Satellite News

The heart of winter is definitely a difficult time for anyone in snowy, cold parts of the country to get out and make the most of the weekend, or any free time, for that matter. After all, after a long day of work, curling up in your nice, warm home sounds much more appealing than scraping the ice off your windshield and shivering from the parking lot into a movie theater. Especially when ticket prices are so high.
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Space shuttle Endeavour and six astronauts ended a 14-day journey of more than 9.1 million km with a landing on 22 February, 0320 UTC at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

ESA said it has not yet selected a company with which to start talks about the construction of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites, but would do so in March.

Thaicom PCL said it expects revenue to grow at least 30 percent this year because of expansion into new markets.

SES S.A. announced the appointment of Andrew Browne as Chief Financial Officer and member of its Executive Committee, replacing current CFO Mark Rigolle who is taking up the position of Chief Executive Officer of satellite infrastructure start-up O3b Networks.

The Swedish research satellite Odin has completed nine years in orbit, the Swedish Space Corporation said.

Being the flat panel TVs, LCDs these days are considered the coolest thing to have in your home. Their greatest feature is the slimmer footprints, which are normally not more than 3.5 to 4 inches thick.

Football season has officially come to an end. This is a sad time for those of us who are football fanatics and have been glued to our televisions each and every Sunday. While we’ll have to wait for next season to put our NFL Sunday Ticket to use, there is no reason to fret entirely. The end of football season means that college basketball is in full swing, and with March just around the corner, it’s time to get excited for The Big Dance.