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XTAR News Archive

Click on a year to review previous XTAR news announcements and media coverage.

2010

XTAR Partners with DRS Technical Services, Intelsat General and others, to provide X-Band Satellite Connectivity in Southwest Asia.
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2009

XTAR: Meeting Military Demands
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Denis Curtin and Bill Schmidt talk about how DoD is looking to commercial X-band satellite communications to supplement the Milsatcom Fleet
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Dr. Curtin Profiled in Satellite Executive Briefing, June 2009
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Hear XTAR's COO Denis Curtin and VP of Government Markets Bill Schmidt discuss TSAT cancellation and how commercial satellite providers can help take up the bandwidth slack for military and government users.
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SWE-DISH Suitcase® CCT120 Satellite Terminal Approved for XTAR System Operation
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Arrowhead Leverages XTAR Partnership for Major U.S. Government Awards Utilizing Over 200 MHz of X-Band Frequency.
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2008

November 2008 Signal Magazine Feature: XTAR Enables Tactical Communications for More Advanced Military Operations
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2007

XTAR awarded a GSA schedule contract for information technology services
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XTAR names William R. Schmidt Vice President, Government Services
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XTAR COO Curtin Discusses X-Band Market with Editor of MilSatMagazine.com.
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XTAR Supports Comtech EF Data Corp & L-3 Comms. with
Operational Testing for JITC
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2006

HISDESAT awarded multi-year contract to provide communications services to the Belgium MoD using the XTAR-EUR and SPAINSAT satellites.
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XTAR's Curtin Discusses the Advantages and Value of Commercially Leased X-Band Services with the Editor of Satellite Evolution Global
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Curtin Named 2006 Recipient of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Aerospace Communications Award.
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XTAR Begins Commercial Service on XTAR-LANT. Combined XTAR Footprint Includes the Americas, Atlantic Ocean Region and Expanded Coverage in Europe and the Middle East.
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Arrowhead Global Solution Signs Master Sales Agreement, Adds XTAR To Its Government Communications Portfolio
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SPAINSAT Launched Successfully March 11. XTAR to provide dedicated X-band services to U.S. and Allied governments when satellite goes into service at 30 degrees West in the second quarter.
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Americom Government Services to Market XTAR
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Master Service Agreements with Key Government Service Organizations to Simplify Government Leasing of XTAR Service
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Denmark to Use XTAR's Dual-Polarization X-Band Service
Through Agreement with HISDESAT
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2005

"Robust Satellite Capacity Grows" Signal Magazine, December 2005
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Harris Corp's Feed Prototype Achieves Astounding 105 MBPS Data Rate Operating Over XTAR-EUR Satellite
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Harris Corp's New Large Aperture Multiband Deployable Antenna (LAMDA) Operates with XTAR's X-BAND Satellites
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SATMAGAZINE.COM
A Unique Satellite System Aces its Demonstration Tests
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SPACENEWS
Taking a risk on X-Band
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XTAR Awarded Multi-Year Contract to Provide Diplomatic Communications Services
for the U.S. Department of State
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XTAR Achieves Overwhelming Success in First Trials of X-Band System with the U.S.
Army's 7th Signal Brigade
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XTAR-EUR Enters Full Commercial Service, Beginning a New Era of Military Satellite
Communications
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SATELLITE NEWS
Mining for Gold In the X-Band
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Space Systems/Loral-Built XTAR-EUR Satellite Successfully Launched
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XTAR-EUR "Steps Up" for Launch
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The XTAR-EUR Payload is Fueled in the S5 Satellite Preparation Facility
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2004

XTAR-EUR Satellite Arrives in French Guiana
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XTAR, LLC Responds to Request for Information from Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) for X-Band Satellite Service to U.S. Government

SPACENEWS
XTAR Continues Quest for U.S., European Military Customers
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2003

XTAR Selects Arianespace to Launch the XTAR-EUR Satellite
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SPACENEWS
U.S. Defense Agency Eyes Capacity on XTAR Satellite
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2002


XTAR Completes Satellite Ground Control Architecture
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XTAR to Provide X-BAND Services to Spanish Ministry of Defense
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2001

Space Systems/Loral Receives Firm Orders for XTAR-EUR and SPAINSAT Satellites
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XTAR Names Miguel Valverde President for European and Latin American Operations, XTAR Services
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Bill Wright Named President of XTAR
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Loral and HISPASAT Form New X-Band Services Companies; Space Systems/Loral to Buiild Satellites
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