Satellite Business Systems (SBS) was a company founded by IBM, Aetna, COMSAT (and later wholly purchased by IBM and then subsequently sold to MCI), that...
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navigation satellite system (GNSS). As of 2024[update], four global systems are operational: the United States's Global Positioning System (GPS), Russia's...
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(Malaysia) Thaicom (Thailand) du (UAE) Gazprom Space Systems (Russia) does not operate satellite capacity "World Teleport Association Publishes Top Operator...
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no reliable terrestrial network. Satellite phone systems can be classified into two types: systems that use satellites in a high geostationary orbit, 35...
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Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), also known as Michibiki (みちびき), is a four-satellite regional satellite navigation system and a satellite-based augmentation...
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meter in diameter. The first satellite TV systems were a now-obsolete type known as television receive-only. These systems received weaker analog signals...
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the United States Space Force. It is one of the global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) that provide geolocation and time information to a GPS receiver...
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communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-376 platform. It was ordered by Satellite Business Systems, which later...
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The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), with an operational name of NavIC (acronym for Navigation with Indian Constellation; also, nāvik...
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Hughes Network Systems, LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar. It is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland and provides satellite internet service...
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Communications satellites are used for military communications applications, such as Global Command and Control Systems. Examples of military systems that use...
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Starlink (redirect from SpaceX satellite development facility)
ASIC development for the satellite program. By October 2016, the satellite division was focusing on a significant business challenge of achieving a sufficiently...
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EchoStar (redirect from EchoStar Satellite Services)
company providing satellite communication and Internet services. Its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business are operated from...
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A satellite or artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. Satellites have a variety of uses...
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Galileo is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that went live in 2016, created by the European Union through the European Space Agency (ESA), operated...
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images of Earth collected by imaging satellites operated by governments and businesses around the world. Satellite imaging companies sell images by licensing...
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for consumers and small business or larger systems that provide more bandwidth. Such systems are frequently marketed as "satellite broadband" and can cost...
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BeiDou (redirect from Beidou satellite navigation system)
Navigation Satellite System (BDS; Chinese: 北斗卫星导航系统; pinyin: běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng) is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned and operated...
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communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-393 platform. It was originally ordered by Satellite Business Systems, which...
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The Black Knight satellite conspiracy theory claims that a spacecraft of extraterrestrial origin is in near-polar orbit of the Earth, and that NASA is...
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Raytheon (redirect from Raytheon Data Systems Company)
involved in the satellite sensor business. Much of its Space and Airborne Systems division in El Segundo, CA is devoted to this, a business it inherited...
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The Boeing Satellite Development Center is a major business unit of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. It brought together Boeing satellite operations...
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and the satellite construction division became GE Astro Space. GE Astro Space was sold to Martin Marietta (now Lockheed Martin Space Systems) in 1993...
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Moon (redirect from Luna (satellite))
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Tidal forces...
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Systems and later supplied by Agere Systems and their competitor STMicroelectronics. Three signals from three different sources (satellite, satellite...
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Boeing Satellite Systems Sirius Satellite Radio, a satellite radio company 1worldspace, a satellite radio company Sirius XM Satellite Radio, a satellite radio...
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delivered satellites into orbit; missile defense systems that were used as interceptor and target vehicles; and human-rated space systems for Earth orbit...
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Sears, Roebuck and Company. 1985 – Satellite Business Systems sold to MCI Communications 1988 – Copier/Duplicator business, including service and support...
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Broadcasting System, American radio and television broadcaster Scottish Broadcasting Service, proposed replacement to BBC Scotland Satellite Business Systems, a...
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communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-376 platform. It was ordered by Satellite Business Systems, which later...
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