23 April 2006
Satcoms
Express-AM11
Spacecraft Failure
JSAT Lifts Asia-Pacific Satellite Market Stakes With JCSAT-9
Launch
Loral Skynet do Brasil and Comsat International to Support
Brazilian Lottery and Banking Projects
Low Cost Internet Access
At Sea
PanAmSat and On Call Communications Develop Real-Time Solution for
Broadcast News Delivery Across North America
SES Americom Retires
Spacenet-4 After 15 Years of Service
Broadcast
Boeing Delivers
Satellite to DirecTV Following Successful On-Orbit Testing
Eutelsat's Hot Bird 7A
Satellite Goes Live
Fox Sports Joins Newly Launched My TV
Thomson Delivers
Next-Generation HDTV Receivers to DirecTV
TVN Consolidates
Position at Eutelsat's Hot Bird Neighbourhood for Satellite Broadcasting in
Poland
Earth Observation
ERS-2 Helps Detect
Massive Rivers Under Antarctica
GeoEye to Supply
European Commission with OrbView-3 High-Resolution Satellite Imagery
ImageCat
Releases 3D-London for Managing Corporate Risks
Lockheed Martin GOES-R
Program Team to Include SAIC and IBM
MDA Supplies Province of
Ontario with QuickBird Imagery
Navigation
Spirent to Provide
Test Equipment to Support Galileo Satellite Navigation Project
Military Space
Successful Test
Validates Lockheed Martin Design For Advanced Military Communications
Satellite
Manned Space
NASA Announces Crew
Launch Vehicle Contract Modification
NASA Scientists Study
Health Benefits of Exercise on Astronauts
Revolutionary Oxygen
System to Support Missions to Mars and the Moon
Space Flight Firms
Donate Rides to Teachers
Technology
Five NASA Centennial
Challenges Competitions Open for Registration
Flight Test Results for
Scramjet Engine
NASA's Space Technology 5 (ST5) Status Report
Launch Services
Boeing Selects
Alcatel Alenia Space To Provide Tanks for Delta II Launcher
New Service Offers
Payloads to Space for US$ 99
Launches
Astra 1KR
Launch Schedule
Business
Mirabilis Ventures
Expands Into Satellite Broadcast Industry
Products and Services
KVH TracVision
R-Series Sets New Standards in Mobile Satellite TV
Navman Announces the
Jupiter 30 Ultra High Sensitivity Module for GPS Integration
PanAmSat Blankets New
Zealand, New Caledonia and Fiji with New Services
Stratos Introduces New
BGAN Mobile Media System
Wegener Introduces Compel Hybrid Network Control
Wegener
Introduces Unity 550 Satellite Receiver for Enterprise Networks
People
GeoEye Names Paolo
Colombi Vice President of International Sales
Tandberg Television
Appoints Emmanuel Boureau as VP of EMEA Sales
Satcoms
Express-AM11 Spacecraft Failure
(19 April 2006) On March 29, 2006
at 3:41 a.m. (Moscow time) due to a sudden external impact the Express-AM11
satellite (96.5 East) experienced failure.
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JSAT Lifts Asia-Pacific Satellite
Market Stakes With JCSAT-9 Launch
(14 April 2006) Riding on the success of their perfect Sea Launch
of the JCSAT-5A (aka JCSAT-9) satellite(132 E) from the middle of the Pacific
Ocean, JSAT announced that within hours of the launch that Hawaii Pacific
Teleport has leased a 36 MHz transponder on the new satellite.
more .
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Loral Skynet do Brasil and Comsat
International to Support Brazilian Lottery and Banking Projects
(20 April 2006) Loral Skynet do
Brasil, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications, has reached an
agreement with Vicom, a subsidiary of Comsat International, McLean, Va., to
lease Ku-band capacity on Skynet's Estrela do Sul 1 (Telstar 14) satellite for
a unique, IP-based VSAT (very small aperture terminal) network connecting more
than 6,000 lottery and banking outlets across Brazil.
more . . .
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Low Cost Internet Access At Sea
(19 April 2006) Through a project
supported by the European Space Agency, the UK-based company Wired Ocean Ltd
can now provide enhanced Internet access for ships at sea at a much lower cost
than was previously possible.
more . . .
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PanAmSat and On Call Communications
Develop Real-Time Solution for Broadcast News Delivery Across North America
(18 April 2006) PanAmSat and On
Call Communications have announced the development of a new satellite-based
communications solution to enable the coverage of breaking news and live events
by local and independent news stations.
more . . .
