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November 30, 2009 SkyTrac Receives New Certification + Heading To Italy SkyTrac Systems has obtained a supplemental type certificate (STC) for the installation of its automated flight following and satellite communications equipment on the following airframe types: Eurocopter EC 145, Bell 204/205, Bell 210 and Bell 214.
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Thales Tests For NATO Mode 5 IFF @ US NAVAIR IFF interrogator and transponder have successfully completed the Mode 5 comprehensive interoperability tests in the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (US NAVAIR) laboratories.
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SES WORLD SKIES Brings Astel Aboard NSS-6 SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESG)(LUxX:SESG), has announced Astel has tapped its NSS-6 satellite to deliver the first high-speed mobile broadband and phone services to train passengers traveling the busiest commuter rail in Kazakhstan.
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Selex Selected — Falco UAV Has Royal Jordanian Connection Selex Galileo is to collaborate with Jordan's King Abdullah Design and Development Bureau (KADDB) in the design and development of an unmanned air vehicle and sensors to equip the nation's special operations forces.
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CapRock Capitalizes — CommandAccess Communicates CapRock Government Solutions announced it is in the final stages of development of its new commercial off-the-shelf communications service, CommandAccess™.
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Gilat Setting Up SkyEdge In Peru Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILT) is providing a SkyEdge II broadband satellite communications network covering more
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The ISRO Is Up For 36 Launches The Press Trust of India is reporting the ISRO is planning 36 launches during the a six year period of time, a top space official said here today.
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Japan's New No. 3 Takes More Than A Gander Of North Korea Japan launched a nexgen spy satellite last Saturday as part of the country's efforts to beef up its surveillance system against the threat of North Korea's missiles, officials said.
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DIRECTV-12 Arrives @ Baikonur For Launch A U.S. telecommunications satellite has been delivered to the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan ahead of a December 29th launch, Russia's Khrunichev center said last Friday.
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U.S. Air Force Readies For Third WGS Satellite To Extend Warfighter Capabilities The Air Force has scheduled the launch of the third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite aboard a Delta IV launch vehicle December 2 at 7:21 p.m. EST from Pad 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.
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CETel Climbs The Success Ladder CETel (Central European Telecom Services GmbH) is ranked third in the category “Fastest growing Teleports in the World” by the World Teleport Association (WTA).
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Adconion Jumps On Joost Online advertising company Adconion Media Group has acquired some of the remaining assets of the online video service Joost.
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ESA/NASA's Hubble Dusts Off A Nebula Cosmic dust can be a hindrance to astronomers as cameras using visible light cannot see through it.
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THAICOM Boosts FTA Nation To Viewers (SatBroadcasting) THAICOM Public Company Limited (SET BKK: THCOM), the operator of the IPSTAR satellite broadband system, has announced Nation Broadcasting Corporation Public Company Limited (“NBC”)'s NATION CHANNEL has selected the THAICOM 5 satellite to broadcast its channel on a FTA basis on the Ku-band beam.
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U.S. Air Force's WGS-3 And ULA's Delta IV — Weather To Launch Or Not The launch of the ULA Delta IV rocket with the Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM-3 satellite from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida is uncertain as the initial weather forecast calls for only a 20 percent chance of acceptable weather on Wednesday, December 2 with a launch window of 7:21-8:41 p.m. EST.
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November 25, 2009 digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — eMedia Music Corp.'s Guitar Lessons Are Music To Your Ears eMedia Music Corp. has released Version 5.0 of eMedia Guitar Method.
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SatNews, Turkeys, Gravy, Stuffing... and You! SatNews Publishers wishes all of our readers who celebrate the Thanksgiving Day holiday a truly delightful event, filled with the joy and love of family and friends.
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Telestream Ties On Two From Frost & Sullivan (SatBroadcasting™) Telestream has announced that Frost & Sullivan has presented the company with two 2009 Global Video Transcoders Market Leadership Awards.
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Digital Rapids Recognized 2x By Frost & Sullivan (SatBroadcasting™) Digital Rapids has been recognized with two accolades from respected global analyst firm Frost & Sullivan.
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November 24, 2009 Northrop Grumman — Re-Ups And 'Pics' The 303rd Aeronautical Systems Group USAF It's a given that the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have provided invaluable intelligence to U.S. troops in the field in Iraq and Afghanistan over the years.
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Coconut Trees Halt India's Rustom UAV Demo Flight India's attempts to develop an indigenous unmanned air vehicle capability have suffered an early setback, with the nation's Rustom technology demonstrator having crashed on its first flight.
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Italy Might Reap Two More MQ-9 UAVs The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified the U.S. Congress on November 18th of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Italy of two unarmed MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), one Mobile Ground Control Station and associated parts, equipment and logistical support worth approximately US$63 million.
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Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Certifiably Airworthy Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced the U.S. Air Force has granted the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) a military Airworthiness Certification (AWC), a significant milestone in the life of the aircraft system and a step on the path to routine unmanned flight within the United States.
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Bridge Technologies Has A Probe In Italy (SatBroadcasting™) Naples-based Probe, systems integrator for the broadcast, IPTV, and satellite markets, has become the second distributor of Bridge Technologies' VideoBRIDGE product range in Italy.</font
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Strategy & Technology's Ensequence Energy (SatBroadcasting™) Ensequence has signed a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) agreement with Strategy & Technology (S&T).
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — EVS Is An Avid Fan EVS now delivers file exchange capabilities for Panasonic SD and HD codecs that expand the integration of EVS servers with Avid’s broadcast solutions- for greater workflow flexibility.
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NDS SATisfied With MYtv Needs Fulfillment (SatBroadcasting™) MYtv has selected professional services and an end-to-end solution from NDS for its hybrid satellite DTH pay-TV platform.
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iDirect Hubiness For BSS Offerings iDirect, Inc announced that Belgium Satellite Services (BSS), a leading provider of satellite service to the EMEA region, has installed an iDirect Series 15000 Universal Satellite Hub to strengthen the capabilities and reach of its IP satellite broadband offerings.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Landslides Laden With Lahars In El Salvador... Although El Salvador’s Volcan San Vicente has not erupted in the past 1,700 years, the mountain is still a hazard.
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Land Launch Preps For The Liftoff Of Intelsat 15 Preparations are moving forward at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan for the fourth Land Launch mission, the first of a satellite for Intelsat, Ltd.
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Serbia Becomes Latest EUMETSAT Cooperating State EUMETSAT’s latest Cooperating State following the completion of the ratification procedures.
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ONDAS Media's Signs On SatSounds For RTL RADIO ONDAS Media S.A. has agreed to a radio and content cooperation deal to broadcast Luxembourg-based RTL RADIO on ONDAS Media’s digital satellite radio platform scheduled for launch in 2012.
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Comtech SatModems + More For MILSATCOM Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s (Nasdaq:CMTL) subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received US$2.4 million in orders for satellite modems and redundancy switches.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Waves Of The Airy Kind... As they cross the ocean, ships make waves in the water. Even though they sit still, islands can make equally dramatic waves — in the air. This was the case in the southern Atlantic Ocean in late November 2009.
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ILS Proton Sends The W7 Satellite for Eutelsat Soaring On A Breeze International Launch Services (ILS), a leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial space industry, successfully carried the W7 satellite to orbit for Eutelsat Communications of France on an ILS Proton.
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Arianespace Marks A First — Twice — For Russia Arianespace has marked a historic milestone with the arrival of its first two Soyuz launchers in French Guiana, which will be used to inaugurate service with this medium-lift workhorse vehicle next year from the
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November 23, 2009 Boeing — MATRIX Avenges Sending UAVs Smoking The stuff of science fiction is fiction no more — this report comes directly from the Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] which demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon systems to perform a unique mission: track and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
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Excelerate Enthusiastically Exhibits Emergency Equipment Excelerate Technology, the U.K.’s supplier of satellite and wireless-based data, voice and video solutions to the emergency services, is showcasing a diverse range of the latest mobile incident command units at the Emergency Services Show talking place at Stoneleigh Park, Coventry from November 24-25th.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution — Adtec signEdje Highly Suited For Syntus Instore Broadcast, an official development partner of Adtec Digital, has deployed Adtec’s signEdje with GPS control for Syntus Public bus and rail onboard TV.
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Connect Telecom's Thuraya Tie-In For SatSolution Connect Telecom, a leading telecom distributor with business operations in Dubai, Afghanistan, and several regional markets, is the latest SP partnering with Thuraya in its global marketing and roll-out campaign for Thuraya-IP.
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DoD SATCOM Users Workshop Comes Will Come To Attention For General Capasso Major General Paul F. Capasso, Director of Infrastructure Delivery in the Office of Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer for the Secretary of the Air Force, will be the luncheon Keynote Speaker on Wednesday, December 9th, 2009, at the DoD Commercial SATCOM Users Workshop.
