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Posted at the TeleGeography online site is a story reporting another comsat player is joining the worldwide throng… this time, it’s Angola. The country has ordered its own comsat with Russian firms building the satellite.
Read MoreThe first hyperspectral imager in space was built by Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE:NOC] in just over 12 months. The space vehicle is marking its seventh anniversary on-orbit.
Read MoreAstrium is to develop and build the latest imaging radar for an ESA satellite. The development and delivery contract signed last week in Friedrichshafen by Massimo Di Lazzaro, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Thales Alenia Space BU Observation Systems & Radar, and Uwe Minne, Director of Earth observation and Science at Astrium Germany. The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded the main contact for the Sentinel-1 satellite in February to Thales Alenia Space. Astrium is now to supply the C-band radar for the Sentinel-1 satellite.
Read MoreDataPath, Inc. has added baseband solutions for its mobile satellite communications (SATCOM) networks to the General Services Administration (GSA) IT Schedule 70 contract (number GS-35F-0424T).
Read MoreLast Friday, November 16h, there was a gala evening in Venice. In attendance were the winners of this year’s HOT BIRD TV Awards. Now in their 10th year, these awards unite Eutelsat and Eurovisioni in rewarding programming excellence and innovation by thematic broadcasters.
Read MoreNow forming an integral part of Vizada’s broadband offering is Inmarsat's FleetBroadband service. Vizada is a global provider of mobile and fixed satellite communications solutions for merchant ships, oil & gas platforms, fishing boats and many more.
Read MoreStratos Global Corp. [TSX: SGB] announced the commercial availability of their new maritime broadband satellite communications solution based on Inmarsat's FleetBroadband service. FleetBroadband from Stratos offers a wide range of value-added services to provide ship managers with optimal communications performance and cost efficiency.
Read MoreSES AMERICOM, an SES company [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Exchange:SESG], and AT&T Inc. [NYSE:T] have reached an agreement to supply AT&T U-verseSM TV with international programming via SES AMERICOM’s IP-PRIME platform.
Read MoreNetwork Innovations and SES AMERICOM have completed the certification process of Network Innovations’ VR5 Auto-Pointing VSAT system for mobile deployments of SES AMERICOM’s REDiSat service, which offers temporary, mobile emergency high-speed communications.
Read MoreSIRIUS Satellite Radio [NASDAQ:SIRI] has revealed three of the company’s products, Backseat TV(TM) audio/video tuner, Stiletto 2 portable satellite radio, and Sportster 5 dock & play radio, have been recognized for advancements in consumer technology design and engineering by the Consumer Electronics Association.
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