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May 29, 2010 Teracue... Mobility Focus On Sailing (SatBroadcasting™—IPTV) [SatNews] This year’s 13th Match Race Germany sailing championships took place from May 19-24, 2010, in Langenargen, near Friedrichshafen, on Lake Constance. The competition in Langenargen is the only German Grand Prix on the World Match Racing Tour. Match Racing is similar to the America’s Cup, where two teams sail with two identical boats in a battle against one another.
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GVF... Vets + VSATs [SatNews] The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), through its Institution of Higher Learning (IHL), has approved the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) VSAT Installation & Maintenance Certification Program for reimbursement of registration fees to eligible students.
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Lockheed Martin... HEK And HER The immense volume of data generated by the suite of instruments on NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) requires new tools for efficient identifying and accessing data that is most relevant to research investigations.
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SpaceX... When Shove Comes To Push... The delay in the GPS 2F-SV1 satellite launch by United Launch Alliance for the U.S.A.F. has required SpaceX to review, and push out, their initial test of the Falcon 9.
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RigNet... First Place For Financial Forthrightness [SatNews] RigNet, Inc., a global provider of managed communications solutions for the upstream oil and gas industry, announced that Marty Jimmerson, RigNet's chief financial officer, was recognized by the Houston Business Journal as the 2010 Best CFO of the Year in the Best Growth Manager category.
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Northrop Grumman... You Want Faster MILCOM? We'll Give You Record Breaking Speed... With specific application for military communication networks, Northrop Grumman has established a new electronics performance record with a Terahertz Monolithic Integrated Circuit (TMIC) operating at 0.67 terahertz (THz), or 0.67 trillion cycles per second.
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NASA — Does ISS Need To Wear Sunscreen? It seems so close one would wonder if the ISS could get a sunburn!
Thilo Kranz, a staff member at DLR, the German Space Agency, took this image of the transit of the International Space Station ISS with Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-132 mission.
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Gilat Satellite Networks... A True High... [SatNews] Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. announced that Nepal Telecom's (NTC) deployment of a Gilat SkyEdge broadband satellite network includes the provision of data and toll-quality telephony services to Gorakshep, the last village on the Everest trek before the Everest Base Camp.
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NASA | JPL... Pardon My Rocket... Scientists at NASA's Near-Earth Object Program Office at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have determined that a small object that safely passed Earth on May 21st is more than likely an upper-stage of a rocket that carried a spacecraft on an interplanetary trajectory.
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MDA Information Systems... Moving On Up... MDA Information Systems, Inc. has named Herb Satterlee for the position Chief Executive Officer of the Geospatial Division.
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NASA... Becoming Web Cognizant... [SatNews] NASA has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the international consortium that develops protocols, standards and guidelines to ensure universal web access.
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Arianespace... Seconds, Please, For The 50th Time... [SatNews] Arianespace has set the date for the next Ariane 5 launch for Wednesday, June 23, 2010.
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IMS Research... TV's 3D Future (SatBroadcasting™—3DTV) [SatNews] TV industry leaders are currently meeting in Seattle at the TV 3.0 — The Future of TVs conference, organized by IMS Conferences.
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NASA + ATK... Sparking A Fiery Relationship... [SatNews] Fire and sparks flew as a 24-inch-diameter solid rocket motor was successfully tested May 27rg at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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Orbital Sciences... Azerbaijani SatAgreement The Azerbaijani Communications and IT Ministry has signed a contract with the Orbital Sciences Corporation to produce the Azerspace national telecommunications satellite.
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Eutelsat... Kicking FIFA Around The Globe... (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] For the first time in its history, World Cup football is preparing to take place in Africa, with four satellites operated by Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) at the heart of a state-of-the-art broadcast infrastructure that will enable channels around the world to deliver matches, commentary, interviews and reports to TV viewers.
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FOX Sports Media Group... Moving On Up... [SatBroadcasting™—Personnel) [SatNews] Heading over to head-up FOX Sports is DIRECTTV's former executive vice president, Erik Shanks
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SES WORLD SKIES... Vietnamese Venture With NSS-6 [SatNews] SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) has signed a multi-year agreement with AUDIO VISUAL COMPANY JSC (AVG), a joint stock company of An Vien Group, to provide transponder capacity on the NSS-6 satellite for their new DTH satellite television service in Vietnam.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... An Oily Mouth (NASA) [SatNews] On May 24, 2010, the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft captured this false-color, high-resolution view of the very tip of the Mississippi River delta.
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ULA And USAF Successful Launch A Logistical Wonder And A Golden Anniversary! [SatNews] Celebrating 50 years of launch for one of the most successful rocket programs in U.S. history, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV successfully launched the Air Force’s Global Positioning System IIF SV-1 spacecraft at 11 p.m. EDT today from Space Launch Complex-37. GPS IIF SV-1 marked the 349th launch in the Delta program’s 50 year history, which began with its first launch on May 13, 1960.
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May 26, 2010 NICE + Lamda Communication Networks... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... [SatNews] NICE Systems Ltd. has acquired Lamda Communication Networks Ltd. for an undisclosed amount.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Pause For Phytoplankton (NASA) [SatNews] Late May 2010 brought peacock-hued swirls of blue and green to the North Atlantic.
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Space Foundation... Teaching Those Who Teach... [SatNews] Educators who wish to improve their classroom skills, better motivate their students and — potentially — earn a master's degree, can sign up for Space Foundation Space Across the Curriculum teacher professional development classes.
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Globecomm Systems... SatNet Adds... [SatNews] Globecomm Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: GCOM) has announced their wholly-owned subsidiary, Globecomm Services Maryland, has received a $7.9 million increase in the total value of a four-year contract from a major U.S. Government prime contractor.
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NASA's Last Run — Historic Atlantis Joins Namesake Legend [SatNews] The bittersweet homecoming for Atlantis, as the ship's main gear touched down on Runway 33 at the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:48 a.m. EDT, completing a 12-day mission to the International Space Station.
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Harris... Well MET For SatTerminals [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has received a $55 million delivery order for advanced satellite terminals under the U.S. Army's Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program.
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International Datacasting... Moving On Out... [SatNews] International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) has announced that Susan Robbins Parsons has tendered her resignation as the Corporation's Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, effective June 11, 2010.
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Telenor Satellite Broadcasting... A Nordic Boost To 3DTV (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) has announced the start of its first live 3D transmissions in the Nordic region – providing the “Panasonic 3D experience” with live coverage by Eurosport of Roland-Garros, the French Open tennis tournament, which runs from May 24 to June 6.
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VSN... Afghanistan's Access To Content To Improve... [SatNews] VSN has added one more country to the list and supplies its technology in support of a project in defense of impartial information in Afghanistan.
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May 25, 2010 Clyde Space... Happy Birthday Present... To You! [SatNews] Scotland’s nanosatellite specialist company, Clyde Space, celebrates five years of existence on the May 25th.
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Hughes Network Systems... Deep In The Heart Of Texas... [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract by the State of Texas to provide access continuity and transportable satellite services via its SPACEWAY(r) 3 satellite system.
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Chandra Collections... Supernova 'Splosion (NASA) [SatNews] This beautiful composite image shows N49, the aftermath of a supernova explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud. A new long observation from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, shown in blue, reveals evidence for a bullet-shaped object being blown out of debris field left over from an exploded star.
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Foxtel + Microsoft... Xbox DTH (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] FOXTEL and Microsoft have a new partnership that offers Australians a brand new way of receiving FOXTEL — over the Internet and direct to television sets through Xbox 360’s online service Xbox LIVE.
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Lockheed Martin... AEHF Arrives As Anticipated [SatNews] Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has delivered the first satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., where it will be prepared for a July 30 liftoff aboard an Atlas V launch vehicle.
