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http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_1.html<br /><br />Connexion by Boeing and StarHub Complete Agreement to Link Networks<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_2.html<br /><br />Connexion by Boeing and NTT Communications Agree to Link Networks<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_3.html<br /><br />Fuchs and Satlynx Provide Email Access to Film Crew on Location, Shooting New Movie<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_4.html<br /><br />GVF Certifies First Four Hundred Satellite Installers, Enhancing QoS Standards Across Four Regions<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_5.html<br /><br />HNS Wins Additional Contracts From GTech<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_6.html<br /><br />Mobile Phones Taking Flight as ARINC and Telenor Demonstrate New Cellular System<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_7.html<br /><br />Nera and Telenor Satellite Services Sign Broadband Contract<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_8.html<br /><br />Telesat and Helius Enter into Strategic Alliance<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_9.html<br /><br />Broadcast:<br /><br />DirecTV to Include STAR Indian Channels and International Cricket<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_10.html<br /><br />ProSiebenSat.1 Group to Launch German-Language TV Station in the United States<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_11.html<br /><br />Earth Observation<br /><br />DigitalGlobe and Bird’s Eye Images Partner to Offer Consumers Spectacular Satellite Image Prints<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_12.html<br /><br />NASA Satellite Data to Aid Global Conservation<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_13.html<br /><br />Satellite Imaging Study Expected to Correlate Oil Slick Locations<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_14.html<br /><br />Space Sentinels Track Desertification on Mediterranean Shores<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_15.html<br /><br />Navigation:<br /><br />Alcatel to Lead Liaison R&D Consortium<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_16.html<br /><br />Raytheon Awarded Contract for Phase 1 of the Next-Generation Space-Based Augmentation System for Civil Navigation in India<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_17.html<br /><br />Samsung Delivers 10 Millionth High-Performance, Low-Power GPS ASIC to SiRF Technology<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_18.html<br /><br />Satelinx Generates Sales to Date of US$ 2,430,600<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_19.html<br /><br />Symmetricom Mark V Granted Security Approval by the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Joint Program Office<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_20.html<br /><br />Military Space:<br /><br />Lockheed Martin Team Completes Key Design Milestone for SBIRS High<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_21.html<br /><br />Science:<br /><br />Axsys Technologies Opens Facility to Produce Mirror Segments for James Webb Space Telescope<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_22.html<br /><br />Europe Reaches the Moon<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_23.html<br /><br />Technology:<br /><br />Boeing to Use X-43A Flight Test Results for Future Hypersonic Applications<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_24.html<br /><br />NASA Buys Hydrogenics Light Weight Fuel Cell Stack to Test for Potential Uses in Space<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_25.html<br /><br />NASA Selects Exploration Systems Proposals<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_26.html<br /><br />NASA's X-43A Scramjet Breaks Speed Record<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_27.html<br /><br />Technology Transfer<br /><br />Green Car Sets Speed Record<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_28.html<br /><br />Launches:<br /><br />Experimental Satellite No. 2<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_29.html<br /><br />Swift<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_30.html<br /><br />Business:<br /><br />Access Integrated Technologies Completes Acquisition of FiberSat Global Services<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_31.html<br /><br />First "Space Council" to Set Course Towards European Space Programme<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_32.html<br /><br />Intelsat Government Solutions Corporation Changes Name to Intelsat General Corporation<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_33.html<br /><br />JAXA and ASI Sign Co-operation Agreement<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_34.html<br /><br />NetSat Express Changes Name to Globecomm Network Services Corporation<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_35.html<br /><br />Orbimage Obtains First Tranche of NextView Equity Funding<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_36.html<br /><br />Orbital Recovery Completes the Funding for its CX OLEV Space Tug<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_37.html<br /><br />Products and Services:<br /><br />Stratos Announces "Call Home for the Holidays" Extended Reduced-Rate Calling Hours for Inmarsat Crew Calling<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_38.html<br /><br />Events:<br /><br />Workshop in Kathmandu on Space Technology for Sustainable Development in Mountain Areas<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_39.html<br /><br />People:<br /><br />Mel Karmazin Named Chief Executive Officer of SIRIUS Satellite Radio<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_40.html<br /><br />SpaceDev Promotes Richard B. Slansky to President<br />
