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January 31, 2011 Iran... Unveiling During Ten Days Of Dawn (Satellites) [SatNews] Iran's Defense Minister General Ahmad Vahidi says Tehran plans to unveil a new range of missile and satellite projects during the Ten Days of Dawn celebrations.
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S&T... Moving On Up... [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Strategy & Technology (S&T), a provider of interactive television technologies around the world, has promoted three within the organization.
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LightSquared... Pulling The Trigger (Satellite) [SatNews] LightSquared, the nation’s first wholesale-only integrated wireless broadband and satellite network, has delivered notice to Inmarsat for the triggering of Phase 2 the Cooperation Agreement between the two companies.
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Raytheon and Lockheed Martin Build A Fence To Prevent Collisions...In Space (Contract) [SatNews] Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have 18 months to deliver preliminary designs for what is dubbed "space fence"...
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Schlumberger... Completing The Cisco Conditions (Services) [SatNews] Schlumberger has announced that Schlumberger Global Connectivity Services (GCS) has achieved the Managed Services Master Certification from Cisco.
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Sri Lanka... After The Win, A Big Sale (UAV/UAS) [SatNews] The Sri Lanka Army is going to offer for sale to foreign countries some of the military hardware which it has developed based on its experience gained in fighting the Tiger guerrillas, Army Commander Jagath Jayasuriya said.
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Stratos Global... Better BGAN Pricing For NGOs (SATCOM) [SatNews] Stratos Global, a global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, has made available its new BGAN Humanitarian Pricing plans.
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SES ASTRA... Tying One On With Tivuitalia (Capacity) [SatNews] SES ASTRA has signed an agreement with Italian network operator Tivuitalia for capacity on its 31.5 degrees East orbital position.
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Spacenet... Winning Ways (SATCOM) [SatNews] Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: GILT) has been selected to provide SkyEdge™ broadband satellite terminals, deployment, operations and maintenance to support state lotteries.
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Clyde Space... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Clyde Space has secured a funding package worth 1 million pounds, including significant equity investment, to support the company’s growth.
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U.S.A.F. + Lockheed Martin... SBIRS Success With GEO-1 Test (Satellite) [SatNews] The U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) team has successfully completed a major space to ground interface and functional system test for the first geosynchronous (GEO-1) satellite.
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PolarSat... Bursting Out (SATCOM) [SatNews] PolarSat Inc. has now made available 8-PSK modulation and multi-language user interface support on VSATPlus 3 and users can upgrade their existing units through a software download.
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Irdeto... To Protect + Serve (CA) [SatNews] Irdeto, a global software security and media technology company, has announced that Optus has selected Irdeto’s conditional access (CA) technology to provide viewers with superior sound and picture quality and greater program choice with access extended to new digital-only channels including HDTV channels.
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Integral Systems... In A Commanding + Controlling Situation (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Integral Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: ISYS) has announced the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded the Company a $13.7 million contract modification to its Command and Control System-Consolidated (CCS-C) contract.
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January 28, 2011 Avanti Communications... Caching The Content (SATCOM) Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, has won a two new contracts to further develop and demonstrate technology to deliver video to the edge of terrestrial networks using Avanti’s HYLAS 1 satellite capacity.
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Boeing... Flighty SATCOM + Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] has successfully conducted its first over-the-air ground test of a Ka-band satellite communications (SATCOM) phased-array antenna system that will enable wideband SATCOM on aircraft, providing increased bandwidth for networking in flight.
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ScheduALL... @ CABSAT 2011 With... [SatNews] ScheduALL will showcase new, innovative technologies at CABSAT 2011 that enable faster and more profitable collaboration between companies.
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Russia... Enroute To ISS + Another Unmanned Spacecraft In The Works A Russian cargo spacecraft, Progress M-09M, lifted off toward the International Space Station (ISS) at 4:32 Moscow time [1:32 GMT] on Friday, the Russian space agency Roscosmos said.
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Raytheon... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) announced fourth quarter 2010 Adjusted EPS of $1.57 per diluted share compared to $1.31 per diluted share in the fourth quarter 2009(1), up 20 percent.
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RSCC... Moving On Up... [SatNews] Alexey Chernov has been appointed to the Deputy Chief of the Communications System Operation service, while Sergey Plotnikov became the Chief of the RSCC’ division of infocommunication Technologies and Multimedia services.
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Tesacom... Terminal Triumph (SATCOM) [SatNews] Tesacom has announced that Iridium Communications Inc. has certified its new VKI maritime satellite communication system for operation on the Iridium network.
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Arqiva Fills The Bowls With Ease (Satcom) [SatNews] Arqiva has solutions for Input Media's special needs.
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Eutelsat... Superlative STB Shipments (Hardware) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] As France enters its second year of transition into a fully digital broadcasting environment, with complete analog switch-off set for November 30, Eutelsat's FRANSAT subsidiary reports that more than 800,000 STBs have been shipped to receive Digital Terrestrial TV (DTT) channels by satellite via the FRANSAT platform.
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XipLink + OmniGlobe... Getting Optimization Onboard (Nets) SatNews] XipLink has announced that OmniGlobe has deployed the Company’s advanced optimization technology to reduce bandwidth requirements while providing their customers with improved connectivity performance.
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DigitalGlobe... Seeing Sudan's Strategic Situations (Imagery) [SatNews] DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has collaborated with the Satellite Sentinel Project to deliver the first images and analysis of the evolving situation in Sudan following the country’s historic vote on independence.
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Cyber Technology Assists Aussie's Fire Brigade (UAV) [SatNews] Australia is relying on help from a UAV to check for hot spots.
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January 27, 2011 Magna Parva... Moving On Up...(UAV) [SatNews] Magna Parva, the company specializing in solving problems in extreme engineering, has appointed UAV expert Chris Day to immediately head up its Defence business.
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International Datacasting... Entertainment For The Forces (Content) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) has received a contract from the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) valued at $2.8 million CDN for the continued operation of Canadian Forces Radio and Television (CFRT).
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Russia... 2036... We're Gone — Mebbe! [SatNews] Russian astronomers have predicted that asteroid Apophis may strike Earth on April 13, 2036, this is a news story from RIA Novosti.
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Northrop Grumman... $elf Help For Would-Be Engineers (STEM) [SatNews] Applications are now being accepted for the ninth annual Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) Engineering Scholars competition, which will provide a total of $240,000 in college scholarships across Maryland this year to promising high-school seniors interested in studying engineering.
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Lockheed Martin... Helping To Lead The Way (STEM) [SatNews] Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] donated $13,000 to the Lakeland School District in Jermyn, PA, and $8,000 to the Forest City School District in Forest City, PA, in support of a pre-engineering curriculum called Project Lead The Way (PLTW).
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KVH Industries... For Your Onboard Viewing Pleasure (Antennas) [SatNews] Small, high-definition flat screen TVs are becoming increasingly affordable, and owners of boats as small as 20? are taking advantage of the savings to upgrade their onboard entertainment options.
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Harris... Financially Speaking... Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) reported revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 of $1.44 billion, an 18 percent increase compared with $1.22 billion in the prior-year quarter.
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Hubble Happenings... The Outer Reaches (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] Pushing the Hubble Space Telescope to the limit of its technical ability, an international collaboration of astronomers have found what is likely to be the most distant and ancient galaxy ever seen, whose light has taken 13.2 billion years to reach us (a redshift of around 10).
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Orbital Sciences... NEXT In Line (Satellite) [SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has signed a systems integration and test contract with Thales Alenia Space, the prime contractor for Iridium NEXT, the nexgen satellite constellation of Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) of McLean, Virginia.
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ViaSat... Shhhhh, Counterintelligence @ Work (Award) [SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) has been awarded the first Defense Security Service (DSS) Award of Excellence in Counterintelligence in a ceremony at ViaSat January 24.
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January 26, 2011 EMS Aviation... Air Mail For The Air (SATCOM) [SatNews] EMS Aviation has debuted their Aspire(tm) Portable AirMail System.
