-via RapidTVNews.com
"Satellite operator SES has launched an antenna programme in Latin America, aiming to install TV antennae in a variety of pay-TV headends to provide HD satellite feeds, combined with a new satellite launch in 2013.....more
-via WashingtonPost.com
"Unmanned aircraft have gained far greater public attention as the Obama administration has made drone strikes a key part of its military strategy. They are now considered potential tools in everything from border security to scientific research.....more
-via GigaOM.com
"Today SpaceX is an aerospace sensation, but several years ago the prospects of the fledgling space travel startup weren’t so certain. That’s when satellite communications provider Iridium decided to place a huge bet on SpaceX, handing it the single biggest commercial launch contract in history.....more
-via PCWorld.com
"Hoping to inject new life into low-cost space exploration, NASA's 'PhoneSat' program will launch a series of Google Nexus One–controlled mini-satellites into space later this year.....more
-via Reuters.com
"Investors are buying up Sirius XM Radio stock ahead of a potential share buyback, but some analysts and investors say it would be wiser to hold off on purchasing shares until there is clarity on how Liberty Media plans to operate the satellite radio company.....more
-via 4RFV.com
"The perennial and unique problem of ensuring reliable broadcast from news helicopters was given a boost when Integrated Microwave Technologies, part of the Vitec Group, unveiled a new transmitter.....more
-via MoneyControl.com
"Vikash Mantri of ICICI Securities, says that the process of digitization in western world or developed markets takes around 10 years. It will take us at least two-three years for us to see some benefits of higher ARPUs or cost to consumer and those benefits getting passed on to the broadcaster......more
-via GulfNews.com
"The absence of rules jeopardizes security — what happens in space will heavily influence whether relations between China and the US become more dangerous or more cooperative.....more
-via Rotor.com
"The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has sent a letter to the secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Ray Lahood, and acting Federal Aviation Administration administrator Michael Huerta, urging them to create the legally mandated pilot program for the integration of pilotless planes into the national airspace system (NAS).....more
-via SiriusBuzz.com
"That is a real mouthful, but what does it mean? In simple terms it means that SiriusXM will have refinanced $400 million of the debt and used $281 million in cash to retire the balance of it.....more
-via CNET.com
"Intellectual Ventures' second spinoff is translating research in so-called metamaterials into cheaper and easier-to-use communications equipment for plans, ships, and eventually even your individual hot spot.....more
-via TruthDive.com
"Sri Lanka’s first space academy is to be unveiled next year with expert technical assistance offered by China through a joint undertaking between Supreme Satellite Private Ltd, Colombo, Sino Satellite Communications Company Ltd (SinoSAT) and China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC).....more
-via Reuters.com
"In the two minutes it takes to read this story, an area the size of 60 football pitches will have been clear-cut by illegal loggers globally, according to Chatham House, an independent policy institute in London.....more
-via DesignNews.com
"The military spends a lot of money on building communication satellites and sending them into space. Lots of them are still up there, long after they've failed or become obsolete.....more
-via MIT.edu
"A penny-sized rocket thruster may soon power the smallest satellites in space. The device, designed by Paulo Lozano, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, bears little resemblance to today’s bulky satellite engines, which are laden with valves, pipes and heavy propellant tanks.....more
-via Bloomberg.com
"Dish Network Corp. is preparing to introduce a nationwide broadband-Internet service using a satellite from sister company EchoStar Corp. (SATS), according to three people familiar with the situation.....more
-via Mediapost.com
"Many industry technophobes believe handheld devices will eventually replace the remote traditional control, and British satellite operator Sky has launched a service where the iPad can fill that role. An app allows changing channels as well as pausing and rewinding with taps on the screen.....more
-via RIANovosti.ru
"The head of a top Russian rocket company handed in his notice on Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev reprimanded space officials over a failed satellite launch last month, a government source said.....more
-via PBS.org
"Add Syria to the list of places where human rights organizations are using commercially available satellite imagery to document destruction during conflict.....more
-via KoreaTimes.co.kr
"Executives at KT have been taking turns expressing regret after hackers broke into the company’s computer network and stole the personal details of nearly 9 million of its subscribers.....more
-via NationMultimedia.com
"The Information and Communications Technology Ministry might consult the Council of State on its next move after Thaicom had already informed it that its parent InTouch has no policy to raise its shareholding in the satellite operator to the original level.....more
-via Business-Standard.com
"Indian Space Research Organisation is close to signing contracts for launching three foreign satellites on board its home-built Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) from Sriharikota spaceport. ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said Antrix Corporation, the space agency’s marketing arm, is in advanced dialogue for three launch services contracts.....more
-via CEDMagazine.com
"The Pac-12 said it is unlikely it will have distribution agreements in place for its new television networks with all four of the major satellite and telco providers in time for next week's launch.....more
-via CNET.com
"Photos newly released by the CIA show how the Navy pulled off one of the deepest undersea salvage efforts ever and retrieved spy images of Soviet sub bases and missile silos......more
-via DefenseDaily.com
"NASA's Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission will send two spacecraft into the harsh environment of our planet's radiation belts. Final preparations have begun for launch on Thursday, Aug. 23, from Florida's Space Coast.....more
-via Reuters.com
"Moscow is losing prestige and money due to botched space projects, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday after Russia junked two satellites in the latest launch failure to dog the once-pioneering industry.....more
-via TheRegister.co.uk
