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Intelsat announced that Qatar Telecom (Qtel) signed a multi-year capacity contract on Intelsat’s recently-launched Intelsat 15 satellite (IS-15), located at 85 degrees East.
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Eutelsat Communications has signed a major contract with UPSTAR Comunicacoes for satellite capacity for the broadcasting of ZAP pay-TV platform, expected to launch shortly in Angola.
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NASA officials broke ground near Canberra, Australia on 24 February, beginning a new antenna-building campaign to improve Deep Space Network communications.
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ESA and the European Defence Agency (EDA) are furthering their combined efforts in the study of satellite services for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) through the signing of contracts with two consortia to carry out parallel feasibility studies.
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SES Astra has signed a co-operation agreement with the Italian corporation Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) for the deployment of 5,000 Astra2Connect terminals in Italy.
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