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Contest Winners Enhance GNSS Through a Smartphone App
Read more →: Contest Winners Enhance GNSS Through a Smartphone AppTags: GNSS, App, Smartphone, Satellite Navigation Publication Date: 11/27/2012 Dirk Elias receiving the 2012 Galileo Master Award on…
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Astrium to Add Two New Satellites to NASA’s Grace FO Mission
Read more →: Astrium to Add Two New Satellites to NASA’s Grace FO Mission[Satellite TODAY 11-29-12] Astrium will build two new research satellites for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL to continue…
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Stratolaunch and SpaceX End Partnership for Suborbital Launch Vehicle
Read more →: Stratolaunch and SpaceX End Partnership for Suborbital Launch VehicleTags: SpaceX, Stratolaunch, Satellite Launch, Orbital Sciences Publication Date: 11/27/2012 The Stratolaunch plane as originally depicted with the…
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ViaSat to Engineer Secure Mobile Device System for U.S. Marine Corps
Read more →: ViaSat to Engineer Secure Mobile Device System for U.S. Marine Corps[Satellite TODAY 11-29-12] The U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command has selected ViaSat to install advanced information security into…
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Microchip Satellites Ready for Launch in 2013
Read more →: Microchip Satellites Ready for Launch in 2013Tags: NASA, SpaceX, Cubesat, Nanosatellite Publication Date: 11/28/2012 ChipSat’s composition. Image credit: Zachary Manchester The first satellites funded…
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SpaceX Outlines Plans for Manned Mission to Mars
Read more →: SpaceX Outlines Plans for Manned Mission to MarsTags: SpaceX, Reusable rocket, Fuel, Methane, Mars Publication Date: 11/26/2012 Artist’s rendition of a Dragon spacecraft using its…
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Accenture Survey Notes Seismic Shift in U.S., U.K. OTT Video Consumption
Read more →: Accenture Survey Notes Seismic Shift in U.S., U.K. OTT Video Consumption[Satellite TODAY 11-28-12] Nearly half, or 49 percent, of video consumers are viewing over-the-top (OTT) video through a…
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Hughes’ Bardo: New Government Broadband Plans Designed with Budgets in Mind
Read more →: Hughes’ Bardo: New Government Broadband Plans Designed with Budgets in Mind[Satellite TODAY Insider 11-28-12] Hughes Network Systems has released new high-performance broadband plans for government agencies, offering speeds…
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New GOES-R Series Program Passes Review
Read more →: New GOES-R Series Program Passes ReviewTags: GEO Satellite GOES-R, Weather Satellite, NOAA Publication Date: 11/28/2012 Lockheed Martin is in charge of building the…
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NewCom Deploys iDirect-Powered Distance Learning Network in Colombia
Read more →: NewCom Deploys iDirect-Powered Distance Learning Network in Colombia[Satellite TODAY 11-28-12] NewCom International has launched a satellite-powered distance education network covering 26 schools in the Nudo…
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AsiaSat Secures Backup Launch Services with Sea Launch
Read more →: AsiaSat Secures Backup Launch Services with Sea Launch[Satellite TODAY 11-28-12] Sea Launch and Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) have entered into an option agreement for backup…
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Microsatellites Could Contribute to Breach Expected Weather Satellite Gap
Read more →: Microsatellites Could Contribute to Breach Expected Weather Satellite GapTags: Weather Satellite, GPS, Taiwan Publication Date: 11/28/2012 Artist’s concept of Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and…