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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

Thales Alenia Space Delivers For Pleiades  - November 20, 2009 - Thales Alenia Space has delivered the second flight model high-resolution (HR) optical imaging instrument for integration, testing and validation in the Pleiades earth observation satellite in construction at Astrium facilities in Toulouse. . . Full Story

Yahsat Sub Signs On To YahClick IEC Telecom  - November 20, 2009 - Star Satellite Communications Company PrJsc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) signed an agreement with IEC Telecom, an established provider of satellite-based internet services. . . Full Story

e-GEOS Eager, ESA Excited, GMES Imagery Assured  - November 20, 2009 - e-GEOS, the company jointly owned by Telespazio (80 percent) and the Italian Space Agency (20 percent), has signed a contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply optical and radar satellite data for the GMES (Global Monitoring for Environment and Security) program. . . 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

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

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

Thuraya Expands European Broadband Base  - November 18, 2009 - Thuraya Telecommunications Company has expanded the distribution chain for its competitive satellite broadband services in Europe. . . 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

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

RapidEye Gets ENVIous  - November 17, 2009 - RapidEye announces ENVI 4.7, the latest release of ENVI software from ITT Visual Information Solutions, now supports RapidEye levels 1B and 3A data products. . . Full Story

NASA's Wise Is A Chilly Observer  - November 17, 2009 - Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or Wise, is chilled out, sporting a sunshade and getting ready to roll. . . 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

Thales Alenia Space OAR Completed For Palapa-D Sat  - November 16, 2009 - Thales Alenia Space has briefly announced that the Palapa-D communications satellite has successfully passed the In Orbit Acceptance Review.</font . . 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