12 March 2006
Satcoms
iDirect Selected by
Globecomm for Broadband Solution in the Europe, Middle East and Africa
Loral
Skynet Marks 10 Years of Providing Satellite Advisory and Control Services
Microspace
Fetches Walt Disney’s The Shaggy Dog
Satellite Security
Systems Awarded California's South Coast Air Quality Contract
Swe-Dish chosen by MBC
TV
Broadcast
SES Astra Selects
Nagravision Encryption System for New Digital TV Infrastructure
Earth Observation
ESA Satellite Reveals
Yellowstone’s Deep Secret
Satellites Ensure Safe
Passage Through Treacherous Waters in Volvo Ocean Race
Navigation
GIOVE A Transmits Loud
And Clear
Military Space
Com Dev Receives
Follow-on Order for US Military Satellite Program
Raytheon Achieves Two
Satellite Communications Milestones
Raytheon Delivers
Missile-Detection and Tracking Sensors for US Space Program
Science
Current Status of
Hayabusa Spacecraft
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Successfully Placed in Orbit Around
Mars
Manned Space
Environmental
Tectonics Corporation Announces National AeroSpace Training and Research
Center
Japanese Entrepreneur Begins Cosmonaut Training with Space
Adventures
Technology
High-Tech Testing of
Space Shuttle's Foam
New Tests Show IEEE 1394's Successful Role in
Polar-Orbiting Satellite Systems Program
Launch Services
ATK Conducts
Successful Static-Fire of Full-Scale Space Shuttle Motor
Launches
Launch Schedule
Reports
Future Trends in
Satellite Communications: Markets and Services
Business
Advantech AMT
Completes Transfer of EMS Satellite Networks
Products and Services
Blast Energy Services
Launches Mobile Auto-Acquisition Satellite System
NovAtel Releases
Production Standard Galileo-ready Receiver and Antenna
SlipStream Data
Accelerates Iridium Satellite's Communications Service
Space-Qualified Fault
Tolerant 1394 Chipset for NPOESS Passes Demanding Tests
Swe-Dish Launches DA150K
Compact
Trimble and u-Nav Offer High Performance, Low Power GPS Chipset
Solutions
WCC Introduces Portable, Self-Sustaining Emergency Satellite
Communications Kit
Events
International
Symposium on Radar Altimetry in Venice, 13 to 18 March 2006
The Role of Space for
Europe's Security Operations
People
Comtech Appoints
Robert G. Rouse Chief Operating Officer
David Zufall Named
Senior VP for Network Systems of ICO Global and ICO North America
X Prize
Foundation Hires Mark Goodstein as Executive Director
Satcoms
iDirect Selected by Globecomm for
Broadband Solution in the Europe, Middle East and Africa
(6 March 2006) iDirect Technologies
(iDirect), a division of Vision Technologies Systems Inc., has announced that
Globecomm Systems Inc. will deploy an iDirect platform to support their
customers in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) markets.
more .
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Loral Skynet Marks 10 Years of
Providing Satellite Advisory and Control Services
(8 March 2006) Loral Skynet, a subsidiary of Loral Space
& Communications, has celebrated the 10-year anniversary of providing a
wide range of satellite operators with professional services, including
satellite control centre operations, network architecture design, satellite
construction oversight and regulatory assistance.
more . . .
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Microspace Fetches Walt
Disney’s The Shaggy Dog
(10 March 2006) Microspace Communications Corporation, the leading
provider of point-to-multipoint satellite services, has delivered the first
JPEG 2000 feature via satellite for Walt Disney’s The Shaggy Dog, opening
on Friday 10 March in cinemas across the USA.
more . . .
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Satellite Security Systems Awarded
California's South Coast Air Quality Contract
(6 March 2006) Satellite Security Systems (S3), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Celtron International, Inc., has been selected by the South
Coast Air Quality Management District's Governing Board to provide GlobalGuard
Electronic Monitoring Units (EMUs) in support of AQMD clean air programs.
more . . . .
Swe-Dish chosen by MBC TV
(8 March 2006) Swe-Dish Satellite
Systems has been chosen to supply mobile satellite communication equipment for
live news coverage to the Arabic TV station, MBC TV.
more . . .
