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| 02.01.2012 |
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Satellite Executive of the Year 2011: The Nominees Are...
Businesses throughout the satellite industry performed admirably in the tough economic conditions of 2011. Many executives worked to push their company higher, and the following six stood out to be nominees for one of the industry’s most prestigious...
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| 01.01.2012 |
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NASA Sees Private Sector as Key to Escaping LEO
The future of NASA seems to be open to debate as budget cuts increase. With more encouragement than ever for private sector involvement in things like human spaceflight, will NASA retain its iconic status, or gradually start to fade into the shadows? When the...
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| 12.01.2011 |
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A Parallel Adaptation: New Commercial Rockets for New Satellites
The design of the modern satellite has taken several different evolutionary paths during the past five years. They have both grown and shrunk. The variety of their capabilities has both expanded and become more specialized. We examine how launch service...
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| 11.01.2011 |
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Satellite Necessities for the Offshore Oil Platform: An End-Users Perspective
Oil and gas companies are potentially lucrative customers for satellite-based communications. However, while demand for services like HD video on oil rigs is good news, the competition from fiber based networks is not and makes for an intriguing market for...
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| 10.01.2011 |
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COTM: New Commercial Opportunities for Satellite
The commercial communications-on-the-move (COTM) market has expanded to support virtually anything that moves, including aircraft, trains, ships, automobiles, trucks, farm and construction equipment and shipping containers. COTM technology, which was...
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| 09.01.2011 |
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Airlines Ready to Jump into Connectivity Battle
Airlines operate in an increasingly competitive market and in-flight connectivity could become a key method of gaining passenger loyalty. A number of airlines are now looking to strike deals to bring state-of-the-art connectivity systems on planes. The good...
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| 08.01.2011 |
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Latin America: The New Jewel in Satellite
Exciting government projects, strong demand for capacity and economies showing growth even in difficult times — the Latin American region ticks all the boxes to be a lucrative market for satellite. Latin America is fast emerging as an exciting growth...
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| 07.01.2011 |
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Spaced Based Initiatives: New Routes and Paths Emerge
Cisco’s Internet Router in Space (IRIS) initiative and hosted payloads have been big discussions in recent years, particularly in terms of how they could shape future government and military strategies. The question now is what happens next, and...
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| 06.01.2011 |
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Maritime Becoming Prime Time For Satellite Companies
With demands for bandwidth set to increase, satellite players are vying to supply the crowded maritime sector with more effective communications solutions, as shipping operators look to satellite to boost their performance. Maritime is one of the most...
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| 05.01.2011 |
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Market Changes: Could Bring Lower Launch Prices
SES’s plan to launch its SES-8 satellite on a SpaceX vehicle may be the first sign that more competition — and possibly lower prices — could be coming to the launch services market. The major FSS players have been at the forefront of the...
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| 04.01.2011 |
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OTT Broadcasting: The Next "Once-In-A-Lifetime" Opportunity?
Over-the-top (OTT) broadcasting is seen by many as one of the next big trends in broadcasting and could enable broadcasters and operators to be much more flexible in delivering video services to customers. OTT providers such as Hulu in the United States and...
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| 03.01.2011 |
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Via Satellite’s satellite Executive of the Year 2010: Petra Mateos Chairwoman, Hispasat
To read an extended version of this interview with Petra Mateos, please click here. When appointed chairwoman of Hispasat in 2004, Petra Mateos felt the company needed to have more of an international focus and more diversified revenue streams. Mateos...
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| 02.01.2011 |
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Full Agenda of Spectrum Issues at WRC-12
At the World Radiocommunication Council 2012 (WRC-12), experts will review the allocation of radiofrequency spectrum and orbital resources. A positive outcome for the satellite industry will be crucial to its future.Many satellite players enter 2011 with a...
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| 01.01.2011 |
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Commercial Satellite Sector Sees Upside to New Space Policy Hopeful of ITAR Reform, Greater Stake in U.S. Roadmap for Space
The Obama Administration’s new space policy brings an increased emphasis to the commercial satellite industry as a key player in the future space roadmap. Specifically, the policy calls on government space-based agencies to look first to...
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| 12.01.2010 |
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2010 In Review: Active Despite Economic Issues
2010 proved to be a solid year for the satellite sector during an economic pe riod that has curtailed many other business around the globe. Satellite companies remained active in all areas, introducing new business and growth initiatives that could...
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| 11.01.2010 |
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Rig of the Future: Satellites Aid Operating Improvements
When the Lucas Gusher came in at Spindletop in 1901, igniting the Texas Oil Boom, drilling rigs primarily were driven by hardened men working with hardened steel and horsepower. Drilling technology has improved over time, and the pace has picked up...
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| 10.01.2010 |
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The Underserved of Europe
A single “last mile” is separating European satellite operators from a broadband consumer market potentially worth millions of customers and dollars. Common wisdom has it that broadband have-nots reside mainly in the developing world. This...
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| 09.01.2010 |
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Content Delivery: Demanding Consumers Seek Simple Solutions
Content creators are shifting their thinking about delivering their products, no longer focused solely on the TV consumer and looking at users that seek entertainment via other devices. The challenge for manufacturers of delivery components is that the...
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| 08.01.2010 |
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Cleaning Up the Gulf Oil Spill: Energy Sector Relies on Satellite Technology
The Deepwater Horizon and other specialized vessels like her are designed to operate in waters more than a mile deep and can drill wells more than five miles into the Earth’s crust. Energy companies have developed the continental shelf in the Gulf of...
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| 07.01.2010 |
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Intelligence in the Skies
With the ability to provide signal gain, double-hop elimination, IP multiplexing and mesh networking without a teleport, what impact can on-board processing have on satellite communications? On-board processing has the potential to bring video on-demand...
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