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November 26, 2014 Arianespace Prep Continues For A Cluster Of Four O3b'ers Preparations for the launch have included delivery of the final member in the four-spacecraft cluster to French Guiana...
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New Advanced Systems and Development Directorate @ Space and Missile Systems Center Two SMC directorates are merged and charged with charting the future for Air Force Space Command...
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An Airbus D&S Radio Breakout @ 2014 PMRExpo The TH9 is specifically designed for users who require a rugged radio for demanding operations.
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BlackBridge's RapidEye Imagery Focuses On Alaska For AAC "Alaska is a difficult state to image, with demanding terrain and short acquisition windows, but the RapidEye constellation is well suited for this challenge."
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Having Several HTS Moments In London In December @ GVF/EMP Roundtable "...there will be significant emphasis during the London program on just how to more effectively ‘monetize’ HTS..."
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GPLink To Demo Maritime Monitoring Systems In New Orleans in December Whether a single vessel or a vast fleet, gplink is designed to help keep vessels on the water longer and increase a company's bottom line.
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Frost & Sullivan's In-Depth Look @ MILSATCOM “Currently, unused satellite spectrum capacity is delaying the migration to high throughput frequencies and hence lowering MilSatCom hardware expenditures."
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HGTV Gains Capacity On The MEASAT-3 SatBroadcasting™ Beam “With the addition of HGTV, MEASAT’s 91.5 degrees East video neighborhood has grown to 57 HD channels distributed and remains Asia’s strongest C-band HD platform.”
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PlanetObserver Launches v4.2 of PlanetSAT 15... Removes Unwelcome Clouds + Refreshes Cities Keeping data in the cloud is one thing, but trying to see through a cloud is a different matter that has been accomplished.
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DIRECTV-14 @ Home In The Payload Fairing Arianespace’s December 4th launch is designed Flight VA221 in the company’s launcher family numbering system...
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Delivering Satellite Solutions Earns Thuraya Award @ Dubai Summit “We are delighted to have won this award, which recognizes Thuraya’s commitment towards innovation and transformation."
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CGI Bringing European Airspace Under Control For Inmarsat “This is a high profile project with the goal of improving air traffic management communications across Europe."
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November 25, 2014 NASA's Prize Money These Cubes Will Get You Five Million For Champion CubeSats "Prize competitions like this engage the general public and directly contribute to NASA's goals while serving as a tool for open innovation."
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Partners For Malaysia's RazakSAT-2 Being Sought Not being hasty in finding partners to build the satellite...
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Sub-Saharan Service From Globalstar Empowers Geoforce "In the oil and gas industry, in particular, there is a requirement for borderless global equipment tracking."
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Contribution + OU Broadcasting Services Analyzed By NSR This second edition NSR report phases out the fading population of analogue feeds, focusing instead on digital channel resolutions from SD to HD, 4K and 8K.
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The Saudi Media Forum...Gathering of Prominent Media Specialists ..."we are always eager to participate in such forums especially in Saudi Arabia, as it gives us the opportunity to meet our partners and customers."
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MilSatCom Middle East & Africa...Sign Up for Early Bird Discount...Before it's Bye Bye Birdie The event will boast a tailored program based on current issues across MilSatCom covered by a series of internationaI speakers.
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November 24, 2014 Great Balls Of Bolides—NASA Maps Fireballs “How big is the population of larger asteroids that we really need to worry about? We need to better understand that.”
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Continued Service Improvements Results In ISO 90001 Certification for KB Impuls Hellas Certification is renewed for satellite related services...
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Never Too Early To Start The Prep For an Arianespace March 2015 Launch The cryogenic core stage was raised into place over one of two mobile launch tables available...
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SOS Service From Thuraya To Assist Dubai Police With Emergencies "This is the first time that we are launching such a service with local authorities."
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Globalstar's Sat-Fi Takes Smart Phones To Another Level...Reliable Connectivity On Land + Sea "This device might become one of the most 10 beneficial inventions."
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Northrop Grumman + NASA...An Ultralight that is a Good Reflection on SMAP Mission "Ultralightweight technology is critical to meet the demanding requirements of this mission,"
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NASA's Confidence in Orbital’s Pegasus Rocket... the Launch of an ICON... It is the world’s only small space launch vehicle that has been certified with NASA’s Risk Category 3, which the space agency reserves for its highest value space missions.
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Gilat Reports Good News x 3...SkyEdge II-c Terminals for SES's Astra Connect Service "The number of ISPs that have signed up for our service using Gilat ... is gaining momentum...excellent opportunities for future growth,"
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Marlink on an iDirect X7 Roll...12 Ships of the MSC Cruises Upgrade
“Together we have introduced the latest technology and capabilities..."
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Telenor Connexion + Bluefish Technologies Join Forces + Pass a Milestone This partnership is a milestone for Bluefish Technologies in the M2M/IoT space.
