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[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Connectivity service provider MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has opened a satellite teleport in Santander, Spain, in a joint venture project with Erzia Technologies, MTN announced April 22. […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Harris Corp. has been contracted to provide its Nexio advanced media platform to German national public television broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Harris announced April 22.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Raytheon’s first quarter 2010 net income grew to $453 million from the same quarter in 2009, when it reported $449 million in operations income, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Boeing Defense, Space and Security’s 2010 first-quarter revenues fell to $7.6 billion from $7.7 billion reported in 2009 due to lower volume in network and space systems, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-23-10] Don’t miss history in the making as SatelliteTODAY.com brings you a live webcast of the third ILS Proton launch campaign for 2010.     Join us on www.SatelliteTODAY.com […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Global Satellite Engineering (GSE) has signed an agreement with Ocens Data Services to provide its SatCollect software to help Ocens reduce their in-bound call expenditure for all […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Arinc’s AeroConnx Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) datalink communication solution for its fleet, Arinc announced April 21.     Cathay Pacific installed the system […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] SES Astra is set to launch a 3-D demo channel in Europe May 4 following initial testing, the company announced April 21.     The new Astra 3-D […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] While Lockheed Martin’s overall earnings for the 2010 first quarter fell from $666 million in 2009 to $547 million, net sales for the company’s space systems division […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Harris Corp. has signed an agreement with NBC affiliate broadcaster Belo Corp. to provide Harris’ MPH platform to support the launch of Belo’s mobile digital TV transmission, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-22-10] Alliant Techsystems (ATK) has shipped the Operational Responsive Space-1 (ORS) satellite bus to Goodrich Corp. for payload integration after completing environmental tests, ATK announced.     ATK said […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] GMV has opened a subsidiary in Darmstadt, Germany, the Madrid-based space company announced April 20.      The new subsidiary aims to enhance GMV’s relationship with the European […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Glowlink has released the third generation of its Model 1000 spectrum monitoring system, the company announced April 19.     Model 1000 3G upgrades include paired-carrier monitoring, increased […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] BusinessCom has launched iDirect Evolution Ku-band satellite Internet access services on the Loral Skynet Telstar-11N and SES NSS-12 geostationary satellites, BusinessCom announced April 20.     The Evolution […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] KVH and ViaSat have launched their mini-VSAT broadband service to the Indian Ocean, Guam, and Northern Australia regions via Sky Perfect JSAT’s JCSAT-85 satellite, KVH announced April […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Orbital Sciences Corp.’s first-quarter 2010 revenues increased from $295.7 million in 2009 to $296.2 million, the company reported in its latest financial results, released April 20.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-21-10] Integral Systems has entered into a partnership agreement with Aleut Communications Services to relocate the operational satellite ground system equipment of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Lockheed Martin is ahead of development schedule for the U.S. Air Force‘s next-generation GPS system, GPS 3, having completed 26 of 65 critical design review (CDR) tests, […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Iridium Communications has expanded its value-added manufacturing agreement with Quake Global to integrate Iridium’s short-burst data (SBD) service into Quake’s new line of industrial satellite transceivers, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] ViaSat has received a $6.6 million add-on to its $21.5 million Multifunctional Information Distribution System–Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) delivery order contract with the U.S. Space and Naval […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] SES Astra signed a capacity agreement with South African pay-TV operator On Digital Media (ODM), the DTH satellite system provider announced April 19.     ODM, which is […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-10] Inmarsat completed an eight-year, 225 million euro ($302.9 million) credit facility from the European Investment Bank to fund the build and launch of the Alphasat 1-XL satellite, […]

Vizada is partnering with Inmarsat to launch a beta test program to validate full commercial readiness of Inmarsat’s IsatPhone Pro handset, Vizada announced April 16.     Vizada will use its […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10] SeaMobile Europe has been chosen to provide audio and video satellite communications for the AG2R Transat maritime race, the company announced April 16.     SeaMobile Europe will […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10]  Satellite imagery company DigitalGlobe has contracted Raytheon to provide an enhanced constellation collection management system, DigitalGlobe announced April 16.     The Raytheon system aims to provide DigitalGlobe’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10]  Satellite operators Artel, Caprock and Globecomm filed complaints with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and called for a congressional and regulatory inquiry over alleged unfair business […]

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-10]  Brazil, India and the Republic of South Africa signed an agreement to develop and launch a new civil satellite program into space, government officials from the countries […]

As broadcast subscribers have upgraded from standard- to high-definition services, DTH operators have steadily grown their ARPU numbers, according to an NSR study.     The study, “HD to 3-D – […]

A total of 147.8 million set-top boxes will ship worldwide in 2010, an increase of 11.5 percent from 132.6 million units last year, according to an iSuppli Corp. study.     […]

Sirius XM Radio expects to add 500,000 new subscribers in 2010 after adding 257,000 subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2009 and ended the year with a customer base of […]