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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 
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 funding that many companies will need as they look to expand their operations and capitalize on new...
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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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| 11.21.2008 |
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EMS Signs Agreement to Acquire Satamatics
[Satellite Today 11-21-08] EMS Technologies Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire U.K.-based Satamatics Global Ltd., a provider of Inmarsat IsatM2M (machine-to-machine) services, EMS announced Nov. 21. Satamatics enables...
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| 11.20.2008 |
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Sea Launch Receives Multi-Launch Contract from Intelsat
[Satellite Today 11-20-08] Sea Launch and Intelsat signed a multiple launch services contract for five missions on the Sea Launch system, the launch provider announced Nov. 20. Sea Launch performed two missions for...
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| 11.20.2008 |
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Arrowhead Orders Capacity From SES New Skies
[Satellite Today 11-20-08] SES New Skies will provide Arrowhead Global Solutions capacity on the NSS-12 satellite that will support U.S. government needs over the Middle East and East Africa, SES New Skies...
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| 11.20.2008 |
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Thales Alenia Space to Provide Hispasat AG1 Communication Payload
[Satellite Today 11-20-08] Thales Alenia Space España, signed an agreement with prime contractor Hispasat for the development and supply of the Redsat Advanced Communication Payload for the AG1 satellite, Thales Alenia Space announced Nov. 20...
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| 11.20.2008 |
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MSV Awarded Licenses for New U.S. Gateways
[Satellite Today 11-20-08] Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has been granted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) communications licenses for two new MSV gateways in the United States, the company announced Nov. 20. ...
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| 11.20.2008 |
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GMV, ATSB to Establish Malaysia’s Coastal Differential GPS Network
[Satellite Today 11-20-08] GMV and Astronautic Technology Sdn. Bhd. (ATSB) won an a contract for Malaysia’s coastal Differential GPS (DGPS) network, GMV announced Nov. 20. Under this agreement, signed with the Marine...
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| 11.20.2008 |
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Report: Nigcomsat 1 Declared ‘Total Loss’
[Satellite Today] The Nigcomsat 1 spacecraft, shut down Nov. 9 after suffering power problems, has lost both solar arrays and is “a total loss,” according to press reports. T. Ahmed Rufai, CEO of...
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| 11.20.2008 |
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ABI: Set-Top Box Shipments on Slippery Slope After 2012
[Satellite Today 11-20-08] Growth in set-top box shipments will peak in 2012, followed by a slow decline, according to a study by ABI Research. Set-top box unit volumes for all platforms — digital terrestrial...
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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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