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Year in Review: 2011’s Most Significant Advances in Satellite Technology (Part 1)
Read more →: Year in Review: 2011’s Most Significant Advances in Satellite Technology (Part 1)[12-28-11] The past 12 months have seen a new impetus placed on the noteworthy acceleration in satellite technology.…
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LuxSpace Ships Orbcomm’s VesselSat2 to CGWIC
Read more →: LuxSpace Ships Orbcomm’s VesselSat2 to CGWIC[12-28-11] OHB System affiliate LuxSpace has completed construction and testing of the LuxSpace VesselSat2 AIS satellite for Orbcomm,…
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China’s Homegrown Navigation Satellite Network Starts Providing Services
Read more →: China’s Homegrown Navigation Satellite Network Starts Providing ServicesBEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) — China’s homegrown BeiDou Navigation Satellite System began providing initial positioning, navigation and timing…
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ESA Successfully Tests Galileo IOV Triple-Frequency Signals
Read more →: ESA Successfully Tests Galileo IOV Triple-Frequency Signals[12-28-11] The European Space Agency (ESA) has successful received the first triple-frequency signals from its Galileo in-orbit validation…
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Raytheon Wins Air Force Deal to Incorporate ADS-B into FAA Infrastructure
Read more →: Raytheon Wins Air Force Deal to Incorporate ADS-B into FAA Infrastructure[12-27-11] Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force to incorporate Automatic Dependent Surveillance –…
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ILS: SES-4 Launch Delayed 25 Days Due to Proton Upper Stage Technical Issues
Read more →: ILS: SES-4 Launch Delayed 25 Days Due to Proton Upper Stage Technical Issues[12-27-11] International Launch Services (ILS) has informed operator SES that the launch of its SES-4 satellite will be…
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FCC Approval of AT&T, Qualcomm Spectrum Deal Comes with Conditions
Read more →: FCC Approval of AT&T, Qualcomm Spectrum Deal Comes with Conditions[12-27-11] The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued its approval of a spectrum transfer between AT&T and…
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LightSquared Files Lab Test Results Showing GPS-Network Compatibility
Read more →: LightSquared Files Lab Test Results Showing GPS-Network Compatibility[12-27-11] LightSquared filed the first set of data from independent lab testing of precision GPS devices that were…
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Year in Review – Part 1: NASA’s planetary probes dominate in 2011
Read more →: Year in Review – Part 1: NASA’s planetary probes dominate in 2011It was an interesting year for NASA as the 2011 calendar brought about the retirement of the iconic…
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Assessing the Soyuz failure with Meridian – Redressing Russia’s internal woes
Read more →: Assessing the Soyuz failure with Meridian – Redressing Russia’s internal woesJust hours before the Soyuz TMA-03M successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), another Russian Soyuz launch…
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China’s Long March 4B Orbits Ziyuan I-02C Remote-Sensing Satellite
Read more →: China’s Long March 4B Orbits Ziyuan I-02C Remote-Sensing Satellite[12-23-11] China has successfully launched China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.’s (CASC) Ziyuan I-02C high-resolution remote-sensing satellite on…
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TCS Inks Second Extension to U.S. Army WWSS Program Contract
Read more →: TCS Inks Second Extension to U.S. Army WWSS Program Contract[12-23-11] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has won a second extension to its U.S. Army World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) indefinite…