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WISE Wonderments... The Hearts Of Space... [SatNews] A satellite launched by NASA in 2009 to map the entire sky in the infrared is capturing some pretty pictures along the way.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Ash Analysis Has Height [SatNews] Flying through a cloud of volcanic ash poses a significant hazard to airlines.
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Tachyon Walking On Air After Testing New Airborne Terminal—Converts To HD [SatNews] Success for Tachyon Networks as they announced the results of in-flight testing of its new ATR-9300 airborne terminal for the mobile Comms-on-the- Move (COTM) market and ISR applications.
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Dimensions 3... 3D Talks Big (SatBroadcasting™: 3D) [SatNews] The organizers at Dimension 3's 3D-related event have revealed a panel of high-profile conference speakers.
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RAND Corporation... Vulnerabilities Viewed [SatNews] The RAND Corporation has released a new report entitled “Deterrence and First-Strike Stability in Space: A Preliminary Assessment”.
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Mediterranean Shipping Company... Orange SatSense [SatNews] Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) signed a 5-year contract renewal for Business VPN, a fully-managed, secure, global IP infrastructure from Orange Business Services.
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Scripps Networks — No LifeStyle Change For ZombieSat (Galaxy 15) [SatNews] As ground controllers grapple with Galaxy 15, the Intelsat satellite that has stopped responding to ground commands and is drifting out from its orbital location at 133 degrees, Scripps Networks has alerted its affiliate distribution partners of its mitigation strategy to ensure that its popular lifestyle programming continues to air without interference.
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Quintech... RF Ready To Roll [SatNews] Quintech Electronics and Communications Inc., a broadband RF signal management hardware designer and manufacturer, has debuted its 16 x 16 RF LTE RF Switch.
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Globe Wireless... Fleet Of Fleet, Broadband, That Is... [SatNews] In the first three months after launching its FleetBroadband Distribution Partner services, Globe Wireless is proud to announce that it has received orders for more than 1,100 FleetBroadband solution installations.
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Hughes... Park It, Big Time, In Colorado [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) was awarded a contract by the Colorado State Parks, a division of the State’s Department of Natural Resources, to provide broadband Internet service via its SPACEWAY(r) 3 satellite system, enabling primary network connectivity to support operations at 15 state park sites.
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Spacecom... Q-Kon Connectivity Assurance [SatNews] Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the AMOS satellite fleet operator, today announced that Q-Kon, the South Africa-based telecom service provider, has leased long term capacity on the AMOS-5i satellite and on its successor, the AMOS-5 satellite.
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Avanti Communications... Riding The Rails, SatStyle... [SatNews] Avanti Communications Group plc (AIM: AVN), the broadband satellite operator, has been selected by Nottingham Scientific Limited (NSL) to provide support to the first phase of its IRISS (Intelligent Railways via Integrated Satellite Services) project.
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RapidEye... Global GeoGarnerings [SatNews] RapidEye has announced that more than 95 percent of India (over 3 million square kilometers) of its satellite imagery is now available in the
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XCOR + Masten... Powerful Partnership [Sat News] XCOR Aerospace and Masten Space Systems have announced a strategic business and technology relationship to pursue jointly the anticipated NASA sponsored unmanned lander projects.
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CASBAA... Coalition Confab's New Member (SatBroadcasting™—Organization) [SatNews] The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has announced that MTV Networks Asia has joined the Asia TV Advertising Coalition (ATAC) – an alliance of Asian broadcasters dedicated to generating new advertising revenue streams for subscription television across 15 Asian markets.
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SES WORLD SKIES... ASTRA 3B Transponders Taken [SatNews] SES WORLD SKIES, U.S. Government Solutions, has signed a major capacity agreement with ARTEL to extend U.S. Government communications capabilities in the Middle East.
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Northrop Grumman... 1st WGS Airborne ComNet Flies Well [SatNews] Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed flight testing of an airborne satellite communications system, part of a network that will significantly enhance communications capabilities for warfighters.
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L.A. Considers Military Satellites For Wildland Fires — What Would Smokey Bear Do? [SatNews] The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors was told Tuesday by Los Angeles County officials that they should consider using satellites or ground-based cameras installed in forests to detect wildfires soon after they begin.
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May 24, 2010 IBC... Arrangements For Amsterdam Are Advised.... The opening plenary session of the IBC2010 conference will feature an address by Sir Michael Lyons, the chairman of the BBC Trust, on the future of public service broadcasting.
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ABS + KT Corporation... Koreasat-3's Important Name + Ownership Change... [SatNews] KT Corporation (KT) and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) announced they have completed their second successful transaction in less than 12 months with the execution of the agreement for the sale and purchase of the Koreasat-3 satellite.
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SkyTrac Systems... Flying Into Some Demos... SkyTrac Systems will be attending the Shephard Group’s Heli Pacific Conference and Exhibition in Queensland Australia May 26-27.
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Intelsat... IS-14 Receives Intelig Boost For Brazilian Coverage [SatNews] Intelig Telecom has signed a multi-year capacity contract on Intelsat's recently launched Intelsat 14 satellite (IS-14) located at 315 degrees East.
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iDirect... A Highly Utilitarian Undertaking iDirect, Inc. (iDirect) has informed SatNews that LBiSat, a U.S.-based satellite communications provider, has launched a satellite IP service designed to assist utility companies meet industry regulations and improve their operational costs, all based on the iDirect Evolution platform.
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Iridium... Testing, Testing, Testing... [SatNews] Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM has launched its fourth annual “Test Your Satellite Phone” (TYSP) Week initiative, reminding users to make sure their satellite phones are ready to deploy at a moment’s notice when natural or manmade disasters strike.
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Harris... Military Messaging Modules Move [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has reported a significant innovation for its Falcon III(r) AN/PRC-117G multiband manpack wideband radios that will provide warfighters with greater flexibility to meet mission requirements and a "future focused" solution to keep pace with changing technologies in tactical communications.
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May 23, 2010 IMS Research... Sat Hybrid SBTs Gain In Market Shipments (SatBroadcasting™) Global market research firm IMS Research has updated its Online Digital Set-top Box & iDTV Database with new information regarding TV households split by reception platform, STB, and iDTV shipments and revenues, and profiles for operators in 68 countries.
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COMSYS... VSAT2010 Set For September In London Following the highly successful VSAT2009 conference, COMSYS announces its speaker details and conference dates for VSAT2010.
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Eutlesat + TSF... Leading SatOp + NGO Continue Partnership Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has renewed its partnership with T?l?coms Sans Fronti?res (TSF) to support the organization’s humanitarian aid operations throughout the world.
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Arianespace... Astrium Agreement Signals SatSecurity Satisfaction [SatNews] Jean-Yves Le Gall, Arianespace Chairman and CEO, has announced the launch contract signing of the Skynet 5D satellite with Astrium.
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Arianespace... Doing The Spatial Double Dance Diligently + Effectively [SatNews]Arianespace delivered another dual-satellite payload into orbit on Friday with a milestone flight that used the 50th Ariane 5 launch vehicle.
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ULA And USAF Successful Launch At Last! — And Celebrates A Golden Anniversary [SatNews] Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., (May 28, 2010) - A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket with the Air Force’s Global Positioning System [SatNews] GPS IIF SV-1 (GPS IIF SV-1) satellite blasts off from its Space Launch Complex-37 launch pad at 11 p.m. EDT Thursday night.
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Iridium's OpenPort™ Opens Ocean Of Communications For Ocean Watch [SatNews] Wherever you go you are always connected, just as the sailboat Ocean Watch heads into the homestretch of the Around the Americas expedition, the captain reports that the vessel’s Iridium OpenPort satellite terminal has provided reliable, high-quality voice and data links throughout the voyage.