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SES Americom Retires Spacenet-4
After 15 Years of Service
(19
April 2006) SES Americom, an SES Global company, conducted its last operations
on the Spacenet-4 (SN-4) satellite, safely de-orbiting the satellite more than
200 km beyond the geosynchronous orbital belt.
more . . .
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Broadcast
Boeing Delivers Satellite to DirecTV
Following Successful On-Orbit Testing
(19 April 2006) Boeing has handed over the Spaceway F2 satellite
to DirecTV, Inc., the second of four Boeing satellites that will provide
DirecTV with the capacity to broadcast hundreds of local and national high
definition (HD) channels, positioning DirecTV as the nation's leading provider
of HD programming.
more . . . .
Eutelsat's Hot Bird 7A Satellite
Goes Live
(20 April 2006)
Eutelsat Communications has announced the commercial entry into service of its
Hot Bird 7A broadcast satellite.
more . . .
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Fox Sports Joins Newly Launched My
TV
(18 April 2006) Fox Sports
announced today a three-year agreement with My TV for carriage of the Fox
Sports Africa network in Nigeria and Ghana, with an eye towards expansion into
other North and Central African territories in the coming months.
more .
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Thomson Delivers Next-Generation
HDTV Receivers to DirecTV
(21
April 2006) Thomson has started to deliver next generation high-definition TV
(HDTV) set-top boxes (STB) to DirecTV, the leading digital television service
provider in the United States.
more . . .
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TVN Consolidates Position at
Eutelsat's Hot Bird Neighbourhood for Satellite Broadcasting in Poland
(21 April 2006) TVN, one of
Poland's leading commercial television broadcasters has renewed its capacity at
Eutelsat’s Hot Bird neighbourhood for satellite broadcasting in
Poland.
more . . . .
Earth Observation
ERS-2 Helps Detect Massive Rivers
Under Antarctica
(20 April
2006) British scientists have discovered rivers the size of the Thames in
London flowing hundreds of miles under the Antarctica ice shelf by examining
small changes in elevation, observed by ESA’s ERS-2 satellite, in the
surface of the oldest, thickest ice in the region, according to an article
published in Nature this week.
more . . .
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GeoEye to Supply European Commission
with OrbView-3 High-Resolution Satellite Imagery
(19 April 2006) GeoEye partner European Space Imaging (EUSI) has
received an additional contract from the European Commission to supply
OrbView-3 high-resolution map-accurate imagery.
more . . .
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ImageCat Releases 3D-London for
Managing Corporate Risks
(18
April 2006) ImageCat, Inc., a DigitalGlobe business partner and the leading
provider of advanced technologies for risk and disaster management, has
released its 3D-City model for the City of London, United Kingdom.
more .
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Lockheed Martin GOES-R Program Team
to Include SAIC and IBM
(17
April 2006) Lockheed Martin has announced that Science Applications
International Corporation (SAIC) and IBM Business Consulting Services have
joined the GOES-R Lockheed Martin Team in competition for the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) program.
more . . .
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MDA Supplies Province of Ontario
with QuickBird Imagery
(14
April 2006) MDA's Geospatial Services is providing high-resolution QuickBird
data to the Government of Ontario in support of applications such as
source-water protection, land cover classification, change detection analysis,
and emergency planning and preparedness.
more . . .
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Navigation
Spirent to Provide Test Equipment to
Support Galileo Satellite Navigation Project
(19 April 2006) Spirent Communications, the leading company for
satellite navigation test equipment, has been selected to provide Radio
Frequency Constellation Simulators (RFCS) to support the development and
in-orbit validation phases of the Galileo project.
more . . .
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Military Space
Successful Test Validates Lockheed
Martin Design For Advanced Military Communications Satellite
(19 April 2006) Lockheed Martin has
successfully completed a critical structural test of the Advanced Extremely
High Frequency (EHF) spacecraft.
more . . .
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Manned Space
NASA Announces Crew Launch Vehicle
Contract Modification
(18 April
2006) NASA has authorised a contract action having a maximum value of US$ 28.6
million with ATK Thiokol of Brigham City, Utah, to continue design and
development of the first stage for the crew launch vehicle.
more . . .
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NASA Scientists Study Health
Benefits of Exercise on Astronauts
(19 April 2006) NASA has teamed up with two universities to study
ways to reduce the adverse effects of space travel has on astronauts' physical
heath.
more . . . .
