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No it's not referring to age, it's about the number of completed satellites that Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications [Nasdaq:LORL] has delivered to Intelsat. This provider of high-power commercial satellites announced that it delivered a satellite for Intelsat, a major provider of commercial satellite services, to Sea Launch Home Port in Long Beach, California, on Wednesday, July 30.
Read MoreEMS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ELMG) has announced their Defense & Space Systems Division (D&SS) was selected for a contract from Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ:LORL). The contract calls for EMS Technologies to provide antenna pointing equipment for ViaSat-1, which is expected to be the world's highest capacity broadband satellite when it launches over North America in 2011.
Read MoreThuraya's newly launched ThurayaIP solution has certainly been well received. Over the last few weeks there have been eight distribution agreements signed for Thuraya's broadband terminals.
Read MoreIt looks like they've struck some kind of an agreement after all as SkyTerra Communications, Inc. (SkyTerra) and Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) announced that the Harbinger Capital Partners Funds (Harbinger) has agreed to provide $500 million of debt financing to fund SkyTerra's business plan through the third quarter of 2010.
Read MoreKayser-Threde GmbH will be the prime contractor for the space and ground segment, as well as launch services, for the satellite mission TET-1 from the Space Agency of the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
Read More— Integral Systems — Juniper Networks — SES ASTRA —
Read MoreRT Logic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISYS), has received a contract award by LJT & Associates, Inc. (LJT Inc.) for the South Pole TDRSS Relay II Project (SPTR II).
Read MoreLars Prahm, Director-General of EUMETSAT, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman & CEO of Arianespace, have signed a launch Service & Solutions contract for the MSG-4 meteorological observation satellite.
Read More— Boeing — Comtech EF Data Corp. — ViaSat —
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