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Thrane & Thrane... Int'l Waters Are The Volvo Raceway... SatNews has learned that Thrane & Thrane is going to play a vital role in delivering the close-up, onboard action from the next Volvo Ocean Race — the world's premier ocean race — to the millions of fans worldwide.
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Iridium... Financially Speaking... Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM)
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International Datacasting... Kicking Around 3D Delivery (SatBroadcasting™) International Datacasting Corporation has informed SatNews that the Company has received a series of new orders for its 3D live solution, all prompted by the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa(tm).
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MEASAT Satellite Systems... Fun With FIFA MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. has informed SatNews that the Company has signed an agreement with GlobeCast Asia to provide transponder capacity for the upcoming FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa.
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RapidEye... AgriSat Agreement RapidEye has confirmed to SatNews its long-standing partnership with S2Bvisio in the development and distribution of expert agricultural services based on RapidEye imagery.
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Lockheed Martin... A Merging Of The Ways... Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] Space Systems has aligned its Commercial Space Systems unit within the company's Global Communications Systems business, a new organizational structure designed to enhance synergies and efficiencies in providing advanced communications solutions to government and commercial customers around the globe.
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Cambridge Consultants Achieves Big Breakthrough In Smaller Iridium Transceiver [SatNews] Cambridge Consultants, a technology product development firm has achieved a milestone in its collaborative relationship with Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM).
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DISH Network + Google... Rich Media Multichannel Mix (SatBroadcasting™) Google and DISH Network L.L.C. have launched Google TV, an open platform that seamlessly integrates multichannel television with rich web media content.
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JAXA... Akatsuki Heading For Venus Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Venus climate orbiter Akatsuki early Friday, said reports from Tanegashima, an island south of Japan's main island Kyushu.
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Hubble Happenings... A Planetary Picnic... (NASA) The hottest known planet in the Milky Way galaxy may also be its shortest-lived world.
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Indian Navy On Receiver End of Surveillance Sat [SatNews] Indian Navy will soon receive its naval communication and surveillance satellite by the year-end.
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Moving On Out... McGuirk To Depart SES WORLD SKIES SatNews has confirmed with SES WORLD SKIES that the company's Senior Vice President of Media Services, Mr. Bryan McGuirk, will be leaving the company effective June 1st to initiate a new company within the media environs.
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FCC... Rurals Receive Renewed Broadband Commitment The Federal Communications Commission has approved the transfer of 4.8 million lines in primarily rural and smaller-city areas to Frontier Communications Corp. from Verizon Communications Inc.
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May 21, 2010 Harris Corporation + CapRock Communications.... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... [SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire CapRock Communications, a global provider of mission-critical managed satellite communications solutions for the energy, government and maritime industries. ?
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May 20, 2010 PCI Geomatics... GISTEC Becomes A Master [SatNews] PCI Geomatics has appointed GISTEC as its Master Distributor of PCI products and solutions for the Middle East.
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Global MilSatCom 2010 — A Gathering of Satellite Communication Professionals In London Coming to the Millennium Conference Centre, London, United Kingdom this November 8-10 is an event geared to the satellite communication professionals. If you book by July 2nd you will save ?300
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AGI's CGI Rendering Of Zombie And AMC Sats — Warning May Cause Motion Sickness! [SatNews] At the SES World Skies' site you can view an amazing CGI rendering created by AGI that reveals the AMC-11 orbital maneuvers to hopefully avoid their cable broadcasts from being interrupted by Intelsat’s Galaxy 15, aka Zombie satellite.
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exactEarth... Maritime Momentum [SatNews] exactEarth Ltd., the data services subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX: CDV), has entered into agreements with two major government maritime agencies to provide its space-based Automatic Identification System (S-AIS) service, exactAIS(tm), on a paid trial basis.
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Space Systems/Loral... Definitely Dusty With A Sunny Addendum [SatNews] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has announced its support for NASA's new direction in conjunction with the preliminary design review for the propulsion system that it is building for a spacecraft that will study the lunar atmosphere.
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Toulouse Space Show 2010... Getting It All Together... [SatNews] Between the 7th and the 11th of June, 2010, Toulouse — a most attractive city in the South of France — will become the world capital and host of the 2010 Toulouse Space Show.
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SkyWave... Tracking The Kenyan Charge [SatNews] Sixty five off-road vehicles roaring through rough Kenyan terrain will be tracked in near real-time by SkyWave Mobile Communications and RiverCross Tracking, a SkyWave Solution Provider, for the 2010 edition of the Rhino Charge off-road vehicle event.
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MTN Satellite Communications... At Sea With TV MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has informed SatNews that the Company's new MTN Worldwide TV service is receiving a positive reception in the international cruise industry, with seven cruise lines already signed up for the at-sea telecasts.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Oil Leaning Toward Loop Current (NASA) During the first weeks following the explosion at the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico, oil drifting from the site of the incident usually headed west and northwest to the Mississippi River Delta.
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May 19, 2010 Blue Sky Network... Totally Fuelish [SatNews] Blue Sky Network has just won a project to implement FuelTrax(r) Marine Fuel Management and GPS tracking on offshore support vessels in Nigeria.
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Pilat Media + Yes... Rather Demanding (SatBroadcasting™) Pilat Media has informed SatNews that Israel's Yes satellite services has launched video-on-demand (VoD) and broadband services using IBMS:OnDemand, an add-on module that supports multiplatform on-demand services within the IBMS broadcast management system.
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LiveTV + Iridium... An Airy Antenna Agreement LiveTV and Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) have entered into an agreement to develop an aviation antenna based on the Iridium OpenPort(r) high-speed communications service, which launched in the maritime market in 2008.
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Schlumberger... Offshore Communication Opportunities [SatNews] Schlumberger has launched their SeaConnect(tm) VSAT service for the offshore industry.
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COM DEV Int'l... Premiere Proud + Highly Awarding [SatNews] COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) has won a Premier’s Innovation Award from the Government of Ontario.
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Newtec... Moving On Up... [SatNews] Newtec has announced that Brigitte Boone, formerly the CEO of the Merchant Banking division of the Fortis Bank – and an Executive Board member – has joined Newtec as a member of its Strategic Committee.
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Marlink... Expansionist Routings Are All At Sea [SatNews] Marlink has announced an extension to its VSAT Ku-band service which will now cover sea routes around Australia for the first time.
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GlobeCast... Rugby Rules In HD (SatBroadcasting™) GlobeCast Australia is wrapping its live delivery of one of the world’s most popular football codes this month.
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Iridium's OpenPort Goes Fishing In Spain [SatNews] Iridium is known for their support in everything from assisting with disasters such as earthquakes, to the Alaskan sled dogs in the Ididirod run — and now Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) has received orders for more than 100 Iridium OpenPort broadband satellite terminals for installation on Spanish commercial fishing vessels.
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May 18, 2010 Glowlink New Gen GEO4 Glows Glowlink announced today the release of GEO4 , a new generation of its Model 8000 Interference Detection and Geolocation product.
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Spaceport America... Moving On Up... [SatNews] Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico has named Rick Homans to serve as Chairman of the New Mexico Spaceport Authority.
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SES WORLD SKIES... Astrium To Start On Another Satellite... [SatNews] SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), has signed an agreement with Astrium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS (Euronext Paris: EAD), for the procurement of a new satellite to be named SES-6.
