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[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Raytheon Co. has appointed William Kiczuk CTO and vice president, the company announced March 1.      Kiczuk will be responsible for developing and executing Raytheon’s technology and […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] The Taiwanese government has selected XipLink to provide Tai E Trading Co. with optimization equipment and technology in support of services that will be used in a […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] SES has placed a 10-year Eurobond worth about 650 million euros ($881.7 million), the company announced March 1.     The bond, priced at 99.467 euros ($134.92), was […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom received a $20.6 million order under its existing $243.5 million Blue Force Tracking (BFT) contract with the U.S. Army, the company announced March 2. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] Talia has launched Talia Home, a new consumer and telephone communications Internet service for subscribers in the Middle East, Africa and Europe, the company announced March 2.  […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] U.K. set-top box supplier Pace reported a 405 percent increase in its 2009 profits of 69.9 million British pounds ($105 million) compared to 13.8 million pounds ($20.7 […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Indian DTH platform, DishTV is still a year away from launching HD services in India, COO Salil Kapoor told Satellite News.      “We are working on HD […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] Stratos Global has been contracted by the BBC to provide the U.K. broadcaster with an Inmarsat BGAN X-Stream mobile broadband satellite service to broadcast live coverage of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] SES World Skies will join broadcasters, programmers, TV makers and technology providers in a series of tests aimed at accelerating the delivery of 3-D TV, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] The launch of Boeing’s Geostationary Operational Environmental (GOES-P) satellite has been rescheduled for March 4 on a Delta 4 rocket, the company announced March 1.         Boeing […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] OverHorizon has contracted Arianespace to launch its first communications satellite, OHO-1, on an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced Mar. 1.         The deal with OverHorizon represents Arianespace’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-27-10] EchoStar Satellite Services will acquire Satelites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (Satmex) for about $374 million, the companies announced Feb. 26.      EchoStar and MVS Comunicaciones, EchoStar’s partner […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) signed a cooperation deal with Romantis to develop joint business packages for the EMEA region based on RSCC satellite capacity and Romantis […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Sky Deutschland saw revenues and profits fall to 902.1 million euros ($1.22 billion) in 2009 from 941.1 million euros ($1.47 billion) in 2008, the operator announced in […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Sirius XM Radio expects to add 500,000 new subscribers in 2010 after posting fourth-quarter 2009 net income of $14.2 million, compared a net loss of $245.8 million […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom has received a $27.5 million ceiling increase to its Blue Force Tracking (BFT-1) program contract from the U.S. Army, the company announced Feb. 25. […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Sea Launch will receive a second debtor-in-possession loan for $12 million from Space Launch Services to allow Sea Launch to continue operating through the next phase of […]

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Raytheon has won an $886 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to develop and improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites, the company announced Feb. […]

Arianespace Wins Contract for 10 Galileo Satellites The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Arianespace to launch the first 10 Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites in Europe’s Galileo satellite positioning […]

ISRO Wins IEEE Resnik Award for Satellite Navigation Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) technology specialist Surendra Pal was awarded the 2010 IEEE Judith A. Resnik award for the development of […]

Comtech EF Data Releases CDM-750 Trunking Modem Comtech EF Data introduced its CDM-750 high-speed trunking modem to the commercial market. The CDM-750 modem combines DVB-S2, adaptive coding and modulation and […]

Astra, Intersat Partner for Satellite Service in Africa Astra Broadband Services and Intersat Africa launched satellite broadband in East and Central Africa in early February. The Get2Net service is available […]

CapRock Names DISA Officer as Director of Operations CapRock Government Solutions named Augustine Ponturiero director of operations. Ponturiero primarily will oversee the day-to-day functions of CapRock’s satcom division and its […]

Scripps Networks is carving a niche for itself in terms of lifestyle media channels. The company launched HGTV in 1994, and among its five other networks, probably is best known […]

Michel de Rosen took over the role of CEO of Eutelsat Communications from Giuliano Berretta in November. For most of the previous decade, he served as chairman and CEO of […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has introduced its SwiftLink 2810 executive communications rucksack package product, TCS announced Feb. 25.    The product is an addition to TCS’ SwiftLink family […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] Orbital Sciences Corp. and Aerojet have initiated the AJ26 rocket engine testing process for Orbital’s Taurus 2 medium-class launch vehicle, the companies announced Feb. 25.     Aerojet […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] Fujitsu Frontech North America has appointed Vislink News & Entertainment as a reseller of its H.264 encoders and decoders, Vislink announced Feb. 25.    Starting in the […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has denied SpaceX’s protest of NASA’s contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. to launch a scientific satellite for NASA in 2012, the […]

[Satellite TODAY 02-26-10] Harris Corp. received a $78 million order from the U.S. Department of Defense to provide additional Falcon 2 AN/VRC-104 high-frequency tactical mobile satellite radio systems for use […]