Satellite News

Of late you must have noticed that there are many mini-satellite dishes in your neighborhoods or maybe you also have one. But the people who don’t have these mini-satellite dishes must be wondering what is so special about a Satellite Dish Television to that of a cable TV.
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Globalstar Receives Qualcomm Duplex Satellite Data and Voice Module
Vietnam plans second satellite
Radyne Corp. completes AeroAstro acquisition
DSCS III completes 200 years in orbit
Stuck in orbit? The Chinese satellite that wouldn’t move
Looking Good Thanks to Satellite TV
China Satcom businesses to be split between China Telecom and CASC
EMS Technology buys Australian company

Satellite TV does away with the inherent weaknesses of previous communication methods, such as radio and terrestrial analog TV. By offering ‘direct to home’ capability, digital TV via satellite is rapidly making communication faster and more efficient than ever before.
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Freesat is a joint venture in the UK between BBC and ITV television destined to be a satellite alternative to freeview. The advantages of Freesat over terrestrial television are in the number of channels and the quality of the broadcast.
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in safe mode again
NGST achieves 25th CMMI Level 5 rating
Russia launches new milcomsat
Shuttle launch delayed again by erroneous fuel sensor reading
Astrium plans vehicle for space tourists
Thaicom reports 22 new contracts
Texting costs more astronomical than astronomy
Crawford Adds StarLink’s Trucks To Fleet

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We all know that moms and dads have their favorite channels and shows, and that responsible parents try to limit the amount of time their children spend soaking up Saturday morning cartoons instead of sunlight and fresh air. But television isn’t just a means to sell snack food and toys. Your children were right: it can be educational.
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Assembly of the Ares I-X test rocket, its simulated crew module and launch abort system has been completed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) has announced plans for several new satellites.

U.S. President Obama is directing the National Security Council and the National Economic Council to undertake a comprehensive review of the U.S. export control system, which include restrictions on the export of U.S. commercial communications satellites.

Unless you happen to know a bit about HDTV, 1080p probably does not mean a whole heck of a lot to you. However, to those of us who consider ourselves HDTV geeks, it’s a pretty big deal. 1080p is currently the highest-resolution HD format available today, which means it delivers top-of-the-line picture quality when compared to all other formats.
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Last parts for Ares I-X shipped
Qinetiq Appoints Ex-CIA Director Tenet As Non-Executive Director
Update: Orbital Sciences Corporation results 2008
New flight software architecture for SBIRS GEO delivered
Sabotage will not delay STS 118
Loral, Canadian pension fund buy Telesat
Norsat To Supply Satellite Systems To U.S. Central Command
Russia’s National Broadcasting Launches Pay-TV Channels On Eutelsat-W4