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October 30, 2012 ViaSat... DoD Rollout May Now Continue (Comms) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) has received orders in excess of $11 million for...
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Latitude Technologies... Aviation Bundling Bonanza (Comms) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] Latitude Technologies has announced from the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) annual convention in Florida the release...
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Hosted Payload Association... An Important Bridge @ SATCON 2012 (Event—Business) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] Representatives from industry and government will gather at the Hosted Payload Alliance (HPA) Annual Business Meeting on...
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Boeing... TDRS K Soon To Be Boxed Up For Trip To Florida (Satellite) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] Boeing [NYSE: BA] is on schedule to deliver the next-generation series of...
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NATO Communications + Information Agency (NCI)... Opportunities Opening Up (Event—Business) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] From 23 to 25 October, at a conference in Rome, senior officials from the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency updated...
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European Space Agency (ESA)... SatNav Champions (Awards) [SatNews] An indoor navigation system for smartphones has won this year’s Galileo Master prize, while...
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Sea Launch Checks Hardware For Launch...Acceptance Test Values Determined [SatNews] In the first of three stops before launch this vehicle has undergone a thorough test, all in preparation for...
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Qatar Telecom + Mariner... A Probing First (SatBroadcasting™—IPTV) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] Qatar Telecom (Qtel), part of the Qtel Group, has selected Mariner's multiple award-winning IP...
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Thomson Video Networks... Device Demands Supported (SatBroadcasting™—OTT) [SatNews] Thomson Video Networks announced that its ViBE™ VS7000 multi-screen video platform has been...
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DigitalGlobe... DAP's It... (Imagery—Business) [SatNews] DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has signed its sixth Direct Access Program (DAP) customer to a...
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Space Foundation... Space Education A Key To The Future... Teacher Support (STEM) [SatNews] Educators, who effectively use space themes to inspire students and strengthen lesson plans, have a great opportunity for...
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Latitude Technologies... @ NBAA With... (Event—Comms) [SatNews] Latitude Technologies Corporation will exhibit at the National Business Aviation Association's (NBAA) annual...
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MEASAT + Encompass Digital Media Add On Two For Asia [SatNews] New horizons are available in Asia now that...
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OnAir+ Honeywell... Flight Rights (Comms) [SatNews] OnAir and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) have signed an agreement making OnAir the distributor of...
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ScanEx RDC... Spot On... For Russia! (Imagery) [SatNews] The first SPOT 6 satellite data has been successfully received and processed in Russia.
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Harris Hefty Contract U.S. Army’s $50 Million Order Create Communications Backbone [SatNews] This contract has an indefinite delivery/quantity with the potential value of $600 million...
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Astrium Services... Uplinks On The Move (SatBroadcasting™—DSNG) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] Astrium Services’ DSNG System “XRACER” has been announced a winner of...
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Cobham plc... Combining SATCOM Forces (Business) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] Cobham plc has established a new strategic business unit (SBU)—Cobham SATCOM—that combines...
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Globecomm Systems... Support Continued While Battling Sandy (SATCOM) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) has reported that the company’s Long Island and Maryland facilities, both of which were in the path of the storm...
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OnAir + Honeywell Aerospace Distribution Takes Connectivity To Revolutionary New Status [SatNews] ...this is is the only connectivity supplier providing Global Xpress Ka-band to the entire aviation space, both the commercial and business sectors.”
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Winegard... The Controller Factor (VSAT) [SatNews] Antenna designer and pioneer, Winegard, has rolled out a new VSAT Integrated controller that...
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Burmese Burn Out (Imagery—DigitalGlobe) [SatNews] In Kyaukphyu, Burma, on October 25, 2012—Violence has intensified between...
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Metop-B IASI’s First Infrared Spectrum Revealed—The Best Ever Developed [SatNews] “I wish to emphasize that everything took place in a spirit of mutual trust ... that counts in the success of this first stage...”
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OnAir + Honeywell Aerospace Distribution Takes Connectivity To Revolutionary New Status [SatNews] ...this is is the only connectivity supplier providing Global Xpress Ka-band to the entire aviation space, both the commercial and business sectors.”
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Atyaf And Envivio Provide TV Everywhere Service = Everyone Everywhere Happy (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] “Our goal is to enable the transformation of lifestyles...”
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FreeWave Technologies M2M’s Outstanding Evolution Innovation... Has Award To Prove It (M2M) [SatNews OCTOBER 31, 2012] The 2.0-inch x 1.4-inch MM2 weighs in at 14 grams and is extremely versatile in that it can operate as master, slave, repeater or slave/repeater radio.
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October 29, 2012 EIGHTH UPDATE! Here's Looking @ Earth... Latest Sandy Satellite Image + The 5:00 A.M. Advisory From The National Weather Center... (Imagery) [SatNews] At 11:00 a.m. EDT, the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy was located about...
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USGS... Preparations For Super Storm, Coastal Changes Imminent (Imagery) [SatNews] USGS scientists, engineers, and technicians worked up and down the Atlantic Coast, deploying storm-surge sensors and maintaining real-time streamgages as Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast of the U.S.
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CommunicAsia2013 | EnterpriseIT2013 Calls For Papers, Preps For Being Biggest (Event) [SatNews] Plans are already underway, as slots fill quickly for ...
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South Korea (KARI)... KSLV-1 Failure Blamed On Gas Leak (Launch) [SatNews] The launch of South Korea's KSLV-1, its first space launch vehicle which was due to take place last Friday morning, was delayed...
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EUTELSAT... Financially Speaking... (Business) [SatNews] Eutelsat Communications (ISIN: FR0010221234 Euronext Paris: ETL) has reported revenues for the...
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Harris... Financially Speaking... (Business) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) reported revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2013 of...
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Inmarsat... NGO's Ongoing Comm Needs Addressed (SATCOM) [SatNews] Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) has launched a new IsatPhone Pro humanitarian aid package that...
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CASBAA’s Newest Family Members...Expands + Diversifies [SatNews] “...reflects the growing importance of emerging markets...Vietnam 74 percent pay-TV growth...Myanmar’s TV advertising market 49 percent annually...”
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Financial Report From Munich’s Rohde & Schwarz...Growing (Financial) [SatNews] A financial report of the Company on a growth track both financially and with new employees.
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Spacecom + DRS Technical Services... U.S. Armed Services Support (SATCOM) [SatNews] Spacecom (Space-Communication Ltd., Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has been awarded two contracts by...
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SIA’s DoD Commercial SATCOM Users Workshop Ramps Up For Worldwide Participants (Event) [SatNews] As world events intensify, communications are the critical element that link the world, and how best to do that will be shared at...