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November 21, 2014 SIS LIVE is the DrivingForce Behind Sky News' Success the vehicle's reduced weight allows it to be installed on a smaller 3.2T vehicle, avoiding large vehicle speed restrictions and so enabling faster travel to the breaking news event.
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Operations + Roles For Spaceport Australia Brought Forward In Meeting... Spaceport Australia discussions have been initiated...
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The Panasonic Wi-Fi Connection Completed For airberlin Group The first two aircraft equipped with airberlin connect will service the new Stuttgart-Abu Dhabi and Vienna-Abu Dhabi routes.
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New Dejero Technology Bonds SNG Feeds Via Mac Notebooks "...covering breaking news cost-effectively from remote locations has never been easier."
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DubaiSat-2's Dubai Imagery Released By EIAST On Satellite's First Anniversary The satellite is equipped with innovative technology to enhance the maneuvering capability and increase its agility by 300 percent.
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The Geospatial Connection To UAVs To Be Examined By LizardTech In New Mexico “The UAV market is expanding so rapidly that it’s easy to get overwhelmed..."
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SkyVision's Comms Solutions For Seychelles “We see an increase in the need for reliable and cost-effective satellite communications, even in countries where submarine cables have been existent for several years now.”
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Join Gilat For A Free Webinar On December 3rd—Reliable Fixed Broadband Is The Topic To hear more about transforming the data traffic challenge into an opportunity, you are invited to attend an exciting webinar presented by...
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November 20, 2014 Advantech Wireless BUCs A New Airborne Trend “GaN based SSPBs are ideally positioned for the next generation Airborne SATCOM terminals."
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LizardTech Presents Their Geospatial + Imagery Products To Higher Education “LizardTech realizes the importance of supporting academic institutions in their training of the next generation of geospatial professionals."
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The M2M Comms Challenges Of The O&G Industry To Be Tackled In London This conference will explore how fast and easy access to reliable information is pivotal to enable senior members of upstream and downstream oil and gas companies to...
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NSR Pounds The BRICS + Offers SATCOM Capacity Analysis This report answers the key questions concerning each BRICS country market...
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LH2 Engine Tests By XCOR Aerospace For United Launch Alliance Successful "This test marks the first time liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen have been supplied to a rocket engine with a piston pump."
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India's GSAT-16 Is All Fueled Up + Ready To Go With Co-Passenger DIRECTV-14 In Early December The mission with GSAT-16 and DIRECTV-14 will be Ariane 5’s sixth launch in 2014.
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SATCOM Resources + Global Customers Combo Global Invacom Group Limited Acquiring Foxcom Foxcom will expand its footprint in existing and new geographies while entering new product markets...
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Yaogan-24 Satellite Heads Out + About For Chinese Sensory Acquisitions Chinese "remote sensing" satellite lofted to orbit.
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Orion Express Broadens its Horizon w/VIASAT Channels
"No ads on the air makes TV viewing more comfortable for the subscribers."
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NAOJ + JAXA...Record Sun's Enormous Sunspot Cluster 66 x the Size of Earth ...space probe and observatory have recorded huge sunspot activity with a sunspot cluster 66 times the size of Earth
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NASA’s Near-Earth Object... Mapping Fireballs That impact released the energy equivalent of 440,000 to 500,000 tons of TNT, and it was the largest meteor to hit Earth in this period.
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November 19, 2014 SMC's AEHF Program Wins Notable Award The team was cited for its revolutionary Block Buy space acquisition strategy...
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Three Additional Years Of iDirect iSupport Signed On By IsoTropic Networks "...growth in both end user VSAT sites and hosted iDirect platforms has caused us to hire additional support staff..."
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ATW Companies... Flexibile Waveguide Solutions For Satellites... Flexible waveguide also saves the customer money by reducing space needs with its ability to be bent to fit into small spaces.
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Timing + Frequency Stability Expertise Results In Partnership Between Vectron + AccuBeat "...offer customers the leading choice in crystal oscillators and rubidium atomic frequency and timing products in the market today."
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B4 Tackling The Red Planet, NASA's InSight Needs ATLO Completion By Lockheed Martin A critical stage in the program, ATLO is when assembly of the spacecraft starts, moves through environmental testing and concludes with its launch.
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Space Foundation Extends Technical Track Call Papers Deadline For 31st Space Symposium Inclusion Presentations are welcome on technology developments with applications for civil, commercial, entrepreneurial, and national security fields.
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Arianespace Meets ISO's Environmental Management Specs "Our commitment to receiving ISO 14001 international certification clearly reflects our long-term approach based on compliance with all applicable environmental standards and requirements."
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Bandwidth Optimization for Es'hail 1's Ka-Band Payloads Enabled Via iSat Produced VSAT “As a new satellite operator, it is important for us to be able to provide our customers with superior coverage and to fully support their needs for network connectivity.”
