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The sale of Harris Corp’s subsidiary CapRock Communications to Speedcast International, has closed. Harris announced the sale of CapRock to Hong-Kong and Australia-based Speedcast last October, for $425 million (€404.8m) in cash. The sale has now wrapped.   The sale places Speedcast as one of the world’s largest satellite communications networks, with an especially large […]

Right behind yesterday’s Explorer mission announcement, NASA has just announced two new Discovery missions to study the very early history of our solar system — the period about 10 million years after the hydrogen and helium in the sun burst into life. Known as Lucy and Psyche, the two missions will peer back in time […]

From https://www.fastcodesign.com/3066767/a-new-google-experiment-translates-your-doodles-into-satellite-imagery Land Lines will match any squiggle you draw to a real place on the planet. A New Google Experiment Translates Your Doodles Into Satellite Imagery The planet is a gloriously varied place, where almost every pattern you can think of can be spotted from the sky—even, say, the letters of the alphabet. Google’s […]

From https://www.engadget.com/2016/12/21/russia-successful-anti-satellite-missile-test/ Experts say this should be a wake-up call to protect America’s space infrastructure.   According to Pentagon officials, Russia has successfully completed tests of an anti-satellite missile that could be capable of crippling the US military communications and navigation network. The test, which went off on December 16th, was actually the third successful […]

From http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_launches_carbon_dioxide_monitoring_satellite_999.html China on Thursday launched a satellite to monitor carbon dioxide levels, state media said, making the Asian giant the third country to track the potent contributor to global warming from space. The TanSat probe will allow China to keep a close eye on greenhouse gas emissions and give it a “louder voice” in […]

KOUROU, French Guiana — Arianespace has successfully launched one of its flagship Ariane 5 heavy-lift rockets carrying a dual payload for Brazil and Japan. The launch vehicle, with the Star One D1 and JCSAT-15 communication satellites, took to the skies at 5:30 p.m. local time (20:30 GMT / 3:30 p.m. EST) from the ELA-3 launch […]

From http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-news/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503768&objectid=11770959 Another week, another sensible and much-needed bill defeated, but a new opportunity presents itself for debate. We, at New Zealand First will be doing our best to make sure we get this one over the line. Last Thursday saw the defeat of the Bill, in Winston Peters’ name, to set up a ‘Foreign […]

Intelsat 19 166.0E 12726 H “Alpha Sat and ERT 1” have left . Express AM5 140.0E 11387 V “7 TV, 8 Kanal and Otkritiy Mir” have started on , Fta. Palapa D 113.0E 3908 H “Ummat TV Quran” is back on , Fta. Palapa D 113.0E 4057 V.”Family Channel Network” has left Thaicom 5 78.5E […]

From http://www.indiantelevision.com/regulators/ib-ministry/53-tv-channels-six-teleports-licenses-up-for-renewal-in-17-161221 NEW DELHI: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) has conveyed to all TV channels and teleports that licenses for uplink and/or downlink expiring in 2017 should be renewed six months prior to the expiry date. The MIB communication to TV channel and teleports, dated December 16, 2016 and posted on the ministry website […]

From http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/gecs/sony-to-add-10-new-channels-in-2017-161222 MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India’s new strategic decision is to add entertaining and engaging channels catering to a variety of viewers to its existing bouquet next year. Sony has been working on its plans to expand its portfolio by adding 10 new channels which will include five sports channels. The remainder will be […]