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AT&T to sell satellite phone from TerreStar
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- AT&T Inc. plans to sell a satellite phone from TerreStar Corp. that can place calls even in the deep wilderness or at sea, the carrier said Wednesday.
Satellite equipment maker ViaSat buying WildBlue
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(AP) -- ViaSat Inc. is acquiring WildBlue Communications Inc., a provider of high-speed Internet access via satellite, for $568 million in cash and stock, the companies said Thursday.
Japan launches 5th spy satellite
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 28, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Japan launched its fifth spy satellite into orbit Saturday in a bid to boost its ability to independently gather intelligence, the government said.
NTU team studies world's fastest satellite Internet connection
Oct 14, 2009 |
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In disaster-struck areas where terrestrial communications may be down, the deployment of rescue teams becomes extremely challenging. A team led by Assistant Professor Lee Yee Hui from the School of Electrical and Electronic ...
NASA satellite reveals a depressed and disorganized Henri
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Depression happens to everyone, even tropical storms, and Henri is now tropically depressed. NASA satellite imagery has confirmed he's weakened to a tropical depression and he is further expected to degenerate ...
Russian rocket to launch from French Guiana in 2010
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 07, 2009 |
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A Russian rocket will next year for the first time blast off from a European launch pad in South America, officials said Saturday, as the first rockets headed for the site on board a ship.
Hylas payload shipped to India
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 06, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, is steadily moving towards completion. The communications payload has been shipped from England to India for integration with the platform, ...
DirecTV to appoint PepsiCo executive as CEO
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc. is naming the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive.
QuikScat and Aqua providing important data on Tropical Storm Anja
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2009 |
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Anja has continued to weaken over the last 24 hours, and NASA's QuikScat satellite has confirmed that the once mighty Category 4 Cyclone is now a tropical storm in the southern Indian Ocean. Two instruments ...
Sirius XM passing $2 royalty fees to subscribers
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Listeners of Sirius XM Radio Inc. are getting $2 fees added to their monthly satellite radio bills, in what's effectively a price increase for consumers.
NASA flies over Antarctica to measure icemelt
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Hoping to better understand how a melting Antarctica could swamp the planet, a NASA plane outfitted with lasers and ground-penetrating radar made its first flight over the icy continent on Friday.
Microwave satellite imagery shows an eye developing in Mirinae
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Microwave satellite imagery has revealed that Tropical Storm Mirinae is strengthening enough to develop an eye, and that's what it's doing. Mirinae was formerly Tropical Depression 23W, but became a tropical ...
Baja watching Tropical Storm Patricia in the latest GOES-11 satellite movie
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
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The nineteenth tropical cyclone of the Eastern Pacific formed over this past weekend, and strengthened into Tropical Storm Patricia. The GOES-11 satellite captured Patricia from her "birth" several hundred miles south of ...
NASA satellites see Ida spreading out before landfall
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 09, 2009 |
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NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites are keeping a close eye on Tropical Storm Ida, and both have instruments aboard that show her clouds and rains are already widespread inland over the U.S. Gulf coast states. ...
Aqua satellite sees Tropical Storm Bongani approaching Mozambique Channel
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 25, 2009 |
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NASA's Aqua satellite flew over Cyclone Bongani today and provided some important data that have helped forecasters figure out where the storm is headed, and helped them see that it has changed course.
