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Market characterized by innovative capital investments, emergence of new players, and diverging performancesParis, France, July 12, 2012 –Euroconsult announced the findings of its most recent study of fixed satellite services. The report entitled "Company Profiles, Analysis of FSS Operators," now in its 5th edition, indicates that regional operators in particular continued to see strong business growth from various applications including DTH TV broadcasting, cellular backhaul and enterprise networks. Many of these regional operators are continuing their ambitious expansion plans with growing satellite fleets and a number of satellite launches still ahead in the coming years. read moreOther Posts:XTAR awarded bandwidth contract from Intelsat GeneralGlobalstar sells 7.5 Million shares in IPORussia monitors Kosmos 2421 debrisWatch Portrayal of American Greed on Satellite TVL-3 Telemetry-West to provide test software for GPS IIIUSAF’s WGS satellite supports relief efforts in JapanOne Landsat 5 transponder lost, […]

NASA partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has completed an important design review of the crewed version of its Dragon spacecraft. The concept baseline review presented NASA with the primary and secondary design elements of its Dragon capsule designed to carry astronauts into low Earth orbit, including the International Space Station.

When the European Data Relay System launches its second satellite in 2015, it will be taking the Hylas-3 communications package along for the ride thanks to ESA’s ‘hosted payload’ approach.

CGS SpA Compagnia Generale per lo Spazio, Milan, a subsidiary of OHB AG, and the Italian Space Agency (ASI) signed a contract for Definition Phases A/B1 for the realisation of the OPSIS (OPtical System for Imaging and Surveillance) satellite and relevant ground segment. The contract has a value of EUR13.5 million.

ESA’s newest space technology facility has been inaugurated in Valencia, Spain. The ESA- Valencia Space Consortium High-Power Space Materials Laboratory is specially equipped to investigate how different materials endure the potentially destructive effects of operating powerful radio systems in space.

Avanti Communications Group plc published a trading update for the year ending 30 June 2012.

ESA’s first two Galileo navigation satellites in space have achieved their latest milestone, transmitting dummy signals in a modulation scheme designed to allow full interoperability with the U.S. GPS once operational services start.