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NASA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report that found NASA has incurred approximately US$304 million in additional costs for the NPP meteorological satellite due to failures by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Air Force to deliver instruments and other critical components to NASA in a timely manner.
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Boeing has established an Exploration Launch Systems Engineering and Integration office in Titusville to support the operational readiness of NASA’s next launch system, currently under study.
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Sea Launch said it has resumed shipments of Zenit-3SL hardware in preparation for its return to launch operations in the third quarter of 2011.
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India will launch the GSAT-12 communication satellite in the second week of July aboard a PSLV, ISRO said.
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SES World Skies U.S. Government Solutions announced that the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) and its host spacecraft, SES-2, has completed Dynamics Testing and is on schedule for launch in August of this year.
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Similar to the fact that not all satellite TV providers are the same, not all digital video recording devices are the same either. There are a number of features that could potentially be included with them that you should be aware of, otherwise you might end up making the wrong decision when it comes time to getting one. In any case, you need to have some sort of recording device attached to your satellite service or you probably won’t be able to take full advantage of all that it has to offer. Even though any sort of DVR is better than nothing, you should probably try to get the best one you can. The following are some criteria that you should take into consideration.
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