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August 31, 2010 NASA... ICESat Is Iced (Satellite) [SatNews] NASA’s Orbital Debris Program Office at Johnson Space Center, Houston, has reported that debris from the ICESat spacecraft fell to Earth in the Barents Sea on Monday, Aug. 30, at approximately 5:00 a.m. EDT.
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NASA... CRuSR Flights (Demos) [SatNews] Awards totaling nearly one-half million dollars have been awarded by NASA to a company in California and a company in Texas.
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NASA... Rocket Engine Rev'd Up (Constellation Program) [SatNews] NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight.
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Moving On Up...@ exactEarth [SatNews] exactEarth Ltd. today announced that it has hired Albert Antoine as Regional Sales Director for Asia and the Pacific Rim.
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ITT + GeoEye... "Looking" Capabilities Continued (EO Satellite) [SatNews] The building of the imaging system for a nexgen EO satellite continues at ITT.
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Harris Hired To Further Its Falcons For The Aussies (Engineering Services) [SatNews] Harris Corporation received a vote of confidence for the Australian Department of Defence Land 200 communications modernization program.
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Paradise Datacom... @ IBC2010 With... [SatNews] New amps... new modems... new solutions... all being demo'd at the upcoming major event in Amsterdam.
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ISPCS... Funding Frets? (Event) [SatNews] Raising capital to support a commercial space business strategy is a challenge for nearly all entrepreneurs.
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Haivision... Torpedo Time (Gateway) [SatBroadcasting-Related] Haivision Network Video has announced the immediate availability of the Torpedo(tm) family of DVB-to-IP gateways.
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Pactel International... Connecting Kiribati (SATCOM) [SatNews] Pactel International has just partnered with TSKL, a local telecommunications carrier in the Republic of Kiribati, to supply its residents with internet links via RICS (Rural Internet Connectivity System).
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IBC2010... Meet + Greet (Event) [SatNews] IBC, which opens on September 9th, is poised to reinforce its position as one of the world’s leading meeting place for those involved in the electronic media industry.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Three, Three, Three in One (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] Powerful Hurricane Earl, growing Tropical Storm Fiona and fading Danielle were all captured in this visible image from the GOES-13 satellite.
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Lockheed Martin... SRR Success, Next Up — PDR (EO Satellite) [SatNews] The Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team developing GeoEye's nexgen, high-resolution commercial Earth-imaging satellite system known as GeoEye-2, has successfully completed on-schedule a System Requirements Review (SRR), an important program milestone that precedes the Preliminary Design Review.
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Newtec Takes An Orange To New Places For France Telecom [SatNews] Improvements are underway for Orange, the key brand of France Telecom.
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SatBroadcasting™ — Info For Broadcasting + Related Industries... — Digital Rapids — Pilat Media Global — TechniSat —
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August 30, 2010 Optus Satellite... A Very Special Day! [SatNews] August 27th is quite a remarkable day for Optus Satellite.
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World's Space-Biz 2010 Reveals India And Arianespace Are Friends In Space [SatNews] World's Space-Biz 2010 concluded today at the Benagluru Space Expo in Bangalore, India.
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MITEQ Wants You To Be Their Guest At IBC [SatNews] Has received an open invitation to our readers — MITEQ Inc. and MCL Inc. would like to invite you be their guests at the IBC trade show, they will be at Booth 1.A18.
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Russia... Ramping Up In Ugelgorsk... (Launch) [SatNews] Last Saturday, in a move to ensure an independent launch facility for the country, Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, visited the location where such is hoped to become a reality.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... No Denying Danielle (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] Hurricane Danielle became the first major hurricane of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season overnight as it made its way through the central Atlantic — NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite, known as TRMM, provided an "eagle eye" view of the rainfall and clouds in powerful Danielle.
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Japan... One SatEye On North Korea Succumbs (Imagery) [SatNews] According to ITAR-TASS reports, a Japanese spy satellite that monitors the situation in the North Korea at any time of day, as well as through thick clouds, has suddenly gone out of order.
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Savi Technology... Moving On Up... [SatNews] Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] company, has announced William Clark has joined the company as Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer.
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Cassini Captures... Shadow Play (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] The shadows of Saturn's rings cast onto the planet appear as a thin band at the equator in this image taken as the planet approached its August 2009 equinox.
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SRA International... SSN Support Studies (MILCOM) [SatNews] The Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded SRA International, Inc. (NYSE: SRX) a task order to be performed under the U.S. General Services Administration Mission Oriented Business Integrated Services contract with an initial annual value of $1 million.
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ASC Signal... @ IBC2010 With... [SatNews] There are a number of challenges to overcome with integrating subsystems for satellite Earth stations.
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Newtec... No Ebb, All Flow, In Iraq [SatBroadcasting(tm)] Ongoing investment in a company's technology is always welcome news.
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Boeing... On Spatial Station + On Duty (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Entering service now is the first of 12 GPS IIF satellites.
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RapidEye... Two Imaging Years Young (Event) [SatNews] RapidEye is celebrating its second year in space after its successful satellite launch in August 2008.
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AsiaSat... Two A's For AsiaSat 3S (Content) [SatBroadcasting(tm)] A new agreement has been signed for the delivery of two, new, Urdu-language satellite channels.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Destruction By Deluge (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] By late August 2010, the floodwaters that had inundated northern Pakistan slowly began to recede, although the flooding left behind a wide swath of destruction throughout the country.
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Ball Aerospace + ITT... A New WorldView (Satellite) [SatNews] The next DigitalGlobe remote sensing satellite will be built by Ball Aerospace.
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ISRO... Chandrayaan Concentration Is On The Moon (Launch) [SatNews] India has finalized the list of payloads for its Chandrayaan-2 Lunar Mission, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said on Monday.
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Research and Markets... A Good Read Now And In The Future (Publication) [Satnews] The latest edition of The Worldwide Satellite Telecommunications Industry report, published annually, is available.
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August 27, 2010 NASA + MIT... Students, Small Sats + The ISS [SatNews] NASA is challenging high school teams to design software to program small satellites aboard the International Space Station.
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U.S.A.F... Memo Spells Out Space Responsibilities Realignment [SatNews] The Air Force has announced the realignment of some Headquarters Air Force space functions, following the recent completion of a review of Headquarters Air Force space management and responsibilities, which was directed by Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley in December 2009.
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Arianespace Preps A Six Pack And Marks A Milestone! (Launch) [SatNews] Every launch is important, but how about sending a half a dozen up, simultaneously?
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SatBroadcasting™ — Info for Broadcasting + Related Industries... — Cisco ExtendMedia — SENSIO Technologies — TechniSat — Tvinci — Xytech —
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August 26, 2010 STM Group... Bursting With Throughput (SATCOM) [SatNews] For addressing nexgen requirements in high-performance satellite networks, STM Group has a breakthrough technology announcement.
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Newtec... A Saudi Super Deal (SATCOM) [SatNews] Two partners are going to implement the nexgen television and radio exchange network of the Saudi Arabian government’s nationwide media transformation program, which involves deployment of satellite-based technology for a national infrastructure to deliver television, radio and Intranet services.
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RapidEye... Keeping An Eye On North America (Imagery) [SatNews] RapidEye has, over a period of only three months, imaged 95 percent of the contiguous United States.
