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IIT plan to set up satellite campus in Guj hits snag (The Times of India)
IIT-Mumbai's plan to start a satellite campus in Gujarat, may not take place early. Because the state didn't take Centre's approval.
NASA Satellite Zooms In on the Sun (Addict 3D)
During the week of Dec. 18, NASA's Hinode, a satellite that uses three instruments to record images, data and other information pertaining to the sun, returned new images.
Saddam Hussein hanged: Iraqi official (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging shortly before 6 a.m. (10:00 p.m. EST) on Saturday, U.S.-backed Iraqi television station Al Hurra and Arabic satellite channel Arabiya said.
Satellite stations drew big names in '06 (The Star-Ledger)
The year in radio was punctuated by debuts, retreads, messy exits and cash flow problems. Howard Stern's move to Sirius satellite radio in January marked the beginning of a Stern era with no censorship and, ultimately, little buzz after his splashy launch.
Lockheed Martin-Built GPS Satellite Declared Operational for Users Worldwide (SpaceRef)
The newest modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has been declared fully operational by the U.S. Air Force following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems.
Eminem to Host New Year's Eve Countdown on His Shade 45 Channel Exclusively on SIRIUS Satellite Radio (SYS-CON Media)
Eminem will share and count down 25 of his favorite hip-hop tracks on SIRIUS Satellite Radio channel Shade 45 on New Year's Eve.
Kurds happy with Saddam execution: satellite TVs (Islamic Republic News Agency)
Saddam - Execution - Kurds Kurdish-language satellite televisions Saturday broadcast the Iraqi Kurds' jubilation over the execution of former dictator Saddam Hussein.
The first German SAR-Lupe reconnaissance satellite is equipped with Alcatel Alenia Space's SAR sensor electronics units (SpaceRef)
Paris, December 19, 2006 - The first SAR-Lupe satellite, the German reconnaissance satellite-based system was successfully boosted into orbit today from the Plesezsk space center.
Eutelsat Selects Alcatel Alenia Space for W7 Satellite to Boost 36 Degrees East Neighbourhood (SpaceRef)
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL) and Alcatel Alenia Space announced that the two companies have signed a contract under which Alcatel Alenia Space will manufacture and deliver Eutelsat's W7 communications satellite.