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[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] Eutelsat signed a capacity deal for a new pay-TV platform in Africa, the company announced March 2.    Upstar Comunicações, a joint venture of Portuguese media group...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] OnAir and Oman Air have tested the full spectrum of mobile and Wi-Fi Internet connectivity services based on Inmarsat SwiftBroadband on a commercial airliner, the companies announced...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] NASA has started an initiative to launch small cube-shaped satellites, dubbed CubeSats, as auxiliary payloads on launch vehicles already scheduled for 2011 and 2012, the agency announced...

[Satellite TODAY 03-05-10] Northrop Grumman appointed Elizabeth Iversen sector vice president and general manager of its navigation systems division, the company announced March 1.     Iversen will have executive responsibility...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Telesat reported an 11 percent year-over-year increase in consolidated revenues at $787 million by the end of 2009, the company announced in its latest financial results, released...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Gilat Satellite Networks was awarded a contract by service provider Satcom Systems to provide a SkyEdge 2 broadband satellite network to serve several hundred small and medium...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Hughes Network Systems has launched a digital signage application for its Hughes MediaSignage offering on the Apple iPhone and iPod touch devices, the company announced March 2....

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Dish Network now has more than 14 million subscribers in the United States, the company announced in its 2009 full-year financial results, issued March 1. The U.S....

[Satellite TODAY 03-03-10] EchoStar Satellite Services CEO Dean Olmstead hailed the company’s move to acquire Mexican satellite operator, Satmex. EchoStar announced Feb. 26 that EchoStar Satellite Services, a subsidiary of...

[Satellite TODAY 03-04-10] Qatar Telecom (QTel), a licensed telecom operator for the state or Qatar, signed a contract to take capacity on the Intelsat 15 (IS-15) satellite, Intelsat announced March...