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Arianespace To Launch South Korean Satellite
The Korea Aerospace Research Institute has chosen Arianespace to launch the Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite-1 (COMS-1), Arianespace announced Dec. 4. COMS-1 will be placed into geostationary transfer orbit by...
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China To Launch A Second Weather Satellite
The People’s Republic of China will launch its second geostationary orbit meteorological satellite, Fengyun-2D, Dec. 8, according to Xinhua. Described in a report citing the China Meteorological Administration, the Fengyun-2D...
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Datapath Completes ILC Acquisition
Datapath Inc. has completed its acquisition of ILC, a privately held provider of network management software for monitoring, controlling and automating hybrid communications networks, Datapath announced Dec. 1. The purchase...
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IDC Wins ESA Deal
The European Space Agency (ESA) has awarded a contract for the development of next-generation DVB-S2 satellite multicasting products to the International Datacasting Corp. (IDC) as part of ESA’s "Telecom Start-up...
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Terrasar-X Scheduled For Launch In February
Germany’s Terrasar-X radar satellite is scheduled to be launched Feb. 27 launch aboard a Russian Dnepr-1 rocket, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) announced. The mission had been planned for Oct....
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Hispasat Launches Advanced Broadband With Amerhis
Satellite operator Hispasat is offering advanced broadband services via its onboard processing system housed on the Amazon satellite. The company’s advanced multimedia-enhanced regenerative Hispasat (Amerhis) system is an advanced multimedia...
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