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Archive for April 11th, 2008

Intelsat Chairman of the Board resigns

April 11th, 2008 by

Intelsat, Ltd. announced that Raymond Svider, a Managing Partner of BC Partners, Intelsat’s majority shareholder, was elected to the position of Chairman at a recent meeting of the Intelsat Board of Directors.
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Orange to fill TV gaps in France using Eutelsat capacity

April 11th, 2008 by

Orange (the key brand of France Telecom) has confirmed its selection of two Eutelsat video neighbourhoods, Hotbird and Atlantic Bird 3, to broadcast by satellite the TV component of its triple play offer (telephone, Internet, TV) in cases where it is not accessible via ADSL.
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Canada blocks sale of MDA units to ATK

April 11th, 2008 by

The Canadian government has (at least for the time being) halted the controversial sale of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates’ space business to U.S.-based Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK).
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Harris to provide services for space control systems

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Harris Corporation has been awarded a 10-year contract valued at more than US$40 million to supply depot support and engineering services for multiple space control systems for the U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center’s Space Superiority Systems Wing at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California.
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