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GMV Launches New Generation SmartRings
[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  GMV has launched SmartRings 2.0, the latest version of its telecommunications satellite payload reconfiguration tool, the company announced Sept. 21. Engineers can use SmartRings during the...
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STM Consortium To Improve DVB-RCS
[09-24-07 – Satellite News]  STM Group’s research and development center is leading a consortium to evaluate, prototype and test advanced modem technologies for the European Space Agency (ESA), the company...
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MSV Awarded Patents To Protect Technology
[09-21-07 – Satellite Today]  Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) has been awarded two Canadian patents and two Australian patents that enable user devices to switch from satellite to terrestrial component...
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Intelsat Names Business Development Directors
[09-21-07 – Satellite Today]  Intelsat Ltd. promoted Edward Berger to lead its business development organization, the company announced Sept. 19. Berger has more than 15 years of experience in the...
French MOD Selects Vizada For Telemedicine Program
[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] The French Ministry of Defense has selected    Vizada to provide mobile satellite communications to enable military surgeons to transmit images to medical staff in a different...
Richmond To Head Orbital Sciences'GEO Unit
[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] Christopher Richmond has been promoted to senior vice president as well as the head of      Orbital Sciences Corp.’s commercial geosynchronous (GEO) satellite business unit, the company...
European Union Proposes Plan To Fund Galileo
[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] The European Commission (EC) proposed funding the Galileo satellite navigation system completely through public funds, ending a plan that called for a contribution from private industry,...
Pentagon To End Selective Availability
[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] The U.S. Department of Defense plans to stop procuring GPS satellites that provide the Pentagon the capability to intentionally degrade the accuracy of civil signals, the...
Loral Gains Approval For Telesat Takeover
[09-21-07 – Satellite Today] Industry Canada has approved Loral Space & Communications Inc.’s acquisition of Telesat Canada, Loral announced Sept. 19. Loral and its partner, Canada’s Public Sector Pension Investment...