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PTC’13 Win-Win Conference In Hawaii... Learn While Taking A Winter Break (Event) [SatNews] The conference program promises to be engaging, insightful, and thought-provoking, in an amazing setting...
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October 28, 2012 Hermes Datacomms... Angolan Amelioration... (Comms) [SatNews] Wide Area Communications specialist Hermes Datacomms is used to working in...
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Squire Tech Solutions... Auto-Connect Advance (SATCOM) [SatNews] Squire Tech Solutions has now made available their Squire Tech Solutions Mobile Responder 600...
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TeleCommunication Systems... Signing On For SNAP Support + Financially Speaking (SATCOM + Business) [SatNews] TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) has received $18 million in...
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MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA)... Land Surface Exams (Imagery) [SatNews] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) has announced that the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has exercised...
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Agile Milcoms... FMV For Fighters (ISR + SATCOM) [SatNews] Agile Milcoms, an ACS company, will demo their new ISR-Direct™ platform that...
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Ariane 5’s Numbers All Add Up With Number 7 Of SKynet 5D + Mexsat 3 (Launch) [SatNews] No slowing down as preparations are underway for number seven before year’s end.
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SpaceX A Dragon Falls To Earth...Splash! [SatNews] ...and this mission marks the first time since the space shuttle that NASA has been able to return research samples for analysis.
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URGENT: MILCOM2012 AND AFCEA CANCELLED...Sandy Strikes [SatNews] Just in to SatNews.com the following announcement...
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U.S.A.F.—L.A.F.B.+ Raytheon.. NexGen Operational Control System Phase OK'd (Satellite) [SatNews] Officials from the Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Directorate announced that the...
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U.S.A.F. + Lockheed Martin... The 5th + 6th Warning Systems Work To Begin (Satellites) [SatNews] The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] an $82 million contract to begin initial work on...
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Sharkey’s Helicopters + SkyTrac Systems Are VIP Products For VIPs [SatNews] Added services... provide premium service to VIP charter clients and to add to overall safety.
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October 26, 2012 iStreamPlanet... It's Live... It's Live... (SatBroadcasting™—Video Platform) [SatNews] iStreamPlanet will, for the first time, demonstrate Aventus, its new...
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DeLorme... @ Fort Lauderdale Boat Show With... (Event—SATCOM) [SatNews] DeLorme will be exhibiting the inReach™ two-way satellite communication solution at...
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ABI Research... Issues With Security... (Analysis | Reports — M2M) [SatNews] The growing presence of mainstream M2M solutions within critical information infrastructure such as utilities, healthcare, and finance is creating a headache...
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Fresh Flows... (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] Kilauea Volcano’s current eruption began in 1983, covering more than 120 square kilometers (48 square miles) of...
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Broadcast Technology Solutions... Moving Experiences For Qatar TV (SatBroadcasting™—OB) [SatNews] The OB van with the serial number 555 which BTS exhibited during IBC 2012...
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Harris... L-Band Functionality Ensured (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a $6 million order from the...
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GL Communications... Contributing To Conformance (MC-MLPPP Tester) [SatNews] PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) is a data link protocol like HDLC used to...
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ITT Exelis + U.S. Army’s $56 Million Takes SINCGARS Further... Army Of Won [SatNews] With more than 570,000 radios delivered to date to the United States and many of its allies, this is the most prolific tactical radio system in the world.
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October 25, 2012 Intelsat + Grupo Chilefilms... Taking It To The Theaters (SatCinema™) [SatNews] Intelsat S.A. now has an agreement with Grupo Chilefilms to provide...
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Inmarsat + SkyWave... Burgeoning Market Addressed (M2M) [SatNews] Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) and its partner SkyWave Mobile Communications have announced that...
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Wind River... @ MILCOM 2012 With... (Event) [SatNews] Wind River? will exhibit at MILCOM 2012, October 29–November 1 in Orlando, Florida.
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Spitzer Sees... Reason Behind Sky Glow... Maybe?? (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] A new study using data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests a cause for the...
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Telenor... Financially Speaking... (Business) [SatNews] In the third quarter of 2012, Telenor Group reported revenues of...
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Eutelsat... Moving On Up... (Business) [SatNews] At the forthcoming Annual General Meeting of Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) on November 8, 2012, shareholders will be invited...
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Quake Global + SkyWave... Russian Tracking... (M2M) [SatNews] QUAKE Global Inc. and SkyWave Mobile Communications have introduced...
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Lockheed Martin... Financially Speaking... (Business) [SatNews] Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) has reported third quarter 2012 net sales of...
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Krunichev Space Center... Moving On Up... (Business) [SatNews] The Selection Commission has approved the appointment of...
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European Space Agency (ESA)... The GATE Is Opened For SatNav Studies (Navigation) [SatNews] A helicopter recently flew over a very special Alpine valley to gather data...
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Ball Aerospace... Ozone Observance (Satellite) [SatNews] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.’s Ozone and Mapping Profiler Suite (OMPS) has made its first ozone measurements...
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MEASAT + GlobeCast... ITV Granada HD New Pathway... (SatBroadcasting™—Capacity) [SatNews] MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) now has an agreement with...
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Raytheon... Financially Speaking... (Business) [SatNews] Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) announced third quarter 2012 Adjusted EPS of...
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Hughes + ThinKom... Dynamic Demo Deliveries (SATCOM—COTM) [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) and ThinKom Solutions, Inc. (ThinKom) have announced the...
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Haivision Partners With Agile Milcoms to Keep Warfighters-on-the Move Agile And Safe [SatNews] A partnership that can really take off and save lives in the process...
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Thrane & Thrane... Satellite TV Antenna Evolution (SATCOM) [SatNews] Thrane & Thrane (a Cobham plc company) has selected the Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show 2012 as the destination for...
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NASA/ESA’s Hubble Theory...Could Puffed Up Core Stir Monster Galaxy? [SatNews] The team admits that the ejected black-hole scenario may sound far-fetched, "but that's what makes observing the Universe so intriguing...”
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Garmin International... Ensuring A Safe Flight (Comms + Navigation) [SatNews] Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), has announced the...
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Norsat Int'l... Android In The Spotlight... (SATCOM) [SatNews] Norsat International Inc. (“Norsat” or “the Company”) (TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF) has launched their...
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October 24, 2012 ORBIT Communication Systems... Comms Augmentation With Triple Band [SatNews] ORBIT Communication Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of ORBIT Technologies Ltd. (TASE:ORBI), has announced that its new...
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GlobeCast... Movement To MPEG-4 (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] GlobeCast Australia has announced a major upgrade that will allow the company to deliver...
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ViaSat... Military Aircraft FlightComms Access (SATCOM) [SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has received a multimillion dollar award from the...
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Hughes Networks Systems... @ Land Warfare Conference 2012... (Event + Presentation) [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) will have Tony F. Sewell, senior program manager for...
