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The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center announced that it has awarded two contracts totalling US$788,000 as a result of a Broad Agency Announcement released in June 2010.
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Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and SpaceCom International, LLC have signed a long term, multi-transponder agreement for Ku-band capacity on ABS-7 to support SpaceCom’s growth throughout the Middle East and Asia region.
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Inmarsat has awarded a new contract to iDirect to provide the ground network infrastructure and core module technology for integration into satellite terminals for its new Global Xpress service.
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SES Astra said it has concluded a multi-transponder, multi-year agreement with the German public broadcasters ARD and ZDF to secure satellite capacity for the transmission of High Definition (HD) programmes.
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Elettronica Industriale, the network operator of Italy’s Mediaset Group, and Eutelsat Communications announced the signature of a 12-year contract for capacity at the Hotbird video neighbourhood.
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SES World Skies has signed an agreement with Pakistani satellite service provider Supernet Limited for high powered Ku-band transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite at 95 degrees East.
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EUMETSAT and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) successfully completed the first acquisition of data from EUMETSAT’s Metop-A satellite at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on 19 January 2011.
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SES World Skies announced a capacity extension agreement with TIBA to enable the distribution of an expanding channel lineup across Latin America through 2030.
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