29 February 2004
Satcoms
Atlantic
Tele-Network Enters Broadband ISP Market
BTV World Joins
AsiaSat 3S
Phonex Announces ReadyWire Powerline Field Test for Set Top Box
Applications
Satlynx and Macab Announce Reseller Agreement
Tandberg
Television Prime Integration Enables Galaxy’s exTV Launch
Tandberg
TV Scores Exclusive Agreement with GlobeCast for 2004 Olympics
US
Monolithics to Supply Ka Band Transceivers to WildBlue
ViaSat Awarded
Contract for Nebraska Lottery Communications
Wealth TV to Launch on
PanAmSat's Galaxy 13
Navigation
Trimble Selected
for UNAVCO's EarthScope PBO Network
Military Space
Lockheed Martin
Taps Harris Corporation for Key Role on Space Based Radar Team
Technology
Spectrum Astro
Developing Network Hardware for IP in Space
Launch Services
Fatal Blast at
India's Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Launches
Launch Schedule
Business
DirecTV Latin
America Emerges From Chapter 11
Lockheed Martin Forms
New Space Exploration Organisation
ND SatCom Founds New
Military Subsidiary
SES Global Makes Strategic Investment In
Orbcomm
Products and Services
Equant Launches
Two New Satellite VPN Access Offerings
New Point-to-Point
London-Israel Service
Shiron Introducing New Generation of InterSKY and New
Product Family
Solar2000
Tachyon Networks and Comsat International Partner on
Broadband Services in Mexico and Latin America
Vocality Launches
Smallest Secure Satellite Multiplexer and Router
Satcoms
Atlantic Tele-Network Enters
Broadband ISP Market
(20
February 2004) Atlantic Tele-Network Inc's wholly owned subsidiary Atlantic
Tele-Center Inc (ATC) has acquired the assets and operations of InterSat LLC, a
Miami-based VSAT company. With this move, Atlantic Tele-Network is entering the
satellite service arena, with a focus on providing satellite-based Internet,
Intranet and VPN solutions to the Caribbean, Central and South America.
more . . . .
BTV World Joins AsiaSat 3S
(23 February 2004) Asia Satellite
Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and the People’s Republic of
Bangladesh’s national broadcaster Bangladesh Television (BTV) have signed
a lease agreement for the use of C band capacity on AsiaSat 3S to broadcast BTV
World, a television channel for overseas service across the Asia Pacific
region.
more . . . .
Phonex Announces ReadyWire Powerline
Field Test for Set Top Box Applications
(26 February 2004) Phonex Broadband Corporation, a world
leader in Power Line Carrier (PLC) voice and data communications, has announced
plans for the international field test of the ReadyWire Powerline Home
Communications Chip. The ReadyWire chip can be embedded into set top boxes to
enable box to box communication as well as a telephone base unit. The field
test will measure range, reliability, and performance for set top box and many
other applications in the home.
more . . .
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Satlynx and Macab Announce Reseller
Agreement
(27 February 2004)
Macab AB and Satlynx SA will use their existing framework agreement to enable
Macab to deliver services utilising the SkyStar Advantage 360E VSAT product to
the Swedish Golf Association. To date: Macab has ordered 192 VSATs for delivery
to numerous Golf clubs that are members of the association.
more . . .
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Tandberg Television Prime
Integration Enables Galaxy’s exTV Launch
(23 February 2004) Acting as one of the major integrators
for exTV, Asia’s newest subscription television platform, Tandberg
Television has provided a multi-channel television delivery solution with
built-in expandability based on its evolution 5000 compression engine including
MPEG-2 compression, modulation, multiplexing and decoding. TTandberg Television
also undertook the role of prime integrator for the build and deployment,
integrating conditional access, subscriber management and middleware from a
host of market leading vendors.
more . . .
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Tandberg TV Scores Exclusive
Agreement with GlobeCast for 2004 Olympics
(26 February 2004) Satellite services company GlobeCast has chosen
Tandberg Television as its broadcast equipment provider of choice for this
summer’s Olympic games in Athens. A host of Tandberg Television’s
latest equipment, including multiplexers, MPEG-2 encoders, modulators and
network adapters, will be at the heart of GlobeCast’s compression and
satellite/fibre distribution services for the duration of the games.
more
. . . .
US Monolithics to Supply Ka Band
Transceivers to WildBlue
(27
February 2004) US Monolithics is to be the exclusive supplier of outdoor
satellite transceiver electronics to ViaSat for WildBlue Communications Inc, an
emerging satellite broadband Internet service provider. WildBlue and US
Monolithics have had a long relationship focused on developing a customised,
highly-integrated, low-cost Ka band transceiver for the WildBlue consumer
satellite service. WildBlue is expected to launch its satellite broadband
service in the latter half of 2004.
more . . .
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ViaSat Awarded Contract for Nebraska
Lottery Communications
(26
February 2004) ViaSat Inc has been awarded a contract by INTRALOT Inc to
install a LinkStar VSAT system for secure lottery communication
applications.
more . . . .