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AsiaSat 3S Will Play Games In Hong Kong Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) has been awarded a contract by 2009 East Asian Games (Hong Kong) Limited to supply satellite capacity on AsiaSat 3S for live television coverage of the Hong Kong 2009 East Asian Games (EAG) from December 5-13.
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Palapa-D Problems Pondered — Solutions Sorted Out A Chinese Board of Inquiry has determined that one of the two, upper-stage engines of the Long March 3A launch vehicle failed to perform at its peak, resulting in the loss of the Palapa-D satellite.
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Russian Space Forces Launch Cosmos MilSat Russia's Space Forces last Friday launched a Soyuz-U carrier rocket with a Cosmos-series military satellite, a spokesman said.
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Iran Fed Up with Italians + Russians — Will Launch Their Own ComSat Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official said last Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to launch the satellite it into orbit.
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Satellite TV Bill Passed By Senate Commerce Committee (SatBroadcasting) The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee on November 19th passed its version of legislation that directs the carriage of local TV stations on satellite systems.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution — TomTom's iPhone Freebie Update Users of TomTom’s popular iPhone navigation application will soon be able to enjoy even more advanced features, with a free update ensuring users always have the best navigation experience.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Mini Maupiti... Spanning less than 10 kilometers (6 miles), Maupiti Island sits in the South Pacific Ocean, about 46 kilometers (29 miles) west of Bora Bora.
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Tahiti Nui Satellite Supplies Life In a Box Thomson, a leader of services to content creators announced it has been selected to supply Tahiti Nui Satellite (TNS) with a HD set-top box to support the launch of high definition channels in Q4 2009.
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ULA Launches SS/L Produced IS-14 For Intelsat — Solar Arrays Deployed — All Is Well... Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (Nasdaq:LORL), announced the satellite the Company built for Intelsat is performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan.
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Inmarsat + Segovia... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT) has acquired the business and assets of Segovia, Inc.
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STM's SuperPico Surprise For GSM Ops STM Group announced a cost performance breakthrough for GSM operators with its new IP-Based SuperPico™ Solution Package.
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Hiltron Has Happy Broadcasters In Algeria (SatBroadcasting) Hiltron Communications has successfully completed a major project for Algeria's state broadcaster,Telediffusion d'Algerie (TDA).
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Integral Subs Take To The Ground In Australia Integral Systems, Inc.'s, (Nasdaq:ISYS) wholly-owned subsidiaries, Newpoint Technologies and SAT Corporation, with support from Clearbox Systems, will provide integrated ground station network support to BAE Systems' Australia JP2008 Phase 3F Program.
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W7 Launch On Hold... The launch of a Proton launch vehicle with the W7 satellite was postponed today for 24 hours.
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QinetiQ's Zephyr UAS Solar Powered Flight A "Yes" In Yuma QinetiQ's Zephyr High-Altitude Long-Endurance unmanned aerial system (HALE UAS) program recently resumed flight testing and payload evaluations in Yuma, Arizona, when a joint US/UK Zephyr team undertook the first operation of the system with a U.S. flight crew.
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MDA's Russian Express MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) has signed a contract in excess of $200 million (CAD) with the Russian Radio Research and Development Institute (NIIR) to provide two advanced technology solutions for the Express AM5 and Express AM6 satellites.
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GE Aviation + Naverus... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... GE Aviation has acquired Naverus, Inc., a supplier of advanced Performance-based navigation (PBN) services, including Required Navigation Performance (RNP) procedure development, PBN procedure maintenance, operations support and consulting for airlines, air navigation service providers, and airports.
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November 20, 2009 ULA's Intelsat-14 — Part Of World's Largest Fixed Satellite — Hopes For Launch Once again the genius of man who creates sophisticated vehicles for space is reduced to the whims of the weather, and so it is for the upcoming launch of Intelsat-14 which is set for Monday, November 23, with a launch window of 12:50-2:20 a.m. EST.
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ARINC Flying High With FAA Commendation ARINC Incorporated has once again been commended by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its “outstanding performance” in providing air-ground communications in the FAA’s Oceanic Flight Information Regions.
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Softel Makes A Grab With Video Server Solutions (SatBroadcasting™) Softel and online video specialists Grab Networks have a partnership wherein Grab will supply the Softel Swift vTX subtitling and captioning solution as an integrated component of Grab Networks video server solutions.
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EchoStar . . . Moving On Up . . . EchoStar Corporation [Nasdaq: SATS] announced Michael T. Dugan has been named the company’s president and CEO, positions formerly held by Charles Ergen.
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DIRECTV . . . Moving On Up . . . DIRECTV, a major provider of digital television services, today named Michael White as its new President and CEO.
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digiGO! The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Momail Phasing In Taiwan Mobile Momail has signed a deal with Taiwan Mobile that will find the latter using the former's mobile email platform for their Catch Mail offer.
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GlobeCast Remains InFront Fav For WorldSBK Distribution (SatBroadcasting) Content management and delivery company GlobeCast will provide contribution and world wide distribution of the FIM Superbike World Championships (WorldSBK) to broadcast rights holders for the next two years, following the extension of its relationship with the series promoter Infront Sports & Media.
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GateHouse A/S Astutely Gets SDR Communicating Using Inmarsat BGAN GateHouse A/S, Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima (Spectrum) and Inmarsat will be demo'ing a Software Defined Radio (SDR) implementation of a BGAN terminal at SDR’09 from December 1-4 in Washington DC.
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NSR Sees 180+ EO Sats Launched Over Next Decade According to NSR's new report, Global Satellite-Based Earth Observation (EO), the EO industry is in the midst of a significant growth phase slated to generate revenues for many segments of the satellite industry.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — THQ Wireless Sets Up iTunes For X-Wing Action THQ Wireless Inc., a subsidiary of THQ Inc., (NASDAQ:THQI) announced Star Wars™: Trench Run is now available for download globally on iTunes.
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Iridium Is NEXT To Host Multi-Agencies' Payloads Iridium Communications Inc.'s [Nasdaq:IRDM] results indicate success in numerous technical studies while working with independent technology partners, that demonstrate the feasibility of hosting Earth observation and remote sensing payloads on its planned/proposed next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT.
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Liberty Media... Financially Speaking... Split-Off + Merger Details... Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media") (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LSTZA, LSTZB) has completed its previously announced split-off (the "Split-Off") of Liberty Entertainment, Inc. ("LEI") from Liberty Media and the business combination transaction between The DIRECTV Group, Inc. ("DIRECTV") and LEI (the "DTV Business Combination").
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Thales Alenia Space Delivers For Pleiades Thales Alenia Space has delivered the second flight model high-resolution (HR) optical imaging instrument for integration, testing and validation in the Pleiades earth observation satellite in construction at Astrium facilities in Toulouse.
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Yahsat Sub Signs On To YahClick IEC Telecom Star Satellite Communications Company PrJsc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) signed an agreement with IEC Telecom, an established provider of satellite-based internet services.
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Comtech EF Data Has DoubleTalk On Their Mind Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a satellite modem order for approximately US$1.0 million.
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e-GEOS Eager, ESA Excited, GMES Imagery Assured e-GEOS, the company jointly owned by Telespazio (80 percent) and the Italian Space Agency (20 percent), has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply optical and radar satellite data for the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) program.
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ESA's SMOS Makes MIRAS Move The MIRAS instrument on ESA's SMOS satellite, launched earlier this month, has been switched on and is operating normally.
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Thales Alenia Space And ESA Provide Extra Real Estate To ISS At a ceremony today at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Tranquillity Node was transferred from European Space Agency to NASA, bringing extra living and working space one step closer to astronauts on board the International Space Station.
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November 18, 2009 ABI Research Rules On RFID RFID (radio frequency identification) is being used or trialed in a variety of industries.
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NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope — Mystery Bulges In Spiral Galaxies Just as many people are surprised to find themselves packing on unexplained weight around the middle, astronomers find the evolution of bulges in the centres of spiral galaxies puzzling.
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Stratos Gets Crabby With Fleetbroadband Stratos Global Corporation has now successfully deployed the Inmarsat FleetBroadband 500 broadband satellite service for Sig Hansen, the renowned Seattle-based captain of the crab fishing vessel Northwestern.
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Telstra Selects STB From Netgem For Australian IPTV Service (SatBroadcasting™) IPTV STB manufacturer and software developer, Netgem, has been selected by Telstra Corporation Limited to supply STB device and software for the T-Box™ service, which is Australia’s leading telecommunication and information Services company.
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ViaSat's ESEM Option For Their EBEM, Adding FDMA + More For DoD SatNets ViaSat (Nasdaq:VSAT) is offering a new Ethernet Service Expansion Module (ESEM) baseband interface for the MD-1366 Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem (EBEM) that promotes Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) modem interoperability across Department of Defense (DoD) satellite networks and adds new feature updates as well.
