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Astrium U.K. Inks ESA Solar Satellite Construction Award Astrium U.K. has won a 300 million euro ($397.8 million) contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to build the Solar Orbiter...

Intelsat, PCCW Agree to Interconnect MPLS Networks Intelsat and PCCW Global, an operating division of Hong Kong communications provider HKT, have signed a contract agreement to interconnect their Multi-protocol Label...

Dish Network Hires New Senior Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer U.S. pay-TV provider Dish Network has appointed James Moorhead to the position of senior vice president and chief marketing officer....

[Satellite TODAY 05-31-12] SpaceX has signed a contract with FSS operator Intelsat to launch a satellite once the launch company’s new Falcon Heavy rocket is complete, SpaceX confirmed May 30....

[Satellite TODAY 05-31-12] Proteus has entered into a partnership with DigitalGlobe to provide bathymetric and seabed-mapping products derived from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite imagery, the companies announced May 30.    Proteus...

[Satellite TODAY 05-31-12] ASC Signal unveiled a new 2.4-meter nomadic antenna that aims to incorporate its advanced mobile features in a compact unit for rapid deployment, the company announced May...

[Satellite TODAY 05-31-12] Worlwide pay TV accounts will surpass the 1 billion mark in 2014, according to a Pyramid Research market forecast published May 30.    In its bi-annual Media...

[Satellite TODAY 05-30-12]  Cambridge Consultants and Iridium Communications have successfully completed initial trials of key new components of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Distributed Tactical Communications System (DTCS), a...

[Satellite TODAY 05-30-12] iDirect has been boosted by another significant customer win for its IDX 3.1 platform, the company announced May 29. Bentley Walker, a major European VSAT network operator,...

[Satellite TODAY 05-30-12]  Verimatrix has appointed Geir Bjørndal to its executive team, the company announced May 29. Bjørndal will be responsible for significantly increasing the company’s market penetration and visibility...