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Archive for April 7th, 2010

Putin announces seven more GLONASS satellites in 2010

April 7th, 2010 by

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said the country plans to launch seven GLONASS satellites this year.

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Software update to help fix Kepler problems

April 7th, 2010 by

The Kepler project team successfully completed another science data download on 19 to 21 March 2010. This download of data included science data collected since 5 February 2010, following the safe mode recovery that occurred in early February. New software to be uploaded later this month is to help prevent similar hiccups.

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Raytheon awarded Earth observing system engineering contract

April 7th, 2010 by

Raytheon Company was awarded a NASA Goddard contract to maintain and manage large volumes of sensing data and imagery from space instruments.

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NASA extends contract with Russian Federal Space Agency

April 7th, 2010 by

NASA has signed a US$335 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation, rescue and related services in 2013 and 2014.

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BCE sells minority stake in SkyTerra

April 7th, 2010 by

BCE Inc. announced it has completed the sale of its 22.1 million shares in satellite services company SkyTerra Communication Inc. following the acquisition of SkyTerra by private investment firm Harbinger Capital Partners.

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YahLive and Jordan Media City sign MoU on satellite broadcast services

April 7th, 2010 by

UAE-based satellite broadcasting venture YahLive announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jordan Media City, a Middle East region media hub based in Amman, Jordan.

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Have You Considered All That a Satellite Package Can Give You?

April 7th, 2010 by

A package with a satellite company can be so much more than television. When you think of a satellite dish, you probably think first of satellite television. It is natural that this is what most people immediately associate it with. The fact of the matter is that satellite packages are a lot more than great television access. It is true that with satellite TV you have access to hundreds of channels, but there are other great benefits to a satellite dish as well.

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Benefits to Satellite Television

April 7th, 2010 by

There are plenty of benefits which satellite television contains over basic cable TV, and which you’ll want to be aware of, especially in case you are at this time utilizing cable TV and therefore are not sure if or not you should make the switch. Advantages When it comes to the use of Satellite Television, you need to know that many of the features supplied by digital cable Television are also available by satellite TV, only more.
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