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Archive for October 4th, 2008

TeleCable starts deployment of Eutelsat’s Tooway

October 4th, 2008 by

Following a contract signed recently between TeleCable and Skylogic (Eutelsat’s broadband affiliate), Telecable is now initiating widespread deployment of the Tooway satellite broadband service in Asturias (a northern region of Spain).

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GAO report calls SBIRS software re-development ambitious

October 4th, 2008 by

The launch of the first SBIRS-GEO satellite in December 2009 could be jeopardised under certain circumstances, the U.S. General Accounting Office warned in a study. The programme had recently been plagued by problems with the flight software.

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New robotic repair system to fix ailing satellites?

October 4th, 2008 by

Researchers at Queen’s University are developing a new robotic system to service more than 8,000 satellites now orbiting the Earth, beyond the flight range of ground-based repair operations.

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Contradicting statements on GIOVE-B outage

October 4th, 2008 by

There are still contradicting statements as to what exactly caused the recent outage of the GIOVE-B test satellite.

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