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| 12.01.2008 |
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Looking Ahead To 2009
2008 closes with a potential bottom of the financial institutions/credit crisis that began in the summer of 2007 and spread from the subprime mortgage market to the entire financial services industry in the second and third quarters of 2008. This crisis has...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Year in Review: 2008 Events Set Stage for 2009 
Blog Special To comment on this article, visit Mark Holme’s blog at www.SatelliteToday.com/blog/?p=90 While the satellite sector generally remains in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the globe also threatens the necessary...
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| 12.01.2008 |
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Philip Father, CEO, ProtoStar
ProtoStar hopes to make an impact in the promising DTH markets in Asia by providing capacity aboard its ProtoStar 1 satellite. The spacecraft, placed in orbit in July, carries 16 Ku-band and 38 C-band transponders that allows DTH operators to provide services...
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| 11.20.2008 |
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Romain Bausch, CEO, SES
Like its fixed satellite services counterparts, SES some very interesting growth strategies in play. The operator of the second largest communications satellite fleet has an IPTV offering in the United States with IP Prime, and subsidiary SES Astra has teamed...
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| 11.19.2008 |
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Incomnet Adds Cellular Backhaul Solution to Gilat SkyEdge Network
[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Incomnet, one of Mongolia's largest telecommunications service providers, added Gilat's SkyAbis cellular backhaul solution to its satellite communications network to serve Mongolia's mobile operators, Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd...
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| 11.19.2008 |
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Thales Alenia Space to Provide Amos-4 Ground Segment
[Satellite Today 11-19-08] Thales Alenia Space signed a contract with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Ltd. for the development, delivery and installation of elements of the Amos-4 ground segment, Thales Alenia Space announced Nov. 19...
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| 11.19.2008 |
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Gateway Chooses iDirect to Expand Services in Africa
[Satellite Today 11-19-08] VT iDirect Inc. signed a contract with Gateway Communications to implement a pan-African DVB-S2/ACM satellite network built on iDirect’s Evolution platform, the company announced Nov. 19. Built on the DVB-S2...
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| 11.19.2008 |
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Giuliano Berretta, CEO, Eutelsat
Eutelsat Communications, which has Spanish company Abertis Telecom as one of its main shareholders, has made a number of interesting strategic moves over the last year. While continuing to grow its primary fixed satellite services (FSS) business, the operator...
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| 11.18.2008 |
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Boeing to Upgrade GPS Control Segment
[Satellite Today 11-18-08] Boeing will upgrade the U.S. Air Force's Operational Control Segment (OCS) satellite ground control system to operate GPS 2F satellites as well as provide advanced encryption and data-protection capabilities...
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| 11.18.2008 |
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David McGlade, CEO, Intelsat
Intelsat CEO David McGlade feels the fixed satellite services (FSS) sector is in a good position today, but he would like to see the industry as a whole “spend more time looking for big growth opportunities” in order to prepare for the future...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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United Launch Alliance To Lay Off Hundreds
United Launch Alliance plans to lay off hundreds of workers next year, the Denver Business Journal reported...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Sea Launch Receives SICRAL 1B Satellite For Launch In January
Sea Launch took delivery of the SICRAL 1B communications satellite at the payload processing facility at the Sea Launch home port in the Port of Long Beach. With additional arrivals this month of associated hardware and personnel, Sea Launch is prepared to...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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J-2X Rocket Engine Completes Critical Design Review
NASA's newest high-performance rocket engine, the J-2X, successfully completed its critical design review, NASA announced. The engine passed the milestone at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. That J-2X engine was developed for NASA by Pratt and...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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GMV Products to Control Nilesat Satellite
[Satellite Today 11-17-08] Egyptian satellite operator Nilesat, has selected GMV's satellite monitoring and control product and flight dynamics product to operate the Nilesat 201 satellite, GMV announced Nov. 17. Nilesat will use...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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MicroSat Systems Orders Saft’s Batteries for Orbcomm Satellites
[Satellite Today 11-17-08] Saft received a contract from MicroSat Systems Inc. to provide rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries for Orbcomm’s Generation 2 satellite program, Saft announced Nov. 17. Saft will...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Japan’s For-A to Distribute Scopus Products
[Satellite Today 11-17-08] Scopus Video Networks entered into a distribution partnership with Japanese video manufacturer and distributor For-A, Scopus announced Nov. 17. ...
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| 11.17.2008 |
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Dan Goldberg, CEO, Telesat
Telesat, led by former New Skies Satellite CEO Dan Goldberg returned to the upper echelon of fixed satellite services (FSS) operators following the acquisition of Telesat Canada by Loral Space and Communications in October 2007. The...
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| 11.14.2008 |
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Sicral 1B Shipped to Launch Site
[Satellite Today 11-14-08] The Sicral 1B satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space, has completed integration and testing and has been shipped to its launch site, Thales Alenia Space announced Nov. 14. Sicral 1B will provide strategic and...
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| 11.14.2008 |
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Vizada Adds Iridium Handset to its MSS Portfolio
[Satellite Today 11-14-08] Vizada has integrated the Iridium 9555 handset into its mobile satellite services (MSS) portfolio, Vizada announced Nov. 14. Iridium 9555 by Vizada will be...
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| 11.14.2008 |
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FCC Approves Another Milestone Extension Request from TerreStar
[Satellite Today 11-14-08] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted a request by TerreStar Networks for another extension of its satellite launch milestone for TerreStar-1 (TS-1) from Sept. 30, 2008 to Jun. 30, 2009, and its...
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