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EMS... Moving On Up... [SatNews] A new vice president and general manager has been named to EMS Technologies' Defense and Space Business unit.
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Space Foundation... Have A Hero? (Survey) [SatNews] Space Heroes can be found many places: in the movies, in comic books and graphic novels, on television and in real life.
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MTN Satellite Communications... Joining In — Jakarta (Reseller) [SatNews] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has signed PT Aditech Matra as an authorized reseller of VSAT products and services in Jakarta, Indonesia.
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SkyTrac... AgustaWestland Augmentation (Agreement) SkyTrac has entered into a Long Term Agreement with AgustaWestland, a Finmeccanica company, for the sale and service of SkyTrac products for all AgustaWestland aircraft types.
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TSF...Trains For The Worst, Hopes For The Best [SatNews] The European Commission, through the international NGO Telecoms Sans Frontieres, is training in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) emergency organizations working throughout the region of Latin America.
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NASA...Kepler Discovers Planets, One Like Earth — Only Hotter [SatNews] NASA's Kepler spacecraft has discovered the first confirmed planetary system with more than one planet crossing in front of, or transiting, the same star.
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L-3 Communications...Manpack Motivation (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] L-3 Communications has announced its GCS subsidiary (L-3 GCS) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for its Panther(tm) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) manpack satellite communications systems and associated equipment.
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ESA... Super Ship Tracking (SATCOM) [SatNews] Nearing the end of its third month of continuous operation, the International Space Station’s ship-tracking experiment has experienced a marked increase in data quality.
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August 25, 2010 SBCA... Trade Show Offers A Virtual Experience (Event) [SatNews] The Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association (SBCA) is has announced SkyFORUM, a free to attend virtual trade show, occurring on Wednesday, November 17th from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., ET.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... A Glacier Gander (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] The shoreline of Greenland is an endless, serrated maze of narrow, glacier-filled fjords and small, rocky islands.
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PortVision... Tracking Those Who Attacked The Spill (SATCOM) [SatNews] The Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico proved out some leading technologies in the battle to halt the flow of oil and to restore the waters.
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PTC'11... It's Showtime In Hawaii (Event) PTC'11: Connecting Life 24/7 will examine how telecom is changed and challenged by always-connected users with new requirements and preferences, the transformation of the value chain, changing regulatory concerns, and new demands for high-performance infrastructure.
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General Dynamics' Antennas For Harris Pack A Wallop (Hardware Contract) [SatNews] General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies received an $80 million contract from Harris Corporation to design, manufacture and install six new 16-meter antennas, and upgrade four 9-meter satellite communications antennas at the NOAA Wallops Command and Data Acquisition Station in Wallops, Virginia.
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Moving On And Up...RRsat Global Communications [SatNews] RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST) today announced the appointment of Mr. David Aber as its new Chief Financial Officer.
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Harris + General Dynamics... GOES With Antennas (SATCOM) [Satnews] Satellite technology experts from Harris Corp. in Melbourne, Fla., needed 16- and 9-meter satellite communications antennas for upgrades to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GOES-R weather satellite program.
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ESA... The Decade-Old Cluster Challenge (Satellites) [SatNews] Over the past decade, Cluster’s four satellites have provided extraordinary insights into the largely invisible interaction between the Sun and Earth.
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WISE Wonderments... A Rose By Any Other Name (NASA | JPL) [SatNews] Unicorns and roses are usually the stuff of fairy tales, but a new cosmic image taken by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Explorer (WISE) shows the Rosette nebula located within the constellation Monoceros, or the Unicorn.
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Lockheed Martin... First Photo Recon SatImage Anniversary (Imagery) [SatNews] Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has congratulated the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on the 50-year anniversary of the first Corona photo reconnaissance satellite image from space, which ushered in new space-based capabilities for the nation.
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SatBroadcasting™ — Broadcasting + Related Industries Info... — DELTACAST — Ericsson — HGI — Pulsar TV — Rovi Corp. —
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August 24, 2010 MPEG Industry Forum... @ IBC2010 With... [SatNews] The MPEG Industry Forum (MPEGIF), the world’s largest advocacy group for standard’s based digital television technologies, will be presenting their latest MPEGIF Master Class at IBC2010.
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Boeing Is Going...Ultra High With Intelsat (UHF Satellites) [SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] has more news... today Intelsat S.A. signed Boeing for a second ultra-high frequency (UHF) hosted payload on another of the four commercial communications satellites that Intelsat ordered from Boeing last year. Financial details were not disclosed.
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Hughes... Infrastructure Protection Presentation (Event) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) is a global provider of broadband satellite networks and services.
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Thrane & Thrane... BGAN Takes A Bow @ AUVSI (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Thrane & Thrane will be showcasing their portfolio of cutting-edge satellite communication solutions for use on unmanned land and maritime vehicles at this years AUVSI event.
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World Satellite Business Week...SatBusiness Spotlight (Event) [SatNews] Top executives of the global satellite communications industry will be looking back at another year of steady growth and profits as they gather in Paris from September 6th to 10th for World Satellite Business Week.
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CET Teleport... @ IBC2010... [SatNews] CET Teleport will be exhibiting at IBC2010 in Amsterdam from September 10th through the 14th.
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SatBroadcasting™ — Info For The Broadcasting Industries.... — atrexx — Digital Rapids — DISH Network — Entropic — Intelsat — Juniper Networks — Latens — Skyline Communications — Telestream — Wohler —
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Emergent Space Technologies + Loctronix... SCP Suits Both (MILCOM) [SatNews] Emergent Space Technologies, Inc., a provider of advanced systems technologies for U.S. civil, military, and commercial space missions, has announced an alliance with Loctronix Corporation, a developer of high-accuracy, indoor/outdoor positioning technologies.
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Cobham... Maritime Making Their Day (SATCOM) [SatNews] Cobham SATCOM is experiencing an increase in orders for its Sea Tel(r) Ultra Small Aperture Terminal (USAT(tm)) marine stabilized Ku-band antenna system, as its applications in the global maritime market are expanding.
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China... Tian Hui-1 Starts Stereoscopic Missions (Launch) [SatNews] China has launched another new satellite, the TH-1 Tian Hui-1, on August 24, using a CZ-2D Chang Zheng-2D (Long March 2D) launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.
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Latens Chosen To Secure The Top Of The World (Satellite Services) [SatNews] Latens,a software security solutions provider for Pay-TV across all networks, announced that Satellite Channel Pvt. Ltd Nepal, a Pay-TV provider in the South Asia region, has chosen Latens DTH software CAS for its DTH system in Nepal.
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August 23, 2010 USAF | SMC... Crucial CDR Completed (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The Space and Missile System Center’s Space Based Infrared Systems Wing and Lockheed Martin held a successful critical design review for the third and fourth geosynchronous satellites planned under the SBIRS Follow-On Production Contract.
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NetHope + GVF... Verily, VSAT Offers HOPE (Event) [SatNews] NetHope is opening their three day instructor-led GVF VSAT installation class for general enrollment.
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NASA... Star Sailing [SatNews] Making the stuff of science fiction into reality, NASA engineers are testing solar sails — a unique propulsion technology that one day could enable deep space missions.
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SpaceX... When You Drop A Dragon In Space Make Sure It Has A Parachute! (Spacecraft) [SatNews] It's always important to make sure your parachute works properly, whether golden or otherwise.