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SATCOM Advances To Be Demo'd + Displayed By Gilat @ CommuniCast Myanmar 2014 “Broadband presents unique opportunities for rapid advances in social and economic development in the region—and satellite is extending its reach."
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The Eutelsat + AMOS By Spacecom Agreement Is Good News For Africa "By creating a joint effort that aggregates content and improves the commercial reach of advertisers, we are optimizing the broadcast environment."
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SSL Names Mystery Customer Provides Service Throughout South East Asia “PSN has a charter to use satellites to provide innovative communications solutions that help improve lives and support economic growth in remote regions.”
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November 18, 2014 Russia's Orbital Space Station—To Be, Or Not To Be... "We are looking into various options, while building an orbital station as a substitute for ISS is one of them..."
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Prep For The Military Space Event In London This event will bring together an exceptional line-up of senior military officials and leading experts...
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Ash Aloft From Alaska's Pavlof Stratovolcano By November 15, Pavlof was lofting ash plumes to an altitude of 30,000 feet (9 kilometers), high enough to disrupt commercial airline flights.
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Development + Construction Of Crucial Services For NASA's Orion Assigned To Airbus D&S Planned for 2017/2018, the first Orion mission in which Europe is involved, “Exploration Mission 1,” consists of an unmanned flight to the Lagrangian points of the Moon and a return to Earth.
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A RIFL2E Shot From Canada For AISR + SATCOM "This was the first time in Canada that we achieved such large data rates, so far north." — Jean-Francois Rivest, DRDC’s Director Science and Technology AirFull Story
One Stop Solution For Network Surveillance Needs From GL Communications “In today's advanced telecom networks, surveillance of network characteristics is becoming more important than ever before."
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Gilat + NovelSat POP Goes International Connectivity to Africa w/the NS3000
...is among the first companies in Africa to offer both non-stop East to West coast-to-coast and international connectivity.
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ESA's Trio Of Station Helpmates For The COPAS-SARSAT System “This new search and rescue infrastructure, designed by ESA and financed by the EU as part of Galileo, is our contribution to the Cospas–Sarsat system..."
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Secure World Foundation Invites All For A Closer Look @ Space Weather... This lunch briefing is designed to raise awareness about space weather...
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This Satellite Could Be A Real Killer "It could have a number of functions, some civilian and some military."
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Orbital + NASA How Many Balloons Will US$185M Buy? Science Balloons, That Is
Not the kind of balloons given in a birthday balloon bouquet, or a hot air balloon...these are a special Science Balloon Operations program.
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NASA + U.S. Department of the Interior...It's All About Image...Ball Aerospace Takes the Honor ...improving the ability of scientists, land use managers, fire fighters, and other beneficiaries to better understand the Earth's features, and
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ST Electronics Leads Into Space + Pushes the Boundaries There, a team of 70 engineers is counting down to the launch of the first made-in-Singapore commercial remote sensing microsatellite next year,v
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PCI Geomatics Takes Their Talents to the Field...Canada's GIS Day ..was started as a way to provide an international forum for users of GIS technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a positive difference in our society.
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November 17, 2014 NASA a Golden Anniversary Tracking Satellites w/Laser Technology... What Was Good Then Is Even Better Now Before the end of the decade, the technique had gone international, with five stations in the U.S. and France...
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U.S. Army's 35th + 50th Signal Battalions Send Stronger Signals in Effort to Contain Ebola Virus “Connectivity could be a lifesaver if emergency services need to be called in.”
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With Multicast Tech From Newtec, + Odyssey™ From Yazmi, E-Learning In Africa Is More Than Viable "We believe satellite is the perfect candidate for e-learning connectivity."
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Myanmar Venue For CommuniCast 2014... This event demonstrates the importance of the growing mobile industry in Myanmar...
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SatNews Souvenirs from SATCON 2014...Delving Deeper This is the perfect time—now that the lights are turned off and the building is empty—
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UK Space Agency...Howdy Partner... Will Invest £32 Million in Like Partnerships With over 5,000 jobs created in the last two years, it employs over 34,000 people and supports a further 72,000 jobs in other sectors.
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Harris' Falcons Fly w/the Canucks' Armed Forces... C$180 Million Contract [the radio] provides unprecedented situational awareness through wideband battlefield networking.
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ATK and Orbital Make a Date for Merger... Exhibits Confidence In Spite of Antares Launch Failure The strategy to spin off our sporting business and merge our A&D businesses...
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November 14, 2014 GS Group Delivers First Tricolor TV Tablet For SatTV Viewing The television tablet, Tricolor TV GS700, was developed to expand the boundaries of TV viewing for subscribers for the second largest DTH operator in the world, Tricolor TV.
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VSAT @ 6,000 Meters Above Sea Level... iDirect Conquers Everest This is a significant milestone in that it is delivering high-speed, reliable connectivity more than 6,000 meters above sea level.
