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According to the Chinese vice minister in charge of the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence, the life expectancy of Chinese homemade satellites will likely double by 2010, up from their current eight year life expectancy.
Read MoreLt. General Hamel, Commander, Space & Missile Systems, Space Command, has requested Boeing and Aerospace Corporation to investigate Failure Analysis’ telemetry prognostic technology used for predicting failures in satellites, launch vehicles and missiles which could lower the cost to produce expensive satellites and launch vehicles, shorten delivery schedules and increase reliability, stop launch failures, and yield uninterruptible on orbit payload services
Read MoreThe Sirius 4 satellite has successfully reached its final, geostationary orbit situated 22, 236 miles above Earth. This was accomplished last Saturday.
Read MoreTrimble [NASDAQ:TRMB] has received a contract from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to provide as many as 400 reference station receivers over the next three years for the USCG’s Maritime Differential GPS (DGPS) Service modernization program.
Read MoreMiteq has introduced their 9800 Series to their Frequency Converters product line, designed for advanced satellite communications systems.
Read MoreMiteq has, once again, been extremely busy producing new products. First up is the MITEQ Uplink Power Control Unit product line addition of the UPC-L version.
Read More“GaAs will remain the mainstream solution for cellular handsets, which will be reflected in the continued demand for epitaxial substrates,” predicts Stephen Entwistle, VP Strategic Technologies. And the latest Strategy Analytics study forecasts demand for HBT and pHEMT (pseudomorphic High-Electron Mobility Transistor) devices as continuing steady growth for semi-insulating GaAs epitaxial substrates.
Read MoreNovember 14th, a Wednesday evening, in Korou, French Guiana—Arianespace successfully boosted two sats into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO). The Astrium built Skynet 5B is a military satcom for the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). The Star One C1 comsat is for commercial operation by Brazilian operator Star One and was built by Thales Alenia Space.
Read MoreA cooperation agreement for joint lunar research and exploration has been signed between the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Russia’s Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos). Mr. G Madhavan Nair, the Chairman of the ISRO, and Mr. A. Perminov, the Director of Roskosmos, signed the agreement on November 12th in Moscow.
Read MoreAn Ariane 5 ECA from Kourou, French Guiana, successfully launched the Star One C1 communications satellite, built by Prime Contractor Thales Alenia Space. Star One, the largest satellite solution company in Latin America, is owned by Embratel (80 percent) and GE International Holdings (20 percent).
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