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ARINC + FlightAware... @ 2012 NBAA Meeting & Convention... (Event—Flight Tracking) [SatNews] During the 2012 NBAA Meeting & Convention, ARINC Direct (Booth No N2155) will announce a new partnership with...
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ENTONE... @ TelcoTV Exhibition... (SatBroadcasting™—Media Player) [SatNews] Entone, Inc. is unveiling its Kamai 500 Hybrid Media Player this week...
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Northrop Grumman... The Early BACN Build (UAS | UAV — Comms) [SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) delivered a Global Hawk unmanned aircraft to the U.S. Air Force carrying the...
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Eruption North Of The Arctic (Imagery) [SatNews] Clad in pristine snow and glacial ice, volcanic Mawson Peak appears quiescent.
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ManTech Int'l... S3 Provisioning Ongoing With U.S. Army (C4ISR) [SatNews] ManTech International Corporation (NASDAQ:MANT) was awarded a task order under its...
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MDA Information Systems... Moving On Up... (Business) [SatNews] MDA Information Systems LLC (MDA) is pleased to announce the growth of its...
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ATK... Flexing Their MegaFlex™ (Solar Array) [SatNews] ATK's (NYSE: ATK) MegaFlex™ solar array was recently selected by...
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PolarSat... More Enter The VSATPlus 3 Fold... (SATCOM) [SatNews] PolarSat Inc. now has four more new customers who have purchased...
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Orbital Sciences... Multiple Payloads + Maneuverability (Spacecraft Platform) [SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has announced that the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate has awarded the company...
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Intorel... Making M&C More Manageable (Software Upgrade) [SatNews] Intorel is announcing the latest version of its industry standard software for...
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Astrium + Pléiades 1B How Do You Transport A Hi-Res Earth Observation Satellite...Very Carefully (Launch) [SatNews] The transporting of satellites occurs regularly and is a delicate dance of moving an object that is heavy and big that houses delicate equipment...
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NSR’s Take On Astrium’s Award From European Defense Agency...Small Token Or Window Of Opportunity? (Editorial) [SatNews] Perhaps this is a personal evaluation of, ‘is the glass half empty or half full?’...
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Boeing... Financially Speaking... (Business) [SatNews] The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) reported third-quarter net income of...
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Hughes Network Systems... @ MILCOM 2012 With... (Event—SATCOM) [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) announced that two executives will present papers at the...
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October 23, 2012 Datzap... Gaining A Huge VSAT Step (SATCOM) [SatNews] Datzap, a subsidiary of VSAT Systems, has been granted a license to operate in...
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Token Creek + Cobalt Digital... HD Hits The Road (SatBroadcasting™—Production) [SatNews] Token Creek will roll out the newest member of its mobile fleet in...
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Inmarsat... A Lifesaver (Award) [SatNews] Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT) has been presented with the International Telecommunications Union (ITU)...
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ABI Research... payTV's Downward Turn (SatBroadcasting™—Analysis | Reports) [SatNews] A new ABI Research Technology Barometer study reveals that nearly 20 percent of online consumers...
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GVF Ka Roundtable 2012 Will Be Game Changer In London (Event) [SatNew] Only so much capacity and yet the demands are ever increasing as a reflection of the accelerating dynamics...
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Harris... Future Falcons Assured (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a potential value of...
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Harris + Tampa Microwave... Seeker + Receive (Antenna) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) and Tampa Microwave™ have jointly developed a tri-band satellite communications antenna that offers...
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TeamCast... Probing For Data (SatBroadcasting™—QoS) [SatNews] TeamCast has introduced the new S120 software release for the...
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Russia... Another ISS Adventure Via Soyuz (Launch) [SatNews] Russia’s Soyuz TMA-06M spacecraft with the International Space Station’s (ISS) Expedition 33/34 is set...
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Dune HD + Beenius... More Service Possibilities (SatBroadcasting™—IPTV + VoD) [SatNews] Operators looking to deploy IPTV and Video on Demand (VoD) will benefit from faster, lower-risk implementations...
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Agilent Technologies... @ MILCOM 2012 With... (Test + Measurement) [SatNews] Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) will demo nexgen test and measurement solutions...
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Latitude Technologies... Moving On Up... (Business) [SatNews] Latitude Technologies announced that the company has hired...
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Arianespace... Two For Checkout + Prep (Launch) [SatNews] The two satellite passengers to be carried on Arianespace’s Flight VA210—the sixth...
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Advantech Wireless... Rugged Releases... (Terminals) [SatNews] Advantech Wireless has released a new line of weather-proof...
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EUMETSAT... Commissioning Continues—Trial Testing (Satellite + Imagery) [SatNews] EUMETSAT has started trial dissemination of MSG-3 image data and meteorological products to...
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Hughes Europe + Bentley Walker... More For Troops In The Middle East (SATCOM) [SatNews] Hughes Europe and Bentley Walker will launch Ka-band communications services into the Middle East over...
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Raytheon... Soldiers To Gain More SATCOM Capacity (Comms) [SatNews] Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) was awarded $51 million to build more...
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MTN Satellite Communications... Moving On In... (Business) [SatNews] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) is opening a new Product Innovation Office in Seattle. This office...
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RigNet Service Solutions Signs On For Six In Brazil [SatNews] When you’re on a drilling rig communication is vital, and if you don’t have a clear signal you have a real big problem, that’s where...
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Winegard Is Certified And It’s Spreading (VSAT) [SatNews] Customer demand is just what is happening with a system and controllers that are...
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Turkcell Continues To Communicate Compassion In A Big Way [SatNews] It’s always nice to learn of a company that pitches in to help out when an emergency or hardship has affected a community, but this is much more, one year later...
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October 22, 2012 EM Research... Legacy Life Extension (Microwave) [SatNews] EM Research's MRO Series is designed to extend the life of legacy...
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European Satellite Operators Association (ESOA)... Moving On Up... (Business) [SatNews] Cato Halsaa, CEO of Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, has assumed the position of...
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Skycasters... @ Advanced Energy B2B With... (SATCOM) [SatNews] Skycasters will be one of 120 exhibitors at Ohio's first statewide...
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Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi)... Multibeam Flexibilities Provided... (SATCOM) [SatNews] Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) announced from the SCTE Cable Tec Expo that occurred in...
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European Space Agency (ESA)... Licking Its Cheops... (Satellite) [SatNews] Studying planets around other stars will be the focus of the new small ...
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Vishay Intertechnology... No Resisting These Resistors (Tech) [SatNews] Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) has introduced the industry's first wirebondable...
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National Space Society + New Mexico Museum Of Space History... Space Advocacy History Preservation... (Event) [SatNews] The National Space Society (NSS) and the New Mexico Museum of Space History (NMMSH) announced a new partnership...
