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SkyRAY Lights the Way

August 25, 2008 / Data Processing & AI/ML

ND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company, will present their new VSAT application SkyRAY Light IPS HD for mobile video broadcasting at IBC 2008 in Amsterdam (indoor booth 1.C51). Described as an end-to-end solution as an all-IP package for the live video streaming based on the latest generation of H.264 AVC codec or store and forward video. The user-focused package contains three major components: ND SatCom’s lightweight VSAT antenna?SkyRAY Light 1200; the latest SkyWAN VSAT modem with a full set of IP functionalities; and an advanced H.264/MPEG-4 AVC HD/SD and MPEG-2 encoder.

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SatService At Your Service

August 25, 2008 / Contracts & Commercial Deals

SatService GmbH will be at IBC 2008 presenting some new products of the sat-nms product family. Representatives will be available to discuss system-integration business and turn-key satellite ground station solutions or an upgrade of your station, as well as representatives, distributors and sales partners/system-integrators interested.

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Hub-nubbing With VT iDirect

August 20, 2008 / Ground Segment & Teleports

VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a subsidiary of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), has launched its Series 12200 Universal 4-Slot Industrialized Hub, which allows network operators to implement and manage a mobile satellite network in the field. The new 4-slot hub will operate using iDirect’s enhanced iDS 8.3 software, engineered for use in mobile applications. The software also supports iDirect’s new SkyMonitor Spectrum Analyzer, a core network management tool that allows satellite operators to troubleshoot and monitor network performance.

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GMV HiFive With hifly

August 12, 2008 / Ground Segment & Teleports

GMV has released version 6.0 of its hifly(r) Satellite Control System, the latest version of its 100 percent flight-proven communication satellite operation software that supports satellites built by manufacturers around the world from launch and early operation procedures (LEOP) to routine on-station operations of satellites.

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Geospatial Imagery Integration Package Updated By ITT

August 6, 2008 / Data Processing & AI/ML

ITT Visual Information Solutions has released its premier geospatial image processing and analysis software, ENVI. The new release, ENVI 4.5, allows the integration of geospatial imagery into geographic information system (GIS) workflows, by providing users with the ability to share data seamlessly between ENVI and ESRI’s ArcGIS.

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