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[Satellite Today 03-18-09] United Launch Alliance (ULA) won a contract valued at about  $600 million from NASA to launch four science and satellite communications missions beginning in 2011, the ULA...

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] Loral Space & Communications Inc. reported a net loss of $692.9 million in 2008, the company announced March 17. The losses were mainly attributed to non-cash charges...

[Satellite Today 03-18-09] ViaSat  received an order from the U.S. Army for initial production of the next generation Blue Force Tracking (BFT-2) transceivers for the Force 21 Battle Command Brigade...

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] The U.S. subsidiary of Telecomunicaciones Bantel C.A., a satellite communications provider in Venezuela, has upgraded to the advanced Hughes HN System platform in providing Ku-band broadband services...

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] The SATELLITE 2009 conference and exhibition is reporting increased attendance projections this year as well as the addition of 50 new exhibiting companies on the show floor,...

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] EMS Technologies named Gary Hebb vice president of innovation and strategy and Joanne Walker general manager, the company announced March 16.     Hebb will be responsible for...

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Sea Submarine Communication (Seacom) said the cable Internet service it plans to bring to Africa will compete with satellite Internet and that satellite, the dominant Internet Service...

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Fujitsu Computer Products of America’s IP-9500 MPEG-4 AVC encoder now features DVB-S and DVB-S2, the company announced March 16.     Fujitsu said that the integration of DVB-S/S2...

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] NDS has secured a contract win with Comstar-United TeleSystems (Comstar), a subsidiary of Russian company Sistema, to supply a number of services, including content protection and a...

[Satellite Today 03-17-09] Orbcomm reported a 34.4 percent increase in 2008 service revenues to $23.8 million, the company announced March 16.     The company also reported a 39.8 percent ($4.2...