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Low Latency Services Arriving In Angola Via O3b Networks + Hermes Datacomms “O3b and Hermes Datacomms can deliver powerful new capabilities to the energy industry..."
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A Profusion of Rockwell Collins Flight Technologies for China-Based Airlines The awards span 74 new aircraft...
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Fuze Go's New Lossless Pansharpening Offering... “The ability to process any number of bands means adding more information for analytics..."
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Glowlink's Latest Patent Leaps Ahead to Overcome Those Pesky Interference Issues
...this addresses one of the most vexing problems in communications system...active, noise-inducing interferences
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November 13, 2014 Getting to Know a Comet Up Close... + Personal... Rosetta's Philae Lander Successfully Sets Down... Congrats + Buzz — (update #6) [SatNews] Touchdown on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Philae lander has been confirmed...
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Farmers Are In Control With This New App—ESNC Winners Revealed By UK Space Agency "The ESNC continues to be a successful vehicle for encouraging new, ground-breaking ideas...
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A Drive'ing Force In Brazil For SIS LIVE "ANATEL’s decision to approve our uPod® and DriveForce® range is the icing on the cake after its extremely successful performance this summer."
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Knowledge Acquisition To Increase With Co-Location Of InfoComm With CCW+SATCON In '15 "Hosting our second installment of InfoComm Connections in New York City makes great sense, with so many major companies and institutions located nearby."
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KORE is at the Core of Acquisitions + Ventures to Strengthen Expertise [SatNews] “Strategic acquisitions both in advanced connectivity and richer applications solutions are an important goal ..."
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Orion's Initial Journey Of 22 Miles Will Culminate In A Mission Of 3,600 Miles Beyond Earth “This spacecraft is going to push the boundaries of scientific discovery and human achievement."
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SES + M7 Group...This Healthy Group Needs More Capacity in Czech Republic and Slovakia “With the Czech and Slovak market now rapidly moving to HD viewing, it is critical to meet the growing consumer demand for HD content."
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Air China Is a FAN of Thales... Selects TopFlight SATCOM for B737 Communications Air China’s 22 B737 will soon be equipped with the latest in satellite communications.
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ORBCOMM To Acquire SkyWave Communications, With Inmarsat's Nod Of Approval, As Well The acquisition of SkyWave furthers ORBCOMM’s strategy to provide a complete set of capabilities and options in the industry, while adding multiple synergies to strengthen its M2M solutions portfolio.
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During SATCON 2014, Vision Awards Meted Out To Honorees The Third Annual Vision Awards were presented by Satellite Markets and Research, Application Technology Strategy LLC and SATCON and sponsored by Crystal Solutions.
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General Dynamics Canada's Antenna Anchors For Canadian WGS Access "The sophisticated sensors and information technologies used by modern militaries require access to high-bandwidth communication channels."
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Jabiru-2 Service Starts As MEASAT-3b Goes Operational “The satellite is now active and operational, it’s collocated with the other two Malaysian satellites in that location (91.5°E) and we are commencing service on Jabiru-2 now."
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November 12, 2014 Beam Communications' Docking Stations Find Approval With Inmarsat The four docking stations are for maritime, vehicular, in-building as well as a low cost universal solution.
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CommunicAsia2015 and EnterpriseIT2015 Future-Proof the Connected World New thematic cluster — NXT Connected Lifestyle will cover Smart living, wearables, 3D printing, connected cars, and unified communications and collaboration.
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NSR Delves Into The Impacts Of UAS On SATCOM This report analyzes the civilian and military UAS markets for both HALE and MALE platforms, in terms of the growth in their number of airframes, in-service SATCOM terminals, revenues, and capacity demand by frequency bands.
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High Performance + Quick Response Time Sells VSATs Into LATAM for Advantech Wireless The S4120 from Advantech Wireless offers powerful connectivity directly to the LAN/WAN environment or directly to a host computer.
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For African Children: Avanti Connected Education Rolls Out “Our ‘Connect-Develop-Sustain’ strategy uniquely addresses the numerous challenges facing decision makers within the Education sector across Africa."
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Kuala Lumpur Location For GVF's O&G Conference A total of “100-plus delegates have already registered to join the event sponsors...
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Connectivity Clarifications By EMC @ AfricaCom 2014 More than 9,000 attendees and 350 exhibiting companies attend the event each year at the Cape Town International Convention Center...
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Keysight Technologies Sallying Forth With Several Service Solutions “The need for these services was reinforced when a large U.S. aerospace/defense prime contractor awarded Keysight with a $25M, five-year contract..."
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Onlime + Romantis Get To The Hub Of The Matter "In our business no one solution fits all and there is a need for different technologies to support services delivered over C-, Ku-, Ka-, or other bands..."
