
Relevance Score: 5.482 2009-04-17 15:47:22
Eutelsat Communications and Alcatel Alenia Space announced in December 2006 that the two companies have signed a contract under which Alcatel Alenia Space will manufacture and deliver the Eutelsat W7 communications satellite. To be launched in second quarter 2009 at Eutelsat’s 36 degrees East location, W7 will double the capacity currently ...
Relevance Score: 5.465 2009-05-13 17:34:02
Nomination of Sylvie Lallement was announced the as group general counsel and member of the group's executive committee by Eutelsat Communications. Lallement who most recently was group general counsel at Altran Technologies since 2003 succeeds Philippe McAllister who has left the company to pursue other professional opportunities. Prior to that Lallement was ...
Relevance Score: 4.774 2009-04-04 11:44:23
SkyTerra will cooperate with TerreStar Networks in order to develop the forward-looking mobile network technology. This innovation will integrate Qualcomm’s EV-DO-based satellite communications technology into an Alcatel-Lucent base station. Alcatel-Lucent, developer of the satellite-adapted EV-DO base stations, will join this partnership, that will bring high-quality mobile voice and data ...
Relevance Score: 4.042 2010-01-06 23:04:19
SkyTerra and TerreStar Networks informed together about an agreement today for the development of innovative mobile network technology that integrates Qualcomm's EV-DO-based satellite communications technology into an Alcatel-Lucent base station. The satellite-adapted EV-DO base stations -- developed by Alcatel-Lucent -- will form key components of SkyTerra's and TerreStar's integrated satellite-terrestrial ...
Relevance Score: 3.613 2009-10-12 21:18:20
On August 29, India aborted an $82 million mission to map the surface of the moon after losing contact with its unmanned Chandrayaan I craft. Today they turned the negative into a positive and more than made up for this by launching seven satellites from a single rocket, demonstrating its ...
Relevance Score: 3.357 2000-04-06 15:00:41
Advent Launch Services AeroAstro Aerojet Corporation Aerospatiale Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator Air Liquide AITECH Defense Systems Alaska Aerospace Development Corporation Alcatel ETCA Alcatel Space Switzerland Alenia Aerospazio Alliant Techsystems AlliedSignal Aerospace Altair Aerospace Corporation American Astronautics Anabond Analytical Graphics Andoya Rocket Range Andrews Space and Technology Andritz Actiengesellschaft APCO Technologies Applied ...
Relevance Score: 2.853 2009-07-24 00:06:42
VISLINK announces the appointment of Mr. Chris Wilson to the role of General Manager for the Asia Pacific Region. Mr. Wilson comes to VISLINK from Millennium Communications Systems Ltd. (Singapore), where he was Director of Business Development. What is more, he has held various management and business development positions with ...
Relevance Score: 2.804 2009-10-28 17:44:19
An Earth observing satellite that delivers new insight into the role that clouds and atmospheric aerosols play in regulating weather, climate, and air quality has hit its target two billion times. The Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) mission, developed by NASA's Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia, and ...
Relevance Score: 2.454 2009-06-23 23:01:14
The Spanish communications service provider and satellite operator Hispasat S.A. and OHB-System AG, a subsidiary of the European space and technology group OHB Technology AG (Prime Standard, ISIN: DE0005936124), have reached a business agreement for the construction and testing of the satellite for the first Small GEO mission at the ...
Relevance Score: 2.424 2008-09-15 19:40:22
Barcelona, February 6, 2008 — On the occasion of the 2008 Mobile World Congress, major players from the DVB-SH ecosystem (Abertis Telecom, Alcatel-Lucent, DiBcom, Eutelsat Communications, Sagem Mobiles, SES Astra, TeamCast and UDcast) are joining forces to deliver the first demonstration of live Mobile TV in S-Band based on DVB-SH ...
Relevance Score: 2.386 2009-10-22 17:21:06
SES-Astra has revealed more details on its German language customer website about the HD+ service which launches on November 1. The operator expects that the service will be available to owners of CI Plus modules from the first quarter of next year, when the right CAMs will become available. This ...
Relevance Score: 2.112 2009-07-20 22:42:30
Hughes Network Systems LLC (HUGHES) has signed a contract extension with energy company BP Corporation Inc, the provider of broadband satellite solutions and services said on Monday. Under the terms of the contract extension, Hughes, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications Inc (Nasdaq:HUGH), is to continue providing HughesNet Managed Network ...
Relevance Score: 2.109 2009-06-19 01:10:08
ESA And Thales Alenia Space Reached An Agreement For Development Of Intermediate Experimental Vehicle (IXV) At the Paris Air Show being held at Le Bourget, ESA and Thales Alenia Space have reached the agreement for the authorization to proceed with the development of the Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV) atmospheric reentry ...
Relevance Score: 2.000 2009-05-30 10:11:30
The Swiss-based company Trunz Water Systems manufactures and distributes a sustainable, energy efficient and environmentally friendly solution for water purification and desalination: a complete and ready-to-operate unit which is mobile and independent thanks to its use of solar and/or wind power. Solar and wind-powered water treatment and desalination systems Trunz Water Systems ...
