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People CASBAA Appoints New Vice President The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) appointed John Medeiros as vice president for government relations and regulatory affairs. Medeiros will be...
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Transport For London Debunks Satellite Connectivity By Mobile Phones As Hoax
The Transport for London, the agency responsible for London’s transport system, is debunking an e-mail that is circulating claiming mobile phones will link up with satellites if a mobile phone...
EGNOS Begins Operations
The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) has begun initial operations, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced July 28. During the Initial Operations Phase, the responsibility for providing the EGNOS...
Radyne Receives Telecommunications Equipment Contract
Radyne Corp. received a $2.3 million contract to supply satellite telecommunications equipment to an unnamed customers in the Asia-Pacific region, Radyne announced July 29. Under the contract, Radyne will provide...
Maxwell Technologies To Provide Space Computer For NASA Mission
Maxwell Technologies Inc. received a contract from Orbital Sciences Corp. to provide a computer for NASA‘s Glory earth science mission, Maxwell announced July 28. San Diego-based Maxwell will provide its...
Astrata Group Wins GPS Vehicle Tracking Contract
Astrata Group Inc. will provide 3,600 Geolocation Platform units to Italy’s Motivegeeks for use in tracking and fleet management applications, Astrata announced July 28. Under the contract, Los Angeles-based Astrata...
GMPCS Makes BGAN Order
GMPCS placed an order for 1,000 personal broadband satellite terminals for use on Inmarsat‘s BGAN (Broadband Global Area Network) service with Nera SatCom. GMPCS will use the Nera WorldPro 1000...
GOES-N Launch Delayed
The launch of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-N (GOES-N) has been delayed indefinitely due to an unnamed issue with the satellite, NASA announced July 28. When rescheduled, the satellite will...
Court Confirms Loral Reorg Plan
Loral Space and Communica-tions Ltd. announced July 25 that the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York confirmed the company’s reorganization plan, opening the door for Loral...
Samsung To Make XM-Enabled MP3 Player; Are Phones Next?
XM Satellite Radio and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced July 26 a partnership to develop the first MP3 player with satellite radio capabilities, but it is the potential for accessing...