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Archive for July 14th, 2009

The Different Choices of Motorizing a Satellite Dish

July 14th, 2009 by

Satellite systems for many of us are has become the way we get watch analogue, digital and High Definition TV. You most likely have a small dish but that’s all that’s needed to catch these channels because the footprint is centered at its targeted location. The thing is that if you tried turning the dish you might be able to scan in channels from different satellite positions. The sky is full of satellites and free channels which don’t require huge dishes.

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Ball Aerospace awarded second contract for STP-SIV programme

July 14th, 2009 by

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been awarded a US$13.4 million U.S. Air Force contract to procure long-lead hardware for a second Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) spacecraft.

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Lockheed receives contract to prepare SBIRS-GEO 4

July 14th, 2009 by

The United States Air Force said Friday that it has awarded Lockheed Martin a $262.5 million contract.

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Iridium, Boeing complete High Integrity GPS programme milestones

July 14th, 2009 by

Iridium Satellite LLC announced that, in conjunction with Boeing, the companies have achieved two major milestones to further develop and demonstrate capability enhancements to the High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) programme for the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.

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Serbia Broadband takes two more Eutelsat transponders

July 14th, 2009 by

Serbia Broadband (SBB) announced the expansion of its Total TV platform with new multi-year contracts concluded with Eutelsat Communications for two transponders at its 16 degrees video neighbourhood.

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