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August 31, 2013 Space Systems/Loral (SSL)—Maneuvers Of The Important Kind (Launch + Satellite) [SatNews] The EUTELSAT 25B/ Es’hail 1 satellite, designed and built for Eutelsat Communications and Es’hailSat by SSL, was launched on August 29th and is successfully performing post-launch maneuvers, all according to plan.
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UPDATE: Israel’s AMOS-4 Soars With Spacecom’s Sophisticated Space Launch (Launch) [SatNews] This continues their tradition of providing top quality satellite solutions primarily for emerging markets and is another milestone for the company.
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SES + Turner—Playout Push (SatBroadcasting™—Content) [SatNews] SES Platform Services GmbH has won an international tender by...
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Eutelsat Communications—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The latest developments of Ultra HD, new features of turnkey connected TV platforms and the...
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Snell—It's All About Control (Switcher—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Kahuna Maverik has been launched by the company, an...
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Annova—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] All are invited to the Annova booth A33 in Hall 3...
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August 30, 2013 Vimond Media—Visionary Events @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] In keeping with its philosophy of collaborating with great minds to advance...
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TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS)—DISA Dishes Out CS2 Contract (Business) [SatNews] TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) has entered into a contract with the...
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MStar Semiconductor—STB Silicon (SatBroadcasting™—OTT) [SatNews] The company has built Irdeto Media Protection compliancy into its...
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World Teleport Association (WTA)—Rank 'Em (Business—Survey) [SatNews] Since 2004, WTA has published the world's only...
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Northrop Grumman Astro Aerospace—JIBs Biz (Antennas) SatNews] Small, lightweight JIB antennas from Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Astro Aerospace business unit will...
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DigitalGlobe—It Will Be A Moving Experience (Business) [SatNews] DigitalGlobe (NYSE: DGI) will be relocating its global headquarters from...
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Globalstar—Constellation's Commercial Completeness (Satellites) [SatNews] All second generation Globalstar satellites are now...
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Agama Technologies—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Agama Technologies is using IBC2013 to present its latest ...
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PlayBox Technology—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] At IBC2013, PlayBox Technology will introduce its...
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Moxa Vport™ IP Camera Has Moxy...Rolls With The Punches And In Other Hazardous Locations [SatNews] "Oil and gas applications present unique challenges for video monitoring, ranging from harsh weather to the presence of ignitable gases...”
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August 29, 2013 Cinegy—Give Aways @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Following the launch of Cinegy Player at IBC in 2012, Cinegy will distribute complimentary...
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Raytheon—Scholarships Awarded To Veteran Students (STEM) [SatNews] The company has awarded $10,000 scholarships to three military veterans pursuing...
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Miranda + Maidstone Studios—An Upping Of Technologies (HD—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Maidstone Studios, the UK’s largest independent TV studio complex, has installed...
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SintecMedia + i24—Support For New News Channel (SatBroadcasting™—SaaS) [SatNews] i24, the new international news channel broadcasting from the Middle East, is deploying...
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Harris Broadcast—Technology Showcase + New Appointments @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Plans are now in place by the company to preview the...
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intoPIX—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] At IBC2013, intoPIX launches the new disruptive light visually...
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Ericsson—New TV Viewing Trends Presented (Analysis | Reports — Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] New attitudes toward television viewing become clear in a...
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Northrop Grumman Australia—A Defensive Acquisition (Business) [SatNews] Northrop Grumman Australia Pty Limited, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), has signed a...
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Here's Looking @ Earth—Dusty Details (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] Hundreds of millions of tons of dust are picked up from...
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NSSLGlobal—Help For Go Help (SATCOM) [SatNews] This company has supported British team Alpha Badger in the...
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PTC’14 Thinking About Hawaii...Yet? (Registration Deadline Saturday 8/31) [SatNews] When January winds and snow are blowing at your door, what better place to head to than Hawaii?
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AIG—The Risk-y Business (Business) [SatNews] A market-leading new insurance solution—Launch plus 10—to protect satellite owners and operators for...
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Intelsat + SoftBank Mobile—Kenyan Demo Proves Successful (SATCOM) [SatNews] Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) and SoftBank Mobile Corp. have completed the...
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Vislink + Amplifier Technology—Acquisition Announced (Business) [SatNews] Vislink plc has announced the acquisition of...
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Vizrt—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] At the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC), tools to increase...
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DeLorme—Record-Breaking Racers' Support (SATCOM) [SatNews] The DeLorme inReach SE played a pivotal role as an...
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EUSATCOM Innovation Awards—An Event Within An Event (IBC2013—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] At the EUSATCOM Innovation Awards in Amsterdam, on September 16th, European satellite professionals...
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C-COM + Vislink Form Success Strategies... Have Antenna Pointed In The Right Direction (Business) [SatNews] "The combined resources and strengths of both companies should reduce overall costs for research and development and also reduce time to market..."
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World Satellite Business Week—An Awarding Experience (Event) [SatNews] Euroconsult is pleased to announce its Awards for Excellence in Satellite Communications, which are to be...
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August 28, 2013 Techex + Comux UK—An End-To-End Engagement (IPTV—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The community-owned multiplex operator, Comux UK, has selected broadcast specialists Techex to...
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Bridge Technologies—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (QoE—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The new VB288 Content Extraction System will be shown by...
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NASA—3-D Component Tested (Rocket Engine) [SatNews] The largest 3-D printed rocket engine component NASA has ever tested blazed...
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Ericsson—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] At IBC 2013 booth 1.D61, Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) will show how its...
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Wohler Technologies—Running The Color Gamut (Add-On—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] A full broadcast-gamut color legalization is now...
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Euroconsult—MSS Continues To Make Headway (Analysis | Reports) [SatNews] The latest findings of the Mobile Satellite Service industry have now been released in the...
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Harris—The Boardroom, Joshi Elected (Business) [SatNews] Vyomesh I. Joshi has been elected to the...
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COM DEV Offers Canadian Space Agency M&Ms—Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite (Launch) [SatNews] "The micro-satellite bus that we used has a great deal of potential for future space missions and it supports the most capable payload ever built for detecting ships through satellite-AIS."
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Wasserstein & Co. to Acquire Globecomm Systems Inc. [SatNews] "We believe that this transaction is in the best interest of our shareholders, customers, partners and employees.”
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NASA’s CASIS New Executive Director Is A True Super Space Specialist [SatNews] The ISS U.S. National Laboratory is focused on accelerating basic discoveries...in areas that require microgravity and other extreme conditions...
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ULA’s Delta IV Lifts Their Heavy Load For National Security With Aplomb (Launch) [SatNews] “The ULA Delta IV Heavy is currently the world’s largest rocket, providing the nation with reliable, proven, heavy lift capability for our country’s national security payloads...”
