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Performance is the key In October 2006, Space Transport Inc., a privately held corporation, acquired Lockheed Martin's shares in LKEI and ILS. Continuing to use the brand of ILS, the company now provides commercial launch services only on Proton, with exclusive rights to market Khrunichev's Angara next-generation vehicle when it becomes available. Satellite Evolution EMEA talks to Frank McKenna, President of ILS.   Click here to read the full article

SingTel launches Asia-Pacific's first and only integrated global Wide Area Network solution
Singapore Telecommunications Limited (SingTel) announced that it has launched Asia Pacific’s first and only integrated global IP Wide Area Network (WAN) solution. This solution provides business communications in remote areas via seamless and secure IP technology...

Russian news channel Russia Today now available free to air in the Nordic countries
Everyone interested in developments in Russia and in international news from a Russian perspective now has the opportunity to keep up to date. From 31 May the Russian news channel Russia Today is broadcast via the Sirius satellite system to viewers in the Nordic and Baltic countries...

FTMSC reveals new brand name
France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) has rebranded itself Vizada. The launch marks a new beginning as an autonomous provider on the mobile satellite communications market. The former FTMSC was acquired by funds managed by Apax Partners SA on October 31 2006...

Astrium wins Hispasat contract
Astrium has been awarded a contract by Hispasat to design and build Amazonas-2, a powerful satellite which will increase the capacity offered by Hispasat on their American position to meet growing market demand...

ADVANTECH launches Premium DVB-RCS VSAT Mesh Terminal
Advantech Satellite Networks in collaboration with Hakusan Corporation and JSAT Corporation, has successfully demonstrated the industry’s first DVB-RCS VSAT terminal operating in a mesh topology where each VSAT terminal relays data via satellite to another terminal...

New online tool charts cybersecurity standards developments
ITU has developed an online tool to keep track of crucial ICT security standards work through a single access point. For the first time, ICT security vendors, service providers, developers, researchers and the public will now have security standards at their fingertips, with one common user interface...

ND SatCom is supporting reliable communications during the G8 Summit
ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company, is supporting reliable communications during the G8 Summit in Heiligendamm (Germany) for first responders of the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW)...

C2SAT and Telemar Scandinavia AB sign agreement
C2SAT announced that C2SAT and Telemar Scandinavia AB have signed a Global Service Level Agreement. The agreement includes global installation, service and maintenance of the unique 4 axes C2SAT Stabilised VSAT Antenna, based on advanced technology and innovative design for “always on – not almost always on” satellite communication...

Boeing completes critical wideband global SATCOM satellite tests
The Boeing Company has successfully completed end-to-end testing of the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) payload command and control system, paving the way for the launch of the first WGS satellite this summer...

Initial assembly is completed for the Ariane 5 GS at Europe Spaceport
The first of two Ariane 5 launch vehicles for Arianespace missions planned in August and September has completed its initial build-up at the Spaceport in French Guiana...

Shin Satellite signs Asia Mobile Holdings as strategic partner in Cambodia and Laos
Shin Satellite Public Company Limited announced that SATTEL has agreed to sell a 49 percent stake in Shenington Investments Pte Ltd (“Shenington”) to Asia Mobile Holdings Pte. Ltd (“AMH”) for consideration value of US$ 200 million. Shenington is an investment holding company with a 100 percent stake in Cambodia Shinawatra Company Limited (“CamShin”) and 49 percent stake in Lao Telecommunications Company Limited (“LTC”)...

SSL to design spacecraft to fulfill unique requirements for the Landsat Program
Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and the world's leading provider of high-power commercial satellites, has announced that the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center’s Rapid Spacecraft Development Office (RSDO) recently awarded SS/L a delivery order for a Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) Spacecraft Accommodation Study...

Integral Systems announces leadership changes
Integral Systems announced that its Board of Directors has named Alan W. Baldwin, who is currently a Director of the Company, as interim Chief Executive Officer and Bill Lewis as interim Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately...