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February 05, 2013

TeleCommunication Systems Receives Incremental Funding From US Army For SNAP Deployable Satellite Systems
Annapolis, MD (SPX) Feb 05, 2013
TeleCommunication Systems has received $3.4 million in incremental funding from the U.S. Army for equipment, field services support and maintenance of Secure Internet Protocol Router and Non-Secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point (SNAP) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite systems equipment. News Facts: The U.S. Army Project Manager for the Warfighter Information Network - Tactical (PM WIN-T) Commercial Satellite Terminal Program is funding these procurements through the Army' ... read more

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Australian Defence Science Organisation To Use Deployable VSAT System TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. has received an order from the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) for its Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite systems. The ... more		SES and VimpelCom sign deal for additional capacity to serve Russia's Far Eastern regions SES have announced that JSC VimpelCom (TM Beeline), one of Russia's leading mobile operators, has signed a three-year capacity deal for additional capacity on SES' NSS-9 satellite to deliver high-qu ... more		Airbus CO3D satellites begin mission to generate high precision global 3D map BlackSky to supply satellite imagery and analytics for Latin American security operations GovSat selects Thales Alenia Space to build secure satellite for military communications		Big Sky Associates Helps NASA Adapt Mobile Technology NASA tapped Big Sky Associates to develop a strategy to allow employees and constituents to securely and seamlessly access and share agency information from anywhere on any device. Big Sky Ass ... more
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Eutelsat Moves into New-generation In-flight Connectivity Services via KA-SAT Eutelsat Communications has launched of a new aeronautical mobile service called Eutelsat Air Access designed to accelerate the deployment by commercial airlines operating in Europe of in-flight con ... more		Zenit Engine Worked Normally The first stage engine of the Zenit-2S rocket that failed shortly after Friday's launch operated in the normal regime during and after the liftoff, the press service of the Russian space agency Rosc ... more		First wildfire images reveal FireSat's unmatched detection capabilities MetOp Second Generation satellite fully fuelled ahead of August launch MicroCarb satellite launch marks new era in urban carbon tracking		A Hero For Humankind: Yuri Gagarin's Spaceflight In April 1961, a man watched the musical comedy film "Be careful, Grandma!" (by Nadezhda Kosheverova, with Faina Ranevskaya, Ariadna Markeliya and Lyudmila Shengelaya; Lenfilm, 1960), played chess a ... more
				Students: are you ready to fly your satellites in space? They fit in your hand, weigh no more than a bag of sugar, yet fly in space and perform experiments. They are CubeSats, a new generation of miniature satellites. Now, ESA is looking for the best stud ... more		Floating platform unharmed after Zenit launch failure The Odissei floating platform remains operational after the failed rocket carrier launch, Russia's space industry chief Vitaly Lopota has told reporters. On Friday, the Zenit-3SL rocket carryi ... more

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