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Archive for May, 2007

Tandberg Gets Digiturk Deal

May 22nd, 2007 by

Tandberg Televison will provide a next-generation digital video system to Turkish direct-to-home…

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Multimax Joins Lockheed Martin Military Communications Support Contract

May 22nd, 2007 by

Multimax Inc. has been named to a Lockheed Martin team providing communications infrastructure, including satellite services at 13 military bases in Iraq…

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Russia To Provide Glonass Access For Free

May 22nd, 2007 by

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree May 18 making access to civilian navigation signals from the Glonass navigation…

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Iridium To Support Connect Africa Initiative

May 22nd, 2007 by

Iridium Satellite will be an official supplier to Connect Africa, a not-for-profit organization aiming to introduce mobile communication and public service facilities to rural communities across Africa, Iridium…

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Astrium-Thales Alenia Team Capture Satellite Contract

May 22nd, 2007 by

Al Yah Satellite Communications Co. (YahSat) selected a consortium of EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space to build a communications satellite to serve the Middle East and surrounding…

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MSC.Software helped deploy THEMIS satellites

May 22nd, 2007 by

MSC.Software Corp., a provider of enterprise simulation solutions and services, said that Swales Aerospace successfully utilised MSC Nastran and MSC Adams to eliminate the need for system level deployment testing in the design and development of the NASA satellite constellation THEMIS Probe Bus & Probe Carrier.

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European Space Agency signs satellite co-operation deal

May 22nd, 2007 by

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Supervisory Authority of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) have signed an agreement opening up the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) and Galileo programmes to further co-operation.

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GIOVE-A rubidium clocks work mostly as expected

May 22nd, 2007 by

The European Space Agency said Europe’s first satellite-borne rubidium clocks, in orbit for more than a year, have been operating largely in line with the specifications.

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