19 March 2006
Satcoms
Alcatel Alenia Space
To Build Ciel-2 Satellite
Gilat Provides VSATs for Mexican Public-School
Initiative
Orbcomm Announces Three-Year Extension With GE
Paramount Pictures
Expands Digital Cinema Pilot Program with Microspace
Satellite Data Boom
Expected in South America
ViaSat Selected as Network Service Provider for Burger
King in North America
Xicom Receives US$ 2 Million in Orders
Broadcast
SES Astra and Arena
Sign Capacity Agreement
Earth Observation
Alcatel Alenia Space
to Provide the Radar System for Kompsat-5
Design of Earth
Observation Satellite Constellation Awarded
Night Views of European
Seas Improve ESA Ocean Heat Map
Radar Altimetry
Revolutionises Study of Ocean
Researchers Convinced
Satellites Are Helpful In Tracking Epidemics
Military Space
Air Force Research
Labs to Boost 'Eyes in the Sky' with Star-P
Canadian Department of
National Defence (DND) Selects Stratos for Inmarsat Services
National
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Awards US$ 12 Million ClearView Contract to
DigitalGlobe
ViaSat Finalises Subcontract with Boeing for FAB-T Information
Security
Science
Moon-Based
Radiotelescope Planned
Manned Space
NASA Announces New
Window for Next Space Shuttle Mission
Technology
Aerojet Engines
Enable Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to Enter Martian Orbit
Agreement Between ESA
and CNES for Alphabus
Microscopic Radiator on "Skin" of NASA
Spacecraft
Launch Services
ICO North America to
Launch GEO Satellite Using International Launch Services' Atlas
V
Launches
Hot Bird 7A,
Spainsat
Launch Schedule
Reports
2009 Digital TV
Deadline Spurs US Pay TV Boom
ATC to Revolutionise MSS
Industry in the US
Media Partners Asia Releases Asia Pacific Pay TV and Broadband
Markets 2006
Business
AeroAstro Awarded GSA
Professional Engineering Services Contract
ATK Realigns
Operations
PanAmSat Invests in Pegaso Banda Ancha
Sciemus Places In-Orbit
Insurance for Inmarsat's I-4 Satellites
Products and Services
u-Nav Announces
RendevU, a True Monolithic GPS Single-Die Receiver
WildBlue's High Speed
Internet Service Now Available in Alabama, South Carolina and
Tennessee
People
Intelsat Appoints
Jeffrey P. Freimark as Chief Financial Officer
Jim Maser to Join SpaceX
as President and Chief Operating Officer
Mars Rovers Get New
Manager During Challenging Period
SES Americom Names Ducay
as COO and Russo as Marketing and Product Management SVP
Swales Aerospace Appoints Chief Financial
Officer
Satcoms
Alcatel Alenia Space To Build Ciel-2
Satellite
(17 March 2006)
Alcatel Alenia Space is to deliver the high-powered Ciel-2 telecommunication
satellite to Ciel Satellite of Canada, the newest member of the SES family.
more . . . .
Gilat Provides VSATs for Mexican
Public-School Initiative
(13
March 2006) Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. has been selected by a consortium of
leading Mexican technology firms to provide a network of nearly 7,000 SkyEdge
VSATs for use in more than 16,000 Mexican public-school classrooms.
more .
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Orbcomm Announces Three-Year
Extension With GE
(15 March
2006) Orbcomm, a global satellite telecommunications company, today announced
that the Asset Intelligence division of GE Equipment Services has placed orders
for 50,000 satellite communicators from Stellar Satellite Communications, a
wholly owned Orbcomm subsidiary.
more . . .
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Paramount Pictures Expands Digital
Cinema Pilot Program with Microspace
(13 March 2006) Microspace Communications Corporation, the leading
provider of point-to-multipoint satellite services, has signed a non-exclusive,
non-binding letter of intent to partner with Paramount Pictures for satellite
delivery of digital cinema.
more . . . .
Satellite Data Boom Expected in
South America
(13 March 2006)
Independent Peruvian Globalstar gateway operator, TE.SA.M Peru SA, plans to
offer simplex, or one-way, data services to Globalstar customers throughout
Peru and parts of Bolivia, Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, northern Chile and the
Pacific coast maritime region.
more . . .
