Dominion, under its former corporate name Video Satellite Systems Inc., was actually the second from among the first nine companies to apply to the FCC for a high-power DBS license in 1981, and it was the sole surviving DBS pioneer from that first round of forward-thinking applicants until the sale of their license to EchoStar Communications Corporation in 2007 and departure from satellite distribution in 2008.

SS / L's customers include AsiaSat, DirecTV, EchoStar, Globalstar, Hispasat, Hughes Network Systems, ICO Global Communications, Intelsat, Japan MTSAT, JSC Gascom, Loral Skynet, NASA / NOAA ( GOES ), Optus, PanAmSat, QuetzSat, SatMex, SES S. A., SES New Skies, Shin Satellite, Sirius Satellite Radio, SpainSat, ViaSat, WildBlue, and XM Satellite Radio.

All commercial payloads have been communications satellites intended for geostationary transfer orbit with such customers as EchoStar, DirecTV, XM Satellite Radio, and PanAmSat.

The OpenTV 2 middleware was deployed at BSkyB ( UK ), Sky Italia ( Italy ), Digital + ( Spain ), Télévision Par Satellite TPS ( France ), Numericable ( France ), EchoStar ( USA ), Bell ExpressVu ( Canada ), Foxtel ( Australia ), Austar ( Australia ), Sky New Zealand ( New Zealand ), Showtime ( Saudi Arabia ), Evision ( Dubai ), Cablecom ( Switzerland ), Euskaltel ( Spain ), Auna ( Spain ), StarHub ( Singapore ), TrueVisions ( Thailand ), Viasat ( Nordic ), HOT ( Israël ), Net Serviços de Comunicação ( Brazil ), Zee Dish TV of Essel Group ( India ), TV Cabo ( Portugal ), Cabovisão ( Portugal ), Digiturk ( Turky ), Etisalat ( UAE ), NTV-Plus ( Russia ), Liberty Global UPC Broadband ( Europe ), Nova ( Greece ), DStv ( South Africa ), among many other pay-tv operation globally

StarBand is a two-way satellite broadband Internet service available in the U. S .. StarBand Communications Inc. was initially a joint venture between Gilat Satellite Networks, EchoStar and Microsoft, and the StarBand service was launched in 2000.

Goodfriend was a co-founder and EVP / General Counsel of Air America Radio, and was Vice President of Law and Public Policy at DISH Network, EchoStar Satellite LLC ( DISH Network ).

In 2008, NDS was found to have broken piracy laws by hacking EchoStar Communications ’ smart card system, however only $ 1, 500 in statutory damages were awarded.

On May 21, 2007, U. S. District Court of Eastern Texas ruled in favor of EchoStar Communications Corporation, on grounds that the patent is invalid.

In 2003, EchoStar attempted to purchase DirecTV, but the FCC and U. S. Department of Justice denied the purchase based on anti-competitive concerns.

EchoStar was officially re-branded as Dish Network in March 1996.

This branding came after the successful launch of its first satellite, EchoStar I in December 1995 and marked the beginning of the company offering subscription television services.

, Dish Network split from EchoStar, with each entity becoming a separate company.

EchoStar is the key technology partner to Dish Network, which focuses only on marketing and providing satellite television service.

First logo, used from 1996-2005Dish Network officially began operations in March 1996 as a service of EchoStar.

EchoStar was formed in 1980 by its chairman and chief executive officer, Charles Ergen along with colleagues Candy Ergen and Jim Defranco, as a distributor of C band satellite television systems.

In 1987, EchoStar applied for a direct broadcast satellite broadcast license with the Federal Communications Commission and was granted access to orbital slot 119 ° west longitude in 1992.

On December 28, 1995, EchoStar successfully launched its first satellite, EchoStar I.

In 1998, EchoStar purchased the broadcasting assets of a satellite broadcasting joint venture of News Corporation's ASkyB and MCI Worldcom.

With this purchase EchoStar obtained 28 of the 32 transponder licenses in the 110 ° West orbital slot, more than doubling existing continental United States broadcasting capacity at a value of $ 682. 5 million.

In January 2005, EchoStar bought the broadcasting assets of the troubled HDTV satellite provider Voom, including its Rainbow 1 satellite co-located with EchoStar 3 at 61. 5 ° West.

Satellite radio uses the 2. 3 GHz S band in North America and generally shares the 1. 4 GHz L band with local Digital Audio Broadcasting ( DAB ) stations elsewhere.

Image: Staples Center satellite view. png | Satellite view of Staples Center prior to the L. A. Live development

* The Spessard L. Holland Elementary School in Satellite Beach, " Home of the Holland Hornets ";

Joel escaped the Satellite of Love ( S. O. L.

* Rogerson J. B., Spitzer L., Drake J. F., Dressler K., Jenkins E. B., Morton D. C. ( 1973 ), Spectrophotometric Results from the Copernicus Satellite.

The clocks are compared using GPS signals and Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer.

Satellite measurements made in 1999 with the Wide Field Infrared Explorer showed that the brightness of Altair fluctuates slightly, varying by less than a thousandth of a magnitude.

Satellite image of the area.

Satellite transmission is provided by TV Vlaanderen.

Satellite transmission ( DVB-S ) in Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia is operated by Airfield Belgium or Digidream.

Satellite image of the Bosphorus, taken from the International Space Station in April 2004.

Satellite groups were formed in Slovenia, Bosnia, Herzegovina and Istria.

Satellite map of the San Francisco Bay Area from the U. S. Geological Survey.

Satellite image of Fogo.

Membership in International Organizations: The major organizations in which Colombia is a member include: the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andean Pact, Caribbean Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Group of 3, Group of 11, Group of 24, Group of 77, Inter-American Development Bank, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Chamber of Commerce, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Labour Organization, International Maritime Organization, International Maritime Satellite Organization, International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Migration, International Organization for Standardization, International Telecommunication Union, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, International Trade Union Confederation, Latin American Economic System, Latin American Integration Association, Latin Union, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of American States ( OAS ), Permanent Court of Arbitration, Rio Group, United Nations ( UN ), UN Conference on Trade and Development, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Universal Postal Union, World Confederation of Labour, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Tourism Organization, and World Trade Organization.

* Satellite radio: In June 2005, the CRTC outraged some Canadian cultural nationalists ( such as the Friends of Canadian Broadcasting ) and labour unions by licencing two companies, Canadian Satellite Radio and Sirius Canada to offer satellite radio services in Canada.

The two companies are in partnership with American firms XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio respectively, and in accordance with the CRTC decision will only need to offer ten percent Canadian content.

Satellite radio poses a more complicated problem for the CRTC.

The show is also carried on Sirius XM Satellite Radio via both the NPR Now and NPR Talk channels.

He earned two Golden Satellite Award nominations for his performances in the television films The Pentagon Wars and Uprising.

Satellite photograph of the summit caldera on Fernandina Island in the Galapagos archipelago.

In March 2007, former magazine editor Jane Pratt claimed on her Sirius Satellite Radio show that she had a romance with Barrymore in the mid-1990s.

Satellite photograph of deforestation in progress in the Tierras Bajas project in eastern Bolivia.

Satellite image showing the River Liffey entering the Irish Sea as it divides Dublin into the Northside ( Dublin ) | Northside and the Southside ( Dublin ) | Southside.

* Google Maps – Satellite image of Panama Canal entry ocean wave diffraction.