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Arianespace Spaceport's Soyuz Mating Ritual — Very Carefully [SatNews] The first Soyuz to be operated from the Spaceport as part of Arianespace's growing launcher family is ready for its next integration phase, which will
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Hughes... Australian Augmentation [SatNews] Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has formed Hughes Network Systems Australia Pty. Ltd. (Hughes Australia), demonstrating the company’s commitment to serve this strategic and rapidly growing market, particularly in the area of Ka-band satellite technology and services.
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NASA Ames Research Center = Mega Jobs [SatNews] NASA’s Ames Research Center generated 5,300 jobs and $877 million in total annual economic activity in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area in 2009, according to a new economic benefits study.
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OnAir... Up In The Air In Russia [SatNews] OnAir will start offering connectivity services onboard by June, 2010, following the signature of an agreement with MegaFon, a leading Russia-based mobile network operator.
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GlobeCast... Soccer In South Africa — No Small Feat... (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] GlobeCast is gearing up for the FIFA World Cup in South Africa this summer, providing a comprehensive array of services to rightsholders and non-rightsholders for worldwide distribution.
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GVF... Make Mine The Creamer... [SatNews] Creamer Media, the premier publisher for the global mining industry, and the Global VSAT Forum (GVF), the international non-profit association of the satellite communications sector, have signed an agreement to facilitate more effective application of state-of-the-art communications solutions in support of mining exploration, project development, and operations.
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CapRock Contracted By FBI To Be 'Always Up – Always Available' [SatNews] CapRock Government Solutions announced today that it has been awarded a contract with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in support of its emergency restoration communications network, which serves as the backup for the FBI’s existing terrestrial connections.
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Globalstar's Korean License Upwardly Mobile On Land And Sea [SatNews] Globalstar, Inc.(Nasdaq:GSAT), a provider of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, government, and consumers, announced that Globalstar Asia Pacific has been granted the necessary license transfers from the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) to commence service operations.
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Arianespace... The "Two-Step" Set For Friday [SatNews] Arianespace's next heavy-lift Ariane 5 mission is scheduled for this Friday, May 21, carrying a mixed payload of commercial and military telecommunications satellites.
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MTN And ERZIA Si! Santander Site Sends VSAT Solutions [SatNews] MTN Satellite Communications (MTN), the global service provider of communications, connectivity and content services to remote locations around the world, and its Spanish joint-venture partner, ERZIA, have been selected to provide VSAT products and services for Empressa Naviera Elcano.
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Prisma — Swedes Send Satellites To Russia [SatNews] Prisma's satellites left Sweden with the destination of Yasny, Russia, and will arrive late Wednesday afternoon with the launch scheduled for June 15.
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Clyde Space... Cubesat Counseling [SatNews] Clyde Space Ltd, a spacecraft system engineering and nanosatellite specialist based in Glasgow, Scotland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Lootah Technical Centre (LTC), a competency based education and training centre and part of the S.S. Lootah Group.
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NASA ISS And Atlantis — Share The Air Fly As A Pair [SatNews] Dubbed as a great opportunity, certainly the last time the Atlantis will ever be seen, the space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station are flying together 220 miles overhead until Sunday, May 23.
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Japan To Launch Space Yacht To Venus — Sails By A Hair [SatNews] A Japanese mission to launch a powerful orbiter to Venus along with a separate solar sail vehicle is now targeted for a Thursday launch (U.S. time) after freezing conditions and clouds thwarted a Monday liftoff attempt.
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Gateway Business And Helios Towers Set Sites On Nigerian Sites [SatNews] Africa’s largest infrastructure sharing, co-location and managed services provider, Helios Towers Nigeria (HTN) has signed a 120-site co-location deal with Gateway Business Nigeria, a pan African telecommunications service provider, for a nationwide network roll out in Nigeria.
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May 17, 2010 Schlumberger... Sea Services Schlumberger has launched their SeaConnect(r) VSAT service for the offshore industry.
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U.S. Congress... Sent Satellite Signals [SatNews] Congress passed the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 on voice vote.
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Arqiva... Soccer It To Them (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Arqiva is using its IS805 platform to distribute 28 FA Cup soccer matches, from the UK to the Americas, for ESPN.
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KVH Industries... FOG Is An Asset For BMS [SatNews] KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) has received a $2 million order for its TACNAV(r) II tactical navigation system for use by an international customer.
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Arianespace... Bags IS-17 Arianespace has signed a contract with Intelsat to launch Intelsat 17.
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Boeing...Parts Shuffle Off Via The Shuttle... Boeing [NYSE: BA] has provided critical parts Space Shuttle Atlantis carried to the International Space Station (ISS).
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Cassini Captures... A Mere Silhouette Of Itself... (ESA) [SatNews] A startling silhouette of Saturn is created in this Cassini spacecraft portrait.
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Raytheon... Moving On Up... [SatNews] Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has appointed Dr. James W. Wade to the position of vice president, Mission Assurance.
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Financially Speaking . . . EADS Finanancial reports are in from EADS’: macro-economic and commercial environment is gradually improving but remains challenging.
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iDirect... South Seas Services Started... [SatNews] iDirect has announced the Office of Post and Telecommunications French Polynesia (OPT), a telecommunications provider in the Pacific Islands, has launched a new high-speed satellite broadband network based on iDirect’s Evolution platform.
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Spacecom... Ukranian TV Makes The Move To AMOS-3 (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has announced U.A. Inter Media Group, the Ukraine's national broadcaster and leading channel network, has signed a long term agreement to bring/move its satellite TV service to the AMOS-3 satellite.
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Integral Systems... Symbiotic Cypriotic Carrier Completion [SatNews] Integral Systems, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:ISYS) wholly-owned subsidiary, Integral Systems Europe, has completed the installation of a carrier monitoring system for Cyta and obtained official site acceptance.
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RSCC... Express-AM1 Orbit Out Of Whack [SatNews] Due to satellite failure, the orbital incline of the Express-AM1 satellite has been impossible to maintain... this has been the case of as April 24, 2010.
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MEASAT Satellite Systems... Feeding Asia Pacific With HD (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) now has an agreement GlobeCast and SPE Networks Asia (“SPENA”) to distribute the South East Asian feed of the AXN HD channel via the MEASAT-3 satellite.
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Boeing... Handoff Directed @ DIRECTV (SatBroadcasting™) [SatNews] Boeing [NYSE: BA] has completed the on-orbit handover of the DIRECTV 12 satellite.
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Moving On Up @ Globe Wireless . . . (SatNews) Globe Wireless announced today that Thomas M. Black has been appointed CFO of the company.
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Moving On Up @ LCR Electronics . . . [SatNews] LCR Electronics, a manufacturer of EMI filters, backplanes and ruggedized integrated chassis and electronic control products for military, telecom and commercial applications, has appointed Jim Stephenson as its southeast regional sales manager in response to its expanding business and success in the military and aerospace markets.
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Globe Wireless... "K" Line OK's Ship Shape Upgrade [SatNews] Globe Wireless has been selected by “K” Line to provide a turnkey implementation of the Inmarsat FleetBroadband service.
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JAXA... Climate Controls Climate Sat [SatNews] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) decided to postpone the launch of the Venus Climate Orbiter "AKATSUKI" (PLANET-C) by H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 17 (H-IIA F17) as clouds were observed that included a freezing layer that exceeded the restrictions for suitable weather.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Southerly Slick (NASA) [SatNews] By May 17, 2010, the oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico had spread south, extending a long tendril well south of the oil platform where the April 20 accident occurred.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Active Ash Assaults Atmosphere (NASA) [SatNews] Iceland’s Eyjafjallaj?kull Volcano continued emitting ash on May 17, 2010.
