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FAA to Equip Satellite Air Traffic Control Technology on JetBlue A320s
Read more →: FAA to Equip Satellite Air Traffic Control Technology on JetBlue A320s[02-07-11] JetBlue Airways signed an agreement with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to equip as many as…
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Astrotech Reports $1.6 Million Loss in 2011 Second Quarter
Read more →: Astrotech Reports $1.6 Million Loss in 2011 Second Quarter[02-07-11] Astrotech posted a $1.6 million net loss in its fiscal year 2011 second quarter — a 34…
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STS-133: GUCP to be disassembled at pad – SRBs into hyper loading tasks
Read more →: STS-133: GUCP to be disassembled at pad – SRBs into hyper loading tasksWith just over two weeks to launch, engineers will disassemble the Ground Umbilical Carrier Plate (GUCP) at the…
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Boeing Selects Hughes as Mexsat Ground Network Subcontractor
Read more →: Boeing Selects Hughes as Mexsat Ground Network Subcontractor[02-07-11] Hughes Network Systems will provide the ground communications network for Boeing’s Mexsat satellite based network system under…
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Telespazio COO Defends Galileo Against Cost Critics
Read more →: Telespazio COO Defends Galileo Against Cost Critics[02-07-11] The European Commission’s (EC) Galileo and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) mid-term review, released Jan. 18,…
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Orbital’s Minotaur I launches with NROL-66
Read more →: Orbital’s Minotaur I launches with NROL-66Orbital Sciences Corporation have launched a Minotaur I from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Sunday, carrying a…
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WikiLeaks Memos Reveal U.S. Military Destroyed its Own Spy Satellite in 2008
Read more →: WikiLeaks Memos Reveal U.S. Military Destroyed its Own Spy Satellite in 2008[02-04-11] In February 2008, a U.S. Navy Ticonderoga-class cruiser launched an SM-3 missile at the USA 193 classified…
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Satellite Set-Top Box Market Slows in 2010
Read more →: Satellite Set-Top Box Market Slows in 2010[02-04-11] Satellite set-top box shipments in 2010 declined 8 percent in North America and Western Europe, according to…
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KVH, ViaSat Make Mini-VSAT Broadband Capacity Push in Key Regions
Read more →: KVH, ViaSat Make Mini-VSAT Broadband Capacity Push in Key Regions[02-04-11] KVH Industries and partner ViaSat have doubled their mini-VSAT Broadband network capacity in the Asian, African and…
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U-blox Rolls Out Max-6 GPS Module Product Line
Read more →: U-blox Rolls Out Max-6 GPS Module Product Line[02-04-11] Swiss satellite product manufacturer U-blox rolled out its Max-6 family of ultra-miniature rugged GPS modules, optimized for…
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Orbital Secures 20 Percent of Iridium Next Hosted Payload Capacity
Read more →: Orbital Secures 20 Percent of Iridium Next Hosted Payload Capacity[02-04-11] Orbital Sciences entered into an agreement with Iridium Communications to reserve 20 percent of the hosted payload…
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Canada’s “Dextre” robotic hand performs first ever operational tasks
Read more →: Canada’s “Dextre” robotic hand performs first ever operational tasksCanada’s Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator (SPDM), also known as “Dextre” or the “Canada Hand”, is, for the first…