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Heron Has Panama On Its UAV Demo Schedule Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is strengthening its position in Central and South America and, in the coming year, will hold demonstrations of its Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Panamanian security forces.
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Iridium Es Bueno Con Los Tres Socios de Distribución To accelerate growth in the Mexican market, Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announces it has signed three additional distribution partners in Mexico.
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Snell Is Sirius In Making The BBC's Life More Productive (SatBroadcasting™) Snell announced the company's Sirius 800 Series large-scale multiformat router will provide core video routing for the BBC within the newly redeveloped London Broadcasting House.
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Thuraya Expands European Broadband Base Thuraya Telecommunications Company has expanded the distribution chain for its competitive satellite broadband services in Europe.
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A Challenging Year For Broadcasting Manufacturers (SatBroadcasting™) 2009 has been a very challenging year for the broadcast and media technology industry but as the global economic situation starts to ease, so suppliers start to regain some confidence in the market going forward.
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Integral Systems... Financially Speaking... Integral Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:ISYS) announced that a shareholder derivative action brought by shareholder William Thirkill, has been voluntarily dismissed without prejudice.
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Vislink Debuts New LE&PS SDR VISLINK, plc has advanced the state-of-the-art in Law Enforcement & Public Safety (LE&PS) wireless surveillance with the introduction of its software defined KAMELYON family of digital transmitters and receivers.
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IndigoSat To Support More Flying Medical Miracles In Australia IndigoSat Pty Ltd, a global provider of aircraft fleet management solutions using SATCOM, announced the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) in Central and South Australia has selected IndigoSat to provide flight tracking and text communication services for its fleet of Pilatus PC-12 turboprop aircraft
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Harris' Eager Egyptian Playout For Rotana Network Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has provided an end-to-end, broadcast channel playout solution to the Rotana television network for the upgrade of its central master control room.
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Saab — Swedes Sign To Sell Surveillance System To UAE After conducting discussions for several years defense and security company Saab has signed a contract for the sale of an airborne surveillance system to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) worth approximately 1.5 billion SEK.
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Where's The Beef? COBE Has 20 Years Worth... NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite rocketed into Earth orbit on November 18, 1989, and revolutionized our understanding of the early cosmos.
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November 17, 2009 RRsat Makes The Grade 3x For WTA RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST has been included by the World Teleport Association in all three of that organization's list of Top Teleport Operators for 2009: the Global Top Twenty, the Independent Top Twenty, and the Fast Twenty.
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Boeing Goes The Miniature Route For New USAF UAV Contract The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] received a US$500,000 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract on September 30 for the first phase of a program to demo miniature weapon technology for use on unmanned airborne vehicles (UAV).
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digiGO! — The DIgital (R)Evolution™ — HD Cloud Brings Flash Media Server 3.5 Into Play... HD Cloud is now supporting Adobe? Flash? Media Server 3.5 software.
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Spot Image Corp. Spots USGS Free Imagery The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in partnership with Spot Image Corporation, has begun to distribute, over the Internet, SPOT satellite data collected over parts of North America between 1986 and 1998.
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RapidEye Gets ENVIous RapidEye announces ENVI 4.7, the latest release of ENVI software from ITT Visual Information Solutions, now supports RapidEye levels 1B and 3A data products.
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CET Teleport Experiences Growth + Gains 4 In WTA Rankings 2009 has seen the CET Teleport growing its portfolio of services and this has been reflected in its improved position in the annual World Teleport Association (WTA) top twenty categories.
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NAB Nabs NetExecs For 2010 Show (SatBroadcasting) The affiliate boards of directors for ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX Television, along with representatives from the full FOX affiliate association, will once again hold meetings during the NAB Show.
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iDirect Fleshes Out DVB-S2 For NewCom Int'l In Colombia iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), announced NewCom International, a global communications provider, has rolled out an iDirect-based DVB-S2 broadband satellite service in Colombia to bring 21st century communications to key government and community facilities in remote locations.
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GMV's Award Winning Bark With Osmógrafo GMV has been named as the grand prize winner of the 2009 European Satellite Navigation Competition Award.
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ARINIC Navigates New Contract With Rockwell Collins ARINC Engineering Services, LLC has been awarded a contract by Rockwell Collins to install new navigation systems and communications equipment on the nation’s two OC-135B observation aircraft.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Questia Media's Online Library Gets Into iPhone/iPod Touch Questia Media, Inc., provider of the world’s largest online library available to end consumers, has made its entire collection available through a new research application for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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KVH Boards USCG Vessels With SATCOM Services In an effort to expand its communications capacity and take advantage of affordable, emerging commercial satellite services, the United States Coast Guard is in the process of deploying the TracPhone? V7 and mini-VSAT Broadbandsm service from KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) on its 110 ft and 225 ft cutters.
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NASA's Wise Is A Chilly Observer Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll.
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November 16, 2009 Arianespace — Oui! It's Lucky Seven For The French Military Arianespace has received the seventh Ariane 5 for launch in 2009, which is scheduled for liftoff on December 9 with the Helios 2B French military reconnaissance satellite.
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Goodrich SWIR Camera Determines Water On Moon! (Not Cheese) Many companies' contributions together led to the most successful NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to search for water on the Moon.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution! — Miranda Technologies... Moving On Up... Roger Sewell has joined Miranda Technologies' European sales team as Business Development Director EMEA.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution! — In-Stat Reports On What's Next — UHDTV A new report from In-Stat discussed Ultra-High Definition (UHD) apps and includes 15 year forecasts by region and worldwide for UHDTV units, ASPs, and manufacturers' revenue for 4K and 8K resolution.
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Assured Space Security Addressed In New Report A new report has flagged a series of recommendations to help address the orbital debris concern and other issues that can assure enhanced security in space for all.
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BAE's Mantis Makes Magnificent Moves BAE Systems has successfully flown the largest fully autonomous unmanned aircraft ever to be built in the U.K.
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Indian Government To Demo UAVs Against Insurgent Forces For the first time, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will be used by Indian Armed Forces to detect Naxal hideouts in dense forests and hilly terrains and monitor the movement of ultras to help ground forces carry out precision attacks.
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Streambox Encodes Their New Office Into Japan (SatBroadcasting) Streambox, Inc. has expanded its presence in the Pacific Rim with the opening of a new office in Tokyo.
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SIRIUS XM Radio... Moving On Out... (SatBroadcasting™) Gary Parsons has resigned as a director and Chairman of SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI). The company's Board of Directors has appointed Eddy W. Hartenstein, an independent director, to serve as non-executive Chairman.
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Canada Supports Space Industry With CAD Investments The Honorable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry and the Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), announced an investment of more than CAD$8 million in 26 research and development contracts.
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India's Pipeline Into Iran Could Help Launch A Satellite Amitav Ranjan of Indian Express reports that New Delhi plans to woo Tehran with offers of greater intelligence sharing, revival of defence training, as well as a possible launch of the latter’s satellite, but will remain non-committal on the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.
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SSTL Signs Sri Lankan Satellite Stipulation The Director General of the Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, Priyantha Kariyapperuma, and Professor Sir Martin Sweeting of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), are signatories to a landmark agreement.
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Stratos Global's Trio Of New Services Stratos Global Corporation has expanded its line of Stratos MobileLink fixed-to-mobile calling services.
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SBCA's First Ever Online Event This Wednesday — And There's No Charge! The Satellite Broadcasting & Communications Association (SBCA’s) first online event, SkyFORUM, will take place this Wednesday, (November 18th) from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (ET).
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — TM FORUM Brings Expertise To Florida Conference TM Forum's Management World Americas (Orlando, Florida, December 8-10, 2009) will bring more than 150 expert speakers from the world's leading communications and digital media companies together with more than 1,000 attendees.
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Space Dynamics Laboratory (USRF)... Moving On Up... The Utah State University Research Foundation has named Niel Holt director of its Space Dynamics Laboratory.
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Newtec's Sat3Play Provides Punch For SES ASTRA Partners In its November edition, Germany’s independent leading consumer organization group, the Stiftung Warentest, has tested satellite and mobile Internet access and has awarded Filiago and Star DSL, service providers and distribution partners of the satellite-based broadband service ASTRA2Connect, with the overall grade of "GOOD" (1.8)1.
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Eutelsat + ABS Sats To SpaceSit Simultaneously Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) have executed a strategic agreement for commercial cooperation at the 75 degrees East orbital location.
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Spacenet... Moving On Up... Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT) announced that Susan Miller has joined the company as CEO of its Spacenet Integrated Government Solutions division.
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GlobeCast Gains Canal 3 Benin As Tenant On Astra 4A GlobeCast announced Canal 3 Benin has joined its platform on Astra 4A (Sirius 4) at 5 degrees East.
