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Telenor Satellite Broadcasting’s (TSBc) latest satellite, Thor 7, will provide the Norwegian Troll base located at the South Pole with increased satellite capacity for the distribution of key meteorological data from the research station, Trollsat.
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Raytheon Company has become the first to successfully test with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. Raytheon’s Army Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical Terminal (SMART-T) is the first operationally-fielded terminal to interoperate with an on-orbit AEHF satellite.
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Eutelsat “categorically refuted recent reports that claim it is generating interference to its own satellites in order to prevent reception in Iran of international Farsi satellite channels.” Last week, a commentary in the Paris newspaper La Tribune repeated a charge from French parliament member Jean-Louis Bianco that Eutelsat was interfering with its own transmission into Iran and bowing to Iranian pressures.

SES announced that it has signed a capacity and uplink agreement with M7 Group, the Luxembourg-based satellite television provider, for distribution via Astra’s 19.2 degrees East orbital position.

The Command and Control System – Consolidated programme, part of LAAFB’s Military Satellite Communication Systems Directorate, recently upgraded all 38 Front End Processors, modernising the system and readying CCS-C to accept future changes to the Air Force Satellite Control Network.
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ViaSat Inc. said it conducted a major public demonstration for members of the U.S. armed services during which it unveiled what it said is the industry’s highest performance mobile broadband system using an ultra-small aperture 30-cm Ka-band tracking antenna.
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Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) said it continues to upgrade its ground infrastructure for monitoring and control of the existing and prospective RSCC satellites. At Dubna SCC near Moscow, RSCC has opened the first Ka-Band satellite communications Earth station.
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