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Opticomm-EMCORE All Prepped + Ready To Demo @ CCW-SATCON 2014 Present and accounted for at CCW-SATCON 2014...
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Having A VSAT Hand In Hydrocarbon Fleet Comms For SpeedCast “This agreement extends our presence in the energy sector, in the Egypt market, as well as in the larger Middle East/Africa region.”
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Express AM6 Visits To Provide African DTH Coverage Via RSCC + Romantis SatBroadcasting™ Tech “Based on the use of RSCC Express-AM6 spacecraft capacity, this project is a pioneering effort for the African continent."
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DARPA Is POD'ling Along To Foster Hosted Payload Capabilities DARPA’s Phoenix program has shared its Hosted POD Assembly Interface Control Document.
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BeiDou Satellite Ground Station Build Expected In The Antarctic By China The Australian Strategic Policy Institute has warned of pressures on demilitarization of the frozen south, in part caused by developments such as satellite systems.
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Northrop Grumman To Reveal Technologies For Cyber Ops @ MilCis2014 In Australia "MilCIS provides an opportunity for us to demonstrate our breadth of military communications and information systems to our customers, academia and industry partners."
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NASA...Iceland's Hot Tempered Volcano Shakes + Spreads Molten Rock to Area Larger than New York's Manhattan Island [SatNews] The ground has shaken with more than 700 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or stronger; at least 60 have been above magnitude 5.0.
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MNOs Can Now Be In Receipt Of Gilat's Sat-Cell-Hybrid Terminal "By combining the latest satellite and cellular technologies, Libra allows MNOs to extend their reach..."
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Es’hailSat Bests the Competition @ 2014 Arab Satellite Broadcasting Union and BroadcastPro Middle East Awards To be recognized as 'the best' by your industries' peers is quite a compliment, and so it was for...
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SATCON 2014 Crystal Solutions Offers Customers Crystal Clear Metadata and Carrier ID Solutions CEO Roger Franklin talks interference and metadata analysis solutions.
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A Boeing First—Two 702SP Satellites Now Mated Two satellites are now in a stacked configuration in preparation for the first-ever conjoined satellite launch.
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SES + Samsung Celebrate a First...Intense Clarity w/ Ultra HD Concert Broadcast from Germany [SatNews] ...world’s first live concert to be broadcast via satellite encoded in the HEVC standard with a resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels, 50 frame per second and a colour depth of 10 bit.
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The Handler For Sky Go Is SES Platform Services “Sky Deutschland has emphasized its strength in innovation by launching Sky Online."
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ABS Appoints New Managing Director of the Americas... [SatNews] She comes with much experience, and now will use her expertise in this new appointment.
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Hughes + Multi-State Fleet Response Working Group... Disasters Bring them Closer... One Common Goal ...allowing responders to more accurately locate operational commercial facilities offering food, gas, accommodation and medical supplies.
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November 11, 2014 Skyware Technologies + IEC Telecom...Sign On ATOMs With Global Xpress Increasing the reach within the Asian, African, Middle East and European markets ...
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MWI For Airbus D&S' MetOp Makes Headway With CGS "With this signing, CGS joins the Metop SG program as responsible for one of the most important instruments of the satellite."
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O3bMaritime... Lightning Fast Connectivity O'er the Waves w/ the First Smart Royal Caribbean Vessel Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas is the first cruise ship to provide full broadband connectivity for passengers.
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Synergy 'Tween Globecomm + WRN Broadcast Declared "Bringing the two companies together to expand that was a natural fit..."
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SES Broadband's Astra Connect Does Just That...Ja! Connects 36 German Villages The solution uses a single satellite antenna installed as a central head-end, and the broadband connection is supplied to end-users via Wi-Fi access.
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Satcab + Concurrent's Upshift™... Zap Their Services to Africa's ZAP
SatNews] ...a leading multi-channel video service provider in Africa, has launched unified content delivery solution to power the region’s first Cloud DVR service.
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9th Annual SSPI Promise and Mentor Awards... Kept Its Promise for an Eventful Evening Three young professionals and an executive mentor were recognized at The Penn Club in Manhattan.
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November 10, 2014 High-Flying Content—FlightPath3D Moving Map Selected This moving map service from Betria Interactive has been selected for inflight wireless solutions.
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Copernicus Program Implementation Agreement Signed By Directors Ratier + Brunet The aim is to provide space data and operational support to Copernicus marine, atmospheric and climate services.
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A Dynamic Jabiru-1 Move By NewSat With GMV "This contract with GMV represents a further milestone in the ground system implementation to support the Jabiru-1 mission."
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What's The Big Deal Regarding Stratospheric Hydrogen Chloride? Canada's SCISAT Reveals All... SCISAT has become internationally known as the satellite that provides measurements of more than 40 atmospheric constituents.
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SASy Moves Completed By Inmarsat “This is an important milestone as we continue to move full speed ahead with the GX program."
