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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [NASDAQ: CMTL] has announced their Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $3.6 million satellite communications equipment order from a U.S. government agency. The equipment will support the government agency's satellite-based communications network.
Read MoreOmniGlobe Networks, Inc. has received $3 million in financing from the Bank of Montreal (BMO), the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), and FIER CPVC Montreal L.P. OmniGlobe is a global telecommunications company that provides affordable satellite and WiMAX broadband Internet and VoIP services to various geographic regions around the world where terrestrial telecommunications are unavailable, unreliable, or too expensive.
Read MoreThe satellite ground station network in Hawaii and Australia are receiving a huge boost — in number. Universal Space Network, inc. (USN) is adding capacity due to demand and record backlog, plus client requests for additional, low-latitude services. Each of the new full-motion antennas are going to provide new X-band uplink services for USN customers.
Read MoreFrom the Hindu Business Line online news service, we learn that VXL Technologies is now set to manufacture temrinals to be installed on fishing boats along the Indian coastline. The order for the terminals comes from the Space Application Center (SAC) in India after successful water trials.
Read MoreDue to “conflicts” with the launch of a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Russia, the launch of the Galileo navigation satellite set for liftoff later this year has now been allegedly delayed. No hint of financial distresss, apparently, as a reason for such a halting decision.
Read MoreFrom the China View online news service, a published report indicates China is planning to build a new space launch center. According to official sources contacted by the news bureau, the construction will occur in Wenchang, which is located in China’s Hainan Province.
Read MoreGMV, a privately-held satellite ground segment software company, has launched SmartRings 2.0. This is the company’s latest version of its telecommunications satellite payload reconfiguration tool, SmartRings, which offers reconfiguration management of telecommunication satellite payloads.
Read MoreGE Equipment Services today introduced VeriWise RAIL and VeriWise INTERMODAL. These are remote asset management solutions that provide customers with on-demand visibility into the status of their fleet and the cargo it carries.
Read MoreThe clock is clicking closer and closer to the only New York-based industry event bringing together those who “shake” and “move” the satellite industry. This referral, of course, is for ISIS NYC ’07.
Read MoreThe Ariane 5 GS launcher for Arianespace's fourth flight of 2007 completed its build-up last Thursday, the 20th of September, with the installation of Intelsat 11 as its upper payload. During activity inside the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, the upper payload "stack" was placed atop its Ariane 5.
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