ACeS ASIA Cellular Satellite CYBER Building 5th Floor, JI. Kuningan Barat No. 8Jakarta 12170, IndonesiaTel. (62-21) 520-9810; Fax (62-21) 520-9811www.acesinternational.comACeS 1/Garuda 1 Mobile communications. Orbital location is 123° E geosynchronous. Carries 140 spot beam transponders, C-band and L-band. Satellite is jointly owned with Jasmine International Overseas Ltd., Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, Philippines Long Distance Telephone Co. and PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara.
Business and long-haul leisure travelers in Europe are shifting to low-fare carriers, EasyJet management says, in reporting first-quarter financial results. “This is more than compensating for some softness in discretionary travel,” says CEO Andrew Harrison.
5 Limassol Ave. PO Box 22817 CY 1524 Nicosia, Cyprus Tel. (35-72) 246-2262; Fax (35-72) 234-1500 www.hellas-sat.net Hellas-Sat 2 Broadcasting, business services, direct-to-home TV broadcasting, Internet access, VSAT networks. Orbital location is 39° E geosynchronous. Carries 30 Ku-band transponders with eight additional backups. Services Europe and East Asia. 2018 EOL.
Despite some expected slowdown in business activity, Spanish aerospace and defense electronics provider Indra expects to book more orders in the coming year than deliveries. The company also is promising to maintain double-digit earnings margins. The focus will be on international markets. Total revenue should grow 5-7%, the company says, with business outside Spain stronger than that.
PO Box 72, 6th of October City 12568, Egypt Tel. (20-2) 840-0145; Fax (20-2) 840-0402 www.nilesat.com.eg Nilesat 101, 102 Broadcasting, data transmission, Internet access, multimedia. Orbital location of both is 7° W. Both carry 12 Ku-band transponders. 2013 and 2015 EOL, respectively. Service providers/users: ADD Universe, ERTU, Samacom, Showtime Arabia.
17F, The Lee Gardens 33 Hysan Ave. Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Tel. (852) 2500-0888; Fax (852) 2500-0895 www.asiasat.com AsiaSat 2 Broadband, broadcasting, telecommunications, VSAT. Orbital location is 100.5° E. Carries 24 C-band and nine Ku-band transponders. 2010 EOL. AsiaSat 3S Broadband, broadcasting, telecommunications, VSAT. Orbital location is 105.5° E. Carries 28 C-band and 16 Ku band transponders. 2014 EOL.
Air Force Aero Technologies of Australia F/A-18A (54) Aero Technologies of Australia F/A-18B (17) BAE Systems Hawk 127 (33) Boeing 707-320C (4) Boeing 737-700BBJ (2) Boeing C-17A (4) Bombardier Challenger CL604 (4) De Havilland Australia PC-9 (63) De Havilland Canada DHC-4 (10) General Dynamics F-111C (17) General Dynamics F-111G (7) General Dynamics RF-111C (4) Lockheed AP-3C (18) Lockheed C-130H (12)
Ray LaHood, Obama’s pick to head the Transportation Dept., got a warmer welcome at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, which approved sending the nomination to the Senate for a confirmation vote.
Air Force Aero Vodochody L-39 (10) Aero Vodochody L-59 (47) Agusta AS-61A4 (2) Agusta CH-47D (15) Antonov An-74T-200 (1) Arab British Helicopter Co. SA342K (4) Arab British Helicopter Co. SA342L (79) Arab Organization for Indust. EMB-312 (54) Arab Organization for Indust. K-8E (70) Arab Organization for Indust. Mirage 2000EM (15) Beech 1900C (9) Boeing Helicopter AH-64D (35) Boeing Helicopter CH-47D (4)
NOAA-N Prime, the 16th and final edition in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites that NASA has launched for more than three decades, is due for liftoff Feb. 2 from Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
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The next several years will see ongoing development and production of a wide variety of airborne defense electronics systems to meet both pressing active military needs and the demands of an evolving threat environment. For this reason, the electronic warfare segment of defense electronics will see perhaps some of the biggest advancements in this market segment.
