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NASA is seeking proposals for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned to launch between 2013 and 2016. These CubeSats could be auxiliary payloads on previously planned missions.
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Satellite Systems use to cost a fortune but in today’s world you can get one for free when you meet certain qualifications. The two major satellite TV providers, “DISH and DIRECTV,” have more than 35 million subscribers combined.

The other day, I was talking to an individual who was a trainer for the local cable company. As you probably know the people that install cable services really need to know a lot to do the job, and it takes training, and a period of apprenticeship to ensure quality and success for the technician. My acquaintance noted that since his cable company no longer has a monopoly, and there is some new competition in town that many of the technician in his company have been recruited by the other.Other Posts:IDC Debuts Hybrid DVB ProductsGilat Satellite Networks Ltd. results Q3 2006Shuttle Discovery launches on final missionERS-2 environment satellite to be de-orbitedGlobeCast Provides Digital Signage To France Telecom and OrangeLockheed Martin, University of Florida to develop and launch CubesatsChandrayaan sends lunar weather reportLockheed Martin’s Atlas 5 To Launch NASA’s LRO Mission

The Sea Launch and Energia Logistics teams have initiated the automated L-72 hour launch countdown sequence at its equatorial launch site on 14 August. Launch operations are now underway at the Equator, at 154 degrees West longitude.

The launch of an Atlas V carrying the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office NROL-36 payload is being rescheduled following a range instrumentation issue that developed during the initial launch attempt on 2 August.

Engineers working on NASA’s Dawn spacecraft are assessing the status of a reaction wheel after onboard software powered it off on 8 August.

The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites participated in a test of the next generation of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapon system, designated FTM-16 E2a, when a Standard Missile-3 Block 1B interceptor successfully engaged a short-range ballistic missile target on 10 May.

The second of four main instruments to fly aboard NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (Webb) has been delivered to NASA. The Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) will enable the telescope to accurately and precisely point at the correct, intended objects for it to observe. The FGS is packaged together as a single unit with the Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) science instrument.