Relevance Score: 1.987 2009-10-13 17:20:17
Although the PSLV-C14 mission on Wednesday was a success, there are challenges ahead for the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), according to K. Radhaakrishnan, Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram. These include launching a Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-D3) with an indigenous cryogenic stage from Sriharikota in December ...
Relevance Score: 1.907 2009-09-02 20:17:26
Students at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland have designed and prepared the first all-Swiss cube satellite to study the upper atmosphere and test low-cost positioning system and have turned to ISRO to put it in orbit. The 10x10x10 cm Cubesat, named as the SwissCube, weighs less ...
Relevance Score: 1.866 2008-09-15 19:37:11
Betzdorf (Luxembourg), 15 April 2008. – SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), will serve as a major hub for the content delivery and distribution of the UEFA EURO 2008™ hosted in Austria and Switzerland in June. On the basis of an agreement, SES ASTRA ...
Relevance Score: 1.820 2009-10-09 21:21:59
Seven satellites in 1,200 seconds — that's one heckuva launch — in fact, there was one similar in April 2008 when India's ISRO sent into 10 satellites. The ISRO is all set to put six nano satellites and one major ocean satellite into orbit on Wednesday from Sriharikota. The final ...
Relevance Score: 1.791 2009-08-03 17:48:02
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) has inked a contract extension with BP Corporation Inc. to continue providing HughesNet Managed Network Services connecting BP’s retail locations in the United States and in the European countries of the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Germany. The five-year extension to ...
Relevance Score: 1.675 2009-08-01 15:22:29
BP has extended a major network services deal with HughesNet for five years. The contract covers the management of networks and broadband devices in 16,000 BP petrol stations in the UK, US, Spain, Netherlands, Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland and Germany. It also covers new petrol stations as they open. BP has contracted HughesNet ...
Relevance Score: 1.653 2008-09-14 21:48:24
Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, announced today that an agreement has been reached confirming Inmarsat as the lead company overseeing the system operations of Galileo, the European Union project to develop a new, advanced satellite navigation system. Galileo will be implemented through a Public Private Partnership ...
Relevance Score: 1.633 2008-09-15 19:37:37
Betzdorf (Luxembourg), 1 April 2008. – SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), has signed another important framework contract for the marketing of its satellite based two-way broadband service ASTRA2Connect in Germany with Deutsche Telekom. The commercial roll-out to end-users will start in 2008. In ...
Relevance Score: 1.611 2009-05-01 18:12:15
Eutelsat brought a new satellite internet access for the customers of UK. The most important thing about Tooway™ that it brings a high speed 2Mbit internet access for rural homes where the access to this technology was rather poor or wasn’t even available. Thanks to the new Eutelsat’s achievement the ...
Relevance Score: 1.582 2009-06-19 13:30:21
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) has welcomed the initiatives in the Government’s Digital Britain report and stated that its Universal Service Commitment to deliver a 2Mbps broadband service to all U.K. residents by 2012 can be delivered today using existing satellite technology. Tooway is the first satellite two-way broadband service ...
Relevance Score: 1.551 2009-07-24 17:25:48
HughesNet(R) Managed Network Services delivered to over 16,000 sites in U.S. and Europe. Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services and a leading managed network services provider, informed that it has inked a contract extension with BP Corporation Inc. to continue delivering HughesNet Managed ...
Relevance Score: 1.536 2009-11-18 02:29:38
Into its second year, the 2009Frost & Sullivan Indonesia Telecoms Awards honoured outstanding players in the country's telecoms sector. Nine prestigious awards were conferred at the banquet that was attended by over one hundred guests from the country's finest telecom organizations. Dr. Ashwin Sasongko, Director General, Applied Telematics, Ministry of ...
Relevance Score: 1.522 2009-07-27 20:51:53
A century and a quarter after a master cutler set out to supply Swiss soldiers with a survival tool, the iconic Swiss Army knife still adjusts gun sights, cuts cheese and opens cans. But deep in Switzerland's rural Alpine heartland, Karl Elsener's descendants at Victorinox, the last firm in the country ...
Relevance Score: 1.511 2009-07-08 01:43:32
This October 4-10, the world will have a very special occasion of the contributions of space to humankind. It will be the 10th celebration of UN-declared World Space Week. You are invited to amplify your outreach by participating in the largest public space event on Earth. World Space Week is ...
Relevance Score: 1.511 2009-08-23 23:44:51
The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) in its last meeting deliberated on the representation made by Switzerland-registered telecom company ByCell Telecommunications, but deferred its recommendation, it is learnt. ByCell, promoted by Russian businessmen, made its representation against revocation of the FIPB approval. The approval was revoked following objections made ...
Relevance Score: 1.493 2009-07-21 22:10:12
On 3 July at the Bure training ground (Switzerland), RUAG Electronics handed over the system key for the SIMUG live simulation platform to armasuisse, the Swiss Armed Forces' centre of excellence for procurement. The Swiss Army has thus now received the first of three state-of-the-art combat training centres. SIMUG, which is ...
