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| 07.15.2008 |
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Higginbotham Brings Experience, New Plans To Integral Systems 
[Satellite News – 07-15-08] John Higginbotham has been involved in the space industry for decades as an investor and now returns to the field with plans to serve as a hands-on CEO. Higginbotham was named CEO of Integral Systems Inc...
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| 04.10.2008 |
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Canadian Government Rejects ATK-MDA Deal
[Satellite News – 4-10-08] The Canadian government has rejected the sale of MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA)'s satellite business to Alliant Techsystems Inc. (ATK), Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice said in an April 10 e-mail to the...
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| 06.25.2007 |
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SPOTLIGHT: Amnesty International Uses Satellite Imagery To Stem Genocidal Violence in Darfur
A pioneering program by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) is providing technical expertise to human rights groups and helping Amnesty International USA with a new online effort to monitor threatened settlements in the war-torn...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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COUNTRY FOCUS: Afghanistan And Satellite
Nearly three decades of war have left Afghanistan’s communications infrastructure in ruins. The new government is determined to rebuild these links in order to improve the quality of life for its nearly 31 million citizens. Since Afghanistan is mostly a...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Disaster Recovery: Where Does The Market For Satellite Services Stand?
Interest in satellite communication services jumped in the wake of the 2005 hurricane season in the United States. In many ways, that interest phased out in 2006 due to a much quieter storm season. However, the deeper appreciation for satellite communication...
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| 12.01.2006 |
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Brazil Seeks Larger Place In Global Space Industry
With a budget surplus and roaring economic growth, Brazil has set it sights on some significant new satellite and space initiative. The South American giant has recorded some moderate success throughout its space history, but the country’s latest...
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| 10.16.2006 |
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Federal Food-Safety Inspectors Mandate Satellite Communication By Meat-Processing Plants
A directive passed last week by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) focuses on three kinds of dishes: beef, chicken and satellite. As mandated in an Oct. 10 notification, about 2,000 meat- and poultry-processing...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Establishing Communications After A Disaster
Saint Joseph Seminary College, a small Roman Catholic undergraduate institution in St. Benedict, La., celebrated its 115th commencement this year. But for its communications infrastructure, it was like opening day. As a result of Hurricane Katrina in August...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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New Hurricane Season; Old Solutions
National, state and local government officials will be crossing their fingers and praying for a calm hurricane season, which started June 1. After all, little has been done to advance the stage of emergency preparedness, so there is not much else they can do...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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Dollars And Sense: A Close Look: Spectrum-Based Valuation
By Owen D. Kurtin Last month's column took a closer look at ancillary terrestrial component (ATC) technology and provides a natural lead-in to discuss the extraordinary spectrum-based valuations reportedly being assigned to some of the Mobile Satellite...
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| 02.15.2006 |
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Proven Solutions: African Services Grow With Satellite
For government operations, satellite technology has empowered local and multinational African organizations to establish a significant foothold in today’s communication’s arena. Moving forward, expanding applications will predominantly drive...
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| 02.15.2006 |
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Satellite Access In Africa
It now is widely recognized that access to information and knowledge through affordable communications provides a significant opportunity for social and economic development, regional cooperation and integration, and increased participation in the emerging...
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| 02.13.2006 |
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Satellites Support Businesses Working For Sustainable Development
The European Space Agency (ESA) has begun working with several large multinational businesses to integrate satellite data into the companies' corporate sustainable development (CSD) efforts, ESA announced. The practice of CSD, also known as corporate social...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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Prime Satcom Consulting Ltd Provides Satcom to Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Command Vehicle
Prime Satcom Consulting Ltd. (www.primesatcom.com) activated a motorized, transportable satellite terminal on Gloucestershire Fire & Rescue’s Incident Command...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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EMS Satcom To Deliver Search And Rescue System To Venezuela
EMS Satcom (www.emssatcom.com), a division of EMS Technologies Inc., said that Venezuela’s Insituto National de Aviacion Civil awarded EMS Satcom a $2.9 million contract for...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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Training 100,000 Employees At A Low Cost
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the U.S. Treasury Department agency responsible for collecting taxes, as well as administering business and individual tax programs. The nearly 100,000 IRS employees include revenue agents, revenue officers, information...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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Satellite Imagery: Saving Time And Money For Corporate Applications
Satellite imagery, long the domain of governments and militaries around the globe, is finding its way into the commercial marketplace. Commercial satellite operators had hoped that the launch of several spacecraft in the late 1990s and the early part of this...
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| 11.01.2005 |
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Distance Learning — Don’t Rule Out Satellite
I recently attended a summit that, in part, brought to the discussion floor the topic of corporate and government distance learning networks and where the next-generation trends and uses are headed. I was surprised by what the industry analysts had to say...
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| 11.01.2004 |
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U.S. POSTAL SERVICE: Training Employees And Managing Mail Via Satellite
Glen Hubbel was there from the beginning. As the distance learning coordinator at the National Center for Employee Development (NCED), a national training facility in Norman, OK, he helped launch and grow for nearly 20 years a satellite training network that...
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| 10.04.2004 |
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The Evolving World of Private Networks
By James Careless Private satellite networks. The name conjures up visions of Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) antennas perched atop banks, retailers and gas stations, all sending the most basic of data files into space.Times, however, have changed...
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