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Connectivity
BCE Sees Uptick In Revenues
Satellite operator Telesat Canada, a wholly owned subsidiary of BCE Inc., garnered revenues of 113.5 million Canadian dollars in the 2006 third quarter, up slightly from revenues of 112.2 million […]
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Connectivity
Reforms In Air Force Space Acquisition Showing Results
The "back-to-basics" reforms adopted by the U.S. Air Force within the past year to overhaul how it develops satellite systems are starting to show positive results, the service’s program executive […]
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Connectivity
Spotlight: Heineken’s “Beer Living Lab” Tracks Six-Packs Via Satellite
Giving a whole new meaning to the phrase "beer tabs," an intelligent wireless project jointly sponsored by IBM, Heineken, international shipping company Safmarine and the University of Amsterdam is tracking […]
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Connectivity
Orbiting Wall Street 11/06/06
GSAT Globalstar Inc. priced its initial public offering at $17 per share, the company announced Nov. 2. The company has also added 1 million shares to the offering, bringing the […]
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Government/Military
NASA Administrator Greenlights Mission To Extend Life Of Hubble Space Telescope
NASA’s decision to extend the life of the Hubble Space Telescope drew a round of applause from interested lawmakers, companies with a financial stake in the mission and astronomy and […]
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Uncategorized
Shuttle Flight Will Service Hubble Telescope, Extending Its Life: Griffin
The Hubble Telescope will live to provide further eye-opening scientific discoveries for a few more years, thanks to a decision by NASA Administrator Michael Griffin to send a space shuttle […]
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Iran Fires Multiple Missiles; Group Sees Proof U.S. Needs BMD Capability
Iran fired off short-, medium- and long-range missiles tipped with cluster warheads, which a U.S.-based group said proves the need for American military forces to develop ballistic missile defenses (BMD) […]
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Democratic Control Of Senate Might Mean Lean Times For Contractors
If Democrats win control of the Senate in the mid-term election tomorrow, that could be bad news for the defense industry. But if Democrats gain control of the House and […]
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Sunshield Advances For James Webb Space Telescope
Prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. [NOC] is conducting tests on a newly constructed full-scale evolutionary pathfinder of the future James Webb Space Telescope sunshield. Northrop will verify its design concept […]
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Air Force Forms Cyberspace Unit
The Air Force is forming an offensive and defensive cyberspace unit to deal with growing threats and opportunities in the cyberspace area, Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne announced. That would […]
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Space Station Generator Repaired
Crew members on the International Space Station (ISS) repaired a faulty oxygen generator that earlier had leaked fumes inside the ISS. Expedition 14 Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin installed new valves […]
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Launches
Space Shuttle Discovery Set For Rollout Toward Launch Pad Space Shuttle Discovery is set to roll out of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center at 7 a.m. […]
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Government/Military
Cingular To Offer XM Channels
Cingular Wireless LLC and XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. announced a partnership Nov. 2 to stream 25 XM music channels to Cingular handsets. Beginning Nov. 6, Cingular Wireless customers may […]
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Uncategorized
Globalstar Prices Its IPO
Globalstar Inc. priced its initial public offering at $17 per share, the company announced Nov. 2. The company has also added 1 million shares to the offering, bringing the total […]
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Orange Launches GPS For 3G Phones
Orange UK will launch a GPS navigation system for corporate customers that will be powered by Webraska, a provider of mobile GPS navigation systems and geospatial software for wireless carriers […]
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Connectivity
BADR-4 Satellite Readies For Nov. 8 Launch
Launch preparation is underway in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, for the launch of BADR-4, a Eurostar E2000+ satellite built by Astrium for the Arab Satellite Communications Organization (Arabsat). Liftoff on a Proton […]
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Apax Closes FTMSC Deal
Apax Partners has completed the acquisition of France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC), a deal commenced in July. Apax also recently announced its acquisition of Telenor Satellite Services, bolstering its […]
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SES Americom Selects IDC’s DVB-S2 Receivers For IP-Prime
International Datacasting Corp. and SES Americom announced Nov. 2 the integration of IDC’s next-generation DVB-S2 satellite receivers aboard the IP-Prime IPTV service. As part of the agreement, IDC will be […]
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Patriot Antenna Systems Rolls Out New Flyaway Antenna
Patriot Antenna Systems unveiled Nov. 2 its 1-meter Back-Pack Flyaway Antenna system. The system provides transmit-and-receive operation in Ku- or Ka-band frequencies and is designed for frequent travel. The antenna […]
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Uncategorized
China Plans Satellite Navigation System
The People’s Republic of China has started to build its own satellite navigation system, Xinhua reported Nov. 2. The planned network, Compass — or Beidou, in Chinese — reportedly will […]
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Connectivity
Qinetiq To Launch Interference Geolocation Service
Qinetiq announced Nov. 1 it is launching a European satellite interference geolocation service intended to deter malicious or accidental disruption of satellite communications services while allowing customers to identify and […]
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Connectivity
Study Predicts Growth in Commercial Transponder Demand To Hit $8.4 Billion by 2011
The demand for commercial C- and Ku-band capacity will grow globally at an average annual rate of 3.2 percent, Northern Sky Research (NSR) announced Oct. 31. Between 2005 and 2011, […]
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Connectivity
Frost & Sullivan: Latin American Demand For Commercial Satellite Communications Growing
The commercial geostationary satellite transponder market produced total revenues of $708.5 billion in Latin America in 2005, and that figure will reach more than $1 trillion by 2012, Frost & […]
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Connectivity
World Teleport Association Ranks Year’s Top Operators
The World Teleport Association (WTA) announced Nov. 1 its rankings of the Top Teleport Operators of 2006 in three categories. The Global Top 20 includes satellite and fiber carriers operating […]
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Connectivity
Datapath Names Helfgott President, COO
Datapath Inc., a provider of satellite and wireless communications networks, announced Nov. 1 the appointment of David Helfgott as president and COO, effective Nov. 15. A 20-year industry veteran, Helfgott […]
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Connectivity
An Industry In Motion
As we were going press, developments within the global satellite community were at an all-time high. Business strategies were advancing and financial community interest in satellite-enabled services was gaining momentum […]
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Connectivity
Landing Rights Resurfacing In Europe
By Gerry Oberst European satellite operators are complaining that new regulatory structures being establish in the old country are recreating the "landing rights" system that supposedly has been abolished. Landing […]
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Connectivity
Satellite News Gathering: Users Seeking Smaller, Easier Equipment
Broadcasters around the globe are covering more live events, sports and spot news in order to respond to the needs of their customers. At the same time, the owners and […]
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Connectivity
Middle East And India: DTH Grows And Rooftops Fill Up Fast
By Peter J. Brown The number of satellite dishes found in the vast region stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Bay of Bengal has exploded throughout the past decade, […]