Revolutionary Oxygen System to
Support Missions to Mars and the Moon
(17 April 2006) SuperCritical Thermal Systems, Inc. (STS), is
working in conjunction with Hamilton Sunstrand Space Systems of Windsor Locks,
Connecticut to produce a lightweight, compact liquid oxygen Dewar for the
Advanced Space Oxygen System (ASOS).
more . . .
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Space Flight Firms Donate Rides to
Teachers
(21 April 2006)
Responding to the recent announcement of the Space Frontier Foundation's
Teachers In Space program, three U.S. suborbital space flight firms have
donated the trip of a lifetime: a free ride for a teacher on their rocket
ships, when they become operational in the next few years.
more . . .
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Technology
Five NASA Centennial Challenges
Competitions Open for Registration
(18 April 2006) NASA has announced the opening of team
registration for five Centennial Challenges prize competitions with cash prizes
totalling more than US$ 1 million.
more . . .
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Flight Test Results for Scramjet
Engine
(19 April 2006) The
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has announce the latest data analysis
result of its scramjet engine flight test that was commissioned from the
University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia.
more . . .
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NASA's Space Technology 5 (ST5)
Status Report
(20 April 2006)
In less than a month after launch, the ST5 team has checked out the ST5
spacecraft and successfully activated all technologies.
more . . . .
Launch Services
Boeing Selects Alcatel Alenia Space
To Provide Tanks for Delta II Launcher
(18 April 2006) Alcatel Alenia Space has recently been awarded a
contract, worth approximately 11 million dollars, by the Boeing Company for
manufacturing 12 additional Second Stage Tank Assemblies for the Delta II
rocket.
more . . . .
New Service Offers Payloads to Space
for US$ 99
(18 April 2006) For
US$ 99 anyone can now send a payload into space through a new suborbital space
launch service.
more . . . .
Launches
Astra 1KR
more . . . .
Business
Mirabilis Ventures Expands Into
Satellite Broadcast Industry
(18 April 2006) Mirabilis Ventures, Inc., a mergers and
acquisition corporation, has announced its acquisition of the transportable
earth station (TES) operations of Chameleon Communications, marking Mirabilis'
presence in the satellite transmission arena.
more . . .
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Products and Services
KVH TracVision R-Series Sets New
Standards in Mobile Satellite TV
(17 April 2006) KVH Industries, Inc., the company that pioneered
affordable and reliable mobile satellite television in recreation vehicles, is
now in full production of its TracVision R-series satellite TV systems.
more . . . .
Navman Announces the Jupiter 30
Ultra High Sensitivity Module for GPS Integration
(19 April 2006) Navman, a leading designer and
manufacturer of world-class global positioning system (GPS) technology, has
announced the latest addition to its product line, the Jupiter 30.
more .
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PanAmSat Blankets New Zealand, New
Caledonia and Fiji with New Services
(17 April 2006) PanAmSat has repointed a beam on the PAS-8 Pacific
Ocean Region satellite to effectively reach every corner of New Zealand, New
Caledonia and Fiji.
more . . . .
Stratos Introduces New BGAN Mobile
Media System
(20 April 2006)
Stratos Global Corp., a leading global communications provider and the world's
leading distributor of Inmarsat satellite services, has introduced its BGAN
Mobile Media System, a remote satellite newsgathering and delivery system for
broadcasters world-wide.
more . . . .
Wegener Introduces Compel Hybrid
Network Control
(20 April 2006)
Wegener Corporation, a leading provider of products for television, audio and
data distribution networks world-wide, has announced the availability of the
Compel Network Control system to manage hybrid networks.
more . . .
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Wegener Introduces Unity 550
Satellite Receiver for Enterprise Networks
(20 April 2006) Wegener Corporation, a leading provider of
products for television, audio and data distribution networks world-wide, has
announced the introduction of the Unity 550 Enterprise Media Receiver.
more .
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People
GeoEye Names Paolo Colombi Vice
President of International Sales
(21 April 2006) GeoEye, the largest satellite remote-sensing
imaging company in the world, has announced the appointment of Mr. Paolo E.
Colombi as vice president of International Sales.
more . . .
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Tandberg Television Appoints
Emmanuel Boureau as VP of EMEA Sales
(19 April 2006) In a move designed to further strengthen and
expand its leadership position in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India
(EMEA), Tandberg Television has appointed Emmanuel Boureau as Vice President of
Sales for the region.
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