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John Auburn, VEGA’s Aerospace Business Development Director and Chairman of UKspace, has called upon the UK Government to “reinstate a robust national Space program” in order to “guarantee national security in an increasingly complex international environment.”
Read MoreFrom the Media Line News Agency, and subsequently published at The Jerusalem Post, comes an article headlined "Top Saudi cleric: Kill immoral satellite TV channel owners". Not a headline meant to endear Arab-owned satellite TV operators and broadcasters, to be certain.
Read MoreSWE-DISH Satellite Systems AB, is officially certified and awarded a U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license for the SWE-DISH Suitcase(R) CCT90 ultra-portable SATCOM terminal. The Suitcase CCT90 is a highly compact and quick-to-air broadband satellite terminal, featuring a 0.9-meter antenna and advanced CommuniCase(R) Technology.
Read MoreFor the past two years, the Association of Space Explorers (ASE) — the international organization of astronauts and cosmonauts from 33 countries — has been developing a program to protect the Earth from asteroid impacts.
Read MoreCo-hosted by Nilesat and supported by CASBAA, the 2008 Satellite Interference Conference organized by the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group, will bring together leading satellite industry executives from over a dozen countries for three days of candid and informative problem solving discussions on satellite interference. Held at the Nile Hilton Hotel in Cairo, Egypt, this annual event is a working meeting.
Read MoreThe Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), Europe's ISS logistics spacecraft, was used to perform its first debris avoidance maneuver for the International Space Station (SS). The maneuver was started last Wednesday at 18:11 CEST (16:11 UT) and finished 5 minutes 2 seconds later.
Read MoreFrom a blog at the OrlandoSentinel.com, we learn the Senator John McCain, joined by Republican colleagues Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas and David Vitter of New Orleans, sent a letter to President Bush this week, saying that in light of tensions with Russia, the White House should tell NASA to halt any further dismantling of the shuttle infrastructure for at least a year to keep open the possibility of more shuttle flights beyond 2010.
Read MoreLockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Airspace Management System (UAMS) solved one of the more difficult challenges facing military services and their industry partners — the Company has successfully demonstrated the ability to deconflict groups of in-flight UAVs during a test near Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania.
Read MoreFor those who will be involved in the TV converter realm now there is a new offer from DISH Network(R), which is offering a $9.99 programming package and $40 coupon-eligible converter box. The TR-40 CRA by DISH Network, an entry-level, digital-to-analog converter box, is now available for sale nationwide.
Read MoreFCC Chairman Kevin Martin has announced a nationwide initiative to increase awareness about the upcoming transition to digital television. The FCC identified target television markets for specific DTV outreach, including all those markets in which more than 100,000 households, or at least 15 percent of the households, rely solely on over-the-air signals for television.
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