August 21st, 2006 by
The Raytheon Missile Systems and BAE Systems Bofors’ Excalibur team successfully test-fired two global positioning system (GPS)-guided 155 mm artillery projectiles that functioned as intended against simulated tactical targets Aug. 10. The program is a…
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August 21st, 2006 by
Trimble announced Aug. 17 it has supplied Global Positioning System (GPS) reference stations and VRS (Virtual Reference Station) software to establish one of the first Eastern Europe nationwide VRS infrastructure networks…
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August 21st, 2006 by
Gilat Satellite Networks has high hopes for its Spacenet subsidiary over the next 12 months. Gilat recently appointed former SES Americom Chief Commercial Officer Andreas Georghiou as the new CEO of Spacenet. Spacenet is a provider of managed network solutions by satellite and terrestrial connectivity for…
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August 21st, 2006 by
Belarus is set to announce a tender for a new national BelKa satellite to replace the one destroyed…
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August 21st, 2006 by
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked a decision by a lower court that Echostar Communications Corp. to stop selling digital video recorders (DVR), the company announced Aug. 18. The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia temporarily blocked an injunction issued Thursday by a U.S…
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August 21st, 2006 by me
SES Americom announced that Comcast, Bresnan Communications, Brighthouse Networks, and Metrocast are among the first group of domestic U.S. cable MSOs to participate in a triple-feed antenna programme, offering access to the next generation of HD channels.
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August 21st, 2006 by me
The second of four pairs of massive solar arrays and a Solar Alpha Rotary Joint (SARJ), built by Lockheed Martin at its Space Systems facility in Sunnyvale, will be launched aboard the space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS) as early as 27 August 2006.
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