WBMSAT News Bits 05/28/2010

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Satellite Industry News Bits May 28, 2010

Azerbaijan plans to launch its own satellite, to be built by Orbital Sciences over the next 26 months, in 2012.
[ABC.AZ - 05/29/2010]

Successful launch of Air force's Global Positioning system IIF SV-1 spacecraft marks 349th launch in United Launch Alliance Delta program's 50 year history which began May 13, 1960.
[SatNews - 05/28/2010]

Harris wins contract worth $55m to deliver advanced satellite terminals to the U.S. Army as part of the Army's Modernization of Enterprise Terminals program; the full contract is potentially worth $600m.
[Daily Markets - 05/28/2010]

Gateway Communications solidifies its satellite communications business in Africa, taking advantage of erratic outages in fiber systems.
[Computer World - 05/28/2010]

Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act, signed by Obama, encourages satellite TV companies to continue to expand number of markets in which they distribute local broadcast channels in their local markets.
[CED Magazine - 05/28/2010]

Navy asks Near Space Systems inc. in Colorado to design stratospheric airship with sensor and communications payloads as alternative to satellite-based surveillance and communications.
[Military Aerospace - 05/27/2010]

Delay in GPS 2F-SV1 satellite launch by United launch Alliance for U.S.A.F. forces SpaceX to delay their initial test of Falcon 9.
[SatNews - 05/27/2010]

South Africa based telecom service provider Q-Kon leases long-term capacity on Spacecom's Amos-5i and Amos-5 satellites.
[Satellite Today - 05/27/2010]

Gilat Satellite Networks announces that Nepal Telecom's deployment of a Gilat SkyEdge broadband satellite network includes provision of data and toll-quality telephony services to Gorakshep, the last village before the Everest Base Camp.
[Satnews - 05/27/2010]

For first time in its history World Cup football prepares to take place in Africa, with four Eutelsat satellites at the heart of a state-of-art round-the-world broadcast setup.
[SatNews - 05/27/2010]

SES WORLD SKIES signs multi-year agreement with Audio Visual Company JSC to provide capacity on NSS-6 for new DTH service in Vietnam.
[SatNews - 05/27/2010]

Globecomm Systems receives $7.9M increase in total value of four-year contract from unnamed U.S. Government prime contractor.
[SatNews - 05/27/2010]

Raytheon to provide Army with SMART-T tactical MILSTAR satellite communications terminals under $92.5M contract.
[Military Aerospace - 05/26/2010]

Northrop Grumman completes successful flight tests of first airborne Ka-band satellite terminal.
[Space Daily - 05/26/2010]

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting announces start of 3D transmissions in the Nordic region with live coverage by Eurosport of Roland-Garros, the French Open tennis tournament.
[SatNews - 05/26/2010]

Pentagon reports that satellite-killing junk threatens $250B space-services market unless policy makers and executives take steps to prevent satellite collisions with orbiting junk.
[Business Week - 05/25/2010]

NICE buys Lamda Communications Networks of Israel, a company providing satellite communications interception technology said to address needs of law enforcement, internal security, and intelligence agencies.
[Globes - 05/25/2010]

Iridium says it is on track to complete financing package and select choice of Lockheed Martin or Thales Alenia Space as lead contractor for its next-generation satellite program.
[Reuters - 05/25/2010]

LBiSat, a U.S.-based satellite communications provider, has launched a satellite IP service designed to help utility companies meet industry regulations and improve their operational costs.
[TMCnet - 05/25/2010]

SES WORLD SKIES signs major capacity agreement with ARTEL to extend U.S. Government communications capability in Middle East.
[Benzinga - 05/25/2010]

Tachyon announces successful airborne tests of compact airborne Ku-band terminal with 18 inch stabilized antenna achieving mobile data transmission rates of 10Mbps X 2.8Mbps.
[SatNews - 05/25/2010]

Asia Broadcast Satellite acquires the Koreasat-3 satellite from Korea Telecom, to provide more capacity in the Middle East market.
[Satellite Today - 05/25/20-10]

Los Angeles considers use of military satellites to detect wildfires quickly after they begin.
[SatNews - 05/25/2010]

Intelsat signs multi-year contract with Brazilian fixed telecommunications provider Intelig for capacity on Intelsat 14.
[Satellite Today - 05/25/2020]

Harris to purchase government and maritime satellite communications provider CapRock Communications for $525M, to expand its footprint.
[UPI - 05/24/2010]

China is developing an independent satellite navigation system called Beidou - the third country after the U.S. and Russia to have developed such a system on its own.
[Space Daily - 05/24/2010]

After threatening to drop The Weather Channel, Dish Network agreed to a multiyear pact with the programmer that includes developing localized weather programming "designed specifically for satellite customers."
[Broadcasting Cable - 05/24/2010]

Ariane 5 makes history by delivering another dual-satellite payload - ASTRA 3B and COMSATBw-2 - on its milestone 50th flight.
[Space Travel - 05/24/2010]

Iridium broadband satellite terminals are chosen for Spanish fishing fleet.
[TMCnet - 05/24/2010]

Hughes wins State of Texas satellite services contract to provide back-up networks to support emergency preparedness.
[PR Newswire - 05/24/2010]

Cable TV operators trying to treat customers better as competition from satellite providers and phone companies providing video intensifies.
[Washington Post - 05/23/2010]

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