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Thales Alenia Space OAR Completed For Palapa-D Sat Thales Alenia Space has briefly announced that the Palapa-D communications satellite has successfully passed the In Orbit Acceptance Review.</font
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NASA's Atlantis Launch — Text Book Perfect, Goose Bumps Included Free Each launch of the Atlantis takes the U.S. one step closer to the end of the U.S. space shuttle program that will be retired in 2010.
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Nominations Now Open For The 2010 Alan Shepard Technology In Education Award Nominations are now being accepted for the 2010 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award.
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Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd... Financially Speaking... Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILT) reported its results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2009.
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TeleCommunication Systems + Sidereal Solutions... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) has acquired substantially all of the assets of privately-held Sidereal Solutions, Inc. (Sidereal), a satellite communications technology engineering, operations and maintenance support services company.
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SUIRG Wants You — For Their Free Forum On Wednesday November 18th, the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) is hosting the first of many one-day Forums to drive the definition and acceptance of a common industry model for Carrier ID.
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Global Satellite USA's Single Digital Comms Solution Global Satellite USA has launched the first digital voice and data solution customized for a commercial boat or offshore application.
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Europe Media Port Growth Recognized By WTA Europe Media Port (EMP) announced the World Teleport Association (WTA) has named it the World’s Fastest Growing Teleport for 2009.
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iDirect Hub Plays Important Role For SimbaNET iDirect, Inc., a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), announced SimbaNET Nigeria, a service provider and systems integrator based in Africa, has launched an iDirect network over Nigeria and West Africa.
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SES + O3B Networks Ltd... Financially Speaking... Global satellite operator SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) and Jersey, Channel Islands-based O3B Networks Limited (O3b), have announced that SES has made a minority investment in O3b to support the development of O3b’s satellite-based, global internet backbone that's designed to reach the “other three billion” people in the developing world who today do not have access to the internet.
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November 13, 2009 digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — AIRCOM Int'l To Boost MobileOps In Nigeria + S. Africa AIRCOM International has been selected by Nokia Siemens Networks to provide mobile network planning consultancy to help improve network quality for mobile operators in Nigeria and South Africa.
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GlobeCast POPs In — In Moscow (SatBroadcasting™) GlobeCast has expanded its nexgen global fibre network with the opening of a new point-of-presence (POP) in Moscow.
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Espial Performs For Tele2 Netherland (SatBroadcasting) Espial (TSX:ESP) announced that Tele2 Netherlands has selected Espial's IPTV middleware for its IPTV service.
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PCI Geomatics Initiates Crucial Conversations In Denmark PCI Geomatics announced the National Survey and Cadastre in Denmark (KMS), has selected GeoConference software to assist with the planning, monitoring, and coordination of land security and environmental activities.
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Dutch Space Climbs Aboard Orbital Sciences' Cygnus Project Dutch Space has signed a contract with Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) for the development of solar arrays for NASA’s new cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) to be carried out under? NASA’s Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) project.
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Boeing Wants The Navy To Find That Sub The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] received a US$275,000 contract last September from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) for a study of the magnetic noise associated with the heavy-fuel propulsion system on Boeing's MagEagle Compressed Carriage (MECC) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS).
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Lockheed Martin Launch Of IS-14 Approaches Countdown Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT) is in the final stages of preparation for Saturday's launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite for Intelsat aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance.
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C-COM's Antenna Detects Needs Of Telespazio Argentina C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. [TSXV: CMI] provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems announced today that it has signed an agreement with Telespazio Argentina S.A., a member of the Space Alliance between Finmeccanica and Thales to resell its iNetVu Mobile antenna systems in South America and other parts of the world.
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IDC's New SatReceiver Rolls Out At TelcoTV (SatBroadcasting™) International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) will be showcasing its SFX ProIPTV at the TelcoTV conference taking place at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, from November 10 to 12.
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Integral Systems... Moving On Up... Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISYS) announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Newpoint Technologies, is expanding its operations in Latin America and has hired Mr. Luiz Barbosa.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Yidio Yanks "Yeses" Last month, four million people tapped into Yidio, which has arguably become the Web’s best, yet still under-the-radar, destination for discovering, sharing and viewing television shows and movies.
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Analytical Graphics Analyzes Their Latest Patent Award Analytical Graphics, Inc. (AGI) has been awarded its 16th patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for work by astrodynamicist Sergei Tanygin, Ph.D., entitled “Visualization of Field-of-View Constraints” (U.S. patent 7,609,907).
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MEASAT And Ascent Bring A Rainbow To Asia Cooperation pays off as Rainbow Media, MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”), and Ascent Media Pte. Ltd. agree to distribute Sundance Channel and WE tv across the Asia-Pacific region via the MEASAT-3a satellite.
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Latitude Tech Supports Flying Buffalos Having flown the Canadian high arctic for 40 years, Buffalo Airways will soon be flying into homes across Canada as the star of the new History Television series, Ice Pilots NWT.
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Iridium Communications... Financially Speaking... Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) reported financial results for its operational predecessor, Iridium Holdings LLC (“Iridium”), for the period from July 1, 2009 through September 29, 2009 (the “third quarter period”).
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Surrey Satellite Technology . . .Moving On Up Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has appointed Stephen Gibson Commercial Director effective 1st November with responsibility for contracts, sub-contracts, regulatory and insurance activities.
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Orbital Sciences Is Spot On — U.S. Stealth Missile Interception By Japanese Navy Orbital Sciences Corporation [NYSE: ORB] successfully launched a medium range target (MRT) vehicle under a direct contract with the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA).
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November 12, 2009 Netia Has Asset Management On Their Mind (SatBroadcasting) NETIA, a GlobeCast company, provides software solutions for managing and broadcasting television and radio content and is a major player in the digital broadcast arena.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Rovi Unites Car + Home Infotainment Rovi Corporation (Nasdaq:ROVI) has introduced Rovi's Automotive Solution, a digital media platform that can help automotive OEM and aftermarket manufacturers build elegant car infotainment systems with the ability to recognize and share digital media with devices on the home network.
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Comtech Can Do For African SatCellBackhaul Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a US$1.2 million order for satellite modems.
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Crawford Sat Svcs Has Wazoo Sports For Kentucky (SatBroadcasting) Crawford Satellite Services has launched Wazoo Sports, a new regional network dedicated to covering Kentucky sports.
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Crawford Sat Svcs Is In Launch Mode For United Space Alliance Crawford Satellite Services' Transportable Earth Station division renews contract with United Space Alliance (USA) to cover shuttle launches scheduled through 2010 live from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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Stratos Global Takes A Dip With Yangtze River Stratos Global Corporation has successfully deployed the Inmarsat FleetBroadband mobile broadband satellite service for MPC Steamship, a fast-growing commercial shipping company managing 17 container vessels and bulk carriers.
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Intelsat Accommodates MYtv For Ukrainian Audience Via Thor-6 + I10-02 (SatBroadcasting) MYtv has selected Intelsat, Ltd., for a multi-year capacity contract to deliver its MYtv DTH platform to subscribers throughout the Ukraine over the Thor 6 satellite located at 1 degree West.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — TANDBERG Tells All @ TelcoTV 2009 'Bout iPlex Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) and TANDBERG Television, part of the Ericsson Group, will showcase solutions for delivering HD content and multi-platform TV at TelcoTV 2009, in Orlando, November 10-12.
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ILS To Bring Even More Sirius Music To North American Ears International Launch Services (ILS) and SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ:SIRI) now have a contract for the launch of the XM-5 satellite on an ILS Proton.
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NASA's LCROSS Post-Mortem After Crash On Moon The crash landing of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, or LCROSS, into a crater near the moon's south pole on October 9 will be addressed in a news conference Friday to talk about early science results from its successful moon impacting.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — GOGII, Textually Speaking... GOGII, Inc. has launched textPlus 2.0, a new version of the nexgen text messaging application for iPhone and iPod touch.
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Gilat Provides An Edge To Asia With The Turn Of A Key Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [Nasdaq: GILT] received a multi-million dollar contract from a government defense agency in Asia, in return for the delivery of a turnkey broadband communications solution.
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Envivio Has a Moja IPTV Move For BH Telecom (SatBroadcasting) BH Telecom, the leading telecommunications operator in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has begun the rollout of its new “Moja TV” IPTV service using a complete IPTV headend from Envivio.
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RapidEye Aids USGS With Colorado Imaging RapidEye has penned a contract with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to image a substantial portion of the state of Colorado.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — AIRCOM Transforms ZAIN Nigeria AIRCOM International, the leading independent network planning and optimization consultancy, today announced that it has been chosen by ZAIN Nigeria to manage the operator’s transformation services project for its 2G and 3G networks.
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Skyware Global... Moving On Up... Skyware Global, formerly the Raven Group and a Satellite Holdings company, has strengthened its position to become the global total solutions provider of satellite antenna systems for any application with the appointments of Linda Keen as Sales Director, Americas, and Paul Peddie, Account Manager, Europe.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Entone Is An OTT Fan With Roxio Sonic Solutions? (NASDAQ: SNIC) and Entone, Inc. are partnering to provide telcos a comprehensive entertainment solution combining live broadcast TV and DVR capabilities with instant access to OTT (over-the-top) entertainment powered by Roxio CinemaNow™.