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International Communications Group... Getting Flighty + AQP'd With ARINC (SATCOM) [SatNews] International Communications Group’s (ICG’s) new Datalink-100 satellite based Flight Deck Data Unit has successfully completed ARINC’s Avionics Qualification Program (AQP) testing.
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Utah Scientific... It's A MADI, MADI World For CSP (Hardware) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Utah Scientific has announced that CSP Mobile Productions has acquired two UTAH-400/288 video routing switchers and two UTAH-400 AES audio routing switchers with integrated MADI for installation in the company's first HD television production trucks.
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Front Porch Digital + Encompass Digital Media... Storage Sensibilities (Hardware) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Front Porch Digital has revealed that Encompass Digital Media is in the process of expanding its use of the DIVArchive(r) content storage management (CSM) solution to its facilities in Atlanta, Ga., and London.
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Atlona Technologies... It's An Input Party For This Switcher (Hardware) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Atlona Technologies? has released their AT-LINE-PRO4.
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Signiant... Diligence With Digital Media (Software) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Signiant has partnered with On Demand Group (ODG), a wholly owned subsidiary of SeaChange International and a worldwide provider of video-on-demand (VOD) and transactional television services, to bring On Demand Group customers a seamless, global platform for management and distribution of digital media.
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Juniper Networks... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) has reported preliminary financial results for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2010, and provided its outlook for the three months ending March 31, 2011.
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GTX Corp... Looking Backwards + Forwards (LBS) [SatNews] GTX Corp (OTC BB: GTXO), a provider of 2-way GPS tracking personal location services providing technologies, has recapped the Company's 2010 and issued a forecast for 2011.
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NCMA... Glendale Gathering For Contractors (Event) [SatNews] More then 350 contracting, acquisition, and procurement professionals from government and private industry will gather in Glendale, Arizona, for NCMA's 49th Annual Aerospace Defense Contract Management Conference (ADC).
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Russia... Needs To Pool Space Efforts [SatNews] According to RIA Novosti, and veteran rocket scientist Boris Chertok, Russia is not in a position to carry out global space programs single-handedly and should team up with India and Kazakhstan.
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Media Broadcast... Moving On Up... [SatBroadcasting(tm)] MEDIA BROADCAST has appointed Bernd Kraus as new Chief Executive Officer, effective April 1, 2011.
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Ultra Electronics... Interference Immunity One Benefit (Antennas) [SatNews] Ultra Electronics DNE Technologies has launched its Satellite Fiber Link (SFL) module set for the CV-MCU2 platform.
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NASA... Salinity Seeker (Satellite) [SatNews] Technicians from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., completed the installation of thermal blankets on NASA's Aquarius instrument last week.
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Vishay Precision Group... Gadzooks, Foiled Again (Resistors) [SatNews] Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) is now offering a wide variety of resistors built on <i>Bulk Metal</i>(r) <i>Foil</i> technology with new techniques and materials that improve reliability and stability for demanding military, avionics, and space applications.
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NASA... Bursting With Stars (Imagery) [SatNews] Stars are forming in Henize 2-10, a dwarf starburst galaxy located about 30 million light years from Earth, at a prodigious rate, giving the star clusters in this galaxy their blue appearance.
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ITT Corp. Best Instrument For Worst Weather [SatNews] An announcement came stating that ITT Corp. has the next-gen weather satellite instrument.
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LightSquared... Deployment OK'd (Satellites) [SatNews] LightSquared, the nation’s first wholesale-only integrated wireless broadband and satellite network, has issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) Conditional Waiver of the Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) Integrated Service Rule:
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Irdeto... Cloaked Transition (CA) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Shaanxi Broadcast &TV Network Intermediary Company, Ltd. (Shaanxi BC&TV), a Shanghai-listed digital cable TV network operator, is starting trials of Irdeto’s Cloaked CA, a conditional access technology that is part of a strategy to transition more than two million subscribers from analog to digital services.
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SES WORLD SKIES USG... FCSA Furtherance (Capacity) [SatNews] SES WORLD SKIES U.S. Government Solutions has received an order under the U.S. Government's new $5 billion Future Commercial SATCOM Acquisition (FCSA) program to provide C-band capacity to Artel Inc. for support of government initiatives.
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US Air Force Academy FalconSAT-3 Goes Joint With The Point (UAV) [SatNews] On January 21, in a unique union, the US Air Force Academy's FalconSAT-3 satellite went in joint service...
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January 25, 2011 Sea Launch... Moving On Up... [SatNews] Energia Logistics Ltd. (“ELUS”) has named Kirk Pysher as Chief Operating Officer, effective November 6, 2010.
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Turkish Aerospace... Killer Mosquitos (UAV) [SatNews] Turkish Aerospace Industries has performed the debut flight of its first unmanned rotorcraft, the Sivrisinek, or Mosquito, which is designed to carry air-launched weapons.
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NASA It's All About Image — Win A Prize (Contest) NASA is announcing a contest, and the winner will have the best images of the currently orbiting NanoSail-D solar sail.
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Lockheed Martin... CHIL'ing Out (Technology) [SatNews] Lockheed Martin plans to increase the affordability and efficiency of space system development with the opening of a new advanced technology and virtual simulation facility, known as the Collaborative Human Immersive Laboratory (CHIL).
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Broadpoint... C-Band Connectivity Considerations (SATCOM) [SatNews] Broadpoint has signed new contracts with global shipping company V.Ships Offshore to provide Ku- and C-band satellite services for the company’s worldwide operations.
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SSTL... Smartphone + Nanosatellite + Space = Challenge (Satellites) [SatNews] Space researchers at the University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) have developed ‘STRaND-1’, a satellite containing a smartphone payload that will be launched into orbit around the Earth later this year.
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Arqiva Smells Sweet With Bouquet (Satellite) [SatNews] Arqiva’s contract for distribution to European and US DTH markets including fiber, uplink and satellite capacity has been renewed with the Philippine multimedia company.
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Spatial Energy... EarthCare (Imagery) [SatNews] Spatial Energy and Apache Corporation, an oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Canada, Egypt, the United Kingdom North Sea, Australia and Argentina, have announced the launch of an industry-leading environmental program to monitor assets glob
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Banks Bustin' Down (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] At least 809 people have now died in what some news outlets and government agencies are calling the worst natural disaster in Brazil’s history.
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iDirect Survey Spells Satisfaction [SatNews] Things just keep getting better for VT iDirect.
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Bridge Technologies... Train Away Those Issues (Event) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Bridge Technologies continues its 2011 program of training courses with another "Train the Trainers" course at its Oslo headquarters, Feb. 15-16.
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IMS Research... BRIC Building (IPTV) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Preliminary results from the IMS Research study IPTV: A Global Market Analysis – 2011 Edition, reveal that the IPTV subscriber base in the emerging BRIC markets exceeds 8 million subscribers for 2010, with China dominating the figure.
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Arqiva + ABS-CBN... DTH Dalliance (Content) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Arqiva has secured a five-year contract renewal to provide international distribution services for ABS-CBN International, the largest Filipino multimedia company in the US.
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Thomson Video Networks + Teracom... Support For Swedish Rollout (Hardware) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Thomson Video Networks is supplying headend technology to broadcast network operator Teracom for Sweden's roll out of DVB-T2.
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Iridium... Major Movement @ Partner Conference (M2M) [SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has signed agreements with five new value-added partners to market Iridium-based data solutions for the mobile machine-to-machine (M2M) sector.
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Blue Sky Network... Determined Duality (SATCOM) [SatNews] Blue Sky Network has introduced the HawkEye 5300, the first widely-available dual-mode tracking device leveraging GSM and Iridium satellite capabilities.
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ATK... An Airy, Sensory Feeling (Unmanned Aircraft) [SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) has been selected to provide the Thermal Control Subsystem for the Integrated Sensor is Structure (ISIS) program.
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January 24, 2011 NASA... Sail Success (Spacecraft) [SatNews] Friday, Jan. 21 at 10:00 a.m. EST, engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., confirmed that the NanoSail-D nanosatellite deployed its 100-square-foot polymer sail in low-Earth orbit and is operating as planned.
