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Archive for December 17th, 2009

Soyuz-STB to launch ESA’s Gaia

December 17th, 2009 by

The Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics (Gaia), ESA’s next-generation star mapper, will be carried into space by a Soyuz-STB/Fregat launch vehicle from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2012.
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GPM to fly with Scalable SIRU from Northrop Grumman

December 17th, 2009 by

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to supply a Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU) for NASA’s Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission.
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RT Logic to develop new software-defined modem for Iridium

December 17th, 2009 by

Iridium Communications Inc. has awarded a contract to Integral Systems, Inc.’s subsidiary, RT Logic, for the development of a software-defined modem (SDM) for the new feeder link terminals (FLT) to be deployed at Iridium ground stations.
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The Differences Between Cable and Satellite TV

December 17th, 2009 by

There’s been a lot of forward movement in the world of television recently, with a flurry of new products designed to bring even higher-quality images into living rooms all over the country as well as more options for how content can be received. Now, a typical American living room can consist of more integration between television sets and computers, with different computer companies making devices that wirelessly stream the content from the computer onto television, making it possible to watch images from the internet in high definition without needing to strain your neck in front of a computer screen for the duration of a hard-to-find film.

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