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Archive for January 24th, 2012

Ball Aerospace-built OMPS instrument onboard NPP satellite returns first data

January 24th, 2012 by

Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.’s Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) onboard the NPP satellite began collecting Earthview image science and solar calibration data on 24 January 2012.

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Boeing GPS IIF satellites assembled using ‘pulse’ manufacturing line

January 24th, 2012 by

Boeing said it has accelerated the assembly of its Global Positioning System (GPS IIF) satellites through the use of a pulse-line manufacturing approach adapted from the Boeing 737 airplane production line.

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OTE to sell Hellas Sat

January 24th, 2012 by

Greek telecommunications company OTE has decided to sell its Hellas Sat division as part of attempts to offset repercussions from Greece’s economic crisis.

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