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ULA’s Delay... And Rescheduling For USAF [SatNews] A delay is necessary to ensure the safety of the launch. And so it is with...
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ATEME + Calhoun Satellite Communications... Driving DSNG... (SatBroadcasting™—Codec) [SatNews] Calhoun Satellite Communications has upgraded its multiplatform DSNG fleet with...
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National Space Foundation... Scintillate Your Synapses (Event) [SatNews] The most important space industry event of the year is coming up—the Space Foundation's 29th National Space Symposium will be held...
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ViaSat... Boon For Dismounted + Mobile Warfighters (SATCOM) [SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) will be exhibiting a new portable broadband terminal featuring...
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Sea Tel Tells All At Ft. Lauderdale International Boat Show (Event) [SatNews] While temperatures are dropping in some parts of the country those in the marine satellite industry will gather in balmy Florida for...
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Astrium Services + Arianespace... Time For Push-Off Rapidly Approaching (Launch) [SatNews] The launch of the Astrium Services' Pl?iades 1B satellite is now set for...
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October 19, 2012 Skytrac Systems... A Case For SkyWeb (SATCOM) [SatNews] SkyTrac Systems’ hardware and software are used extensively by...
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Globalstar Europe + VMD... Duplex + Spot Signed On (Business) [SatNews] Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT) has signed an authorized distribution agreement with...
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Orbital Sciences... Financially Speaking... (Business) [SatNews] Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has reported its financial results for...
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DeLorme... 'Tween Field + Admin (GIS) [SatNews] DeLorme has released a significant upgrade to its XMap GIS suite.
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Agilent Technologies... New Frequency Options (Analyzer) [SatNews] Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has unveiled two new frequency options for the...
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NanoRacks... Opportunity Knocks, And Is Rewarded (Award) [SatNews] NanoRacks (NR) has announced the selection of a winning proposal for their...
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NASA... GOES-13 Going Again (Satellite) [SatNews] The GOES-13 spacecraft, which had its sounder and imager instruments taken out of service because of...
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Pagan's Plume (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] Pagan Volcano, the larger of two volcanoes on Pagan Island, has been active...
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U.S. Army... SkySat Send Up (Comms) [SatNews] The crisp early morning of October 11th saw a number of hot air balloons in the sky...
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October 18, 2012 exactEarth... Performance Up To Par (Satellite—AIS) [SatNews] exactEarth Ltd. has successfully completed the payload performance testing of its...
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Cambium Networks... A Canopy Appears (Comms) [SatNews] Cambium Networks has launched the Canopy PMP 450 into the UK and Irish markets, on the...
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Lockheed Martin... Bringing In New ISR Capabilities (Comms) [SatNews] The mobile testbed used by the U.S. Department of Defense to assess new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technologies prior to...
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ARINC... Comms + IT To Garner Focus (Business) [SatNews] ARINC Incorporated entered into a definitive agreement to sell its...
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TE Connectivity... @ MILCOM'12 With... (Interconnects) [SatNews] TE Connectivity (TE) will be featuring a range of nexgen military electronics technologies at this year’s...
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World Teleport Association (WTA)... Moving On Up... (Business) [SatNews] The World Teleport Association announced the appointment of four new members...
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U.S. Army... Training Initiated On Capability Set 13 (Comms) [SatNews] The U.S. Army, through its System of Systems Integration Directorate, announced that the first fielding of...
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NASA... Dry Run For GPM (Satellite) [SatNews] NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite went through its first complete...
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AsiaSat + Panasonic Avionics... Connectivity Above The Clouds (SATCOM) [SatNews] Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) have announced that...
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ViaSat... Tracking Tenacity (SATCOM) [SatNews] A new high-dynamic C-band antenna feed, designed to track fast moving targets and...
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Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, SiriusXM Radio + Space Systems/Loral... A Huge Donation... Quite Literally (Satellite) [SatNews] One of the first satellites designed to provide space-based digital radio service to consumers in the United States and Canada was donated by...
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Mitsubishi’s Maritime Satellite Product Passes GVF’s Muster [SatNews] Authorized Test Entities (ATE's) are those individuals or organizations that the members believe are competent, impartial, and experienced enough to certify that test data
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October 17, 2012 iDirect... Breaking Through The Throughput Ceiling... (SATCOM) [SatNews] VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc. (VT Systems), has announced key performance statistics for the...
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StarHub + Thomson Video Networks... Encoder Enhancements (SatBroadcasting™—Encoder) [SatNews] StarHub has optimized the infrastructure for its digital cable TV platform with...
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Strategy Analytics... Military Satellite Strategy Growth (Analysis | Reports) [SatNews] The importance of satellites in the military domain is going to continue to increase...
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Boeing + Air Force Research Laboratory... Space Situational Awareness Has Laser Help... (Tech) [SatNews] A sodium guide star laser built by Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) began operating recently...
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NanoRacks... Ensuring Platform Perspicuity... [SatNews] At the 2012 International Symposium for Personal and Commercial Spaceflight, NanoRacks and Astrium North America announced...
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EUTELSAT + Sea Launch... Delivered For Departure (Launch) [SatNews] The EUTELSAT-70B satellite has arrived in Long Beach, California and been transported to the...
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Gilat Satellite Networks... Moving On Up... (Business) [SatNews] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILT) has appointed Michael Barthlow...
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Surrey Satellite Technology US (SST-US)... All Batched Up + Mfg. Move (Business + GPS) [SatNews] Surrey Satellite Technology US LLC (“Surrey”) has announced a contract for the batch production of its...
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Arianespace + ISRO... A New Twosome For 2013 (Launch) [SatNews] After issuing an international call for tenders, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has...
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GVF In Good Form For Annual International Forum Stopping Interference Now—Next Steps (Event) [SatNews] An invitation to attend a satellite forum...
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Globalstar... A NASDAQ Nod + 2G Craft Delivered (Business + Satellites) [SatNews] Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT), has announced that a NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Panel (the "Panel") has...
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It’s A Disaster! As Pacific Area Agencies And GVF Ramp Up [SatNews] Always be prepared...always...and so...
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SES + EUTELSAT... SES Response To Eutelsat Spectrum Statement (Business) [SatNews] SES has been granted rights to use German Ku-band orbital frequencies at the 28.5 degrees East orbital position effective from...
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Intrado® Assists With Trouble In Paradise...Next Gen 9-1-1 For Hawaiian Telcoms [SatNews] It may be paradise, but emergencies still occur there.
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Arianespace Preps For Sixth Mission With A Star (Launch) [SatNews] Both payloads are now in French Guiana...
