing of a wireless local area network (WLAN)-to-satellite connection, Aruba announced Oct. 31.     The two companies […]