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[Satellite TODAY 04-20-12] RTL Germany has signed a deal with operator SES to increase its broadcasting capacity at the 19.2 degrees East orbital slot by one additional transponder, SES confirmed...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-12] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) is seeking a loan of about $215 million from the U.S. Export-Import Bank and HSBC Holdings is advising on the financing, according to...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-12] The Intelsat 19 satellite has arrived at Sea Launch’s homeport in Long Beach, Calif., where it will prepare to be launched aboard a Zenit-3SL rocket from Sea...

[Satellite TODAY 04-20-12] Imagery satellite operator GeoEye has entered into a strategic partnership with solar energy technology developer Geostellar to supply high-quality Earth imagery, digital surface models and other mapping...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-12] SES has confirmed that its SES-4 satellite has commenced full operations and is ready for service at the 338 degrees East orbital slot.             The company announced...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-12] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered the Nimiq 6 satellite it built for Telesat to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it will be launched aboard a...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-12] Hughes Network Systems has completed a series of technology trials on its HX System for the Australian Defense Force (ADF), which analyzed the effects of transitioning from...

[Satellite TODAY 04-19-12] U.S. pay-TV provider Dish Network has appointed James Moorhead to the position of senior vice president and chief marketing officer, the company announced April 18.       Moorhead...

[Satellite TODAY 04-18-12] The Russian government plans to begin testing its second Glonass-K navigation satellite in 2013, Russian Space Systems Co. (RSSC) Deputy Head Grigory Stupak announced April 17.            ...

[Satellite TODAY 04-18-12] Satellite operator Intelsat and PCCW Global, an operating division of Hong Kong communications provider HKT, have signed a contract agreement to interconnect their Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS)...