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U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Accepting Nominations For Intelligent Members' Awards (Deadline 8/30) [SatNews] The deadline for awards nominations is 5 p.m. EST Friday, August 30. Yes, that's this Friday!
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KRYTAR Takes Coupling In A New Direction And Frequency [SatNews] ...adds to the family of directional couplers offering a performance over the 4.0 to 20.0 GHz frequency range.
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NOAA + EUMETSAT—Weather + Climate Agreement (Imagery) [SatNews] Building on a 30-year relationship, top officials from NOAA and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) have...
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August 27, 2013 APT Satellite Holdings—Financially Speaking (Business) [SatNews] This company has announced their unaudited interim...
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XipLink + On Call Communications—Lose That Latency (SatBroadcasting™—SNG) [SatNews] On Call Communications has selected XipLink to provide...
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Tata Elxsi—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Tata Elxsi, a leading global design and technology services company and the technology arm of the TATA Group ($100 Billion business conglomerate), will...
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NSR (Northern Sky Research)—It's A MAG, MAG, MAG World For MILSATCOM (Analysis | Reports) [SatNews] In its tenth edition, NSR’s Government and Military Satellite Communications (GMSC) report offers...
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South African National Space Agency Bestows A First...Old Rhodian Awards [SatNews] ...he was the first black PhD candidate in Space Physics in South Africa.
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Arabsat + WTA—An Important IBC2013 Dialog (Event—Presentation) [SatNews] Arabsat, in conjunction with the World Teleport Association, will be...
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JAXA—Epsilon Not SPRINT'ing (Launch) [SatNews] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) cancelled their launch of...
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Arianespace— This Duo Is A "Go" (Launch) [SatNews] Arianespace’s fourth Ariane 5 mission of 2013 has been approved for liftoff on...
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Here's Looking @ Earth—At Night, Rim's Disaster Defined (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] The winter of 2013 was among the driest on record for California, setting the stage for...
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August 26, 2013 NOAA—Knows... (Imagery) [SatNews] A highly sophisticated sensor onboard the Suomi NPP satellite detected the...
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Ex-Im Bank—The Bucks Behind The Launch (Finance—Business) [SatNews] Continuing its support of the space industry in America, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has...
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center—A Most Crucial Supporting Role For Hubble (Satellite) [SatNews] The backplane support for the James Webb Space Telescope's mirror has...
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NASA—Celebrating Spitzer's Searches—Buckyballs, Comets, Asteroids + More (Satellite) [SatNews] Ten years after a Delta II rocket launched NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, lighting up...
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MITEQ—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—SATCOM) [SatNews] As one of the leading manufacturers of RF SATCOM products, the company will be...
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Axia—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Axia Audio, the IP-Audio division of Telos, is displaying their complete...
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NOAH Broadcast Solutions—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] In hall 11, stand #G64 at this year’s IBC, this company will...
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Thomson Video Networks—Integration Of Crucial Capabilities (SatBroadcasting™—Contribution Platform) [SatNews] There are significant new enhancements to the company's...
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Vimond Media Solutions—It's All About The Flow (Platform—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The Vimond Video Flow Engine, which serves as the core technology behind the...
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Snell—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] There will be an IBC2013 debut of the company's Sirius 800 enterprise-class routing switchers that...
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SMPTE Members—Technology Showcases @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has revealed that a...
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Pilat Media—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The company's complete IBMS Express product suite will...
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Here's Looking @ Earth—Rim'd With Fire (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] On August 22, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s...
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Gilat Grabs The News And Cherry Picks Broadcast Solutions (SatBroadcasting™ @IBC) [SatNews] The Company has acquired a reservoir of valuable information.
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NASA To Launch A LADEE Bus Driver To The Moon (Launch) [SatNews] "The moon's tenuous atmosphere may be more common in the solar system than we thought..."
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Sentech + SABC—South African Reception Ramp-Up (SatBroadcasting™—FTA / DTH-S) [SatNews] SABC (South African Broadcast Corporation) channels will soon be broadcast on...
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Hispasat—Cycling Up Crucial Communications (SATCOM) [SatNews] Once again, Spanish satellite communications operator HISPASAT will provide...
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iDirect Government Technologies (iGT)—Allocations Analysis (SATCOM) [SatNews] A wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), the company has announced the availability of...
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CASIS—Moving On Up, Johnson To Executive Director (Business) [SatNews] Gregory H. Johnson, Colonel (Ret), was named executive director for the Center for the...
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Bridge Technologies—Probing Android Functionality (Remote Monitoring—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Bridge Technologies has launched PocketProbe for...
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Thomson Video Networks—Enhancement For HEVC (Encoding/Transcoding—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The company's ViBE(tm) VS7000 encoding/transcoding platform and Audio/Video (A/V) Codec analyzer have...
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DigiGone—A Salty Speed Record (SATCOM) [SatNews] As Chris Fertig and Tyson Garvin raced across the Atlantic Ocean, setting a new...
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Russia Plans For Unmanned Next-Gen Fighter...But First [SatNews] “Russia will probably not be able to skip a generation and will need to complete all of its fifth-generation projects”
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ULA Preps For Heavy Lifting... NROL With The Punches (Launch) [SatNews] to deliver the classified payload to orbit for the United States National Reconnaissance Office.
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August 24, 2013 Arianespace—Duo Set For Send-Off Today (Launch) [SatNews] The EUTELSAT 25B/Es’hail 1 and GSAT-7 satellites mission for Arianespace is on...
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August 23, 2013 SatService GmbH...L-Band DC Inserter Is Ready To Receive [SatNews] The scalable system supports a single antenna sub-system with 4 LNCs and powers an unlimited number of antennas with multiple sat-nms LDCI chassis.
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ATK—Support For The Backplane (Satellite) [SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) has shipped the primary mirror backplane support structure (PMBSS) for...
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Ball Aerospace—A WISE Move (Satellite) [SatNews] The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft will emerge...
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NewSats New Updates Regarding Strange Birds...Jabiru 1 + 2 [SatNews] The meetings demonstrated excellent progress and construction continues on schedule for satellite delivery...
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South Korea—Signal Successes For South Korea Satellite (Launch) [SatNews] South Korea's new multipurpose satellite sent beacon...
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Harris Broadcast—Driving DSNG (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] With the advent of 4G/3G LTE bonded cellular and...
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Here's Looking @ Earth—Raging Russian Rivers (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] In August 2013, unseasonably heavy rains brought historic...
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Inmarsat and Cisco Build A Bridge To Better Health [SatNews] ... gives remote hospitals and clinics the ability to collaborate with medical professionals anywhere in the world.
