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Korean Artist to Launch Homemade Satellite
After five years of work, South Korean artist Hojun Song is working on the last stage to launch his CubeSat in 2013
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Satellite Images Suggest Air Strike in Sudan
A report from the Satellite Sentinel Project confirms Sudan's claims of an air strike from Israel at the Yarmouk weapons factory.
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Earth Observation Gains Importance in South Africa
During the South Africa-Japan space sciences colloquium, SANSA scientists remarked the importance of satellite imagery for their country.
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Gap in Weather Satellites Forecasted for Upcoming Years
Vital satellites for predicting and preparing for weather emergencies are near their useful life expiration.
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Helicopter Flight Tests the Future of SatNav in Europe
Through a helicopter flight ESA gathered data on how Europe’s two satellite navigation systems will work together.
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Russian Rocket Explosion Raises Concerns Over Space Debris
The explosion of the Russian Breeze M generated hundreds of new hazardous space debris.
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European Satellite to Study Super Earths
A new European satellite will be launched in 2017 with the objective of studying exoplanets orbiting bright starts nearby.
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How Wireless Data Growth is Slowing
TMF Associates' Tim Farrar examines CTIA's semi-anual wireless industry survey and contradicts its conclusions.
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Service Station for Operating Satellites Testing Moves Forward
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center advances in developing an Earth-orbiting service station that would extend the life of operating satellites.
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U.S. Air Force OTV-3 Scheduled for Launch
United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket is scheduled for launch carrying the U.S. Air Force’s third Orbital Test Vehicle X-37B
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Emirates to Offer In-Flight Mobile Phone Service
Emirates will begin offering in-flight mobile phone service on its fleet of A380s, as part of of the Dubai carrier’s connectivity package with OnAir. The OnAir system uses EDGE and […]
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Allegiant Air to Offer Row 44 IFE
Allegiant Air will offer the Row 44 video-on-demand (VOD) service on its fleet of 757s, as part of a new partnership with the in-flight entertainment (IFE) provider. Row 44 […]
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Correction
[Satellite TODAY 10-11-12] The Oct. 10 edition of Via Satellite magazine’s Military Satcom Extra contained an editorial note that listed Doug Loverro as director of the U.S. Air Force Space […]
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SSPI Honors 2012 Promise, Mentor Award Winners
[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-10-12] The Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) has selected its 2012 Promise and Mentor Award winners, which will be honored at the organization’s 7th annual Future […]
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Asia Pacific
Comtech Receives DoubleTalk Order in Asia-Pacific Comtech EF Data has received a $1.5 million DoubleTalk Carrier-in-Carrier bandwidth compression order from an unnamed telecommunications service provider in the Asia-Pacific region. Comtech […]
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North America
Advantech Wireless Rolls Out New X-, C-band Manpack BUCs Canadian satellite broadcast equipment manufacturer Advantech Wireless has released a 20-Watt GaN X-band and C-band block up-converter (BUC) suited for harsh […]
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Executive Moves
Satmex Hires new Director of North American Sales Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex) has hired Erik Hansen as its director of North American sales. Hansen has more than 12 years of experience […]
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Africa / Middle East
ITC Global Purchases Remaining Stake in African VSAT Maritime enterprise satellite communications provider ITC Global has acquired the remaining 10 percent interest in VSAT specialist ITC Guinea to obtain complete […]
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Europe
Ateme Contracted by 2 SAT to Upgrade SNG Trucks Satellite connectivity provider 2 SAT Europe has chosen compression products developer Ateme to upgrade its digital satellite newsgathering (SNG) fleet. Ateme […]
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South America
Gilat Inks SkyEdge 2 Contract with Servicio Satelital Gilat Satellite Networks has been contracted by Argentina’s Servicio Satelital to provide its SkyEdge 2 Hub and broadband satellite platform that Servicio […]
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Hosted Payload Summit 2012 – Social Media Wrap-up
Hundreds of satellite professionals gathered at the second annual Hosted Payload Summit in Washington, D.C. to discuss opportunities and challenges surrounding the hosted payloads industry.
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Dish Launches Rural Broadband Service in the United States
Dish is launching a nationwide satellite broadband service in the United States, the company announced, Sept. 27. The operator is launching dishNET, a high-speed Internet service via satellite nationwide […]
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Sky News Arabia Goes OTT
Sky News Arabia has launched a real-time web streaming service, based on Envivio software encoder technology, Envivio announced Sept. 27. The Envivio video processing solution is used to compress […]
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CASBAA Warns of Illegal OTT Threat in Asia
CASBAA has released a new study looking at how pay-TV markets are regulated in Asia, and how new Over-The-Top (OTT) services, legal and illegal, could impact traditional […]
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Natixis Analyzes Investor Strategy for SES’ Busy Nine-Month Launch Schedule
European satellite operator SES has produced solid financial performances recently, but with six satellites due to be launched over the next nine months, the company may struggle with […]
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Lockheed Martin Helps Keep Iridium NEXT on Track
[Satellite TODAY 09-24-12] Lockheed Martin has completed a key software design milestone for Iridium, the company announced Sept. 24. Lockheed Martin’s Application Software for the Iridium NEXT constellation held the […]
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Panasonic, AeroMexico in IFE Support Contract
Panasonic Avionics has a new 10-year contract to provide technical support services for AeroMexico’s fleet of 737-800 BSI aircraft.

 The Lake Forest, Calif.-based avionics supplier said the contract requires it […]
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Thales, Honeywell Partner for In-Flight Broadband
Thales will partner with Honeywell to bring the global broadband aircraft connectivity to the world aviation industry. The companies are working to integrate the Honeywell-developed GX Aviation Ka-band satcom avionics […]
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Gogo Raises IFEC Prices, Expands to More Delta Aircraft
In-flight connectivity provider Gogo recently raised its in-flight Wi-Fi service pricing options on Virgin America and Delta flights. Gogo is now charging $10 per hour and no longer allows passenger […]