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Broadcast
SES Astra Selects Nagravision
Encryption System for New Digital TV Infrastructure
(9 March 2006) SES Astra, an SES Global company, has
selected the Nagravision end-to-end turnkey conditional access system by
Kudelski Group from Switzerland for the launch of SES Astra`s new digital TV
infrastructure for the German market.
more . . .
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Earth Observation
ESA Satellite Reveals
Yellowstone’s Deep Secret
(9 March 2006) Satellite images acquired by ESA’s ERS-2
revealed the recently discovered changes in Yellowstone’s caldera are the
result of molten rock movement 15 kilometres below the Earth’s surface,
according to a recent study published in Nature.
more . . .
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Satellites Ensure Safe Passage
Through Treacherous Waters in Volvo Ocean Race
(6 March 2006) The Volvo Ocean Race yachts have safely
rounded Cape Horn on the fourth leg of their round-the-world adventure thanks
to the help of radar satellites steering them away from dangerous icebergs.
more . . . .
Navigation
GIOVE A Transmits Loud And Clear
(9 March 2006) After a successful
launch on 28 December 2005, GIOVE A began transmitting navigation signals on 12
January 2006. Work is currently being performed to check the quality of these
signals.
more . . . .
Military Space
Com Dev Receives Follow-on Order for
US Military Satellite Program
(8 March 2006) Com Dev International Ltd. has been awarded
contracts to begin production of beam select subsystems and switch assemblies
to Northrup Grumman for use in the third of three satellites in the U.S.
Department of Defense's Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Satellite
Project.
more . . . .
Raytheon Achieves Two Satellite
Communications Milestones
(9
March 2006) Raytheon Company's Secure Mobile Anti-jam Reliable Tactical -
Terminal (SMART-T) Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF), a mobile ground
satellite communications terminal developed for the U.S. Army, is the world's
first AEHF system to achieve in-orbit acquisition and data transfer with the
U.S. Milstar satellite constellation.
more . . .
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Raytheon Delivers Missile-Detection
and Tracking Sensors for US Space Program
(6 March 2006) Raytheon Company has delivered the first Block 06
sensor payload for the missile-detection Space Tracking and Surveillance System
(STSS) to prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation in Redondo Beach,
Calif.
more . . . .
Science
Current Status of Hayabusa
Spacecraft
(7 March 2006) Last
November, Hayabusa suffered from a serious fuel leak immediately following its
successful second touching down on the surface of Itokawa, a near Earth
asteroid.
more . . . .
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
Successfully Placed in Orbit Around Mars
(10 March 2006) The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft,
designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), has been
successfully placed in orbit around Mars.
more . . .
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Manned Space
Environmental Tectonics Corporation
Announces National AeroSpace Training and Research Center
(8 March 2006)Environmental
Tectonics Corporation (ETC) has announced the construction of ETC's National
AeroSpace Training and Research Center (NASTAR Center).
more . . . .
Japanese Entrepreneur Begins
Cosmonaut Training with Space Adventures
(6 March 2006) Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space
experiences company, has announced today Japanese entrepreneur Daisuke Enomoto
(Dice-K) has been certified as an orbital spaceflight candidate after receiving
Government Medical Committee approval from the Russian Federal Space Agency
(FSA) to commence cosmonaut training.
more . . .
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Technology
High-Tech Testing of Space Shuttle's
Foam
(4 March 2006) Joe Gray
picked up 18-inches of space shuttle foam and turned the inch-thick sample on
its side to show the layers within the foam.
more . . .
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New Tests Show IEEE 1394's
Successful Role in Polar-Orbiting Satellite Systems Program
(10 March 2006) A new series of
successful tests conducted as part of an innovative satellite program
demonstrate the benefits of the IEEE 1394 standard for technologically advanced
space satellite programs.
more . . . .
Launch Services
ATK Conducts Successful Static-Fire
of Full-Scale Space Shuttle Motor
(9 March 2006) Alliant Techsystems successfully tested a
full-scale Reusable Solid Rocket Motor (RSRM) in support of NASA's Space
Shuttle program.
more . . . .