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Teli Wireless Solutions—Small Receiver Size Draws Attention (GPS) [SatNews] The company’s ultra-miniature Jupiter SE880 GPS receiver has been released and is...
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KVH Industries’ Vice President, Global Mobile Broadband Sales [SatNews] "This company is full of enthusiastic people, and that’s key. Nothing is impossible here..."
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Arianespace—Passenger Integration (Launch) [SatNews] The heavy-lift Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s August 29 mission is now...
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Astrium—Galavanting Gaia (Satellite) [SatNews] Gaia, the most advanced space telescope ever built in Europe, has...
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Cobham Broadcast—Moving On Up, Medler To Tech. Svcs. Mgr. (Business) [SatNews] Sam Medler has been appointed by the company...
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Aerospace Electrical Systems Expo—For The Engineering Community (Event) [SatNews] Aerospace Electrical Systems Expo will launch on April 1-3, 2014, at the...
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Harmonic—Playout Deployment (Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The company has announced that FOX Broadcasting Corporation is updating the...
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August 22, 2013 ImStart + GeoSoluciones—Imparting ISR Intelligence (Training) [SatNews] ImStrat Corporation has announced that it is expanding its...
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NASA—Deeper Into The Cosmos (Satellite) [SatNews] During its five-year primary mission, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has given astronomers an...
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Inmarsat Government—Moving On Up, Susan Miller To President + CEO (Business) [SatNews] Inmarsat Government has appointed Susan Miller as...
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SkyTraq Technology Is The Chips With Fabulous Fabless Fast Venus 8 [SatNews] ...the first low-cost commercial GPS/GNSS chipset incorporating an IEEE-754 compliant FPU.
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Cree’s New GaN HEMTs... What The L- ? [SatNews] ...new transistors are designed to enhance band-specific applications from UHF to 1800MHz, including systems such as: tactical air navigation (TACAN), identification: friend or foe (IFF) ...
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NASA... Busek Wins Awards...CubeSats Get Green Light To Go Green [SatNews]...the system will have zero tank pressure at launch, lowering risks associated with ride-sharing missions.
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Orad Adds On With Sales Manager for Eastern U.S. + Canada [SatNews] ...he has spent his entire career in the broadcast industry, starting as a television news photographer and microwave truck operator working at various television stations...
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RF-Design Has Designs On Sharing Solutions @ IBC2013 [SatNews] They offer solutions for the international Satellite, broadcast and broadband communications industry.
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Snell—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (CIB—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] A significant expansion of the company's industry-leading ICE channel...
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Thomson Video Networks—No Perplexing Multiplexing (Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] A significant new capability for the company's state-of-the-art statistical...
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AsiaSat—Financially Speaking (Business) [SatNews] Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited as announced their ...
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Wohler Technologies—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Content Transformation—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The RadiantGrid Intelligent Media Transformation Platform™ version 8.1, a major...
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TeleCommunication Systems (TCS)—TROPO Is A SNAP (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] The company has received $2.8 million in incremental funding from the...
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August 21, 2013 Inmarsat & University Of Michigan—Solar Challenge Ahead (SATCOM) [SatNews] This company is now sponsoring the University of Michigan’s...
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ESA & UK Space Agency—Live From Edinburgh (Event) [SatNews] The Living Planet Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland, will be held from...
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DISH Puerto Rico & Claro—Rewarding Partnership (SatBroadcasting™—DTH) [SatNews] DISH Puerto Rico and Claro have introduced a bundled offer to...
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PCI Geomatics—SAR Learning Established (Imagery—Training) [SatNews] The company has now made available its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)...
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GVF & PTC'14—Three Days Of Info (Event—Comms) [SatNews] The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) has officially announced its support of...
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Aspiro TV—A New Hybrid Handle (OTT—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The company has launched its ‘TV Everywhere’ multiscreen client apps for...
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NASA’s Landsat 8 Records... Temper, Temper... As Japan’s Volcano Blows Its Top (Earth Observatory) [SatNews] It was possibly the largest eruption ever from the Showa Crater, which formed in 1946.
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R-F Design Readies To Strike Up The Band At IBC 2013 [SatNews] Their product range o?ers various RF-distribution products.
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Space Garbage Leaves Rings Around The Earth...Sorting Is A Challenge [SatNews]...pieces of debris and junk around the Earth is seen to be vast.
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ARINC & Air Canada—rouge Strategy Inclusion (SATCOM) [SatNews] ARINC, with recent news of their acquisition by Rockwell Collins, has also announced that...
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World Media International + EURO World Network Deliver IPTV Television Solutions To Kiwis + Kangaroos [SatNews] This enables us full flexibility for offering a total solution to any viewer no matter what their geographical location is in Australia or New Zealand.
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August 20, 2013 NOAA—GOES Goes (Satellite) [SatNews] GOES-12 has seen it all, from Hurricane Katrina that hit...
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Newtec—Moving On Up, Van Hoecke To Sales Director In Middle East (Business) [SatNews] Former Siemens Enterprise Communications and Gulfsat Communications executive...
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Sierra Nevada Corporation & NASA—Two New Milestones For Dream Chaser (Business) [SatNews] Last week, NASA announced that it has added additional milestones to...
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Arianespace—All Stacked Up (Launch) [SatNews] EUTELSAT 25B/Es'hail 1 has been installed atop the...
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NewSat Limited—Moving On Up, Brown To SVP (Business) [SatNews] NewSat Limited (ASX: NWT) has appointed Don...
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USGIF—GEOINT Lightning Talks (Event) [SatNews] The USGIF Interoperability Outreach Subcommittee and Emerging Technologies Subcommittee invites...
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Es'hailSat & ARABSAT—Promising Partnership (Business) [SatNews] Es'hailSat, the Qatar Satellite Company, and Arabsat have...
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ULA Honors Delta Clipper Experimental Team... Now Hall of Famers [SatNews] ... DC-X ascended vertically, moved laterally, rotated to demonstrate flight up to an angle of attack of 70 degrees and then descended vertically to the same position it launched from...
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South Korea—Arirang 5 Soon To Be Airborne (Launch) [SatNews] After a two-year delay, Korea’s new multi-purpose science satellite, the Arirang 5, is...
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iDirect Government Technologies (iGT)—Speeding Up Innovation (Business) [SatNews] iDirect Government Technologies (iGT) is increasing its investment in...
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India’s GSLV-D5 Launch Is No-Go...A Leak Is Game Changer + Jinx [SatNews] ...launch is crucial as it would demonstrate the country's ability to develop and use cryogenic engines that are inevitable for the launch of big telecommunication satellites...
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GVF + IRG Take Interference To China Show [SatNews] ...a testing and approval initiative, which has proven extremely effective elsewhere in the world, and promises to make a huge impact for the Chinese satellite industry...
