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• U.S. Air Force Looks At European Space

  - 2008-09-01

  Greater commercial and military cooperation is taking place across national borders. As aerospace operations increasingly beckon, the U.S. Air Force is looking across the Atlantic as well as skyward. It has created a new liaison office designed to coordinate and boost space cooperation with Europe. This comes as...

  Tags: Air Force, Europe, European Space Agency, NETWORKING, U.S.

• S2 Licensing Formally Launches DVB-S2 Patent Licensing Campaign

  - 2008-08-25

  DVB-S2 Patent License Offered Under Essential DVB-S2 Patents Owned by DTVG Licensing, Inc. and RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana; European Space Agency ESA Expected to Join Initiative Soon EL SEGUNDO, Calif. -- S2 Licensing announced today the launch of a licensing campaign under the combined patent rights in DVB S2 standardized...

  Tags: DirecTV Group Inc., European Space Agency, NETWORKING, satellite, TVs

• Inmarsat to handle Galileo in-orbit tests

  - 2008-07-28

  TELECOMWORLDWIRE-28 July 2008-Inmarsat to handle Galileo in-orbit testsC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT), a provider of mobile satellite communications, has been awarded a contract to deploy and operate a Payload In-Orbit Test IOT facility at the European Space Agency ground station in Redu, Belgium for the Galileo system....

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• Space probe Ulysses reaches end of odyssey

  - 2008-06-13

  PARIS AFP — European and US scientists will bid a fond farewell on July 1 to the space probe Ulysses, which has circled the Sun gathering data for 17 years, almost four times its expected lifetime. The first major collaboration between NASA and the European Space Agency ESA, launched...

  Tags: European Space Agency, NETWORKING, scientist, Sun Microsystems Inc.

• Galileo's GIOVE-B broadcasting new MBOC signal

  - 2008-06-01

  Following its April 27 launch, GIOVE-B the second Galileo satellite, began transmitting navigation data on May 7, the European Space Agency ESA reported. GIOVE-B is now transmitting the Galileo L1 signal using a specific optimized wave-form, multiplexed binary offset carrier MBOC, the signal that will be interoperable with the L1C...

  Tags: broadcasting, European Space Agency, NETWORKING, satellite

• Galileo serves second course

  - 2008-05-01

  The European GNSS rapidly gathered momentum in April, with a second satellite launched on April 27 (the scheduled date, not yet arrived as this magazine goes to press), a second interface control document ICD issued for comment, and a new governing directorate and director. Earlier in the month, European transport...

  Tags: director, directorate, European Space Agency, NETWORKING

• Arianespace plans bid to launch Galileo satellites: CEO

  - 2008-04-26

  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan AFP — The European commercial space-launch consortium Arianespace said Saturday it would make a bid to launch 26 satellites from French Guyana to kickstart the European Union's Galileo satellite navigation programme. The European Parliament on Wednesday signalled its green light for the deployment of Galileo, seen by...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, European Parliament, European Space Agency, Kazakhstan, NETWORKING, satellite

• Second test satellite for Galileo launched, reaches orbit

  - 2008-04-26

  BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan AFP — A second experimental Giove-B satellite for the EU's Galileo satellite navigation project was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan early Sunday. The Soyuz rocket carrying the satellite was launched at 4:16 a.m. local time (2216 GMT Saturday) and placed the Giove-B into its projected...

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• Seeking Galileo Masters

  - 2008-04-01

  For the fifth consecutive year, the European Satellite Navigation Competition ESNC--formerly called the Galileo Masters--is seeking the best ideas for applications in satellite navigation. The international innovation contest is open to companies, entrepreneurs, research institutes, universities, and private individuals. The grand prize is a [euro]20,000 grant plus a six-month...

  Tags: European Space Agency, Leadership, NETWORKING, satellite, Taiwan

• Galileo's second coming soon

  - 2008-02-01

  The European Space Agency ESA stands ready to raise the curtain on Galileo's second act, with the GIOVE-B experimental and validation satellite tentatively set for an April 28 launch from Baikonur in Kazakhstan. ESA plans to simultaneously stage special events at several of its European centers to mark the event....

  Tags: European Space Agency, GPS, NETWORKING, satellite