Indonesian Government Steps In and Steps Up Pay TV Regulation (SatBroadcasting)
CASBAA has applauded the launch of an Indonesian government campaign to regularize the country’s cable-TV industry.
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O.K. Given By U.S. For ISRO To Launch Algerian Sats
The U.S. has allowed the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to launch Algerian satellites having American components using an Indian launch vehicle, following a Technical Safeguards Agreement (TSA) between the two countries.
Read MoreGE Aviation + FAA Look To Integrate UAS/UAVs Into Air Traffic Management System
GE Aviation has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRDA) with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Read MoreSpatial Legalities Opened For Consortium Confab
The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC?) will hold a Spatial Law and Policy Summit at The Westin Washington, D.C. City Center on October 7, 2009.
Read MoreArianespace’ Le Gall Pushes To Support U.S. Space Exploration
The message from Arianespace Chairman & CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall in a presentation on August 5 to the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee, which was created to evaluate America's future human spaceflight operations after NASA's planned retirement of the Space Shuttle, was simple: Ariane 5 is available to support the future of U.S. space exploration, including cargo resupply flights for the International Space Station, along with missions to the Moon and Mars.
Read MoreSouth Korea Ramps Up For Third Try @ First Rocket Launch
South Korea will launch its first space rocket from its territory on August 11, following repeated delays due to technical problems, officials reported on Saturday.
Read MorePush To Process Precipitation Perplexities
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) President Keiji Tachikawa have signed an agreement defining the terms of cooperation between the agencies on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission — the ceremony occurred Thursday at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex.
Read MoreSatNews RFP/RFB Roundup
The Indian Department of Telecommunications, otherwise known as DoT, has invited bids from private and state owned operators to initiate approximately 28,000 fixed line broadband exchanges and 6,000 satellite broadband sites to increase broadband penetration throughout the country, with focus on rural areas.
Read MoreTaxation, Tariffs + Trade — A Detrimental Decision By India
The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) has expressed new concerns over the recent Indian government levy of additional duties on imported set-top box (STB) or cable TV decoders that are essential for the country’s digitalization push.
Read MoreGalileo Control Center Hand Off To Telespazio
At the Fucino Space Centre, a formal agreement to hand over the infrastructure for one of the control centres of the Galileo satellite constellation was turned over to Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company.
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