Fourth Czech free-to-air channel to join ASTRA at 19.2° East
SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), has signed an agreement with the Czech free-to-air leisure and shopping channel TOP TV for digital capacity on ASTRA at the orbital position 19.2° East. TOP TV is the fourth Czech free-to-air channel transmitted via ASTRA at 19.2° East, following the music channel Ocko TV, the parliamentary channel 24.cz and the public news channel CT24. In addition to these customer relationships, SES ASTRA enjoys a long-standing cooperation with UPC Direct, the key Direct-to-Home bouquet provider for the Central and Eastern European region...

Galileo sends first signals to Earth based on Alcatel Alenia Space technology
Giove-A, the first Galileo pilot satellite launched on December 28, has transmitted its signals to the Earth stations using the Navigation Signal Generation Unit (NSGU) and the wide-band Navigation Antenna developed by Alcatel Alenia Space...

XTAR to provide communications services to Danish Armed Forces
XTAR, LLC today announced that it has been awarded a multi-year contract from HISDESAT Servicios Estratégicos, S.A. (HISDESAT) to provide the Royal Danish Navy (RDN) with X-band communications services throughout Europe, Africa and the Middle East. XTAR is a joint venture between Loral Space & Communications (NASDAQ: LORL) and HISDESAT...

Telesat Chooses ILS to Launch Nimiq 4 on Proton Vehicle
International Launch Services (ILS) and Telesat, one of the world's leading satellite operators, announced today they are teaming up for the fifth time, to launch the Nimiq 4 satellite on a Proton Breeze M vehicle. Financial terms were not disclosed...

Radyne Appoints Myron Wagner as COO
Radyne Corporation (Nasdaq: RADN) announced today that Carl Myron Wagner will join the Company as President and Chief Operating Officer. Myron will assume his new position on January 30, 2006. In addition, Myron will become a candidate for the title of CEO...

Telenor reduces calling rates during Chinese and Lunar New Year
Telenor Satellite Services today announced it is offering worldwide reduced calling rates to help celebrate the Chinese and Lunar New Year. Telenor, in conjunction with satellite operator Inmarsat, is extending low-cost Super Quiet Time (SQT) hours around-the-clock beginning 20:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on Friday January 27th and running until 6:00 GMT Monday February 6, 2006..

ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) is supplying a LinkStar® broadband network to CELCOM, through network integrator Digisky Sdn Berhad, for shared-hub satellite network services in Malaysia. CELCOM, a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia, has also chosen to include ViaSat hub software that makes the network compatible with the Digital Video Broadcast Return Channel Satellite (DVB-RCS) international standard for interoperability...

Scopus Completes Massive Deployment Across Russia
Scopus Video Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: SCOP), a provider of digital video networking products, announced today that it has successfully supplied and installed various IRD receiver-decoders for the fourth stage of Russia's RTRS (Radio Television Republic Network) digitization project. Scopus, through its distribution network in Russia, has completed the first three phases of the project and installed platforms across thousands of sites traversing the entirety of Russia. The overall value of the accumulated deals is worth a number of millions of dollars.

Boeing Awarded Air Force Contract for Directed Energy and Space Surveillance R&D
The Laser and Electro Optical Systems (L&EOS) unit of Boeing [NYSE:BA] Missile Defense Systems (MDS) has received a contract worth up to $413 million to continue supporting two U.S. Air Force laboratories engaged in cutting-edge research on high energy laser and satellite tracking technologies...

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