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http://www.satelliteonthenet.co.uk/bookshop.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Satcoms<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Amerada Hess Selects Hughes DirecWay for Broadband to C-Stores<br /><br />(16 November 2004) Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), the world's leading provider of satellite broadband solutions, has entered into a three-year contract with Amerada Hess Corporation to upgrade its existing HNS satellite network to a DirecWay broadband satellite solution.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_1.html<br /><br />Connexion by Boeing and NTT Communications Agree to Link Networks<br /><br />(18 November 2004) Connexion by Boeing and NTT Communications have announced an agreement that will make the Connexion by Boeing real-time, high-speed in-flight Internet service available to NTT Communications customers. Based on the terms of the agreement, availability is expected to begin in December 2004.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_2.html<br /><br />Connexion by Boeing and StarHub Complete Agreement to Link Networks<br /><br />(19 November 2004) Connexion by Boeing and StarHub, Singapore's integrated info-communications provider, announced that they have reached a definitive associate service provider agreement that adds the Connexion by Boeing high-speed Internet
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_3.html<br /><br />Fuchs and Satlynx Provide Email Access to Film Crew on Location, Shooting New Movie<br /><br />(16 November 2004) Satlynx S.A. and Fuchs Elektronik GmbH are providing Internet access via satellite to an entire US film cast and crew whilst on location during the shooting of the new science fiction movie "Aeon Flux", starring Charlize Theron.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_4.html<br /><br />GVF Certifies First Four Hundred Satellite Installers, Enhancing QoS Standards Across Four Regions<br /><br />(18 November 2004) Higher levels of expertise are being applied internationally throughout the telecommunications sector by hundreds of installers that were recently certified to deploy state-of-the-art satellite systems. The breakthrough coincides with unprecedented demand for new low-cost satellite terminals capable of providing Internet, voice, video and other vital communications services.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_5.html<br /><br />HNS Wins Additional Contracts From GTech<br /><br />(15 November 2004) Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite services, today announced it has won two new contracts valued at over US$4 million from GTech Corporation, the world's leading provider of transaction processing systems and services to the lottery industry.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_6.html<br /><br />Mobile Phones Taking Flight as ARINC and Telenor Demonstrate New Cellular System<br /><br />(18 November 2004) ARINC Incorporated and Telenor have given UK and European journalists a demonstration of the technology that will make in-flight mobile phone service a reality. ARINC/Telenor Mobile Connectivity the new GSM mobile phone solution for airlines that uses Inmarsat aeronautical services was deployed inside Inmarsat's London headquarters for use by an invited list of aviation and aerospace writers and editors.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_7.html<br /><br />Nera and Telenor Satellite Services Sign Broadband Contract<br /><br />(16 November 2004) Norwegian telecom supplier Nera and satellite communications provider Telenor Satellite Services have signed a contract for the delivery of a broadband satellite gateway- the Nera Satlink Gateway.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_8.html<br /><br />Telesat and Helius Enter into Strategic Alliance<br /><br />(16 November 2004) Helius, Inc. has announced that Telesat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators and a wholly-owned subsidiary of BCE Inc., has joined its Strategic Alliance Program. <br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_9.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Broadcast<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />DirecTV to Include STAR Indian Channels and International Cricket<br /><br />(17 November 2004) DirecTV, Inc., the leading and fastest-growing digital television service provider in the United States, has announced it continues to expand its international programming platform with the launch of new South Asian programming from Star Group Limited, Asia's leading media company.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_10.html<br /><br />ProSiebenSat.1 Group to Launch German-Language TV Station in the United States<br /><br />(16 November 2004) The ProSiebenSat.1 Group is launching a German-language TV channel for the United States - "ProSiebenSat.1 Welt" plans to launch in January 2005.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_11.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Earth Observation<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />DigitalGlobe and Bird’s Eye Images Partner to Offer Consumers Spectacular Satellite Image Prints<br /><br />(15 November 2004) DigitalGlobe has announced its partnership with Bird’s Eye Images to market and sell high-quality art prints of satellite imagery collected by QuickBird, the world’s highest resolution imaging satellite.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_12.html<br /><br />NASA Satellite Data to Aid Global Conservation<br /><br />(18 November 2004) NASA and IUCN - The World Conservation Union, the world's largest environmental knowledge network, have signed a joint declaration in Bangkok, Thailand, to use NASA satellite data to help in world-wide conservation efforts.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_13.html<br /><br />Satellite Imaging Study Expected to Correlate Oil Slick Locations<br /><br />(15 November 2004) Hyperdynamics' SCS Corporation, its wholly owned oil and gas subsidiary, has contracted Infoterra, a leading European-based geospatial information company, to provide a complete satellite image based Global Seeps Study over its entire 16 million acre concession.