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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

ESA's SMOS Makes MIRAS Move   - November 20, 2009 - The MIRAS instrument on ESA's SMOS satellite, launched earlier this month, has been switched on and is operating normally. . . 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

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

Heron Has Panama On Its UAV Demo Schedule  - November 18, 2009 - Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is strengthening its position in Central and South America and, in the coming year, will hold demonstrations of its Heron Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for Panamanian security forces. . . 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

iDirect Fleshes Out DVB-S2 For NewCom Int'l In Colombia  - November 17, 2009 - iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), announced NewCom International, a global communications provider, has rolled out an iDirect-based DVB-S2 broadband satellite service in Colombia to bring 21st century communications to key government and community facilities in remote locations. . . Full Story

GMV's Award Winning Bark With Osmógrafo  - November 17, 2009 - GMV has been named as the grand prize winner of the 2009 European Satellite Navigation Competition Award. . . Full Story

Boeing Goes The Miniature Route For New USAF UAV Contract  - November 17, 2009 - The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] received a US$500,000 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract on September 30 for the first phase of a program to demo miniature weapon technology for use on unmanned airborne vehicles (UAV). . . Full Story

SSTL Signs Sri Lankan Satellite Stipulation  - November 16, 2009 - The Director General of the Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, Priyantha Kariyapperuma, and Professor Sir Martin Sweeting of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), are signatories to a landmark agreement. . . Full Story

Eutelsat + ABS Sats To SpaceSit Simultaneously   - November 16, 2009 - Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) have executed a strategic agreement for commercial cooperation at the 75 degrees East orbital location. . . Full Story

NASA's Atlantis Launch — Text Book Perfect, Goose Bumps Included Free  - November 16, 2009 - Each launch of the Atlantis takes the U.S. one step closer to the end of the U.S. space shuttle program that will be retired in 2010. . . Full Story

Arianespace — Oui! It's Lucky Seven For The French Military  - November 16, 2009 - Arianespace has received the seventh Ariane 5 for launch in 2009, which is scheduled for liftoff on December 9 with the Helios 2B French military reconnaissance satellite. . . Full Story

Goodrich SWIR Camera Determines Water On Moon! (Not Cheese)  - November 16, 2009 - Many companies' contributions together led to the most successful NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) mission to search for water on the Moon. . . Full Story

SIRIUS XM Radio... Moving On Out... (SatBroadcasting™)  - November 16, 2009 - Gary Parsons has resigned as a director and Chairman of SIRIUS XM Radio (Nasdaq: SIRI). The company's Board of Directors has appointed Eddy W. Hartenstein, an independent director, to serve as non-executive Chairman. . . Full Story

India's Pipeline Into Iran Could Help Launch A Satellite  - November 16, 2009 - Amitav Ranjan of Indian Express reports that New Delhi plans to woo Tehran with offers of greater intelligence sharing, revival of defence training, as well as a possible launch of the latter’s satellite, but will remain non-committal on the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline. . . Full Story