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Archive for April, 2010

Truly Enjoying Your TV Watching Experience

April 13th, 2010 by

It seems as though so much has been written about the various television services currently available to subscribers. For many of us, working our way through this huge amount of information and misinformation has become more than a little daunting.

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Compelling Reasons to Switch From Cable to Satellite For HDTV

April 13th, 2010 by

If you’re like many Americans, you’ve made an investment in a better home viewing experience in the past couple of years, or you’re seriously thinking about it right now. Because high definition television sets have become a whole lot more affordable than they were when they first hit the market, there’s never been a better time to go ahead and get onboard. Because more and more television series, movies, and documentaries are available in high definition these days, it is definitely worth investing.
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Ariane 5 launch delays trigger two investigations

April 12th, 2010 by

Arianespace, in conjunction with its partners in the Ariane 5 programme, has decided to set up a Task Force and conduct a Quality Audit following the technical difficulties occurring during preparations for Flight 194.

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South Korea tests next KSLV-1 launcher

April 12th, 2010 by

Preparations are underway for the second launch of South Korea’s KSLV-1 rocket, which is currently expected for late May or early June.

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JAXA shares ALOS data with NASA

April 12th, 2010 by

NASA and JAXA have begun combining elements of their satellite resources to increase a critical type of Earth observation data. The partnership will more than double the quantity of this data that is used to explore earthquake hazards, forest declines, and changing water resources in the Americas.

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Boeing to provide next-gen GPS ground systems support

April 12th, 2010 by

Boeing announced that, as part of the Raytheon team awarded the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) advanced control segment programme (OCX), it will develop portions of the U.S. Air Force’s new ground control segment.

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WGS SV-3 operations transitioned to CCS-C System

April 12th, 2010 by

Integral Systems, Inc., announced the on-schedule handover of satellite bus operations for the third Wideband Global SATCOM Space Vehicle (WGS SV-3) to the Command and Control System – Consolidated (CCS-C) baseline. This is the final satellite in WGS Block I to be successfully transitioned into the CCS-C baseline.

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Kazakh Senate ratifies Baikonur contract with Russia

April 12th, 2010 by

The upper chamber of the Kazakh parliament, the Senate, has ratified an agreement to extend Russia’s use of the Baikonur cosmodrome – more than six years after the document was signed.

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