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exactEarth Has A 7-Year S-AIS Agreement exactEarth Ltd., a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV), announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with a non-government entity to provide its exactAIS™ service.
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Mariner Reveals Partnership With Cisco For GTA Teleguam Win (SatBroadcasting) Mariner, a provider of IP video solutions and applications, announced GTA Teleguam will be deploying its xVu service monitoring solution integrated within Cisco's Visual Quality of Experience (VQE) platform.
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Northrop Grumman To Assist Saab With NEURON UCAV Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract by Saab Aerosystems to deliver Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for the NEURON European unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator.
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General Dynamics' New GIG For SPAWAR General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a US$22.2 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) to support the Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System Next Generation (NITES-Next) program.
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Fastwave Tackles Australian Gorgon Project With Iridium SBD Modems Fastwave Communications has received a contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to supply a water quality monitoring system for the Gorgon offshore gas project based on Iridium satellite data links provided by Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM).
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WTA, From Green To Executive To Technology + More With 2010 Awards On March 16, 2010, during an invitational Awards Luncheon at SATELLITE 2010, World Teleport Association will present its 14th annual Teleport Awards for Excellence.
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Intelsat Interests CSC/DVS With Maritime SATCOM Implementations Intelsat, Ltd. has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Corporate Satellite Communications (CSC/DVS) for Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service.
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CASBAA Just In — Election Results For Chair, Board and Governors Ramping up for 2010 the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) election results are in from its 2009 Annual General Meeting elections to the CASBAA Chairmanship, the CASBAA Board of Directors and the CASBAA Council of Governors for 2010/2011.
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Insitu Infuses ScanEagle With More Goodies To Become NightEagle UAV ScanEagle, the lightweight, long-endurance UAV deployed from U.S. Navy ships and by allied forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, can now be upgraded to the heavier NightEagle configuration with improved infrared sensor for night operations.
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U.S. Army + U.S.A.F. Urgently Need More UAV Pilots While the U.S. Air Force struggles to train 400 UAV operators a year, the U.S. Army is training 1,400, and is increasing that to 2,300 by next year.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Openwave Is Ready With ReadySet Openwave Systems Inc., (Nasdaq: OPWV) announced the Openwave? Mobile Internet ReadySet, a low-cost, prepackaged platform that provides operators with a central point from which to offer new, revenue generating, mobile internet services.
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ARINC Applauds SKYLink Success With eXchange On Boeing Biz Jet ARINC Incorporated has completed the first integration and testing of eXchange™ with Service by SKYLinkSM on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), the world’s largest production business jet.
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Omneon Offers Ogling Of Their MediaDirector 2202 Video Server System (SatBroadcasting) At Inter BEE 2009, Omneon will showcase its MediaDirector 2202 for the Omneon Spectrum™ video server system.
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Sea Launch Has Financing On Their Minds As Well As Upcoming Intelsat 15 Launch Sea Launch Company, LLC, has received interim approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on its motion to secure up to US$12.5 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing from Space Launch Services, LLC.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — HaiVision Has The Night Under Control HaiVision Network Video announced its BARRACUDA™ compact H.264 encoder and Obzerv's active imaging night vision camera systems prove interoperable under extreme conditions.
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COM DEV USA Is Passive For The Correct Reasons COM DEV USA, LLC, a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV), announced a contract award valued in excess of US$7 million to provide passive microwave equipment for a U.S. Government space program.?
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Home Gateway Initiative To Liaison With Broadband Forum The Home Gateway Initiative (HGI) announced it has signed a liaison agreement with the Broadband Forum that will lead to close collaboration by both organizations on the development of standards and specifications for broadband networks worldwide.
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ITT-NextGen Communications Provide U.S. Navy Tatical Communicatons ITT Corp.’s NexGen Communications in Dulles, Virginia received a $9.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to supply 1,450 distributed tactical communication systems-radio only (DTCS-RO) communication devices to the U.S. Navy.
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November 11, 2009 Thank You, Veterans... SatNews Publishers wishes to express our thanks to the men and women who are currently serving and have served in the Armed Forces, as November 11th is Veterans Day in the United States and Remembrance Day in Canada. There can be no more worthy a cause than the selfless military service given to one's nation, to ensure the freedoms all enjoy are protected from enemies, external and internal. Let us not forgot our military veterans and all they have sacrificed — families, careers, and lives — for our benefit.
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November 10, 2009 XipLink Xips Up New VAD In South Africa At the Africa Com conference in Cape Town, South Africa, XipLink announced STS Communications (PTY) Ltd. as the latest addition to its global network of Value Added Distributors.
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Loral Space & Communications... Financially Speaking... Loral Space & Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:LORL) has announced the Company's financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.
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GeoEye, Inc... Financially Speaking... GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) has announced the Company's results for its fiscal third quarter ended September 30, 2009.
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World Teleport Association Says You Can Uncross Your Fingers — Long Awaited Top Teleport Operator Rankings Released The World Teleport Association (WTA) has announced its rankings of the Top Teleport Operators of 2009, providing a unique look into the diverse teleport sector of the global communications industry.
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Intelsat, Ltd... Financially Speaking... Intelsat, Ltd. has reported results for the three months and nine monthsi ended September 30, 2009.
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SpaceX... Moving On Up... Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) has announced that Colonel Scott Henderson has joined the company.
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TSF Continues To San Salvador Connecting Where Others Can't Reach On Sunday, November 8th, after leaving huge damage in Nicaragua, hurricane Ida (category 2) battered El Salvador, with wind speeds of up to 195 kilometers per hour.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — The Khronos Group Opening Up Windowing Systems The Khronos Group, an industry consortium with more than 100 members working together to create open standards for authoring, accelerating, and accessing visual computing, have announced the release of the OpenWF™ 1.0 standard.
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Iran's Mesbah ComSat Ramped Up For Launch According to the UPI, Iran is preparing to launch its second indigenous communications satellite aboard a Safir-2 (Ambassador) booster rocket, an event that will test the country's ballistic missile capabilities.
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International Datacasting + Logic Innovations... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) ("IDC") has entered into a non-binding term sheet to acquire select product lines and related technology from San Diego-based Logic Innovations, LLC ("Logic Innovations").
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CET's Half The Cost Same Coverage With New DTH Platform On EUROBIRD CET Teleport has taken a transponder on the EUROBIRD 9A satellite providing an opportunity to access virtually the same DTH geographic coverage as with HOT BIRD™ but at about half the cost.
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EchoStar Satellite Moving HDTV Into More Homes (SatBroadcasting) EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation (NASDAQ: SATS), now has an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV™ video transport service to telecommunications provider North Penn Telephone Company, headquartered in Prattsburgh, New York.
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Avanti Gains Three Awards Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN) has three contract wins which will help the Company deliver the government’s required Universal Service Commitment under the Digital Britain project.
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RRsat's Juvenile Efforts In Australia (SatBroadcasting) RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST) has been selected by KidsCo, a joint venture channel owned by leading media companies NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment Inc. (Nelvana) and Cookie Jar Group, to provide playout to Australia.
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EchoStar...Financially Speaking... EchoStar Corporation [Nasdaq: SATS] today reported total revenue of $483 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2009, a 21.6 percent decrease compared with $616 million for the corresponding period in 2008.
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Telesat Holdings, Inc... Financially Speaking... Telesat Holdings Inc. (Telesat) has announced their unaudited financial results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2009.
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Harris Keeps On GOES'ing Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has successfully completed the first milestone in a NationalOceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) program that will process 40 times more data than is possible today, and deliver weather images to more than 10,000 direct users.
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Russia Ramps Up Space Craft Production Russia's space corporation Energia is doubling production of manned spacecraft, the Company's president has stated.
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The Planetary Society Believes In LightSailing... The Planetary Society has announced LightSail, a plan to sail a spacecraft on sunlight alone by the end of 2010.
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ArabSat News — CEO Knighted, Conducts Operation Forum, Initiates New Bank System Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat) holds its second Operation Forum in the Kingdom of Morocco in Marrakech on November 9-10, 2009, in the presence of communications officials.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... A Katabatic Climate... Just days away from the start of the Southern Hemisphere’s spring, Antarctica’s Inexpressible Island and the Northern Foothills Mountains were illuminated by a glimmer of sunlight from a low angle when the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this image on September 16, 2009.
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November 9, 2009 Gateway Going Great In Africa Gateway Communications has been awarded three new licenses, including the Network Facilities Provider (NFP) Tier 2 Licence by the Communications Commission of Kenya.
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PCT '10 Set To Deliver Info In Honolulu In January... The Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) is approaching its 32nd consecutive annual conference, which runs from January 17th through the 20th in Honolulu.