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May 16, 2010 U.S.A.F... GPS IIF Gets Going On May 20th The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch the first space vehicle of a new series of GPS satellites, “GPS IIF,” aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket on May 20, 2010, from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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May 14, 2010 Solaris Mobile Is Licensed For Mobile Satellite Services In Europe Solaris Mobile Ltd, the Dublin based operator of new hybrid satellite and terrestrial wireless networks across Europe, announced today that it has successfully been granted 18 year licenses to operate Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) in France, Sweden and Germany.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Congo's Purposeful Conflagrations (NASA) It was early in the dry season in Democratic Republic of Congo when the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image on May 13, 2010.
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Boeing Defence Australia... Entering Into Communications Service Boeing Defence Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], has announced the Modernised High Frequency Communications System (MHFCS) has completed testing and been introduced into service with the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Aqua Acquires Aqua Disaster In Kentucky (NASA) Severe floods struck Kentucky on May 1–2, 2010, causing statewide damage estimated at more than $30 million, according to the Lexington Herald-Leader.
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Galaxy 15 'Zombiesat' Gone Wrong — Will 'Lost' Be Lost? There has been much exchange of information regarding the report of the communications satellite Galaxy 15 which on April 5, has not responded to ground controls, hence the moniker from some of "zombiesat".
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NASA — Godspeed Atlantis! On Grand Finale Picture perfect the space shuttle Atlantis has successfully lifted and is embarking on its final planned mission.
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May 13, 2010 Arqiva... More MTV For Europe... (SatBroadcasting™) MTV has renewed its contract with Arqiva for the uplinking of two entire transponders.
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Sirius XM Radio... Beck Broadcast Begins... (SatBroadcasting™) Conservative Talk show host Glen Beck will be joining the satellite radio world with broadcast on Sirius XM Patriot, a conservative talk channel on Sirius XM Radio.
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DVEO... Transcoding Time @ InfoComm... (SatBroadcasting™) DVEO will demo their Linux(r) based MPEG-2 to H.264 transcoders at InfoComm, the world’s largest audio-visual trade show, June 9-11, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in Booth N1576.
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SMi... Sats + Space Exports Examined SMi's Advanced Workshop on Satellite & Space Export Controls will be held on July 13th 13th July 2010, in Central London.
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Thuraya... APSI Accepts Acknowledgement + Award In appreciation of the high-quality design, performance and operation of the XT satellite handheld phone, Thuraya honored Asia Pacific System Incorporated (APSI), Korean-based manufacturer of the world-renowned device, with a certificate of achievement.
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Interoute + ESA... Driving Data Diligently The European Space Agency (ESA) and Interoute have signed an agreement with the latter to provide a new IP Wide Area Network (WAN) connecting the Earth Observation (EO) Payload Data Systems sites across Europe and Canada.
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CASBAA... Content Consternation (SatBroadcasting™) Singapore’s future as a regional media hub is under threat as a result of new government rules for the pay-TV industry, said the Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA), which represents the interests of 130 content producers, pay-TV platform operators and equipment-and-service suppliers across 16 Asian markets.
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Vocality Int'l... Getting Back To Router BASICS [SatNews]: Vocality International has launched their BASICS IP Router.
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Comtech Mobile Datacom... Battle Command Continuance Comtech Telecommunications Corp.'s (CMTL 32.39, 0.52, 1.63%) subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received a $140.5 million ceiling increase to its existing Blue Force Tracking ("BFT") program contract with the U.S. Army.
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General Dynamics C4 Systems... WIN-T Win [SatNews]: General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a $12.4 million contract modification to the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 3 contract by the U.S. Army to lead a defense-industry team in the development of a line-of-sight communications payload for Extended Range/Multi-purpose (ER/MP) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).
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ESA... Peeking Back @ Earth While ESA’s Proba-2 keeps its main instruments trained on the Sun, it is also looking back to its homeworld.
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WISE Moves... Tadpole Star Fishing (NASA | JPL) A new infrared image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, showcases the Tadpole nebula, a star-forming hub in the Auriga constellation about 12,000 light-years from Earth.
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NOAA... More Perfect Positioning NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey – the official U.S. government source for determining precise latitude, longitude and elevation – is undergoing a modernization effort that takes into account advances in GPS and other technologies.
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May 12, 2010 Thrane & Thrane Celebrates 10,000TH SAILOR® — Helping To Better Communicate Quite an accomplishment, Thrane & Thrane announces that the 10,000th SAILOR FleetBroadband terminal has been shipped to Certified Partner Telemar, just two and a half years since Inmarsat's revolutionary FleetBroadband service went live.
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Raytheon... With A Sense Of AEWE For MAINGATE As the lead technology integrator for the recent U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command's Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE), Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) successfully connected more than 25 technologies from more than 20 different companies and agencies into a common network.
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Lockheed Martin... Linking Up For The Better IP Net Good Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has received additional contract options that increase the quantity of equipment being produced for the Airborne, Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System (AMF JTRS).
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Iridium... Rushin' To Russia Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) has announced an important advancement in its pursuit of regulatory compliance to enter the Russian market.
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Newtec... A Webfull Of Multistreaming Missives Join Newtec for a free Webinar — Multistream: Echoes from the Field. The Italian Digital Terrestrial TV Deployment over Satellite — on...
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Intelsat... Financially Speaking... Intelsat S.A. has reported results for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
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EMS Aviation... Flight Following Fire Fighting... EMS Aviation, a division of EMS Technologies, Inc. (NADAQ: ELMG), announced its flight-following technology shared the spotlight with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on May 3rd as he watched a real-time demonstration of the state’s new aircraft tracking system technology.
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DISH Network... Dishing Up Congratz + New HD Highlights (SatBroadcasting™) DISH Network L.L.C. issued the following statement today about the passage of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010: "DISH Network congratulates Congress on passing the landmark Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010 (STELA), clearing the way for DISH Network to become the first pay-TV provider to make local broadcast stations available in every television market in the United States."
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MFC... Interference Interruption Microwave Filter Company (MFC), recognized globally for their C-band fitering solutions, has introduced the model 17140 as the latest addition to their extensive line of C-band interference elimination filters.
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Qatar + Eutelsat... Sat Signing... Manama Qatar is set to launch its first satellite at the end of 2012 to provide superior coverage across the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia.
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Thaicom... Financially Speaking... SatNews: THAICOM Public Company Limited (SET INDEX: THCOM) announced financial results for the first quarter of 2010 with revenues of Baht 1.78 billion bahtfrom the sale of services.
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Hughes... HX System To Handle Federation's Far Eastern Needs SatNews: Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) announced that Rostelecom, Russia’s largest international and long-distance operator, has purchased the Hughes HX System to provide a variety of broadband communications services in the Federation’s far east region.
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Sea Launch Files Plan of Reorganization Sea Launch Company LLC, a leading provider of launch services to the commercial satellite industry, has filed a Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”) with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, in preparation for its emergence from Chapter 11.
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ESA... This Launch Is Armed SatNews: Space Shuttle Atlantis, ready for liftoff on Friday, will deliver important hardware from Europe to the International Space Station: spare portions of the European Robotic Arm and the first Russian payloads to use the arm.
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DISA... Moving On Up... SatNews: The director of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), Army Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett, announced three key changes in the senior leadership of the agency.
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PolarSat Expands Air Traffic Network PolarSat Inc., a provider of full mesh hubless VSAT communication equipment announces the receipt of multiple orders for a major expansion of an existing Air Traffic Network.
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May 11, 2010 Loral Space & Communications... Financially Speaking... Loral Space & Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:LORL) has announced its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2010.
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NASA | JPL... Come On Over To Our House... NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, invites the public to a close-up look at JPL's past, present and future at its annual Open House on Saturday, May 15, and Sunday, May 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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Boeing... Phantom Ray Is No Phantom The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has unveiled their fighter-sized Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system, a test bed for advanced technologies.
