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Connectivity
Satellite Imaging Business Robust, Growing
[Satellite News – 1-15-08] With the announcement that the WorldView-1 imaging satellite has reached full operating capability, DigitalGlobe’s capacity has been increased five fold, and the company’s biggest problem with […]
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Connectivity
MSV, Inmarsat Spectrum Deal Clears Way For ATC Networks
[Satellite News – 1-9-08] SkyTerra Communications Inc., Inmarsat plc, Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and MSV Canada Inc. have reached an agreement to re-band and efficiently use their L-Band spectrum across […]
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Uncategorized
Satellite News Redesign Goes Live
[Satellite News – 1-8-08] You might have noticed a change in Satellite News. Not only have we changed the publication date to Wednesday, we have redesigned the e-mail so it […]
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Connectivity
Hughes Acquires Helius To Expand IP Video Base
[Satellite News – 1-7-08] Hughes Communications Inc. has agreed to acquire business IPTV solutions provider Helius Inc. for $30.5 million, Hughes announced Jan. 4. Hughes and Helius have had […]
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Connectivity
Wild Blue, Google Partner For Portals
[Satellite News – 1-4-08] A partnership signed with Google in December will provide WildBlue with an invaluable way of getting its name out to the public while at the same […]
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Finance
Arianespace Takes Advantage Of Opportunities In 2007
[12-28-07 – Satellite News] The year started with a bang and ended in disappointment for launch services provider Sea Launch, which was unable to recover from a January failure in […]
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Connectivity
MSS Operators Preparing For 2008
[12-27-07 – Satellite News] The Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) market spent most of 2007 focusing on the future, as many companies continued to work on their next-generation satellites and business […]
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Government/Military
Ball Releases Opticks To Open Source Community
[12-14-07 – Satellite News] Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. has taken their Opticks remote sensing data software and released it as an open source project, the company announced Dec. 10. […]
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Government/Military
FAA Official: Private Sector Key To Commercial Space Growth
[12-06-07 – Satellite News] The business of space is heating up, particularly in the area commercial private human spaceflight, Patricia Grace Smith, associate administrator in the Office of Commercial Space […]
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Connectivity
Globecomm Partners With Christian Ministry To Help Wildfire Victims
[12-3-07 – Satellite News] Globecomm Systems Inc. donated thousands of dollars worth of satellite equipment and services to help victims of the California wildfires, which destroyed more than 1,400 homes […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Win GPS OCX Contracts
[11-29-07 – Satellite News] The competition to develop the ground segment for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation GPS constellation has entered its second phase, as Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Co. […]
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Government/Military
GeoEye Foundation Donates Gorilla Habitat Images
[11-21-07 – Satellite News] The GeoEye Foundation has donated nine high-quality satellite images to wildlife conservation groups including the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, to aid in gorilla preservation efforts. […]
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Connectivity
Government, Industry Needs To Work Together To Improve Space Programs, Armor Says
[11-15-07 – Satellite News] While relying more and more on commercial satellite services, the government is a “terrible customer” for the industry, U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Armor said […]
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Connectivity
Analysts Bullish on Latest DirecTV Figures
[11-08-07 – Satellite News] DirecTV, the U.S. satellite pay-TV operator, issued a strong set of third quarter results, which largely were ahead of analyst forecasts. Spencer Wang, a satellite equity […]
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Connectivity
AeroAstro: Making A Big Splash With Small Satellites
[10-29-07 – Satellite News] AeroAstro, a microsatellite company based in Ashburn, Va., recently was acquired by Radyne Corp.. President and CEO Rick Fleeter talks with Satellite News about how being […]
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Government/Military
Com Dev Develops Maritime AIS “De-collider”
[10-24-07 – Satellite News] Com Dev International Ltd. has developed a way to “de-collide” the hundreds or thousands of signals emitted by the maritime Advanced Identification System (AIS), solving the […]
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Connectivity
Satellite Industry Must Work With Wireless, Exec Says
[10-19-07 – Satellite News] The future of mobile satellite services can be seen in the terrestrial wireless market, John Mattingly, president of Mobile Satellite Ventures told about 100 space industry […]
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Connectivity
Hughes, Wal-Mart Provide Satellite Broadband To Rural Customers
[10-10-07 – Satellite News] Hughes Network Systems LLC is reaching out to rural broadband internet users by partnering with a familiar company. Hughes will begin selling its HughesNet satellite broadband […]
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Uncategorized
Moving Up The Supplier Chain David Smith, Vice President and General Manager EMS Technologies’ Defense and Space Systems
EMS Technologies Inc.’s Defense and Space Systems (D&SS) business unit accounts for more than $50 million of the company’s annual revenue. But EMS would like to see that number grow […]
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Government/Military
PCI Ready To Head From Desert To Floodplains
After four years in Iraq providing both the U.S. government and the provisional Iraqi government with satellite telecommunications systems, Proactive Communication Inc. (PCI) is ready to expand its reach in […]
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Uncategorized
Correction
The article titled“Proton Failure Destroys JCSAT-11”in the Sept. 6 issue of Satellite News should have read that ILS had two or three more launches planned before the end of the […]
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Finance
Proton Failure Destroys JCSAT-11
[09-06-07 – Satellite News] JSAT Corp. has ordered another satellite to replace its JCSAT-11, which was destroyed in a Sept. 6 failure of a Proton rocket, JSAT said. The satellite […]
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Government/Military
ITT To provide ADS-B System For FAA
ITT Corp. has been selected by U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop and deploy a satellite-based air traffic control system, the company and the FAA announced Aug. 30. The […]