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Connectivity
TerreStar CTO Explains TerreStar-1 Architecture
[Satellite Today 06-24-09] TerreStar-1 is in final preparations for its launch by Arianespace July 1, TerreStar CTO Dennis Matheson told Satellite Today. Matheson outlined the reasoning behind the technology […]
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Video
Andrew Jordan, SatGE
Andrew Jordan, President and CEO of Sat-GE, provides a regional satellite operator’s perspective on the Asia-Pacific communications market
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Video
Pierre-Jean Beylier, Speedcast
SpeedCast CEO Pierre-Jean Beylier discusses the potential of the Asia-Pacific maritime market
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Video
Richard Denny, Inmarsat
Richard Denny, Inmarsat’s Senior Vice President, Global Networks and Engineering, talks about the company’s plans in the Asia-Pacific region
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Video
Amiram Levinberg, Gilat
Amiram Levinberg, Chairman and CEO of Gilat, discusses the Asia-Pacific market
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Connectivity
SingTel Buys C-band Capacity on ABS-2
[Satellite Today 06-23-09] SingTel signed a transponder purchase agreement with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) for multiple C-band transponders on the ABS-2 satellite at a cost of about $55 million over […]
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Connectivity
Gilat Selected to Build Broadband Networks in Papua New Guinea
[Satellite Today 06-23-09] Telikom PNG, a government-owned telecommunications operator serving Papua New Guinea, has selected Gilat Satellite Networks’ SkyEdge and SkyEdge 2 platforms to provide a broadband satellite communications network […]
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Government/Military
Spacenet Signs Contract to Expand Capacity on SES Satellites
[Satellite Today 06-23-09] Spacenet signed a multi-year agreement with SES Americom-New Skies for expanded capacity on the AMC-4, AMC-5 and AMC-6 satellites serving emergency response networks in North America, Spacenet […]
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Connectivity
Asia-Pacific Market Presses On Despite Economic Clouds
The majority of the satellite communications sector has maintained that the business is recession-resistant, and that seems to be holding true to date. But some concerns are beginning to be […]
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Connectivity
Boeing Hands Asian Commercial Satellite Over to ProtoStar
Boeing has handed over the IndoStar 2/ProtoStar 2 commercial satellite to ProtoStar after completing in-orbit tests, which confirmed the satellite’s readiness to enter service, Boeing announced June 16. ProtoStar […]
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Connectivity
Teknikkom to Distribute Thuraya Satellite Handheld Phones in Malaysia
Thuraya has appointed Teknikkom Electronic as a national handheld voice service provider in Malaysia, Thuraya announced June 17. Teknikkom will distribute Thuraya’s satellite mobile handhelds as a complementary solution […]
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Connectivity
SS/L to Build Two New Satellites for Intelsat
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) was awarded a contract to provide two new satellites to Intelsat, SS/L announced June 18. The two FSS satellites, Intelsat-19 and Intelsat-20, aim to provide a surplus […]
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Connectivity
Gilat Selected to Build Broadband Networks in Papua New Guinea
Telikom PNG, a government-owned telecommunications operator serving Papua New Guinea, has selected Gilat Satellite Networks’ SkyEdge and SkyEdge 2 platforms to provide a broadband satellite communications network covering hundreds of […]
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Connectivity
C-Com Delivers Multiple Enterprise System Orders in China
C-Com Satellite Systems has delivered iNetVu Mobile Flyaway systems to China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) through one of its resellers, China Blue Satellite Communications Technology Co., C-Com announced June […]
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Connectivity
UDcast to Supply 21Net with Internet Service Optimization for Trains
[Satellite Today 06-23-09] European satellite broadband Internet operator 21Net named UDcast as 21Net’s link optimization supplier for its broadband to trains system, 21Net announced June 22. UDcast will provide […]
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Connectivity
Sirius XM Plans to Raise $350 Million
[Satellite Today 06-23-09] Sirius XM Radio has offered $350 million in XM Satellite Radio senior secured notes, due 2013, to qualified institutional buyers, Sirius XM announced June 22. Sirius […]
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Connectivity
Measat-3a Launched by Land Launch Rocket
[Satellite Today 06-23-09] Sea Launch placed the Measat-3a satellite in orbit June 21 using a Zenit-3SLB Land Launch vehicle for Measat Satellite Systems, Sea Launch announced June 22. Measat-3a, […]
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Government/Military
Northrop Delivers Demo Satellite; Submits GPS-OCX Proposal to U.S. Air Force
[Satellite Today 06-23-09] Northrop Grumman has delivered the first of two Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites to the U.S. Air Force Cape Canaveral Air Station for launch […]
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Video
Nongluck Phinainitisart, Thaicom
Nongluck Phinainitisart, president of Thaicom, discusses the company’s operations in the Asia-Pacific region at CommunicAsia 2009
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Huang Baozhong, China Satcom
Huang Baozhong, Vice President, China Satellite Communications Corp., discusses the company’s plans during CommunicAsia 2009
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Uncategorized
Double Lunar Craft Launched On Atlas V From Cape Canaveral Air Force Base
First ASA Mission To Moon In A Decade NASA launched an Atlas V heavy lifter rocket carrying two lunar spacecraft, the first U.S. moon mission in a decade and a […]
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Uncategorized
NASA Short Of Funds Needed To Fund Orion-Ares, Other Assigned Missions
Disrupting Constellation Program Spacecraft Development Could Mean More Job Losses, On Top Of Plunging Space Shuttle Employment Underfunding Can Threaten Astronauts’ Lives NASA, the largest space agency on the planet, […]
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Space Shuttle Endeavour Sidelined For Weeks By Persistent Hydrogen Leak In Vent Line From Fuel Tank
Space Shuttle Endeavour has been grounded yet again by the same gremlin that kept it sitting on the launch pad last week: a leaking gaseous hydrogen venting system on the […]
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Uncategorized
Though Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Is Designed To Counter Long-Range Korean Missiles, THAAD Is Given Shoot-Down Role
North Korea May Be Poised To Launch Another Taepo Dong-2 Ballistic Missile Toward Japan Or Hawaii In Early July Obama Says U.S. Poised For ‘Any Contingencies’ Although the Ground-based Midcourse […]
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Study: NPOESS Has ‘Extraordinarily Low Probability Of Success’
NPOESS Program Run With Cost Savings Paramount, Not Mission Success: Study Witnesses: NPOESS Is Broke, And It Is Time To Fix It; Yet Another $1 Billion Cost Rise Is Predicted […]
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Uncategorized
BAE Gains $33 Million Contract For ALE-55 Anti-Missile System Protecting Fighter Aircraft
The Navy gave BAE Systems a $33.6 million low-rate initial production contract for the AN/ALE-55 anti-missile system. AN/ALE55 is part of the Navy Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) system that […]
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Uncategorized
IndoStar 2 – ProtoStar 2 Satellite Works On Orbit, Ready For Service
The Boeing Co. [BA] finished on-orbit tests and handed over the IndoStar II-ProtoStar II satellite to ProtoStar Ltd., with the bird ready for service. That 601HP satellite will now begin […]
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Uncategorized
Boeing Hands Over Wideband Satellite To Air Force
The Boeing Co. [BA] transferred control of the second Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite to the Air Force, which will monitor and control the new satellite from Schriever Air Force […]
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Uncategorized
Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) Completes Program
The Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system completed integration and testing of the space segment, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Initial testing of the ground segments also was completed. This […]