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Theodore Pian, Former AeroAstro Professor Is Dead.
Relevance Score: 4.591 2009-07-07 00:01:54
Theodore H.H. Pian, who taught in MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics for more than 40 years and was a pioneer in the stress analysis of materials in aircraft and other structures, died on June 20 in Cambridge after a long illness. He was 90. "To me he exemplified a professor's ...
Fox Pan American Sports establishes its first HD Platform on the Intelsat Network
Relevance Score: 3.386 2009-04-16 22:09:17
Intelsat announced that Fox Pan American Sports will launch its new HD channel on the Intelsat network. Fox Pan American Sports signed a contract for capacity on Intelsat's IS-805 satellite, located at 55.5° W, to distribute its HD programming throughout Latin America. Fox Pan American Sports delivers Fox Sports in Latin ...
Satellite vehicles and launch services
Relevance Score: 3.123 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 ...
Sirius FM5 delivered to Baikonur.
Relevance Score: 3.081 2009-05-27 14:43:21
Roscosmos informed hat the plane An-124 Ruslan had landed at Yubileyny airport of the Baikonur spacecraft on May, 26th at 10.10 Astana time, which transported the American telecommunication satellite Sirius FM5 to the spacecraft (Radiosat 5, Sirius-Radio FM-5). According to the press service, after all the customs procedures, the satellite was ...
Proton-M carrier rocket, American satellite Intelsat-16 launched from Baikonur
Relevance Score: 2.986 2010-02-12 12:16:19
Kazakhstan Today - Proton-M carrier rocket with the booster block Breeze-M and the American satellite Intelsat-16 were launched from the cosmodrome Baikonur today at 06.40 Astana time, the agency reports citing RosBusinessConsulting (RBC). It is the first commercial launch of the carrier rocket Proton in 2010. Telecommunication space satellite Intelsat-16 was made ...
Russia seals agreement with private investor for space tourism
Relevance Score: 2.814 2009-07-05 18:51:22
The Russian space agency has sealed a deal with a private investor to build a Soyuz spacecraft specially for tourist hire and operational in 2011, a statement said. "We have concluded an agreement with an investor to begin financing such a Soyuz vessel with an anticipated launch date of 2011," the ...
Czech Republic Signs Accession Treaty With EUMETSAT.
Relevance Score: 2.440 2009-06-25 01:50:38
The Czech Republic will be a full-fledge member of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) under the accession treaty that Czech Environment Minister Ladislav Miko and EUMETSAT General Director Lars Prahm approved. The organisation, placed in Darmstadt, Germany, that has 23 members, secures a continuous data flow ...
Inmarsat Completes SkyWave Mobile Investment
Relevance Score: 2.167 2009-07-07 11:00:36
Inmarsat completed its strategic investment and long-term global distribution and product development agreement with SkyWave Mobile Communications, Inmarsat announced July 6. Inmarsat announced in April that it would acquire 19 percent in the privately held SkyWave, based in Ottawa. Inmarsat and SkyWave also entered into a direct distribution agreement for ...
Smart Grid Efforts Upgraded By Hughes Network Systems.
Relevance Score: 2.019 2009-03-31 02:34:52
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NTT America Supports Growth of Internet in Central America.
Relevance Score: 2.016 2009-10-26 12:44:51
NTT America, a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and a Tier-1 global IP network services provider, informed company executives will speak and moderate panels at Capacity Central America 2009, Capacity magazine’s newest conference focusing exclusively on the Central American wholesale market, on October 21, 2009 ...
Latin American Telecommunications Service Provider Awards US$14 Million Contract to Advantech
Relevance Score: 1.997 2009-07-24 12:49:34
Advantech Advanced Microwave Technologies Inc., a Quebec-based corporation has reportedly won a $14M dollar contract from a leading Latin American telecommunications service provider, to provide VSAT satellite communications network. Under the contract, Advantech (News - Alert) will provide a state-of-the-art telecommunication system that includes a fully integrated redundant satellite gateway communications ...
Captured soldier identified by DoD
Relevance Score: 1.917 2009-07-19 16:39:38
The Defense Department on Sunday identified the soldier who has been listed as missing/captured in Afghanistan. Pfc. Bowe R. Bergdahl, 23, of Ketchum, Idaho, was declared Duty Status Whereabouts Unknown on July 1. His status was changed to missing/captured July 3. Bergdahl is a member of 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, ...
Hughes Network Systems Wins 2009 North American Frost & Sullivan Award.
Relevance Score: 1.868 2009-09-09 16:58:56
Frost & Sullivan has presented the 2009 North American Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert) Award for Market Leadership to Hughes Network Systems. According to Frost & Sullivan, this award has been given to HughesNet for its provisioning of broadband satellite Internet service. HughesNet does not need a telephone ...
Iridium Extends and Expands Trade-Up Program
Relevance Score: 1.859 2009-07-20 22:41:30
Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) announces that it is extending and expanding its popular Trade-Up to Iridium program to include its new-generation 9555 satellite phone. Iridium launched the Trade-Up to Iridium initiative in January 2008 to provide an opportunity for customers affected by the well-publicized degradation of Globalstar's satellite voice service to ...
Iridium Develops Trade-Up Program.
Relevance Score: 1.853 2009-07-24 17:19:11
Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) informed that it is extending and expanding its popular Trade-Up to Iridium program to include its new-generation 9555 satellite phone. Iridium launched the Trade-Up to Iridium initiative in January 2008 to deliver an opportunity for clients affected by the well-publicized degradation of Globalstar's satellite voice service ...
Iridium Trade Up Program Pushes 9555 SatPhone.
