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XTAR names Larry D. Haughey Vice President, Government Markets
XTAR, LLC today announced that it has named Larry D. Haughey vice president, government markets. Mr. Haughey will be responsible for the sales and marketing of XTAR's unique X-band services to the U.S. government's commercial and military sectors, including the Departments of Defense, State and Homeland Security. He will report to Denis Curtin, chief operating officer of XTAR.

BellSouth Signs Agreement with SES AMERICOM for IPTV Trial
SES AMERICOM, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg stock exchanges: SESG), announced today that BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) has signed an agreement to trial IP PRIME™, a centralized, satellite-centric video distribution solution that enables telcos to bundle and distribute hundreds of standard and HD television programming channels with voice and broadband services.

Radyne Receives $1 Million Xicom Tri-band Amplifier Order
Radyne Corporation (Nasdaq: RADN) announced that its Xicom Technology subsidiary received a new order of over $1.0 million for Tri-band Satellite Amplifiers from a major U.S. Satellite Communications Integrator. The amplifiers will be used in an existing mobile satellite program for the U.S. Military. The order is expected to ship over the next two quarters.

Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1C, Completes Ten Years
The Indian Remote Sensing satellite, IRS-1C, which was launched on December 28, 1995, has completed ten years of operation. IRS-1C carried a unique combination of three state-of-the-art cameras - a Panchromatic Camera with a spatial resolution of 5.8 metre, a Linear Imaging Self Scanner-3 with a resolution of 23 metre and a Wide Field Sensor with a resolution of 188 metre.

Com Dev Awarded Asian Commercial Satellite Contract
Com Dev International Ltd. has been awarded a contract,valued at between Cdn$ 5 million and Cdn$6 million, under an Authority to Proceed (ATP) from an Asian customer.

ORBCOMM, a global satellite telecommunications company, has announced that it has completed equity financings totalling over US$110 million led by Pacific Corporate Group (PCG), which committed $60 million. New investors, in addition to PCG, include investment firms MH Equity Investors and Torch Hill Capital.

First Galileo satellite on orbit to demonstrate key technologies
The first Galileo demonstrator was successfully lifted into orbit on 28 December 2005 aboard a Soyuz-Fregat launch vehicle…

SES AMERICOM 's AMC-23 launched aboard a Proton
International Launch Services (ILS) wrapped up a successful year on with the 29 December 2005 launch of its Proton Breeze M vehicle carrying the AMC-23 communications satellite…

Successful double launch for Ariane 5
During the night of 21 to 22 December 2005, Arianespace placed two satellites into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)…

SES GLOBAL to acquire New Skies Satellites
SES GLOBAL S.A. and New Skies Satellites Holdings Ltd. have announced that they have entered into a binding agreement pursuant to which SES GLOBAL will acquire 100 per cent of New Skies

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