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A New Path to the Moon
In December, we discussed the final report of the White House Review of U.S. Human Spaceflight Plans Committee, otherwise known as the Augustine Committee. The report found NASA’s current human spaceflight program to be on an “unsustainable...
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MTV Wants Complete Experience
As a brand mainly targeting a youthful audience, MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has to be at the cutting edge of new technologies and ideas to reach an ever more demanding audience. The company always looks to expand into new markets as well as bring its...
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Consumers May Have Larger Impact on Space in Future
When considering commercial space one thinks of satellites. When one thinks about the intersection of commercial space and consumers one thinks of satellite TV, GPS, broadband over satellite and the like. Thus, it has always been and thus it shall ever be...
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U.S. Landing Rights and International Satellite Services
In the global economy it is important that there be a way for satellite markets to contribute to and benefit from their counterparts internationally. The United States grants access to its own satellite markets in exchange for access to foreign satellite...
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U.K. Space Innovation and Growth Strategy
“Space has been one of the hidden success stories of British industry in recent years.” So begins a comprehensive report issued in early February by a joint U.K. government, industry and academia initiative called the “Space Innovation and...
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Seems Satellite Contributions Remain an Afterthought
I have not been able to pick up a mainstream newspaper or magazine, turn on TV news, or check out a news Web site in the past several months without seeing discussions about the contributions of the satellite sector in modern society. Some of these...
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| 03.01.2010 |
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Launch Vehicle Manifesto
The launch services marketplace always has been a tough place to earn a living. These days, there is a combination of strong demand and heavy backload, high barriers to entry, consolidated supply but with new market entrants and former players threatening...
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Contracts News
Arianespace Wins Contract for 10 Galileo Satellites The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Arianespace to launch the first 10 Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites in Europe’s Galileo satellite positioning system. The contract, managed by...
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Awards News
ISRO Wins IEEE Resnik Award for Satellite Navigation Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) technology specialist Surendra Pal was awarded the 2010 IEEE Judith A. Resnik award for the development of various space borne...
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Technology News
Comtech EF Data Releases CDM-750 Trunking Modem Comtech EF Data introduced its CDM-750 high-speed trunking modem to the commercial market. The CDM-750 modem combines DVB-S2, adaptive coding and modulation and DoubleTalk carrier-in-carrier technologies. The...
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Services News
Astra, Intersat Partner for Satellite Service in Africa Astra Broadband Services and Intersat Africa launched satellite broadband in East and Central Africa in early February. The Get2Net service is available in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi...
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Executive Moves News
CapRock Names DISA Officer as Director of Operations CapRock Government Solutions named Augustine Ponturiero director of operations. Ponturiero primarily will oversee the day-to-day functions of CapRock’s satcom division and its government-dedicated...
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Scripps Networks Looks to Serve Globe
Scripps Networks is carving a niche for itself in terms of lifestyle media channels. The company launched HGTV in 1994, and among its five other networks, probably is best known is the Food Network channel, which is available in more than 99 million...
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New Efforts to Mitigate Satellite Interference
The success enjoyed by the commercial satellite sector over recent decades comes as no surprise to the engineers, technicians and managers who have been contributing to its remarkable growth by providing customers with accurate and reliable services around...
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Teleport Operators Find Ways to Trim Costs
Teleports often are characterized as the ground-based infrastructure of a satellite network, but the term means different things to different people. There is a surprising amount of diversification in the field, and the term teleport covers a wide range of...
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Capacity Extremes Could Impact MENA
Belief that demand for capacity serving the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) soon will skyrocket has been building for more than a year, spurred by a combination of increasing demand for satellite-based services and government deregulation that is...
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Via Satellite’s Satellite Executive Of The Year 2009: Peter Shaper, CEO, CapRock Communications
Peter Shaper’s introduction to the satellite communications sector occurred while he was a partner in a private equity firm. Research into telecom companies that were “undervalued” led to CapRock Communications. Shaper’s interest was...
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Should Your Opinion Count?
Speak now or forever hold your peace or at least hold it for a long time until provision can be made to hear your arguments. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is required to consider your comments in the process of making rules. Public...
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Satellite Network Neutrality
Network neutrality is a hot topic in the United States that is generally viewed to apply to Internet services and IP networks. Although this topic arose in the United States and is being debated at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Europe...
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Michel de Rosen CEO, Eutelsat Communications
Michel de Rosen took over the role of CEO of Eutelsat Communications from Giuliano Berretta in November. For most of the previous decade, he served as chairman and CEO of ViroPharma, a U.S. pharmarceutical company and since 2008 as chairman and CEO of SGD, a...
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