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[Satellite TODAY 08-20-09] TerreStar Networks selected BroadSoft’s BroadWorks Voice-over-IP (VoIP) application to power its new satellite Smartphone mobile broadband network service, TerreStar announced Aug. 19.     In July, TerreStar announced...

[Satellite TODAY 08-19-09] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) delivered the Nimiq 5 communications satellite to International Launch Service’s (ILS) Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it will be launched on Sept. 18,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-18-09] International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) has acquired select product lines and related technology from San Diego-based broadcast company Comtech Tiernan Video (Tiernan) for more than $2 million in...

[Satellite TODAY 08-19-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the final GPS 2R-M satellite in a series of U.S. Air Force navigation satellites on Aug. 17, the ULA announced.     A...

[Satellite TODAY 08-19-09] FreeHD Canada Inc., a satellite television company, has filed applications with the Canadian Radio,Television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to provide a Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television service and...

[Satellite TODAY 08-19-09] Lockheed Martin updated its contract with Harris Corp. to development wireless networking technology for Increment 3 of the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T), Harris announced Aug....

[Satellite TODAY 08-18-09] Lockheed Martin Space Systems will lay off 800 workers by the end of 2009 in efforts to improve its competitive posture, the company announced Aug. 17.    ...

[Satellite TODAY 08-18-09] Vizada and CLS, an environmental monitoring and maritime security services provider, have partnered to provide International Maritime Organization (IMO)-compliant long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) to the European...

[Satellite TODAY 08-18-09] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted Iridium Satellite approval to combine with GHL Acquisition, Iridium announced Aug. 17.     “This is good news for us,...

[Satellite TODAY 08-18-09] Hughes Network Systems has launched a new HX-series broadband satellite router, the HX280, Hughes announced Aug. 17.     The HX280 commercial-off-the-shelf router aims to provide carrier-grade IP...