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Yankee Group Preps For Onslaught Of Global Cellular M2M Connections (Webinar) [SatNews] There will be 366 million global cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) connections by 2017, with connectivity revenue nearing U.S.$11 billion.
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Miranda... Ready, SET, Connect With South American Broadcasters at SET 2013 (Event) [SatNews] The need for our solutions in this market is vast and growing...
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Millennium Space Systems and Sinclair Interplanetary Enjoy Wheel-y Good News [SatNews] The Company sees vertical integration as a means of reducing cost, schedule, and risk for its own satellite programs, while also bringing highly competitive satellite components onto the open market.
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Advantech Wireless—Technology Showcase @ Broadcast & Cable 2013, Brazil (Event—SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] The details of the company's latest broadcast solutions—including the new...
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ARINC and Rockwell Collins—Acquisition In The Works (Business) [SatNews] ARINC Incorporated has entered into a definitive agreement to be...
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ARINC & South African Airways—Five Years' Flying Partnership (Business—SATCOM) [SatNews] Just prior to the acquisition notice from ARINC regarding the Rockwell Collins purchase, the company...
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International Launch Services (ILS)—Moving On Up, Pysher To V.P. (Business) [SatNews] International Launch Services (ILS) has appointed Kirk Pysher as...
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August 19, 2013 NASA Celebrates A Golden Anniversary + Recalls Golden Opportunities [SatNews] Fifty years in an industry that is still evolving sees this structure as homebase that preps spacecraft for launches that send satellites soaring.
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Gilat Satellite Networks Goes Western With the Sale of Spacenet [SatNews] "This is a marriage of two exceptional companies with the ideal combination of tools, technology and talent..."
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Orad Hi-Tec Systems Ltd.—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] This company has released its new compact and lightweight version of...
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PSI Holdings—SOC'ing To Thai Viewers (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] PSI Holdings has selected a HD (STB) solution from ALi Corporation, a...
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Global Eagle Entertainment and China Satellite Communications—In-Flight Instigators (SATCOM) [SatNews] Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq:ENT) and China Satellite Communications Co. Ltd. (Chinasatcom) have entered into...
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India—Countdown For GSAT-14 Underway (Launch) [SatNews] A 29-hour countdown began on Sunday for the...
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Vislink—Support For Surveillance & More (SATCOM—Terminal) [SatNews] Immediately available is a motorized version of...
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AUVSI and Monmouth University—Search + Rescue and Border Patrol Support Is High (UAV / UAS) [SatNews] A poll conducted by Monmouth University reveals that a...
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Verimatrix—@ IBC2013 With Forum (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Operators are looking to deploy a range of technologies that support...
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Sentech Is Sending Vivid Signals To Challenge The Competition [SatNew] ...but it is understood that state-owned company wants to relaunch the platform, quite possibly under a new name.
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Bridge Technologies—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] At IBC 2013, Bridge Technologies is launching...
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Space Foundation—Your Nominations For The Highest Award (Event—Award) [SatNews] The Space Foundation is now accepting nominations for its...
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Arianespace + India’s GSAT-7... Double Celebrations (Launch) [SatNews] Mating of a satellite, and celebration of India’s Independence Day made the atmosphere festive.
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August 16, 2013 NASA—Kepler To Continue? (Satellite) [SatNews] Following months of analysis and testing, the Kepler Space Telescope team is...
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Haivision—Getting Certified (Encoders—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Haivision has announced that its Makito™ product line of video encoders achieved...
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Advantech Wireless—S-Band Amps Family Extended (SATCOM) [SatNews] Advantech Wireless Inc. has extended its line of...
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Video Clarity—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] IBC2013 will see the European debut of Video Clarity's...
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SpaceX and NASA—Dragon Determination (Spacecraft) [SatNews] NASA Commercial Crew Program (CCP) partner Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently reviewed...
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Gilat Speaks Simple...The New Simple, That Is @ China Sat [SatNews] This product is the New Simple in Internet Connectivity for Ku- and Ka-band.
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NASA, Commercial Crew Partners Sets The Bar Higher With New Milestones [SatNews] “...partners are on-track developing innovative, new space systems that can safely, reliably and affordably transport astronauts and end the gap in U.S. human spaceflight capabilities,"
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MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. Promotes Senior Director, Sales And Marketing [SatNews] This person will be responsible for the customer base with a focus in the broadcasting and DTH customer segments.
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August 15, 2013 VISLINK Adds On With A New Business Development Manager + Product Line Manager [SatNews] These additions are part of the ongoing strategy to enhance customer relationships and provide the best possible solutions for the future of live video collection and distribution.
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e2v and Astrium—A Spatial Sentinel (Satellite—Sensors) [SatNews] e2v has signed a contract worth 2.8 million euros with Astrium to supply...
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Emerging Markets Communications®...Nothing Pending About This Patent [SatNews] enabling high quality, cost-effective, collaboration between businesses in the most remote and harsh locations in the world.
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Yahsat and Global Telesat—Access For Angola (SATCOM) [SatNews] Al Yah Satellite Communications Company, Yahsat, has further strengthened the availability of its...
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Niagara Thermal Products and ViaSat—A Heated Exchange (Satellite) [SatNews] Niagara Thermal Products has been selected by ViaSat Inc. as a key...
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NASA's Suomi (NPP) Satellite Detects A Plume ...Not On A Hat... From A Meteor [SatNews] (59 foot) meteor screamed into Earth's atmosphere at 18.6 kilometers per second (41,600 miles per hour).
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IFEN and WORK Microwave—Upscale Update (Business—Simulators) [SatNews] IFEN in partnership with WORK Microwave have released software...
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Skyline Communications—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Skyline Communications will unveil their...
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NASA Educational Opportunities... Big Steps Begin With Little Cubes (STEM) [SatNews] By providing educational opportunities including CSLI for students, teachers, and faculty, this attracts and retains students in STEM disciplines.
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Envivio—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] At IBC 2013 booth #1.D73, Envivio (NASDAQ: ENVI) will showcase technologies that enable...
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SSL Names Their Mystery Client, More Information Now Provided [SatNews] They had to be tight-lipped—mum’s the word—and all that, but now the reveal...
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Inmarsat and Volvo Ocean Race—Racing Boats Receive Support (SATCOM) [SatNews] The Volvo Ocean Race 2014-15 will be the most digitally connected around-the-world race in...
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Harris Corporation and FAA—Taking It To Digital (Comms) [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received authorization from the...
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A Final Salute In Honor And Memory Of Retired Gen. David C. Jones [SatNews] Retired Gen. David C. Jones served his country through three wars, and was appointed by President Carter to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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August 14, 2013 Vishay Intertechnology—HiFreq RF Needs (Capacitors) [SatNews] Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) has introduced a new series of...
