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Two more satellites to service the Asian and American markets are planned for launch next year.
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Two more satellites to service Asia and Latin America are set for launch next year.
CNN: Ariane to launch radio satellite for Africa
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It plans to put in orbit at least another six satellites to boost service reach and quality.
BBC: Soyuz back in service after failed launch
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Since RRM operations began in 2011, Dextre has performed three series of tests to show how a robot could service satellites, which were designed never to be opened in space.
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Its satellites are flying, the service works reasonably, the new tariffs are more realistic, the marketing will improve, and cheaper, better handsets are on their way.
ECONOMIST: Is Iridium about to fall to earth?
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It can start offering this service with just five satellites (it will eventually have 16) circling 8, 000km above the equator.
ECONOMIST: Telecoms
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The company is seeking partners to set up service in Mexico and plans to add satellites to its cellular base station system so it can support transatlantic flights.
FORBES: In The Air
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The international service will use high-bandwidth Ku-band capacity satellites to provide global coverage..When complete in 2015, Delta will operate approximately 1, 000 Wi-Fi-equipped aircraft in its worldwide fleet.
ENGADGET: Delta expanding Gogo in-flight WiFi to select international flights beginning in 2013
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Kearns and a team of scientists led by Alan Strong of NOAA's National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service analyzed sea surface temperature data from the agency's polar-orbiting satellites from 1984 through 1996.
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Although the data speeds (at only 2, 400 bps) are not as zippy as a satellite link, the service is cheaper and keeps going if solar flares or space debris hit satellites, says the firm's boss, David Kagan.
ECONOMIST: A cold-war stalwart goes out of fashion
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Iridium's satellites have not been rerouted to burn up in the atmosphere as expected, so early adopters still are using the service, though it is increasingly spotty.
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