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Connectivity
Harris Develops Digital Signage Network Channel for McDonald’s
Harris Corp. is beginning a pilot program with McDonald’s that will launch a branded TV channel, delivered via satellite and powered by Harris digital signage solutions, into 20 of McDonald’s […]
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Connectivity
Zcom to Broadcast Financial Channel on Galazy 25
Zcom Networks finalized an agreement with TIN Network for the North American broadcast launch of Zcom’s Smart Money Network channel via satellite, Internet and fiber optic transmission, Zcom announced April […]
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Connectivity
Telekom Austria Launches Global Satellite Broadcast Service
Telekom Austria TA launched a satellite global service package for international Internet service providers and government organizations, the company announced April 27. The service bundle has been created specifically […]
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Connectivity
Dolby And Arqiva Partner To Deliver Digital Content To Cinemas
Dolby Laboratories partnered with Arqiva to launch Dolby Direct Distribution Services, a European satellite content delivery network for digital cinemas, Arqiva announced April 27. The service uses Arqiva’s international […]
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Connectivity
Hughes and WildBlue Team Up To Fight for Broadband Stimulus Funding
[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Hughes Network Systems and WildBlue Communications likely wil submit a joint proposal to the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for grants to underwrite the cost […]
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Connectivity
Zcom to Broadcast Financial Channel on Galazy 25
[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Zcom Networks finalized an agreement with TIN Network for the North American broadcast launch of Zcom’s Smart Money Network channel via satellite, Internet and fiber optic transmission, […]
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Connectivity
DTV Interactive Successfully Tests Streaming Video Signal Generator
Korean satellite and terrestrial broadcast company DTV Interactive carried out the broadcast transmission lab test of the company’s ATX2000 unit, an ATSC-M/H multiplex signal generator utilizing the transmission facilities of […]
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Connectivity
Harris Develops Digital Signage Network Channel for McDonald’s
[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Harris Corp. is beginning a pilot program with McDonald’s that will launch a branded TV channel, delivered via satellite and powered by Harris digital signage solutions, into […]
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Connectivity
Telekom Austria Launches Global Satellite Broadcast Service
[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Telekom Austria TA launched a satellite global service package for international Internet service providers and government organizations, the company announced April 27. The service bundle has […]
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Connectivity
Hughes Wins Arbitration Against Sea Launch
[Satellite Today 04-28-09] An American Arbitration Association panel has ordered Sea Launch to pay Hughes Network Systems about $52 million in a dispute over whether Hughes had the legal right […]
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Connectivity
Dolby And Arqiva Partner To Deliver Digital Content To Cinemas
[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Dolby Laboratories partnered with Arqiva to launch Dolby Direct Distribution Services, a European satellite content delivery network for digital cinemas, Arqiva announced April 27. The service […]
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Government/Military
Intelsat Signs Australian Military To Long-Term Capacity Deal on New Satellite
[Satellite Today 04-28-09] Intelsat signed a $167 million contract to host a specialized UHF payload to provide communication services for the Australian military, Intelsat announced April 27. Intelsat is […]
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Uncategorized
Space Based Infrared Payload Delivered
The payload for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) missile warning system has been delivered. Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC], a subcontractor, delivered the payload to prime contractor Lockheed Martin Corp. […]
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Hubble Space Telescope Spots Multi-Galactic Collision, Spawning New Blue Stars
The Hubble Space Telescope spotted galaxies colliding, with the smashup producing a long trail of new blue stars, streaming away from the nuclei of those galaxies, the European Space Agency […]
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Boeing Airborne Laser In Flight Tests
The Airborne Laser missile defense system has begun flight tests with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the aircraft, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Boeing, the prime ABL contractor, contributed […]
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Atlantis Liftoff To Refurbish Hubble Telescope Accelerated
Other Launches Also Are Juggled Space Shuttle Atlantis will lift off at 2:01 p.m. ET May 11 from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, a day earlier than planned, […]
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China Launches Second GPS-Like Satellite
China launched another of its COMPASS navigational satellites, in a constellation of birds that eventually will provide global-wide navigational signals much like the U.S. Global Positioning Satellites (GPS), Xinhua, the […]
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Raytheon Gains $23.5 Million Contract Change For GPS Ground Station Control Segment Work
The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $23.5 million contract extension to perform additional risk-reduction activities for the next-generation Global Positioning System Operational Ground Control Segment, or GPS OCX. […]
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NASA’s Shuttle and Rocket Missions
Updated — April 24, 2009 – 3:30 p.m. EDT Legend: + Targeted For | *No Earlier Than (Tentative) | **To Be Determined 2009 Launches Date: May 5 Mission: STSS ATRR […]
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Missile Advocacy Group Announces New Board Member
John Rood, a former State Department under secretary for arms control and international security, accepted a position on the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance (MDAA) Advisory Board. The addition of Rood’s […]
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Boeing Unit Advances, But Earnings From United Launch Alliance Drag
The Boeing Co. [BA] saw its network and space systems unit advance operating margin profit by 7.7 percent, but lower earnings from the United Launch Alliance joint venture with Lockheed […]
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Israel To Buy Vulcan-Phalanx Cannon System Pending Agreement with U.S. DOD
Israel aims to purchase the Raytheon Co. [RTN] Vulcan-Phalanx close-in air defense systems to kill rockets and mortars launched into Israel by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, according to […]
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GAO: GOES-R Satellite Costs Jump, Schedule Problems Arise
NOAA Roasted In House, Senate, On Satellite Oversight Woes Afflicting Costs, Schedules Of Both GOES-R, NPOESS Programs The GOES-R satellite program cost estimates jumped again, to $7.67 billion from an […]
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NASA Constellation Program Budget May Be Hit With $3.5 Billion Cut
Griffin Concerned Future Is Bleak The Obama White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing a $3.5 billion NASA budget cut that would hurt the Constellation Program developing […]
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Hawking: Space Travel To Mars And Stars is Possible
Space not only can be but must be explored, with missions to the moon, Mars, and ultimately to planets circling other stars in the nearby universe, according to Stephen Hawking, […]
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Video
Richard Yelen, NeuLion and KyLinTV
Richard Yelen, vice president, managing director, NeuLion and KyLinTV, talks with SatelelliteToday.TV at the NAB 2009 show in Las Vegas
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Video
Dick Tauber, CNN
Dick Tauber, vice president of Transmission Systems and New Technology, CNN News Group, talks with SatelliteToday.TV at the NAB 2009 show in Las Vegas
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Connectivity
Thaicom Executive Chairman Resigns
[Satellite Today 04-27-09] Dumrong Kasemset will step down as executive chairman of Thaicom in mid-May, the company announced April 23. Kasemset has been the director of Thaicom’s satellite broadband […]
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Government/Military
SpaceX Tests Draco Thruster
[Satellite Today 04-27-09] Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) completed qualification testing of its Draco spacecraft thruster and Draco propulsion tank, the launch company announced April 24. The Draco thruster test […]
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Connectivity
Uplogix and Parallel FormTechnology Partnership
[Satellite Today 04-27-09] Uplogix, a provider of secure remote management solutions, has partnered with Parallel, the provider of SatManage network operations center software, to combine the two products to strengthen […]