Satellite News

If it is reaching that time of the year when your cable subscription needs to be renewed, it may be time for you to reevaluate the service you currently have and decide whether it is really the best option for you to continue it. When it comes to reevaluating your cable service, you should think about the various advantages and disadvantages that come with it, and compare it with the other various forms of home entertainment service that are out there. For the most part, these include free broadcast TV service and satellite TV.

In a true example of how life can imitate art, especially when it comes to futurism, Arthur C. Clarke, author of the modern classic “2001, A Space Odyssey,” might not have even known the visionary quality of his own statement in the article “Extraterrestrial Relays.” Published in 1945, the article detailed plans for putting three ’space platforms’ into orbit above the Earth’s equator. The result would be worldwide communications achieved by bouncing signals off these space platforms.

There are times when the programming on your TV set will start to bore everyone around the house. Is there really nothing on all of these channels?

Not all television providers were created equally and for this reason people often have difficulty choosing the right provider. People want to get a great deal on a package, but also have a package that is going to give them a great variety of channels and excellent service. So what to choose? Cable vs. satellite television? First look at some of the facts when it comes to both.

Although not everyone may see it as a bad thing, researchers from the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence organization or SETI claim that current human technology is likely blocking our detection from other intelligent life out there in space. According to founder Dr. Drake, intelligent life definitely exists out there, but without a way to make ourselves detectable once more it’s highly unlikely they’ll ever find us. What, exactly, is to blame for this recent downshift in Earth’s potential detection? According to Drake the culprits are modern digital technologies like satellite TV and even cable.

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) said it has been selected to provide a satellite for Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V.

ictQATAR (representing the State of Qatar) and Eutelsat Communications announced the signing of a partnership agreement to invest in and operate a new highcapacity satellite at Eutelsat’s 25.5 degrees East location, one of the two neighbourhoods serving fast-growing markets in the Middle East and North Africa regions.

The Engineering Model of the Galileo In-Orbit Verification satellites has completed several phases of testing in co-operation with the ground segment and is now being prepared for electromagnetic compatibility testing.