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ViaSat Selected as Network Service
Provider for Burger King in North America
(16 March 2006) ViaSat Inc. has been selected as the network
service provider for The Burger King Corporation in North America, providing
broadband satellite networking services to BK restaurants in an initiative
called Connect Your W@y.
more . . . .
Xicom Receives US$ 2 Million in
Orders
(15 March 2006) Radyne
Corporation’s Xicom Technology subsidiary has received new orders
totalling over US$ 2.0 million from 2 major U.S. satellite communications
integrators for military satellite communications amplifiers.
more .
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Broadcast
SES Astra and Arena Sign Capacity
Agreement
(16 March 2006) SES
Astra, an SES Global company, and Arena, owner of live-TV rights for the German
first soccer league (Bundesliga), have signed a satellite capacity
agreement.
more . . . .
Earth Observation
Alcatel Alenia Space to Provide the
Radar System for Kompsat-5
(16
March 2006) Alcatel Alenia Space has signed a contract with the Korea Aerospace
Research Institute (KARI) and the Republic of South Korea Space Agency, to
provide a SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) payload system for Kompsat-5, the main
Earth observation space program of the Republic of South Korea.
more .
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Design of Earth Observation
Satellite Constellation Awarded
(14 March 2006) The Honourable Maxime Bernier, Minister of
Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), has
announced that MDA of Richmond, British Columbia has been awarded a contract to
carry out the conceptual design and mission definition for a new fleet of Earth
Observation satellites.
more . . . .
Night Views of European Seas Improve
ESA Ocean Heat Map
(17 March
2006) The Mediterranean looks better in the dark - at least in the view of an
ESA-led effort to use satellites to take the daily temperature of Europe's
seas.
more . . . .
Radar Altimetry Revolutionises Study
of Ocean
(15 March 2006)
Imagine a space tool so revolutionary it can determine the impact of climate
change, monitor the melting of glaciers, discover invisible waves, predict the
strength of hurricanes, conserve fish stocks and measure river and lake levels
world-wide, among other scientific applications.
more . . .
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Researchers Convinced Satellites Are
Helpful In Tracking Epidemics
(13 March 2006) The amount of data acquired by satellites is
increasing at an exponential rate, and researchers are learning about the value
of this data in fighting epidemic outbreaks as a result of the ESA’s
Epidemio project.
more . . . .
Military Space
Air Force Research Labs to Boost
'Eyes in the Sky' with Star-P
(14 March 2006) The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) in Rome,
NY, is developing a new supercomputer-based system that could help the military
analyse massive amounts of satellite-based radar data for surveillance, missile
warning, communications and navigational activities.
more . . .
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Canadian Department of National
Defence (DND) Selects Stratos for Inmarsat Services
(14 March 2006) Stratos Global Corp., a leading global
communications provider and the world's leading distributor of Inmarsat
satellite services, has been awarded a National Individual Standing Offer
(NISO) by the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND) to provide Inmarsat
leased satellite capacity services in support of land and sea-based
operations.
more . . . .
National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency Awards US$ 12 Million ClearView Contract to DigitalGlobe
(16 March 2006) DigitalGlobe has
been awarded a US$ 12 million satellite imagery capacity contract modification
by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
more . . .
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ViaSat Finalises Subcontract with
Boeing for FAB-T Information Security
(14 March 2006) ViaSat Inc. has finalised a US$ 13.8 million
dollar subcontract modification with The Boeing Company for the Family of
Advanced Beyond-line-of-sight Terminals (FAB-T) program.
more . . .
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Science
Moon-Based Radiotelescope
Planned
(14 March 2006) EADS
Space Transportation and the Netherlands Foundation for Astronomy ASTRON/LOFAR
signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday in Leiden, Netherlands.
more . . . .
Manned Space
NASA Announces New Window for Next
Space Shuttle Mission
(14 March
2006) NASA has announced that July 1 to 19, 2006, is the new launch planning
window for Space Shuttle Discovery's mission (STS-121).
more . . . .
Technology
Aerojet Engines Enable Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter to Enter Martian Orbit
(13 March 2006) Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. company, played a
crucial role in Friday's space manoeuvre for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
(MRO) spacecraft.
more . . . .
Agreement Between ESA and CNES for
Alphabus
(16 March 2006) On
Thursday 15 March, at the headquarters of the European Space Agency, a
co-operation agreement was signed between ESA and the Centre National
d'Études Spatiales for the development of Alphabus, Europe's next
generation of telecommunication satellites.
more . . .