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Verimatrix—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Verimatrix will illustrate the key role of multi-network revenue security...
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Dynetics—Considerable Cryogenic Completions (Spacecraft) [SatNews] Dynetics officials have reported successful progress on the company’s...
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Anyware Video—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] IBC 2013 is an opportunity for Anyware Video to present some of...
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Optical Surfaces—Mirror Images (Optical Components) [SatNews] Optical Surfaces Ltd. has been producing optical components and systems for more...
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Danmon Systems Group—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Danmon Systems Group will exhibit its full range of systems...
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Harmonic and Totalmovie—Live TV and VOD Combo'd (Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest—OTT) [SatNews] Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced that Totalmovie, a Grupo Salinas company and a...
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Here's Looking @ Earth—Activity @ Ambrym (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] This rare, clear view of Ambrym in the South Pacific shows the...
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Northrop Grumman—Hours and Hours Of Proven Worth (UAV/UAS) [SatNews] The Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC)-built MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed...
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Satellite Financing Summit—Head To The Westin In Paris (Event—Business) [SatNews] Is this the dawn of an exciting new era...
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Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) and Newtec—Your Thoughts, Please (Survey) [SatNews] The Satellite Interference Reduction Group (IRG) and satellite communications specialist, Newtec, have...
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Thales Alenia Space Signs On With Telebras For $400 Million...Create Geostationary Satellite [SatNews] "High-speed Internet will be extended to the entire nation and will ensure the sovereignty of its civil and military communications."
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Ships First Of Four SEPs For GOES-R [SatNews] With a record of with more than 500 SEP thrusters and in excess of 100 SEP power processors flown with 100 percent mission success.
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Gilat Satellite Networks—Financially Speaking (Business) [SatNews] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has reported its...
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International Launch Services—Anomaly Investigation Concluded (Launch) [SatNews] The ILS Failure Review Oversight Board (FROB) concluded its...
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Altona and Herman—Promising Partnership (Business—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Atlona(r) has formed a new distribution partnership...
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Snell—New Frame Rate Features (Conversion—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Snell has released Alchemist OD, the software-only version of...
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DEV Sends Out Great Signals To Share At IBC (New Products @ IBC) [SatNews] The user saves purchase or leasing costs and increases systems reliability because of fewer connection and link lines requirements.
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Arianespace’s EUTELSAT 25B/Es'hail 1... Is Gassed, Stacked + Packed For A Heavy Lift Off (Launch) [SatNews] Two-fold positives: the Ku-band satellite delivers television broadcasting, telecommunications and government services; Ka-band opens business opportunities for...
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Robert Norman Wold... A Pioneer And Innovator Is Remembered [SatNews] A bright and creative mind—this member of our community was responsible for many ‘firsts’ and leaves an impressive legacy. Robert Norman Wold, September 11, 1925 - August 10, 2013.
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August 13, 2013 NASA—Teams Selected For Smaller Conceptualizations (Spacecraft) [SatNews] NASA has selected 13 university teams for collaborative projects to develop and...
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Advantech Wireless—Extended Converters Debut (SATCOM) [SatNews] Advantech Wireless Inc. has extended their line of ...
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SIS—Don’t MISS... Products + Partner Program @ IBC 2013 (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] One of their products is called Halibut...
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Agilent Technologies—Opening For OEM Calibrations (Services) [SatNews] Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has opened a new...
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Arianespace—From Clean Room To Payload Prep (Launch) [SatNews] The launch campaign for Arianespace’s fourth Ariane 5 flight of 2013 has moved into...
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Raytheon—Signing On For Number Three (Imagery) [SatNews] Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has received a contract from NASA to develop a...
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Blue Sky Network’s SkyRouter Provides Map Overlays That Lead To New Realms [SatNews] the new oil and gas lease block overlay can assist offshore operators with the transportation of personnel and equipment to production platforms and drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Indra—Terminals For The German Navy (SATCOM) [SatNews] Indra has won a contract to install its...
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EchoStar Corp.—There Could Be A Winner Here (Event—Awards—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] EchoStar Corp. (NASDAQ: SATS) has five products it engineered as the...
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ATK and Orbital Sciences—A Propulsion Pact (Rocket Engines) [SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) has received a contract from Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) to provide...
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Three In One Will Present 2014 Alan Shepard Technology in Education Award For Special Educator [SatNews] the award recognizes outstanding contributions to technology education by K-12 educators or district-level education personnel.
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NASA Aqua Sees Smoke (Earth Observation) [SatNews] The Elk Complex Fire appears to have generated a large pyrocumulus cloud, clouds formed by fire-heated air that rises rapidly into the atmosphere.
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University of Stuttgart—Students To Push Flying Laptop Higher (Satellite) [SatNews] One of the fastest and most compact satellite computers in the world has been...
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NASA and Colorado Space Grant Consortium—A Sounding Development (Launch) [SatNews] A Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital rocket carrying experiments developed by...
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Array Wireless Enjoys An Infusion Of Both Cash And Expertise [SatNews] “...proven superior linearization technology for use in mobile high speed video and data wireless communications systems.”
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Kratos ISI and PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia—Better Backup (Satellite Fleet Management) [SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has announced that its Kratos Integral Systems International (Kratos ISI) business unit has been...
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C-COM Satellite Systems—A White Label Win (SATCOM) [SatNews] C-COM Satellite Systems Inc., (TSX VENTURE:CMI) has entered into a...
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Blue Sky Network’s Does A Heli Of A Good Job For Aerial Firefighting (M2M Sat Tracking) [SatNews] This Company has now appeared in SatNews twice in two days, with the information about their capability to provide lifesaving coverage.
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IRG + Newtec—Tell Us What You Really Think...Really (Satellite Interference) [SatNews] “This survey gives the industry a chance to voice its opinion on Carrier ID, the timescales, and the challenges to be overcome.”
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August 12, 2013 Aerojet Rocketdyne—The Pad Pusher (Launch) [SatNews] Aerojet Rocketdyne, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, has revealed that its...
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SkyVision Global Networks—They Can Bank On This (SATCOM) [SatNews] SkyVision Global Networks Ltd., an IP telecommunication service provider, has successfully...
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LandWorks—Making Maps (GIS) [SatNews] LandWorks Inc., a developer of land management solutions, has unveiled...
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Xytech—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Xytech, a market leader in facility management software for the...
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NOAA—Hurricane Season Prognostication For The Atlantic (Analysis | Reports) [SatNews] NOAA recently issued its updated Atlantic hurricane season outlook...
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HARDATA—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] HARDATA has announced its new SMART•server family of...
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Space Foundation—Nominations Needed (Awards—Event) [SatNews] August 31st. is the deadline to submit a nomination for...
