Satellite News

International Launch Services (ILS) announced a new contract for launch of the MEXSAT-1 satellite on an ILS Proton for the Mexican government’s Ministry of Communications and Transportation, the Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes (SCT).
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Metop-B, which is due to be launched on 23 May, safely arrived at its launch site this week. The polar-orbiting satellite was transported to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in an Antonov cargo plane, after being shipped from the Astrium factory in Toulouse, France.
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The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter HEALY (WAGB 20) successfully experimented with NRL’s TacSat-4 communications satellite by communicating from the Bering Sea off the western coast of Alaska to Coast Guard Island, Alameda, California.
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The World Teleport Association has released the second annual Satellite Operator Benchmarks report, which covers interviews with over 80 teleport executives around the world who rated the commercial and operational practices of the major satellite operators. The new report is available free to members of the association.
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Will Internet Television take consumers by storm? It may not be this year or next but the transition is coming. I believe DISH Network may already have their foot in the door.
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