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Archive for June 23rd, 2009

Satellite Television and Surround Sound

June 23rd, 2009 by

Surround sound is presently available for very low prices. When this technology debuted in incarnations which allowed it to be used in home theaters, it required several different components, a variety of speakers and, usually, some technological knowledge to set up and configure.
Other Posts:

Russia to pay for Dnepr crash
U.S. Defense Spending On Space Exceeds $22 Billion; Forecast Sees $28 Billion by 2010
Proton M lifts off with latest Astra satellite (Part II)
Iridium Satellite LLC results Q3 2009
NASA announces new mission to study moon’s interior
MetOp-A encapsulated in fairing
SpaceDev’s Distributed Sensing Experiment to enter Phase III
Formosat-3 observations indicate ionospheric changes precede Earthquakes

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Common Myths of Satellite TV

June 23rd, 2009 by

When asked why they have decided not to go with satellite programming, the reasons most people give are based upon common myths instead of facts. Here are a few of the myths that people give as a reason that they haven’t switched, and the facts that set those myths straight.
Other Posts:

Voom HD Makes Exec Appointment
Soyuz-Kourou to launch French spy satellites
Spacehab Makes Cuts As Space Shuttle Work Winds Down
Newtec to offer broadband on Hellas-Sat 2
Malaysia plans to order communications satellite
Skynet 5C, Turksat 3A pre-launch details
SCOPUS Unveils New Encoders
Globecomm Systems Nets Multiple Contracts

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Synopsis of Satellite TV

June 23rd, 2009 by

Satellite TV provides better picture quality to its customers. Major advantage of Satellite TV is they provide more free-to-air channels when compared to cable TV, premium content, pay per view and one-way broadband Internet.
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Land Launch successfully deploys Measat-3a

June 23rd, 2009 by

Rocket: Zenit-3SLB; Payload: Measat-3a (Measat 1R); Date: 21 June 2009, 2150 UTC; Site: Baikonur, Kazakhstan. The rocket successfully inserted the communications satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

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SMOS and Proba-2 launch rescheduled for November

June 23rd, 2009 by

Following an agreement between ESA, Krunichev Space Centre and Eurockot Launch Services, ESA’s next Earth Explorer mission SMOS and a secondary payload, the technology demonstrator Proba-2 satellite, will now launch on 2 November 2009.

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Aerojet tests upgraded solid rocket motor case for Atlas V

June 23rd, 2009 by

Aerojet said it has conducted a successful burst test and re-qualification of the upgraded Atlas V Solid Rocket Motor composite case.

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NASA awards contract for Kepler planning and mission support

June 23rd, 2009 by

NASA Ames Research Center announced it has selected Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. to receive the Kepler mission “Phase E,” or on-orbit operations contract, valued at US$11.6 million.

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GAO: problems with new U.S. polar orbit weather satellites continue

June 23rd, 2009 by

While selected components of the NPOESS programme have made progress over the past year, the programme is once again over budget and behind schedule, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a recently published report titled “Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites: With Costs Increasing and Data Continuity at Risk, Improvements Needed in Tri-agency Decision Making.”

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