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Getting Checked Out B4 Final Push Off For the upcoming launch, GSAT-16 will be joined by its co-passenger, DIRECTV-14.
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Continent Capacity Increases For KVH's mini-VSAT Broadband Network In South America Key markets in Brazil receive boosted coverage and improved performance...
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Space X's Elon Musk Takes It Up a Notch...Maybe... Investing in Small Sats for Global Internet It's interesting to learn of people with projects and plans, and then see if they fail or fly.
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Airbus Licking Their CHEOPS Over Becoming Exoplanet Prime Becoming the CHEOPS prime for the ESA's scientific program...
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This Delta IV Launch Vehicle's Seafaring Days "The Delta rocket travels by boat because it's too large to be transported any other way."
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Sub-Saharan African Footprint Capacity Obtained By Crystal TV For SatBroadcasting™ "This is the moment Ghana and Africa have been waiting for—to challenge ourselves as we embrace the future."
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Helping African Nations Communicate During Chaos + Destruction From the base operations in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, one General said, “These systems are like gold out in the field.”
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iDirect Takes a Hike... Ends Up with a VSAT on Top of Mount Everest ...enabling reliable communications amid harsh conditions, which include the combination of extreme cold, moisture, high winds and icing conditions.
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The Enemy: Ebola—SES Delivers Broadcasts To Educate Populace "Many people do not understand this disease and therefore, tragically, do not seek the medical care they need."
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Countering Comms Challenges Is Gilat's Demo Plan For AfricaCom 2014 “We also intend to prove that existing cellular coverage can be expanded via satellite..."
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Prep Already Underway For BroadcastAsia2015 “There is continuous interest in the broadcast industry especially in the areas of OTT, second screen, non-linear broadcasting and social media..."
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Globecomm + Globecast Americas ...Common Goals Enable Expansion of Broadcast Media.. .Full Time Uplink of Multiplexed Carriers + More
When you can work with a company that has the same type of goals you do, it is a win-win
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Oorah! As Marines Celebrate Their 239th Birthday A message from the Commandant of the Marine Corps
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Telenor Satellite Broadcasting Tunes In With Intellian v-Series antennas for THOR 7 ..."[the Company] has played a pivotal role in changing the industry’s perception of VSAT as a viable and convenient communications solution."
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Harris' Newest Addition... Engineering Facility in Florida Brings New Jobs That Help Militaries ...its commitment to develop advanced software for tactical radios used by the U.S. military as well as militaries and public safety officials around the world.
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November 7, 2014 GlobalTT Joining Key Players @ AfricaCom 2014 AfricaCom's 17th consecutive year as hot to key players in the African digital economy...
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Cobham SATCOM Debuts VSAT Antenna ... From C- to Ku-Band in Seconds @ OilComm 2014 When circumstances mean changing bands, there's no connectivity services to be manually re-activated, or pay for a technician to come.
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Talia U.S. Smart Car is No Dummy...Customizable Communications Debut @ OilComm 2014 These vehicles can be customized for different communications and applications—ideal for crisis communications at remote locations.
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KVH TACNAV Beefs Up Armored Vehicles + Keeps Them Heading in the Right Direction "Providing precise navigation as well as coordination of vehicles in critical situations is an important tool that helps keep soldiers oriented wherever they operate.”
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ISS Agency Meet On Earth To Focus On Space Operations of International Space Station Agency leaders from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia, and the U.S. gathered in France to make this full mission statement.
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O3b Is Spot On with Offshore Platforms In Mexico The new O3b service for offshore communications supports ERP, real time data and HD video over satellite.
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GVF and Seagull Maritime Collaborate For Global Delivery Of Seafarer Certification “Everything from navigation and asset tracking, to seafarer health and safety can be more effectively provided by ensuring that training is available for the operation of maritime satellite systems."
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Latitude Technologies @ Canadian Chopper Conference... SATCOM Solutions This Canadian exhibition will include the company's IONode™ flight data management system.
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Houston, Texas, Has Location, Location, Location For SpeedCast's New Energy Division "With many of the largest global energy companies based in Houston, this was an obvious choice for us to open our Energy Division."
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November 6, 2014 Spaceflight's Eight 3U CubeSats Jamming With JAMSS as They Organize a Ride on JAXA's Astro-H Mission The mission management campaign is underway and the rideshare manifest is fully booked for small satellites. Full Story
Emerging Markets’ QuickSkid Solution + More To Be Featured @ OilComm The company's newest oil and gas connectivity solutions will be on display at OilComm in Houston.
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Seamless Access To Satellite Imagery Know-How Being Offered Join this webinar to learn how you can make better decisions with Airbus DS data combined with ENVI analytics.
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Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) Launches Workforce Survey This study is set to be released in February 2015...
