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Lockheed Martin is preparing to deliver spacecraft to a pair of Japan-based companies, Lockheed Martin announced June 19. The BSAT-3A satellite for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corp. (B-SAT) and the JCSAT-11 for JSAT Corp. (JSAT) are both…
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A majority stake in Intelsat Ltd., global provider of fixed satellite services, will be purchased from its parent company, Intelsat Holdings Ltd., by a group led by U.K.-based private equity firm BC Partners with other investors, Intelsat announced June 19. The transaction is subject to…
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Owing to a technical glitch, two articles in yesterday’s issue appeared as one. The online archive has been corrected and now contains the separate two articles, “Intelsat reaches deals with ANZ Teleport, VISTA” and “General Electric offers capacity on GE-23.” Please accept our apologies for any confusion.
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SAT-GE , the newly formed satellite operator in the Pacific region, has completed the appointment of its leadership team.
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The Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) satellite built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. completed eight years of on-orbit operations, performing six years beyond its minimum two-year mission requirement.
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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced the recent initiation of operations for Closed Joint Stock Company (CJSC) Global-Teleport’s latest SkyEdge Hub in Pavlovsk-Passad (near Moscow).
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Astro All Asia Networks Plc’s (Astro) subsidiary, Measat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn. Bhd. (MBNS), has entered into a conditional agreement with Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd for the utilisation of transponder capacity on the Measat-3 satellite (M3) in a deal worth MYR1.33 billion (EUR288 million, US$387 million).
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Intelsat Ltd. announced the launch of its new Network Broadband Global Maritime service, the latest addition to Intelsat’s GlobalConnex portfolio of services, as well as the signing of a multi-year distribution agreement with Schlumberger.
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