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NASA has returned to Boeing [NYSE: BA] for its nexgen series of Tracking and Data Relay Satellites (TDRS), continuing the communications satellite line that started with the launch of TDRS H in 2000 and, coupled with Boeing's other work for NASA, spans more than four decades.
Read MoreICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited [NASDAQ:ICOG] and Alcatel-Lucent [Euronext Paris and NYSE:ALU] will demo North America’s first video broadcast based on the DVB-SH (Digital Video Broadcasting—Satellite services to Handhelds) mobile broadcasting standard at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next month in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Read MoreViaSat Inc. [NASDAQ:VSAT] has signed new distribution agreements with Rockwell Collins and ARINC. The company will supply business jets with ViaSat airborne broadband terminals and satellite services.
Read MoreLockheed Martin Space Systems Company has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA to design and develop a new instrument on the nexgen of weather sats... this instrument is to detect patterns in lightning flashes so forecasters can have an early indicator of severe thunderstorms and tornados.
Read MoreS2M provides media-rich, mobile entertainment to customers in the Middle East and North Africa (<b>MENA</b>). Last week, the company signed a contract with Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for the S2M-1 hybrid satellite and terrestrial digital broadcast platform.
Read MoreSES ASTRA, an SES company [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG] has signed its third large framework contract to market its high speed internet access product ASTRA2Connect to end consumers in Germany.
Read MoreTimes Square Alliance and Countdown Entertainment have chosen GlobeCast for the infamous New York City Times Square 2008 New Year's Eve Ball Drop.
Read MoreCalAmp Corp. [NASDAQ:CAMP] has launched the Aircept LMU-1400 Location Messaging Unit for mobile asset tracking.
Read More— Apple — Aspyr Media — eMedia Music Corp. — Times Square Alliance, Countdown Entertainment + GlobeCast — Sony Entertainment Television Satellite Singapore — Peter Jackson + New Line Cinema — Pace Micro Technology + Royal Philips Electronics — Sony Playstation 3 — Sega — ViewCast Corp. —
Read MoreGilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [NASDAQ:GILT] has successfully completed the first phase of a turnkey satnetwork solution for Vivo, a customer of Telecomunicações de Sao Paulo (Telesp).
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