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Iridium... Financially Speaking... Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) reported financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
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SSTL... New NigeriaSat-2 Note: Launch In October SSTL has informed SatNews the launch the NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites on behalf of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) by a Dnepr launch vehicle from Yasny, Russia, will occur on October 29, 2010.
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Avaya's Contract Gives USAF The Essential EDGE Avaya Government Solutions won a major re-compete contract from the United States Air Force to provide information assurance, network assessment and network engineering support for the Scope Enterprise Design Guidance and Evaluation Project (Scope EDGE). Scope EDGE helps ensure the continued security and operation of U.S. Air Force network resources around the world.
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Newtec Offers Multistream Webinar — This Is No Mainstream Info Newtec makes their expertise available with another free Webinar "Multistream: Echoes from The Field.
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Integral Systems' $13.1M US Government Contract — It's Logic(al) Integral Systems, Inc., [Nasdaq:ISYS] announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, RT Logic has been awarded a $13.1 million, multi-year contract by the United States Government to modernize a major data
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Astrium... ATV Acclimation In Kourou, Ascent Anticipated "Johannes Kepler", the second European spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS), is on its way to the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
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Lockheed Martin... Vietnam Voices Vinasat-2 Venue Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] has been awarded a contract by Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) of Vietnam to build the VINASAT-2 satellite.
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Gilat... Financially Speaking... Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NasdaqGM: GILT), has reported its results for the quarter ending March 31, 2010.
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Code Organa... An App Filled With Spaceworthy Nuances The company has just released Hidden Sky, a first of its kind augmented reality app for the iPhone that lets users track any of the thousands of satellites that orbit the Earth, as well as the planets and other objects in the sky.
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SIS LIVE... Uplinks Glean UK Voting SIS LIVE provided 70 satellite uplink vehicles to the main UK broadcasters for their coverage of the UK General Election 2010 coverage.
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Hubble Happenings... Catching A Runaway... (ESA) Pictured is a heavy runaway star rushing away from a nearby stellar nursery at more than 400 000 kilometres per hour, a speed that would get you to the Moon and back in two hours, is the most extreme case of a very massive star that has been kicked out of its home by a group of even heftier siblings.
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Eyeheight + SIS LIVE... A Colorful Marathon (SatBroadcasting™) SIS LIVE selected Eyeheight HD/SD color correctors as part of the equipment infrastructure used in its coverage of the 30th London Marathon on Sunday April 25.
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Marlink's VSAT Service @SEAdirect Is Solution Marlink, the global provider of maritime satellite communications, is launching @SEAdirect, a new, entry-level-band VSAT service.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Planes, Instruments + Satellites... (JPL | NASA) An advanced JPL-built optical sensor flying aboard a NASA research aircraft is among several NASA remote-sensing assets being mobilized to help assess the spread and impact of the Deepwater Horizon BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico at the request of U.S. disaster response agencies.
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Arianespace... A Meeting Of Soyuz Minds... The Soyuz Consultation Committee, comprising representatives of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, the European Space Agency (ESA), the French space agency CNES and Arianespace, met on Tuesday, May 11, in French Guiana. Confirmation was received by SatNews that the inaugural launch of Soyuz from the Guiana Space Center would take place during the fourth quarter of 2010.
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May 10, 2010 Iridium... Topical Transceiver Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announces that its new satellite data transceiver is ready for market one month ahead of schedule and the company is now accepting orders.
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Aon... Risky — Now Protected — Business... Aon's International Space Brokers, the largest specialist risk adviser in the sector, has announced the launch of Investment Protection Insurance, a game-changing policy for space investors.
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Clyde Space... Converter Renounces Radiation Clyde Space have developed a fully isolated, multiple output DC-DC Converter for the SiREUS coarse rate sensor that is planned to fly on the European Space Agency Sentinel-3 mission.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Volcano Refuses To Loiter (NASA) Iceland’s Eyjafjallaj?kull volcano continued to emit a dense plume of ash and steam on May 7, 2010.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Slick Portent Presses Onward (NASA) Eighteen days after the Deepwater Horizon accident, an oil slick lingered in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama.
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Cassini Captures... Dynamic Dimple Of Gargantuan Dimensions A huge impact created Odysseus Crater, which covers a large part of Saturn's moon Tethys in this Cassini spacecraft image.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Volcano Revisit Reveals More... (ESA) New eruptions from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajoekull volcano have produced a 1600 km-wide ash cloud over the Atlantic.
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Snell... Feature Set Expansions To Debut (SatBroadcasting™) Snell will display version 2 of its Morpheus ICE automation product at BroadcastAsia2010.
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China... First Astronauts Of The Femine Gender China's space authorities added seven new members to its astronaut crew on Friday, with two women included for the first time.
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Thales Alenia Space Italia and Telespazio — Si And Oui! Sicral 2 Enhances Two Militaries Thales Alenia Space Italia and Telespazio announced today that they have signed a contract with the Italian Ministry of Defence and the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) for the development of the Sicral 2 satellite and ground segment for military communications.
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Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne... Emergency Emphasis... Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne received a $1.8 million contract from United Launch Alliance to help design and develop an Emergency Detection System (EDS) for human spaceflights to be proposed for Atlas V and Delta IV launch vehicles.
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TCS... Of Remote Interest... TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS) has been awarded a re-compete contract valued at approximately $1.8 million to continue providing managed bandwidth services for fixed satellite terminal sites supporting U.S. government personnel in forward operating areas in Southwest Asia, including Iraq.
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Ericsson... Indulging Indosat As part of a multi year project aimed to enhance Indonesians' mobile experience, Indosat has commissioned Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) to modernize its network and, at the same time, launched Asia's fastest mobile network, based on Ericsson's HSPA Evolution technology, capable of reaching up to 42Mbps.
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EchoStar Corp... Financially Speaking... EchoStar Corporation is reporting total revenue of $627 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, a 31 percent increase compared with $480 million for the corresponding period in 2009.
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DISH Network Corp... Financially Speaking... DISH Network Corporation (Nasdaq: DISH) has reported total revenue of $3.06 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, a 5.2 percent increase compared with $2.91 billion for the corresponding period in 2009.
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Space Systems/Loral... Satmex Satisfaction Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to provide a satellite for Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V.
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GeoEye... Financially Speaking... GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) has announced results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2010.
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Thales Alenia Space... Both A Primary + A Backup Role Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with the APT Satellite Company Limited, a leading satellite operator in the Asia Pacific Region, for the design, manufacture, and delivery on ground of a high-capacity telecommunication satellite.
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International Datacasting... The 3D Flex... (SatBroadcasting™) International Datacasting Corporation (TSX:IDC) has entered into a material contract with a large, pan-European content distribution company valued at EUR1.15 million.
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Integral Systems... A Green HQ Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISYS) has announced its global corporate headquarters in Columbia, Maryland, has received Silver LEED Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).</font
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Comtech Telecommunications Acquires CPI — Change Of Letterhead Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [Nasdaq:CMTL] and CPI International, Inc. [Nasdaq:CPII] jointly announced today the signing of a definitive merger agreement under which Comtech will purchase CPI in a cash and stock transaction with an enterprise value of approximately $472.3 million.
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Arianespace... Boosting The Boosters The no. 1 Soyuz launcher at the Spaceport in French Guiana has completed the first step of its initial build-up, with all four of the vehicle's first stage strap-on boosters now mated to the Block A core second stage.
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Ball Aerospace... Precision Precipitation Passes NASA has awarded a sole source contract to Ball Aerospace and Technology Corp. for the Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager instrument Flight Unit 2.
