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LBA Technology introduces the newest, state of the art Universal Signal Analyzer by Kathrein, the MSK-200. This instrument is designed to tackle industry digital transmission challenges and ensure optimal performance of transmission systems. It completely supports US ATSC/8VSB protocols for the DTV era!
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Wouldn’t it be nice if we could watch TV on our boat? It seems as if we can watch TV almost anywhere-at home, in the office, on our laptop or even on our cell phone! However, what about watching TV on a boat? It may not be possible, or so you think, since cell towers are a long way off and you have no Internet to connect to way out there in the ocean. Rejoice!
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have announced a new date for the launch of the Akatsuki (Planet-C) Venus Climate Orbiter aboard an H-IIA rocket.
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The U.S. Air Force will launch the first Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite, GPS IIF-1, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 21 May (UTC).
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SES World Skies has signed an agreement with Astrium for the procurement of a new satellite to be named SES-6.
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The two Prisma satellites have left Sweden and are expected to arrive at Yasny, Russia, on 19 May. Launch aboard a Dnepr rocket is now scheduled for 15 June – one year later than originally planned.
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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) passed a major milestone on 14 May, when it completed its post-launch check out and officially began its five-year science mission to study the Sun.
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One flip of a bit in the memory of an onboard computer appears to have caused the change in the science data pattern returning from Voyager 2, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said.
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