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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that Es’hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, has selected Kratos’ Integral Systems Europe S.A.S. (“ISE”) subsidiary to provide Es’hailSat’s Network Operations and Satellite Payload Monitoring Center (NOC) in Doha, Qatar.Other Posts:20th anniversary for Astrium’s Eurostar seriesEMS Technologies results 2007NSS-10, NSS-11 Join SES New Skies FleetICO and Alcatel-Lucent finalise MIM services agreementIntelsat, Ltd. results Q1 2007Satellite TV is Changing the Home and Business EnvironmentTranquility, Cupola ready for launch to complete ISS assemblyBadr-4 (Arabsat 4B) pre-launch details

Hughes Network Systems has been awarded a Custom Satellite Communications Solutions (CS2) contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to provide commercial satellite end-to-end communications to government customers.Other Posts:KVH Launches Next-Generation Maritime BroadbandWildBlue upgrades network, increases capacity by over 31 percentArianespace to launch ABS-2Ariane 5′s sixth launch of 2010 slips back seven daysESA transmits first-ever telecommands to Chinese satelliteEutelsat orders 3B from AstriumProba-2 fuel tank refilled from ‘solid gas’Second Galileo test satellite finally in orbit

Boeing Commercial Satellite Services has been approved as a service provider for the Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition programme.
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SES announced that SES Government Solutions (SES-GS) has extended the means by which the U.S. Government can access their global satellite fleet and custom network solutions capabilities and has been awarded a Custom SATCOM Solutions (CS2) contract.
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Intelsat S.A. announced an agreement to provide broadband satellite capacity for Gogo, a provider of in-flight connectivity and wireless in-flight digital entertainment solutions, that will enable it to offer customers in-flight Internet access for transoceanic air routes and other areas around the globe starting in early 2013.Other Posts:MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. results Q1 2008Why You Must Choose Direct TV Programming Instead of Anything ElseBoeing FAB-T demonstrates communications with on-orbit AEHF satelliteMDA may have tried to sell unitsCrawford Adds StarLink’s Trucks To FleetHow DVR Will Change the Way Your Family Watches TelevisionArianespace halfway through with 2007 launch manifestAlcatel-Lucent To Aid In ICO Mobile Interactive Trial

Intelsat S.A. announced that Astrium Services Business Communications, the newly established business division of Astrium Services, has expanded its capacity on Intelsat’s Ku-band mobility infrastructure.Other Posts:High Growth Rates for hybrid STBs predictedGOCE completes early orbit phaseChina to launch next-gen weather satellite on 27 MayCCS-C contract modification for Integral SystemsThales Alenia Space delivers Jason-2 to its Californian launch basePyrovalve blamed for life-shortening leak aboard Amazonas 1Update: India’s PSLV launches four satellitesSatellite Systems Corp. launches Dominion Test Instruments