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_14.html<br /><br />Space Sentinels Track Desertification on Mediterranean Shores<br /><br />(19 November 2004) The severe droughts and forest fires of recent years underline Mediterranean Europe's continuing vulnerability to desertification - 300 000 square kilometres of territory are currently affected, threatening the livelihoods of 16.5 million Europeans. A new satellite-based service is set to provide a continuous monitoring of regions most at risk.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_15.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Navigation<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Alcatel to Lead Liaison R&D Consortium<br /><br />(16 November 2004) Alcatel has been selected by the European Commission as prime contractor of the 34-member consortium responsible for the European Union research and development project, Liaison, part of the 6th R&D Framework Program.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_16.html<br /><br />Raytheon Awarded Contract for Phase 1 of the Next-Generation Space-Based Augmentation System for Civil Navigation in India<br /><br />(16 November 2004) Raytheon Company has signed a contract with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Satellite Center for the ground-based elements of the GPS (Global Positioning System) and GEO (Geostationary Earth Orbit) Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) Technology Demonstration System (TDS). The contract, terms of which were not disclosed, was signed recently in Bangalore.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_17.html<br /><br />Samsung Delivers 10 Millionth High-Performance, Low-Power GPS ASIC to SiRF Technology<br /><br />(15 November 2004) Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced silicon technology solutions, has delivered to SiRF Technology its ten millionth GSP2e/LP - a highly integrated GPS signal processor digital chip. By incorporating Samsung's advanced ASIC technology into the GSP2e/LP, SiRF is able to drive high volume consumer markets with an industry-leading product.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_18.html<br /><br />Satelinx Generates Sales to Date of US$ 2,430,600<br /><br />(17 November 2004) Satelinx Tracking Systems Inc., a global provider of satellite vehicle tracking, has received purchase orders for 1,650 Units. These orders will generate one-time revenues of US$ 534,600 and once installed, the company will receive yearly recurring revenues of US$ 396,000 bringing the total sales to-date to US$ 2,430,660.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_19.html<br /><br />Symmetricom Mark V Granted Security Approval by the NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Joint Program Office<br /><br />(17 November 2004) Symmetricom, a leading world-wide supplier of network synchronisation and timing solutions and atomic clocks, has announced that the Symmetricom Mark V P(Y) Code Time and Frequency Receiver supporting the US Government's latest Key Data Processor Operational Software Version 1.01 has been granted final security approval by the Air Force GPS Joint Program Office (JPO).<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_20.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Military Space<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Lockheed Martin Team Completes Key Design Milestone for SBIRS High<br /><br />(16 November 2004) The Space Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) team, led by Lockheed Martin Corporation, has successful completed the system’s Signal Processing Assembly software critical design review (CDR) with payload provider Northrop Grumman.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_21.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Science<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Axsys Technologies Opens Facility to Produce Mirror Segments for James Webb Space Telescope<br /><br />(15 November 2004) Axsys Technologies, Inc. hosted a ribbon cutting for a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that will produce the unpolished mirror segments for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the USA's next-generation space telescope and successor to the Hubble.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_22.html<br /><br />Europe Reaches the Moon<br /><br />(16 November 2004) ESA's SMART-1 is successfully making its first orbit of the Moon, a significant milestone for the first of Europe's Small Missions for Advanced Research in Technology (SMART) spacecraft.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_23.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Technology<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Boeing to Use X-43A Flight Test Results for Future Hypersonic Applications<br /><br />(17 November 2004) Information gained from Tuesday's record-setting flight of NASA's Hyper-X research vehicle will be used by Boeing as it designs the future of flight.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_24.html<br /><br />NASA Buys Hydrogenics Light Weight Fuel Cell Stack to Test for Potential Uses in Space<br /><br />(15 November 2004) Hydrogenics Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of hydrogen and fuel cell systems, has sold a light weight 5kW hydrogen/oxygen Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack to the NASA Glenn Research Center, which will use it in an experimental closed cycle hydrogen-oxygen regenerative fuel cell.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_25.html<br /><br />NASA Selects Exploration Systems Proposals<br /><br />(16 November 2004) NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) selected 70 proposals to support the research and technology goals and objectives of the Vision for Space Exploration. The total value of the work is more than US$ 1 billion through fiscal year 2009.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_26.html<br /><br />NASA's X-43A Scramjet Breaks Speed Record<br /><br />(16 November 2004) NASA's X-43A research vehicle screamed into the record books, demonstrating an air-breathing engine can fly at nearly 10 times the speed of sound. Preliminary data from the scramjet-powered research vehicle show its revolutionary engine worked successfully at approximately Mach 10, nearly 7000 mph, as it flew at an altitude of approximately 110,000 feet.