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[04-08-11] Comtech Xicom Technology introduced a family of Ka-band block up converters (BUCs) designed for high data-rate Ka-band…

[04-07-11] Mobile telecom revenues are set to reach $1.1 trillion by 2015, with data services contributing 40 percent,…

November – Intelsat celebrated two successful launches just one week apart. On 23rd a United Launch Alliance Atlas…

February – Iran reported a successful launch of its first domestically-produced satellite into orbit aboard a Safir-2 rocket.…

October – ViaSat signed a definitive agreement to acquire WildBlue Communications in a cash and stock transaction valued…

June – NASA celebrated the five year anniversary of the Cassini probe’s arrival at Saturn. The mission’s extension,…

Three companies filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2009: In June it was Sea Launch, reporting assets…

December 28 – The DirecTV 12 satellite was launched aboard a Proton rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in…

July – SpaceX performed the first commercial mission of its Falcon 1 vehicle. The two-stage, liquid oxygen/rocket-grade kerosene…

[04-07-11] OnAir signed an expanded satellite in-flight connectivity deal with Air New Zealand to equip mobile phone and…

[04-07-11] Harris Corp. completed its acquisition of Schlumberger Global Connectivity Services (GCS) and has combined the business with…