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DigitalGlobehas announced that construction of its WorldView-3 satellite is on schedule. The company plans to complete the satellite in time for a mid-2014 launch in order to meet the requirements of its EnhancedView contract with the U.S. government.

DISH's Hopper ad-skipping device has been belatedly presented with the “Best of CES” (Consumer Electronics Show) award.

EutelsatAwarded KA-SAT Internet Service Contract from Telefonica Telefonica Global Solutions will use Eutelsat’s high-performance Ka-Sat satellite to provide high quality satellite broadband services to carriers from all over Europe. Telefonica...

Intelsat Hires Nokia’s Marais as Regional Vice President of African Sales Intelsat has appointed Grant Marais as its regional vice president of African sales. Marais succeeds Jon Osler, who will...

Astrium Services Extends Regional Maritime Capacity Lease Astrium Services has signed capacity deals with SES to deliver connectivity to vessels around Latin America as well as in the North Sea,...

[Satellite TODAY 02-01-13] DigitalGlobe and GeoEye have announced the completion of their merger. The combined company now has a market capitalization of $2.1 billion, based on the closing price of...

[Satellite TODAY 02-01-13] SES has announced a three-year capacity deal with JSC VimpelCom, one of Russia’s leading mobile operators. Under the agreement, VimpelCom will have additional capacity on SES’ NSS-9...

[Satellite TODAY 02-01-13] United Kingdom regulator Ofcom has published proposals to liberalize all mobile licenses in the 900 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2100 MHz bands to permit the deployment of...

[Satellite TODAY 02-01-13] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has announced its participation in the new BlackBerry 10 platform. The company’s maps application ships with the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones and TCS’ associated...

JAXA Introduces New CubeSat Launcher The Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) has developed the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Small Satellite Orbital Deployer (J-SSOD) to cut costs of satellite launches...