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_27.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Technology Transfer<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Green Car Sets Speed Record<br /><br />(15 November 2004) When the non-profit organisation IdéeVerte Compétition decided to create a 'green' racing car, they turned to space technology to make it safer. Running on liquefied petroleum gas, one of the least polluting fuels, and lubricated with sunflower oil, the car is protected against fire hazards by space materials. 'Green' does not have to mean slow - last week the car set a new speed record of 315 km/h.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_28.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Launches<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Experimental Satellite No. 2<br /><br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_29.html<br /><br />Swift<br /><br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_30.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Business<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Access Integrated Technologies Completes Acquisition of FiberSat Global Services<br /><br />(19 November 2004) Access Integrated Technologies, Inc. (AccessIT) has completed the acquisition of the assets and business of privately held FiberSat Global Services, LLC (FiberSat).<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_31.html<br /><br />First "Space Council" to Set Course Towards European Space Programme<br /><br />(18 November 2004) Ministers in charge of space affairs and those responsible for the internal market, industry and research meet in Brussels on Thursday 25 November for the first "Space Council", a joint and concomitant meeting of the ESA Council at ministerial level and the EU Competitiveness Council.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_32.html<br /><br />Intelsat Government Solutions Corporation Changes Name to Intelsat General Corporation<br /><br />(18 November 2004) Intelsat Government Solutions Corporation has changed its name to Intelsat General Corporation, following its recent acquisition of the assets, contracts and staff of the former Comsat General business.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_33.html<br /><br />JAXA and ASI Sign Co-operation Agreement<br /><br />(16 November 2004) Dr. Tachikawa, the President of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and Prof. Vetrella, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), have signed the JAXA/ASI Joint Statement on November 16, 2004, at the Embassy of Italy in Tokyo, for promoting the mutual co-operation between both agencies.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_34.html<br /><br />NetSat Express Changes Name to Globecomm Network Services Corporation<br /><br />(15 November 2004) Globecomm Systems Inc., a global provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, has changed the name of its wholly-owned subsidiary NetSat Express Inc. (NSX) to Globecomm Network Services Corporation (GNSC) to better reflect the evolution of NSX.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_35.html<br /><br />Orbimage Obtains First Tranche of NextView Equity Funding<br /><br />(17 November 2004) Orbimage Inc. has entered into definitive agreements with a group of investors for the private sale of 3.25 million units (each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one five year warrant to purchase a share of common stock at US$ 10.00) for a price of US$ 10.00 per unit.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_36.html<br /><br />Orbital Recovery Completes the Funding for its CX OLEV Space Tug<br /><br />(15 November 2004) Orbital Recovery Ltd. has completed its second round financing for the ConeXpress Orbital Life Extension Vehicle (CX OLEV), marking a major program milestone that allows production of the first "space tug" to begin in early 2005, followed by the initial operational mission approximately 36 months later.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_37.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Products and Services<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Stratos Announces "Call Home for the Holidays" Extended Reduced-Rate Calling Hours for Inmarsat Crew Calling<br /><br />(17 November 2004) Stratos Global Corp., a leading global communications provider and the world's leading distributor of Inmarsat satellite services, has announced that maritime crews and other prepaid satellite calling card users can take advantage of extended reduced-rate calling hours to reach out to family and friends during the upcoming holiday season.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_38.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Events<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Workshop in Kathmandu on Space Technology for Sustainable Development in Mountain Areas<br /><br />(15 November 2004) ESA and the Governments of Austria and Switzerland and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) are holding a five-day Workshop on Remote Sensing in the Service of Sustainable Development in Mountain Areas.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_39.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />People<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Mel Karmazin Named Chief Executive Officer of Sirius Satellite Radio<br /><br />(18 November 2004) The Board of Directors of Sirius Satellite Radio has named Mel Karmazin as Chief Executive Officer. He succeeds Joseph P. Clayton, who will remain at Sirius as Chairman of the Board of Directors.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/21November2004_40.html<br /><br />SpaceDev Promotes Richard B. Slansky to President<br /><br />(18 November 2004) SpaceDev's Board of Directors has appointed Richard B. Slansky to the position of President, also granting him a seat on the Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Slansky will remain SpaceDev's Chief Financial Officer and Corporate Secretary, positions he has held since joining the Company in February 2003.<br />
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