Satellite News

The Vinci rocket engine, developed by Snecma (Safran group) as prime contractor, was successfully ground tested with its extendible nozzle deployed, under conditions representing an actual flight.

Acting as a contracting agent for the Department of Defense’s Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office, NASA has selected five companies to receive a contract for Modular Space Vehicles (MSV).

MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that its U.S. operation has signed an option under an existing agreement to provide an advanced technology solution to Orbital Sciences Corporation for its Star-2 satellites.

Thaicom PCL reported financial reports for the third quarter 2010 and said it had moved Thaicom 2 into graveyard orbit.

Iridium Communications Inc. said it has won three Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) contracts to upgrade the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Enhanced Mobile Satellite Service (EMSS) Gateway in Hawaii.

You may already be aware of the fact that satellite TV is quickly becoming one of the most popular forms (if not the number one most popular form) of home entertainment in the United States. Satellite service is widely liked for the many benefits it has to offer over its cable competition, such as superior digital picture and sound quality, increased programming variety, and accessibility. Nowadays, you can get satellite service from just about any location throughout the country. But did you know that satellite service has also taken off on an international level, and is becoming more and more common throughout all the continents of the world.

Television programs today do not just provide brainless activity, only used to occupy your time for countless hours. Shows are an alternative to learning, teaching children and adults about the world, its past, present, and the possible future. Entire networks such as The Discovery Channel show educational programs twenty four hours a day. You have the opportunity to learn about the human body, the ocean, different geographical regions, culture and history, and even possibly a foreign language. Television shows and programs offered on satellite television give people and families the opportunity to relax, watch some TV, and actually learn something in the process.

Satellite TV is quickly becoming known as the home entertainment service for people looking for options. Because it is not physically bound by the same restrictions that cable service faces due to its dependence on grounded networks of cable lines, satellite service is free of certain disadvantages that come with cable. While satellite equipment itself is expensive, satellite providers do not have to pay for the expenses of laying down cables, which greatly reduces the overhead costs that satellite companies have to pay. This means that, among other benefits, they are able to offer more competitive prices to their subscribers than their cable counterparts.