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The Arabsat-5A and Badr-5 satellites have been handed over to Arabsat by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space as part of the in-orbit delivery contract and have entered commercial service.
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Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. said it has completed integration and performance testing of the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) that will fly aboard NASA’s National Preparatory Project (NPP) weather satellite.
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What kind of features does a cable TV package have to make it interesting? How will it attract lots of interested customer in purchasing any cable TV package in their respective providers?
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This is how new entrepreneurs are planning to establish their own cable TV company. How are they going to make an impact to the cable TV industry?
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When it comes to satellite TV installation, you have two choices. You can either install it on your own or have it set up at no cost through one of your local satellite TV providers. If you’re the do-it-yourself type, this article will tell you what you need to know.
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MT Aerospace said it was developing an ultra light-weight propellant tank with a sandwich common bulkhead for a Next Generation Launcher (NGL) under a contract with Astrium.
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Iridium Communications Inc. has entered into two comprehensive, long-term agreements with Boeing that redefine the relationship between the companies for maintenance, operations and support of Iridium’s satellite network.
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The first GLONASS-K satellite will be launched before the end of 2010, ISS-Reshetnev general designer Nikolay Testoyedov was quoted as saying.
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