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A Winning Task For SPACEHAB Just To Wade Through Project Parsing

July 28, 2007 / Contracts & Commercial Deals

The commercial space products and services endeavors by SPACEHAB, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPAB) have certainly won additional acclaim… and revenue. The company has announced their Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has won the first fully funded task order under the recently awarded Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) indefinite delivery, indefinite quality (gasping for breath…) indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract for the Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason 2. (Phew!)

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Bringing Home Better Percentages

July 23, 2007 / Earnings & Financial Reporting

Mi Zeng Xin, the chairman of AsiaSat, stated it well, “The uplift in AsiaSat’s half-year performance was encouraging after a few years of sluggish trading in the Asian satellite sector amid a general economic strengthening across the region. Indeed, we have maintained our market leadership; remain debt-free and are committed to the future of satellite communication in the Asia-Pacific region. However, the recent launch of two new satellites in China poses a very real threat to AsiaSat’s business. As a result, the management of the Company will be adopting a cautious approach to the remainder of the year.”

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Hack ‘n Slash At Garmin, Pricing, That is…

July 23, 2007 / Startups & NewSpace Business

Price slashing, cost cutting, everyone loves a deal when it comes to the price of any item to be purchased. Garmin could become a European consumer’s best friend, as this company is involved in the design and manufacture of navigation, communication, and info devices, and they’ve decided to hack the price of two of their best-selling in-car nav-sat systems. Not by two percent or by five percent, but by 12 percent.

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Food For Thought From IWPC

July 23, 2007 / Events & Conferences

For those involved in, or have an interest in, antennas and antenna subsystems, base station equipment and the like, there is a workshop coming up you might wish to attend. The International Wireless Industry Consortium (IWPC) Infrastructure workshops have two events planned, both occurring in Stuttgart, Germany, from October 16th through the 19th.

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Cairo Calling For Newtec

July 23, 2007 / Contracts & Commercial Deals

An agreement for the delivery of a Sat3Play Satellite Broadband System has been signed between Newtec and Egypsat. The latter has their headquarters in Cairo and has been in the biz of offering sat-based services since 1997. Their customer base majority is comprised of business users, large corporations, and Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) users throughout the Middle East.

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