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Bliley Bakes Up An Oscillator For Vibration Venues Bliley Technologies, Inc. has introduced the NV45AD1725 OCVCXO (oven controlled voltage controlled crystal oscillator) configured specifically for ultra low phase noise results in vibration-rich environments.
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IMS Research Video Encoding Market Potentials (SatBroadcasting) The new IMS Research report The World Market for Professional Video Encoding – 2009 Edition reveals that the industry will experience an estimated 19 percent annual increase in worldwide shipments during 2010, representing an 11 percent annual increase in revenues over 2009.
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Mundas Group Brings UAV To Work In AirStar Foto Worx Mundus Group, Inc. has announced the formation of AirStar Foto Worx Division, which will specialize in Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAV) for professional aerial photography, sales and service.
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APT Satellite Holdings Will Be Beholding To China For Sat Launch In 2012 China will launch a French-made communications satellite for the Hong Kong-based APT Satellite Holding Limited during the first half of 2012.
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Scripps + Cox Travel Together (SatBroadcasting) Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. (NYSE: SNI), owner and operator of the Food Network and HGTV lifestyle television networks, will enter into a joint venture with Cox Communications Inc. by which it will acquire a controlling interest in the Travel Channel.
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ESA's Rosetta Rounding On Earth After the trajectory correction maneuver on October 22nd, the European Space Agency's (ESA) Rosetta has lined up on a near-perfect Earth approach path.
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Astrium- + KARI-Built Satellite To Launch In March Of Next Year South Korea is planning to launch its first weather-communications satellite into space in March, 2010, the country's Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said on Friday — the satellite was developed jointly by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) and France's Astrium.
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EMS Technologies... Financially Speaking... EMS Technologies, Inc. has announced it is initiating share repurchases under its previously announced authorization to purchase shares costing up to an aggregate of US$20 million, principally in transactions involving substantial blocks.
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Satlynx and Arabsat Can Bank On Their Communications' Platform Satlynx has teamed up with Arabsat to deliver a fully redundant satellite network that provides the foundations of a new extensive communications platform for the Central Bank of Iraq.
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November 7, 2009 Georgian Public Broadcaster Consider 3rd Russian Channel (SatBroadcasting) Georgian Public Broadcaster is considering launching of a Russian-language third channel targeting audience in the Caucasus region, Gia Chanturia, broadcaster’s general director, said.
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Numerex Corp... Financially Speaking... Numerex Corp. (Nasdaq: NMRX), a single source provider of secure machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services, has repaid all but US$500 thousand of its remaining US$2 million of long-term structured debt, the balance of which is scheduled to be paid on January 29, 2010.
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SIA: VIPs Sit Up + Take Notice @ The DoD Commercial SATCOM Users’ Workshop Looks like a great gathering of VIPs that will include RADM Janice M. Hamby, Vice Director of C4 Systems, Joints Chief of Staff, Pentagon as the Keynote on December 10th, at SATCOM Users’ Workshop from December 8th to December 10th, at the Crystal City Hyatt Regency in Arlington, Virginia.
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RapidEye Ready For ESA Emergency Areas Imagery RapidEye, geospatial solutions provider that owns and operates a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announces a frame contract signed with the European Space Agency (ESA) to provide RapidEye satellite imagery for monitoring and change detection in areas prone to natural disasters.
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Arianespace Says "Bon Voyage, Soyuz! Bonne Chance!" Prepped for a very long voyage, the initial two Soyuz vehicles are being loaded aboard the MN Colibri transport ship in St. Petersburg, Russia this week in preparation for their transatlantic crossing to for Arianespace's operation from the Spaceport in French Guiana, South America.
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Hughes Communications... Financially Speaking... Hughes Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: HUGH) (“Hughes”) has announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
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Eutelsat Communications... Financially Speaking... Eutelsat Communications has reported financial information for the first quarter ended September 30, 2009.
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DIRECTV GROUP... Financially Speaking... The DIRECTV Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:DTV) has reported third quarter 2009 revenues increased 10 percent to US$5.47 billion, operating profit before depreciation and amortization1 (OPBDA) increased 8 percent to US$1.35 billion while operating profit increased 4 percent to US$685 million compared to last year's third quarter.
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SSTL Signs On For Student Moon Project Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) to manage a pan-European student built mission to the Moon.
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GlobeCast Singapore-Bound For APEC 2009 (SatBroadcasting) In collaboration with host broadcaster MediaCorp, GlobeCast and AP Global Media Services, a division of The Associated Press, will provide international satellite delivery and full broadcast services and facilities for APEC Singapore 2009 to broadcasters worldwide.
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Northrop Grumman Team Has An Awarding LCROSS Moment The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-built Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) has been awarded the 2009 Aviation Week Program Excellence Award in the System Level Production/Sustainment category.
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Comtech EF Data's Sat Modems To Communicate In Asia Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., has won a US$1.6 million order for SATCOM equipment.
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Boeing + U.S.A.F. Celebrate WGS' Winning Ways Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the U.S. Air Force have received a Department of Defense (DoD) "Top 5" excellence award for systems engineering on the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) program.
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ESA Suppliers! Take Note Of ESA's Upcoming esa-p Starting in January 2010, EFIS, the current ESA financial and invoicing system, will be replaced with ‘esa-p’ (the new ESA SAP Portal).
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ViaSat... Financially Speaking... ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 include new contract awards of US$225.7 million, revenues of US$160.7 million and non-GAAP diluted net income per share of US$0.40, or US$0.28 per share on a diluted GAAP basis.
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Avanti's HYLAS Arrives At ISRO Facility In India — Coundown Time Avanti Communications Group plc [AIM: AVN], the broadband satellite operator, is pleased to announce that its HYLAS satellite payload has arrived safely at the ISRO satellite assembly facility in India where it is now being integrated into the platform and prepared for launch.
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iStreamPlanet To Offer Vancouver 2010 Olympics As Downright Downlinkable (SatBroadcasting) Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) and iStreamPlanet have been selected to work with Microsoft Corp. to provide an integrated, end-to-end solution to deliver live and on-demand video online for NBC during the network’s coverage of the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, February 12-28.
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MEASAT-3a Offers More Consumption For Foodies Across Asia-Pacific MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”), Ascent Media Pte. Ltd. and U.S.-based Scripps Networks Interactive announced an agreement has been signed to distribute Food Network in HD across the Asia-Pacific region via the MEASAT-3a satellite.
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Globalstar Develops A Simplex Gateway In West Africa Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT) has installed a simplex data applique at its new gateway ground station in Nigeria.
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GlobeCast Upon The Waters With Sailing Competition For the 9th annual Transat Jacques Vabre, a transatlantic sailing competition, GlobeCast has equipped French multihull yacht Cr?pes Whaou with its GlobeCast Content Exchange solution.
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Asia Broadcast Satellite To Acquire Mabuhay Satellite Corp. + Agila-2 Satellite Mabuhay Satellite Corporation (MSC) and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) have signed an agreement for the sale and purchase of the business of MSC.
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U.S. And Seychelles Piracy Walks The Plank — UAVs The Quiet Success The Seychelles and the United States of America have stated their firm commitment to the coordinated effort in the combat against piracy in the western Indian Ocean.
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U.S.A.F. Building Predator Priorities Last month, the U.S. Air Force created four new UAV squadrons (29th Attack Squadron, 6th Reconnaissance Squadron, 16th Training Squadron, and 849th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron).
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November 6, 2009 A UAV Wannabe — Thailand The Defence Ministry of Thailand wishes to develop and produce a squadron of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for the air forces of the country.
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Ross Video Plays Out With New SoftMetal Version (SatBroadcasting) Ross Video has introduced Version 4.2 software for the 1000 and 3000 series SoftMetal Video Servers, available free to all existing SoftMetal customers.
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November 5, 2009 TSF — No Bugs In This Software That Fights Disease Since the beginning of October, Nicaragua is facing a huge rise of dengue cases, which has become a major public health concern in the country.
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November 4, 2009 Inmarsat Continues To Pump Up The IsatPhone Pro Volume — Vizada Added Vizada has been selected by Inmarsat as distribution partner for Inmarsat`s Global Satellite Phone Services (GSPS).
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MALE UAV Flexibility From Sanswire-TAO Sanswire Corp. (OTCBB: SNSR) has announced the Sanswire-TAO joint venture will be holding a private demo of its STS-111 Lighter-than-Air Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) at its facilities in Stuttgart, Germany, for certain invited guests representing Government contractors from the U.S. and abroad prior to year end.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Tracking Snow Leopard With A Toot Class on Demand, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, announced "Basic Training for Mac OS X Snow Leopard" is now available for pre-order.
