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Archive for June 6th, 2008

Detecon Al Saudia to distribute Intelsat’s broadband maritime service

June 6th, 2008 by

Detecon Al Saudia Co. Ltd. has signed a multi-year agreement with Intelsat to distribute Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service to its maritime customers.
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COM DEV says space-based AIS reception system works

June 6th, 2008 by

COM DEV International Ltd. announced it space-based AIS payload, launched on the CAN-X2 satellite on 28 April, has validated the advanced space-based AIS performance capability which COM DEV has developed.
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Another communications glitch in Mars orbit

June 6th, 2008 by

NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter, which is currently the main relay for the Phoenix lander, has entered safe mode.
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SpaceX and NASA to improve mission critical software systems

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Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) and NASA’s Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) Facility, working through the Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), announced the signing of a Space Act Agreement effort to advance the state of the art in mission- and safety-critical software that will be used for sending SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).
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