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Sea Launch Reboards Damaged Odyssey, Plans Next Options After Launch Failure
A Sea Launch marine crew is performing a comprehensive assessment of the Odyssey Launch Platform following the catastrophic failure of the the launch provider’s Zenit-3SL vehicle carrying a satellite for...
Harris Completes AEHF Navy Multiband Terminal Milestones
Harris Corp. completed a pair of milestones for the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) program, Harris announced. Harris logged onto a Milstar satellite using an AEHF Navy Multiband...
See World Satellites' Top Line Sales Expected To Increase
See World Satellites Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FTS Group Inc., expects to post an increase of 35 percent to 38 percent in year-over-year top line sales for the...
Canalsat Subscriber Figures Revealed
French direct-to-home operator Canalsat ended 2006, its final year of competition with rival TPS, with nearly 3.5 million subscribers, a net increase of 272,000 compared with 2005, parent company Vivendi...
Technology
Surrey Wins ESA Contract For Geostationary Smallsat Development
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. has been awarded a development contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to continue work on a geostationary small satellite platform, the company announced Jan. 31....
MDA Wins Advanced Technology Contracts
MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) received two advanced technology contracts from EADS Astrium to provide a pair of data reception and transmission subsystems, MDA announced. One of the advanced...
Telenor Expands Equipment, Services For GSA Contract
Telenor Satellite Services has added Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service as well as other satellite services to its offerings under its U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Technology...
Connectivity
Delivering High-Resolution Photos, Fast, From Anywhere
Founded in 1985, the European PressPhoto Agency (EPA) covers international news and events and provides a fast and reliable photo delivery to key customers. In May 2003, the EPA expanded...
Government/Military
Asia Needs Viable Partnerships
Asia must seriously consider increasing regional cooperation in the satellite realm. Joint satellite-based projects involving disaster response and emergency management, especially in light of the latest earthquake in the region,...