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SES New Skies CEO Remains Confident Despite NSS-8 Loss
What was supposed to be a banner start to 2007 has turned into somewhat of a challenge for SES New Skies CEO Rob Bednarek. The company’s NSS-8 satellite was destroyed […]
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Orbiting Wall Street
XM Satellite Radio XM Satellite Radio agreed to sell its XM-4 satellite to a trust owned by Satellite Leasing LLC and will lease back capacity aboard the spacecraft, XM said […]
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SATELLITE 2007 Conference And Exhibition To Be Held Feb. 19-22
Register today for SATELLITE 2007, the premier global event for satellite-enabled communications. Experience the largest exhibit show floor in the satellite communications marketplace, cutting-edge conference sessions and more than 11 […]
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Norsat Introduces New Ku-Band Transmitter
Norsat International Inc. is introducing its miniaturized 8-watt block-up converter, the company announced Feb. 16. The converter is packaged in a 6.5-pound box and is fully operational across the entire […]
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Advantech Satellite Networks Unveils DVB-RCS Micro Hub
Advantech Satellite Networks unveiled its new DVB-RCS starter hub, the SatNet Micro. "The SatNet Micro hub will allow us to target a new and growing market segment that is focused […]
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NetSky Holdings To Provide Satellite Internet Service
NetSky Holdings Inc. is offering a high-speed, one-way satellite service marketed to small businesses and home-office users. Expected to launch March 1, the one-way Internet satellite service, provided through an […]
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Hughes Unveils Broadband VSAT Platform For Maritime Application
Hughes Network Systems and Sea Tel Inc., have completed interoperability testing between the Hughes HX family of Internet protocol satellite broadband modems and Sea Tel’s family of marine stabilized satellite […]
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Lyman Brothers Names Raney As COO
Lyman Bros. Inc., a satellite communications provider, has named Bill Raney as its chief operating officer (COO) effective Feb. 16. Raney joined Lyman Bros. Inc in 1995 and was promoted […]
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NASA Launches THEMIS With Record Five Satellites Inserted In Orbit
A NASA constellation of five satellites to study the Northern Lights were launched aboard a rocket from Pad 17B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. That launch occurred at […]
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Groups Assail Putin Comments Against European BMD
A bizarre, eye-popping speech by the top Russian leader was roundly condemned as a ludicrous, calculating and astonishing response to the United States moving to protect European allies with a […]
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Group Lofts Proposed Goals For Moon Camp
A Washington astronautics think tank has set forth several goals for the encampment on the moon envisioned by President Bush, including business participation and development of commercial revenue sources on […]
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Roundup
Apollo 1 Capsule Moves To New Storage Facility NASA moved the Apollo 1 capsule and related materials approximately 90 feet to a newer, environmentally-controlled warehouse at the NASA Langley Research […]
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Frozen Fiscal 2007 Budget To Constrict
Moon-Mars Program, Not Space Shuttles A budget measure in Congress effectively freezing funds for many agencies will provide adequate funds for the ongoing NASA space shuttles program, but will hamper […]
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Space Systems/Loral Completes GOES Satellite Work
Space Systems/Loral finished providing satellite support for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) program, the company announced. Space Systems/Loral provided five advanced weather satellites and on-orbit services to the National […]
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Atlantis Arrives At Launch Pad, Poised For March 15 Liftoff Space Shuttle Atlantis arrived at Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, set for launch on March 15, […]
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Raytheon Gains $212 Million THAAD Radar Contract
The Missile Defense Agency awarded Raytheon Co. [RTN] a $212 million contract for a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense radar, the company announced. Under the contract, Raytheon will manufacture, deliver […]
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Evidence Of Ancient Sub-Surface Fluid Flows Seen On Mars
Liquid or gas flowed through cracks penetrating underground rock on Mars, NASA reported. That disclosure stemmed from a report based on some of the first observations by the Mars Reconnaissance […]
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SATELLITE 2007 Conference And Exhibition To Be Held Feb. 19-22
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ILS Proton To Launch Ciel-2 Satellite
International Launch Services (ILS) signed a contract to launch the Ciel-2 satellite on a Proton Breeze-M vehicle in late 2008, the company announced Feb. 15. Ciel-2, built by Alcatel Alenia […]
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Ariane 5 Steps Up Production
Ariane 5 production is being increased to meet growing demand in the launch services marketplace, Arianespace announced Feb. 15. In a declaration signed in Bremen, Germany, production of Ariane 5 […]
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Video Applications Fuel Eutelsat’s Growth
Eutelsat reported revenues of 415.3 million euros ($545.7 million) for the second half of 2006, the company announced Feb. 15. The revenues represented an increase of 5.2 percent over the […]
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TerreStar Completes Financing Transaction
TerreStar Networks Inc., a majority-owned subsidiary of Motient Corp., closed on the sale of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its 15 percent senior secured notes due 2014, TerreStar […]
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Iridium To Unveil Next-Generation Constellation
[2/16/07] Iridium Satellite will spend more than $2 billion to build and deploy its second-generation satellite constellation, dubbed Iridium Next, the company announced Feb. 15. Plans call for the system […]
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Intelsat Names Shernit To Run Intelsat General Unit
Intelsat has appointed William Shernit as president of its subsidiary, Intelsat General, Intelsat announced Feb. 14. Intelsat General provides communications systems primarily to military and civilian government customers. Shernit has […]
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Cutting-Edge Satellite Technology for Military, Enterprise, Broadcast, Emergency Response and Commercial Unveiled at SATELLITE 2007
Contact: Jenn Heinold Senior Tradeshow Marketing Manager 301-354-1813 jheinold@accessintel.com Linda Dickerhoof Media Relations Consultant 703-606-2518 Linda@signaturestrategy.com Photos available upon request. For Immediate Release Cutting-Edge Satellite Technology for Military, Enterprise, Broadcast, […]
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Eagle Broadband Denied Amex Listing Compliance; Requests Hearing
[2/15/07] Eagle Broadband Inc., a national provider of broadband, Internet protocol (IP) and digital communications technology and services, received notice from the American Stock Exchange (Amex) indicating that the staff […]
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SATELLITE 2007 Conference And Exhibition To Be Held Feb. 19-22
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GlobeCast, Envivio To Bring Mobile TV To Orange Subscribers
[2/14/07] GlobeCast and Envivio Inc. have reached an agreement to deliver content to Orange’s mobile TV subscribers throughout France, the companies announced Feb. 13. The new solution, based at GlobeCast’s […]
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Starsys To Provide Ground Link Antenna Pointing System for GeoEye-1 Program
Starsys Inc., a subsidiary of SpaceDev, has completed testing of part of the antenna-pointing gimbal for the GeoEye-1 imaging satellite, SpaceDev announced Feb. 12. The antenna-pointing gimbal reduces motion created […]