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Connectivity
Arabsat Signs Deals for Two New Satellites
[Satellite Today 04-05-09] Arabsat signed commercial deals with Thales Alenia Space, Astrium and Arianespace to manufacture and launch two new satellites, Arabsat 5C and Arabsat 6B, Arabsat announced Feb. 4. […]
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Connectivity
Thaicom to Distribute Channels for Real Metro
[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Thaicom signed a deal with Real Metro Co. to distribute seven channels across Thailand, the company announced Feb. 3. The channels are operated and run by Real […]
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Government/Military
Iranian Government Claims Successful Satellite Launch
[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Iran launched Omid, its first domestically made satellite, Feb. 2, Iranian state radio reported. The satellite, designated to monitor natural disasters and earthquakes, was taken into […]
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Connectivity
AsiaSat Signs France 24 Capacity Deal
[Satellite Today 02-04-09] AsiaSat signed a capacity deal with France 24 to distribute the international news channel throughout the Asia-Pacific region using AsiaSat 2’s C-band platform at SatLink Communications, AsiaSat […]
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Connectivity
Gilat to Provide Nepal Telecom with VSAT, Cellular Backhaul Solution
[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Telecommunications Consultants India selected Gilat Satellite Networks for a contract to provide Nepal Telecom with a SkyEdge VSAT broadband satellite communications network covering hundreds of sites, Gilat […]
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Connectivity
Arianespace Wins Hispasat 1E Launch Contract
[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Arianespace signed a contract with Hispasat to launch the Hispasat 1E satellite, Arianespace announced Feb. 3. The satellite will be built by Space Systems/Loral using an […]
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Connectivity
Integral Reports First Quarter Growth Despite Audit, Legal Costs
[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Integral Systems reported increases in revenue and gross profit despite unusually high legal and auditing costs in its first quarter 2009 financial report released Feb. 3. […]
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Connectivity
Xicom Releases New Lightweight Satcom Amplifiers
[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Xicom Technology unveiled a new line of lightweight high-power traveling wave tube amplifiers for domestic and international satellite communications, the company announced Feb. 3. The amplifiers operate […]
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Connectivity
CLS Installs Iridium LRIT Terminals Onboard French-Flag Ships
[Satellite Today 02-04-09] Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) sold and installed its first Iridium-based compliant Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system to a French flag ship, CLS announced Feb. 3. […]
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Connectivity
Arianespace Orders 35 Launchers from Astrium
[Satellite Today 02-03-09] Arianespace signed a contract valued at more than 4 billion euros ($5.1 billion) with Astrium for the production of 35 Ariane 5 ECA launchers, Arianespace announced Feb. […]
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Connectivity
Broadband Stimulus Bill Mentions “Satellite” Twice in 258 Pages
[Satellite Today 02-03-09] In its current form, the U.S. House of Representative‘s version of President Obama’s nearly $6 billion proposed Broadband Stimulus Bill mentions satellite applications only twice in its […]
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Connectivity
SES New Skies Signs Caprock Deal
[Satellite Today 02-03-09] SES New Skies signed a capacity deal with Caprock Communications, the company announced Feb. 2. CapRock Communications, a provider of enterprise satellite communications to oil, mining, […]
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Connectivity
Gateway DTH Services Cease in Africa
[Satellite Today 02-03-09] The board of directors at Gateway Broadcast Services, which runs the GTV DTH service in sub-Saharan Africa, approved a plan to liquidate the company, Gateway announced Jan. […]
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Connectivity
Stratos Provides Inmarsat Broadband to Shipping Vessel
[Satellite Today 02-03-09] Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement retained an Inmarsat FleetBroadband system from Stratos Global to manage merchant vessel Marianne Schulte’s daily operations at sea, Stratos announced Feb. 2. The […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat Launches Tooway Access Plan in France
[Satellite Today 02-03-09] Eutelsat Communications and partners Numeo and Sat2Way launched a broadband access service in France, Eutelsat announced Feb. 2. The initiative is consistent with action one of […]
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Connectivity
SkyDelta Introduces Satellite Internet Platform
[Satellite Today 02-03-09] SkyDelta unveiled a new satellite Internet platform based on DVB-S2 technology from Efficient Channel Coding, SkyDelta announced Feb. 2. Dubai-based Sky Delta intends to provide a […]
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Government/Military
Kennedy Space Center Ready For Work On Orion
After a two-year, top to bottom renovation, the High Bay Facility of the Operations & Checkout (O&C) Building at Kennedy Space Center is ready to begin preparations to build the […]
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Government/Military
ATACMS Works In British Launchers
The U.S. Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) worked in a British M270B1 launcher, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. That test launch was conducted at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. Observers […]
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Government/Military
Two Target Ground Vehicles Delivered
Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) delivered two unmanned target ground vehicles to the Air Force Range Management Office at Luke Air Force Base. Additional unmanned target systems have been installed by […]
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Government/Military
Space Shuttle Discovery Ready To Launch
Space Shuttle Discovery is poised to launch next week on the STS-119 Mission to the International Space Station. Discovery will rise at 7:32 a.m. ET Feb. 12 (Thursday) from Launch […]
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Government/Military
Ares I-X Rocket Component Passes Separation Test
The forward skirt extension of the next-generation Ares I-X rocket passed a separation test, NASA announced. Alliant Techsystems Inc. [ATK] conducted the test at its Promontory, Utah, facilities. The rocket […]
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Government/Military
Russians Postpone Sun-Scanning Satellite Launch Indefinitely
The launch of the Koronas-Foton sun-scanning satellite atop a Tsiklon-3 rocket has been postponed indefinitely, Russian mission control announced, according to the Itar-Tass news agency. Officials didn’t say why the […]
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Government/Military
NASA Issues Request For Proposals, Seeking Ideas For Altair Moon Lander
NASA issued a request for proposals for the Altair lunar lander that will transport astronauts from the next-generation Orion space capsule (crew exploration vehicle) orbiting the moon down to the […]
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Government/Military
NASA To Launch Carbon-Sleuthing Satellite
NASA will launch a satellite that will measure carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and track down its source, with liftoff on a Taurus XL rocket set for 1:51 a.m. PT […]
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Government/Military
Russia Offering Missle Defense Deal To Obama
Russians Think Obama Could Kill Planned European Missile Defense Without Seeming To Cave To Moscow Russia, testing the newly-inaugurated U.S. President Obama, has anew offered a deal: if the United […]
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Government/Military
Analysts Ponder Iran’s Ability to Control Nuke Missiles
Iran likely will establish some sort of controls on firing the nuclear-tipped missiles it seems bent upon developing, but a worrisome factor is that Iran has been decentralizing once-rigid control […]
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Government/Military
Defense Contractors Have Options for Spending Reductions
Defense contactors have several moves they can make to lessen the brutal impact of impending defense spending cuts, according to Loren Thompson, COO of the Lexington Institute, a think tank […]
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Government/Military
Gates: United States Is Countering Chinese Buildup
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates spoke as a witness before the Senate Armed Services Committee, and then before the House Armed Services Committee, touching on topics including missile defense. The […]
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Government/Military
NASA Selects Researchers To Observe Spacecraft Crashing Into Lunar Surface
NASA selected four teams to observe the impact of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, with the lunar surface during the mission’s search for water ice […]
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Government/Military
Gates Says Defense Spending Cuts Are Inevitable In Big-Ticket Programs
Defense spending cuts in big-ticket procurement programs are inevitable, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned. The Department of Defense can’t continue indefinitely the spending increases of recent years, and Pentagon […]