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EMC Satcom Technologies... EMC Satcom Technologies GmbH established a new landmark in satellite link optimization by achieving a symmetrical 155/155Mbps circuit inside a single transponder and, in tur, liberating a full 72MHz transponder.
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NASA... KLASS For Class As NASA prepares to launch a space shuttle on Friday, May 14, the agency is offering the ABCs of 3,2,1 liftoff to students and educators throughout the nation.
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GlobalPartnersUnited And Global VSAT Forum — Form Partnership — Here's To Your Health Win-win when those in need benefit, and so Satnews learns of the state-of-the-art satellite communications solutions that are to be applied globally to meet an increasing need and demand for tele-health and telepractices solutions to address healthcare and education access disparities.
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ViaSat... And Guam Helps Make It Global... ViaSat Inc. (Nasdaq:VSAT) now encircles the globe with its Yonder(r) mobile broadband network.
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Eutelsat... Sat Signing For Eurobird 2 Follow-On ictQATAR (representing the State of Qatar) and Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) announce today the signing of a partnership agreement to invest in and operate a new high-capacity satellite at Eutelsat’s 25.5 degrees East location, one of the two longstanding and anchored neighbourhoods serving fast-growing markets in the Middle East and North Africa regions.
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ESA's Two Jewels Present —The Assembly Line Of Stars Last week Satnews celebrated the anniversary of the launch of the two jewels of high technology, considered the most complex satellites ever produced in Europe, they were both developed and built by an industrial team led by Thales Alenia Space under the largest contract ever awarded by the European Space Agency for a science mission.
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CSA Is Spot-On With 7th Annual California SpotBeam Awards The awards are perhaps the equivilent to Hollywood's Academy Awards for acting, only these awards represent a much larger atmosphere.
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May 7, 2010 Solid State Logic... A Race For Console Commitment (SatBroadcasting™) Dubai Media has installed two 32-fader, Solid State Logic C100 HDS consoles in two new remote OB vans as part of the network’s move into HD broadcast.
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Harmonic... Acquiring Minds Want To Know... (SatBroadcasting™) Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) and Omneon, Inc. have signed a definitive agreement pursuant to which Harmonic would acquire Omneon for an enterprise value of approximately $274 million in cash and Harmonic stock.
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ABI Research... 7.5 Million ComNavSys To Reach Out Global commercial navigation system shipments will grow from three million in 2010 to 7.5 million in 2015.
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May 6, 2010 Thales Alenia Space’s Two Jewels Still Dazzle In The Dark Real gems in space — It's been almost one year, on May 14, 2009, an Ariane 5 lifted off from French Guiana with one of its most ambitious payloads ever, not one but two deep space observatories – Herschel and Planck – designed to answer crucial questions regarding the origins, evolution and fate of the Universe and its components.
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Hughes... Broadband Sat Acquires Arianespace Assist North American satellite operator and services provider, Hughes, has engaged Arianespace to orbit its powerful Ka-Band broadband satellite, Jupiter.
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Weather Central... Definitely A Gray Area... (SatBroadcasting™) Weather Central LLC has now become the broadcast weather system provider of choice for Gray Television.
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SENCORE... BroadcastAsia 2010 Broadcasting Betterments (SatBroadcasting™) First introduced at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in April, the SENCORE TXS 3453 real-time, high-performance transcoding platform delivers multiple channels of best-in-class transcoding in a reliable, high-density 1RU chassis.
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Eutelsat... An Enriching 3DTV Experience... (SatBroadcasting™) Eutelsat and Euro1080 entered a new, exclusive partnership designed to further enrich the content of Eutelsat’s 3D channel, which is broadcast across Europe via the EUROBIRD(tm) 9A satellite.
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Comtech Telecommunications... TWTAs Ahoy! Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced their Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc.,
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CapRock's High Five — It's All Greek! CapRock Communications, a global provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, today announced it has secured a 60 month fleet contract with Diamlemos Shipping Corporation for nine C-band installations in cooperation with its Greek partner Setel. \
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Op Ed — FCC Broadband Reclassification: An Agency Out of Control Washington, D.C., May 6, 2010 – Reactions by Competitive Enterprise Institute telecom policy analysts Wayne Crews and Ryan Radia on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski’s statement on broadband policy:
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WTA... Teleport Greening The World Teleport Association (WTA) has released a new white paper, Strategies for Sustainability.
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NASA... Abort Accomplishment For Orion Crew Vehicle NASA's Pad Abort 1 flight test, a launch of the abort system designed for the Orion crew vehicle, lifted off at 7:00 a.m. MDT Thursday at the U.S. Army's White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) near Las Cruces, N.M.
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GeoEye... Seeking Russia GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar order with its Russian reseller, ScanEx Research and Development Center, for more than two million square kilometers of high-resolution satellite imagery.
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Telesat... Financially Speaking... Telesat Holdings Inc. (Telesat) announced its unaudited financial results for the three month period ended March 31, 2010.
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Globalstar... Thales Built 2G Sats See Space Ahead Globalstar, Inc. (Nasdaq:GSAT) has announced the timetable for the upcoming launch of the Company's 2G satellite constellation.
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SatMax... It Bears Repeating SatMax Corp. (PINKSHEETS: SATM) has completed installation of a rack-mounted SatMAX(r) satellite communications repeater system for the U. S. Navy.
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ORBCOMM... Easing Into Earth Entity ORBCOMM Inc. has commenced construction of a Gateway Earth Station (GES) in Hartebeesthoek, South Africa.
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SatMAX... A HAA High SatMAX Corporation has agreed to commercial purchase contract terms with Lockheed Martin Corporation for a SatMAX(r) satellite communications repeater system.
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NASA — ALI Oops! Eyjafjallajökull Volcano in Infrared On April 17, 2010, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) instrument aboard NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) spacecraft obtained this false-color infrared image of Iceland's Eyjafjallaj?kull volcano. A strong thermal source (denoted in red) is visible at the base of the Eyjafjallaj?kull plume.
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XTAR — In Memory of William R. Schmidt William R. Schmidt, XTAR, LLC Vice President, Government Services, died suddenly April 28 of a heart attack.
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May 5, 2010 SIA... Globecomm Joins Industry Group... The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) has added Globecomm Systems Inc. as its most recent member.
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Snell... Mediatec + Morpheus Move At A Fast Clip (SatBroadcasting™) Snell has announced Mediatec Broadcast of Oslo has integrated the Morpheus automation system with EVS production and playout servers to achieve rapid turnaround and playout of live and near-live sports coverage on Norway's Viasat Sport and Viasat Football channels, as well as the recently re-launched Rikstoto Direkte, a 24-hour channel for the Norwegian horseracing federation.
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PCI Geomatics... In Memory Of Dr. Moses... PCI Geomatics is sad to announce the sudden passing of Dr. Robert Moses, President and Chief Executive Officer on Monday, May 3rd.
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Harris... Falcon Featured For Forces HRS has received an $11 million order to provide Falcon(r) tactical radio systems to a Partnership for Peace nation participating in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan.
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CASBAA... Arianespace CEO To Initiate Event The CASBAA Singapore Satellite Industry Forum, themed "More than Bandwidth", will open with a morning keynote from Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO of Arianespace.
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OnAir... A Prestigious Placement Comlux The Aviation Group has announced an agreement to install OnAir's inflight mobile communications service on its flagship Airbus A320 Prestige.
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Numerex Corp... Financially Speaking... Numerex Corp. (Nasdaq: NMRX), a single source provider of secure machine-to-machine (M2M) products and services, has announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2010.
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Arqiva...SNG Electives (SatBroadcasting™) Arqiva is supplying Sky News with extensive Satellite News Gathering (SNG) services to support their coverage of the UK general election.
