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Gunman Kills NASA Worker, Self At Johnson Space Center
A contract employee, William A. Phillips, with Jacobs Engineering Group Ltd., entered Building 44 at Johnson Space Center and shot to death David Beverly, a NASA employee, before committing suicide, […]
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Launches
NASA Announces New 12-Month Schedule For Space Shuttle Launches NASA announced a new manifest for space shuttle launches, listing the starting date of the window for each launch for the […]
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Sega Seeks Incremental Satellites Funds
By Michael Sirak The Air Force space czar asked Congress last week to grant the service authority to buy big-ticket, large-sized satellites incrementally, similar to the way the Navy buys […]
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Raytheon Contract
The Air Force gave Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $180 million firm fixed-price contract for the AMRAAM program. AMRAAM, the advanced medium-range air-to-air missile, a guided weapon, is a supersonic asset. […]
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Boeing Gains $46.2 Million
The Air Force also gave The Boeing Co. [BA] a $46.2 million firm fixed price contract for missile program work. This contract provides 14 CALCM/ALCM Test Instrumentation Kids for the […]
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SM-2 Update
A major maneuverability upgrade to the Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) will bolster its performance against new anti-ship weapons, Raytheon announced. Performance of the update, crafted by Raytheon and the Navy, was […]
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Boeing Develops GPS Substitute
In a new era where China has the capability to destroy space assets such as global positioning system (GPS) satellites, a system being developed would permit troops to find their […]
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Lockheed Martin Gets $6 Million To Add GPS Signal
[4/20/07] The U.S. Air Force has issued a $6 million contract for Lockheed Martin to develop and integrate a demonstration payload to temporarily transmit a third civil signal on a […]
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EgyptSat, Others Are Lofted While TerraSAR-X Sits
A payload of 14 satellites was delivered on April 17 in the first launch of a Dnepr rocket since a July 2006 failure, Russian officials reported. Egyptian, Saudi and U.S. […]
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Symmetricom Debuts Hybrid Space Crystal Oscillators
Symmetricom Inc., a provider of precise-time and frequency technologies to accelerate deployment and enable management of next-generation networks, rolled out its 9900 series of hybrid space crystal oscillators comprised of […]
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GlobeCast Puts Vatican Live On HD
GlobeCast successfully provided the first-ever live, high-definition (HD) contribution service from Saint Peter’s Square to Centro Televisivo Vaticano (CTV), the official television station of the Vatican, GlobeCast announced April 19. […]
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Homeland Integrated Security Systems Gains Approvals For Cyber Tracker
Homeland Integrated Security Systems Inc. (HISC) has received final regulatory approvals on its patent-pending Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Cyber Tracker, HISC announced April 19. Regulatory approvals were required […]
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FileCatalyst Boosts Bandwidth, Lessens Latency
Unlimi-Tech Software Inc. has announced its introduction of FileCatalyst 2.0 to offer broadcasters, carriers, telecoms, post-production houses and digital delivery or system integration companies a software-based product to provide maximum […]
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Globalstar Eyes May 21 Satellite Launch
Globalstar Inc. is anticipating a May 21 launch window for the first of its four first-generation ground spare satellites to be lofted, the company announced April 18. The four satellites, […]
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Boeing Team To Seek GPS Redundancy For DARPA
[4/19/07] In a mission to try and identify and develop alternative means of geolocation in the absence of the Global Positioning System (GPS), a Boeing-led industry team has won a […]
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Radyne Nets $6.7 Million Dealing With DirecTV
Radyne Corp. has received follow-on orders for more than $6.7 million for Ka-band power amplifiers and DM-240 satellite modulators to be used in DirecTV’s high-definition (HD) TV expansion. All of […]
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Phoenicia Group Rolls Out BGAN In Libya
Phoenicia Group Libya, a U.S.-Libyan diversified business and consultancy group, announced April 18 its plans to offer BGAN satellite Internet solutions to corporate and government clients across Libya, marking the […]
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Hughes Signs With TerreStar For Turnkey Base Station
Hughes Network Systems signed a contract with TerreStar Networks Inc., a majority owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., to design, develop and manufacture a turnkey satellite base station subsystem (S-BSS) and […]
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Arena’s Sports Marketing Suspended
Premiere will suspend the marketing of Arena (Bundesliga and sports content) while a Federal Cartel Office (FCO) investigation takes place into the deal between Unity Media, Premiere and Arena announced […]
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Digital+ Makes Slow Progress
Digital+, Sogecable’s Spanish DTH platform, ended the first quarter of 2007 with nearly 2.1 million subscribers, having added a net 21,000 subscribers in the quarter to the end of March. […]
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Cerona Gains Funding from Republic Financial Corp.
Cerona Networks Corp., a portfolio company of Republic Financial Corp.’s private equity group, has received additional funding, the company announced April 18. A Series-B financing round is being provided to […]
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MSV Appoints Executive
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced April 18 the appointment of Larry D. Haughey as group vice president for its government sector. Haughey will lead the company’s sales and marketing initiatives […]
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Microspace Provides Juice To DrinksTV Digital-Signage Network
Kyle Private Networks has selected Microspace Communications Corp.’s Velocity digital-signage satellite system to power DrinksTV, a digital signage network for beverage retailers, Microspace announced April 17. DrinksTV.com is a multimedia […]
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TSAT Next-Generation Processor Router Passes Test
The Transformational Satellite Communications (TSAT) team of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the functionality of its Next-Generation Processor Router (NGPR) in a comprehensive test conducted by the U.S. […]
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Intelsat Rumored To Be For Sale
Unconfirmed reports have been widely published that Intelsat, the world’s largest commercial satellite operator, has been approached for possible sale. On April 17, the Wall Street Journal reported on its […]
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Scopus, Neotion Integrate Hardware for Broadcast Satellites
Scopus Video Networks, a digital video networking provider, and Neotion, a technology provider for digital TV, announced April 16 that Neotion’s MPEG-4 conditional access module has been integrated with Scopus’ […]
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Cerona Launches SkyDSR Digital Satellite Router
Cerona Networks Corp. is rolling out the SkyDSR digital satellite router, its initial DVB-S2 product, Cerona announced April 16. The robust digital satellite router is designed to serve corporate private […]
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DigitalGlobe Imagery Improves Garmin Marine Cartography
DigitalGlobe will provide Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., with high-resolution imagery for Garmin’s new BlueChart g2 line of highly detailed cartography, DigitalGlobe announced April 16. BlueChart g2 […]
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MSV Earns Patent For Push-To-Send Functionality
Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 7,203,490 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, MSV announced April 17. The patent describes and claims systems and methods […]