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GateHouse A/S Astutely Gets SDR Communicating Using Inmarsat BGAN  - November 20, 2009 - GateHouse A/S, Spectrum Signal Processing by Vecima (Spectrum) and Inmarsat will be demo'ing a Software Defined Radio (SDR) implementation of a BGAN terminal at SDR’09 from December 1-4 in Washington DC. . . Full Story

Iridium Is NEXT To Host Multi-Agencies' Payloads  - November 20, 2009 - Iridium Communications Inc.'s [Nasdaq:IRDM] results indicate success in numerous technical studies while working with independent technology partners, that demonstrate the feasibility of hosting Earth observation and remote sensing payloads on its planned/proposed next-generation satellite constellation, Iridium NEXT. . . Full Story

Comtech EF Data Has DoubleTalk On Their Mind  - November 20, 2009 - Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a satellite modem order for approximately US$1.0 million. . . Full Story

EchoStar . . . Moving On Up . . .  - November 20, 2009 - EchoStar Corporation [Nasdaq: SATS] announced Michael T. Dugan has been named the company’s president and CEO, positions formerly held by Charles Ergen. . . Full Story

DIRECTV . . . Moving On Up . . .  - November 20, 2009 - DIRECTV, a major provider of digital television services, today named Michael White as its new President and CEO. . . Full Story

NSR Sees 180+ EO Sats Launched Over Next Decade  - November 20, 2009 - According to NSR's new report, Global Satellite-Based Earth Observation (EO), the EO industry is in the midst of a significant growth phase slated to generate revenues for many segments of the satellite industry. . . Full Story

ARINC Flying High With FAA Commendation  - November 20, 2009 - ARINC Incorporated has once again been commended by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its “outstanding performance” in providing air-ground communications in the FAA’s Oceanic Flight Information Regions. . . Full Story

Softel Makes A Grab With Video Server Solutions (SatBroadcasting™)  - November 20, 2009 - Softel and online video specialists Grab Networks have a partnership wherein Grab will supply the Softel Swift vTX subtitling and captioning solution as an integrated component of Grab Networks video server solutions. . . Full Story

GlobeCast Remains InFront Fav For WorldSBK Distribution (SatBroadcasting)  - November 20, 2009 - Content management and delivery company GlobeCast will provide contribution and world wide distribution of the FIM Superbike World Championships (WorldSBK) to broadcast rights holders for the next two years, following the extension of its relationship with the series promoter Infront Sports & Media. . . Full Story

Liberty Media... Financially Speaking... Split-Off + Merger Details...  - November 20, 2009 - Liberty Media Corporation ("Liberty Media") (Nasdaq: LCAPA, LCAPB, LINTA, LINTB, LSTZA, LSTZB) has completed its previously announced split-off (the "Split-Off") of Liberty Entertainment, Inc. ("LEI") from Liberty Media and the business combination transaction between The DIRECTV Group, Inc. ("DIRECTV") and LEI (the "DTV Business Combination"). . . Full Story

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope — Mystery Bulges In Spiral Galaxies  - November 18, 2009 - Just as many people are surprised to find themselves packing on unexplained weight around the middle, astronomers find the evolution of bulges in the centres of spiral galaxies puzzling. . . Full Story

Stratos Gets Crabby With Fleetbroadband  - November 18, 2009 - Stratos Global Corporation has now successfully deployed the Inmarsat FleetBroadband 500 broadband satellite service for Sig Hansen, the renowned Seattle-based captain of the crab fishing vessel Northwestern. . . Full Story

ViaSat's ESEM Option For Their EBEM, Adding FDMA + More For DoD SatNets  - November 18, 2009 - ViaSat (Nasdaq:VSAT) is offering a new Ethernet Service Expansion Module (ESEM) baseband interface for the MD-1366 Enhanced Bandwidth Efficient Modem (EBEM) that promotes Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA) modem interoperability across Department of Defense (DoD) satellite networks and adds new feature updates as well. . . Full Story

Iridium Es Bueno Con Los Tres Socios de Distribución  - November 18, 2009 - To accelerate growth in the Mexican market, Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) announces it has signed three additional distribution partners in Mexico. . . Full Story

Vislink Debuts New LE&PS SDR  - November 18, 2009 - VISLINK, plc has advanced the state-of-the-art in Law Enforcement & Public Safety (LE&PS) wireless surveillance with the introduction of its software defined KAMELYON family of digital transmitters and receivers. . . Full Story

Harris' Eager Egyptian Playout For Rotana Network  - November 18, 2009 - Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has provided an end-to-end, broadcast channel playout solution to the Rotana television network for the upgrade of its central master control room. . . Full Story

Where's The Beef? COBE Has 20 Years Worth...  - November 18, 2009 - NASA's Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite rocketed into Earth orbit on November 18, 1989, and revolutionized our understanding of the early cosmos. . . Full Story

Integral Systems... Financially Speaking...  - November 18, 2009 - Integral Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq:ISYS) announced that a shareholder derivative action brought by shareholder William Thirkill, has been voluntarily dismissed without prejudice. . . Full Story

RRsat Makes The Grade 3x For WTA  - November 17, 2009 - RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd. (NASDAQ: RRST has been included by the World Teleport Association in all three of that organization's list of Top Teleport Operators for 2009: the Global Top Twenty, the Independent Top Twenty, and the Fast Twenty. . . Full Story

Spot Image Corp. Spots USGS Free Imagery  - November 17, 2009 - The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in partnership with Spot Image Corporation, has begun to distribute, over the Internet, SPOT satellite data collected over parts of North America between 1986 and 1998. . . Full Story