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Orbcomm Signs Next Generation Satellite Constellation Contract For 18 New Spacecraft Fort Lee NJ (SPX) May 09, 2008 
Orbcomm Inc has signed a next generation satellite constellation contract with Sierra Nevada Corporation to build 18 new Orbcomm Generation 2 (OG2) satellites with an option to purchase up to 30 additional OG2 satellites to augment and upgrade Orbcomm's existing satellite constellation. As Prime Contractor, SNC has formed an experienced integrated space team with unique and establish ... read more |
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Continental Accomplishes First Ever Commercial ACARS Over Iridium Communications Using satLINK
Miami FL (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Avionica is pleased to announce that Continental Airlines has successfully accomplished the world's first ever ACARS (Aircraft Communications and Reporting System) communications in regular commercial passenger service over the Iridium satellite network. Communications were between one of Continental's satLINK-equipped Boeing 737-800 aircraft flying over the Pacific Ocean and Continental ... more satLINK Iridium Now Certified For Installation On Boeing 757 And 767 Fleets 
Miami FL (SPX) Feb 13, 2008Avionica is pleased to announce Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 STC availability for satLINK, the Iridium satellite-based voice and data communications alternative. FAA STCs ST03529AT and ST03529AT have been granted to Avionics Support Group, who now offer our mutual customers both kit fabrication and installation for this product. Avianca, the second oldest airline in the world, was the launch ... more Scientists Meet To Discuss Iridium NEXT Applications For Global Earth Observations 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Feb 01, 2008Iridium Satellite and the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) Secretariat are pleased to announce the successful conclusion of a meeting at the Royal Society in London on January 22, 2008. The meeting, "Exploiting the New Earth Observation Paradigm," organized by Trident Sensors Ltd., was a follow-up to the GEO IV Plenary and Ministerial Summit in Cape Town last November. The meeting brought ... more Companies Reach Agreement To Coordinate Spectrum Opertaions For New Constellation 
Reston VA (SPX) Jan 02, 2008SkyTerra Communications, Inc, Inmarsat plc, Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) and Mobile Satellite Ventures (Canada) Inc. report that that the companies have reached a comprehensive cooperative agreement for L-Band operations in North America. The agreement is intended to enable the re-banding and efficient reuse of a substantial segment of North American L-Band radio spectrum for the benefi ... more Iridium To Provide Mobile Satellite Systems And Services For State Of Idaho 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Dec 06, 2007The State of Idaho recently awarded a contract to World Communications Center (WCC) to provide Iridium satellite voice and data products and services for government agencies throughout the state. "Over the past 12 months, Iridium has experienced a dramatic upsurge in subscriptions and traffic from federal, state, regional and local government agencies as well as non-governmental public-saf ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 03, 2007Russia is preparing to launch four U.S. Globalstar satellites into orbit on board a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on October 25, the space agency said Thursday. Globalstar is a low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based telecommunications system founded by U.S.-based Loral Corporation and Qualcomm Inc. It provides high-quality satellite voice and data serv ... more EU proposes single European licencing for mobile satellite services 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 22, 2007The European Commission proposed Wednesday a single EU-wide licencing process for mobile satellite communications services, which would do away with the current patchwork of national permits. The European Union's executive arm said operators were currently holding off investing in technology allowing communications between satellites and handheld devices because of the burden of getting lice ... more Iridium Passes First Milestone On Way To Deploying NEXT 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 04, 2007Iridium Satellite announces it has released a Request for Information (RFI) to potential partners interested in participating in the design, development and deployment of "Iridium NEXT," the company's next-generation satellite communications network. The Iridium RFI is the company's first official step toward the procurement of the NEXT system. Today's Iridium constellation provides the only mob ... more Avionica Begins Installing Iridium Satellite Communication Systems On Continental Airlines
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jun 18, 2007Avionica has won orders from Continental Airlines to outfit nine B737-800 passenger aircraft with advanced Iridium satellite systems to provide global, low-cost voice and data communications. The Continental aircraft will be equipped with Avionica's new satLINK Iridium system, including antenna, wiring, structural elements and a control panel. The initial installations will provide an ... more Voyage To The Giant Asteroids Marks Dawn Of New Planetary Exploration Phase 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 18, 2007The asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is like the solar system's cluttered old attic. The dusty, forgotten objects there are relics from a time long ago, each asteroid with its own story to tell about the solar system's beginnings. These are stories planetary scientists want to hear. Much is still unknown about our solar system's distant past. We learn the basic story in school ... more |
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Brussels, Belgium (SPX) May 17, 2007The European Commission today adopted a communication on the state of play of the Galileo programme in response to a request from the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament. The Commission notes that the Galileo roadmap needs adapting to meet the deadline of 2012 by when Galileo should be fully operable. The public-private partnership set up to implement Galileo needs to be reprofiled ... more NASA Issues Lightning Protection System Request For Proposals 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) May 17, 2007NASA on Monday issued a request for proposals for the construction of a lightning protection system at Launch Pad 39B in support of the Constellation Program and the next generation of space vehicles. The request for proposals outlines work to be performed in fabricating and erecting three 600-foot-tall self-supporting structural steel towers, and installing a suspended overhead wire system with ... more Loral Satellites Built For For Globalstar Ready For Launch 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) May 16, 2007Four satellites built by Space Systems/Loral for Globalstar are ready for launch later this month on a Soyuz launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The four Globalstar satellites, which were manufactured by prime contractor Space Systems/Loral and a consortium of partners and subcontractors, were completed as ground spares in 2002 and placed in storage at SS/L's flight ... more Iridium Eyes A New Generation Of Constellation Design
Bethesda MD (SPX) May 14, 2007Iridium Satellite announces that it has 183,000 subscribers worldwide as of March 31, 2007, a 23.6 percent increase over the company's 148,000 subscribers at the end of the first quarter 2006. The company had first quarter revenue of $52.7 million and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) of $13.6 million. Iridium had revenue of $212.4 million and EBITDA of $53. ... more Iridium Satellite Announces New North American Pricing Plan
Bethesda MD (SPX) Apr 26, 2007Iridium Satellite announces a new North American pricing plan that offers extremely low rates for satellite phone calls. Iridium now offers value prepaid air time packages with street prices in the $.30-40 per minute range. Iridium also is now offering larger "super discount" packages that drive prices down to below $.15 per minute. "The new pricing packages, coupled with Iridium's worldwi ... more
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