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AsiaSat... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited has announced its 2010 interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2010.
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Globecomm Systems Networking And Partying In Amsterdam [SatNews] Business and pleasure in Amsterdam.
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Iran (again)... SuperSats, Spaceward Ho... (Launches??) [SatNews] Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that his country plans to send larger and heavier satellites into space in future.
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NASA | JPL... Mars Mission's 35th Anniversary (Imagery) [SatNews] Thrust from a Titan 3/Centaur rocket launched NASA's Viking 1 spacecraft on a 505-million-mile journey to Mars on Aug. 20, 1975 — Viking 2 followed three weeks later.
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CASBAA...Early Bird And Breakfast With Women Media Networks [SatNews] Two major topics for the upcoming CASBAA Convention 2010 — early bird registration and arrange to attend Women Media Networks breakfast meeting.
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Boeing...USAF Demonstrates Their Confidence x Seven WGS (Satellite Contract) [SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] received a vote of confidence from the U.S. Air Force with a contract authorizing $182 million.
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GeoEye... A Member Of The Exclusive FORTUNE 100 Club [SatNews] Being named by FORTUNE Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies is certainly a most credible pat on the back.
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MTN Satellite Communications... A Hellespont Of A Deal (SATCOM) [SatNews] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN and Maritime Broadband LLC (makers of the C-Bird™ VSAT system) have announced they have been selected to provide communication services to the MT Hellespont Progress product tanker under a 36-month agreement with German-based ship owner Hellespont Ship Management GmbH & Co. KG.
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U.S.A.F... Aggravating Anomaly (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The maneuvering plan for AEHF-1 may well have to be altered, after the AEHF-1's propulsion system seems to have thrown a kink into the spatial works.
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RapidEye... Distributor Designation (Imagery) [SatNews] Now there are even more distributors in the RapidEye data mix...
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ESA... GOCe Glitch (SATCOM) [SatNews] Another major satellite has experienced difficulties, this one in the form of a software glitch.
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ISU...Space Studies Program Term Projects Out Of This World (Education) [SatNews] Not necessarily your 'usual' curriculum...Strasbourg, France: After 9 weeks of all-nighters studying, the Closing Ceremony of the Space Studies Program approaches.
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Altman Vilandrie & Co. + Peanut Labs... SatBroadcasting Opportunities Require New Tech Smarts (Report) [SatNews] The number of people who watch broadcast TV programming on the Internet has doubled in the last year, according to a new survey by Altman Vilandrie & Company and Peanut Labs — clear opportunities exist for satellite and cable providers to grow through smart integration of new technologies like mobile and 3D video, the study found.
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Spacenet... A RUS For Alaska + Hawaii (SATCOM) [SatNews] Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT), has been awarded federal grant funding from the Rural Utility Service (RUS) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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RigNet Channels A New Partner ...Signs Stratos' Satellite Services [SatNews] RigNet, Inc., has been busy communicating in the world of oil and gas.
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SatMAX... No Loss With Non-LOS (SATCOM) [SatNews] A major strategic alliance has been announced to produce non-LOS product for this ever increasing market segment.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Indus Inundates (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] Floods on the Indus River continued to surge downstream into southern Pakistan more than three weeks after the initial floods started.
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August 20, 2010 Blackmagic Design + EchoLab... Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... [SatNews] Bringing into one's company the experience of a firm involved in the design and manufacture of productions switchers for more than 35 years is a telling move.
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August 19, 2010 Bridge Technologies... Info Probe (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Bridge Technologies has incorporated significant enhancements to its microVB(tm) probe, including the addition of remote analysis capabilities.
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KVH Industries... Capacity Gain Of 500 Percent (SATCOM) [SatNews] Add in a satellite transponder and a new waveform and you have a grand enhancement from KVH.
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Lightsquared... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] LightSquared has delivered notice to Inmarsat triggering Phase 1 of a Cooperation Agreement between the company and Inmarsat.
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DigitalGlobe... 8-Banding, A Challenge (Imagery) [SatNews] More than 350 entries have already been received for this Research Challenge... as of this writing, that is.
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SMi + SSTL... SmallSat Seminar (Event) [SatNews] SMi and Surrey Satellites Technology are teaming together in December to deliver a comprehensive learning experience regarding the current and future technologies involved in small satellite design.
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SAIC... Time For TASER (GEOINT) [SatNews] Critical geospatial requirements demand ongoing research and the implementation of innovative solutions to be successful.
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Thrane & Thrane Flying High With The AVIATOR [SatNews] While some areas of the economy are struggling the satellite realm is resilient, evidenced by the recent success of Thrane & Thrane.
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RapidEye... Set-Ups In South America (Distributors) [SatNews] RapidEye has just expanded their sales territory in South America, including Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Venezuela.
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Honeywell... It's All About Attitude + TT&C (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Critical Design Reviews have been successfully completed by Honeywell for GPS III components.
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Boeing Spreads Out...Takes It To MidAmerica And Brings Jobs [SatNews] More is better and so the Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that it is expanding its St. Louis-area operations with the planned opening of a new manufacturing facility at MidAmerica Airport in Mascoutah.
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Hughes Network Systems... The RUS Rush (SATCOM) [SatNews] Becoming the only national provider for anything is certainly a feather in any company's cap.
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Northrop Grumman... Employing Encryption (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Communications security is a crucial requirement for the nation's warfighters.
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NASA's Chandra... Space Volcano Similar To Iceland's (Space Exploration) [SatNews] A galactic "super-volcano" in the massive galaxy M87 is erupting and blasting gas outwards, as witnessed by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and NRAO's Very Large Array.
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Boeing... Winning Ways With WGS (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] A seventh MILCOM satellite construction contract has been awarded to Boeing by the U.S. Air Force, according to the Pentagon's daily major defense contracts digest.
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ViaSat Receives Grant And Ensures Under Served Receive [SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) subsidiary WildBlue Communications LLC has been awarded an estimated $19.5 million in grant funding.
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Inmarsat... Solos Setting Sail (SATCOM) [SatNews] Competitors in the 2010-11 Velux 5 Oceans round-the-world yacht race will relay video action of sailing's ultimate solo challenge using FleetBroadband.
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August 18, 2010 Ross Video... Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... [SatNews] Ross Video Limited has revealed that Ross Video has entered into an agreement to acquire Norpak Corporation, which is majority owned by Rovi Corporation.
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Streambox + Fisher... Partnerships + Encoding (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Streambox(r) and Fisher Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: FSCI) now have a strategic partnership to further develop solutions that will enable Fisher and other broadcasters to expand video contribution and web streaming initiatives for all distribution platforms.
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Honeywell... Making Map Moves [SatNews] A 3D map technology with a plethora of features has debuted from Honeywell.
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TSF... Water Everywhere Yet Dying For A Drink...And A Call (Satellite Phones) [SatNews] Word has come that Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF) has been in Pakistan since August 9th, and a team member deployed to Multan, Province of Punjab to provide ICT support to the newly set up inter-agency office.
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NASA + ATK... Engine Endeavor Examinations (Launch) [SatNews] No rocket engine, no launch, it's as simple as that...
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Space Foundation...STEM Success (Award) [SatNews] This award recognizes outstanding contributions to technology education by K-12 educators or district-level education personnel.
