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Archive for October 9th, 2006

Globecomm Receives Extension From Afghan Telecom

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Globecomm Systems Inc. announced Oct. 5 that its wholly owned subsidiary, Globecomm Network…

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Verizon Taps Globecast To Boost International Offering

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Globecast has signed a content deal with Verizon enabling the North American telco to offer a variety channels to customers in the United States. Globecast will supply Globecast…

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BSkyB Goes Current

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Current TV, headed by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore, has signed with BSkyB to launch a version of its viewer-created…

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Vega Upper Composite Passes Vibration Tests

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The European Space Agency (ESA) announced Oct. 5 that the upper composite of Vega, its new…

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Global Scan To Distribute Cartosat-1 Data

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Global Scan Technologies (GST), a company providing remote sensing and GIS technologies in…

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Metop Rescheduled For Oct. 17 Launch

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The European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (Eumetsat) delayed the launch of its Metop satellite to Oct…

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Thuraya Redesigns DSL Offering

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Thuraya Satellite Telecommunications Co. has enhanced its high-speed data product Thuraya DSL to increase the speed of the offering. The…

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Raytheon To Close California-Based Civil Space Operation

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Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) announced Oct. 5 that it will close its civil space operation in Goleta, Calif. — also known as…

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