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India To Launch Remote Sensing Satellite In May
The Hindu Business Times reported earlier this week that Cartosat-1, India’s first remote sensing satellite, will be launched from the SHAR Centre in Sriharikota, India, during the first week of […]
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Telkom-2 Satellite Launch Delayed
Asia Pulse reported April 6 that the Telkom-2 satellite, scheduled for launched this month by Arianespace, would be delayed until June. The report cited an official from PT Telkom as […]
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Wallace Wireless Launches GPS-Based Mapping App For Blackberry
Wallace Wireless announced the release of Wallace Emergency Locator, an application that combines mapping technology from ERSI Technologies with GPS location-based services. The service will allow users of the popular […]
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SI International Awarded $11.5 Million Contract To Support GPS
SI International Inc. said it was awarded a prime contract from the U.S. Air Force Space Command to provide engineering, planning and programming support for the Global Positioning System (GPS). […]
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DISA Taps EMS For DVB-RCS System
EMS Technologies Inc. said its Satellite Networks division was selected by the U.S. Defense Department‘s Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to supply a DVB-RCS system. Terms of the contract were […]
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Arinc Satellite Broadband Service Gets FCC Approval
Arinc Direct said it received an operational license from the Federal Communications Commission for its SKYLink by Arinc Direct satellite broadband service for business aircraft. The service delivers two-way broadband […]
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FTMSC Targets More Asia Pacific Opportunities
France Telecom Mobile Satellite Communications (FTMSC) has stepped up its pursuit of more revenues in the Asia Pacific region by opening a sales office in Hong Kong, which will serve […]
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Panamsat, Pegaso To Launch Satellite Internet Service In Mexico
Panamsat Corp. said Group W-Com, a Group Pegaso company, selected the company to support a new satellite-based broadband Internet service. Pegaso Banda Ancha will provide direct-to-home service providers, local telcos […]
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SIA, AIAA To Host Discussion On Network Centric Warfare
The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) will be hosting a discussion on network centric warfare and its role in bringing the global […]
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US Monolithics Awarded $4.6 Million To Develop Military Components
Harris Corp.‘s Government Systems Communications Division awarded US Monolithics, a subsidiary of ViaSat Inc., a $4.6 million contract for the development of a Class K frequency converter module to be […]
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TiVo Inks New Advertising Services Agreement With DirecTV
TiVo Inc. said it signed a new advertising services agreement with DirecTV, extending a prior services agreement. Under the new agreement, each company may sell and distribute TiVo’s advanced advertising […]
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Delphi Hits Satellite Radio Hardware Milestone
Delphi Corp. said it sold 5 million satellite radio receivers to retail and automotive customers. The company claims it is the first satellite radio hardware manufacturer to reach this milestone. […]
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Arinc, Telenor Unveil AeroMobile Brand
Arinc Inc. and Telenor jointly unveiled AeroMobile, the service that will allow airline passengers to make cellular phone calls from planes while the planes are in flight. The company is […]
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Maxwell Tapped For NPOESS Control And Payload Data Management
Maxwell Technologies Inc. said that Northrop Grumman Space Technology selected the Maxwell SCS750 single board computer for spacecraft control and payload data management for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite […]
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RSCC And China SatCom Hold More Talks
The Russian Satellite Communications Co. (RSCC) and China SatCom have taken part in a new session of the Russian-Chinese Working Group on satellite communications. The two state-owned operators discussed co-operation […]
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Orbimage Reports Increased Revenues, Net Loss For 2004
Orbimage Inc. reported an increase in total revenues for 2004 to $31 million, up from $9.2 million earned in 2003. The boost in revenues was attributed to the commencement of […]
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Firestone Communications Announces Two Contracts For Satellite Uplink, Transmission Services
Firestone Communications Inc. said it signed a multi-year network origination agreement with OBN Holdings Inc., through which Firestone will make available OBN’s programming available to U.S. cable operators and television […]
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South Korea Pushes Up Radar Satellite Launch Date
United Press International, citing local media sources, reported April 3 that South Korea is moving up the planned date to launch a radar satellite that can provide images at night […]
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CASBAA Opens India Chapter
The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) said it is launching an India chapter, which will comprise of all members of the association that currently have representation in […]
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Sky Catcher Communications Brings DVB-RCS Broadband Satellite Services To North America
Sky Catcher Communications said it plans to offer DVB-RCS services to the enterprise market in North America. Specific details on the packages that the company will offer have not yet […]
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SES Americom, Comcast Media Center Unite To Offer HDTV Channel Origination, Delivery
SES Americom said it has united with Comcast Media Center, a business unit of Comcast Cable that operates a high definition television (HDTV) content production and network origination facility, to […]
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GlobeCast Launches New Platform On Intelsat Americas-13
GlobeCast said it launched a new distribution platform on the Intelsat Americas-13 (IA-13) satellite for digital cable networks. TVE Internacional America, a division of Spain’s TVE Internacional is the first […]
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DART Launch Scheduled For April 15
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said that it will launch its Demonstration of Autonomous Rendezvous Technology (DART) spacecraft on April 15. The spacecraft is designed to demonstrate docking […]
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YooMedia Acquires ViaVision
YooMedia plc, a U.K.-based interactive media company, acquired acquiring ViaVision, an independent broadcaster and production company. ViaVision manages five satellite television channels on the BSkyB platform, five interactive television applications, […]
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Xtar-Eur Enters Full Commercial Service
Xtar LLC announced that Xtar-Eur, the world’s first satellite developed for commercial X-band service, completed its in-orbit testing and is fully operational. Xtar-Eur, located at 29 degrees East, was built […]
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Connectivity
The Time For Digital Content Transmissions Via Satellite Is Now
For the motion picture industry, much is on the horizon when it comes to content protection and dissemination, which may provide an even stronger business success model for satellite-enabled transmission […]
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Europe’s Constitution in Space
By Gerry Oberst In January 2003, the European Commission issued a consultation green paper to initiate new discussions on Europe’s activities in space. It looks as if the European Union […]
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Connectivity
Multimedia Matters: Red Lines And Blue Origins
by Peter J. Brown As I was sitting here on my snow-covered island awaiting news of a possible broadband via satellite breakthrough, the Bezos space connection suddenly blossomed into view. […]
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Connectivity
Innovative Broadcasting: Digital Links Working Harder
By Peter J. Brown When it comes to satellite links, customer satisfaction is assured whenever the link in question performs above and beyond the call of duty. When it comes […]
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Connectivity
Enterprise Private Network Sales: Driven By Service Packages And Speed
by James Careless Bullish: That is the word that describes Dr. Arunas Slekys’ outlook on private satellite network sales to enterprise customers. As vice president of Hughes Network Systems (HNS), […]