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Archive for April, 2010

Orbital closes acquisition of GD-AIS satellite business

April 2nd, 2010 by

Orbital Sciences Corporation has completed the acquisition of the spacecraft development and manufacturing business from General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation.

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Everyday Benefits From Cable and Satellite TV

April 2nd, 2010 by

There are many things about cable and satellite TV that make it a good thing. Here are some of the reasons why people enjoy TV.

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A Few Things About Satellite TV

April 2nd, 2010 by

Knowing your television is important if you are into being entertained. The cable and satellite TV revolution have really changed the way that people are entertained in the modern day. Before satellite and cable ever existed, a world full of radio, plays and stories were how people entertained themselves.

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Benefits of DTH Connection

April 2nd, 2010 by

Direct-To-Home service is a digital satellite service with the help of which subscribers can get direct television services anywhere in the country. This service does not make use of wires to transfer the signals but the programs are sent to the television of the subscribers directly from the satellites.
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CryoSat-2 installed in launch silo

April 1st, 2010 by

In readiness for launch on 8 April, ESA’s CryoSat-2 ice satellite has now joined the rest of the Dnepr rocket in the launch silo at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

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Mars rover Spirit may have begun months-long hibernation

April 1st, 2010 by

NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit skipped a planned communication session on 30 March and, as anticipated from recent power-supply projections, has probably entered a low-power hibernation mode.

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ESA invites proposals for Lunar Lander

April 1st, 2010 by

ESA said it is asking industry to submit proposals for a Lunar Lander mission to the moon’s south polar region.

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Fujitsu’s new disaster-management system for JAXA goes live

April 1st, 2010 by

Fujitsu announced that the Sentinel Asia STEP-2 system, which it built under the auspices of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), became fully operational on 31 March 2010.

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