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November 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.
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Read MoreStratos Global Corp. [TSX: SGB] has introduced GSM Oceanwide, a dedicated, global GSM service for crewmembers and officers of merchant ships. GSM Oceanwide is the first service, using Inmarsat satellites, to enable seafarers to use their existing mobile phones onboard merchant ships in deep ocean waters, just as they would use them in port or on land.
Read MoreMobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has publicized the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council for Trauma (STRAC) is expanding their deployment of MSV satellite-based communications services to facilitate the organization's emergency response capability across its 26,000 square-mile, 22-county area of operations.
Read MoreMore than 1,000 square kilometers of hi-res, IKONOS satellite imagery has been donated by GeoEye, Inc. [NASDAQ:GEOY] and the company’s Foundation to international conservation groups working on gorilla preservation projects.
Read MoreCOM DEV International Ltd. [TSX:CDV] and GateHouse A/S of Aalborg, Denmark, have signed a strategic alliance agreement to combine their respective skills and to enable COM DEV's space-based Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) data to be collected, stored, managed and displayed. This will provide a global turnkey AIS solution for a range of user groups.
Read MoreMobile Satellite Ventures’ (MSV) announced today that more than 230 federal, state, and local government sites representing more than 24 new offices and regional locations have signed up for Satellite Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroups (SMART) since the inception of the program in August of 2007. SMART groups, functioning throughout North America, operate on the MSV satellite communications network.
Read MoreGilat Satellite Networks Ltd. [NASDAQ:GILT] has announced their SkyEdge II. This is an advanced VSAT platform with higher efficiencies and full adaptivity for both the inbound and outbound channels.
Read More“While Wi-Fi RTLS (Real-Time Location Systems) vendors expand their markets horizontally, many will rely on healthy vertical markets for sustained growth,” according to ABI Research vice president and research director, Stan Schatt.
Read MoreSomehow, offenders must be tracked… that’s where Omnilink comes into play, for such products are this firm’s specialty product line. Their legal offender monitoring products are experiencing extremely fast growth in the judicial field.
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