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[Via Satellite 12-2-13] Visiona Tecnologia Espacial and Telebras formally signed a contract to supply the Defense and Strategic Communications Geostationary Satellite (SGDC) system to the Brazilian government. The $553.4 million...

[Via Satellite 12-2-13] Inmarsat has confirmed the launch date for the first Global Xpress (GX) satellite, Inmarsat 5 F1 (I-5 F1). The satellite is scheduled to launch from the Baikonur...

[Via Satellite 12-2-13] PPC (formerly Philips Projects Centre), an integrated IT services provider in Nigeria, has selected Eutelsat to boost C-band resources to meet demand from the oil and gas...

[Via Satellite 12-2-13] International Datacasting Corporation has appointed a new chief financial officer and vice president of products. The company has also restructured its global sales force in order to...

[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Following the success of the propulsion system built for NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE), Space Systems/Loral (SSL) was awarded the next phase of hosted payload...

[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Intelsat Jackson, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Intelsat, has amended its senior secured credit agreement, which governs its approximately $3.1 billion senior secured term loan facility and...

[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Space analysts from Teal Group, an aerospace and defense consulting firm, have identified 3,164 space payloads that have been proposed to be built and launched to Earth...

[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Telespazio and Eutelsat have signed a strategic multi-year agreement for the marketing of broadband services in Italy using Eutelsat’s HTS Ka-Sat. The initiative supports Italy’s Digital Agenda...

[Via Satellite 11-27-13] Comtech Systems, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, recently received a $2.4 million contract to install a digital over-the-horizon microwave communications system. The system will be used on...

[Via Satellite 11-26-13] Boeing’s Defense Space & Security division’s Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) development program has completed the functional qualification-testing phase for the protected wideband satellite communications...