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SES signs up for launch with more powerful Falcon 9 engines
Read more →: SES signs up for launch with more powerful Falcon 9 enginesA Falcon 9 rocket launches Feb. 11 with NOAA’s Deep Space Climate Observatory. Credit: NASA/Tony Gray A communications…
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Signalhorn Brings Xtend to New Verticals in Retail
Read more →: Signalhorn Brings Xtend to New Verticals in Retail[Via Satellite 02-20-2015] Signalhorn has increased the availability of Xtend, a fully managed, high-speed business-grade service solution used…
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DirecTV Challenged by Deteriorating Currencies in Latin America
Read more →: DirecTV Challenged by Deteriorating Currencies in Latin America[Via Satellite 02-20-2015] Last year DirecTV’s Latin American subscriber base crested 19 million, growing to nearly match the…
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Astronauts, spacesuits ready for spacewalk Saturday
Read more →: Astronauts, spacesuits ready for spacewalk SaturdaySTORY WRITTEN FOR CBS NEWS “SPACE PLACE” & USED WITH PERMISSION Astronauts Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Terry Virts will begin…
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Hispasat Sees Steady Revenues in Unfavorable Market
Read more →: Hispasat Sees Steady Revenues in Unfavorable Market[Via Satellite 02-19-2015] In 2014, Spanish satellite telecommunications operator Hispasat saw flat revenues, reporting a total of $230…
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IDC Deploys Pro Audio Radio Network Across Peru
Read more →: IDC Deploys Pro Audio Radio Network Across Peru[Via Satellite 02-19-2015] Peru’s Grupo Panamericana de Radios has deployed International Datacasting Corporation’s (IDC’s) Star Pro Audio Solution…
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Orbital ATK Unveiled: CEO Lays Out Post-Merger Plans
Read more →: Orbital ATK Unveiled: CEO Lays Out Post-Merger Plans[Via Satellite 02-19-2015] In the first conference call following their merger, David Thompson, CEO of Orbital ATK, unveiled…
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Aireon Inks ADS-B Agreement with Central, West African ANSP
Read more →: Aireon Inks ADS-B Agreement with Central, West African ANSP[Via Satellite 02-19-2015] Aireon has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Agency for the Security of…
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Mustang Project Set to Create Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial M2M Network
Read more →: Mustang Project Set to Create Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial M2M Network[Via Satellite 02-19-2015] Airbus Defense and Space has started work on the Mustang project for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications,…
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Swiss Space Systems Opens Croatia Subsidiary, Plans Spaceport
Read more →: Swiss Space Systems Opens Croatia Subsidiary, Plans Spaceport[Via Satellite 02-18-2015] Swiss Space Systems (S3) has inaugurated a new subsidiary in Croatia, where the company hopes…
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Arianespace on pace for one launch per month in 2015
Read more →: Arianespace on pace for one launch per month in 2015The cryogenic core stage for the first Ariane 5 launch of 2015 was installed on its mobile launch…
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Magnetic field laboratory being readied for launch
Read more →: Magnetic field laboratory being readied for launchCredit: Walter Scriptunas II TITUSVILLE — A stack of four satellites, each one carrying 25 science sensors and…