Industry Innovators Awards
3/16/2010
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3/16/2010
6:00:00 PM
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Gaylord Hotel & Convention Center
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom (B-C-D)
National Harbor, Maryland
United States
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Contact:
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Tamara Bond
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Presentation of the 2010 Industry Innovator Awards, which honor outstanding new contributions to the field of satellite communications by both private-sector and public-sector organizations. Honorees are chosen for accomplishments ranging across a broad spectrum of advanced satellite technology and business applications. The Awards are presented during a reception held immediately before the start of SSPI's Gala 2010.
The winners of the 2010 Industry Innovator Awards are:
SERVICE DEVELOPMENT & APPLICATIONS
- In the
for-profit sector, SSPI honors the US Broadcast Networks – ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX – for successful completion of a
nationwide conversion from analog to digital over-the-air broadcasting.
- In the non-profit sector, SSPI honors Télécom sans
Frontiéres, or Telecommunications Without Borders, a relief organization
in southern France founded by Monique Lanne-Petit and Jean-Francois
Cazenave that provides satellite communication for people in disaster zones.
.SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT & APPLICATIONS
- In the
for-profit sector, SSPI honors Inmarsat as the creative innovator and
EADS Astrium as systems engineer and project manager for the complex,
multi-year effort to develop and launch the Inmarsat-4 system of
spacecraft.
- In the non-profit sector, SSPI honors the
Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group (SUIRG) and the World
Broadcasting Union – International Satellite Operations Group (WBU-ISOG)
for leadership over many years in the effort to reduce the impact of
satellite radio frequency interference (RFI).
TECHNOLOGY
DEVELOPMENT & APPLICATIONS
- In the for-profit
sector, SSPI honors Cisco Systems for developing and placing into
operation a hosted satellite payload offering the ability to route IP
traffic on the satellite, which eliminates the need to send the data to
and from an extra ground station to implement the circuit-switched
function.
- In the
non-profit sector, SSPI honors the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) for innovations in deep space communications and
robotics in support of Mars exploration programs and the reconditioned
Hubble Space Telescope.
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