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[8-29-07 – Satellite News Today] SES Astra’s Entavio digital platform will make its debut Sept. 1, with German pay-TV operator Premiere the first to offer the system, SES Astra announced. Entavio is a technical and service platform that does acquire or bundle channels and is open to all broadcasters…

SES Astra said it will launch its new digital platform entavio at the international consumer show IFA in Berlin on 1 September.

Communications Network Ltd. has signed an agreement with Loral Skynet to offer distribution of video content to the Asian Market via a digital platform using Loral Skynet’s Telstar 10 satellite.

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it received a US$250 million contract, including options, from the U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SPAWAR).

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially shut down the country’s longest serving polar-orbiting satellite, NOAA-12 on 10 August.

The launch of India’s latest communication satellite, INSAT-4CR, aboard a GSLV from Sriharikota has been postponed by a day to 2 September.

NASA has selected Boeing as the contractor to provide manufacturing support for design and construction of the upper stage of the Ares I rocket.

[8-28-07 – Satellite Today] A series of power system problems has led the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to officially shut down Aug. 10 its longest serving polar-orbiting…