Wealth TV to Launch on PanAmSat's
Galaxy 13
(23 February 2004)
Herring Broadcasting Inc has selected Galaxy 13 to provide satellite delivery
of its Wealth TV channel to cable and DBS providers throughout North America.
Galaxy 13 is the home of the USA's first and leading high-definition television
(HDTV) neighbourhood featuring such broadcasters as Cinemax HD, HBO HDTV,
HDNet, Starz! HD and TNT HD.
more . . .
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Navigation
Trimble Selected for UNAVCO's
EarthScope PBO Network
(26
February 2004) UNAVCO Inc has selected Trimble to provide 875 Trimble NetRS
Global Positioning System (GPS) reference station receivers over five years.
The reference station receivers will be used as part of the Plate Boundary
Observatory (PBO) network, a major component of the EarthScope Program
sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
more . . .
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Military Space
Lockheed Martin Taps Harris
Corporation for Key Role on Space Based Radar Team
(24 February 2004) Lockheed Martin has chosen Harris
Corporation to be a key member of its team pursing a US Air Force contract to
develop the Space Based Radar (SBR) system.
more . . .
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Technology
Spectrum Astro Developing Network
Hardware for IP in Space
(24
February 2004) Spectrum Astro has been awarded a contract to develop spacecraft
network hardware called Space Network Router (SNR) by the NASA Earth Science
Technology Office (ESTO), Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST)
Program. The SNR program evolved from a previous NASA Computing, Information,
and Communications Technology (CICT) Program called Space Network Devices
(SND). The contract, which will be managed at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC),
is valued at US$ 918,000 with a two-year period of performance.
more . . . .
Launch Services
Fatal Blast at India's Satish Dhawan
Space Centre
(23 February 2004)
An explosion and fire at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) has killed six
workers and seriously injured three more. The facility is located on
Sriharikota Island of the coast of Andhra Predesh, in south eastern India.
more . . . .
Business
DirecTV Latin America Emerges From
Chapter 11
(24 February 2004)
DirecTV Latin America LLC's Plan of Reorganization has become effective and the
Company has emerged from Chapter 11. The Company filed for Chapter 11 in March
2003 in order to address its financial and operational challenges. The filing
applied only to the US entity and did not include any of the operating
companies in Latin America and the Caribbean.
more . . .
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Lockheed Martin Forms New Space
Exploration Organisation
(23
February 2004) Lockheed Martin has formed a new organisation to manage the
Corporation’s efforts in support of NASA’s space exploration
initiative. The organisation, which will be called Space Exploration, will be
led by John C. Karas and be headquartered in Denver, Colorado, as part of the
Space Systems Company.
more . . . .
ND SatCom Founds New Military
Subsidiary
(27 February 2004)
ND SatCom has announced the foundation of ND SatCom Defence GmbH. The new
subsidiary will be responsible for ND SatCom's activities in the market for
global security and enables the company to strengthen its position in the
European defence arena.
more . . . .
SES Global Makes Strategic
Investment In Orbcomm
(24
February 2004) SES Global SA has acquired a 9% ownership stake in Orbcomm Inc,
a US-based provider of global satellite data services to industrial, military
and commercial clients.
more . . . .
Products and Services
Equant Launches Two New Satellite
VPN Access Offerings
(23
February 2004) Equant is launching two new satellite offerings - Dedicated
Satellite Access and IP Satellite Access - for multinational organisations with
remote sites.
more . . . .
New Point-to-Point London-Israel
Service
(24 February 2004)
Kingston inmedia has launched a point-to-point satellite service between
Jerusalem/Tel Aviv and London, in conjunction with RR Satellite Communications
of Israel.
more . . . .
Shiron Introducing New Generation of
InterSKY and New Product Family
(23 February 2004) Shiron Satellite Communications will unveil a
new version of its InterSKY system, and the first in a new line of advanced
Remote Gateways, at the upcoming Satellite 2004 show in Washington DC.
more . . . .
Solar2000
(21 February 2004) Solar2000 provides variable solar
irradiances and integrated irradiance proxies from the X-rays to visible
wavelengths for historical, nowcast, and forecast time frames. Users are
researchers who want solar energy input for their models and professionals who
require operational solar energies for space and ground systems.
more . . . .
Tachyon Networks and Comsat
International Partner on Broadband Services in Mexico and Latin America
(25 February 2004) Comsat
International and Tachyon Networks Incorporated have announced a strategic
partnership that will allow Comsat to leverage Tachyon's network infrastructure
to offer reliable high speed broadband satellite services to large enterprises
in Mexico and portions of Central America and the Caribbean.
more . . .
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Vocality Launches Smallest Secure
Satellite Multiplexer and Router
(16 February 2004) British satellite multiplexer manufacturer,
Vocality International Ltd, has launched the V50 Ultra Portable
Multiplexer.
more . . . .
