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SatNews Wishes All A Marvelous Thanksgiving Day...

Here in the U.S., we are preparing for our Thanksgiving Day holiday. This is a time for us to give thanks for our blessings and to renew our spirits with family, friends and associates.   Full Story

AIA Develops Cost Estimating Fix

The Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) has reported that industry and government efforts to bridge huge differences in the estimated costs of military space programs resulted in the formation of a permanent council tasked with improving future efforts.   Full Story

New SATCOM Paths For GSA From DataPath

DataPath, Inc. has added baseband solutions for its mobile satellite communications (SATCOM) networks to the General Services Administration (GSA) IT Schedule 70 contract (number GS-35F-0424T).   Full Story

EADS Astrium Sings On With ESA For Sentinel Duty

Astrium is to develop and build the latest imaging radar for an ESA satellite. The development and delivery contract signed last week in Friedrichshafen by Massimo Di Lazzaro, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Thales Alenia Space BU Observation Systems & Radar, and Uwe Minne, Director of Earth observation and Science at Astrium Germany. The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded the main contact for the Sentinel-1 satellite in February to Thales Alenia Space. Astrium is now to supply the C-band radar for the Sentinel-1 satellite.   Full Story

Eutelsat Announces Their HOT BIRD TV Awards

Last Friday, November 16h, there was a gala evening in Venice. In attendance were the winners of this year’s HOT BIRD TV Awards. Now in their 10th year, these awards unite Eutelsat and Eurovisioni in rewarding programming excellence and innovation by thematic broadcasters.   Full Story

Moving On Up… At Integral Systems

There’s a newly created position at Integral Systems, that of Director of Corporate Security.   Full Story

Moving On Up… At Juniper Networks…

Just appointed to the Board of Directors at Juniper Networks is Mary Cranston. She brings more than 30 years of management and corporate governance experience to the board.  Full Story

Hawaiian Communication Expertise @ PTC ’08

From January 13th through the 16th, PTC ’08 is an event to note, especially as It occurs at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort & Space in Honolulu. The theme is Telecom With Vision.   Full Story

Milstar Follow-On Now At Lockheed For Subsystem Work

The Space and Missile Systems Center's Military Satellite Communications Systems Wing has announced the core propulsion module of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite was shipped from Stennis Space Center, Mississippi, and arrived safely at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale, California, on Wednesday, Nov. 14.   Full Story

Orbits: News Briefs... EUMETSAT Extends Its Presence - The Ups & Downs Of EchoStar Stocks… - Multipurpose GPS From Magellan Is Also Waterproof!

Dalet Digital Media Systems & DataDirect Networks — Digidesign — Gefen — Noise Industries — Digital Bits —   Full Story