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1worldspace, known for most of its existence simply as WorldSpace, is a defunct satellite radio network that in its heyday provided service to over 170,000 subscribers in eastern, southern and northern Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia with 96% coming from India. It was profitable in India, with 450,000 subscribers.
U-Pop was a satellite radio channel programmed by Washington, DC–based 1worldspace.U-Pop could originally be heard globally on WorldSpace's Afristar and Asiastar satellites.
WorldSpace was founded by Ethiopia-born lawyer Noah Samara in Washington, D.C., in 1990, [8] with the goal of making satellite radio programming available to the developing world. [9] On June 22, 1991, the FCC gave WorldSpace permission to launch a satellite to provide digital programming to Africa and the Middle East . [ 2 ]
The World Religions and Spirituality Project (WRSP, formerly known as the New Religious Movements Homepage Project [1]) publishes academic profiles of new and established religious movements, archive material related to some groups, and articles that provide context for the profiles.
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[2] In May 2020, the WorldSpace brand name was retired and replaced by axe for each of Deque's products. [3] In September 2020, Deque found that the majority of vote by mail applications were inaccessible, and fixed them for the 2020 Presidential Election. [4] [5] [6] [7]
On 31 December 2009, Worldspace ceased broadcasting on the Asiastar satellite in line with its bankruptcy issues. [ citation needed ] However, as of 30 November 2010, two Free to Air (unencrypted) stations are still available, namely Sai Global Harmony and Radio France International .
Afristar was launched on 28 October 1998 at 22:16:00 UTC, by an Ariane 44L launch vehicle (V-113) from the Centre Spatial Guyanais, at Kourou, since the pad ELA-2. AfriStar was the first WorldSpace satellite. It broadcast digital radio over Africa and the Middle East.