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Boeing satellite fleet demonstrates industry-leading longevity
Boeing's current on-orbit fleet of 95 satellites has been providing services for a combined 887 years -- 156 years beyond their initial contract life. This longevity is a testament to the quality and value Boeing provides to customers in 19 countries on six continents...

Satellite Operator of the Year: Growth and Profits 2006 awarded to SES GLOBAL
SES GLOBAL has been awarded “Satellite Operator of the Year: Growth and Profits 2006” by Euroconsult, a leading Paris-based consultancy and research organisation specialising in broadcasting and space communication...

Eutelsat places order wih Sea Launch for two satellites
Eutelsat Communications confirmed that it has signed launch agreements with Sea Launch for two launch opportunities as part of its ongoing satellite deployment programme for which launches are scheduled from the middle of 2008...

Inmarsat accelerates entry into hand-held satellite phone
Inmarsat plc the leading global mobile satellite services operator and ACeS International Limited (ACeS), the leading Asian hand-held voice satellite services operator, have announced collaboration arrangements to offer low-cost hand-held and fixed voice services, initially in the Asian market with extended coverage expected in early 2007 by combining satellite resources...

Eutelsat Communications delivers strong results in 2005-2006
Commenting on the results, Giuliano Berretta, Chairman and CEO of Eutelsat Communications said: "In 2005/2006, Eutelsat outperformed objectives for growth while maintaining profitability at the highest level in the Fixed Satellite Services sector, achieving an EBITDA margin of 77.9 per cent. Our sales dynamic, notably for video and Value Added Services, led to a 900 million euro increase in our backlog, which at four billion euros, exceeds the equivalent of more than five years of revenues...

Alcatel Alenia Space wins a contract for German Armed Forces Satcom BW satellites
Alcatel Alenia Space announced that it has been granted a satellite contract for the next step of the German Armed Forces' satellite communications program Satcom BW Stufe 2 by EADS Astrium, the space segment prime contractor. The contract calls for the design, the manufacturing and the integration of two military satellites...

Thaicom 3 reaches its new slot at 50.5 degres East
Shin Satellite announces that the Thaicom 3 satellite has now reached its new orbital slot of 50.5 Degrees East in Geosynchronous orbit, located above the Middle East. Thaicom 3 was relocated from its original location of 78.5 Degrees East in early August after successfully transferring all the customers’ traffic to the newly launched Thaicom 5 satellite...

Telenor Satellite Services chooses Nera SatCom
Nera SatCom has signed a contract with Telenor Satellite Services for the upgrade of Telenor's aeronautical satellite Ground Earth Stations at Eik, Norway and Santa Paula, California in the United States. The contract is worth NOK 40.8 million (approximately $6.5 million)...

PCCWs NOW business news channel enhances live news broadcasts
Streambox, Inc., a leading supplier of real-time video solutions for broadcasting, satellite, and cable, announced that PCCW's NOW Business News Channel (NOW BNC), Hong Kong's premier financial news provider, has deployed a number of Streambox portable video transport solutions to enable flexible in-the-field news production and transmission for its IPTV-based NOW BNC. The Streambox® ACT-L3™ video transport solutions make it easy for NOW BNC's staff to leverage Hong Kong's readily available Internet connectivity to transmit and deliver breaking news for editing and broadcasting in realtime...

Eutelsat selects Alcatel Alenia Space for the delivery of W2A satellite
Eutelsat Communications, one of the world's leading satellite operators, and Alcatel

announced that Eutelsat has retained Alcatel Alenia Space, the European leader in satellite systems, for the design, manufacturing, assembling, tests and on-ground delivery of the W2A satellite...

Alexander Jeuck President ND SatCom-Abu Dhabi
ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company and a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, government, defence and broadcast communications network solutions, has appointed Alexander Jeuck as the new president of ND SatCom-Abu Dhabi, effective September 1, 2006. Alexander Jeuck, former vice president, succeeds Ulrich Kiebler.

Advantech helps SSVC entertain the forces with DVB-S2
Advantech AMT, a manufacturer of satellite and terrestrial wireless communication equipment with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Canada, are proud to work with Services Sound and Vision Corporation (SSVC) to deliver entertainment services to UK troops around the World, on both land and sea, using a DVB-S2 satellite network. The same equipment can be seen at this month’s IBC Exhibition, to be held at the RAI Centre, Amsterdam, between September 8th and 12th, 2006...