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Arianespace placed two satellites into geostationary transfer orbit on March 11 after its dual launch of military communications satellite Skynet-5A for the British Ministry of Defense, and the civil communications satellite Insat-4B for the Indian Space Research Organization. The mission marked the 31st Ariane 5 launch, and 17th consecutive success.

Shin Satellite’s subsidiary, Ipstar New Zealand, has signed a deal with BayCity Communications to become the exclusive national service operator (NSO) for Ipstar services throughout New Zealand. BayCity will be responsible for the wholesale supply of all Ipstar products and services, including broadband Internet access, bandwidth, user terminals and other value-added services including voice over...

Beginning today,  SatelliteToday.com will feature the latest news from Satcom Africa 2007. Be sure to check out the live blog for updates on all the happenings from Johannesburg.

End II End Communications has appointed Tariq Bhatty as regional representative for its clients in Southeast Asia and the Middle East, the Charlotte, N.C.-based company announced March 12.

In its newly released update of the “World Market Survey of Satellites to be Built & Launched by 2016 (11th edition),” Euroconsult expects governments around the world to launch a total of 616 satellites over the next decade, an increase of approximately 32 percent from the previous decade. Euroconsult expects governments to remain the larger...

As part of an in-theater, urgent operational requirement program, QinetiQ integrated in less than 12 weeks’ time a civil satellite communications system to British Ministry of Defense Joint Helicopter Force (JHC) assets, the company announced March 12. The requirement was to deliver beyond-line-of-sight voice communications capabilities allowing deployed JHC assets to simply and efficiently communicate...

Harris Corp., an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract by Alcatel Alenia Space, Harris announced March 12. Harris will supply a 12-meter, commercial satellite antenna for the first European satellite infrastructure designed for broadcasting video, radio and data to mobile devices and vehicle receivers. The Harris S-band unfurlable reflector antenna...

Beginning March 13, SatelliteToday.com will bring you the latest news from Satcom Africa 2007. Be sure to check out the live blog for updates on all the happenings from Johannesburg.

In a March 9 research note, Credit Suisse analyst Bryan Kraft considers an AT&T move for EchoStar less likely, due to the increasing ramp-up of AT&T’s own TV service. AT&T is launching its U-verse TV platform in new markets such as Dallas-Fort Worth, and with the platform beginning to scale, Kraft believes a deal between...

Globecomm Systems Inc., a global provider of end-to-end, value-added, satellite-based communications systems, has received a $9.7 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract from a U.S. government customer, the company announced March 9. The contract is for multiple units of Globecomm’s Explorer line of portable satellite terminals. Apart from it, the U.S. government has utilized the IDIQ...