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OHB-System AG... Moving On Out... [SatNews] The CEO of OHB-System AG, Berry Smutny, has been suspended with immediate effect.
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Space Foundation... Moving On Up + Moving On Out... [SatNews] Several changes were made to the Space Foundation's Board of Directors at the organization's annual meeting as three new members were added and two retired.
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The Space Data Association... How Close Is Close (Analysis) [SatNews] The Space Data Association (SDA), established by commercial satellite operators to improve the safety and efficiency of space operations, has announced that the organization now provides conjunction assessment (CA) processing (assessing the physical proximity of objects in space) for more than 60 percent of all operational satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO).
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U.S.A.F. Space + Missile Systems Center... Studies For The Future (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has awarded four contracts totaling $3.7 million as a result of a Broad Agency Announcement released in June 2010.
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VT Group (formerly VT Milcom)... C4ISR Concerns (Comms) [SatNews] VT Milcom is being awarded an $843,303,609 cost-plus-incentive-fee, fixed-price-incentive (firm target), firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee multiple award contract.
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VT Group... Moving On Up [SatNews] VT Group has appointed Daniel Bertram as president of the Unmanned Systems line of business and member of the Senior Leadership Team.
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SkyTrac Systems... Rocky Explorations (SATCOM) [SatNews] SkyTrac Systems will be exhibiting at the Mineral Exploration Roundup 2011 from January 24-27 at the Westin Bayshore in Vancouver.
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Metrological Media Innovations... Moving On Up... [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Metrological Media Innovations has announced Mr. Walter Blom and Mr. Paul R?mer have been appointed to the company's Advisory Team.
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Japan... Supplies From The Stork (Launch) [SatNews] A Japanese rocket successfully delivered an unmanned cargo transporter into orbit last Saturday, according to JAXA, Japan's space agency.
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BAE Systems + Fairchild Imaging... Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... [SatNews] BAE Systems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fairchild Imaging, Inc., a privately held company specializing in solid-state electronic imaging components, cameras, and systems for aerospace, industrial, medical, and scientific imaging applications.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... A Sputtering Stromboli (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] The mild eruptions of Italy’s Stromboli Volcano are so frequent and numerous that an entire style of volcanism—strombolian—is named after the volcano.
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Russia... That Sinking Feeling (Spacecraft) Russia's Progress M-08M cargo spacecraft was undocked from the International Space Station and will be sunk in the remote area in southern Pacific later on Monday, a spokesman for the Russian Mission Control said.
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Airborne... Solar Empowerment (Satellites) [SatNews] Airborne has been awarded with the contracts to manufacture the solar array panels for the first 14 satellites of the Galileo program as well as for two flight models of AstroTerra, which is based on the AS250 platform, a recurring commercial satellite from Astrium.
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WTA... Capacity Exam (Report) [SatNews] The World Teleport Association has released a new white paper, How to Buy Satellite Capacity, which shares first-hand experience from teleport operators into the fundamentals of buying satellite capacity for video and data.
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NOAA... Saving Lives (Satellites) [SatNews] In 2010, NOAA satellites were critical in the rescues of 295 people from life-threatening situations throughout the United States and its surrounding waters.
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Iridium... Opening OpenPort Possibilities (SATCOM) [SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has announced it is establishing a Global Service Program for its Iridium OpenPort(R) broadband marine satellite communication product.
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SES ASTRA... Bulgaria + Albania Are Beaming (SATCOM) [SatNews] SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has entered a new growth market, Bulgaria.
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January 21, 2011 EUMETSAT... Now Delivering Globally (Satellite) [SatNews] EUMETSAT has extended the existing coverage of direct readout of data from the instruments on board its Metop polar-orbiting satellite via the Advanced High Resolution Picture Transmission (AHRPT) system, making the data available to more global users.
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Space Florida... Tying One On With The USAF, ATK + Astrotech [SatNews] Early this month, the Space Launch Division of the USAF Space and Missile Systems Center/Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW) announced the award of a $48 million “Spaceports 3” contract to provide Florida-based launch services for the federal government.
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Eutelsat... Riding The Rails (SATCOM) [SatNews] Launched on December 1 by France’s SNCF rail company, the Box TGV service is now enabling passengers using the eastern route of its high-speed network to benefit from a unique multimedia and Internet service.
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Renesas Electronics... A Case Of Heterojunction FET (Silicon) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Renesas Electronics has made available their ultralow-noise heterojunction field effect transistor (FET) product, the NE3520S03, which features the industry-leading low noise characteristics for satellite broadcast reception applications.
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Arqiva... Izzard Uplinked (Content) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Arqiva, on behalf of Cineworld, has provided complete transmission services for the launch of Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story in their UK Cinemas.
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Harris... Medical Teamwork (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has been awarded a $10.6 million, one-year contract by the U.S. Information Systems Engineering Command to upgrade the communications and IT networks at 23 U.S. Army Medical Treatment facilities.
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ESA... Galileo Shaken, Not Stirred (Satellite) [SatNews] Galileo’s first satellite is undergoing testing at ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands, checking its readiness to be launched into orbit — this marks a significant step for Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation constellation.
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Norsat International... Moving On Up... Norsat International Inc. (“Norsat" or the “Company”) (TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF) has appointed Mr. Arthur Chin as its new Chief Financial Officer.
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NASA... It's All About Glory... (Satellites) [SatNews] NASA's newest Earth-observing research mission is nearing launch.
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SpaceNet... Enabling On-Shore To Off-Shore + Vice Versa (SATCOM) [SatNews] TanMar Communications, a provider of communication solutions to the oil and gas, government, commercial maritime, and disaster recovery industries, is deploying Spacenet’s satellite equipment and services to support its customers’ communication requirements in remote locations.
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Russia... Elektro 1 L Enters Service (Launch) [SatNews] The Zenit-3SB rocket launched on Thursday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan delivered the Elektro-L 1 meteorological satellite into orbit early on Friday, Russia's space agency, Roscosmos, said.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Icky Island (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] On November 26, 2010, Pakistani fishermen returned from a day at sea to report that a new island had emerged.
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Intorel... Measurement Magic (Software) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Intorel's latest achievement is MONDVB.
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January 20, 2011 Mobile TeleSystems... Russian Guidance (GPS) [SatNews] Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (“MTS” - NYSE: MBT), a leading telecommunications operator in Russia and the CIS, has just announced the launch of MTS Navigator, a highly advanced personal search, mapping, and navigation solution powered by Telmap.
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Integral Systems... Meeting Of Maritime Minds (Event) Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISYS) has announced that Steve Gizinski, General Manager of Integral Systems' SATCOM Solutions division, will take part in a panel discussion at the 2011 Naval and Maritime SATCOM Workshop.
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Elbit Systems Ltd... Helping Brazil With Hermes (UAV) [SatNews] Elbit Systems Ltd. (Nasdaq: ESLT; TASE: ESLT) has won a Brazilian Air Force contract subsidiary for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).
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Raytheon... Construction Completed For Collaboration (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Raytheon Company's (NYSE: RTN) new Global Positioning System Collaboration Center opening in February 2011 in El Segundo, Calif., will allow U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems personnel to interact with the GPS Operational Control Segment (GPS OCX) system in an operations-like environment.
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Boeing... Moving On Up... [SatNews] The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has named Robert E. Verbeck as the chief financial officer of its $34 billion (2009 revenues) Boeing Defense, Space & Security (BDS) business. He succeeds Randy Simons, who is retiring.
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Harris... VIDA For Wisconsin (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) and Washington County, Wisconsin, recently completed the installation and acceptance testing of their $11.5 million P25 public safety communication system.
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JPL... Satisfying Your Spatial APPetite (Imagery) [SatNews] The first-ever NASA/JPL iPhone application, Space Images, has reached 500,000 downloads, just as JPL prepares to release its newest version of the free app.