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October 16, 2012 European Space Agency (ESA)... New Test Radar For Satellite Operator Safety (Tech) [SatNews] A new radar designed to test methods for finding orbital debris that can be hazardous to...
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Harris... It's An OpenSky For The New Radios (Comms—Tactical) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received $15 million in orders from a nation in Latin America...
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RigNet... Drilling Duties' NOC Support (Comms) [SatNews] RigNet, Inc. (Nasdaq:RNET) has announced that its Qatar subsidiary, RigNet Qatar W.L.L., has been selected...
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EUTELSAT + Arqiva... Iran's Sahar 1 TV Broadcasts Terminated... [SatNews] Arqiva and Eutelsat have jointly agreed to terminate broadcasts via...
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Fearful Flooding In Nigeria (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] Between July and October 2012, flooding in Nigeria pushed rivers over their banks and submerged hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland.
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Space Systems/Loral... Baikonur Arrival (Satellite) [SatNews] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) (NASDAQ: LORL) has announced that the EchoStar XVI satellite, designed and built for...
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Signalhorn In Southern Africa Signals Spacecom’s AMOS-5... Brings Better Business [SatNews] “Our ability to provide reliable and secure end-to-end solutions to our clients is a key differentiator for our business development in Africa.”
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NSR... Shifting Demand, But A Healthy Mix (Analysis | Reports—M2M) [SatNews] NSR's newly released SCADA/M2M via Satellite, 3rd Edition projects a healthy mix of...
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SatService... A Safe Haven For Modules (SATCOM) [SatNews] SatService Gesellschaft fu?r Kommunikationssysteme (SatService) has announced the debut of their...
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Newtec And InSat Ka- Band Together...Confirm Terminal Good Health Of HYLAS 2 [SatNews] “...welcome to the newest HYLAS 2 partners and congratulate the Company on completing a speedy installation of its first Ka-band hub, in just three days.”
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MILCOM‘12 Brings “Trusted Communications…Awareness To Action” To Florida (Event) [SatNews] Complementing the technical program is a Small Business Workshop...an opportunity to participate in real-time interaction with Harris Corporation and other prime contractors.
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Hubble's 3D Extreme View... Filament From 60 Million Light Years [SatNews] The results obtained push the limits of predictions made by theoretical work and numerical simulations of the cosmic web. With a length of at least 60 million light-years, the MACS J0717 filament is extreme... even on astronomical scales.
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Brüel & Kjær UK... A Whole Lot Of Shakin' Goin' On... (Training) [SatNews] To help industrial engineers meet increasingly strict acoustic requirements, Bruel & Kjaer UK has added...
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ITC Global + Spidersat Communications... Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... (Business) [SatNews] ITC Global, Inc. ("ITC Global" or the "Company") has completed its previously announced acquisition of...
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Eutelsat Communications + SES... Ops Breach (Arbitration) [SatNews] Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has filed a request for arbitration against SES with the...
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Over-C, Concirrus and Telenor Connexion M2M ...Whatever Floats Your (Police) Boat [SatNews] “...because their people understood our business and supported our requirements—even at dramatically short notice.”
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October 15, 2012 Thuraya... This Spot Is Hot! (SATCOM) [SatNews] Thuraya Telecommunications Company has announced the launch of its...
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ORBCOMM... Significant Strides Despite Loss Of Prototype (Satellite) [SatNews] ORBCOMM Inc's. (Nasdaq: ORBC) single prototype of its second generation of satellites (OG2), launched as a secondary mission payload...
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GL Communications... Probing Enhancements (Analyzer) [SatNews] The company has announced enhancements to their T1 E1 Analyzer, now upgraded to Version 6.22.
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Haivision... @ Streaming Media Europe 2012 With... (SatBroadcasting™—Encoder/Transcoder) [SatNews] Haivision will demo the company's range of Internet streaming and enterprise IP video distribution solutions...
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Topcon... In The Vanguard Of Technology (Tracking) [SatNews] Topcon’s patented Vanguard™ technology sets a new industry standard...
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MILCOM'12... The Event Name Says It All (Event) [SatNews] Join your military, academic and industry colleagues in Orlando, Florida for...
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CORRE... Oiling The Technology (SATCOM) [SatNews] Canadian Oil Recovery and Remediation Enterprises Ltd. (TSX-V: CVR, OTCQX: CRVYF) ("CORRE"), pursuant to its press release dated June 18th, 2012, is pleased...
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Gilat... Insight Into Integration Technology (Event—Webinar) [SatNews] Gilat is offering a free, live Webinar on October 22, 2012 at 16:00 SGT (Singapore).
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NASA + ULA... Crew Safety Milestones Met (Launch) [SatNews] NASA partner United Launch Alliance (ULA) has completed the fifth and final milestone...
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Astrium... Delivery Done, Entering Encapsulation (Satellite + Launch) [SatNews] Astrium has successfully completed the final integration and testing of...
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Astrium... Moving On Up... (Business) [SatNews] Astrium is further accelerating its AGILE transformation plan by...
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ECS European Communication Services + OH TV... From PoP To AMOS-5 For African Consumption (SatBroadcasting™—Content) [SatNews] ECS European Communication Services and OH TV have expanded their cooperation by launching...
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Thrane Announces Departure Of Thrane & Thrane’s Thrane (Executive Moves) [SatNews] A company is born, hopefully thrives, and in some instances is purchased, creating personnel changes such as...
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WTA...Delays In Occasional-Use Satellite Access Is More Than Occasional Problem [SatNews] Counting on having access to a commodity and then experiencing disappointment when it is not available has been addressed...
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CASIS’ RFI Puts Finger In The Wind Assesses Use Of Hyperspectral Imagery For Commercial Enterprise [SatNews] This is the newest platform to better understand life on Earth now lies 220 miles above its surface.
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SES Platform Services Makes A MENA Fashion Statement [SatNews] Enjoy beauty tips, styles, trends, and celebrities, as the red carpet is rolled out for...
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Indra’s 20m euro Contact... Capabilities To Control 30 Satellites [SatNews] This new order has increased the number of processing systems developed by the Company to over 40.
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Launch Of Astrium’s IOV 3 + 4 Satellites Grow Galileo [SatNews] The launch of these two satellites completes a series where five Astrium built satellites have been launched within a one month period.
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Thuraya’s International Humanitarian Award Their Open Helping Hands Maintain Open Communications [SatNews] ...terrestrial networks are often the first casualty during natural disasters and fixed satellite networks are not able to be deployed as rapidly, flexibly, and cost-efficiently as...
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October 14, 2012 GTX Corp... If The Shoe Fits, Get Tracked (GPS) [SatNews] GTX Corp (OTCBB: GTXO) has announced today that the patented GPS tracking “Smart Shoe” will be...
