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On January 30th at European Space Agency headquarters in Paris, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace, and Alain Charmeau, Chief Executive Officer of Astrium Space Transportation, signed a contract for the production of 35 Ariane 5 ECA launchers (designated the “PB” batch).
Read MoreNASA has issued a request for proposals for concept definition and requirements analysis support for the Altair lunar lander.
Read MoreBoeing [NYSE: BA] has received a $75 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force to continue risk reduction and system definition for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT).
Read More4C Controls Inc. (OTCBB: FOUR.OB) has announced the signing of a major Strategic Alliance and Distribution Agreement with e-GEOS, the recently formed joint-venture between Telespazio s.p.a (a Finmeccanica (FNC IM)/Thales(HO FP) and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
Read MoreElbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT) has announced, further to its announcement dated December 16, 2008, that the Company has been awarded an approximately $40 million contract by the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Read MoreNigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NigComSat-1) and its Chinese technical partners, China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC), have sealed a deal for the replacement of NigComSat-1 and staggered building of two other satellites — NigComSat-2 and NigComSat-3.
Read MoreSea Launch will launch the Intelsat 17 communications satellite in late 2010, as the first of five missions on the Sea Launch system in a previously announced multiple launch services contract with Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services.
Read MoreNot every company is as fortunate as Thales Alenia Space, which won five contracts for geostationary communications satellites out of a total of 26 ordered in 2008, a market share of 23 percent, plus contracts for four communications payloads, one observation satellite and the low Earth orbit constellation for O3b Networks, comprising 16 satellites.
Read MoreProactive Communications, Inc. (PCI) now has a three year, two million dollar deal with NewSat Limited (ASX:NWT) to expand satellite coverage across Southwest Asia.
Read MoreIntelsat, Ltd has selected KT Corporation to be a distribution partner for the Company’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service.
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