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Arianespace is All Action... Stacking and Adapting, Prepping for a Double Launch (Launch) [SatNews] This is in response to demand the for the fastest-growing applications in the Middle East and North Africa, including video broadcasting, enterprise communications and government services
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NASA/ESA’s Hubble... This Ribbon Of Gas Can’t Be Tied...It Stretches Almost Halfway ‘Round the Milky Way [SatNews]... most of this stream was stripped from the Small Magellanic Cloud some two billion years ago...
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AeroVironment, Inc.—Extended Endurance For Puma AE (UAV/UAS) [SatNews] AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) has announced that a recent outdoor test flight of a...
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TE Connectivity—Technology Showcase @ AUVSI Unmanned Systems Exhibition (Event—UAV/UAS) [SatNews] TE Connectivity (TE), along with their DEUTSCH division, is featuring it's latest...
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Integrated Microwave Technologies LLC (IMT)—@ SET 2013 Broadcast & Cable Show (Event—Of Interest To SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC (IMT), a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, is showcasing its...
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artec technologies—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) SatNews] The latest version of XENTAURIX from artec technologies, to be launched at IBC2013, adds the...
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Triveni Digital—Meeting MPEG-2 Head On (Webinar—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Readers may be interested in an upcoming free...
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Dataxis—DTH Experiences Growth In Central America (Analysis | Report — Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The number of households subscribing to a pay television (payTV) service in Central America will...
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Air Force Space Command—Space Surveillance System Suffers Sequestration Slicing (MILSATCOM) [SatNews] Due to resource constraints caused by sequestration, Air Force Space Command has directed the 21st Space Wing to prepare to discontinue operations at the Air Force Space Surveillance System...
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August 9, 2013 NASA Marshall Space Flight Center—Moving On Up to Deputy of Office of the CFO (Business) [SatNews] Rhega Gordon has been appointed deputy of the Office of the...
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Norsat International—Financially Speaking (Business) [SatNews] Norsat International Inc. (“Norsat” or “the Company”) (TSX: NII and OTC BB: NSATF) has reported...
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Global VSAT Forum (GVF)—A First In Angola (SATCOM—Training) [SatNews] Luanda-based Sistec technicians have become the first Angolan satellite professionals to...
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Harris Corporation and U.S.A.F.—NETCENTS-2 Win (Business) [SatNews] The United States Air Force has awarded Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) the...
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Here's Looking @ Earth—The Smokin' Cone (Imagery—NASA) [SatNews] Tavurvur Cone emitted an ash plume on...
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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions—Financially Speaking and Moving On Up, Admiral Beaman To President (Business) [SatNews] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS) has reported...
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Latitude Technologies—FDM System Agreement (SATCOM) [SatNews] Latitude Technologies has announced that Coast to Coast Helicopters, one of Canada's largest air fleet operators, has selected...
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NOAA Four Down and Looks Like Lots More to Come [SatNews] two of the four named storms to-date formed in the deep tropical Atlantic, which historically is an indicator of an active season.”
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Iridium—Moving On Up, Fitzpatrick and Smith Gain New Responsibilities (Business) [SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has promoted two...
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August 8, 2013 Updates...ULA's Delta IV Sends USAF's WGS-6 Skyward, It's a Go! (Launch) [SatNews] A perfect launch of ULA's Delta IV rocket that was dedicated to the memory of a friend and colleague.
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Cobalt Digital—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Cobalt Digital, manufacturer of 3G/HD/SD-SDI conversion gear, will offer an array of...
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SNL Kagan and MRG—Acquisition Advisory (Business—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] SNL Kagan has acquired Multimedia Research Group, Inc. (MRG), a leading...
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Viaccess-Orca—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] At IBC2013, Viaccess-Orca, offering protection and enhancement of content services, will address the key...
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Broadpeak—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] At IBC2013, Broadpeak will showcase a comprehensive lineup of...
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RigNet Directs Its Attention to Brazil’s Energy and Maritime with iDirect Hub [SatNews] ...will offer a managed service for energy, deep-water maritime and remote applications such as VoIP, Internet, video-conferencing and video services.
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Warner Bros.—Technology Presentation @ SMPTE 2013 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) has announced that...
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ATG Broadcast—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] ATG Broadcast will promote its range of broadcast systems planning, design, installation, commissioning and...
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Telestream—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of SatBroadcasting™ Interest) [SatNews] Telestream?, a provider of video transcoding and workflow automation products, has announced a major new...
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PCI Geomatics and IAVO—Bringing 2D Into The 3D World (Imagery—Modeling) [SatNews] PCI Geomatics, a developer of remote sensing and photogrammetric software and systems, now has a...
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Arianespace and O3b—Flown In For Future Flight (Launch) [SatNews] O3b Networks satellites for Arianespace’s next launch to help...
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COM DEV International—Support For Satellite (Components) [SatNews] COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV) has been awarded an...
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GCS—Talking About Geospatial Big Data (Webinar) [SatNews] Registration is now open for the second webinar in...
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Global VSAT Forum (GVF) and Satellite Interference Reduction Group (iRG)—@ IBC2013 With Forums and Workshops (Event—SATCOM) [SatNews] Leading satellite and broadcasting organizations have...
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Space Systems/Loral (SSL)—A Shell Game (Manufacturing) [SatNews] Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has announced progress on a new...
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ATK—Putting Some Of The Important Pieces Together For The WGS-6 Launch (Satellite) [SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) propulsion, composite and spacecraft technologies supported...
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Northrop Grumman and CSU—Coursework For Careers (STEM) [SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC), the Colorado State University (CSU) College of Engineering and Cherry Creek Schools, teamed up...
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Astro Aerospace Provides a Good Reflection for Alphasat [SatNews]...is the only deployable mesh reflector on the market today with a 100 percent on-orbit deployment success rate, meaning no failures, incidents or anomalies."
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ORBCOMM—Financially Speaking (Business) [SatNews] ORBCOMM Inc. (Nasdaq: ORBC) has announced financial results for the...
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Orbital Sciences Corporation—A Bolden Visit and Fire In Space (Business) [SatNews] NASA Administrator Charles Bolden will visit an Orbital Sciences Corp. facility in...
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SATCON—An Industry Gathering Of Note (Event) [SatNews] The time has come to prepare your November calendar for a visit to the...
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NSR’s Focus On Missing Piece of Puzzle... Asia’s Wireless Backhaul Satcom [SatNews] Which technology offering or satellite program is the most compelling today?
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SpaceX’s Flock of Falcon 9s to Replace German Constellation [SatNews] “These missions are very meaningful as the first contracted for a European government.”
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Triveni Digital’s Free Webinar... Earn MPEG101 Certificate + T-Shirt (Webinar) [SatNews] Digital video professionals are invited to an upcoming free Webinar being presented by...