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Northrop Grumman... Sensory Perception (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The Space Tracking and Surveillance (STSS) Demonstration program satellites are ready to fully participate in Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) tests after on-orbit calibration of the acquisitions and track sensors for both spacecraft was completed Nov. 3 by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), and infrared sensor payload provider Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN).
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Hughes... Optimized Opportunities (Comms) [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has announced its managed Voice-over-IP (VoIP) solution for the government market.
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SatCom Group Holdings => One Horizon Group... The Name Change... [SatNews] IT and telecommunications company, SatCom Group Holdings Plc has announced its name change to One Horizon Group Plc.
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Mobixell Networks... Packing Pixels For Mobility (Video) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Mobixell Networks has reached the milestone of optimizing one petabyte of mobile video traffic every month.
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United Launch Alliance Makes Heavy Lifting Look Easy (Launch) [SatNews] On time except for a two minute delay to avoid an object in space that could have been in the path of the rocket ...
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PTC'11 From Hawaii — Day 4 [SatNews] PTC'11 is over for another year with the number of delegates rising 15 percent to over 1500.
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Hughes Communications... Seeking New Ownership (Financial) [SatNews] Reuters is reporting that Hughes Communications Inc (HUGH.O), majority owned by private equity firm Apollo APOLO.UL, has hired Barclays Capital (BARC.L) to advise on a sale of the company, people familiar with the matter said.
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January 19, 2011 ARINC... It's Ionospheric (Comms) [SatNews] Under a task order just received, ARINC Engineering Services, LLC will complete the installation of new digital solid-state sensor technology at 29 locations of the U.S. Air Force Ionospheric Data Network.
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RRsat Global Communications... Baby Steps (Content) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST) has signed an agreement with BabyTV, a FOX International Channel, to distribute the channel throughout North America on the Galaxy-23 satellite (121.0 degrees West).
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iDirect... Evolution Makes Its Way To OmniAccess (SATCOM) [SatNews] VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), has announced that OmniAccess S.L. has launched BroadBEAM Ultra, the latest addition to its line of maritime VSAT broadband services.
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Northrop Grumman... Crosslink Control For STSS (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The effectiveness of the Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) Demonstration satellites has been expanded after a communications crosslink was activated and successfully tested by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), prime contractor, and Raytheon Company (NYSE:RTN), sensor payload provider.
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Stratos Global... Activation Milestone (SATCOM) [SatNews] Stratos Global has reached a milestone of 2,000 IsatPhone Pro activations.
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DEV Systemtechnik... Investigating Inopportune Interferences (SATCOM) [SatNews] Interferences causing malfunctions, such as screen blackouts during TV transmissions, may now be analyzed quickly, simply and comfortably using a new Recording function developed by DEV Systemtechnik.
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RapidEye... Joining Up (Distribution) [SatNews] RapidEye, a Company that owns and operate their own constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, has announced that East View Cartographic has signed a distributor agreement with RapidEye and will join its distribution team.
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Iridium... Guaranteed Goodness (SATCOM) [SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has announced that 17 service partners have signed up to participate in the company’s Network Quality Guarantee program.
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Harris... Initiative Interest (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has teamed with other leading technology companies to pursue an anticipated five-year, U.S. Department of the Navy contract to provide network transport services for the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) initiative.
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GE Intelligent Platforms... This Does Compute (Hardware) [SatNews] GE Intelligent Platforms has unveiled a new family of rugged, off-the-shelf systems designed to reduce the cost and time-to-market of developing solutions for a range of military vehicle platforms including UAVs, manned and unmanned ground vehicles and launch vehicles.
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Hughes... A Terminal Case Of Success (SATCOM) [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has shipped more than 327,000 broadband satellite terminals in 2010, the most ever in one year, bringing its cumulative number shipped worldwide to more than 2.5 million.
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JAXA... Frozen Out (Launch) [SatNews] The launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 2 (H-IIB F2) with the KOUNOTORI2 (HTV2, a cargo transporter to the International Space Station) onboard has been rescheduled.
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Norsat + Sinclair Technologies... Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... [SatNews] Norsat International Inc. (“Norsat") (TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all the shares of Sinclair Technologies Holdings Inc., a provider of antenna and RF conditioning products, based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada.
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Microsat Systems Canada... A Constellation Cometh (SATCOM) [SatNews] Microsat Systems Canada Inc. (MSCI) (formerly the Space Division of Dynacon Inc.), a Canadian designer and builder of the Multi Mission Microsatellite Bus (MMMB) and Commercial Microsatellite Bus (CMB), is developing COMMStellation(tm).
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ARINC... Military Asset Whereabouts Assistance (GPS) [SatNews] ARINC Engineering Services, LLC will expand its primary role in developing an advanced global tracking capability for military assets, under the U.S. Army’s Next Generation Wireless Communications (NGWC) program.
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Marshall Space Flight Center... Listen Up... For NanoSail-D (Spacecraft) [SatNews] Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., confirmed that the NanoSail-D nanosatellite ejected from Fast Affordable Scientific and Technology Satellite, FASTSAT.
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PTC'11 From Hawaii — Day 3 [SatNews] Build more cables and sell them cheaper is the key message...
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German Bundeswehr Signs Astrium...Improves Troops' Welfare [SatNews] The German Bundeswehr recognizes good work and good will...
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January 18, 2011 IAI... Supply An Even Dozen To Russia (UAV) [SatNews] Israeli Aerospace Industries has delivered a dozen unmanned aerial vehicles to Russia under a $400 million contract that will eventually allow Moscow to manufacture advanced drones that will significantly enhance its military capabilities.
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Arianespace... Ariane 5 En Route To Meet Kepler (Launch) [SatNews] The 200th Ariane launcher has been delivered to Arianespace at the Spaceport, where it will receive the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) payload for a February 15 liftoff on a servicing mission to the International Space Station.
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COM DEV Int'l... Beaming Over New Contract (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV) has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$9 million to provide equipment for a military communications satellite.
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Harris... Moving On Up... [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has named Alex Heidt vice president of Air Force programs for its IT Services business.
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U.S. Army... Gray Eagle Expanding Its Role (UAV/UAS) [SatNews] Despite Defense budget constraints, the Army's Unmanned Aircraft Systems are growing, especially the Gray Eagle program.
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Grass Valley Grows New Leadership Team With Francisco Partners [SatNews] Updates to the Grass Valley acquisition by Francisco Partners...
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Integral Systems... Small In Size, Big In Efficiency (SATCOM) [SatNews] Integral Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: ISYS) has now made available their 100 Watt Ku-band Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA).
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Russia + Kazakhstan... Spatial Sensibilities (Agreement) [SatNews] Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed into law the ratification of a Russian-Kazakh space cooperation agreement, the government press service said on Monday.
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Tachyon Networks + Hughes Network Systems... COTM Concentrations (Comms) [SatNews] Tachyon Networks, developer of aXiom end-to-end satellite solutions for fixed, portable and comms-on- the-move (COTM) applications, and Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), a global provider of broadband satellite networks and services, will cooperate in the development of end-to-end airborne COTM solutions for military and government markets.
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GlobeCast Australia... Live & Breaking For TEN (Capacity) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] GlobeCast Australia has allocated a 9Mhz satellite slot exclusively for Network TEN’s expanded live news requirements in 2011.
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ULA Delta IV...Heavy Lifting...Again For The First Time [SatNews] The launch of the ULA Delta IV Heavy with a National Reconnaissance Office payload is scheduled for January 20, 1:08 p.m. PST from Space Launch Complex-6, Vandenberg AFB, California.
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NASA Packs A Wallop At An Unveiling Of New Facility [SatNews] NASA will unveil its new rocket integration facility at the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia...
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PTC'11 From Hawaii — Day 2 [SatNews] Google is currently in negotiations in a number of countries to take its Google Voice service overseas...
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U.S.A.F. 50th Space Wing... Coverage Is Undergoing Maximization (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The 50th Space Wing has completed phase one of a two phase Global Positioning System constellation expansion known as “Expandable 24.”