Reports
Future Trends in Satellite
Communications: Markets and Services
(8 March 2006) Research and Markets has announced the addition of
Future Trends in Satellite Communications: Markets and Services to their
offering.
more . . . .
Business
Advantech AMT Completes Transfer of
EMS Satellite Networks
(9 March
2006) Advantech AMT, a manufacturer of satellite and terrestrial wireless
communication equipment with corporate headquarters in Montreal, Canada, has
completed the transfer of the Satellite Networks group from EMS Technologies,
Inc. into the Advantech SatNet division.
more . . .
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Products and Services
Blast Energy Services Launches
Mobile Auto-Acquisition Satellite System
(8 March 2006) Blast Energy Services, Inc. has announced the
launch of its first mobile auto-acquisition satellite system. This system
utilises a one meter dish that automatically deploys in a few minutes to
acquire its satellite connection.
more . . .
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NovAtel Releases Production Standard
Galileo-ready Receiver and Antenna
(7 March 2006) NovAtel Inc., a precise positioning technology
company, has released its first production standard Galileo-ready receiver and
antenna.
more . . . .
SlipStream Data Accelerates Iridium
Satellite's Communications Service
(6 March 2006) SlipStream Data Inc., an industry leader in data
acceleration software, has stated that its new mobile acceleration solution,
SlipStream MSP, will be used to provide enhanced data communications to the
Internet over Iridium Satellite's low-earth orbiting (LEO) satellite
network.
more . . . .
Space-Qualified Fault Tolerant 1394
Chipset for NPOESS Passes Demanding Tests
(8 March 2006) Recent tests demonstrated that the first Fault
Tolerant 1394 integrated circuits adapted for use in space are performing as
planned.
more . . . .
Swe-Dish Launches DA150K Compact
(6 March 2006) Swe-Dish Satellite
Systems - a world leading supplier of mobile satellite communication equipment
launches a new drive-away satellite terminal: the Swe-Dish DA150K Compact.
more . . . .
Trimble and u-Nav Offer High
Performance, Low Power GPS Chipset Solutions
(8 March 2006) Trimble has introduced the first software license
product in the TrimCore family of Trimble core Global Positioning System (GPS)
software technology.
more . . . .
WCC Introduces Portable,
Self-Sustaining Emergency Satellite Communications Kit
(6 March 2006) World Communication
Center (WCC), a leading provider of global satellite voice and data
communications, has announced availability of the custom-manufactured "Hot Shot
Kit" (HSK).
more . . . .
Events
International Symposium on Radar
Altimetry in Venice, 13 to 18 March 2006
(7 March 2006) The life of Venetians is strictly connected to the
sea-level, which is one of the reasons why Venice was chosen to host the
international symposium “15 Years of Progress in Radar Altimetry” - a
major scientific event on a class of space-borne sensor that precisely records
the height of the global sea surface along with that of freshwater bodies, land
surfaces and the icy cryosphere.
more . . .
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The Role of Space for Europe's
Security Operations
(9 March
2006) On March 10, EADS Astrium and Alcatel Alenia Space jointly organised a
presentation at the Cité de l'Espace in Toulouse, France, on "The role
of space for Europe's security operations" around the ASTRO+ project (Advanced
Space Technologies to suppoRt security Operations).
more . . .
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People
Comtech Appoints Robert G. Rouse
Chief Operating Officer
(8
March 2006) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has announced the appointment of
Robert G. Rouse, the company's Executive Vice President, to the newly-created
position of Chief Operating Officer.
more . . .
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David Zufall Named Senior VP for
Network Systems of ICO Global and ICO North America
(8 March 2006) ICO Global Communications (Holdings),
Limited (ICO) and ICO North America, Inc. (ICO North America), have announced
that David Zufall has been appointed senior vice president for network systems
of both ICO and ICO North America.
more . . .
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X Prize Foundation Hires Mark
Goodstein as Executive Director
(6 March 2006) The X Prize Foundation has announced that Mark
Goodstein will join as Executive Director of a new prize that will inspire
entrepreneurial innovation in the automotive industry.
more . . .
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