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[Satellite Today 11-16-09] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) will invest more than Cdn $8 million ($7.6 million) in 26 research and development contracts with Canadian companies, the government announced Nov. […]

[Satellite Today 11-16-09] Fastwave Communications received a contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd. to supply a water quality monitoring system for the Gorgon offshore gas project based on Iridium satellite […]

[Satellite Today 11-16-09] Com Dev USA LLC has been awarded a contract to provide passive microwave equipment for an unnamed U.S. government space program, the company announced Nov. 11.             […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] Arinc. Inc. has completed the first integration and testing of eXchange with Service by SKYLink on a Boeing Business Jet, Arinc announced Nov. 11.             The installation […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] Intelsat Ltd. signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Corporate Satellite Communications (CSC/DVS) for Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service, the satellite operator announced Nov. 11.             Intelsat’s […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp. received orders totaling $7.6 million under its Movement Tracking System, or MTS contract, with the U.S. Army, the company announced Nov. 12.             […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] GlobeCast has expanded its next-generation global fiber network into Russia with the opening of a point-of-presence in Moscow, Globecast announced Nov. 12.             Globecast also signed Russian […]

[Satellite Today 11-13-09] Iridium Communications Inc. reported a small dorp in revenues and eaernings in the 2009 third quarter, the company announced Nov. 11.             Iridium posted a profit of […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has re-elected Marcel Fenez, global director of entertainment and media practice for PricewaterhouseCoopers, as its chairman, CASBAA announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Stratos Global Corp. has deployed the Inmarsat FleetBroadband mobile broadband satellite service for MPC Steamship, a commercial shipping company managing 17 container vessels and bulk carriers, Stratos […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] GeoEye produced a 123 percent revenue increase in its 2009 third quarter to $79.9 million, according to its latest financial results, posted Nov. 9.     Third quarter […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Measat Satellite Systems reached an agreement with Rainbow Media and Ascent Media to distribute Rainbow Media’s Sundance and WE TV channels across the Asia-Pacific region via the […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-12-09] Sea Launch Co. received interim approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of Delaware to secure up to $12.5 million in debtor-in-possession financing from Space Launch Services to […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-12-09] EMS Technologies CEO and board member Paul Domorski has resigned from the company effective immedialy, EMS announced Nov. 11.     Executive Vice President and COO Neilson Mackay […]

GlobeCast has equipped French multi-hull yacht Crêpes Whaou with a GlobeCast Content Exchange solution for the Transat Jacques Vabre, a transatlantic sailing competition, GlobeCast announced Nov. 6.     The solution […]

Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) will acquire Mabuhay Satellite Corp. (MSC), ABS announced Nov. 6.     ABS will gain MSC’s Agila-2 satellite, built by Space Systems/Loral  and launched in August 1997. […]

Intelsat saw its 2009 third quarter revenues increase $19.4 million to $617.9 million, up from $598.5 million in 2008, the operator announced in its financial results, released Nov. 9.     […]

Telesat’s launch of service on the Nimiq 4 and Telstar 11N satellites and the stronger standing of the U.S. dollar produced revenues of $187 million in the 2009 third quarter, […]

Inmarsat achieved growth in all of its mobile satellite services markets in the 2009 third quarter, which generated an 8.7 percent revenue increase over 2008 at $176.7 million, the company […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Loral Space & Communications reported its 2009 third quarter combined satellite manufacturing and service segment revenues increased about 9 percent to $424 million, up from $386 million […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] International Launch Services (ILS) received a contract from Sirius XM Radio to launch the XM-5 satellite on an ILS Proton in 2010, ILS announced Nov. 10.      […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] C-Com Satellite Systems signed an agreement with Telespazio Argentina to resell its iNetVu mobile antenna systems to South American and other international markets, C-Com announced Nov. 10. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Comtech EF Data won a $1.6 million order for satellite communications equipment from a mobile operator in Asia, Comtech announced Nov. 10     The unnamed operator will […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Intelsat signed multi-year renewal and expansion deals with Gilat Satcom to increase and enhance domestic networks and broadband services in Africa, Intelsat announced Nov. 10. Gilat renewed […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] NexGen Communications, a partner of Iridium, was awarded a $9.7 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to supply 1,450 distributed tactical communication systems radio-only (DTCS-RO) […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-11-09] Norway has entered into an agreement with Spain to invest in the acquisition of a Spanish satellite that will improve communications with Norwegian defense forces deployed in […]

KVH Industries has received a total of $2 million in new orders from multiple U.S. and international military customers for its tactical navigation systems and universal multilingual displays, the company […]

Rockwell Collins signed a deal with the Dutch Ministry of Defense to provide Swe-Dish satcom terminals, the company announced.     Rockwell Collins will deliver 23 CCT120 satcom terminals to the […]

The U.S. Department of Defense extended its contract with Northrop Grumman to further demonstrate a GPS-free inertial navigation system through September, the company announced.     The demonstration project, Ladar EO […]

Orbit Technologies signed a $3 million deal with two Israeli defense companies to supply a range of tracking solutions over the coming year, the company announced Oct. 26.     Orbit […]