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January 17, 2011 Telespazio + Vega Space + Elsag Datamat... Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... [SatNews] Telespazio has acquired the space activities of two Finmeccanica Group companies: VEGA, based in the UK, and Elsag Datamat, based in Genoa.
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Arianespace... Kepler Gets Tanked Up (Launch) [SatNews] The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for Arianespace’s year-opening mission in 2011 – which also will be the milestone 200th flight of an Ariane launcher – is ready for integration on its Ariane 5, in preparation for a February 15 liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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India... U.S. Ban Ending For ISRO + DRDO? (Trade) [SatNews] The Press Trust of India is reporting that the U.S., which imposed curbs on trade with defense entities like ISRO and DRDO following India's nuclear tests in 1998, has set in motion regulatory changes to lift the ban soon, fulfilling a commitment made by President Obama.
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India... A First From The Private Sector (UAV) [SatNews] From IndianExpress.com, we learn that within two years of developing the Vihang Netra, India’s first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) in the private sector built for the Snow and Avalanche Study Establishment, a DRDO lab, is now ready with the country’s first, hand-launched mini-UAV— E-5.
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Navicon... Build-A-Map (GIS) [SatNews] Navicon's Cartography Toolkit enables developers to create mapping content for the Company's marine and outdoor navigation products.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Etna Expulsions (Imagery—ESA) This image from ESA's Envisat satellite shows a plume of smoke billowing into the atmosphere from Mount Etna, Sicily, Italy, on January 11th.
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Harris... Tactical Moves (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a multi-year contract exceeding $300 million from an international customer to provide military radios and other equipment as part of a tactical communications modernization program.
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U.S. Army... All Burned Up (Satellite) [SatNews] The first U.S. Army built satellite in more than 50 years completed its mission last Thursday morning as it succumbed to the Earth's gravity and burned up during reentry.
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RapidEye Blinks And Adds East View [SatNews] RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that East View Cartographic has signed a distributor agreement with RapidEye and will join its distribution team.
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Harris... LOS + BLOS On The Road (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has received an $11 million order to provide the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) with Falcon III? multiband handheld radios and vehicular amplifier systems.
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Eutelsat + Arianespace... Partnership Power (Launch) [SatNews] Continuing a 28-year relationship marked by 25 launch campaigns, Eutelsat Communications and Arianespace today announced they have concluded a new contract for a satellite launch in the 2012 period.
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SMPTE... Moving On Up and Moving Forward... [SatBroadcasting(tm)] New appointments have been made to the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Board of Governors, including Dr. Hans Hoffmann, who becomes the first European in nearly 40 years to serve as Engineering Vice President, and Richard Welsh who becomes the organization’s new Governor for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Central & South America Region.
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PTC'11 Aloha! Communications Day — Day One [SatNews] SatNews Publishers has a team in Hawaii at PTC'11, and sends word back from Communications Day — Day One...
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SES ASTRA Brings Broadcasting To Bulgaria [SatBroadcasting™] SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), is heading further into the European market...
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January 14, 2011 COM DEV International... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) has announced fourth quarter and year end financial results for the three- and twelve-month periods ended October 31, 2010 — all amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.
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GMV Space Systems... Highflying With hifly (Services) [SatNews] GMV Space Systems, the U.S. company of GMV, a leading global ground system supplier, has been selected as part of a General Dynamics C4 Systems-led team to modernize the ground system for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Tracking Data and Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation — the project is known as the Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment (SGSS).
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SDS International... Reaping The Benefits Of Enhanced Training (UAV) [SatNews] SDS International (SDS) recently delivered a specialized version of the ROVATTS™-based MQ-9 Reaper Mission Training Device (MTD) tabletop simulator to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) to support the development of evolving classes in Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) operations at ERAU.
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NETIA... Helping The French Film Heritage (Content) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] NETIA announced its R&D team is leading the CineCast project to promote France's film heritage, facilitate its discovery and contributions to it by the public, and explore new cultural practices.
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Eutelsat... Perfect Positioning (Satellite) [SatNews] Following the successful completion of all scheduled manoeuvres since launch, the KA-SAT satellite is now positioned at its definitive location in geostationary orbit at 9 degrees East.
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SatMAX... Gaining Friends Is A Good Thing (Distribution) [SatNews] SatMAX Corporation (Pinksheets:SATM - News announced that Nsite, LLC, a Maryland-based service-disabled veteran owned defense contractor with over 25 years' experience in project management, system design, system management, custom software development, and software integration, will now join SatMAX's client list.
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Cassini Captures... Recording Rhea (Imagery) [SatNews] NASA's Cassini spacecraft has successfully completed its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Rhea, returning raw images of the icy moon's surface.
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January 13, 2011 Strategy Analytics... Cell Climb To Stall (Comms) [SatNews] Although mobile service revenue growth accelerated in 2010 as mobile operators benefitted from growing consumer spend after the recession, a similar boost in 2011 is unlikely.
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NASA... Star Wreckage Wreaks Scientific Astonishment (Imagery) [SatNews] The combined data from several NASA satellites has astonished astronomers by revealing unexpected changes in X-ray emission from the Crab Nebula, once thought to be the steadiest high-energy source in the sky.
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Naval Research Laboratories... Acoustically Speaking (Comms) [SatNews] An NRL research team led by physicist, Dr. Ted Jones, Plasma Physics Division, performed the first successful long distance acoustic propagation and shock generation demonstration of their novel underwater photo-ionization laser acoustic source.
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Intelsat... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Intelsat S.A. has announced that its subsidiary, Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. (“Intelsat Jackson”), entered into a senior secured credit agreement that provides for a term loan facility of $3,250,000,000 and a revolving credit facility of up to $500,000,000.
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Russia... Viewing The Oceans (Satellite) [SatNews] According to RIA Novosti, Russia will launch an oceanography satellite in March to keep track of a vast amount of data that will help improve weather, climate and ocean forecasts, a Russian scientist said on Wednesday.
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Northrop Grumman... Hunter's Historic Hours (UAV) [SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, recently surpassed 100,000 flight hours in service, more than 72,000 of which were flown in combat.
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iDirect Government Technologies... Moving On Up.. [SatNews] iDirect Government Technologies (iGT) has appointed a new Proxy Board and new members of its Board of Directors, effective October 28, 2010.
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CABSAT MENA | Satellite MENA... Delve Into Business In Dubai (Event) [SatNews] CABSAT MENA, the leading digital media event in the region, and third largest on the global calendar, is expecting to draw record crowds this year as the Middle East and North Africa establishes its position as one of the most lucrative broadcast markets in the world.
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Global Space & Satellite Forum... Spectrum Coverage (Event) [SatNews] The Global Space & Satellite Forum (GSSF) is the region’s only dedicated event that covers the complete spectrum of space and satellite developments and gives you the opportunity to meet with regional program chiefs, government departments, and local industry suppliers.
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ATK + U.S. Space... New Company Given Life To Bring New Life To Satellites (Spacecraft) [SatNews] U.S. Space LLC, a U.S.-based creator of dedicated space solutions for government and commercial clients, and ATK [NYSE: ATK], an aerospace, defense, and commercial products company, have announced the creation of ViviSat, a new satellite life extension venture.
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SES WORLD SKIES...US Government Better Satellite Access x2 [SatNews] SES WORLD SKIES U.S. Government Solutions made an offer that pleased the U.S. Government...
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GobeCast Australia... Disasters Down Under Receive Full Coverage (Content) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Shocking disaster images dominating news bulletins and major global sporting events have combined to create an unprecedented demand for live transmissions from Australia to the World in early 2011.
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Harris...Flies High With Falcon Contracts [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), has a big international fan.
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Intelsat... Control Gained Of Galaxy 15 [SatNews] Intelsat's Galaxy 15, a communications satellite that had been drifting through geosynchronous orbit for months, disrupting operations of other nearby satellites, is no longer wandering aimlessly.
