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Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed flight testing of the first airborne terminal system to be certified for connection to the Wideband Global Satellite (WGS).

The world of IT is entering the satellite and cable television competition. IPTV is the newest form of television following high-definition. IPTV is simply internet protocol television.
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The launch of the United Launch Alliance Delta IV with the Air Force’s Global Positioning System IIF SV-1 satellite (or GPS IIF-1 for short) is tentatively rescheduled for 28 May (UTC).
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Preparations remain on schedule for the launch of Proton Briz M launcher with Arabsat’s Badr 5B (Arabsat-5B) telecommunications satellite on 4 June.
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Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev said it is proceeding with the activities on the Amos-5 programme.
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The Search and Rescue Mission Office at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, in collaboration with several government agencies, has developed a next-generation search and rescue system, called the Distress Alerting Satellite System (DASS).
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SES World Skies, U.S. Government Solutions announced it has signed a major capacity agreement with ARTEL to extend U.S. Government communications capabilities in the Middle East.
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DirecTV is the giant of Satellite TV business where as Verizon FiOS TV is a new comer into the cable TV business but is quite a big name in the telecom industry. Due to the increase in competition DirecTV fights to remain number one in the satellite TV business while the newcomer Verizon moves it pawns towards grabbing the market share with its FiOS TV package.
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