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LONDON, June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- It's now easier to connect a myriad of devices to the Internet or other networks, providing new revenue, cutting costs, and easing regulatory compliance for those that make and deploy machines. Analysts routinely predict 30% annual growth resulting in tens of billions of dollars in the field of machine-to-machine communications (M2M), also referred to as the "Internet of Things." Getting this word out in sectors as diverse as automotive...

LAS VEGAS, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- What do your car, a heart monitor, and the electrical meter on your house have in common? All are being outfitted with communications technology and connected to the "Internet of Things" to provide significant new functions. The International M2M Council is a new trade association that aims to make this kind of connectivity - known as machine-to-machine communications (M2M) - ubiquitous by helping companies install and manage communications...

NASA Typically satellites launch from Earth, requiring dedicated launch vehicles to propel them into the proper orbit. The cost for this launch scenario could be reduced considerably if there was another way to get the satellites into their optimal orbit. The Japan Aerospace and Exploration Agency (JAXA) found a way to cut the costs of this activity by designing a small satellite launcher, installed recently on the International Space Station. The Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Small...

Alan McStravick for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online News out of Cape Canaveral, FL has many in the burgeoning private space industry disheartened. In what was to be a coup for this new incarnation of the American space program, SpaceX, a private firm started and run by Elon Musk, one of the co-founders of PayPal, sent up one of Space Exploration Technologies’ Falcon 9 rockets with an experimental communications satellite flying piggyback. This is the same SpaceX mission that was...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online While the Dragon capsule was able to survive an engine failure with the Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, news broke that a satellite aboard a secondary payload suffered from the event. SpaceX launched its Falcon 9 rocket on Sunday, with both the Dragon capsule and Orbcomm's prototype OG2 communication satellite onboard. During launch, one of the rocket's nine Merlin engines lost pressure and suddenly shutdown, leaving its secondary...

SPARKS, Nev., Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sierra Nevada Corporation's (SNC) Space Systems is pleased to announce its role in the Tactical Satellites (TacSat)-4 mission. The Universal Interface Electronics (UIE) unit was developed by SNC and launched as part of the TacSat-4 mission on September 27th. The UIE unit is a prototype of SNC's distributed, modular avionics architecture developed as part of the DoD plug and play responsive satellite initiative. The primary purpose of the UIE...

FOXBORO, Mass., April 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Axeda Corporation today announced its all-star speaking line-up for Axeda Connexion 2011, the company's sixth annual user conference, and the M2M (machine-to-machine) industry event of the year. The gathering brings together the community of business and technical leaders building next-generation M2M solutions on Axeda's award-winning cloud platform. This year's agenda features approximately 40 content sessions, highlighted by keynotes from...

WOODRIDGE, Ill., March 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Morey Corporation (MOREY) today announced the formation of the Rugged Telematics Alliance, a group of seven companies, each best-of-breed in their respective industries, committed to providing Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and other enterprises in the Heavy Vehicle & Equipment space with a turnkey telematics solution that will generate visibility, efficiency and cost savings. Simultaneously, the Rugged Telematics Alliance...

Iridium Communications Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announced a $492 million deal on Wednesday in which SpaceX's Falcon 9 will be a major provider of launch services for Iridium's next-generation satellite constellation.The deal is the largest single commercial launch contract ever signed, but the companies said the agreement represents "a new benchmark in cost-effective satellite delivery to space."Iridium, which operates the world's largest commercial satellite...

BERLIN, June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Teal Group Corp. announced today at the ILA Berlin Air Show 2010 that it is forecasting a total of 416 satellites will be launched to low earth orbit (LEO) aboard 184 launch vehicles during 2010-2014. The study, based on the company's Worldwide Mission Model Online that tracks space payloads proposed worldwide, assumes a 38 percent growth in LEO satellites in the next five years, compared with the past five years and a 17 percent increase in the number of...