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ViaSat... Summer Of 2011 New Target Date (Launch) [SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has rescheduled the launch of its high-capacity satellite ViaSat-1 with International Launch Services (ILS) to summer 2011.
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Moving On Up...At Boeing [SatNews] Boeing (NYSE: BA) has named Kim Hammonds chief information officer and vice president of the company's Information Technology organization.
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January 12, 2011 MEASAT... Direct Sun Exposure (Capacity) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) has initiated an agreement for the provision of two (2) additional Ku-band transponders to Sun Direct.
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AeroVironment... Hydrogen Into The Propulsion Spotlight [SatNews] AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) has announced that the Global Observer(tm) unmanned aircraft system has successfully completed its historic first flight powered by the aircraft’s hydrogen-fueled propulsion system at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in California.
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Harris... Teaming Up For DTV (Transmitters) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has contracted with Svyaz Engineering to begin local manufacturing of Harris digital television transmitters to support the Russian Federation's transition to digital over-the-air television.
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Arianespace... Kepler Set For Integration (Launch) [SatNews] The Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for Arianespace's year-opening mission in 2011, which also will be the milestone 200th flight of an Ariane launcher, is ready for integration on its Ariane 5, in preparation for a February 15 liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Russia... Space To Rack Up The Rubles (Policy) [SatNews] Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the Russian government will spend $3.8 billion on its national space program in 2011.
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World Teleport Association... And The Winners Are... (Event) [SatNews] Since 1995, WTA has presented annual awards to companies and individuals who have dramatically demonstrated excellence in the field of teleport operations, development and technology.
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Frequency Electronics... It's All About Timing (Satellite) [SatNews] Frequency Electronics, Inc. (Nasdaq:FEIM) has been awarded a follow-on contract of approximately $12 million for a U.S. Government high capacity, secure communications satellite program.
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Northrop Grumman... Selected As Unit Of Choice (Satellites) [SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced its Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU(TM)) has been selected as the inertial reference unit of choice for Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems satellite platforms.
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Porticos + Iridium... In Engineering Cahoots (Services) [SatNews] Porticos, Inc. is now going to enter into its second year of providing mechanical engineering support to Iridium.
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Raytheon... APSolutely On Board (Satellite) [SatNews] A NASA spacecraft carrying a Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) sensor designed to measure the global distribution of aerosols in Earth's atmosphere has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., in preparation for launch.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Fatal Floods (EO—NASA) [SatNews] Torrential rain pounded southeast Queensland, Australia, on January 10, 2011, bringing devastating flash floods to several communities just west of Brisbane.
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NASA Kepler Stumbles Onto Triplets While Looking For Alien Planets [SatNews] An interesting development as NASA's Kepler spacecraft, an observatory originally designed to hunt for alien planets, has stumbled upon an intriguing discovery.
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Saft... A Real Charge For Boeing (Satellites) [SatNews] Saft is preparing to fill its next order for lithium-ion (Li-ion) space batteries as part of a five-year Long Term Agreement signed with Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems in 2009.
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Nostromo Unmanned Solutions... Cabure III Completes Tests (UAV) [SatNews] The Argentinian company Nostromo Unmanned solutions has completed the first flight test series of a pre-production version of the Cabure III Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, a short range, electrically-powered, tactical UAV.
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Hughes... Fire Fighting For Russia (SATCOM) [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has announced that Tomsk Polytechnical University (TPU) has selected a Hughes HX System to provide forest fire monitoring services for the Federal Forestry Agency of the Russian Federation.
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Space Adventures... Fly Me To The Moon... Or, At Least To The ISS (Spacecraft) [SatNews] Space Adventures has reached an agreement with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation (FSA) and Rocket Space Corporation Energia (RSC Energia) to commercially offer three seats on the Soyuz spacecraft bound for the International Space Station (ISS), starting in 2013.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... A True Dumper (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] A classic Nor’easter plowed up the East Coast of the United States on January 12, 2011, dumping heavy snow on New England states for the third time in three weeks.
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ITT... Breaking Up Isn't So Hard To Do... (Financials) [SatNews] ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) has announced that its board of directors has unanimously approved a plan to separate the company's businesses into three distinct, publicly traded companies.
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Harris... An Accreditation To Themselves (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received Authorization to Operate (ATO) Accreditation from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for 12 Project 25 Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems used by the U.S. Army throughout North America.
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Harris CapRock Communications... BP Says 'Tanks For SeaAccess' [SatNews] HarrisCapRock Communications, a global provider of managed communication services, has signed a 39-month contract...
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January 11, 2011 TeleCommunication Systems... The Xypoint Enhancement (LBS) [SatNews] TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) and Huawei have entered into a Master Purchase Agreement to provide Huawei customers with access to TCS' location-based services (LBS) technology.
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DigitAlb + Eutelsat... Albanian Access (Capacity) [SatBroadcasting)tm)] DigitAlb, Albania's leading pay-TV platform today announced it has secured its satellite resources for digital broadcasting with Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) to June 2020.
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AEi Systems... GPS III Totally Stressed Out (Satellite) [SatNews] AEi Systems has completed electrical stress & derating, reliability, failure mode, and worst case circuit analyses for PerkinElmer’s Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard (RAFS), a critical portion of the GPS III satellite program.
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Hubble Happenings... A Gaseous Shot (Imagery) [SatNews] A strange, glowing green cloud of gas that has mystified astronomers since its discovery in 2007 has been studied by Hubble.
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Cassini Captures... Ring Work (Imagery) [SatNews] Saturn's icy moon Rhea might seem a strange place to look for clues to understanding the vast majestic rings encircling Saturn.
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L-3 Interstate Electronics... Making The M-Code Grade (GPS) [SatNews] L-3 Interstate Electronics Corp. (IEC) has delivered 31 prototype ground-based GPS receiver application module modernized (GB-GRAM-M) receivers designed and developed under the Modernized User Equipment (MUE) Receiver Card Development program.
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LinQuest... Duo Of Rewards From Air Force Space Command (MILSATCOM) LinQuest Corporation recently announced that Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) had awarded the Company a “Contract for Space and Missile Capabilities” (CSMC).
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Sirius XM Radio... Tee'd Off (Content) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI) will provide comprehensive coverage of the 2011 golf season, offering more live play-by-play than any other TV or radio broadcaster and giving listeners nationwide access to the full schedule of events featuring the world's best golfers.
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Orbital Sciences... Glory, Glory, Hallelujah (Satellite) [SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has announced that the Glory satellite has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA, to be integrated with the company’s Taurus? XL rocket that will launch the satellite into low-Earth orbit in late February.
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Thrane & Thrane AVIATOR 200 Receives Citation [SatNews] Thrane & Thrane is flying high with their latest news.
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Thrane & Thrane Drive Home Viability Of Moto Mundo Electric World Tour [SatNews] On the road, still married and excited to complete their journey.
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January 10, 2011 DigitalGlobe... Enjoy The Celebration (Imagery) [SatNews] DigitalGlobe is now celebrating a full year since the Company's most advanced remote-sensing satellite, Worldview-2, achieved full capacity.
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Astrotech... Payload Priming (Satellite) [SatNews] The Department of the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) awarded the Astrotech (Nasdaq:ASTC) Space Operations business unit a new contract for payload processing services in support of the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) Program.
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IP&TV... Speaking Well To Others (Event) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] The IP&TV World Forum 2011 – renamed this year to highlight and encompass the increasing number of cable companies adopting IP technology, focussing on hybrid, IP and Connected TV – will take place on March 22-24 at London’s Olympia and will feature a comprehensive program of more than 200 visionary speakers, including more than 140 service providers from telcos, cablecos, broadcasters and content providers.
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Irdeto... Thinking Inside The Boxee (Content Protection) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Irdeto's patented Cloakware technology has been selected by D-Link to protect premium streaming content on the Boxee Box by D-Link, the first branded STB for Boxee’s award-winning media platform.
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U.S. Department of Defense... Gates Grinds The Budget... [SatNews] The Defense Department has found $154 billion in efficiencies over the next five years and will be able to invest $70 billion of that saved money in more deserving accounts, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on January 6th.
