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Eutelsat Communications and SpeedCast announced a major commercial agreement with FURUNO, one of the leading companies in the maritime equipment and service sectors.
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SES New Skies said it will host IPTV Americas on its NSS-806 satellite. This will enable IPTV Americas to offer an end-to-end satellite-delivered IPTV distribution solution to all telecommunications and cable operators’ head ends in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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EchoStar Corporation and its EchoStar Satellite Services division announced an agreement with Vredes, Inc., to provide satellite services for emergency management and other remote location broadcast demands.
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Globalstar, Inc. announced that Open Range Communications Inc. has closed on its equity financing of US$100 million from One Equity Partners (OEP), the private equity arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Boeing said it has successfully completed the systemwide Critical Design Review (CDR) for its Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) satellite communications programme, paving the way for implementation of a new data capability.
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Orbcomm Inc. announced that it has completed a global Automatic Identification System (AIS) distribution agreement for commercial purposes with Lloyd’s Register – Fairplay (LRF).
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MSV Appoints Vice President Of Enterprise Operations
COROT starts science operations
Is Proxima Centauri Flying Solo?
Iridium System Installed On Tanker Fleet
Intelsat renews China Central Television contract for U.S. DTH services
Hubble camera off again
Update: Cartosat-2A launch planned for end of April
Russia’s Teleport-Services To Use Gilat’s Skyedge Broadband For University System

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ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited and Alcatel-Lucent said they will be demonstrating the world’s first fully integrated satellite-terrestrial network being used to deliver mobile video and interactive two-way communications services during the International Consumer Electronics Show this week in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
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A Glimpse at the Future of Our Sun
SpaceDev flies prototype hybrid rocket lunar lander
South Africa to set up space agency
Northrop Grumman demonstrates methane rocket engine
MBCo pulls plug on satellite multimedia service
Hotbird 8 starts in-orbit testing
Lockheed Martin results Q2 2007
Indian government approves INSAT-4G

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SES Astra and GlobeCast announced the signature of a capacity contract with the French telecommunications operator Orange to distribute its new Orange TV offer via satellite, particularly targeting French homes with no TV coverage over ADSL.
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