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An Urgent Call For Support From GVF Members – Complete letter follows…

August 5, 2007 / Government & Regulation

Dear GVF Member, We are calling upon you and your company for voluntary support in a matter of extreme importance. By now, you may have seen reports regarding satellite industry efforts to avert a global spectrum crisis. The satellite industry is entering the final phase of a campaign to prevent valuable C-band spectrum from being re-allocated to the terrestrial wireless sector and to ensure that unacceptable levels of interference do not continue to occur.

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Thirty-Two x 1300 = New Contract For Integral

August 5, 2007 / Contracts & Commercial Deals

Terrific news for Integral Systems, Inc. [NASDAQ: ISYS], for their latest contract marks the 32nd 1300 platform supported by the company’s EPOCH IPS product line. What has occurred is an “unnamed” satellite operator has contracted them for command and control systems based on their EPOCH IPS (Integrated Product Suite) that will support an SS/L (Space Systems Loral) 1300 satellite platform.

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NewSat & Dodo Push Broadband To The Bush

August 5, 2007 / Satellite Communications

A deal has been signed in Melbourne that finds indie satservices provider NewSat Limited [ASX: NWT] and consumer telco Dodo working together to bring affordable broadband Internet connectivity to remote Australian households and businesses. This will occur under the Howard Government’s Australian Broadband Guarantee program.

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Financial and Award Gratification for SES

August 5, 2007 / Earnings & Financial Reporting

Any award with the phrase “… Of The Year” is significant for any company involved in our industry, whether large or small in size. Just awarded “Satellite Operator of the Year: Growth and Profits 2007” is SES [Euronext Paris and Luxemburg Stock Exchange: SESG]. This is the second consecutive year SES has been garlanded with this prestigious award from Euroconsult.

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Managing All Of That Data In A Coherent Fashion

August 5, 2007 / Ground Segment & Teleports

Skyline Communications supplies multi-vendor network management solutions for the HFG broadband, satellite, IPTV and broadcast industry. Newtec is engaged in satellite communications solutions. Now these two firms have formalized Newtec’s decision to include the DataMiner network management platform within its product portfolios.

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Lockheed Martin Is Extremely Civil With GPS

August 4, 2007 / Navigation & PNT

Activities are now underway by a team led by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LTM] to reconfigure a modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite. Included in this project will be a new demo payload to temporarily transmit a third civil signal following a successful review by the U.S. Air Force.

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