19 February 2006
Satcoms
Comtech Receives
US$ 1.1 Million Order from Sematron UK
Frequency Sharing ATC
Patent Issued to Mobile Satellite Ventures
General Electric to
Offer Asset Management Solutions Using Globalstar
Globecomm Systems
Awarded Infrastructure Contracts
Intelsat’s
Powerful IA-8 Satellite Now Available to Serve Brazil
ViaSat Satellite
DOCSIS-Based Terminal Shipments Reach 100,000 World-wide
Broadcast
CNN Launches
Interactive TV Service for DISH Network Subscribers
KVH and Microsoft
Introduce Affordable High-speed Internet and MSN TV Service for Boats
KVH
Ships 100,000th Mobile Satellite Antenna
Russian Channel
RTR-Planeta Joins AsiaSat 2
Saab Ericsson Space
Delivers DirecTV Satellite Antennas
Tata Sky Chooses
Thomson Set-Top Boxes for New Digital TV Service
WorldSpace Satellite
Radio Goes Live in Kolkata
Earth Observation
Double Views From
ERS Tandem Mission Adding Depth to Canadian Wilderness Maps
NASA Satellite
Technology Helps Fight Invasive Plant Species
Vexcel Provides Data
Acquisition and Processing Systems for ALOS
Military Space
Freedom Calls Taps
PanAmSat to Help US Military in Iraq Call Home
Science
NASA’s Lunar
Orbiter Team Passes Preliminary Design Review
SIXS Instrument by
Finnish Astronomers Goes to Mercury
Manned Space
NASA’s
Exploration Systems Progress Report
Space Adventures and
Ansari X Prize Sponsors to Provide First Suborbital Spaceflight Tourism
Vehicles
Space Adventures Announces US$ 265 Million Global Spaceport
Development Project
Technology
LiftPort Completes
Second Round of Tests of Space Elevator Technology
NASA Selects
California Reaction Control System Contractors
Thinking Out Of The
Box: How To Challenge Conventional Space Systems
Launch Services
Arianespace and
Roscosmos Sign Contract to Kick Off Soyuz Operations Phase at Guiana Space
Centre
Launches
EchoStar X
Multi-functional Transport Satellite 2 (MTSAT-2)
Launch Schedule
Reports
Satellite
Broadband Services Enter New Era in 2005
Business
King Controls Sues
KVH for Patent Infringement
ND SatCom Expands on
Chinese Market
Products and Services
Atmel and u-blox
Introduce Single-Chip GPS Receiver IC with Lowest Power Consumption
C-COM
Satellite Antenna Customized for Rapid Deployment
New KVH TracVision M3
Satellite TV System
People
Americom
Government Services Hires Robert Demers as Vice President of Sales
Development
KVH Appoints Timothy Allen as Vice President, Finance,
and Corporate Controller
Satcoms
Comtech Receives US$ 1.1 Million
Order from Sematron UK
(14
February 2006) Comtech EF Data Corp. has received a US$ 1.1 million order from
Sematron UK, Ltd., the UK's largest value added distributor of satellite ground
station equipment.
more . . . .
Frequency Sharing ATC Patent Issued
to Mobile Satellite Ventures
(16 February 2006) Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has announced
that the United States Patent Office awarded it U.S. Patent No. 6,999,720
entitled, "Spatial Guardbands for Terrestrial Reuse of Satellite
Frequencies."
more . . . .
General Electric to Offer Asset
Management Solutions Using Globalstar
(15 February 2006) The Asset Intelligence unit of GE's Equipment
Services business, a leading provider of intelligence-based asset management
and logistics services for commercial and transportation equipment, has
selected the Globalstar simplex data network for use with its world-wide asset
management services.
more . . .
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Globecomm Systems Awarded
Infrastructure Contracts
(14
February 2006) Globecomm Systems Inc., a global provider of end-to-end
satellite-based communications solutions, has been awarded two infrastructure
contracts valued at approximately US$ 1.7 million.
more . . .
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Intelsat’s Powerful IA-8
Satellite Now Available to Serve Brazil
(15 February 2006) Intelsat has been granted rights by
The Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) to operate its
powerful, new Intelsat Americas-8 (IA-8) satellite in the Brazilian market.
more . . . .
ViaSat Satellite DOCSIS-Based
Terminal Shipments Reach 100,000 World-wide
(15 February 2006) ViaSat Inc. has shipped its 100,000th
DOCSIS-based two-way broadband satellite terminal.
more . . .
