Satellite News

Yesterday’s successful maiden flight of ESA’s new Vega rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, opens a new set of launch services – including two of the Sentinel satellites for GMES.
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Telesat said that ViaSat-1, a powerful Ka -band satellite which is significantly expanding the quality and availability of high speed broadband for rural Canadians, has begun commercial service .
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NASA has selected 33 small satellites to fly as auxiliary payloads aboard rockets planned to launch in 2013 and 2014.
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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that it has signed an agreement with O3b Networks Limited, the developer of a new high-speed, low-latency satellite-based service for telecommunication operators and enterprises in emerging markets, for the development and supply of Ka-band infrastructure for O3b’s VSAT services.
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