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Intelsat S.A. announced it has formed an alliance with BT that expands the reach of its IntelsatONE terrestrial network to new locations in Europe, Africa and Asia.Other Posts:Ericsson Announces Cash Offer to Acquire Tandberg TelevisionSatellite Television Versus Digital Cable Television – Who Comes Out on Top?Boeing ordered to pay US$237 million in damages to ICOEliminating Digital Divide With Satellite TelecommunicationsSpace shuttle Discovery to return to Earth on 10/11 SeptemberICG Gets FAA Approval For Boeing PartsUpdate. Date set for launch of Russian weather satelliteAriane 5 cleared for 21 May launch

SpeedCast has signed a multi-year agreement with SES World Skies for additional capacity on SES’ NSS-6, NSS-7, and NSS-12 satellites to serve its maritime customers in the Middle East, African, and South American regions, including offshore Brazil.
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exactEarth Ltd., a provider of satellite AIS data services, announced that it has been awarded a Standing Offer to provide its exactAIS data services to the Government of Canada with a total order value not to exceed C$4.7 million.
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Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced it was awarded a US$495,000 contract by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct an architectural study of commercial communications satellite (COCOMSAT) systems capabilities.

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced that it was awarded a US$1.5 million study contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s MILSATCOM Systems Directorate to evaluate options available to meet future war fighting communications needs.

SES Astra has signed a long-term agreement with M7 Group for an additional transponder on Astra 23.5 degrees East. The capacity will be used for the continued transmission of Dutch regional broadcasters as well as for additional High Definition (HD) services.

The U.S. Air Force announced that it has successfully demonstrated over-the-air, low-data-rate communication between an orbiting Milstar satellite and the Family of Advanced Beyond line-of-sight Terminal.
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New Media Legend, one of Russia’s principal suppliers of uplink services for pay-TV platforms and channels, has selected the 36 degrees East satellite neighbourhood operated by Eutelsat Communications for a new broadcasting platform providing Russian and international channels to complement the NTV Plus and Tricolor TV platforms.
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