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ILS Proton’s Liftoff Of Intelsat 23 ...Last Launch This Year For Intelsat [SatNews] ...this launch “will refresh satellite capacity across four continents, offering critical services to the world’s leading communications providers.”
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Promotions From The Space Foundation...New President [SatNews] From USAF’s Outstanding Airman of the Year, now he enjoys a promotion at...
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NOAA Would Be Proud... 30 Years of Rescuing [SatNews] Before there was no system to quickly find people who were in trouble whether they were sailing, went down in a plane crash, or if they were stranded in a remote area on a hiking trip...
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October 13, 2012 Futron, SpaceIsle, Jones Day... Colloquium Regarding Regulatory Issues (Event) [SatNews] Futron, in collaboration with SpaceIsle.com and Jones Day, is presenting an informative one-day...
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ABI Research... Billions Of Connections... (Analysis | Report—M2M) [SatNews] On the path to billions of connections and the Internet of Things (IoT), M2M Software Platforms are...
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B612 Foundation... Asteroid Assessment Program's Teamwork Tested (Satellites) [SatNews] The B612 Foundation has announced the formation and initial findings of its...
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exactEarth... All About AIS (Event—Webinar) [SatNews] exactEarth is hosting a series of webinars entitled “Introduction to Satellite AIS” aimed at...
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EMCORE + ATK... Solar Cell Empowerment (Satellite) [SatNews] EMCORE Corporation (Nasdaq:EMKR) has been awarded a solar panel manufacturing contract by...
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Northrop Grumman... Beefing Up The Bombers (SATCOM) [SatNews] The U.S. Air Force's fleet of B-2 stealth bombers will begin receiving new...
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Arianespace + UK Space Agency... Galileo Gets Going (Launch) [SatNews] Arianespace’s third Soyuz mission from French Guiana, and the company’s seventh flight...
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October 12, 2012 Intelsat... Nurturing NURTS + VIVACOM With IS-21 (SatBroadcasting™—Capacity) [SatNews] Intelsat S.A. has new agreements with two of Bulgaria’s premier media companies for...
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October 11, 2012 WORK Microwave... @ Africacom 2012 With... (SatBroadcasting™—DVB-S2) [SatNews] WORK Microwave will exhibit—for the first time—in the Southern Africa region at...
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Thomson Video Networks + Lattelcom... Good ViBEs (SatBroadcasting™—Multi-screen) [SatNews] Thomson Video Networks has announced that Lattelecom, a leading telecommunications company and TV service provider in Latvia, has installed...
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Marlink... 24 Hours Is All It Takes... (SATCOM) [SatNews] 24 hours is all it takes to get a VSAT up and running, according to the new commitment...
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Iridium... Russian Federation OK'd... (SATCOM) [SatNews] Iridium subscribers are now able to use their service throughout...
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Orad + SKY Perfect JSAT... The Power Of MVP... (SatBroadcasting™—Rendering Platform) [SatNews] Orad, a developer of enterprise graphics and media management solutions, has implemented the Emmy Award-winning...
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DigitalGlobe... Keeping Eyes On The Sudan Is An Awarding Effort (Imagery) [SatNews] DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) was awarded the USGIF Industry Intelligence Award at GEOINT 2012, the nation's largest...
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Boeing... Mastering The Data (GEOINT) [SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] has updated its DataMaster geospatial data management software with...
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ITT Exelis...Others Will Be Green With ENVI [SatNews] This product sends information from airborne and satellite imagery to military and intel via a mobile device identifying potential targets and threats.
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Astrium Delivers On Its Promise...ASTRA 2F Orbits [SatNews] A successful launch, followed by the testing process, and now the controls are handed over to the Client Company.
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RigNet Delivers Extras To Jack-Up Drilling In Qatar [SatNews] A high-performance and secure network is a high priority for the oil and gas community...
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Air Force Space Command... Examining The Engine... (Launch) [SatNews] Air Force Space Command commander General William Shelton has ordered an...
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Arianespace... Busy, Busy, Busy, Busy (Launch) [SatNews] Components for three upcoming missions with Arianespace’s medium-lift Soyuz vehicle have now...
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Eutelsat + Thales Alenia Space... More DTH Delivery (SatBroadcasting™—Satellite) [SatNews] Satellite broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa will soon be gaining powerful new broadcasting resources following...
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SSPI Honors Leaders With Promises And Mentors (Event) [SatNews] Another gathering of rising stars ...
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October 10, 2012 NSR... EO In Transition (Analysis | Report) [SatNews] NSR’s Global Satellite-Based Earth Observation (EO), 4th Edition report points to an industry in transition...
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ONE CONNXT... This Cloud Requires Only A Single Decoder (SatBroadcasting™—Content Storage) [SatNews] ONE CONNXT was applauded for the firm's new cloud services demo...
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Aurora Arrivals (Imagery) [SatNews] Overnight on October 4-5, 2012, a mass of energetic particles from the atmosphere of the Sun were flung...
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CASIS... Don't Lose Track Of The Target Date... (Business) [SatNews] The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the manager of the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory, announced...
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GVF... The Digital Oilfield Conference (Event) [SatNews] The Crowne Plaza Mutiara Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, will be the venue for the next...
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EADS’ + BAE Systems’ Merger A ‘No Go’... Governments Present Issues [SatNews] “It is, of course, a pity we didn’t succeed but I’m glad we tried. I’m sure there will be other challenges we’ll tackle together in the future.”
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SES Says Boeing Builds SES-9 = Coverage For Asia + Maritime [SatNews] The popular model satellite will provide incremental as well as replacement capacity to this slot over Asia.
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SpaceX... Dragon Delivers The Goods + The Engine Anomaly... (Spacecraft) [SatNews] For the second time this year, a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft is at the...
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EM Solutions To Provide SOTM The Answer Is Blowing In The WINDS (SATCOM) [SatNews] The terminals for mounting on a vehicle and a ship as experimental equipment for rapid response to emergencies and natural disasters.
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Avanti Communications Group... Beaming Broadly (Satellite) [SatNews] Avanti Communications Group plc has announced that its Ka-band satellite HYLAS 2 is now...
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Arianespace... A Heavy Responsibility (Launch) [SatNews] Preparations are now fully underway for Arianespace’s upcoming heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission scheduled in...
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October 9, 2012 SMPTE... IBC 2012 Initiatives Incorporated (SatBroadcasting™—Standardization) [SatNews] As the use of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networks for real-time workflows accelerates, the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), the European Broadcast Union (EBU) and the Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) are...
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Volicon... @ Africast 2012 With... (SatBroadcasting™—Event) [SatNews] At Africast 2012, Volicon will be presenting and demonstrating the...
