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index @ ABC (American Broadcasting Company): automated radio, 162; and media consolidation, 205; use of satellite distribution, 9, 158–159, 161, 163, 164 Aberdeen Group, 102–103 ABI Research, 112 Abrams, Lee, 159, 167, 168 Abu Dhabi (UAE), 148 accuracy of satellite imagery, 53–54 Achilleas, Philippe, 52 actor-network theory, 231 Adams, Paul C., 50 ADSC (Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Company). See DFH Satellite Company Advanced Audio Codec Plus (aacPlus, Coding Technologies), 180 Advanced MultiBand Excitation (AMBE, Digital Voice Systems), 180 Aegis Combat System, 291n10 aerial vehicles, unpiloted, 101 Aerospace Dongfanghong Satellite Company, Ltd. (ADSC). See DFH Satellite Company Aerospace Tsinghua Satellite Technology Company, Ltd., 259, 261, 274 Afghanistan, 95, 100, 101 AFP-731 satellite, 238; amateur tracking, 251–252; launch and disappearance, 242–243, 246–247 Africa. See Nilesat; South Africa; WorldSpace; specific countries Africa, sub-Saharan, satellites serving, 130 Africa Reference Frame, 110 AfriStar satellite, 56; cultural footprint, 194–195, 197, 198; launch, 194, 199 Agence France-Presse (AFP), 152 agency of satellites, 223, 231–233 Agip Oil Company, 135 agriculture and GPS use, 105–107 air routes, 103 air space: and cyberspace, 36; invention of, 38, 222; legal geography of, 24–28, 64–65, 69; vs. outer space, 19, 70 Akhmetov, Danial, 134 Al-Aqsa TV (Arabic network), 152 Alberti, Leon Battista, 44 Alcatel corporation, 134, 135 al-Faqih, Saad, 152 al-Fiqi, Anas, 149, 150 Algeria, number of satellites, 5 Al-Hiwar (satellite channel), 149–150, 153 al-Jabburi, Mishaan, 150 Al Jawahara Holding (investment firm), 149 Al-Jazeera (Arabic network), 143–144, 288 AllSport GPS, 104 Al-Manar (Arabic network), 143–144 Al Qaeda, 101 al-Waleed bin Talal, Prince, 210 Al-Zawraa (Arabic network), 150–151, 153 Amana Farms, 105 amateur astronomers, 245–246, 281, 292n17. See also Molczan, Ted American Mobile Radio. See XM Satellite Radio American Mobile Satellite company, 166. See also XM Satellite Radio Amin, Hussein, 150 Amoco Corporation, 107–108 Ampere, André-Marie, 33 AM radio, 159, 164 Amway corporation, 158 Analytic Graphics, Inc. (AGI), 229 Angola, 291n3 Antonioni, Michaelangelo, 229–230 Apollo space missions, 8, 11, 49 Appadurai, Arjun, 50 Arab Advisors Group, 145 Arab Charter for Satellite TV (2008), 149, 150 Arabsat Corporation, 71–72; Eutelsat relationship, 147–148; expansion, 146–147; jamming/broadcast suspension, 150, 151; and Nilesat, 146, 148, 153; transponder resources, 149. See also Arabsat satellites Arab satellite television, 143–153; collusion and channel-blocking, 149–152, 153; expanding capacity, 145–149, 153 Arabsat satellites: Arabsat-2B, 150; Arabsat-3A, 143, 147, 148; Arabsat-4 satellites, 147; Badr-3, 146, 150, 151; Badr-6, 147; broadcasting from, 144 Aral Sea, desertification of, 8 archaeology and GPS, 111 ARD (German public television), 208 Argentina, number of satellites, 5 artistic tradition in satellite missions, 11 ArtQuest, 105 index 298 ARY One World (satellite network), 151 Asia: and global media, 66; and satellite radio, 194; and satellite television, 205, 215–216; telecommunications market, 74. See also Central Asia; specific countries AsiaStar satellite, 194 Aslinger, Ben, 293 Associated Press (AP), 158 Astra 1E/F satellites (SES), 206 Astral Media, Inc., 183, 184, 186–187, 188 astropolitics, 225 AtlanticBird satellites (Eutelsat): AtlanticBird-2, 146, 148; AtlanticBird-4, 146, 150–151, 152; AtlanticBird-4A/4R, 148 Atlantis (space shuttle), 238, 242–243 AT&T Corporation, 31, 157, 159, 174n38 Audi AG, 185 audience segmentation, 169; and advertising, 160; and FM broadcasting, 159; and multiplexing, 207; and programming selection, 167; in radio history, 157; in satellite radio, 164 Australia, 5, 224 Austria, 206 automatic vehicle location (AVL), 101–102, 103 Automotive News (magazine), 166 aviation, 46, 103 Aviation Week and Space Technology (magazine), 238, 242–243, 247 Avusa (South African press company), 199 Azerbaijan, telecom infrastructure, 128 Babel Complex, modern, 24, 27, 39–40, 40n7 Badr-3 satellite (Arabsat), 146, 150, 151 Badr-6 satellite (Arabsat), 147 Baikonur Cosmodrome (satellite launch site), 12, 135, 224, 228 balloons, atmospheric research, 256, 271 Banda Aceh, Sumatra, 110 Ban Ki-moon (UN Secretary General), 285 banking/financial transactions and satellites, 111, 287 Barber, Simon, 198 Barnett, Clive, 201 Barry, Andrew, 22 Barthes, Roland, 24, 40n7 Basyouni, Amin, 150 Baudrillard, Jean, 51, 97n13 Bauer, William, 106 BBC. See British Broadcasting Corporation BC Ferries, 103 Bečvář, Antonín, 243 Beidou navigation satellites (China), 100, 254 Beijing Landview Mapping Information Technology Ltd., 275 Beijing Satellite Manufacturing Factory (BSMF), 258 Beijing Xingda Technology Development Company, 258 Belkhyour, Khaled, 151 Bell, Daniel, 84–85 Benkler, Yochai, 169 Bennahum, David, 94–95 Berland, Jody, 168–169 Bertelsmann corporation: and Media Service GmbH...