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MEASAT Satellite Systems and ANTRIX Corporation Limited have announced the signing of an agreement for the leasing of Ku-Band capacity on the MEASAT-3 satellite. ANTRIX is the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (“ISRO”).
Read MoreThe Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has signed a new contract with the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) and they are now involved in a new Chinese meteorological satellite project.
Read MoreProtoStar Ltd. and PlanetSky Ltd. have announced a strategically important anchor customer lease agreement today wherein PlanetSky will secure C band capacity on ProtoStar’s first satellite, which is to to be launched in May 2008.
Read MoreRaytheon Company [NYSE: RTN] will pursue the Army's next generation of satellite communications, the High Capacity Communications Capability, or HC3, with a team of com solutions providers. HC3, the next generation of Army SATCOM, is a family of reconfigurable communications terminals that will provide soldiers with high-capacity, multiband, multimode connectivity.
Read MoreHughes Network Systems, LLC has a new agreement with TerreStar Networks Inc. This association will find Hughes designing, developing and supplying a satellite chipset platform based on UMTS standards to enable wireless mobile devices to communicate via the satellite portion of TerreStar’s network.
Read MoreVerizon has been pretty active… first, the company has a brand new agreement with Thrane & Thrane that will find the delivery of portable satellite services to the former’s enterprise customers.
Read MoreThuraya has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with four of the top satellite application developers. These developers will be innovating new telecom applications and accessories for Thuraya products.
Read MoreIn its effort to continue its expansive growth in the Brazilian market, Iridium Satellite announces a strategic partnership with Tesacom do Brasil, a Brazilian telecommunications company.
Read MoreViaSat Inc. has been awarded an $8.7 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Cryptographic Support Group (CPSG) for system design and development of the next generation Telemetry, Tracking, and Control (TT&C) cryptographic unit. The system is designed to replace legacy equipment used in satellite ground stations.
Read MoreScience Applications International Corporation [NYSE: SAI] announced their subsidiary, Benham Companies LLC, has been awarded a $51.4 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract calls for Benham to design, engineer and build two testing facilities.
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