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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Want to get the most satellite television programs and the best service for the least amount of money? Here is a review of the two satellite TV providers – DISH Network and DirecTV – so you can make up your own mind.
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The Sun erupted with one of the largest solar flares of this solar cycle on 7 March (UTC). This flare was categorised as an X5.4, making it the second largest flare — after an X6.9 on 9 August 2011 — since the Sun’s activity segued into a period of relatively low activity called solar minimum in early 2007. The coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth’s magnetic field on 8 March around 1100 UTCOther Posts:COM DEV receives new microwave equipment orderESA extends 11 space science missionsLast Ariane 5 of 2011 puts Arabsat 5C, SES 2 in orbitAPT Satellite Holdings Ltd. interim results H1 2011SES New Skies orders high-power satellite from SS/LATK results Q3 FY 2011Intelsat 11, Optus D2 pre-launch detailsCiel gets preliminary green light for six satellite slots

NASA has completed commissioning of the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership satellite (NPP), which is now making global environmental observations.Other Posts:Astra extends European reach to 122 million homesSkyTerra 1 handed over to LightSquaredESA’s MEX to relay Phoenix dataSatellite TV Encourages Popularity of International ProgrammingHughes and Avanti expand Ka-band satellite services footprintViaSat Inc. results Q1 FY2010The Best Satellite TV Programming to Watch in High DefSatellite TV News – Dish Network Will Launch TV Everywhere