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Norsat International Inc. has announced fulfilling a follow-on order from the United States Air Force for the supply of additional portable satellite equipment and training for San Antonio-based Air Force News. The news organization has more than 480 Air Force, Army and civilian members assigned to 28 locations worldwide. The service broadcasts news, information and...

Satguard Asia announced the launch of its latest GPS-based vehicle security and tracking devices designed to bring the technology within the reach of the majority of vehicle owners. Based on the latest GPS, global information system (GIS), global system for mobile communications (GSM) and general packet radio service (GPRS) technologies, the devices can locate and...

A People’s Republic of China communications and broadcast satellite is failing less than a month into orbit because of malfunctioning solar panels, according to Internet reports. In a Nov. 20 article, the South Africa-based Independent Online cited the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy (ICHRD) for a report that the satellite’s main...

BSkyB, a satellite pay-TV operator in the United Kingdom, has announced that it will take a stake of nearly 18 percent in commercial broadcaster ITV. The total cost of the acquisition is 940 million British pounds ($1.78 billion). BSkyB said the acquisition has taken place without the prior knowledge of the ITV board of directors,...

A Boeing Delta II launch vehicle successfully delivered to orbit Nov. 17 a replenishment Block 2R Global Positioning System (GPS) satellite for the U.S. Air Force. The Delta II has launched all of the GPS 2R satellites. The launch also marked the second GPS mission aboard a Boeing Delta II in less than two months;...

NASA is using one space probe orbiting Mars to search for another spacecraft left missing around the planet. Earlier in the month, the Mars Global Surveyor lost contact with Earth for two days, and last week NASA received a weak signal without data. The probe since has not confirmed receiving a command to direct one...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has created a special layer of content that will appear in Google Earth, enabling people to see more than 130 new satellite images including natural phenomena and manmade landmarks such as the Palm Islands in Dubai. The new images can be accessed by clicking on the checkbox of Google Earth’s...

Battery producer Eaglepicher Technologies has landed a new, $1.8 million contract to provide nickel-hydrogen battery cells to Lockheed Martin for use on a new U.S. Navy satellite communications system, Eaglepicher reported. The Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite constellation will form a new network of spacecraft for the U.S. Department of Defense to provide narrowband...

British Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. was recognized as the winner among the Times Higher Educational Supplement Awards 2006 in the category of "Outstanding Contribution to Innovation & Technology," rewarding its successful spin-out from academic research at the University of Surrey. Sponsored by Toshiba, the prize was awarded to SSTL in a unanimous decision by the...

Speck of Palo Alto, Calif., announced Nov. 20 that it is partnering with Sirius Satellite Radio to develop licensed products for their portable live satellite radio devices. Speck’s Sirius Stiletto line-up includes: its Toughskin case, an Active Sport armband and an Executive Leather case. All Speck cases for the Stiletto 100 and Stiletto 10 are...