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Beam Communications... A Most Northerly Need (SATCOM) [SatNews] Beam Communications Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of World Reach Limited (ASX: WRR), has successfully installed its...
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ScanEx RDC... The Details Are In The Data (Event) [SatNews] More than 70 specialists from 13 world countries will partake in the conference...
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Moving On up @ Pactel International—Perth [SatNews] “...over 30 years experience in the telecommunications industry across three continents and multiple industry sectors...”
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SSTL + RapidEye... Facility Facilitation (SATCOM) [SatNews] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) is undertaking a project to assist...
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DigitalGlobe... With Their Heads In The Clouds (Imagery) [SatNews] DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) has unveiled its My DigitalGlobe cloud services platform at...
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GeoEye... Enhanced Access For NGA... (Imagery) [SatNews] GeoEye, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEOY) is delivering new capabilities to the...
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SPECIM Spectral Imaging... Data Delivery Of The Hyperspectral Kind... (Imager) [SatNews] Spectral Imaging, Ltd. has released AisaFENIX, a robust and compact spectral imager...
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GateHouse + Inmarsat... What's Getting Into SDRs These Days? Why, It's BGAN... (SATCOM) [SatNews] Inmarsat has approved the BGAN waveform for software defined radios (SDR)...
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Arianespace... Galileo Getting Ready To Go (Launch) [SatNews] Arianespace's next medium-lift Soyuz is now fully assembled in the...
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ITT Exelis... Managing Persistent Wide Area Surveillance (Imagery) [SatNews] ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) announced it has released the next version of its...
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ATK... Concept Gets A Boost (Spacecraft) [SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced that NASA has awarded the company a $50 million contract to...
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Lockheed Martin... Impressive IKONOS + GeoEye-2's BIST (Satellites) [SatNews] Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] is making steady progress in a key test phase on...
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TIA’s New Leaders For Subcommittee Careful About Their Footprints [SatNews] "This is an energized group addressing the needs for important standards that will have a positive impact on reducing the environmental footprint of information communication technologies...”
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Harris Supplies $5 Million Worth Of Falcon III® To NATO Nation [SatNews] ...(these) radios support network-centric requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense and international allies in more than 150 countries.
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October 8, 2012 Ball Aerospace... @ 2012 GEOINT With... (Event) [SatNews] Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. is opening the nation’s aperture to innovation, performance and value proposition at the...
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Northrop Grumman... Pilotless Perfection (UAV | UAS) [SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center have successfully...
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Addis Ababa Declaration Agreement Regarding Meteorological Satellite [SatNews] The African leaders came together to agree on...
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Swift Satellite Sees It... New Black Hole Makes Its Presence Known... [SatNews] NASA's Swift satellite recently detected a rising tide of high-energy X-rays from a source...
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SS/L To Provide Fresh Dish [SatNews] ...services include managing satellite construction, launch vehicle procurement and integration, in-orbit testing, and delivery.
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Navidatum Limited... The Investigation Of An Iceberg (SATCOM) [SatNews] Navidatum Limited are providing satellite-based tracking for a...
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ALERT— SpaceX’s Engine 1 Shut Down...Falcon 9 Works Magic For Merlin [SatNews] “..We know the engine did not explode, because we continued to receive data from it.”...
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HPA’s Webinar One Day Left... What They Will Be Unleashing...(Event) [SatNews] One day left...
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Boeing... Survivable + Secure (SATCOM) [SatNews] The Boeing [NYSE: BA] Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminals (FAB-T) team recently completed...
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European Space Agency (ESA)... A Bloomin' Project For Coastal Waters (Imagery) [SatNews] A new ESA project led by Irish industry is putting satellite data to use...
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Plume Perceptions (Imagery) [SatNews] When NASA’s Terra satellite passed over Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula at noon local time (00:00 Universal Time) on October 6, 2012, Shilveluch Volcano...
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ISPCS 2012 Offers A New Level Of Spaceflight (Event) [SatNews] The top leaders and innovators in the commercial spaceflight industry will be in attendance at...
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Inmarsat + Honeywell + Cisco... Grand Plays With GX (SATCOM) [SatNews] Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT) has signed a master distribution agreement (MDA) with...
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October 7, 2012 ST Engineering... Riding The Rails (SATCOM) [SatNews] Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) has announced that its electronics sector...
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IHS... Getting Faked Out... (Analysis | Reports) [SatNews] Reported incidents of counterfeit electronic component parts this year are maintaining the record pace set in 2011, highlighting...
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ISPCS... Commercial Spaceflight Addressed (Event) [SatNews] The "Cyber Defense and Security" panel at ISPCS 2012 will address the role of the...
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The Elwing Company—ELIGOS Inc... Thrusting Plasma To The Forefront... (Propulsion) [SatNews] ELIGOS Inc., an affiliate of The Elwing Company has signed a Space Act Agreement with...
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NASA + University Students Launch Cubesats From ISS... Ham In Space! [SatNews] They’re listening for signals in space...
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Snell... 1080p To The Forefront... At No Charge (SatBroadcasting™—Production) [SatNews] Snell has announced the company will now offer 1080p functionality at no additional charge...
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Space Foundation’s Northrop Grumman Science Center Opens Their Doors...And Minds [SatNews] “The activities here will inspire and educate people of all ages and set some of them out on careers that will make their dreams of future space missions a reality.”
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Northrop Grumman + NMSI... Scoring High With Students (STEM) [SatNews] In partnership with the National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), the Northrop Grumman Foundation announced that...
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SpaceX's Falcon Carries A Dragon Powered By Merlin To Resupply ISS (Launch) [SatNews] The flight signaled restoration of American capability to resupply the space station, not possible since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011.
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October 5, 2012 Streamline Marketing Group... Double Your Show Experience (Events) [SatNews] Streamline Marketing Group UAE has announced the fourth edition of the...
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October 4, 2012 NASA Multi-Tasks With Contractors In Prep For Upcoming Jaunt To ISS [SatNews] “...They are significant milestones in our effort to return space station resupply activities to the United States and insource the jobs associated with this important work.”
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Hiltron GmbH... Garnering Good Vibes... (SATCOM) [SatNews] Hiltron GmbH has reported strong interest in cost-efficient SATCOM technology—according to Michael Schiestl, the company's Managing Director...
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Salt Of The Earth (Imagery—ScanEx RDC) [SatNews] The image of the northern part of Lake Urmia—the largest lake in Iran—was acquired from the....
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Arianespace... A Dispenser Of Galileo Proportions (Launch) [SatNews] The two Galileo navigation satellites to be launched on...
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ITU... Time To Refresh... (Event) [SatNews] The World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT-12) will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates...
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NASA... Try Your Hand @ NetworKing... (Tech) [SatNews] Just in time for World Space Week, NASA has released a new mobile application that challenges...
