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[Satellite TODAY 09-17-10] The U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded an $89.3 million contract to Boeing for the development of a light,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-17-10] Newtec’s Ghana-based triple-play solutions provider K-Net is using Sat3Play infrastructure to extend the reach of broadband services throughout West Africa, Newtec announced Sept. 16.     K-New will...

[Satellite TODAY 09-17-10] Shanghai Media Group and GlobeCast formed a partnership to develop a fiber link in China and provide broadcast services for international broadcasters and content producers, the companies...

[Satellite TODAY 09-17-10] Spacenet subsidiary Spacenet Integrated Government Solutions (SIGS) now manages Raysat Antenna Systems operations as a result of its acquisition by Spacenet’s parent company Gilat Satellite Systems in...

[Satellite TODAY 09-17-10] RapidEye has passed a European Space Agency (ESA) operational readiness review, which will allow ESA and its user community access to RapidEye’s 5-meter, multi-spectral data through an...

[Satellite TODAY 09-20-10] A Sept. 17 story should have read – ViaSat is set to order a second satellite, which will be launched in 2014, CEO Mark Dankberg told audience...

[Satellite TODAY 09-17-10] ViaSat is set to order a second satellite, which will be launched in 2014, CEO Mark Dankberg told audience members Sept. 15 at the VSAT 2010 conference...

[Satellite TODAY 09-17-10] Harmonic has completed its acquisition of video production and playout solution provider Omneon for about $194 million in cash and 17.1 million shares of its common stock,...

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-10] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has denied Globalstar’s request for waiver of the Commission’s Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) rules and rejected Open Range‘s request to operate...

[Satellite TODAY 09-16-10] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is stepping up its production to launch eight spacecraft a year in order to meet increasing demand, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre...