Satellite News

SES Astra announced that the Slovak telecommunications and TV operator Towercom has contracted an additional transponder on Astra’s orbital position 23.5 degrees East in order to launch new HD services.

Arrowhead Global Solutions has announced that it has been awarded two multimillion dollar contracts to provide over 200 MHz of commercial X-band satellite services to two U.S. Government agencies.
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Thaicom PCL said that a subsidiary had received licences from the Japanese government to provide high-speed Internet services via its IPSTAR satellite from 1 April.
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Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Corp. and the NPOESS (U.S. National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System) Integrated Program Office recently deployed and successfully demonstrated the ground segment’s interface data processing segment to the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska.
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Eutelsat Communications and Polish pay-TV platform Cyfrowy Polsat have signed a new contract for an additional transponder on Eutelsat’s Hotbird 9 satellite.

Intelsat General Corp. has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide bandwidth to The London Satellite Exchange Ltd., a subsidiary of Astrium Services, itself a unit of European Aeronautic Defence and Space company (EADS), to support unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance operations in Afghanistan.
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Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PrJsc (Yahsat) said it would provide YahSecure, a secure satellite communications service to military, government agencies and mission-critical commercial applications.
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SES New Skies announced that TIBA – Telepuerto Internacional Buenos Aires, has signed a new multi-transponder, multi-year agreement for satellite capacity on the NSS-806 satellite at the orbital location of 40.5 degrees West.