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SES World Skies announced a capacity extension agreement with TIBA to enable the distribution of an expanding channel lineup across Latin America through 2030.
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Satellite companies provide service to millions of customers all over the world. They are at the forefront of the TV entertainment industry, utilizing innovative techniques and equipment to provide their customers with the best home entertainment experience possible. And even though they are known for their exceptional service, they still remain very affordable. They keep prices very low and regularly offer satellite TV deals including price discounts, new customer incentives and seasonal promotions.
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Russia’s military has located the GEO-IK-2 satellite that went missing after launch aboard a Rokot/Briz-KM from Plesetsk.
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Orbcomm said its ability to provide satellite AIS [i.e. ship tracking] service has been interrupted as a result of the loss of the remaining AIS-enabled Quick-Launch satellite (“QL3″) which exhibited communications failure toward the end of the fourth quarter 2010.
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Hughes Network Systems and Frequency Electronics have separately announced contract awards by Boeing for Mexico’s new satellite communications programme known as MEXSAT.
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Just over two weeks before its flyby of comet Tempel 1, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft fired its thrusters to help refine its flight path toward the comet.
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After more than two years of negotiations, ESA governments have committed the subscriptions needed to begin full-scale development of the European Data Relay System (EDRS) and the contract will be signed by March 2011.
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Professionals and other business types who work long hours and lead busy lives often have little time for leisure activities that they want to enjoy. Given their stress levels, they need to find time to relax, decompress, and escape the stressful realities of work. However, their busy schedules often coincide with such activities, including even television shows. Perhaps, they have a meeting that runs late. Or perhaps, work has piled up and the professional needs to stay in the office until it gets completed. Whatever the reason, the busy schedules often bar them from enjoying their favorite satellite television programs.
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