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Marlink... WaveCalling + Sealinking For Australian Maritime (SATCOM) [SatNews] Marlink has announced an extension to its VSAT Ku-band service.
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AMPERE Brings The 'Biggies' Together Predicting Space Weather Effects (Satellite) [SatNews] All big names, all major corporations, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), with help from The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] and Iridium Communications Inc. [Nasdaq: IRDM], came together to implement a new space-based system monitoring Earth's space environment.
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a.i. solutions... Prime Perception (Award) [SatNews] a.i. solutions has been named Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center as part of the agency’s annual Small Business Industry Award (SBIA) program.
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IMS Research... Hybrids Have A Hold (SatBroadcasting™—Report) [SatNews] Worldwide shipments of pay-TV hybrid set-top boxes (STBs) are expected to grow to nearly 87 million units by 2015, as operators adapt to increasing competition within markets with varying infrastructure and regulatory demands.
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SPOT and DeLorme Receive 'Best in Show' In Great Outdoors [SatNews] Just returning from Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake Sity, Utah, Spot LLC and DeLorme announced today that the DeLorme Earthmate PN-60w
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Nevion + NASA... 3DTV Blasting Off [SatNews] Nevion, formerly Network/VPG, a video transport solution provider for broadcasters, service providers and government entities, has helped NASA transport stereo 3D video of two space shuttle launches in real time.
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August 17, 2010 Biley Technologies... Crystal Clear [SatNews] Phase noise performance is quite important to engineers involved in the satellite and aerospace industries.
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Colem... Moving On Up... [SatNews] A new role for Colem, as the company names a Product Architect to lead a technology effort.
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ARINC... Coming To C4ISR (Event) [SatNews] The upcoming Team C4ISR Symposium will be the event where ARINC Engineering Services plans to highlight five advanced tools.
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GeoEye... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) has completed its offer to exchange Senior Secured Notes registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, for all of the Senior Secured Notes that were previously issued in a private placement.
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ABI Research... IPTV Subscriber Growth Increasing (Report) [SatNews] Worldwide pay-TV subscribers totaled 688 million at the end of the second quarter of 2010.
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SES WORLD SKIES Tames A Wild Island (Sat Broadband) [SatNews] SES WORLD SKIES has a 'tough job', helping The Nature Conservancy located 1,000 miles south of Hawaii on a remote Palmyra Atoll to establish a connection with their National Wildlife Refuge.
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ViaSat... Liberty Counting On COTM (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The efficacy of COTM for MILSATCOM continues to be proven by companies such as ViaSat.
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Globe Wireless + Inmarsat... Coming Out Party (SATCOM) [SatNews] Inmarsat and Globe Wireless will host an event to officially launch Globe iFusion on September 2, 2010.
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DigitalGlobe... Moving On Up x2... [SatNews] New executives are taking their lead positions within DigitalGlobe.
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Advanced Television... Joining A Highly Regarded Team... [SatNews] One of the finest broadcast industry journalists in the field, who also happens to be a contributor to SatMagazine, is Chris Forrester.
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i-CAN Enjoy Easy HD Premier League Football Can You? (SatBroadcastinig™) [SatNews] Get a comfortable chair handy as Advanced Digital Broadcast announced today an agreement with Top Up TV that allows Freeview viewers to enjoy Premier League football (Sky 1 & 2 and ESPN), on its i-CAN Easy HD DVB-T2 set-top box.
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Northrop Grumman... The Challenge Of Empire Challenge (MILCOM) [SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) successfully demo'd emerging command and control (C2) and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to the warfighting community during U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) exercise Empire Challenge 2010 (EC10) .
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Moving On Up @ Encompass Digital Media [SatNews] Encompass Digital Media, Inc. names Greg Jennings as Vice President of Transportables and Production Services.
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more...Moving On Up @ Encompass Digital Media [SatNews] More news from Encompass Digital Media, as they appoint Susie Tomenchok Senior Vice President and Carli Dahl Vice President of Client Business Solutions.
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August 16, 2010 Telestream... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Video transcoding is an important element when it comes to digital media tool use.
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NEC... A Compressionable Debut (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] A new digital video compression and transmission system has debuted from NEC.
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GVF... O&G Upstream + Downstream Knowledge Offering (Event) [SatNews] This is one market segment that requires constant updating by those experts involved in the industry, and GVF is certainly able to assist with this acquisition with this, their 10th event.
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exactEarth... A Secure Feeling (AIS) [SatNews] The S-AIS trial for SAMSA has turned out to be quite successful for this company.
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Arqiva... Getting A Kick Out Of A New Contract (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Arqiva has closed a multi-year agreement with Traffic Sports International to support global distribution of its seven international soccer leagues.
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Iran... Rasad Is Recalcitrant (Launch) [SatNews] According to smh.com.au (The Sydney Morning Herald), the launch of a new Iranian satellite, which was to take place later this month, has been delayed as the device is still being developed, Telecommunications Minister Reza Taghipour said.
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Thuraya IP...Smallest But Mighty (Broadband) [[SatNews] Versatile and cost-effective, Thuraya introduces Thuraya IP the smallest practical broadband solution.
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Cassini Captures... Enceladus Exposed (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has returned Saturnian moon images from its flyby late last week.
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Intelsat... The Creation Process Starts For IS-27 (Satellite) [SatNews] The replacement for the Intelsat 805 satellite is now being constructed.
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ABI Research Huge Mobile Data Offload — 100-Fold By 2015 [SatNews] Mobile data offloading is forecast to triple in the next five years.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... A Roadmap Of Brazilian Burns (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] On August 7, 2010, fires burned along the Madeira River in the vicinity of Porto Velho, the capital of Rond?nia, Brazil.
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August 15, 2010 SMDC... Von Braun Center Location For Latest In Space & Missile Defense (Event) [SatNews] The 13th Annual Space and Missile Defense Conference and Exhibition will take place at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama, from 16 to 19 August, 2010.
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United Launch Alliance Atlas V And USAF Launch The Extreme (AEHF-1 Launch) [SatNews] It's a first and it looks great...a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket successfully launched the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-1 (AEHF-1) satellite for the Air Force at 7:07 a.m. EDT today from Space Launch Complex- 41.
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Gefen... @ IBC2010 With... [SatNews] Gefen premiers their all new GefenPRO product line with a range of cross-point matrix switchers for broadcast, rental/staging, and post-production at Stand 7.B30.
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Arqiva... A Cycling Uplink (SatBroadcasting™—SNG) [SatNews] Arqiva provided an HD SNG truck to uplink coverage of the Tour de France, using capacity on the Intelsat 905 satellite.
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SatService... A New Version For Solid Grounding (M&C) [SatNews] For ground station operators, the latest info regarding new monitoring and control software could well be of interest.
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WTA... @ IBC2010 With... [SatNews] On September 12th, at IBC2010, the World Teleport Association is going to present their look at the ever-changing world of broadcast.
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DVEO... @ IBC2010 With... [SatNews] Delays are mostly considered to be "bad"... unless, of course, you're talking about broadcasting and the generation of time zone programming of local content.
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Cassini Captures... Tigers In The Moon (JPL | NASA—Imagery) NASA's Cassini spacecraft will be hunting for heat signatures at the "tiger stripes" in the dim south polar region of Saturn's moon Enceladus on Friday, Aug. 13.
