DirecTV’s New Satellite DIRECTV 11 Launched successfully

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SeaLaunch successfully launches DIRECTV 11 satellite into the space on Wednesday, 19 March at 22.48 GMT from Odyssey Launch Platform. The satellite weighing 5,923kgs lifted off from an oceangoing platform as per schedule and will be positioned at 154 degrees West Longitude 22,236 miles from the Earth. DIRECTV-11, a Boeing 702 Satellite is the largest and most powerful Ka-band satellites built to date
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Comcast tests for the deployment of 100-gigabit optics

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After Verizon claimed last November, that Verizon have completed a live 312-mile network route between Tampa, Fla., and Miami the first test of 100-gigabit-per-second optical transmission, Comcast also announced that they have conducted the same 100-Gps optical networking equipment which will carry live Internet traffic over a production fiber infrastructure, last week
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