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Moving On Up @ KVH...New CFO [SatNews] One well-qualified executive steps away, and another well-qualified steps in to keep up the Company’s positive momentum.
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It's A Go! ULA’s Delta Takes U.S.A.F.’s GPS To New Heights [SatNews] Up, off and away!
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Hughes Network Systems... Graduating To Gen4 (SATCOM) [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has announced its new high capacity satellite Internet service...
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OnAir + Emirates... InFlight Improvements (Comms) [SatNews] Emirates offers the world’s first inflight mobile phone service onboard an...
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Harris... Tactical Considerations For U.S. Navy (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a $297 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to...
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SpaceX... Twenty-Three Set To Travel (Launch + STEM) [SatNews] Twenty-three microgravity experiments designed by participants of...
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PCI Geomatics... Image Workflow Streamflow Wonderment (Software) [SatNews] PCI Geomatics has released Geomatica 2013; the latest version of the company’s complete and integrated...
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Advantech Wireless... Forward Thinking Throughput (SATCOM) [SatNews] Advantech Wireless has pushed the envelope even further by recording 155Mbps forward link throughput...
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KVH Industries... Moving On Up... (Business) [SatNews] KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) has announced that its Board of Directors appointed...
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Northrop Grumman... Payload Integration Completed (Satellite) [SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed payload integration and the ambient functional test of the...
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October 3, 2012 Broadcom... The Power Of Processing (Comms) [SatNews] Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) has rolled out the 28 nanometer (nm) XLP? 200-Series, a new line of...
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EUMETSAT... Getting To Know You... (Event) [SatNews] The 10th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa takes place at the...
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Agilent Technologies... Covering All Of The GNSS Bases (Testing) [SatNews] Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has announced that its Signal Studio for Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) software (N7609B) has been...
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COM DEV International... Restructuring, Round One... (Business) [SatNews] COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) has announced a restructuring and downsizing of its...
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Vislink—Enemies Will Be Praying...Mantis...Military’s Lightest SatCom Terminal [SatNews] “...meets the exacting, high-bandwidth, connectivity requirements now demanded by forces around the world to address an increasingly difficult operating environment. It is an extremely complex sector...”
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U.S.A.F. Space & Missile Systems Center... Almost Ready For Warfighters... (Satellite) [SatNews] The U.S. Air Force has announced that the first Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit satellite and associated ground system is...
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October 2, 2012 Comtech Telecommunications Corp... Even More High Power Help (SATCOM) [SatNews] Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s (Nasdaq:CMTL) New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., has received...
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Sierra Nevada Corp. + S3 Engineering... Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... (Business) [SatNews] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has announced the acquisition of...
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Globecomm... @ CMMA + Streaming Media West 2012 With... (Events) [SatNews] Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) will be exhibiting at two enterprise media-focused trade shows during the month of October...
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Espial... Pumping In The Protocol... (SatBroadcasting™—MPEG-DASH) [SatNews] Espial has announced that their Espial MediaBase on-demand video platform now supports...
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HorizonSat’s Appetite For Unique Feed Designs Is Satisfied By ASC Signal In UAE [SatNews] United Arab Emirates can plan on better satellite service now that...
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Odyssey Moon + NSL Satellites... Fly These Experiments To The... ISS (Tech) [SatNews] Odyssey Moon Ltd. and Israeli-based NSL Satellites Ltd. in partnership with NanoRacks LLC of the U.S. will fly...
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Broadcom... Absolutely MASTERSful (STEM) [SatNews] Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science & the Public (SSP) have announced the winners of the...
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Clear Channel Satellite... Platform's Pleasing Price (SatBroadcasting™—Distribution Platform) [SatNews] Clear Channel Satellite, a division of CC Media Holdings, Inc., has deployed the first...
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October 1, 2012 Visionary Solutions' Vision Comes To Life...PackeTV® Mobile [SatNews] the product...”transforms the HLS streaming landscape by removing control from costly content delivery network providers and putting it into the hands of content administrators."
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CASIS... Taking The Responsibility... (Business) [SatNews] The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS), the nonprofit organization now managing...
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Harris... Android + First Responders... (Comms) [SatNews] As the public safety community moves to deploy the Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network (NPSBN), mission-critical communications users now have...
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ABI Research... Making Moves In The M2M Modules Market (Analysis | Research) [SatNews] In a market where module pricing is expected to fall as much as 18 percent year-over-year through 2015, and...
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API Technologies... Talking About Transverse Coupled Resonator Filters... (Tech) [SatNews] API Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:ATNY) ("API" or the "Company") has announced a new...
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DEV Systemtechnik... New Recourses For Transmission Links (SatBroadcasting™—RF) [SatNews] DEV Systemtechnik’s new OPTRIBUTION® Desktop Modules can transmit...
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Space Foundation... Stellar Support For Students (STEM) [SatNews] More students participated in sessions at the Space Foundation's Northrop Grumman Science Center...
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Applied Satellite Technology (AST)... Don't Bother With Human Interaction (M2M) [SatNews] UK-based businesses Applied Satellite Technology Ltd. (AST) and Active Web Solutions Ltd. (AWS) have joined forces to...
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Globalstar Europe... Distribution Dynamics (M2M) [SatNews] Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT), has signed an authorized distribution agreement with...
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DeLorme Has Solutions With inReach™ And On Display AT AOPA Summit (Event) [SatNews] ...“takes the ‘search’ out of search-and-rescue by automatically activating remote tracking for any SOS alert...”
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Harris... An Aviation Triple Play (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract award to provide enterprise messaging services that will enable...
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CET Teleport Creates An Evolution® And More At Middle East Show + Offers Free Admission (Event) [SatNews] Dubai and the Middle East are hosting...
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GEOINT Symposium...Be Prepared So National Disasters Aren’t A Disaster [SatNews] No one has the time to manually view, tag, correlate, and analyze the massive amounts of video and data pouring in from multiple sources every day—and to figure out how the pieces of the puzzle fit.
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Moving On Up @ Globalstar New President of Global Sales and Marketing [SatNews] “As we complete the deployment of our new constellation...”
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Export-Import Bank of the United States... Funding For Vietnam SATCOM (Business) [SatNews] The board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) voted to authorize a...
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TeleCommunication Systems (TCS)... SNAP'ing To It (SATCOM) [SatNews] TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) has received a combined $5.5 million in delivery orders from...
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Globalstar + Arianespace Prep For Conclusion Of Complete Constellation [SatNews] “After six long years, we are proud to report that the finish line is within reach.”
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NASA Gives A Boost To Companies Assisting With Space Launch System’s Boosters [SatNews] As NASA endeavors to send humans to a range of new destinations, agency initiatives are helping develop a U.S. commercial space transportation industry ...
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