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Free FleetBroadband From Satworx Of The SAILOR Sort Satworx is offering a promotion that benefits those in the maritime industries, such as shipping and fishing or leisure sailors, who spend time on small and large vessels where cell phone service is unavailable.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Torrents For Arkansas... At the end of October 2009, a slow-moving storm dropped 3 to 6 inches (8 to 15 centimeters) on Arkansas, just west of the Mississippi River.
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Financially Speaking... Rockwell Collins... Rockwell Collins, Inc. (NYSE: COL) has reported net income for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2009 of US$594 million, a decrease of US$84 million, or 12 percent from fiscal year 2008 net income of US$678 million. Earnings per share decreased 10 percent to US$3.73 compared to earnings per share of US$4.16 a year ago.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... An Egyptian Dust-Off... The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of a dust storm over Egypt on October 4, 2009.
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YahThink? Yah! Intersat To Roll YahClick "Out Of Africa" Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) signed its first service partner agreement for “YahClick,” Yahsat’s satellite broadband service with Intersat Africa Limited, an established provider of satellite-based Internet services.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — ABI Research Captures Cell Modem Info A substantial majority of cellular modems purchased as add-ons to portable and mobile computing devices have traditionally been bought by businesses to equip their mobile workforces.
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USDA Brings DMCii Aboard As A Prime Imagery Vendor International Production and Assessment Division (IPAD), Office of Global Analysis (OGA), Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), have announced DMCii, Guildford, U.K., as the latest addition to the Prime Vendor Contract.
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Asia Pacific Numbers Explode As CASBAA Reveals Amazing Totals CASBAA Convention 2009, organized by the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), officially kicked off today with a keynote address from John Tsang, Financial Secretary of the Hong Kong SAR Government at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Hong Kong.
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SatBroadcasting: Smart DigiMove To SmartJog By Kinepolis Group SmartJog is pleased to announce that European exhibitor, Kinepolis Group, has selected SmartJog’s Digital Cinema Central Library Servers to use in all of its 23 theaters.
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SatBroadcasting: JMR Systems On Display @ Creatasphere JMR Electronics, Inc. will showcase their new BlueStor™ Digital Rapids and RED Video Storage Servers and RAID Storage Systems at HD Expo — Createasphere on Wednesday, November 4th and Thursday, November 5th at the Burbank Marriott in Burbank, California at Stand # 105.
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Solomon Islands Gain NSS-9 Broadband Capacity With New Agreement SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), announced Solomon Telekom has signed an agreement for satellite capacity to extend its broadband services across the Solomon Islands.
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SatBroadcasting: 3D Features Making Their Move... Again... But With Real Clout This Time! Once regarded as a quirky fad for nerds wearing cardboard spectacles, 3D films are enjoying a mainstream renaissance and, this time, the medium is here to stay, entertainment industry experts say.
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SatBroadcasting: Viva La FRANCE 24 Takes First Steps In Asia Less than three years after its launch, FRANCE 24, the French international 24/7 news channel, already reaches more than 100 million TV households and is available in more than 750,000 upscale hotel rooms across 120 countries throughout Europe, Middle-East, Africa and the East Coast of the U.S.
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Financially Speaking... Globecomm Systems... Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:GCOM) announced financial results for the fiscal 2010 first quarter ended September 30, 2009.
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November 3, 2009 CapRock's New Paradigm Results In A First To U.S. Military And Intelligence CapRock Government Solutions assigned a multi-year, multi-transponder strategic purchase agreement with UK based Paradigm Secure Communications Ltd. making CapRock the company’s first Network Service Provider to the U.S. military and Intelligence community.
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UHF Payload Project Picked Up By COM DEV COM DEV USA, LLC has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$7 million to provide UHF equipment for a satellite payload.
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SatBroadcasting: 3rd Russian Channel Considerations In Georgia Georgian Public Broadcaster is considering launching of a Russian-language third channel targeting audience in the Caucasus region, Gia Chanturia, broadcaster’s general director, said.
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It's A Rewarding Dog's World For GMV GMV, a private, multinational firm headquartered in Madrid, is the grand prize winner of the 2009 European Satellite Navigation Competition Award.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — ABI Research Looks @ Mobile Operators' Market Potential While still a small portion of the total mobile market, business customers offer between 20 percent and 80 percent greater ARPUs than the average mobile consumer in emerging markets.
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Comtech Converters' Contract Capture Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s (Nasdaq:CMTL) Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a US$1.0 million order for SATCOM equipment from a government contractor.
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Emergency Interactivity Inclusions Imbedded By ICS + Squire Tech Incident Communications Solutions, LLC (ICS), an IP-Centric mobile and tactical communication solutions provider, has delivered its self-contained communication solution in partnership with Squire Tech Solutions, LLC.
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Famous Fishing Folk Find SAILOR Solution For Crabbing Thrane & Thrane has joined forces with the Fishing Vessel Northwestern, one of the lead king crab boats in the smash hit Deadliest Catch television show. Sig and the five man crew of Northwestern operate out of Dutch Harbour and the Bering Sea; one of the toughest and deadliest fisheries in the world.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Boris XML Transfer For FCP To AE Boris FX has released Boris XML Transfer, a new Adobe After Effects plug-in designed for seamless transfer of Apple Final Cut Pro program sequences to Adobe After Effects.
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IsatPhonePro Brings AST Aboard Applied Satellite Technology Ltd (AST), has today been appointed a launch Distribution Partner for Inmarsat’s new Global Satellite Phone Services (GSPS).
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Geomatica Gains New Version From PCI Geomatics PCI Geomatics has released Geomatica? 10.3, the latest version of its image-centric desktop software, which now includes imaging tools for GIS.
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IsatPhonePro Also Brings NSSL Aboard NSSL Ltd has been selected as a distribution partner for Inmarsat’s Global Satellite Phone Services (GSPS).
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A Terminal View For Harris MILSATCOM Efforts Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has successfully completed system qualification testing of a satellite terminal that will provide U.S. Navy personnel onboard frigates, cruisers and destroyers with access to the Internet, video and other broadband services.
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Truck Tracking Time Via SkyBitz SkyBitz, the leading remote asset tracking and information management service provider, today announced that Epes Carriers, Inc. subsidiaries, Epes Transport System and Texas Star Express, are launching the SkyBitz asset tracking and cargo sensor solution for their fleet of approximately 2,800 trailers.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Mirinae Makes More Moves... Typhoon Mirinae was fading from a typhoon to a tropical storm when the QuikSCAT satellite captured the data used to make this image on November 1, 2009.
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SMOS Armed + Star-Like Following the launch of ESA’s SMOS satellite on November 2nd, the French space agency CNES, which is responsible for operating the satellite, has confirmed the instrument’s three antenna arms have deployed as planned, and that the instrument is in good health.
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Raven B UAS In Dutch AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) has announced the Military Aviation Authority of the Netherlands (MLA-NLD) has issued a Military Type Certificate (MTC) for the Raven? B NLD MUAS, the first such certificate issued in the Netherlands in the Micro-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle category.
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SatBroadcasting: Telstar 18 To Deliver HBO's HDTV To Asia Telesat and HBO Asia now have a multi-year agreement — HBO Asia will start distributing HDTV programming to millions of its subscribers.
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SatBroadcasting: SES WORLD SKIES Brings MediaScape Transponders Times Three SES WORLD SKIES, a division of global satellite operator SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has concluded a new multi-year agreement with MediaScape, Inc. to provide an additional transponder of capacity on the NSS-11 satellite at the orbital location of 108.2 degrees East.
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Encouraged By Excellent Encapsulation Of WGS-3 Delta IV Readies For Launch The encapsulation procedure in preparation for the launch of the U.S. Air Force’s third Wideband Global SATCOM spacecraft was successfully completed on October 30 by engineers at the Astrotech Space Operations facility in Titusville, Florida.
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Raymarine Ramps Up SatTV With New Maritime Antenna Raymarine has introduced the 33STV, the latest in their line of Satellite TV Antenna Systems, which features a high performance 13-inch satellite dish inside a compact 14-inch radome, weighing less than ten pounds, to accommodate both powerboats and sailboats under 25 feet in length.
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Wetness Specialist WeatherPredict Consulting Provides Umbrella Of Services WeatherPredict Consulting, Inc.(WeatherPredict) will provide the IPAD/Office of Global Analysis/FAS/USDA with weekly updates of surface wetness, surface temperature and snow cover for various global crop regions.
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MESSENGER Almost Delivers Mercury Completely A NASA spacecraft's third and final flyby of Mercury gives scientists, for the first time, an almost complete view of theplanet's surface and provides new scientific findings about this relatively unknown world.
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November 2, 2009 digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution: A Date With IDATE What are we seeing emerge in the telecoms, Internet and electronic media sectors as a result of the recession?
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Financially Speaking... ITT Corporation... ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) has reported third quarter 2009 net income from continuing operations of US$66 million, or US$0.36 per share.
