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The seven-month upgrade to the historic “Mars antenna” at NASA’s Deep Space Network site in Goldstone, California, has been completed. After a month of intensive testing, the antenna is now ready to help maintain communication with spacecraft during the next decade of space exploration.Other Posts:Faria WatchDog Chooses Quake Global Modem For U.S. Fisheries’ Vessel Monitoring SystemSkylogic broadband for Spanish regionBB SAT to offer broadband service over Superbird satelliteIs Proxima Centauri Flying Solo?GOES-14 accepted by NASA, NOAAInauguration of Galileo in-orbit test facilities in ReduNorsat’s Results Contain Key MilestoneIntelsat, iDirect and World Vision announce SandukaNet

Cable television has been catching the viewer’s interest to enjoy watching their favorite shows. How did they made an impact to their subscribers to watch as many shows they want?

Rocket: Chang Zheng 3C; Payload: Beidou 2 Compass G4 [?]; Date: 1 November 2010, 1626 UTC; Launch Site: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China. Chinese media said the launch of the navigation satellite was sucessful.
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The launch of space shuttle Discovery on the STS-133 mission is now targeted for 3 November at 1952 UTC.
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The launch of Delta II COSMO-SkyMed 4 (Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation) mission has been rescheduled for 2 November with a launch time of 0220 UTC [too late for this issue].
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Not long ago, mobile TV [digital video broadcasting satellite service to handhelds (DVB-SH)] were to be the next big thing. But in Europe, neither of the two licensed services is likely to take up commercial broadcasts before May 2011 as required in their licenses, La Tribune reports.
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