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Microscopic Radiator on "Skin" of
NASA Spacecraft
(14 March 2006)
A small team of researchers from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics
Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Md., in conjunction with NASA Goddard Space Flight
Center (GSFC), have developed a novel radiator so small its components are only
visible under a microscope.
more . . . .
Launch Services
ICO North America to Launch GEO
Satellite Using International Launch Services' Atlas V
(16 March 2006) ICO North America
(ICO) has signed an agreement to launch its geostationary satellite on an Atlas
V rocket provided by International Launch Services (ILS).
more . . .
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Launches
Hot Bird 7A, Spainsat
more . . .
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Reports
2009 Digital TV Deadline Spurs US
Pay TV Boom
(13 March 2006) The
new deadline requiring conversion from analogue to digital TV broadcasting will
be a windfall for US pay TV providers, according to a new report from
technology research firm Strategy Analytics.
more . . .
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ATC to Revolutionise MSS Industry in
the US
(15 March 2006) In the
recently released market survey and forecast report "Mobile Satellite Services,
2nd Edition," Northern Sky Research (NSR) concluded that ancillary terrestrial
component (ATC) services will revolutionise the MSS industry.
more .
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Media Partners Asia Releases Asia
Pacific Pay TV and Broadband Markets 2006
(2 March 2006) Media Partners Asia, Ltd (MPA) has announced the
release of Asia Pacific Pay Tv And Broadband Markets 2006, a new research
report focusing on the distribution of multichannel video and broadband
services over multiple networks (including cable, satellite, ADSL, FTTH and
mobile) across 16 geographical territories in the Asia Pacific region.
more .
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Business
AeroAstro Awarded GSA Professional
Engineering Services Contract
(13 March 2006) AeroAstro, Inc., a leading provider of small
satellites and related technology products, has been awarded a GSA Federal
Supply Schedule contract for Professional Engineering Services (PES).
more .
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ATK Realigns Operations
(13 March 2006) Alliant Techsystems
Inc. has announced a realignment of its operations as part of a continuing
strategy to more closely position its businesses along market areas and enhance
operating efficiencies.
more . . . .
PanAmSat Invests in Pegaso Banda
Ancha
(13 March 2006) PanAmSat
has made an equity investment and intends to grow its relationship with
Mexico's Pegaso Banda Ancha, a Grupo Pegaso company.
more . . .
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Sciemus Places In-Orbit Insurance
for Inmarsat's I-4 Satellites
(15 March 2006) Inmarsat plc, the leading provider of global
mobile satellite communications, is to become the first satellite operator to
benefit from substantial cost savings made possible by Sciemus' new risk-based
approach to satellite insurance.
more . . .
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Products and Services
u-Nav Announces RendevU, a True
Monolithic GPS Single-Die Receiver
(15 March 2006) u-Nav Microelectronics, developer of the world's
smallest and lowest power Global Positioning System (GPS) integrated circuits
(ICs), has announced the availability of the lowest power monolithic GPS
single-die receiver on the market.
more . . .
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WildBlue's High Speed Internet
Service Now Available in Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee
(13 March 2006) WildBlue
Communications, Inc’s high-speed Internet via satellite service, is now
available throughout Alabama, South Carolina and Tennessee.
more . . .
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People
Intelsat Appoints Jeffrey P.
Freimark as Chief Financial Officer
(17 March 2006) Intelsat, Ltd. has announced that Jeffrey P.
Freimark has been appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer, effective on the resignation of Robert Medlin.
more . . . .
Jim Maser to Join SpaceX as
President and Chief Operating Officer
(17 March 2006) SpaceX has announced that Jim Maser will be
joining the company as President and Chief Operating Officer.
more .
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Mars Rovers Get New Manager During
Challenging Period
(17 March
2006) NASA's long-lived Mars rovers demand lots of care, as they age and the
Martian winter approaches.
more . . . .
SES Americom Names Ducay as COO and
Russo as Marketing and Product Management SVP
(13 March 2006) SES Americom, an SES Global company, has
announced that two key telecommunications industry leaders have joined the
executive team: Jim Ducay as Chief Operating Officer and Jon Russo as Senior
Vice President of Marketing and Product Management.
more . . .
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Swales Aerospace Appoints Chief
Financial Officer
(17 March
2006) Swales Aerospace has appointed John W. Tooley as Chief Financial Officer
and Vice President of Business Operations.
more . . .
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