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ILS Reveals Root Cause of Proton M’s Failure Per Russian Security [SatNews] The summary indicates that the most probable root cause of the failure was due to the improper installation of the...
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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX), OHB Systems AG and Astrium GmbH—The First Planed Push For European Satellites (Launch) [SatNews] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) will provide the launch services for...
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Advantech Wireless—An Adroit HPA For Asia (SatBroadcasting™—DTH) [SatNews] Advantech Wireless Inc. has received new orders in excess of $1M to...
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Space Systems/Loral (SSL) and U.S.A.F.—Concept Exploration (MILSATCOM) SatNews] Space Systems/Loral (SSL) has been awarded a contract option by the...
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August 7, 2013 Boeing Defense, Space & Security—An Electrical Moment (Satellite) [SatNews] The first Boeing [NYSE: BA] electric-powered satellite, the 702...
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Brüel & Kjær—The Harsh Industrial World's Sensitivities (Accelerometers) [SatNews] Bruel & Kjaer has created a range of robust CCLD accelerometers for ...
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ITC Global (Spidersat)—Advance Into Africa (SATCOM) [SatNews] Spidersat Communications Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of ITC Global, has plans to...
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Snell—Cost Effective IQ At Work (Format Converter—Of Interest To SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Snell has released the 30 Series IQ range of format ...
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Blue Sky Network Brasil—Promising Partnership (Business) [SatNews] Blue Sky Network announced at LABACE 2013 that it has teamed up...
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Hiltron Communications—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—SATCOM [SatNews] Hiltron Communications has selected the September 2013 International Broadcasting Convention, IBC, for the introduction of...
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Arianespace—Pariacabo Port In A Receptive Mode (Launch Vehicle) [SatNews] Another heavy-lift Ariane 5 has been delivered to...
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Inmarsat—A Temporary Position For Alphasat (Satellite) [SatNews] Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) has announced that Alphasat has successfully reached its...
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ViaSat—Financially Speaking (Business) [SatNews] ViaSat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has announced its fiscal year 2014 first quarter...
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Confirmation Report...U.S. Uses Spy Satellites on U.S. Citizens [SatNews] ...” I held in my hand Judge Alito's targeting information for his phones and his staff and his family,”
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C-COM is First Up for First Responders + Broadcasters at Emergencies [SatNews] The area was extremely difficult to reach, with narrow and steep roads, and traditional communications were non-existent...
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Hiltron... Ja! To Fly Away With Newest Additions at IBC (Satellite Reveal | Event) [SatNews] ...it allows a satellite to be found from any location at any time in less than two minutes.
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Aqua Satellite Observes Oregon Fires that Could Use Some Aqua (Earth Observatory) [SatNews] In early August, forecasters were expecting the situation to worsen.
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August 6, 2013 SES and GSAT—Transponder #4 (SatBroadcasting™—Capacity) SatNews] SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has announced that the...
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Lockheed Martin—SUVI Testing Has Passing Grades For GOES-R Implementation (Satellite) [SatNews] A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team has completed and passed the full range of...
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Harris Broadcast—IP-Based Bits Likely (DTV—Of Interest To SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] As such, it's a very big deal as it won't be backwards compatible with the ATSC transmission infrastructure that DTV broadcasters now have in place.
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Here's Looking @ Earth—The Train Wreck (Canadian Space Agency and CNES—Imagery) [SatNews] Canada has obtained a very high resolution image of the...
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Quake Global—Adding In An Add-On (M2M) [SatNews] Quake Global, Inc. has introduced its...
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NASA’s Personnel Comings and Goings...Deputy Administrator’s Goodbye [SatNews] “In a time of great change and challenge, she has been a remarkable leader...”
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Royal Ocean Racing Club + Inmarsat Communicate Through Seasickness + Salty Spray for Rolex Fastnet Race (SATCOM) [SatNews] These yachts will be able to provide footage to the RORC, allowing the media, sponsors and public to see what life is like aboard the yachts in this grueling race.
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Inmarsat + Pearson Go to the Head of the Class... Take eLearning to Isolated Communities [SatNews] “This collaboration has the capacity to enhance access to learning in a very meaningful way by providing the missing link many of these communities desperately need – connectivity.”?
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S3 Group—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Testing—Of Interest To SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] S3 Group, an international DTV company that enables...
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Artel Video Systems—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Compression—Of Interest To SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Artel Video Systems will introduce an innovative...
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Leader Instruments—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Waveform Monitor—Of Interest To SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Leader Instruments has selected IBC2013, Amsterdam, for the European...
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August 5, 2013 International Datacasting—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of Interest To SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Helping TV and radio broadcasters reduce costs, attract new customers, and grow advertising revenue is the...
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Playbox Technology and EbonyLife TV—Single Broadcast Solution (SatBroadcasting™—DTH) [SatNews] EbonyLife TV has selected a complete broadcast system from...
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Trimble and Digital Globe—A Map For All Reasons (Imagery) [SatNews] "Our customers use Trimble apps in remote areas where network data coverage doesn't exist."
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Here's Looking @ Earth—More Myanmar Moisture (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] Myanmar’s Irrawady and Chirtdwin Rivers were swollen with monsoon rains when...
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Space Foundation—General Shelton, Commander, Air Force Space Command Visits (Event) [SatNews] Gen. William L. Shelton, USAF, commander, Air Force Space Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, toured the...
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India’s INSAT-3D Satellite Spins... Nail-Biting Scene for Scientists (Launch) [SatNews] ...scientists at the Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) were in nail-biting agony.
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NASA—Fueling Around (Satellites) [SatNews] "Just like robotic refueling, there were a lot of folks who said that this simply couldn't be done..."
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Astrium’s Ariane 5 Mates, Stacks + Stands Ready for a Heavy- Lift (Launch) [SatNews] Satellites in this next launch represent several nations...
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U.S.A.F., Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman—DMSP Delivered (Satellite) [SatNews] For the past 50 years, the satellites have fulfilled the military's most critical requirements for global atmospheric, oceanic, terrestrial and space environment information.
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Inmarsat’s Second Q Financials Includes Maritime Services [SatNews] As a result we are now on track to achieve the top of our two-year target range for...
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Hawaii’s Halema’uma’u Crater... No One Dips Their Toes In This Lake (EO) [SatNews] From 1820 until 1924, Halema’uma’u and much of Kilauea Caldera was usually filled with a lava lake.
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Vietnam—Micro Makes Its Way To ISS (Satellite) [SatNews] Vietnam has launched a micro-satellite to the International Space Station (ISS), Xinhua reported...