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New Integral Systems U.K. Sub Really Into Control Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISYS) announced at Global MilSatCom 2009 that their wholly-owned subsidiary, Integral Systems Europe (ISE), has opened a new facility in the United Kingdom (UK).
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SatBroadcasting™: Appear TV Receives Great News From Swiss GIB Solutions A leading Swiss systems integrator has announced the successful deployment of Appear TV’s DC1000 decoder with RF modulation at the GIB-Solutions data centre in Zurich.
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Moving On Up... At Iridium Communications... Iridium Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) is pleased to announce that Peter M. Dawkins, founder and principal of ShiningStar Capital LLC, and Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired), has joined the Company's Board of Directors.
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10 Years Of On-Orbit Ops For GPS IIR-3 The third Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-3) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to provide significantly improved navigation capabilities for military and civilian users worldwide, has reached 10 years of successful on-orbit operational service.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Sprint Gets Dell Netbook Sprint has unveiled Dell™ Inspiron™ Mini 10, the first netbook available from Sprint on America's most dependable 3G network.
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RigNet Ranks Right Up There... RigNet, Inc. is ranked No. 126 this year on the Technology Fast 500™ list, Deloitte LLP's ranking of 500 of the fastest-growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America, announced Mark Slaughter, RigNet CEO & President.
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Winning Weather Ways For ITT Space Systems Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Japan’s largest satellite manufacturer, has selected ITT Space Systems to build the imaging systems for two geostationary satellites being built for the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).
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On The Defense Pays Off For ND SatCom With European Defence Communication Award ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company, one of the three major players in the European defense communication industry, has received the ‘2009 European Defence Communication Competitive Strategy Leadership Award’ issued by research and consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — SkyDock Xtends XM To iPods/iPhones SIRIUS XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) has announced that the XM SkyDock™, the first satellite radio controlled by an iPod touch or iPhone, is available for purchase in stores across the country including the Apple Store, Best Buy, Radio Shack, independent retailers and online retailers, including www.xmradio.com/skydock.
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Excitement @ Eutelsat As W7 Work-ups For Launch Continue The W7 satellite of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) arrived at the Baikonour Cosmodrome on October 20th and is now in final stages of preparation for launch on November
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Intelsat 14's IRIS Eyes The Skies For Launch Atlas V Intelsat-14 mission is proceeding as planned with the commercial launch currently scheduled for Saturday, November 14 with a launch window of 12:48-2:18 a.m. EST, just past midnight of Friday evening, November 13.
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Ravens Rule For U.S. Army — And They'll Get Even Better! When a commander in the war zone needs a bird’s eye view, it often means grabbing a nearby rucksack and releasing a small unmanned aerial vehicle dubbed the Raven.
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A Million+ Bucks Awarded By NASA To Masten + Armadillo NASA will award $1.65 million in prize money Thursday to a pair of innovative aerospace companies that successfully simulated landing a spacecraft on the moon and lifting off again.
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Stimulus By Satellite Plan For U.S. Suggested By Skycasters' Landefeld “Fast, recyclable, sustainable,” said Gordon Landefeld, describing how Internet access via commercial satellite broadband could help lift the U.S. economy out of recession.
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SatBroadcasting™: Antennas Designed For LPTV From Dielectric Dielectric Communications has launched a line of digital antennas and filters targeting low-power television (LPTV) broadcasters.
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Maritime Broadband Focus Of Upcoming Exhibition In the lounge of the Holland Pavilion on the Europort exhibition in Rotterdam, a new phase of the innovative project Broadband@Sea will be presented. During the exhibition that runs from November 3 to 6, 2009, this project will be represented by Outsource-IT Management and HME on behalf of the project’s Consortium.
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Getting The Skinny From The Top Operators Is WTA The World Teleport Association (WTA) has published its annual Inside the Top Operators research report.
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SatBroadcasting: Teaming Up For Production Flexibility Are DNF + EVS DNF Controls and EVS Broadcast Equipment are joining forces to provide a high-performance server and controller combination for live production.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Frigid Dust Off... Rising from the Copper Glacier, Alaska’s Copper River flows through a glacier-carved landscape of steep mountains and fields of sand dunes before emptying into the Gulf of Alaska. The river is choked with silt and lined with sand.
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Five Years Airborne For Future UAVs A U.S. government project to develop unmanned aerial vehicles capable of staying in flight for five years has entered its second phase.
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Cypress Space Sensors Aboard Proba-2 Three Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NYSE:CY) state-of-the-art CMOS Image Sensors for space applications are on-board the European Space Agency`s (ESA) Proba-2 satellite, which was successfully launched into orbit on November 2nd.
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A Definite "Down Under" Development For ViaSat ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has been selected by BAE Systems Australia to supply satellite ground stations for a high-speed upgrade to Australian Defence Force (ADF) MILSATCOM.
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November 1, 2009 BGAN Lease Service Initiated By Stratos Global Stratos Global Corporation will provide the Government of Canada (GoC) with a dedicated channel (also known as a lease) on Inmarsat's BGAN mobile broadband satellite service.
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SatBroadcasting: ITV To Use GlobeCast Australia For Reality Show GlobeCast Australia engineers and equipment will be on location throughout November and December for one of the biggest live reality television show broadcasts in the world.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Front Porch Digital Front Porch Digital's DIVAsolo is the world's first, all-in-one migration path from legacy videotape to content storage management (CSM) and archiving on secure, high-density data tape.
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A Flighty Experience For IndigoSAT + Maldivian Air Taxi IndigoSat has announced their Aircraft Management system, the Indigo One, had been selected by the Maldivian Air Taxi to meet their flight operations and realtime flight-following requirements.
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Intelsat Garners ProtoStar 1 For US$210 Million Intelsat, Ltd. is the successful bidder in the October 29th public auction for the ProtoStar 1 satellite, with a $210 million, all cash offer, that out muscled the offer from Eutelsat.</font
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Agricultural Planning Via RapidEye Satellites RapidEye has successfully run a Precision Farming pilot project for Agro Risk Euro Scan GmbH (ARES).
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Arrays Arranged, NSS-12's Post Launch Maneuvers Successful Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced that NSS-12, a satellite built for SES WORLD SKIES, a subsidiary of SES (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange:SESG), is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers.
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BepiColombo Bets On SEA RIUs Cohort plc has announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, SEA, has signed a two year, 5 million euros contract to supply Remote Interface Units (RIUs) for the BepiColombo spacecraft mission to explore the planet Mercury.
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Singapore's Defence Technology Prize Awarded Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Teo Chee Hean, awarded the Defence Technology Prize (DTP) to two individuals and five teams at the Biopolis On October 30th.
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Stress @ Home For UAV Pilots An interesting article at StrategyPage reveals the U.S.A.F. is having some unique morale problems with their UAV operators.
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Newtec's Webinar All About FlexACM... Join Newtec for a FREE webinar — "FlexACM: Double your business with adaptive IP trunking Networks."
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Mobile Handset Shipments... “The outlook for mobile handset markets continues to improve”, says Jake Saunders, ABI Research’s VP for Forecasting.
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Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Auction Helps Students + You Can Win Super Cool Stuff! Starting today, you can bid on cool space artifacts in the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's (ASF) 7th Annual Astronaut Experiences and Memorabilia Auction.
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Sensing SATCOM Success Is New Simulsat From ATCi Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi), a provider of commercial SATCOM systems, has released the newest, most technologically advanced, Simulsat-5b Multibeam antenna.
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Investigation Sought Re: ST-1 Sat Signal Stoppage New Tang Dynasty Television's partner company in Taipei, NTD APTV, had its ST-1 satellite signal over Asia disrupted for 15 days between September 17 and October 2.
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U.S. Army Chopper Mod Could End Up Unmanned The U.S. Army has embarked upon a study aimed at developing requirements for a new, high-altitude Armed Aerial Scout helicopter.
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SatBroadcasting: ASTRA Accommodates Sky Deutschland With Capacity German TV entertainment platform Sky Deutschland has contracted three additional transponders on SES ASTRA’s prime orbital position 19.2 degrees East.
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UPDATE: SMOS + Proba-2 Soar Successfully The Russian State Commission has given the go-ahead to fuel the Rockot launcher that will take ESA's SMOS and Proba-2 satellites into orbit.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Murderous Moraines... As glaciers grind their way across the landscape, they pile up rocky debris, forming moraines.
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SatBroadcasting: Echolab Does SD Folk An HD Favor Echolab, a provider of pro video production switchers and broadcast tools, for a limited time will replace a facility’s existing Echolab Nova™, Opera™, or Overture™ SD switcher chassis for an Echolab Atem™, the company’s recently launched 1-M/E multidefinition switcher.
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digiGO! — The Digital (R)Evolution™ — Nintendo Offers Thanksgiving For... Thanksgiving! Nintendo’s internal tracking numbers show that the company sold more than 1.5 million Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and Nintendo DSi™ video game systems combined in the United States during Thanksgiving Week.
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