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Hubble Happenings... Questionable Galaxy (ESA—Imagery) [SatNews] Curling around itself like a question mark, the unusual looking galaxy NGC 4696 itself begs many questions.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Flood Pain (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] By early August 2010, two weeks of devastating monsoon rains had transformed the landscape of Pakistan, pushing rivers over their banks, inundating villages, washing away bridges and roads, destroying crops, and killing livestock.</font
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ISRO... Gagan Goes (Launch) [SatNews] Controlling air traffic... that's the main goal of the just-launched ISRO Gagan satellite.
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NASA...Utah State University Is Radiant — Money For Measuring Mercury (Satellite) [SatNews] The Space Dynamics Laboratory at Utah State University has landed a contract valued at up to $9.6 million over five years from NASA to work on a new satellite designed to produce highly accurate climate records.
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August 14, 2010 IMS Research... Testing Of The 3D Waters Continues (Report) [SatNews] As the dust settles from the hype around the World Cup in 3D, production companies and service providers around the world continue to explore the opportunities of 3D video in the home.
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SEAKR Engineering... NEXT UP... Communication Capabilities (SATCOM) [SatNews] It takes all sorts of important bits and pieces to put together a nexgen constellation.
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ITT... Moving On Up... [SatNews] Coming onboard as the new vice president and treasurer of the company is Colleen Ostrowski.
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Thrane & Thrane's AVIATOR 200 — ¡Sí Connectivity! In South America (SwiftBroadband) [SatNews] Thrane & Thrane partner, Banyan Air Services brought something new to this year's Latin American Business Aviation Conference & Exhibition (LABACE).
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August 12, 2010 Newtec.. Shows Their Muscles And 'Flex'es At IBC [SatNews] Trade shows such as the upcoming IBC2010 are great for catching up on the latest and greatest.
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August 11, 2010 SatMAX + SAIC... Good News Is Worth Repeating (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] This firm brings wireless, non-line-of-sight satellite communications products and services to the SATCOM industry and they've just completed a repeater delivery.
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NASA | JPL... A Warm WISE Is Not A Good Thing (Imagery) [SatNews] Getting warm out in the confines of space would be something of a positive note, correct?
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USAF Satellites...Arrivals And Departures...One Busy Place [SatNews] Received notifications from the Los Angeles Air force Base in El Segundo, California in which the Atlas V launch of the first Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite (AEHF-1) from SLC-41 at the Cape has been set for Saturday, August 14, with a launch window of 7:07-9:06 a.m. EDT.
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SatLink... Russian Relay To Address New Audience (SatBroadcasting™—Content) [SatNews] There is new Russian-developed content heading into the Asia-Pacific region of the world.
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AIAA ICSSC... A MILSATCOM Must (Event) [SatNews] As we rush hither and thither, it's always grand when we are offered additional time to finish actions we truly wish we had completed earlier.
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Thuraya... Flying High (SATCOM) [SatNews] Aeronautical services are becoming more and more important to companies involved in the satellite communication industry.
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SES WORLD SKIES... Wanting More, Receiving More (SatBroadcasting™—Content) [SatNews] VoD HD — broadcasting technologies that are requiring more and more capacity to deliver outstanding content to consumers.
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NASA...FASTSAT Satellite Outside The Box — And The Igloo! (Launch) [SatNews] Win-win for NASA and their first microsatellite.
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Arqiva... Fore! No More Now IMG — HD 'Open Golf' (Uplink Satellite Capacity) [Satnews] Arqiva takes it to the green as they provide IMG with HD distribution of their Open Golf coverage.
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Spacecom... Running Out Of Gas (SATCOM) [SatNews] Fuel is crucial to any satellite's continued operations.
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NASA... And Now Israel Agree To Work Together [SatNews] Interesting — recalling NASA Administrator Charles Bolden spoke several weeks ago stating that his "foremost" mission as the head of America's space exploration agency is to improve relations with the Muslim world.
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MTN Gives A Lift To Heavy-Lifter (Broadband VSAT) [SatNews] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN), has been selected by German project- and heavy-lift carrier Beluga Shipping to install a broadband VSAT system on the new MV Beluga Shanghai.
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Swedish Space Corp... Mango + Tango Go Their Separate Ways (Satellites) [SatNews] Separation can be a tough experience... save for these two satellites — it's all part of a plan.
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August 10, 2010 ORBCOMM + Quake Global... Acquiring Minds Want To Know + Financially Speaking... [SatNews] A subsidiary that handles satellite hardware is sold to a M2M communicator manufacturer.
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Encore Networks + Champion Technology... Router Reward (SATCOM) [SatNews] Champion Technology Services, Inc. has deployed Encore’s BANDIT(tm) line of IP Legacy industrially hardened routers for satellite VPN solutions.
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Tri-Tech Holding + BSST... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... [SatNews] Tri-Tech Holding Inc. (Nasdaq: TRIT), a total solutions provider to China's water resources, municipal wastewater, and industrial pollution control markets, has closed its equity transfer agreement with Beijing Satellite Science & Technology Co. (BSST).
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SSTL... Welcome To The Web [SatNews] Something new has been developed for SSTL US that is definitely web-worthy.
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Zombie Satellite Turns Disruptive In Rural Alaska [SatNews] The wayward satellite, nicknamed 'zombie' satellite by some because of its non response to directions and signals, may create some periodic loss of long-distance telephone and Internet service later this week for up to 35,000 people in rural Alaska.
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TechniSat... @ IBC2010 With... [SatNews] Increasing one's product portfolio can be both exciting and somewhat nerve wracking, as the anticipated response to new offerings is rarely a "sure thing."
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Quintech.... Moving On Up... [SatNews] There's a new president for Quintech Electronics & Communications.
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Newtec... Flexing Its Technology (SATCOM) [SatNews] A multi-million dollar order being received can help make any company's day... or month, for that matter.
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Satcom Global... Moving On Up... [SatNews] Satellite communications provider, Satcom Global, has just appointed a new Vice President of Global Business Development.
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Intelsat... Good For The Neighborhood (SatBroadcasting™—Capacity) [SatNews] A new capacity contract for IS-17 will bring additional content to the Indian Ocean region.
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China's 'Sensing' Satellite...They Must Have A Sense Of Humor! (Launch) [SatNews] Today China launched their remote sensing satellite, YaoGan Weixing-10 via a CZ-4C Chang Zheng-4C (Long March) launch vehicle, totaling six launches to date this year.
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NASA Cassini Sends Saturn Photos — A Billion Miles From Home [SatNews] NASA has been the recipient of some amazing images from the Cassini probe that send back dramatic images of Saturn.
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ViaSat... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced their financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2011.
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Comtech Telecommunications... Signing On For SatNet Upgrade (SATCOM) [SatNews] Out of this company's Tempe, Arizona, subsidiary comes word of a new satellite modem order from the U.S. government.
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CapRock Takes Turnkey Solutions To Energy Markets And Locks It Up With VSAT Services [SatNews] CapRock Communications, a global provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, today announced its new turnkey VSAT services designed specifically for the U.S. land drilling and Gulf of Mexico (GOM) production platform markets.