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Thomson Broadcast... @ CABSAT 2011 With... [SatBroadcasting(tm) Thomson Broadcast is showing their Elite 1000 GreenPower Transmitter Line, their DVB-T2 Exciter, and DRM Content Server With Diveemo Data Service at CABSAT 2011.
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Sling Media... During CES 2011 With... (Comms) [SatNews] During the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Sling Media, Inc., announced a subscription offering that will soon be available on select 4G smartphones on the Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Mobile Broadband network.
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Infinity Systems Engineering... Upholding USAF Satellites (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Infinity Systems Engineering has been awarded a $17.3M contract with the US Air Force and will continue adding high-quality jobs to its Colorado Springs location.
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NASA's Viking Hits Pay Dirt — Mars' Organic Materials [SatNews] More than 30 years after NASA's Viking landers found no evidence for organic materials on Mars, scientists say a new experiment on Mars-like soil shows Viking did, in fact, hit pay dirt.
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TCS + ATX... Know Your Location (Navigation) [SatNews] ATX Group (ATX) and TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (Nasdaq: TSYS) now have a partnership to provide turnkey network solutions to Hyundai Motor America's new Blue Link(R) telematics program using turn-by-turn navigation from TCS.
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Arianespace... Arrival With Two In The Wings (Launch) [SatNews] Key elements of the Ariane 5 launcher for Arianespace’s second flight of 2011 arrived at the Spaceport this week, where they will be readied for a dual payload mission with the Yahsat 1A and Intelsat New Dawn telecommunications satellites.
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Polar Wireless + 2230354 Ontario To Roam No More... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... [SatNews] Polar Wireless Corp. (OTCBB:BCDI) (the "Company") announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of 2230354 Ontario Inc. ("2230354").
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RRsat... Hot HOT BIRD Access (Capacity) [SatNews] Christine Ben Amram, the Marcom Manager for RRsat Global Communications, is reporting that the Company now has additional capacity on HOT BIRD(tm).
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iDirect + Integral Systems... Teaming Together (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The U.S. Coast Guard will equip its large cutter fleet with high-speed satellite communications technology, including routers and modems from iDirect Government Technologies (iGT).
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GeoEye... Moving On Up... GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) has appointed Dean Edmundson to the position of vice president of Business Development.
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Harris... Secured Speech (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has received a $14.4 million order to provide additional RF-310M-HH handheld tactical radios for improved secure communications interoperability.
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Iridium... Short Burst Is Bigger On Savings (SATCOM) [SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has certified the first Iridium 9602 Short Burst Data (SBD) Transceiver-based partner devices, opening a broad number of emerging new markets with solutions enabled by Iridium data connectivity.
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Hughes... Future Field Office Offering + VoIP Roll-Out (Nets + Comms) [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has unveiled a virtualized server offering for the government market designed to reduce IT infrastructure and operating costs, while enabling “Field Office of the Future” applications.
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SES WORLD SKIES, USG Solutions... Moving On Out... Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Robert Demers has resigned from SES WORLD SKIES, USG Solutions.
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RaySat + FUNTORO... Trains, Ferries + Busses (SATCOM) [SatNews] RaySat Inc. and FUNTORO will promote and distribute their complementary products for live satellite infotainment systems on buses, trains and ferries.
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Northrop Grumman... Webb Work (Spacecraft) [SatNews] Highlighted by the completion of its most important milestone to date, Mission Critical Design Review, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope(JWST) made significant progress throughout 2010.
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RESCHEDULED: ULA Delta IV Heavy...West Coast Preps For Biggest Rocket Launch [SatNews] When ULA announced their upcoming launch is a biggie, that is no exaggeration.
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Wowza Media Server 2...Takes A Dragon Up And Back and Wows 'em [Satnews] Wowza Media Systems today announced their product was a key factor in the recent launch and subsequent recovery of SpaceX's Dragon.
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Lockheed Martin Ultimate Multitask Test..From Ground Many Fly [SatNews] Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) announced that the success of satellite command and control system –...
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January 8, 2011 Garmin... Remotes For Radios (GPS) [SatNews] Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), the global leader in satellite navigation, today announced the debut of their GHS 20 and GHS 20i full-function wireless remote handsets for Garmin’s VHF 200 and VHF 300 series radios, and the VHF 200i and VHF 300i international radios.
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NASA... A Core, Lunar Understanding [SatNews] State-of-the-art seismological techniques applied to Apollo-era data suggest our moon has a core similar to Earth's.
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GeoEye... Fishing For Location-Based Info (GPS) [SatNews] GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) has won a contract from the Republic of the Maldives for a vessel monitoring system that is being developed for fisheries management and safety.
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EchoStar Advanced Technologies + Move Networks... Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... [SatBroadcasting(tm)] EchoStar Advanced Technologies L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS), has acquired assets of Utah-based Move Networks, the technology innovator delivering advanced solutions for large scale streaming of quality video on the Internet.
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Spirent Communications... Repeating Locates The Problem (GPS) [SatNews] A critical challenge to achieving the performance and quality of experience expectations of today’s navigation and positioning systems is accurately testing user devices in complex and dynamic real-world scenarios.
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Harris... Radioing Another Award (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a potential total value of $475 million to supply military and land mobile radio systems to international partners of the U.S. State Department and U.S. Department of Defense.
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SSTL... Push Broom To Clean Up, Spectrometerologically Speaking (Spacecraft) [SatNews] Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has won a 10.69 million euros contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) via Dutch Space to provide a Short Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) spectrometer as part of the TROPOMI instrument for the Sentinel 5 Precursor atmospheric monitoring mission.
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India... Squadron Starts Up (UAV) [SatNews] Aiming at enhancing coastal surveillance capabilities, the Indian Navy is going to commission a squadron of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at Porbandar in Gujarat on January 17th.
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Ocean Blue Software... @ CES 2011 With... [SatNews] Ocean Blue Software has partnered with STMicroelectronics to demonstrate a proof of concept HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) solution at the CES show, Las Vegas.
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Technicolor... @ CES 2011 With... [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Technicolor (Euronext Paris: TCH; NYSE: TCH) has launched its MediaNavi multi-screen content platform designed to make navigating the universe of content simple, seamless, and social for consumers everywhere.
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ARTEL... Becoming The First (SATCOM) [SatNews] ARTEL, Inc. has received the first contract award to provide satellite services under a new $5 billion General Services Administration (GSA) and Defense Information Services Agency (DISA) joint-contract vehicle.
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Northrop Grumman... To The Sea In... Unmanned Ships (ACTUV) [SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV), leading the way for a new class of ocean-going unmanned surface vessels (USVs).
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NASA Astronaut's Wife, Congresswoman Giffords, Shot [SatNews] While the news was certainly horrific, it normally would not be shared with SatNews' audience...the exception in this case is it involves our satellite and space family of sorts.
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January 6, 2011 iRobot... No Reconnaissance Recalcitrance Here (SUGV) [SatNews] iRobot Corp. has announced that the Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM) Increment 1 production purchase contract has been finalized for a firm fixed price value of $13.9 million.
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Agilent Technologies... The Analyzer Is In (RF) [SatNews] Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has debuted two options for its ENA Series E5061B 5-Hz to 3-GHz vector network analyzer.
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Elbit Systems... Financially Speaking... Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: ESLT) ("ESLT") has signed an agreement to invest in Pearls of Wisdom Advanced Technologies Ltd. an amount of approximately $18 million.
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Harris... Driving DTV Of The Mobile Kind (Hardware) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has announced that Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc., owner and operator of six U.S. television stations, has selected Harris? MPH™ ATSC Mobile DTV systems for its operations in Detroit (WDIV-DT) and Orlando, Fla., (WKMG-DT).
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The Space Foundation...A Moving Experience Thanks To Generous Support [SatNews] Nothing stays the same — the one constant is change, and so it goes with The Space Foundation... kind of.
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NewCom International Is In Fast Company [SatNews] NewCom International, a global communications company specializing in the transport of video, voice and data via satellite, must have done something right.