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Broadcast
CNN Launches Interactive TV Service
for DISH Network Subscribers
(13 February 2006) CNN and EchoStar Communications Corporation
have announced the availability of CNN Enhanced TV, a new content-rich
interactive news service offering through EchoStar's DISH Network satellite TV
service.
more . . . .
KVH and Microsoft Introduce
Affordable High-speed Internet and MSN TV Service for Boats
(16 February 2006) "On the boat"
doesn't have to mean "out of touch" ever again as affordable, high-speed
Internet access and MSN TV service on boats will soon be a reality thanks to
KVH Industries, Inc., and Microsoft Corporation's MSN TV division.
more
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KVH Ships 100,000th Mobile Satellite
Antenna
(15 February 2006)
Reaffirming its position as the leading manufacturer of mobile satellite
antenna systems for boats, cars, and RVs, KVH Industries, Inc., recently
shipped its 100,000th antenna, setting a new milestone in the mobile satellite
marketplace.
more . . . .
Russian Channel RTR-Planeta Joins
AsiaSat 2
(15 February 2006)
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and the Russian
State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (RTR) have announced that
RTR’s international television station RTR-Planeta has commenced
broadcasting on AsiaSat 2, offering Russian speaking viewers in Asia and
Australasia prime time news, sports, feature films, documentary movies and
general cultural programming.
more . . .
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Saab Ericsson Space Delivers DirecTV
Satellite Antennas
(16 February
2006) Saab Ericsson Space AB in Gothenburg, Sweden, has shipped the first set
of wide coverage antennas for the DirecTV satellites built by Boeing Satellite
Systems in El Segundo.
more . . . .
Tata Sky Chooses Thomson Set-Top
Boxes for New Digital TV Service
(17 February 2006) Thomson and Tata Sky, a joint venture between
the TATA Group and STAR, have announces an agreement for the delivery of
digital set-top boxes to support the launch of Tata Sky's new Direct-to-Home
(DTH) satellite television service, T-Sky, across India mid 2006.
more . . . .
WorldSpace Satellite Radio Goes Live
in Kolkata
(16 February 2006)
WorldSpace Satellite Radio, one of the world leaders in satellite-based digital
radio services, has launched a subscription service in Kolkata, the capital of
India's West Bengal state and the second largest city in the country.
more . . . .
Earth Observation
Double Views From ERS Tandem Mission
Adding Depth to Canadian Wilderness Maps
(14 February 2006) Unique views of Earth afforded by a pioneering
twin ESA radar satellite flight has brought an extra dimension to maps of
Canada's newest territory, the results winning praise from the Canadian
government.
more . . . .
NASA Satellite Technology Helps
Fight Invasive Plant Species
(15 February 2006) Products based on NASA Earth observations and a
new Internet-based decision tool are providing information to help land and
water managers combat tamarisk (saltcedar), an invasive plant species damaging
precious water supplies in the western United States.
more . . .
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Vexcel Provides Data Acquisition and
Processing Systems for ALOS
(7
February 2006) Vexcel Corporation, a global leader in earth observation
technologies and services, has taken the lead in providing data acquisition and
processing systems for the Japanese Advanced Land Observation Satellite (ALOS)
launched January 23 of this year.
more . . .
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Military Space
Freedom Calls Taps PanAmSat to Help
US Military in Iraq Call Home
(14 February 2006) Freedom Calls Foundation has selected PanAmSat
subsidiary G2 Satellite Solutions (G2) to deploy state-of-the-art satellite
communications services including telephone, web access, e-mail and multiple
video teleconferencing sessions to connect soldiers in Iraq with their families
in the U.S.
more . . . .
Science
NASA’s Lunar Orbiter Team
Passes Preliminary Design Review
(17 February 2006) NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team
recently passed its Preliminary Design Review heralding the start of the
mission confirmation process.
more . . .
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SIXS Instrument by Finnish
Astronomers Goes to Mercury
(17
February 2006) The European Space Agency (ESA) is launching a mission to
Mercury, in which there is significant Finnish involvement.
more . . .
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Manned Space
NASA’s Exploration Systems
Progress Report
(14 February
2006) Testing is under way by engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center,
Huntsville, Ala., to lay the foundation for developing the Crew Launch Vehicle,
the agency's future launch vehicle system.
more . . .
