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| 11.01.2009 |
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Government Use of Commercial Imaging
This column has devoted substantial attention this year to the growth of U.S. government/Department of Defense procurement of commercial satellite capacity and network solutions, but mostly in the context of fixed and mobile satellite services. The increasing...
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| 01.27.2009 |
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GPS-Enabled Applications, Handsets Set for Dramatic Annual Growth 
[Satellite News 01-27-09] The results of a pair ABI Research studies along with several deals backed by major companies may point to a healthy future for GPS-enabled handsets and applications. Alternative global positioning technologies...
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| 01.15.2008 |
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Satellite Imaging Business Robust, Growing
[Satellite News – 1-15-08] With the announcement that the WorldView-1 imaging satellite has reached full operating capability, DigitalGlobe's capacity has been increased five fold, and the company's biggest problem with its previous satellite has been...
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| 06.11.2007 |
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DataPath's Acquistion of Swe-Dish Called 'Imminent'
DataPath is on the verge of completing its acquisition of European mobile satellite terminal vendor Swe-Dish Satellite Systems with a deal likely to be announced later in the month, a Swe-Dish executive said on June 8. Lars Jehrlander, CEO of Swe-Dish...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Satellite Navigation New Systems Could Bring New Era For Civil Users
An increase in the number of navigation satellites orbiting the globe promises to usher in a new era of signal availability and accuracy. But it will take the creativity of equipment makers and consumers, as well as technological advances in chips and...
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| 05.14.2007 |
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Remote-Imaging Experts Dismiss NGA Director's General Concerns
Assertions made last week by the director of the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) that some censorship of satellite imagery might be necessary for national or military defense stirred questions among experts of whether such restrictions...
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| 04.30.2007 |
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SPOTLIGHT: Whither Vintner? Web Site Uses Google Mapping To Inform Wine Customers' Palates
Similar to the real-estate cliche about location, in winemaking, too, "locality is everything," says Eric Quanstrom of Appellation America. His San Francisco-based company and its Web site, http://www.AppellationAmerica.com, aim to reinforce the...
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| 04.09.2007 |
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SPOTLIGHT: GPS Units Making Australian Rules Football Teams Forget About The Gatorade
While American professional sports are concerning themselves with performance-enhancers of a different sort, the Australian Football League (AFL) is hoping to expand its use of personal GPS devices to track and analyze in real time the performance of its...
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| 04.02.2007 |
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SPOTLIGHT: DigitalGlobe Improves Pilots' Outlook, Chances Through Alaskan Aviation Safety Project
In cooperation with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), NASA and the Medallion Foundation, DigitalGlobe, a commercial high-resolution satellite imagery and geospatial information provider, is launching a new research and development...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Critical Year For European Space Programs
2007 will be a key year for Europe, with major programs such as the Galileo satellite navigation system and Global Monitoring for Environment and Security initiative scheduled to take crucial steps forward and the European Space Agency preparing to shape the...
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| 01.17.2007 |
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U-blox Delivers 5 Millionth GPS Receiver To Mobile Crossing
U-blox America Inc. delivered its 5 millionth GPS receiver to...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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Satellite Imagery: Enhancing Its Commercial Appeal
By Jason Bates When the first commercial imagery satellites were proposed, owners and investors had visions of billions of commercial dollars dancing through their heads. But the commercial market forecasts for the industry were proven to be wildly...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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Satellite Imagery: Saving Time And Money For Corporate Applications
Satellite imagery, long the domain of governments and militaries around the globe, is finding its way into the commercial marketplace. Commercial satellite operators had hoped that the launch of several spacecraft in the late 1990s and the early part of this...
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