Satellite News

Staying away from home often makes you homesick and if you are staying away from your country you are surely going to miss everything about it. No matter whether you are studying abroad or have settled down there for some occupational purpose, your country always remains special to you.

The European Commission has selected the consortium led by OHB-System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) for building and testing 14 satellites for the Galileo satellite navigation system. The contract is worth EUR566 million. The winners of the launch and systems support contracts are Arianespace and Thales Alenia Space, respectively.

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. said it has received a contract valued in excess of EUR15 million (US$21.5 million, C$22.3 million) from Thales Alenia Space to provide a number of advanced technology solutions.

Loral Space & Communications Inc. announced that it has entered into an agreement with Barrett Xplore Inc., Canada’s largest rural broadband provider, to deliver high throughput satellite Ka-band capacity for broadband services in Canada.