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Space Adventures and Ansari X Prize
Sponsors to Provide First Suborbital Spaceflight Tourism Vehicles
(16 February 2006) Space
Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company, has announced
a contract with Prodea, a private investment firm founded by the Ansari family,
and a separate contract with the Federal Space Agency of the Russian Federation
(FSA), to develop a fleet of suborbital spaceflight vehicles for commercial use
globally.
more . . . .
Space Adventures Announces US$ 265
Million Global Spaceport Development Project
(17 February 2006) Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading
space experiences company, has announced its plans to develop a commercial
spaceport in Ras Al-Khaimah (the UAE), with plans to expand globally.
more . . . .
Technology
LiftPort Completes Second Round of
Tests of Space Elevator Technology
(13 February 2006) LiftPort Group, the space elevator companies,
has successfully completed its second round of preliminary tests of its high
altitude platform and robotic lifters.
more . . .
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NASA Selects California Reaction
Control System Contractors
(13
February 2006) NASA selected two California companies for contracts for the
design, development, fabrication, testing and evaluation of a fixed thrust
class, pressure fed, cryogenic, oxygen/methane bipropellant reaction control
system engine.
more . . . .
Thinking Out Of The Box: How To
Challenge Conventional Space Systems
(10 February 2006) Spacecraft must evolve. Advancing space
research is no longer just about swapping old components for new, now it is
about entirely rethinking what a space mission can do and how it achieves its
goals.
more . . . .
Launch Services
Arianespace and Roscosmos Sign
Contract to Kick Off Soyuz Operations Phase at Guiana Space Centre
(14 February 2006) Jean-Yves Le
Gall, Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace, and Anatoly Perminov, Director
General of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, have signed the supply contract
for the first four Soyuz launch vehicles to be launched from the Guiana Space
Center (Kourou, French Guiana) starting in 2008.
more . . .
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Launches
EchoStar X
more . . . .
Multi-functional Transport Satellite
2 (MTSAT-2)
more . . . .
Reports
Satellite Broadband Services Enter
New Era in 2005
(14 February
2006) Northern Sky Research (NSR) has released the 5th Edition update to its
industry-standard study "Broadband Satellite Markets."
more . . .
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Business
King Controls Sues KVH for Patent
Infringement
(13 February 2006)
For the second time in eight months, King Controls, a leading manufacturer of
mobile satellite antenna systems for land and marine markets, has filed a
patent suit against KVH Industries, Inc.
more . . .
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ND SatCom Expands on Chinese
Market
(15 February 2006) ND
SatCom, a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast
and defence communication network solutions, expands its activities and
presence on the Chinese market.
more . . .
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Products and Services
Atmel and u-blox Introduce
Single-Chip GPS Receiver IC with Lowest Power Consumption
(14 February 2006) Atmel
Corporation, a global leader in the development and fabrication of advanced
semiconductor solutions, and u-blox AG, a leading provider of innovative GPS
receiver technology, have announced the availability of their latest GPS
technology and product generation, Antaris 4, in an ultra-small form
factor.
more . . . .
C-COM Satellite Antenna Customized
for Rapid Deployment
(15
February 2006) C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. and Orbital Data Net, a Columbia,
Missouri based C-COM value added reseller have announced the availability of a
Rapid Deployment Trailer, which consist of the C-COM developed iNetVu
auto-deploying satellite antenna product and the Orbital Data Net designed
Aeroshell SatCom trailer.
more . . .
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New KVH TracVision M3 Satellite TV
System
(13 February 2006) KVH
Industries, Inc., brings mobile satellite TV to the largest segment of the U.S.
production powerboat market - those vessels 25' - 40' in length - thanks to its
new TracVision M3, the world's smallest stabilised marine satellite TV
system.
more . . . .
People
Americom Government Services Hires
Robert Demers as Vice President of Sales Development
(16 February 2006) Americom Government Services, Inc.
(AGS), a wholly owned subsidiary of SES Americom, has announced that Robert
Demers has joined as a Vice President of Sales Development.
more . . .
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KVH Appoints Timothy Allen as Vice
President, Finance, and Corporate Controller
(13 February 2006) KVH Industries, Inc., has announced that Mr.
Timothy Allen has joined the company as its Vice President of Finance and
Corporate Controller.
more . . . .
