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[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] OverHorizon has contracted Arianespace to launch its first communications satellite, OHO-1, on an Ariane 5 rocket, Arianespace announced Mar. 1.         The deal with OverHorizon represents Arianespace’s...

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] The launch of Boeing’s Geostationary Operational Environmental (GOES-P) satellite has been rescheduled for March 4 on a Delta 4 rocket, the company announced March 1.         Boeing...

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] SES World Skies will join broadcasters, programmers, TV makers and technology providers in a series of tests aimed at accelerating the delivery of 3-D TV, the company...

[Satellite TODAY 03-02-10] Stratos Global has been contracted by the BBC to provide the U.K. broadcaster with an Inmarsat BGAN X-Stream mobile broadband satellite service to broadcast live coverage of...

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Indian DTH platform, DishTV is still a year away from launching HD services in India, COO Salil Kapoor told Satellite News.      “We are working on HD...

Comtech EF Data Releases CDM-750 Trunking Modem Comtech EF Data introduced its CDM-750 high-speed trunking modem to the commercial market. The CDM-750 modem combines DVB-S2, adaptive coding and modulation and...

ISRO Wins IEEE Resnik Award for Satellite Navigation Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) technology specialist Surendra Pal was awarded the 2010 IEEE Judith A. Resnik award for the development of...

Arianespace Wins Contract for 10 Galileo Satellites The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Arianespace to launch the first 10 Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites in Europe’s Galileo satellite positioning...

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Sea Launch will receive a second debtor-in-possession loan for $12 million from Space Launch Services to allow Sea Launch to continue operating through the next phase of...

[Satellite TODAY 03-01-10] Comtech Mobile Datacom has received a $27.5 million ceiling increase to its Blue Force Tracking (BFT-1) program contract from the U.S. Army, the company announced Feb. 25....