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Eutelsat selects Alcatel Alenia Space for W7 satellite to boost 36 degrees east neighbourhood
Eutelsat Communications and Alcatel Alenia Space announced that the two companies have signed a contract under which Alcatel Alenia Space will manufacture and deliver Eutelsat’s W7 communications satellite...

Loral Skynet and Telesat will combine to create premier global FSS provider with US$4.9 billion of backlog
Loral Space & Communications announced that it and its Canadian partner, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments)...

The first German SAR-Lupe reconnaissance satellite is equipped with Alcatel Alenia Spaces SAR sensor electronics units
The first SAR-Lupe satellite, the German reconnaissance satellite-based system was successfully boosted into orbit from the Plesezsk space center. Alcatel Alenia Space has supplied the Sensor Electronic units forming the core of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), set to provide high-resolution radar imagery to the German defense forces starting in 2007...

TSS extends high-speed on demand maritime service globally
Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway now offers high-speed 128 kbps maritime satellite communications service globally...

Shamshad TV of Afghanistan joins AsiaSat 2
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and private broadcaster Shamshad TV of Afghanistan have signed a lease agreement for the use of C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2 to distribute the ‘Shamshad TV’ channel to all broadcast networks across Afghanistan and other countries in Central Asia, the Middle East, South Asia and other parts of Asia...

Lockheed Martin-built GPS satellite declared operational for users worldwide
The newest modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin, has been declared fully operational by the U.S. Air Force following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems...

Boeing announces successful on-orbit handover of XM-4 Satellite
The Boeing Company announced the on-orbit handover of the XM-4 satellite to XM Satellite Radio, Inc...

Australia Network renews contract with Intelsat
Intelsat announced that Australia Network, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s international television channel, has renewed its multi-year contract with Intelsat, and expanded the contract to include transmission services on an additional satellite...

SkyTerra Communications names Alex Good CEO and President, Scott Macleod CFO
SkyTerra Communications announced that Alexander H. Good was named Chief Executive Officer and President, and Scott G. Macleod was named Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer...

SeaMobile announces acquisition of European satellite provider Geolink
SeaMobile has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Geolink, a pioneer and leading provider of satellite-based broadband communications and networking services with extensive experience serving the European market. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed...

STM to deploy over 2,300 Satlink VSATs in Mexico
STM announced an order by a large systems integrator in Mexico for over 2,300 VSATs to be used as part of the country’s successful Enciclomedia Program (www.enciclomedia.edu.mx) to serve over 3,100 classrooms in Mexico. The ongoing program uses the latest technologies as part of an application suite to modernize classrooms in public schools throughout Mexico...

General Osterthaler to Lead Americom Government Services
AMERICOM announced that retired Brigadier General Robert Tipton (Tip) Osterthaler has been appointed President and CEO of AMERICOM GOVERNMENT SERVICES, Inc...