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Optus: 25 years of satellite technology

Australian satellite history: a timeline of Optus' satellite technology

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SLIDESHOW: The strangest sights in Google Earth

Mapping software Google Earth turns the planet into a massive scavenger hunt for weird, wacky, and the unexplained. Here are a few of the things that keep us scratching our heads.

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News about satellite

Article | 9/02/2012 Feds look beyond LightSquared to set GPS interference standards
A high-ranking federal official and aviation industry leaders called on Wednesday for rules to prevent future interference with GPS, looking beyond a ...
Article | 8/02/2012 LightSquared asks FCC to regulate GPS receivers
LightSquared wants the U.S. FCC to set standards for commercial GPS devices to prevent what LightSquared calls interference with other wireless servic...
Article | 8/02/2012 Canada ruling pushes Dish's LTE plan forward
The Canadian government has approved the transfer of satellite spectrum to Dish Network, putting the company just one major ruling away from building ...
Article | 24/01/2012 Senator questions ethics of alleged LightSquared lobbying
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa said Monday that the owner of LightSquared and a possible representative of the company may have broken ethics rul...
Article | 19/01/2012 LightSquared claims GPS industry rigged tests
LightSquared's proposed mobile data network was set up to fail in tests of interference with GPS that were conducted last November under government au...

Features about satellite

Article | 12/01/2011 Optus: 25 years of satellite technology
Following the formation of AUSSAT by the Australian Government in 1981, a government owned company designed to own and operate the national satellite ...
Article | 12/07/2010 SLIDESHOW: The strangest sights in Google Earth
In the olden days, the ancients recognized Seven Wonders of the World; but thanks to Google Earth, you can now spot thousands of "I wonder what it is"...

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