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Gilat... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] The lawsuits have ended and Gilat stands to receive payments from those targeted by the company for litigation.
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Lockheed Martin... All Went Fairingly Well (Launch) [SatNews] Fairing encapsulation has been completed for a mid-August launch.
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Lockheed Martin... An ALL-STAR Team (CubeSat) [SatNews] The ALL-STAR satellite will be forthcoming from students in Colorado, thanks to a team-up with Lockheed Martin.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... A Choke Hold On Western Russia (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] Even as Muscovites choked under a blanket of thick smoke in the first week of August 2010, concentrations of a colorless, odorless gas spiked to dangerous levels.
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ULA Sets The Stage At The Cape (Launch) [SatNews] Ramping up preparations for tomorrow's launch began as the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency-1 (AEHF-1) satellite was rolled out to its Space Launch Complex-41 launch pad arriving at 7:25 a.m. EDT today.
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August 9, 2010 NASA Webb Telescope... Will Delays Be Forgotten As People Go 'GaGa' Over Discoveries? [SatNews] When it works, and if it works, the James Webb Space Telescope could revolutionize astronomy by peering so deep into space that scientists soon could study the dawn of time.
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NASA... Spatial Cubeology Projects (Nanosatellites) [SatNews] Do you have a hankerin' to get your CubeSat away from its Earthly confines and into orbit?
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Orbital Sciences... Wallop Work For Taurus II (Launch) [SatNews] Frank Culbertson, who is the Senior V.P. and APG General Manager, took some flicks lately of the Wallops Island Launch Development for Orbital Sciences' Taurus II facility... direct from the Company website, thought we'd share, especially in light of the delay by Yuzhmash (Ukraine) in delivering parts for the launch vehicle's first stage.
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Boeing's $1 Billion Deal... Inmarsat To Take Three Super Fast Broadband Sats [SatNews] Satellite telecoms company Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT.L - news) is set to announce that it has ordered three new satellites from Boeing (NYSE: BA - news) in a $1bn (?630m) deal.
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NASA... Solar Storm — In STEREO (Imagery) [SatNews] A spectacular aurora lit the night sky from Europe to North America on August 3, 2010, thanks to a 12-hour long geomagnetic storm.
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Airspan + LightSquared... Utilitarian Spectrum (Agreement) [SatNews] Airspan Networks Inc. now has an agreement with LightSquared to exclusively market the latter’s 1.4 GHz wireless spectrum.
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GlobeCast Australia... Election Day Excitement (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Elections are big news, worldwide, regardless of the country involved.
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NGA...'Long' Overdue...Moving On Up [SatNews] It is reported that the United States has had three female secretaries of state, but until now has never had a woman lead one of its 16 major intelligence agencies.
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CANEUS... Sharing Small Satellites (Event) [SatNews] Tuscany, Italy, is going to be the setting for a gathering of various countries and global organizations who will work on space-communications infrastructure.
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IMS Research... Sizing Up STBs (Report) [SatNews] Global market research firm IMS Research has updated its Online Digital Set-top Box & iDTV Database with new information regarding TV households split by reception platform, STB, and iDTV shipments and revenues, and profiles for operators in 68 countries.
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Iridium... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has reported financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.
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GeoEye... Capacity Concerns Alleviated For NGA (Imagery) [SatNews] A contract worth billions is always a celebratory event.
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Loral Space & Communications... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Loral Space & Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:LORL) has announced its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.
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EchoStar... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) has reported their latest financial results.
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SES ASTRA... Agreement For Albania (SATCOM) [SatNews] ASTRA2Connect is heading into Albania.
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Bridge Technologies... A Probing Enhancement (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] A new version of monitoring and analysis software for satellite, cable, and terrestrial media delivery operations has just been released.
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Lockheed Martin... Great Going, GPS IIR (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] A SatAnniversary for GPS IIR-5, which has reached a full decade of on-orbit ops of a successful nature.
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European Space Agency... Verification By Vacuum (Manufacturing) [SatNews] It's a harsh world for satellites, and a new meteorological satellite has just passed the vacuum test.
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SES WORLD SKIES, USG Solutions Gives Arqiva More (Service Contract) [SatNews] SES WORLD SKIES U.S. Government Solutions has expanded its contract with Arqiva to include additional data distribution services.
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DigitalGlobe... From NextView To Enhanced View (Imagery) [SatNews] Taking a world view is DigitalGlobe with their latest NGA agreement.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Impressive Icy Investigation (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] Sounding as though part of an animal husbandry project, ice calving of spectacular size has just occurred off Greenland.
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SATCON Manage Your Communications [SatNews] In New York, October 13-14 SATCON, The Satellite & Content Delivery Conference & Expo will open its doors.
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Arianespace...Sturdy Workhorse Comes To Exotic French Guiana (Hardware) [SatNews] The active mission pace for Arianespace's workhorse Ariane 5 is being sustained as a new launcher is welcomed to the Spaceport.
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August 6, 2010 LGL Group... Making Modules (GPS) [SatNews] A subsidiary of the LGL Group has a new agreement to work within a specialized environment for the world of GPS functionality.
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Thales Alenia Space + Globalstar... Three Heading For Upward Mobility, 45 To Go (Launch) [SatNews] A thrice major delivery will shortly occur for the first in a series of 48 satellites.
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ABI Research... Market Mull-Over (M2M) [SatNews] The Cellular Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication market has been a challenging place for cellular embedded module vendors over the past 18 months.
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August 5, 2010 Arianespace... Rascom-QAF1R and Nilesat 201...Locked, Loaded and Launched! [SatNews] Rascom-QAF1R And Nilesat 201 telecommunications satellites, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space, dedicated respectively to RascomStar-QAF and NILESAT satellites operators, have been successfully launched from Kourou in French Guiana by an Ariane 5 ECA rocket.
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Iridium... Iridium NEXT Wherewithal... (Financing) [SatNews] Ideas and plans are great, but there has to be capital behind such expenditures of energy to bring such to fruition.
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Iridium... A "Safety" Donation (SATCOM) [SatNews] The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International today announced that Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has made a donation to support the organization’s Silent Key Scholarship Fund for the third year in a row.
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Arianespace + ISRO... The 15th Is Booked (Launch) [SatNews] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has — once again — selected their launch service based on past, successful performances.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Where There's Russian Fires, There's Russian Smoke (EUMETSAT—Imagery) [SatNews] Imagery from NASA's Terra satellite was presented to readers yesterday, and here's EUMETSAT's take on the fiery problems within Russian of late.
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O3b Provides Greece-Lightning-Fast Services (New High Capacity Network) [SatNews] According to the World Teleport Association The Europe Media Port (EMP) in Greece was the world’s fastest growing teleport in 2009 so that's exactly where O3b Networks Ltd. (O3b) chose to be the first provider of Gateway Teleport services for O3b’s global network.
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Boeing + Argon ST... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... [SatNews] The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has completed its latest acquisition.
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Rohde & Schwarz... @ IBC2010 With... [SatNews] Rohde & Schwarz has a number of product set for demo at the upcoming IBC2010 trade show in Amsterdam.
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IBC2010... The Next Big Thing... (Event) High definition television (HDTV) has definitely come of age over the last decade, moving rapidly from technology demonstration to the accepted norm — few exhibitors at IBC2010 will bother to label their high definition products: we expect most video to be HD.
