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Connectivity
TSF Uses Satellite Technology To Help Mexican Relief Effort
[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Inmarsat-sponsored aid agency Télécoms San Frontières (TSF) is ready to use satellite technology to help in flood hit Mexico, the agency announced Nov. 7. With more […]
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Connectivity
C-Com Assisting Mexican Medical Personnel With Satellite Technology
[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] C-Com Satellite Systems Inc. and Mexican reseller Jaba Networks are deploying a number of its iNetVu Mobile satellite antennas to assist medical authorities with the flood […]
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Government/Military
Inmarsat Signs Agreement With ESA For Alphasat Project
[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Inmarsat Global Ltd., a subsidiary of Inmarsat plc., has signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to become the commercial operator for the Alphasat […]
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Connectivity
I4S Command And Control System Live in Skynet 4 And 5
[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] L-3 Communications division Telemetry-West’s I4S satellite command and control software is now operational in Astrium’s Skynet 4 and Skynet 5 Satellite Control Centers (SCC), L-3 announced […]
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Connectivity
SkyPort To Support Cisco’s ERN Service
[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] SkyPort Global Communications will provide satellite connectivity for Cisco Systems Inc.’s Emergency Response Networks (ERN) service, SkyPort announced Nov. 7. Cisco’s ERN service provides emergency […]
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Uncategorized
MTG Makes New Exec Appointments
[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Modern Times Group (MTG), which runs DTH platforms in the Nordics and Eastern Europe, has made a number of new executive appointments, the company announced Nov. […]
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Connectivity
Norsat Posts Increased Margin, Revenues For Third Quarter
[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Norsat International Inc. posted a strong gain in satellite systems gross margin, from 5 percent of revenue in the third quarter of 2006 to 51 percent […]
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Uncategorized
Loral Posts Third Quarter Results
[11-08-07 – Satellite Today] Loral Space and Communications Inc. has increased total revenue by four percent for the third quarter of 2007, the company announced Nov. 8. Loral reported […]
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Connectivity
Norsat Introduces X-Band Terminal
[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] Norsat International Inc. has introduced a new X-band terminal, the company announced Nov. 6. The GlobeTrekker X-Band terminal is available as a highly integrated system, […]
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Government/Military
TopSat Included In Disaster Images Charter
[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] QinetiQ and other members of a consortium of British firms have agreed to provide satellite images to relief agencies around the world for free, QinetiQ announced […]
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Connectivity
NSSL Opens Middle East Office
[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] NSSL, an independent service provider for satellite communications solutions, is opening a new Middle East office, the company announced Nov. 6. The service provider is looking […]
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Connectivity
Bechtel, TerreStar Sign Agreement For Network Services
[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] Bechtel Communications has signed an agreement to provide site development and program management services for TerreStar Network’s ancillary terrestrial network, Bechtel announced Nov. 7. Under […]
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Uncategorized
DirecTV Announces Higher Revenues, Lower Profit
[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] DirecTV Group Inc. has increased third quarter revenues 18 percent compared to the third quarter of 2006, the company announced Nov. 7. The company reported […]
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Connectivity
Premiere Sees Strong Subscriber Growth
[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] Premiere, the German pay-TV operator, saw strong subscriber growth in the three months to the end of September. This was one of the highlights of its […]
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Uncategorized
Northrup Grumman Announces New VP
[11-07-07 – Satellite Today] Northrup Grumman Corp. has named John R. Landon its new vice president of missiles, technology and space programs, the company announced Nov. 7. Landon joined […]
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Connectivity
WRC-07 Report
[11-06-07 – Satellite News] As the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) enters its third week in Geneva, the campaign for No Change in C-band has continued to gain momentum. […]
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Connectivity
Arguments To Protect C-Band For Satellite Use Gains Momentum At WRC
[11-06-07 – Satellite Today] The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has joined the No Change In C-band campaign at the World Radiocommunications Conference in Geneva, Satellite News reports. IMO joins […]
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Government/Military
Boeing Tests ‘One-Button’ Ground Station Start Up
[11-06-07 – Satellite Today] Boeing Co. has demonstrated its "one button” start-up U.S. ground station, which will be an essential element of its Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) offering, the […]
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Government/Military
CVG Wins Coast Guard Communications Contact
[11-06-07 – Satellite Today] CVG Inc. will provide a satellite-based broadband communications solution for the U.S. Coast Guard, CVG announced Nov. 6. CVG will install a pair of Ku-band […]
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Government/Military
Northrop Grumman Wins Boom Patent
[11-06-07 – Satellite Today] Five Northrop Grumman engineers received a patent for a payload positioning boom, the company announced Nov. 6. The boom, which attaches the payload to the […]
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Connectivity
Ariane 5 Set To Launch Skynet 5B, Star One C1
11-06-07 – Satellite Today] The Skynet 5B and Star One C1 spacecraft have been fitted to their Ariane 5 launch vehicle in advance of a scheduled Nov. 9 mission, Arianespace […]
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Connectivity
Sat-GE, PT Telecom Provide Communications for Indonesia
[11-5-07 – Satellite Today] Sat-Ge will be providing satellite capacity for Indonesian telecommunications operator PT Telcom, Sat-Ge announced Nov. 1. PT Telcom will use multiple transponders on the GE-23 […]
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Government/Military
DataPath Wins Contract To Support SWAN
[11-5-07 – Satellite Today] DataPath Inc. has been awarded $2.9 million to upgrade DataPath terminals used in the U.S. Marine Corps Support Wide Area Network (SWAN) program, the company announced […]
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Government/Military
Xtar Receives X-Band Service Contract
[11-5-07 – Satellite Today] Xtar LLC., a joint venture between Loral Space and Communication and Hisdesat, has received a contract from the U.S. General Services Administration to provide information technology […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Breaks Ground On Expanded Launch Site
[11-5-07 – Satellite Today] Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) has officially broken ground to expand Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), which will serve as the primary launch site for SpaceX’s […]
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Connectivity
GPS 2R-M Satellite Fully Operational
[11-5-07 – Satellite Today] The GPS Block 2R satellite launched Oct. 17 has been declared fully operational following checkout by the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin, the company announced […]
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Connectivity
Space Micro, DR Technologies Partner To Corner Space, Military Markets
[11-5-07 – Satellite Today] Space Micro Inc. and DR Technologies Inc. have formed a partnership to develop radiation-hardened structures for the military and space market, Space Micro announced Nov. 2. […]
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Uncategorized
Space Shuttle Undocks From Space Station; Discovery Landing Set For Wednesday; Torn Solar Array Repaired Successfully
Space Shuttle Discovery is poised to wrap up the long 15-day STS-120 mission with a landing just after 1 p.m. ET Wednesday, capping a challenging spacewalk in which physician- astronaut […]
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Uncategorized
House-Senate Lawmakers Mull Only $85 Million Cut In European BMD
House and Senate lawmakers are considering cutting only $85 million from a $310 million funding request by President Bush for the planned European Ground-based Midcourse missile Defense (GMD) program, a […]
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Uncategorized
Douglass Says Some Nation Will Develop New Space Shuttle
NASA Sorely Underfunded, Needs Far More Money: Douglass U.S. preeminence in space is fading because NASA is being starved of funding it urgently requires, and that may mean some other […]