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Norsat International Inc. is introducing its miniaturized 8-watt block-up converter, the company announced Feb. 16. The converter is packaged in a 6.5-pound box and is fully operational across the entire extended Ku-band.

Advantech Satellite Networks unveiled its new DVB-RCS starter hub, the SatNet Micro. "The SatNet Micro hub will allow us to target a new and growing market segment that is focused on small initial investments and network deployments," Don Osborne, president of Advantech Satellite Networks, said in a Feb. 16 statement.

NetSky Holdings Inc. is offering a high-speed, one-way satellite service marketed to small businesses and home-office users. Expected to launch March 1, the one-way Internet satellite service, provided through an agreement with a major Internet provider aggregator, will use a high-speed satellite connection and a modem uplink providing Internet connectivity for the satellite when sending...

Hughes Network Systems and Sea Tel Inc., have completed interoperability testing between the Hughes HX family of Internet protocol satellite broadband modems and Sea Tel’s family of marine stabilized satellite antennas, Hughes announced. The package will provide global satellite broadband service providers a maritime VSAT platform.

Lyman Bros. Inc., a satellite communications provider, has named Bill Raney as its chief operating officer (COO) effective Feb. 16. Raney joined Lyman Bros. Inc in 1995 and was promoted to vice president in 2001 to assume leadership of GlobalSat, the company’s Laurel, Md.-based subsidiary.

Eutelsat reported revenues of 415.3 million euros ($545.7 million) for the second half of 2006, the company announced Feb. 15. The revenues represented an increase of 5.2 percent over the same period in 2005. Eutelsat credited the growth to video applications, which now account for 70 percent of overall revenues. In the second half of...

TerreStar Networks Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., closed on the sale of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its 15 percent senior secured notes due 2014, TerreStar reported Feb. 15. TerreStar plans to use $72 million of the proceeds to repay debt held by Motient and the remainder for working capital and...

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International Launch Services (ILS) signed a contract to launch the Ciel-2 satellite on a Proton Breeze-M vehicle in late 2008, the company announced Feb. 15. Ciel-2, built by Alcatel Alenia Space, will be the inaugural launch for Canada’s Ciel Satellite Group. The Ku-band spacecraft will be located at 129° West and provide a variety of...

Ariane 5 production is being increased to meet growing demand in the launch services marketplace, Arianespace announced Feb. 15. In a declaration signed in Bremen, Germany, production of Ariane 5 ECAs — the most powerful version of the launch vehicle — will be raised to seven per year beginning in February 2008. The increase will...