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Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Taiwan’s National Space Organisation (NSPO) have signed a contract for the launch of NSPO’s Earth Observation Satellite, Formosat-5.

A Chang Zheng 2D rocket is to launch the Chinese Shijian XII satellite “in the near future” from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, a source with the centre was quoted as saying by Xinhua.

Can a spacecraft that suffered a major fuel leak, lost three of its four ion engines as well as two thirds of its attitude control system, return to Earth from an ambitious mission nobody has ever tried before after seven years and a travelled distance of several billion kilometers? Japan’s Hayabusa could, successfully concluding a space story that is probably only second to that of Apollo 13.

The Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) instrument aboard the NOAA GOES-15 spacecraft has seen “first light” after initially suffering problems.

The U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin announced that they have successfully completed a significant test milestone for the first satellite in the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) programme.

There is a lot of debate about whether satellite television or cable television provides you with better service. The best thing to do when consider what type of service to get for your home is to compare your options side by side. Often this can be difficult to do in a general way because there are so many different types of cable companies and your service can vary a lot depending on what company you choose to have service with and where you are located in the country. However, there are some general comparisons that can be made between satellite TV and cable TV.

If you are a parent you probably spend a fair amount of time worrying about the types of television programs your children have access to through your current television package, whether you are a satellite TV or a cable subscriber. You probably won’t be able to keep your children from being interested in watching television, but you can try to control what kinds of programs they are watching.
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Television has been one of the most widely used home appliances since it was invented in the late 1920’s. Since its beginning, TV’s and television broadcast stations have developed more and more advancements in this field. One of these latest developments is the use of satellites to transmit broadcasts directly to viewers.