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The clock is clicking closer and closer to the only New York-based industry event bringing together those who “shake” and “move” the satellite industry. This referral, of course, is for ISIS NYC ’07.
Read MoreThe Ariane 5 GS launcher for Arianespace's fourth flight of 2007 completed its build-up last Thursday, the 20th of September, with the installation of Intelsat 11 as its upper payload. During activity inside the Final Assembly Building at Europe's Spaceport, the upper payload "stack" was placed atop its Ariane 5.
Read MoreTeleCommunication Systems, Inc. [NasdaqGM: TSYS] reveals they have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Lifecycle Management Command contracting authority at Ft. Monmouth, N.J., for satellite communications terminals and maintenance to support the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division. This contract is valued at US$2.4 million.
Read MoreNavCom Technology, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Deere & Company [NYSE:DE], has released its first bundled land survey solution. This is their LAND-PAK All-in-One RTK Land Survey Solution. By pairing NavCom products with complementary technologies and solutions, the LAND-PAK is a complete NavCom-qualified end-user package designed to meet the needs of land survey, from field data collection to office processing.
Read MoreWavecom S.A.‘s wireless technology, complete with C-GPS companion chips, has been designed into the KENJI KJ 8800 watercraft tracking terminal. Perhaps you don’t think of mobile assets as benefiting from such devices for theft protection… but realize, any mobile asset has a higher-than-average risk of being ripped off.
Read MoreThe third Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO)-Skymed commercial satellite (comsat) contract has been awarded to The Boeing Company’s [NYSE: BA] commercial launch business for Thales Alenia Space Italia. They are the prime contractor of the Italian Space Agency.
Read MoreWe all knew it was going to occur, but now all is official! Industry Canada has approved the acquisition of Telesat Canada by Loral [NASDAQ:LORL] and their Canadian partner, the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments. On December 16th, 2006, the joint venture company formed by Loral and PSP Investments entered into a definitive agreement with BCE Inc. [TSX/NYSE:BCE] to acquire 100 percent of Telesat Canada’s stock from BCE for CAD 3.25 billion.
Read MorePride in product and technology is heightened when such are acknowledged by patent authorities, a real “pat on the back” and recognition of competency. Now awarded with two Canadian Patents and two Australian Patents is Mobile Satellite Ventures, majority owned and controlled by SkyTerra Communications, Inc. [OTCBB:SKYT]. These patents protect essential aspects of the company’s mobile satellite services (MSS) and ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) technology.
Read MoreTwo key appointments have been made by Thales Communications. Walt Hepker and Glen Parker are the recipients of these announced position changes.
Read MoreFrom a Deutsche Welle German radio broadcast on September 19th, information regarding the EU’s Galileo project was broadcast. And as most of our readers are well aware, the multi-billion-euro Galileo satnav project, a counter to the US global positioning system GPS, has experienced some troubles of late.
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