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Geosync Microwave's Product Showcase To Highlight Ka-Band Offerings @ SATCON 2014 These products offer as many as three switch selectable ITU frequency bands, all within a 1RU sized package.
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World's Biggest Ship Obtains SpeedCast SATCOM Support SpeedCast’s advanced solution uses dual maritime VSAT systems...
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Globally Dispersed Assets Can Relate To One Another With This New App This new app offers fleet safety and uninterrupted communication, among other pluses...
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Stallion Services Wellsites With Increased SES Satellite Capacity “Reliable satellite bandwidth plays a critical role in our ability to help oil and gas operators and drilling rig contractors reduce costs and streamline their operations."
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From LATAM + Brazil, To Energy + Utilities, SES Has Them Covered "The use of NSS-806 in Brazil will allow our customers to improve their services in Brazil and the other countries covered by the satellite.”
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Enhanced EO For Airbus D&S, Courtesy Of DMCii "...we are able to address the requirements of customers that require regular very-large area coverages and monitoring programs."
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Lockheed Martin's MUOS Number Three For The U.S. Navy Settles In @ Cape Canaveral AFS For Atlas V Mating The third MUOS satellite has now been delivered to Cape Canaveral AFS for a January 2015 launch date...
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Gilat's Presentation @ London's Global Milsatcom 2014... Satellite Communications for Defense and Homeland Security
[SatNews] “In today’s net-centric battlefield when ‘beyond-line-of-sight’ tactical communications for land, sea and air are required, satellite is an obvious solution.”
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Newtec and First United Broadcasting Go Island Hopping...All 7,100 Philippine Islands to Receive iGSat Broadband [SatNews] Together they will provide a new high-speed satellite broadband service to more than 7,100 Philippine islands..."available anywhere, everywhere. It is limitless and beyond boundaries." Full Story
ORBCOMM + SkyWave Mobile Communications...the Sky's Not the Limit With this Acquisition
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Ebola Crisis Activates Satellite Assistance The satellite images will allow teams to better characterize where and how to deploy overseas medical staff and their support bases.
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One Down, One To Go, As Old Russian SpySats Turn Into Burned Objects “Analysis indicates that fragments of the Kosmos-1441 satellite will leave the near-Earth orbit on November 8, 2014 over the Pacific Ocean."
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Boeing... No Sticky Problems with Successful Anti-Jamming Tests of New Technology
“With threats to secure communications becoming increasingly frequent and sophisticated this enhanced capability to warfighters on the ground is critical.”
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November 5, 2014 Talk About Discreet—How About Even Under Sand For BGAN? “This is the perfect solution to covert installations..."
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AfricaCom — Onlime Nominated for Best Marketing Campaign Award The teleport operator will attend AfricaCom 2014, where the award will be presented.
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EMEA Region E-Welfare Program Expansion, Thanks To Globecomm + Gannexion The platform serves government operations in Mali, expanding on facilities in Afghanistan, Turkey and other nations.
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Rosetta Preparing For A Touchdown On Comet 67P The soft landing, scheduled for November 12, marks the beginning of extensive research of our origins.
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COM DEV Wins $7.5m Broadcast Satellite Contract For Eastern Europe and Asia This space hardware and services provider will deliver passive microwave Ku-band equipment.
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New Anti-Jamming Comms Technology OK With Current Satellites + Terminals “We’ve confirmed this technology can be applied quickly and affordably to existing assets, especially operational WGS satellites and ground terminals."
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NewSat Awards General Dynamics Awesome Antenna Communications Contracts for The Bird, Jabiru-1 ...this is Australia’s first commercial Ka-band satellite and will deliver over 7.6GHz of “new” capacity, to meet the demand from government and enterprise in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
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Walton Knows How to Break De-Ice...35 Years Later + 20,000 Earth Station Weather Protection Units Ice and other potentially disruptive weather elements have been tamed by methods such as vibrating snow off of an antenna and...
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CPI Awarded Contract...Continue With Critical Ground Data Terminals For U.S.Military "ISR systems provide critical communications links to our military personnel and must be capable of operating in a network-centric battle-space where there is no room for error or delay."
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Orbital Sciences... Like a Phoenix... Accelerates Program to Fulfill Contract With NASA + No Increase In Cost "While last week’s Antares failure was very disappointing to all of us, the company is already implementing a contingency plan to overcome this setback."
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MEASAT + NovelSat's Technology = Significant Cost Savings on AFRICASAT-1a
"AFRICASAT-1a customers can now look forward to improved spectral efficiencies, lower costs and more value to end customers."
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November 4, 2014 Big Data, Small Packages—Progress For Airbus’ Ultra Compact Satellite Terminal + VSAT Capacity Covering military and luxury, the providers’ smallest X-band terminal service is available while their VSAT capacity has increased, respectively.
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Space City Bound — MTN Builds Houston Team To Expand On Oil + Gas Sector Growth This expansion comes in response to the company’s 20 percent Year-Over-Year growth.
