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  Apposite Technologies Announces Gigabit-Speed WAN Emulator Apposite Technologies Inc. unveiled its Linktropy 7500 and Linktropy 7500 Pro wide-area network emulation appliances, the company announced. The emulators simulate bandwidth, delay,...

C-Com Sets Up Service Center In China C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. opened a service and support center in Beijing, the company announced. The center will be operated by Hua Sheng...

Astrium-Thales Alenia Space Capture Satellite Contract Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (YahSat) selected a consortium of EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space to build a communications satellite to serve the...

Access Intelligence Names Chase  To Chair SATELLITE 2008 Access Intelligence has named Scott Chase chairman for the SATELLITE 2008 Conference and Exhibition. Active in the satellite industry since 1981, for...

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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking public comments on the 1997 rule that would bar the merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio. The FCC issued...

STMicroelectronics , which has provided radio receiver chipsets for Sirius Satellite Radio since 2004, will provide the digital broadcasting chipset for Sirius Backseat TV, STMicroelectronics announced June 28. The core...

Genesis 2, the second experimental pathfinder spacecraft for Bigelow Aerospace, was placed into orbit June 28 by a Russian Dnepr rocket, the company announced. Genesis 2 is designed to test...

Satellite Systems Corp. has established a subsidiary, Dominion Test Instruments, to enhance satellite communications offerings, the company announced June 26. Satellite Systems has been manufacturing satellite beacon tracking receivers for...

Reynolds, Smith and Hills Inc. received a contract from NASA to design the escape system for the agency’ s next generation space exploration vehicle, the company announced June 27. In...