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Oakman Aerospace—First Year's Celebration (Business) [SatNews] The Aerospace industry is undergoing profound change through International Trafficking in Arms (ITAR) and Export Control Reform (ECR) initiatives...
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MEASAT Satellite Systems and Teleippica S.r.l.—Wide Footprint Attracts MIPAAF (SatBroadcasting™—Capacity) [SatNews] MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) now has a...
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DISA—Operational Capability Debuts In Europe (Comms) [SatNews] The Department of Defense’s (DoD) Joint Information Environment (JIE) Increment 1 reached initial...
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Arabsat and GlobeCast—Robust Neighborhood Partnership (SatBroadcasting™—Business) [SatNews] GlobeCast and Arabsat are offering new solutions for...
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GlobeCast + Arabsat... BADR Just Got Better For Broadcasters In North Africa [SatNews] "Broadcasters have been hungering for a new opportunity to get coverage of the North African region..."
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Landsat 8 Notes Congo Heats Up, Again and Again [SatNews] ... the volcanoes are among the most active on Earth....
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ULA Selected by NASA to Send OSIRIS-Rex to Fetch Information (Launch) [SatNews] “...is currently the only launch vehicle certified by NASA to fly the nation’s most complex exploration missions.”
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Rohde & Schwarz—Multiple Transmitter Overviews (Monitoring—Of Interest To SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] The R&S DVMS, which measures just one height unit, can simultaneously...
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August 3, 2013 GlobeCast—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of Interest To SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] At IBC2013, GlobeCast CEO Olivier Barberot will present a new...
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August 2, 2013 Arabsat and BBC World News—HD To Feed The Middle East (SatBroadcasting™—Content) [SatNews] On August 5th, BBC World News will be offered as a HD feed across the...
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DISH—Getting Glued In (SatBroadcasting™—App) [SatNews] In a move to give DISH (NASDAQ: DISH) customers the power to check-in and connect with their...
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Studiotech Helps To Catch a Dream + Record It in Dreamcatcher (SatBroadcasting™ @ IBC) [SatNews] The Company has experience in building these vehicles and systems that provide reliable service from the winter in Northern Europe to the heat of the deserts of Northern Africa
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Globalstar Amends COFACE Facility = Friendlier Repayment Schedule [SatNews] Additionally, upon closing, all existing disclosed defaults under the facility will be waived.
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GMV—A Lulu Of A Contract With Abu Dhabi (EO) [SatNews] GMV has won a cartographic-production contract from the...
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Intelsat—Financially Speaking (Business) [SatNews] Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) has reported revenue of $653.8 million and a...
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NASA—A Heavy Lifting Milestone (Launch Vehicle) [SatNews] NASA has achieved a major milestone in its effort to build the nation's...
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ATK—Financially Speaking (Business) [SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) has reported operating results for the first quarter of its Fiscal Year 2014, which ended on...
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Rohde & Schwarz—Technology Showcase @ DSEI 2013 (Event—Comms) SatNews] "Creating situational awareness" is the motto of the...
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Inmarsat—Spreading Its Wings (Satellite) [SatNews] Inmarsat’s Alphasat I-4A F4 satellite has achieved a major milestone with...
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August 1, 2013 GS Group/General Satellite—Russian CPU Is The "Brain" (SatBroadcasting™—STB) [SatNews] GS Group has released a new digital set-top box (STB) under its General Satellite brand for use in satellite...
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BroadbandEverywhere—Wider Coverage Expected Later This Year (SATCOM) [SatNews] Launched by Box Limited in June 2013, BroadbandEverywhere can provide up to...
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Here's Looking @ Earth—Of Fire & Snow (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] A month and a half of continuous eruption has left the caldera of Veniamanof Volcano, one of the largest on the...
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ATK—Moving On Up, Nolan and Tibbets To Senior V.P. (Business) [SatNews] ATK (NYSE: ATK) announced that its Board of Directors has elected...
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Here's Looking @ Earth—Of Dust & Water (NASA—Imagery) [SatNews] Nearly every day in July 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua and Terra satellites observed...
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GlobeCast—An App For MyGlobeTV (SatBroadcasting™—Content) [SatNews] GlobeCast has released an application to allow its MyGlobeTV service to be accessed on any...
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BBC World News, NSSLGlobal and Telemar—News For Crews (SatBroadcasting™—Content) [SatNews] Starting this autumn, BBC World News bulletins will be available onboard commercial maritime vessels via...
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Cobham—The Challenge Of The Sea & The Race (SatBroadcasting™—Content) [SatNews] Cobham has been named the Volvo Ocean Race’s Broadcast Equipment Partner for 2014-15 and will provide...
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Adtec Digital—Enhancing Operational Responsibilities With New App (SatBroadcasting™—Monitor & Control) [SatNews] Adtec Digital has launched their new iOS? Multi-Viewer mobile application, the first of its kind in...
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Digital Rapids—Technology Showcase @ IBC2013 (Event—Of Interest To SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Digital Rapids is bringing their complete range of media transformation and workflow technologies and...
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Arianespace + SSL Prep EUTELSAT 25B/Es'hail 1 to Satisfy the Heavy Demands of ME + N. Africa [SatNews] Pre-launch checkout is now underway at the Spaceport with...
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Eutelsat Acquires SatMex—Acquiring Minds Wish To Know (Business) [SatNews] Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has reached an agreement to acquire 100 percent of...
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SES and Portugal Telecom—The Azores and Africa Now Blanketed (SATCOM) [SatNews] SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) have announced two...
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Astrium and Telesat—A New Addition (Satellite) [SatNews] Astrium has been awarded a contract by global satellite operator Telesat to build...
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Agilent Technologies—Core Developments (Signal Analyzers) [SatNews] Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) has announced greater core performance in two of its...
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RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd.—Sports and Teleports (SatBroadcasting™—Content) [SatNews] RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST) has successfully completed...
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Inmarsat—@ London International Shipping Week (Event) [SatNews] Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) will be the ‘Diamond’ sponsor of the highly anticipated...
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Hubble COSMOS Survey...Will the Last Galaxy Please Switch Off the Lights? [SatNews] Some galaxies hit a point in their lives when their star formation is snuffed out, and they become "quenched".
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Telesat—Financially Speaking (Business) [SatNews] Telesat Holdings Inc. (“Telesat”) today announced its financial results for...
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GVF Has Got Class... Demo SNG Training @ IBC [SatNews] The program includes a workshop on Earth station testing and another on training...
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RigNet and Inmarsat—Acquiring Minds Wish To Know (Business) [SatNews] RigNet, Inc. (Nasdaq:RNET) has a strategic deal with Inmarsat plc (LSE:ISAT) that involves the sale of...
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TeleCommunication Systems—Rich Data Accomplices (SSDs) [SatNews] Now available are the company's Proteus? 2 and...
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