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The global satellite industry generated US$106.1 billion in 2006 revenues, up 19.5 percent from 2005 (US$88.8 billion), the Satellite Industry Association said. The 2006 performance was nearly double the industry’s 10.5 percent average annual growth rate over the past five years.
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A few more details regarding the Ofek-7 spy satellite, which was launched yesterday, have been reported.
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft, a NASA mission that will provide an infrared map of the universe.
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Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. has shipped a payload fairing for the H-IIA No.13 (H-IIA F13) launch vehicle to the Tanegashima Space Center of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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ViaSat Inc. has received a $3.7 million award from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to develop and implement a…
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The U.S. Air Force has exercised an option on its Alternate Infrared Satellite System (AIRSS) contract with Northrop Grumman Corp. to accelerate the…
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Raytheon Co. has delivered a hyper-spectral imaging sensor developed to demonstrate and assess military applications from satellites launched on demand, the company announced…
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Tata Indicom VSAT Services (TIVS), an Indian VSAT service provider, is teaming up with DigiFour Technologies to deliver dynamic digital signage (DDS) services in India. Digifour is…
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