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AccuWeather and Panasonic Weather Or Not To Partner [SatNews] AccuWeather.com, a multimedia weather information source, today announced a partnership.
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January 5, 2011 Savi Technology... Tags Make The Grade (Sensors) [SatNews] Savi Technology’s low-power wireless sensor technology recently demonstrated its operational performance, reliability and accuracy in separate field tests recently conducted by government- and industry-backed authorities.
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International Datacasting... Moving On Up... [SatNews] International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) has formed their Executive Management Team with new appointments in key executive positions.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Saudi Lava Field Quakin' (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] In northwestern Saudi Arabia, east of the Red Sea port city of Umm Lajj, lies a field of volcanic lava.
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Winegard Company... @ CES 2011 With... [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Winegard Company is bringing live mobile digital television (ATSC-M/H) to the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) at the Las Vegas Convention Center Jan 6 through 9.
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Broadcom... @ CES 2011 With... [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Broadcom Corporation (Nasdaq: BRCM) has announced nine new satellite, cable, and IP set-top box (STB) system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions that enable multiple ways for consumers to experience the next generation Internet connected home featuring full resolution 3DTV.
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ORBIT Communication Systems... (Comms) [SatNews] ORBIT Communication Systems, Ltd., a satellite communications, tracking, and airborne communications-management systems provider, has been awarded a contract valued at $3.1 Million for the supply of multiple ship borne Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) tracking and communications systems to an undisclosed customer.
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GeoEye... Moving On Up... [SatNews] GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY), a provider of satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, has appointed Steven P. Wallach to the new position of senior vice president of Product Integration.
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RapidEye... New Turkish Relationship (Imagery) [SatNews] RapidEye, who owns and operates a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, has announced that NiK Insaat Ticaret Ltd. Sti. has signed a partnership agreement with RapidEye to join its data distributor team in Turkey.
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Spacenet... Emergency Enterprise (SATCOM) [SatNews] Lubbock County Texas is using Spacenet’s high-performance satellite communications services and equipment to support critical communications across the state.
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Gilat Satellite Networks... Upgrading In Columbia (Comms) [SatNews] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) has announced that the Ministry of Information Technology and Communications in Colombia, with the National Fund of Development (FONADE), has extended and amended the agreements for the provision of services under the Rural Communitarian Telephony and Telecentros projects for an additional one-year term, through December 31st, 2011. The extended service agreements are valued at approximately $21 million.
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Iridium...Direct Internet 3 Gets Connected Faster...Better [SatNews] Iridium's satellite phones 9555 and 9505A just got better.
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Integral Systems Achieve FAT RAIDRS [SatNews] Integral Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:ISYS) announced today that its Military and Intelligence Group (MIG) has achieved an important program milestone.
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January 4, 2011 Canada... Getting Into Its Own Launch Act? [SatNews] Canada, which currently relies upon other countries to launch its satellites, has the technological ability to build its own rockets, according to space experts.
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Lockheed Martin... Divining Dextre Development (Robot) [SatNews] Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) of Greenbelt, Maryland, won a sole source contract from NASA for Systems Engineering for In-Space Servicing (SEISS).
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Russia Launches Plans For 2011 [SatNews] Calendars are marked as Russia plans launches in 2011 with a grand total.
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AFCEA-USNI...Go West 2011 Now What? [SatNews] A kind of Now What?
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AeroVironment... U.S.M.C. To Fly With Ravens (UAS) [SatNews] AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) has received an order valued at $46,226,984 under an existing contract with the U.S. Army.
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Integral Systems... CutterComms (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The SATCOM Solutions division of Integral Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISYS) has been awarded a $10 million, five-year, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to modernize the United States Coast Guard’s (USCG) satellite communications (SATCOM) network for the service’s large cutters.
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Harris... The Oregon Trail (SATCOM) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has been selected as the radio system and service provider for the Oregon Wireless Interoperability Network (OWIN) program.
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Thales Alenia Space... SWIMmingly Good News (Satellite) [SatNews] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) to produce the Surface Waves Investigation and Monitoring (SWIM) instrument.
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Spot... Off-Grid Smarts (SATCOM) [SatNews] A wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT), Spot LLC has announced SPOT Connect, a new SPOT satellite communicator capable of sending messages over the Globalstar satellite network from smartphone operating systems.
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Northrop Grumman's JICO JSS Passes Milestones [SatNews] Northrop Grumman received a salute for having met two major milestones.
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RigNet Exercises Over-Allotment [SatNews] RigNet announces that underwriters of its recently completed initial public offering of common stock have exercised their over-allotment option in full...
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January 3, 2011 Thuraya... Assists In Trek For Truth In Congo [SatNews] A quest by a Canadian TV reporter to uncover news that is largely unreported in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)...
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ARINC... The JIST Of The Matter + Deployments Of The South Korean Kind... ARINC Engineering Services, LLC has retained its key role as Technical Support provider to USSTRATCOM for the joint planning and management of Satellite Communications (SATCOM) resources of the U.S. Department of Defense and the Company has deployed four new remote ground stations to enhance its GLOBALinkSM/VHF data link network for aviation in South Korea.
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SS/L... Plan Perfection (Satellite) [SatNews] The Hispasat 1E satellite, designed and built for the HISPASAT Group, is performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan, according to a statement from Space Systems/Loral (SS/l).
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Brightstar... Financially Speaking... (Comms) Brightstar Corp. has refinanced its U.S. Senior Revolving Credit Facility.
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Intelsat... The Galaxy 15 Saga Continues... With A Positive Note [SatNews] Originally launched on October 13, 2005, on a European Ariane rocket, Intelsat's Galaxy 15 satellites was designed to operate through 2020.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... A Berg View (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] Each December, while darkness engulfs the Arctic, Antarctica enjoys round-the-clock sunlight.
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NASA | JPL... Cassini Captures More Than A Decade's Worth Of Imagery [SatNews] Ten years ago, on December 30, 2000, NASA's Cassini spacecraft made its closest approach to Jupiter on its way to orbiting Saturn.
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USAF's...UAV Gorgon Stone Serious Surveillance System [SatNews] Soon to come to Afghanistan is a revolutionary airborne surveillance system called Gorgon Stare, duly named after Gorgon a mythical Greek creature whose unblinking eyes turned to stone anyone who looked at him.
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SENSIO Technologies... @ CES 2011 With... SENSIO Technologies Inc. (SENSIO) (TSX.V: SIO) has negotiated the rights to a varied library, including independent movies, documentaries, and blockbusters, which it will encode in the SENSIO(r) Hi-Fi 3D format, to be distributed through the video-on-demand (VOD) platform of RoxioNow™, a major player in OTT (Over-The-Top) services.
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Sigma Designs... CHIPping Away @ 3D (SoC) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Sigma Designs (NASDAQ: SIGM) has introduced their SMP8910 media processor.
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Trident Microsystems... @ CES 2011 With... [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Trident Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: TRID) is showcasing its latest platform innovations during CES 2011.
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Globecomm Systems... Prime Placement (SATCOM) Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) has been awarded an eight-month managed services contract from a Government prime contractor valued at $7.3 million.
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SiriusXM + Manchester United... Goal Grab In The U.S. (Content) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Manchester United Football Club, the 18-time champions of the English Premier League, and Sirius XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI), now have a multi-year agreement to make SiriusXM the official U.S. radio broadcaster of Manchester United.
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MGSA...India's Good Cop Bad Cop 3D Satellite [SatNews] A second state in India, Tripura, has joined Jharkhand to introduce a new concept in catching the bad guys.
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MultiDyne Connection...Dishing Dynamics [SatNews] MultiDyne announces a new solution to reliably connect satellite dishes with a multitude of locations.
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Technicolor, Grass Valley + Francisco Partners... Financially Speaking [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Grass Valley™ has announced that Francisco Partners, a technology-focused investment company, has completed the closing process with Technicolor and finalized the acquisition of the Grass Valley Broadcast & Professional business.
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