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SES WORLD SKIES... Morphing Into SES-7 SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Paris:SESG) (LuxX:SESG), announced that, following receipt of the required regulatory approval, SES has closed its acquisition of the ProtoStar II satellite and is now preparing to integrate it into its global fleet.
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GlobeCast... Really Cricket (SatBroadcasting™) Asia’s No. 1 sports content provider, ESPN STAR Sports, has selected GlobeCast as its technical broadcast partner to deliver world-class cricket from the ICC World Twenty20 from the West Indies to the rest of the world.
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May 4, 2010 Aerojet... Remarkable Rocket Relationship Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE:GY) company, and Florida Turbine Technologies (FTT) have entered into a strategic partnership to compete for research, development and production on NASA’s new hydrocarbon engine and advanced upper stage engine.
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Spacecom... Magio Moves Onto AMOS-3 Spacecom (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: SCC), the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has revealed that Slovak Telekom’s Magio TV has launched its satellite TV service on the AMOS-3 satellite.
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International Launch Services... Intelsat 22 Proton Push An ILS Proton will launch the Intelsat 22 satellite for Intelsat S.A. — the Intelsat 22 satellite is under construction by Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems is scheduled for launch in the first half of 2012.
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MTN... With A Lot Of Goodwood... MTN Satellite Communications (MTN) has been selected to provide VSAT services for Singapore-based Goodwood Ship Management.
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Sea Launch... Financially Speaking... SatNews has learned that Sea Launch has accepted the terms of agreement for debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing from Energia Overseas Limited (“EOL”).
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OHB-System AG... A Proper European MILSATCOM Grounding With Two Contracts OHB-System AG, a member of the European space and technology group OHB Technology AG (Prime Standard, ISIN: DE0005936124), has been awarded contracts under the E-SGA program (Europeanization of Satellite-Based Reconnaissance) providing for the operation of the French ground station of the SAR-Lupe system and the German ground station of the Helios II system.
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C-COM Satellite Systems... Playing Post Office C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. (TSXV: CMI) has delivered an initial number of iNetVu(r) Mobile antenna systems to Numix-Engineering SDN BHD, its Malaysia based reseller, for deployment by Post Malaysia for this country's first-of-its-kind Post-Automated-Machine (PAM) and Post-on-Wheels, or mobile post office.
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NDS... DVR For Sky Deutschland... (SatBroadcasting™) NDS has announced that Sky Deutschland, the largest pay-TV operator in Germany and Austria, has selected NDS XTV(tm) secure integrated digital video recorder (DVR) technology to power its Sky HD DVR service.
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Integral Systems... Weather Needs A COMPASS Integral Systems, Inc.'s (Nasdaq:ISYS) wholly-owned subsidiary, Newpoint Technologies, has been awarded a contract to provide its COMPASS Network Management Software (NMS) to Communications & Power Engineering (CommPower), Inc. for centralized monitoring of all assets of NOAA's Weather Radio Improvement Program (WRIP) system.
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Vizada Networks... SATCOM Setups For Norwegian Forces Vizada Networks and the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation (NDLO) have expanded their existing co-operation by entering into a Framework Agreement for the supply of commercial satellite capacity and additional services.
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Spot Image Corp... Moving On Up... Spot Image Corporation has hired Bob Shafer as Director of Defense Programs.
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Harmonic... DTV SatServices Parceled Out By ProStream (SatBroadcasting™) Harmonic Inc. (NASDAQ: HLIT) has announced Digital Cable Systems (DCS), Romania’s third largest cable and DTH satellite service provider, has deployed the Company’s digital video delivery solutions to power its new AKTA TV digital service.
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NASA + DARPA... Crowdsourcing Has Spherical Focus NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are asking for proposals to enhance small satellite experiments on the International Space Station.
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May 3, 2010 Integral Systems... Moving On Up... Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISYS) has announced that General (Ret.) Thomas S. Moorman has joined the Company's Board of Directors.
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RapidEye... A FUSION Of EO Possibilities... The FUSION Team, consisting of seven parties including RapidEye AG with the Technical University of Berlin (TU) heading the project, has announced that their FUSION User Workshop will occur on May 19th in Berlin.
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Inmarsat... The Flying Focus Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT) hs introduced a new class of its SwiftBroadband service.
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Vishay Intertechnology... Complete Capacitance... Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) announced its CWR06 and CWR16 TANTAMOUNT(r) solid tantalum chip capacitors are now approved to the "T"-level requirements of MIL-PRF-55365 for space-level applications.
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NASA... SDO's Sun Dance This new image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) shows in great detail a solar prominence taken from a March 30, 2010 eruption.
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u-blox... Driving The GPS Chip Home... u-blox is now shipping production volumes of automotive qualified GPS receiver chips to tier-1 automotive car electronics suppliers.
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ND SatCom... Partner Progress... ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company, has launched its new global ‘Valued Partner Program’ aimed at resellers of its satellite router brandSkyWAN(r).
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Cinedigm Digital Cinema... SatSinemaXpansion Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. (NASDAQ: CIDM) announced it plans to more than double its network of satellite-enabled theatre locations across the United States by deploying an additional 300 locations by the end of 2010.
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TopTV... Low Cost SatTV Starts In South Africa (SatBroadcasting™) Top TV has launched, aiming to capture the market between the "free" SABC and e-tv channels and the more expensive DStv channel in South Africa.
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ISRO Polar 'Melt Down' Of Satellite Launch The launch of India Space Research Organisation's (ISRO`s) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C15) originally set for May 9, 2010 has been rescheduled.
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Astrium's TanDEM-X Maps A Whole New World — In 3D! The German radar satellite TanDEM-X, built by Astrium, has proven its suitability for operation in space in a series of special tests at IABG in Ottobrunn, near Munich.
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NASA + NOAA... Outflowing Oil Continues To Advance NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites are helping the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) keep tabs on the extent of the recent Gulf oil spill with satellite images from time to time.
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RapidEye + Geosys... A French Business Enhancement RapidEye has announced that Geosys, S.A. has signed a distributor agreement with the Company to be its sole distributor of satellite imagery in France.
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Harris... DoD Deliveries + Deployment Details... Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has received a $13 million order to supply JTRS-approved Falcon III(r) AN/PRC-152(C) multiband handheld radios and AN/VRC-110 vehicular amplifier adapter systems to the U.S. Department of Defense for use in Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs).
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PacTel International... Laudable Link Labors Pactel International has announced the successful implementation of a large satellite IP trunk, linking the two French overseas territories of Wallis and Futuna to the International IP backbone via Australia.
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Comtech EF Data... An Asian Agreement Of Advanced Proportions... Comtech EF Data Corp. has been awarded a $4.8 million SATCOM equipment order from a leading telecommunications service provider.
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MDA... Making The U.S. Oil Spill A Priority... MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) has mobilized its resources to support increased information needs in the wake of the oil spill in the Gulf Coast.
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Integral Systems... Financially Speaking... Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISYS) has reported financial results for its second fiscal quarter ended March 26, 2010.
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Here's Looking @ Earth... Danger To Delta As Oil Heads Toward Shore... (NASA) A massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico continued spreading on April 29, 2010, moving perilously close to shore, according to news reports.
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Lockheed Martin... U.S. Navy Says Make Mine MUOS Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has delivered a cutting-edge communications system module for the second satellite in the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program.
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SingTel... IsatPhone Pro Heading For Middle East Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) will be launching the Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro satellite phone to enhance communications in war-affected Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Thrane & Thrane And Miss Piggy Prove One Size Does Not Fit All Thrane & Thrane, satellite communications equipment manufacturer, has new information regarding three different AVIATOR? products that provid specific services for each connectivity solution.
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