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Archive for February, 2007

Missile Warning Satellite Completes Environmental Testing

February 6th, 2007 by

The first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit spacecraft platform has…

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Advantech To Provide Satellite Communications System to Saudi Aramco

February 6th, 2007 by

Advantech Satellite Networks Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide a VSAT communications network for Saudi Aramco in the…

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Integral Receives CCS-C Modification For WGS Work

February 6th, 2007 by

Integral Systems Inc. has been awarded a U.S. Air Force contract to support the Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) program, the company announced Feb. 5. The contract, valued at…

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Sea Launch Vessels Returning To Port

February 6th, 2007 by

The Odyssey Launch Platform and the Sea Launch Commander are in transit from Sea Launch’s launch site at the equator, the company announced Feb…

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Space Systems/Loral CEO Dewitt Named Satellite Industry Executive of the Year

February 6th, 2007 by

Patrick DeWitt, CEO of Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected Via Satellite magazine’s 2006 Satellite Executive of the Year, Via…

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SS/L’s CEO named Satellite Industry Executive of the Year

February 6th, 2007 by

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that its chief executive officer, Patrick DeWitt, has been selected by a panel of judges at Via Satellite magazine as its 2006 Satellite Executive of the Year.

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GeoEye makes final debt payment for the purchase of Space Imaging

February 6th, 2007 by

GeoEye announced the final payment on the US$50 million credit facility that it drew down in January 2006 to fund the acquisition of the assets of Space Imaging.

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Integral Systems to enhance CCS-C to support WGS operational readiness

February 6th, 2007 by

Integral Systems, Inc. announced the award by the U.S. Air Force of a US$4.5 million cost plus award fee modification to the CCS-C (Command and Control System-Consolidated) effort to support the WGS [Wideband Global SATCOM (Satellite Communications)] Program.

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