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[Satellite TODAY 10-01-12] Arianespace successfully launched its 51st Ariane 5 launch in a row, placing both the Astra 2F and GSAT-10 telecommunications satellites into orbit, the launch services provider announced...

[Satellite TODAY 10-01-12] The European Defense Agency (EDA) has awarded a three-year contract to Astrium to provide commercial Ku-, Ka- and C-band satellite communications capacity for the defense ministries of...

[Satellite TODAY 10-01-12] The Chinese state-run Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center has sent a second satellite built for the Venezuelan government into orbit on a Long March rocket, China’s Xinhua News...

[Satellite TODAY 10-01-12] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration temporarily substituted the non-functional (NOAA) GOES-13 weather satellite with the backup GOES-14 satellite as engineers work to fix the satellite’s...

Comtech Receives DoubleTalk Order in Asia-Pacific Comtech EF Data has received a $1.5 million DoubleTalk Carrier-in-Carrier bandwidth compression order from an unnamed telecommunications service provider in the Asia-Pacific region. Comtech...

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-12] Independent global satellite communications provider NSSLGlobal has entered into a partnership with Iridium Communications to add Iridium Pilot terminals to NSSLGlobal’s product portfolio, the companies announced Sept....

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-12] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has received a combined $5.5 million in satellite systems delivery orders from the U.S. Army, the company announced Sept. 28.    The combined orders...

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-12] U.K. satellite hardware manufacturer ViaLite Communications has unveiled a new product that allows simultaneous transmission of L-band traffic and a reference signal over a single fiber, the...

[Satellite TODAY 09-28-12] Japanese regulatory authorities have approved Beam Communications’ entire range of Inmarsat-based products for sale in the country’s markets, Beam announced Sept. 28.    Japanese law requires all...

Hundreds of satellite professionals gathered at the second annual Hosted Payload Summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss opportunities and challenges surrounding the hosted payloads industry.