"Network operators from South Korea and the United States were both claiming victory on Wednesday after racing right down to the wire to become the first in the world to offer voice over LTE (VoLTE) services.....more
-via Gizmodo.com
"How do you test the functionality of a wholly new type of satellite docking system in the weightlessness of space, without shooting round after round of prototype into orbit? If you're DARPA, you float the satellites—air hockey-style—on top of a 37.5-ton slab of granite.....more
-via WallStreetJournal.com
"Liberty’s CEO Greg Maffei says the move will “permit us to better pursue our strategic objectives, including creating two currencies that could be used for acquisitions; and create significant liquidity at Liberty Media, which preserves all our options with respect to SiriusXM and Live Nation....more
-via Bloomberg.com
"India plans to launch a satellite to orbit Mars in October or November next year in a bid to compete with Asian rivals China and Japan in space exploration.....more
-via ABC.net.au
"Australia has long been something of a Blanche Dubois of satellite earth observation; keen to rub shoulders with the global space industry but ultimately dependent on the kindness of strangers.....more
-via BBC.co.uk
"Not in hope of divine intervention, but as an opportunity: satellite-powered broadband could be the answer to Africa's connectivity conundrum.....more
-via TelecomLead.com
"SkyVision Global Networks, a provider of IP connectivity over satellite and fiber optic networks throughout Africa, has acquired Afinis Communication from Monaco Telecom, which is a subsidiary of Cable & Wireless Communications....more
-via DVice.com
"NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory couldn't have hoped for a more perfect Mars landing for Curiosity. The complex descent went off without a hitch, and not only did Curiosity start sending postcards from Mars immediately, but the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter had a surprise for the world, too....more
-via ITWeb.com
"From a business model and pricing structure point of view, a cost comparison between mobile services and satellite technology reveals that satellite works out to be up to 10 times more cost-effective.....more
-via ColoradoDaily.com
"After two delays, the Atlas V rocket carrying a University of Colorado satellite is now scheduled to launch at 1:40 a.m. Saturday. The rocket previously had been scheduled for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Thursday morning but was delayed then, and again early Friday, because of a range safety issue, meaning there was possibly a boat or truck in the launch area, according to students who worked on the project.....more
-via Military Aerospace.com
"Information is king on the battlefield; hundreds or thousands of warfighters need to know the positions and capabilities of everyone involved. The problem is the unreliability of communications channels, which can lack sufficient bandwidth or require certain circumstances such as line-of-sight.....more
-via Time.com
"For the average person, Google Maps is a website used to locate an address on a map, find directions from one place to another and see what areas around the world look like from a bird’s eye perspective. But for artist Jenny Odell, Google Maps is a tool to see, cut up and re-imagine her world in a new, photographic way.....more
-via CBSNews.com
"Space Ground Amalgam, LLC took home first place in the 2012 NewSpace Business Plan Competition, which seeks to help startup space firms create potentially game-changing technologies.....more
-via CNET.com
"To help scientists and engineers follow the action 154 million miles away, the trajectory of the Mars Science Laboratory was set up to make sure the rover's descent to the surface of the red planet occurs within view of three orbiting satellites.....more
-via WashingtonPost.com
" But shortly after ink dried on the 10-year deal, government funding for the EnhancedView program began to erode. Just last month, GeoEye learned that money allotted for the coming fiscal year would be delayed at best, and significantly cut at worst.....more
-via MSNBC.com
" The NASA Ames Research Center is known for establishing innovative partnerships and Pete Worden, the former Air Force general who serves as the center’s director, is known as a maverick. Still, the latest joint venture to come to light has caught even some longtime NASA observers by surprise.....more
-via Xinhuanet.net
"China has launched its Tianlian I-03 satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province. This marks the completion of the country’s first data relay satellite network.....more
-via SkyNews.com
"A South Korean artist has created his own satellite which will be launched into space in December. Reuters reports it has taken over six years for Song Hojun to complete his satellite project, which he made using bits and bobs from back-alley electronics stores in his home town of Seoul.....more
-via Advanced-Television.com
"The number of pay DTH homes for 80 countries covered in a Digital TV Research report will be 220 million by end-2017, up from 154 million at end-2011 and 91 million at end-2007......more
-via SeekingAlpha.com
"How do you know when a reasonable deal is reached? When neither party jumps up and down in celebration, yet both parties are satisfied. Another measure is the reaction of the stock market to the news.....more
-via TheSpaceReview.com
"Fifty years ago today, an antenna near Andover, Maine, transmitted a television signal up into space, where it was received by the Telstar satellite, launched earlier that month. Telstar retransmitted the signal to the other side of the Atlantic, allowing Europeans to view a quintessential part of Americana: a baseball game.....more
-via Bloomberg.com
"Dish Network Corp. (DISH) has amassed a record amount of cash through bond sales as the second-largest U.S. satellite-television provider seeks to expand into the wireless business to offset a decline in its core customer base.....more
-via Virtual-Strategy.com
"Draper Laboratory is working with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop and demonstrate technologies to cooperatively harvest and re-use valuable components from retired, nonworking satellites in geosynchronous orbit and demonstrate the ability to create new space systems......more
-via UPI.com
"U.S. satellite-makers like Raytheon Corp. and Lockheed Martin have reportedly succeeded in convincing the U.S. administration to ease export rules so they can compete with European firms to sell spy satellites to the United Arab Emirates......more
-via OzarksFirst.com
"NASA has special satellites that show how much our land has changed in the past few decades. Piers Sellers, a former astronaut, joined KOLR10 News This Morning to show us images of the Ozarks......more
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