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Phoenix Mars Lander Gets Icy Reception; Lander Operates Robotic Arm
The Phoenix Mars robotic spacecraft, having survived a hair-raising arrival on the red planet, immediately struck gold, or rather ice. (Please see Space & Missile Defense Report, Monday, May 26, […]
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Airborne Laser Missile Defense System Begins Activation Tests
The Airborne Laser (ABL) completed its first activation tests on the ground, The Boeing Co. [BA] announced. Those tests were conducted this month at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., home […]
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Launches
Ariane 5 Launch Postponed Again, After Glitch In Rocket A scheduled launch Friday of an Ariane 5 rocket carrying the Skynet 5C and the Turksat 3A satellites was canceled because […]
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Contracts
Boeing Bids For Space Situational Awareness Contract The Boeing Co. [BA] submitted a bid for the Air Force Self-Awareness Space Situational Awareness (SASSA) contract. The program, valued at approximately $30 […]
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Chinese General Says Weapons Buildup Merely Defensive, Not Offensive
A Chinese general said at an international conference that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) weapons-buying spree is purely for defensive purposes, according to news reports in the Brisbane Times Web […]
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Progress Reported For Multiple Kill Vehicle-L Missile Defense System
The Multiple Kill Vehicle-L (MKV-L) missile defense program saw progress as its algorithms were tested, Lockheed Martin Corp. [LMT] announced. MKV-L is designed to counter multiple targets, such as an […]
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Connectivity
Do Satellite Operators Want To Serve Africa?
I stepped off an airplane in Washington a few weeks ago in a little bit of a haze. Some of that could be attributed to landing at 6 a.m. following […]
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Connectivity
European Neutrality Principles
Reform of the overall electronic communications regulatory framework remains the main regulatory topic in Europe this year. Twin themes of technology and service neutrality are part of the European Commission’s […]
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Connectivity
Satellite Broadband And Politics In Burma
The impact of widespread satellite broadband deployments on previously unserved and underserved regions of the world has been substantial and represents a real win-win for the user and service provider […]
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Connectivity
Alternative Uses Of Emergency Communications Networks Driving New Market
When terrestrial communications equipment has either been destroyed or rendered unavailable, satellite-based emergency systems receive praise for picking up the slack. But memories fade after the debris is cleaned up, […]
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Connectivity
Interference: Operators Making Advances In Fight
Satellite interference costs commercial operators and end users millions of dollars per year when factoring in lost revenue opportunities, specialized personnel costs and the price of interference detection systems. Many […]
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Times Really Change
A full year after initiating its review, the U.S. Department of Justice approved March 24 the proposed merger between satellite digital audio radio service providers XM Satellite Radio and Sirius […]
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Industry News – June 2008
TECHNOLOGY Navsync Introduces New Fully Integrated GPS Module Navsync launched its new CW46 GPS sensor. The unit offers low signal tracking capabilities, which means it can continue to provide synchronization […]
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Connectivity
ND SatCom Signs Breakthrough U.S. Deal
[Satellite Today – 5-30-08] ND SatCom has won a contract from the U.S. Navy, which could be worth close to $300 million over the next five years, the company said […]
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Government/Military
SSTL Wins Satellite Imager Contract
[Satellite Today – 5-30-08] Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has won a contract worth 1.6 million euros ($2.49 million) from Astrium GmbH to develop and supply the multi-spectral imager for […]
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Connectivity
Comtech Gains New MTS Business
[Satellite Today – 5-30-08] Comtech Mobile Datacom Corp., a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., has received orders totaling $1.3 million under its movement tracking system (MTS) contract, with the U.S. […]
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Connectivity
Krunichev Buys ILS
[Satellite Today – 5-29-08] Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center has acquired a majority interest in International Launch Services (ILS), the two companies announced May 29. In a stunning […]
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Connectivity
Hughes And Wayport Team To Bring Wi-Fi On The Go
[Satellite Today – 5-29-08] Hughes Network Systems LLC (Hughes) has reached an agreement with Wayport Inc. to provide Wi-Fi services to its HughesNet subscribers at more than 10,000 locations in […]