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SES WORLD SKIES... Full Of CHIRPiness (SATCOM) [SatNews] A new sensor has been delivered for a now-being-manufactured communications satellite.
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Globalstar... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Globalstar, Inc. has unveiled their operational and financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2010 — the major company highlights include...
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NASA... Hubble's Handle, Complete With Chandra, On Spitzer Spectacle (Imagery) [SatNews] A new image of two tangled galaxies has been released by NASA's Great Observatories.
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Telesat... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Telesat Holdings Inc. (Telesat) has announced its unaudited financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2010 — unless otherwise stated herein, all amounts are in Canadian dollars.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Consider The Caldera (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] Volcanic cones and settlements mingle along the margins of the Rabaul Caldera on the northeastern tip of Papua New Guinea’s New Britain Island.
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Boeing's $1 Billion Deal... Inmarsat To Take Three Super Fast Broadband Sats [SatNews] Satellite telecoms company Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT.L - news) is set to announce that it has ordered three new satellites from Boeing (NYSE: BA - news) in a $1bn (?630m) deal.
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NASA... Definitely Time For A Shower... [SatNews] It HAS to be a good night when a beautiful alignment of planets is the second best thing that's going to happen!
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August 4, 2010 DISA... Presentations + Promises (Event) [SatNews] From a cancellation last May due to the flooding in Nashville, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) successfully held their communication confab in D.C.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Much Of Russia Burns To A Crisp (NASA—EO) [SatNews] Hundreds of fires burned across western Russia on August 2, 2010, but it is the smoke that conveys the magnitude of the disaster in this true-color image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.
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SENSIO... See For Yourself (3DTV) [SatNews] SENSIO is bringing some of their latest technologies into IBC2010 to display their new capabilities for the 3D market.
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Northrop Grumman, Aerospace Systems + Cadence + Freescale... Truly Rad (ASICs) [SatNews] Hardened against radiation, without ICs, there would be true challenges to overcome for applications designed for spatial work.
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MTN Satellite Communications... Crystal Clear Contract (SATCOM) [SatNews] Staying in touch with business concerns and friends and family while enjoying cruise ship amenities is becoming more and more important to passengers.
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JAXA... Antenna Action (Launch) [SatNews] Attention to the antenna is high on the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) list of projects.
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Russia... Acoustic Accomplishment (Satellite) [SatNews] There are all sorts of pressures when it comes to navsats... including those of the acoustic variety.
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Orbit... A Naval Exercise In Communication (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Communication for a nation's navy is an element that requires total reliability and confidence in the vendor.
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Martian Memorabilia... Telescoping Interest (Imagery — NASA|JPL) [SatNews] The latest set of new images from the telescopic High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter offers detailed views of diverse Martian landscapes.
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Arqiva Has The 'French Connection' And Delivers MCE TV on CanalSat [SatNews] Even more TV channels are now available in France as Arqiva launches French channel MCE TV onto French DTH platform CanalSat.
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Moving On Up... EchoStar Satellite Services [SatNews] EchoStar Satellite Services, a division of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), announced today that 20-year satellite TV industry veteran Ken Carroll has been named Chief Operating Officer.
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Dish Network... Sort Of Free SatTV For Dish'ers + Their Mobile Devices (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] According to website ipodnn, if you own or use an Apple device, or even an Android, you may soon be able to enjoy SatTV on your device — at no cost!
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Harris... Interoperability Assured (Communications) [SatNews] Ensuring those who require emergency communications are able to establish contact with one another during crisis events is a critical goal for interoperable communication technologies.
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August 3, 2010 ISPCS... Garver + The WhiteKnightTwo (Event) [SatNews] Most of us in the industry realize the importance of trade exhibitions and product showcases, even more so when the keynote speaker is someone with a ton o' info to impart.
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Harris + CenterPoint Energy... One For Many (Communications) [SatNews] Technology that enables less in the way of equipment and more in the way of communication is a plus for most companies.
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SUIRG... Recourses In RFI Removal (Event) [SatNews] Satellite interference is a growing problem facing all satellite operators and users — virtually every geostationary satellite experiences some form of interference incident in its lifetime.
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Harris + Seven... Build-Out Betterment (Broadcasting) [SatNews] Piecing content together is no simple task, unless one has equipment worthy of the effort.
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Astrium + VAST... Bringing A New Sat Into Play (SatMfg) [SatNews] A multi-million euros contract has now been signed for the birth of a new EO satellite.
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GlobeCast... Moving On Out, Moving On Up... [SatNews] Change is inevitable, especially when it comes to talented folk accepting new challenges at different companies.
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Thales Alenia Space... Duo Deigned Ready (Launch) [SatNews] This pair of satellites are prepped and ready to roll...
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NASA...Tonight's Solar Tsunami... Satellites Beware! [SatNews] Did you know a solar flare can make your toilet stop working?
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Arianespace... Hopefully, A Beautiful Evening For A Launch [SatNews] The Arianespace workhorse is saddled with sats and is all set for its push-off from Earth.
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Harris... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Continuing operations for the company produce good news — a plus rather than a loss as was experienced one year ago.
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The SPACE CONNECTION... Satiate Your Hunger (Capacity) [SatNews] Help is on the way with capacity, a highly desirous and much sought necessity for those seeking to drive data and content to hungry customers.
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International Datacasting... Receiving Receiver Reward (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] International Datacasting Corporation has been awarded a major new order for its SFX Pro Audio receiver in the commercial radio market from one of its key European distributors.
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EchoStar Broadcasting... Determined Data Delineation Is A Moving Experience (SatServices) [SatNews] A new data center won't require such a huge move — it's directly next door!
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Thuraya... Additional Software Need Not Apply (SATCOM) [SatNews] No additional software needed — that's quite a statement when discussing satellite broadband solutions.
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NDS... Moving On Up (Pay-TV) [SatNews] NDS, a digital pay-TV technology solutions provider, now has an increased focus on advanced advertising solutions in the Asia Pacific region.
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ICO Global Communications... A Legal Lament (SATCOM) [SatNews] Sometimes, important proceedings simply don't bring in the favorable conclusions companies hope will result from legal actions for recourse.
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General Dynamics + Lockheed Martin... A Win For WIN-T (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Brigade combat teams maneuvering across wide geographic areas will soon be linked with commanders and the Global Information Grid through an on-the-move broadband networking capability.
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U.S.A.F. + Lockheed Martin... A Controlling Interest (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Successful transitions are the meat and potatoes of MILSATCOM operations from the military and commercial sides of crucial projects.
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ViaSat... Understanding A UAV's Encoder Needs (MILCOM) [SatNews] The use of HD FMV for unmanned systems will play an important role for ViaSat at LandWarNet in SanDiego.
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RRsat Launches Number Four To A Higher Power (Satellite Service) [SatNews] RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST), is bringing inspiration to many with the launch of a new platform on the Galaxy 19 (G-19) satellite that enables the distribution of television and radio channels devoted to religious programming.
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Hughes + China UnifiedNet... Conjoined Communication [SatNews] The object is to support an expansion of rural development as well as offering managed broadband services with this latest agreement for Hughes Network Systems.
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Northrop Grumman... An Important Display Of DSP Proportions (Satellite) [SatNews] On-orbit performance of 40 years is demonstrated, with pride, by Northrup Grumman, with a new display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.
