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During a speech at an international workshop held in Algiers, Algeria, the director-general of Algeria’s space agency ASAL, Azzedine Oussedik, told SciDev.net his country is on schedule to launch their second satellite system, Alsat-2.
Read MoreGlobalcom Satellite Communications has debuted their SPOT Satellite Messenger. This new unit is the smallest satellite messenger available and provides a satellite GPS personal locator. Folk check in with their families, ask for help, track their progress, or call for 911.
Read MoreNASA’s Space Shuttle Program has successfully fired a four-segment, reusable solid rocket motor. This occurred on Thursday, November 1st, at the ATK Launch Systems Group, a test facility located in Promontory, Utah, and burned for approximately two minutes.
Read MorePhenomtastic! That happens to be the most accurate phrasing I can offer regarding the SatNews Publishers participation in this week’s MILCOM 2007 in Orlando, Florida.
Read MoreAndrews Space has acquired Automated Controlled Environments, Incorporated (ACEI). The latter firm is a privately held California corporation developing fault-tolerant aerospace avionics and advanced control systems.
Read MoreThe third SAR-Lupe satellite was boosted into orbit today from the Plesetsk Space Center by a Russian Cosmos-3M rocket. The lift-off occurred at 1:51 a.m., CET. The satellite will provide high-res images to the German Ministry of Defense.
Read MoreThe transition of the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, otherwise known as NPOESS as well as to save breath, has now found the command, control and communication segment (C3S) transitioned to the operations and support team by Raytheon Company [NYSE:RTN], Northrup Grumman Corp. and NPOESS themselves.
Read MoreIridium Satellite continues to relish the continued growth in the firm’s military sector business—they know have cumulative Department of Defense (DoD) subscribers reaching 31,000. Military traffic through Iridium’s satellite network is up more than nine percent (an increase of almost 10 percent over last year).
Read MoreMobile Satellite Ventures’ (MSV) announced today they will operate two Gulf States Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroups (GSMART) on MSV’s satellite communications network that will be managed by the Louisiana Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP).
Read MoreLoral Space & Communications Inc. [NASDAQ: LORL] has announced the CAD 3.25 billion acquisition of Telesat Canada by Loral and the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), including the transfer of Loral's fixed satellite services business Loral Skynet, has been completed.
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