Relevance Score: 1.811 2009-08-03 17:45:15
Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) is extending and expanding its popular Trade-Up to Iridium program to include its new-generation 9555 satellite phone. Iridium launched the Trade-Up to Iridium initiative in January 2008 to deliver an opportunity for customers affected by the well-publicized degradation of Globalstar’s satellite voice service to take advantage ...
WildBlue Communications Will Demonstrate Gen Satellite Broadband Capabilities on June 11 in Washington D.C.
Relevance Score: 1.672 2009-06-10 16:43:15
WildBlue Communications, a Colorado-based, satellite broadband Internet provider, is presenting its “next generation” satellite capabilities on Capitol Hill with a hands-on demonstration. The demonstration will be presented in Washington, D.C. to showcase what satellite broadband will be like in the future with speeds 10 times faster than the current WildBlue service. ...
Vizada Extends Service Trade-Up Program
Relevance Score: 1.648 2009-03-07 13:19:04
Vizada is extending its Trade-Up to Iridium promotion based on feedback from service providers, Vizada announced Mar. 5. Vizada said it will run the program until the end of September 2009. The company said the initiative takes aim at North American Globalstar customers, offering a rebate on their Globalstar equipment ...
New European, North American Consumer Broadband Satellites to Launch in 2012
Relevance Score: 1.568 2009-12-30 14:26:09
Satellite broadband tends not to get much attention in U.S. broadband policy circles, but one can note the same capacity increase trend in satellite services as one sees for cable modem and telco services using either digital subscriber line or fiber to the home. In Europe, Orbital Sciences Corporation is launching ...
WildBlue Applies For $30 Million In Broadband Stimulus.
Relevance Score: 1.558 2009-09-02 20:21:02
WildBlue Communications has applied for $30 million of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) money in the bill’s first funding window, which closed Aug. 14, the company announced. WildBlue informed the funding would help subsidize satellite broadband connections for about 10,000 homes in Colorado and Wyoming and another 10,000 in ...
Intelsat Provides Latin America Programmers Fully Managed Video Solutions for 2008 Olympics
Relevance Score: 1.549 2008-09-14 22:51:57
Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of commercial satellite services, and the only global satellite operator to provide coverage of every Olympic Games since 1968, is currently offering transmission support for Latin American rightsholders and non-rightsholders of the Beijing Summer Games, delivering more than 12,000 hours of live coverage and ...
Spacenet And EchoStar Deliver Satellite Service For Haiti Relief Efforts
Relevance Score: 1.515 2010-02-22 17:42:59
Spacenet Integrated Government Solutions, a division of Spacenet Inc., and EchoStar Satellite Services L.L.C., a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, informed a collaborative effort to deliver two-way satellite communications involving space and ground equipment to the American Red Cross to aid in relief efforts following the devastating earthquake. These donations ...
Up To 500 New Employees To Build Military Vehicles.
Relevance Score: 1.506 2009-07-20 20:49:21
After holding a two day job fair that drew about three-thousand people, Oshkosh Corporation executives know how many workers they're going to hire. Spokeswoman Ann Stawski informs 300 to 500 new workers, mostly in production, will help build 2,200 mine-resistant all-terrain vehicles for American troops in Afghanistan. Stawski says ...
US Airways Inks Deal To Offer Inflight Internet Access
Relevance Score: 1.483 2009-07-23 13:09:47
US Airways today announced a partnership with Aircell to launch onboard wireless Internet access next year. The carrier said it would install inflight Wi-Fi on some A321 aircraft "flying select domestic routes," with the initial service slated to go live in early 2010. US Airways is the latest domestic carrier to announce ...
Experts See Divergent Futures for Boeing's Two Flying Lasers
Relevance Score: 1.473 2009-07-29 22:13:45
For years, the Pentagon's research budget has funded not one, but two planes armed with laser turrets. Although the Airborne Laser (ABL) and the Advanced Tactical Laser (ATL) have different missions, both projects are led by aviation and defense giant Boeing, and both consist of a chemical laser mounted on ...
7 US Troops Dead Throughout Afghanistan
Relevance Score: 1.461 2009-07-09 23:19:27
Bombs and bullets killed seven American soldiers on Monday, the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in nearly a year — and a sign that the war being fought in the Taliban heartland of the south and east could now be expanding north. Separately, Taliban militants claimed on a ...
SuperGeo And ENGESAT
Relevance Score: 1.445 2009-08-07 15:31:53
SuperGeo has recruited a new reseller, ENGESAT, in South America. Based in Brazil, ENGESAT is the distributor for many satellite image and geo-processing software companies. After comparing existing GIS software providers, ENGESAT decided to promote SuperGIS software in the large South American market. Observing that SuperGeo provides comprehensive product functions, ...
Hughes Provides New Environment Friendly Technology
Relevance Score: 1.445 2009-04-01 03:37:27
Hughes Network Systems, has launched Hughes Utilities Solutions for the electric utility industry. Hughes Utilities Solutions will provide utility companies with a single-source managed broadband solution which supports multiple business operations. The main aims of this action are decreasing costs, improving security, and making North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) critical ...
A Transmission Solution Delivered By Genesis Networks For ETV.
Relevance Score: 1.444 2009-09-07 17:17:37
Genesis Networks informed that ETV, one of the largest networks of satellite television channels in India, has contracted with Genesis for a fully managed video transmission solution from ETV’s studios in Hyderabad, India, to the DirecTV facility in Los Angeles, California. This solution includes delivery of ETV Telegu and ETV ...
GeoEye Informes About New Government Awards Totaling More Than $25 Million.
Relevance Score: 1.410 2009-07-04 16:24:15
GeoEye, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOY) informed about new government awards totaling more than $25 million to supply geospatial products and services. Under awards during the first and second quarters of 2009, GeoEye will deliver the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) a significant amount of value-added, imagery-based geospatial-intelligence solutions. Imagery processing and manufacturing ...
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