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[Via Satellite 10-23-13] NASA has awarded Astrotech Space Operations (ASO) a contract to provide facilities and pre-launch processing services for the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) mission to launch in...

[Via Satellite 10-22-13] Spacecom’s Amos 5 at 17 degrees east has won another broadcast deal in East Africa. Under the new $3.6-million contract, Spacecom will provide analog to digital migration...

[Via Satellite 10-22-13] Signalhorn, a global provider of network services and communications solutions using terrestrial, satellite, and wireless technologies, has made two new appointments to its executive team. Richard Minter...

[Via Satellite 10-21-13] SkyVision, a global IP telecommunications service provider to emerging markets, has donated an iDirect-powered satellite network for the Crossover International Academy, a K-8 school located in the...

[Via Satellite 10-21-13] After mapping variations in Earth’s gravity with high detail for four years, the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite has...

Global XpressPhoto: Inmarsat [Via Satellite 10-21-13] L-3 Global Communications Solutions (L-3 GCS), a specialist in the supply of deployable satellite communications solutions and turnkey systems, has received type approval from...

DISA headquarters. Photo: Fort George G. Meade Public Affairs Office [Via Satellite 10-21-13] The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has awarded a $400 million, multi-year, fixed-price contract to Iridium Communications...

[Via Satellite 10-21-13] Thaicom has enhanced satellite TV broadcasting quality by allocating new frequencies of TV channels on its satellite. The company transferred the frequencies of 20 TV channels and...

[Via Satellite 10-18-13] The French Space Agency (CNES) has awarded Astrium a €230 million contract to provide next-generation Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI-NG) instruments for Europe‘s Meteorological Satellite Agency (EUMETSAT)’s...

[Via Satellite 10-18-13] Thales Alenia Space Germany, DLR, and SES TechCom, a subsidiary of SES, have signed a long-term agreement for the joint development of the first European space-based Automatic...