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MarketsandMarkets: Mobile Satellite Services Worldwide Market Forecasts and Analysis (2014 - 2019) The report forecasts the market sizes and trends for Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) across several sub-markets.
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Gilat + HISPASAT Virtual Network Operation Welcomes New ISPs in Spain and Portugal was to better support our growing list of ISPs that require VSAT service for distant areas,
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Freight Transport + Satellite Navigation Focus @ MEDUSA Event The MEDUSA project belongs to the Euromed GNSS framework...
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WTA Opens Nominations For Their 20th Annual Teleport Awards for Excellence These annual awards will be presented in Washington D.C. at the SATELLITE 2015 conference in March.
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Avanti Approval Plays Well With C-COM's iNetVu Vehicle-Mounted Antenna “Our resellers in Europe, MENA and Africa can now operate on an alternate Ka service offered by Avanti."
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COMSATCOM Capacity To Be Provided By AIS Engineering + SES GS For PM WIN-T's JSEC The Task Order is valued at over $50 million over the life of the contract.
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Comtech EF Data Enables Service Differentiation With New Feature Releases The release of feature enhancements across their satellite modem portfolio is in direct response to spacecraft innovations and market requirements.
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Arianespace + O3b's Satellites... Unpacks 'em, Cleans 'em Up + Checks 'em Out “We believe in a world where affordable, high speed connectivity is always within reach,” Steve Collar, CEO of O3b Networks.
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EIAST + American University of Sharjah ...Enlists Students to Develop Amazing CubeSats
This will act as the embryo to develop necessary infrastructure for all future CubeSat missions.
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November 3, 2014 EUMETSAT Passes CEOS Chairmanship to Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency During the 28th plenary session of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites, the chairmanship rotated to..
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COM DEV International Awarded $6 million Contract for HTS Equipment The satellite will serve broadcasting and telecom service needs in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Arabsat Hosts its 147th Board of Directors Meeting in Dubai Nine Arab countries plan to participate in the meeting, which will cover the launch of four new satellites.
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Moog Provides Mucho Control Components and Systems for Atlas V and GPS IIF-8v Service from the satellites is provided to nearly one billion military and civilian users around the world.
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Arianespace Welcomes O3b Networks'... Three Out of Four Arrive to Bridge the Digital Divide [SatNews] ... into a circular orbit at an altitude of 8,062 km., which is four-times closer to Earth than traditional geostationary satellites, providing substantial performance benefits due to lower latency or delay.
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Sencore's Parade Of Products For CCW 2014 Several new HEVC based products will be introduced by Sencore at CCW 2014...
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GLOBECAST AUSTRALIA... Exclusive Services Provider for G20 [SatNews] ...providing live multi-camera coverage of key elements of the G20 summit including arrivals, speeches and news conferences.
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Lockheed Martin Moving On Into New Digs In Colorado... “The consolidation into our new headquarters and the technical refresh of our workhorse A2100 satellite platform will position Lockheed Martin to be a leader in the global commercial space market for years to come."
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Global Eagle Entertainment and SES...GEE Whiz Partnership ...Airlines' In-Flight Connectivity with Global Ku-Band Satellite [SatNews] "The demand for in-flight connectivity has never been greater, particularly with airlines looking to serve passengers and drive ancillary revenue."
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Satellite VPN for Lime Link via OneAccess Networks' Optimization Solution... "This translates to more efficient use of satellite services as well as reducing costs for additional bandwidth."
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The Separation is Final for Keysight Technologies... “This marks a major milestone for Keysight as we begin the next phase of our journey."
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The AXF Standard + More to be Presented by SMPTE During CCW 2015... The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers® (SMPTE®) will be participating in CCW+SATCON...
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Thuraya + Airtel Africa's Long Sleeves Stretch to Cover 100 Percent of Aftice
The first and only African mobile operator to provide customers with 100 percent coverage through terrestrial and mobile satellite connectivity.
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The Avanti Communications Construction Capacity Cemented Into Place... "Broadband connectivity is an exciting value-add proposition to the construction sector in particular, where sites are often remote and beyond the reach of fiber.”
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A Moffett Move For NanoRacks "This is an fantastic step forward for NanoRacks, allowing us to tap into, and contribute to, the agile aerospace innovation..."
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Al Arab News Receives New Teleport From Hiltron Hiltron has completed a new teleport for the Al Arab News television station...
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Orbital Antares Launch Failure Team...Steps Up + Doesn't Miss a Beat [SatNews] There is much to be learned from the recent Antares catastrophic failure, and responding quickly is the first positive step in the process.
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Globecast + WinMedia Have the Key... a Turnkey Solution for Satellite TV
Each playout server can simultaneously broadcast up to four different channels in HD and/or SD formats along with the relevant CGs that project the style and individual look of each program and channel.
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