Outside ViaSat Inc.'s Carlsbad, California headquarters. Credit: ViaSat video grab

FIRST UP Satcom | Viasat wins $122.5M FCC subsidy • Gilat suppling ground equipment for Yamal-601 • Avanti eyes DoD business with Comsat

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Despite ruble crunch, Gazprom Space Systems still “optimistic against all odds”

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Gazprom Space Systems, the smaller of Russia’s two domestic satellite telecommunications operators, would have had a stellar year were it not for the ruble’s free fall.

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