Tooway Triumphs In Germany Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and TelDaFax Communications GmbH have an agreement for the immediate distribution of the Tooway™ satellite broadband service in Germany. Skylogic, Eutelsat’s broadband affiliate, will be directly responsible for the distribution contract with TelDafax. TelDaFax Communications GmbH is a subsidiary of the TelDaFax Group that provides consumers throughout Germany with telecommunications, electricity, finance, and insurance services. Tooway™ satellite broadband service will be immediately marketed under the German brand name “all DSL“. The Tooway™ service will be provided to TelDaFax Communications via Ku-band capacity
on Eutelsat’s EUROBIRD™ 3 satellite, which offers full coverage of Germany via a high-power regional beam. The Ku-band hub is operated by Skylogic, from its SkyPark teleport in Turin, Italy.—Paris, France + Cologne, Germany- If The GSA Approves, Doors Can Open MFG Galileo Composites, a specialist in the design and manufacturing of custom composite radomes and reflectors, has been awarded a United States General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule under MAS Schedule 58I, effective April 8, 2008. The contract number GS-03F-0051U applies to MFG Galileo Composites’ standard ground-based radomes. This contract places MFG Galileo on an approved GSA schedule, enabling various government agencies to purchase products directly from the company.—Reno, Nevada
- Installation HarmonyNASA Mission specialists Mike Fossum and Ron Garan kicked off STS-124’s first spacewalk at 12:22 p.m. EDT. While Fossum and Garan work outside the orbital outpost, mission specialists Karen Nyberg and Akihiko Hoshide are using the station’s robotic arm to remove the JPM from the shuttle’s payload bay and install it on Harmony.
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