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Boeing... Welcome Aloft, WGS (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Now entering service for the U.S.A.F. is a most critical satellite built by Boeing.
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Moving On Up The Board ... VT iDirect [SatNews] VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that John G. Grimes has been named to the iDirect Board of Directors.
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Newpoint Technologies COMPASS Ensures No One Is Lost (Software) [SatNews] Integral Systems, Inc, (Nasdaq:ISYS) announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Newpoint Technologies, has released the latest version of its industry-leading COMPASS Network Management Software (NMS) solution.
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Ariane 5 Launch...Arianespace Will Count In Reverse Tonight [SatNews] Preparation is in its final stages as Arianespace has begun the final countdown for this evening's (August 4) Ariane 5 dual-payload mission from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
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August 2, 2010 International Space University... Flights Of Fecundity (Launch) [SatNews] Rockets will be away on August 7th, 2010, at the Jardin des 2 Rives in Strasbourg, France.
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Cavium Networks + ViaSat... It Takes A Processor (SATCOM) [SatNews] Viable broadband modems require some potent processing power for effective use.
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SES... Financially Speaking + ND SatCom Fade Out... [SatNews] Modest returns and a desire to part ways with ND SatCom play their roles in the company's latest one-half year financial result report.
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Expand Networks... A Military Mindset (Event) As military organizations continue to seek the best methods to deliver network services, visitors to this booth can learn how a specific technology can eliminate congestion, latency and reliability issues that are being experienced by the forces over satellite links as well as how to maximize military communications, even in the most harsh locations on land, in air and at sea.
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Colem + Carrick... Asian Acumen Acquired [SatNews] Locating and contracting representatives in regions far away from home base to ensure a presence in crucial markets requires a great deal of study... and, in the long run, a great deal of confidence and trust.
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NASA Earth Observation...Fire And Ice — Siberia Burns... [SatNews] Sometimes nature is quite a dichotomy, evidenced in the wildfires taking place Russia with these photos sent via NASA's Earth Observation sat of Siberia.
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Skybridge Provides Visibility Even In The Bush (Contract) [SatNews] Skybridge will be very busy in Southern Australia (SA) this year as they have been awarded an exclusive contract by the Federal Government to supply satellite hardware and installation services for eligible households to access the new Viewer Access Satellite Television (VAST) service.
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Harris Steps Up And Responds To First Responders (Network Solutions) [SatNews] Complementing their communications and information technology, Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) today announced VIDA® Broadband LTE, a new solution for broadband mission-critical communications for first responders.
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Russian Proton-M... Triple Threat? [SatNews] A Proton-M carrier rocket bearing three Glonass-M navigation satellites will be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on September 2, Russia's space agency said on Friday.
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Honeywell... The Guiding Light (Launch Vehicle) [SatNews] It takes all sorts of guidance to effect positive results, and that includes launch vehicles.
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Ball Aerospace... A One-Way Trip For STPSat-2 (Launch) [SatNews] Heading to Kodiak, Alaska, is the first satellite for the DoD's Space Test Program Interface Vehicle Program (STP-SIV).
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TCS... Getting All COOP'd Up (SATCOM) [SatNews] TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) has broadened its voice, video, and data satellite solutions portfolio by offering a fixed-price Voice over IP (VoIP) solution to new and existing managed satellite services customers.
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Harris Wants Groups To BeOn When Pushed-To-Talk (Group Communications) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) today introduced its BeOn® solution, the first professional push-to-talk solution designed to enable enterprises to have managed group communications anywhere in the world using both 3G and 4G cellular networks.
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August 1, 2010 C-COM's Antenna Gets Asia's Attention For Applications [SatNews] C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI) today announced that it has received a single order valued at $2.3 million for its iNetVu mobile antenna systems from one of its leading Asian resellers.
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Norsat Int'l... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] With a steady jump in total revenues, Norsat International has released their 2Q 2010 financials.
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BSkyB... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] Heavier weight when it comes to pounds is not good... increased pounds when it comes to revenues IS good...
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Northrop Grumman... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] 2Q 2010 earnings reports are flooding into SatNews, and Northrop Grumman is no exception to the rule that most firms are reporting positive income generation.
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Raytheon... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] The share price is up for Raytheon, thanks to their latest Q2 2010 financial results.
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Air Force Space Command... A Testing Situation For GEO-1 (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The SBIRS ground facililties' tests of the GEO-1 have engaged in a major system interfaces level test.
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COMSYS... VSAT Venue (Event) [SatNews] In 6 weeks time, you could be participating in a conference that could assuage many of your VSAT questions.
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RapidEye... ISO Input (Imagery) [SatNews] Being the only geospatial company to own and run their own EO satellite constellation certainly is certifiable.
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PCI Geomatics... SDK Sensibilities (Imagery) [SatNews] Seems as though the work of upgrading leading product is never finished — there are always new features to incorporate.
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Technicolor + DIRECTV... Millions Already, More En Route (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] There's a new contract twixt these two high-powered broadcast-related companies.
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EADS... Financially Speaking... [SatNews] EADS has made improvements in their macro-economic and commercial environment, as is seen with their half-year 2010 financial report.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Slick Stuff From Aqua (NASA) [SatNews] On July 24, 2010, the administrator of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Jane Lubchenco, provided a briefing about the anticipated impact of Tropical Storm Bonnie on the Deepwater Horizon oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Arianespace... Oxygen Omnipresence (Launch Facility) [SatNews] There always seems to be something new underway in French Guiana at the Spaceport.
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Harris... CapRock Communications All Theirs (Acquisition) [SatNews] The completion of crucial projects and acquisitions of importance often do a great deal to boost a company's internal and external operations as well as industry recognition.
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Space Data Association... Awareness Acumen (SatOps) [SatNews] When operator-owned orbital data is shared, situational awareness improves.
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Global MilSatCom 2010... And Speaking Of Military Satellite Communications (Event) [SatNews] Europe's leading event for military satellite communications professionals is heading into London.
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Orbital's Sounding Rockets For NASA — Small But Worth A Bundle [SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), was selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)for the prime contractor role on the NASA Sounding Rocket Operations Contract II (NSROC II) program.
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ARINC... Flying Into New Territories + Moving On Up... [SatNews] Seizing opportunities when they become evident, and bringing new talent into the mix, can lead to even more outstanding opportunities, if considered carefully.
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Numerex DNA®'s Good Genetics Go Global (M2M) [SatNews] Numerex Corp (Nasdaq: NMRX) announced that it has entered into agreements with global telecom infrastructure providers and wireless network operators that allow it to expand the reach of its network and application service platforms to over 200 countries worldwide.
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At Crossroads Does NASA Need GPS To Find Their Way? [SatNews] The protracted struggle between President Barack Obama and Congress over the future of NASA's manned space program is boiling down to how much responsibility and how much money the nation wants to hand over to private companies that would carry astronauts into orbit aboard commercial spacecraft for the first time.
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China... Compass Aloft (Launch) [SatNews] The Xi Chang Satellite Launch Center was a center of activity as the country forged ahead to reduce their reliance on GPS.
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U.S. + E.U... Positioning Partners (SATCOM) [SatNews] Allies in general and also in spatial navigation is now formally cemented into place.
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