26 March 2006
Satcoms
Emergesat, a Unique
Space-Based Humanitarian Solution
Go Helitrans Selects Blue
Sky Network to Provide Global Solutions for Entire Helicopter Fleet
Loral
Skynet Re-Enters US and N American Fixed Satellite Services Market
Satellite
Multicasting Improves Educational Information Delivery
Satellite Phone Sales in
Alaska Expected to Soar
Broadcast
Latin Television
Partners with GlobeCast for US Re-Launch of Spanish-Language Television
Network
NTV-Plus Expands Use of Eutelsat's W4 Satellite
PanAmSat Lands My TV DTH
Platform in Africa
Sirius Satellite Radio Passes 4 Million Subscribers
WorldSpace
Satellite Radio Launches First Company-Branded Arabic-Language
Channelsa
Earth Observation
Com Dev to
Participate in Canada's New Radarsat Constellation Mission
Satellite Flood Mapping
Service Strengthens Eastern France Civil Protection
Military Space
GeoEye Receives
Additional Awards from the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency
Science
NASA’s New Mars
Orbiter Returns Test Images
Manned Space
Lockheed Martin
Partners With the State of Texas for NASA's Crew Exploration
Vehicle
Technology
BAE Systems'
Radiation Hardened Computers Help NASA Success
European Robotics Under
Spotlight
Hyshot III - QinetiQ Returns to Woomera for Scramjet Flight
Test
ITT Supports Successful Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Insertion
Stottler
Henke to Develop Software for Scheduling Astronaut Activities Aboard
Next-Generation Spacecraft
Launch Services
Falcon 1 Launch
Fails
Launches
Space Technology 5a,
5b, 5c
Launch Schedule
Business
Ball Aerospace Opens
New Detector Technology Center
Products and Services
STMicroelectronics
Introduces Set-Top Box Decoder for High Volume Markets
People
DirecTV Appoints
Derek Chang Senior Vice President of Strategy and Development
Satcoms
Emergesat, a Unique Space-Based
Humanitarian Solution
(23 March
2006) Emergesat, a solution dedicated to supporting rescue teams in case of
industrial, natural or terrorist emergencies, was today showcased at the ENSOSP
(Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Officiers de Sapeurs-Pompiers, national
French school for fire fighting officers), in the presence of the former French
minister Nicole Guedj, representing the French President; Yannick d'Escatha,
President of the French space agency (CNES); Pascale Sourisse, President and
CEO of Alcatel Alenia Space and Jean-Pierre Massue, President of REMIFOR.
more . . . .
Go Helitrans Selects Blue Sky
Network to Provide Global Solutions for Entire Helicopter Fleet
(21 March 2006) today announced Go
Helitrans of Manvel, Texas has chosen Blue Sky Network’s (BSN) global
solution for satellite tracking and voice for its entire fleet of 20 Bell Jet
Rangers and Long Rangers.
more . . . .
Loral Skynet Re-Enters US and N
American Fixed Satellite Services Market
(20 March 2006) Loral Skynet, a subsidiary of Loral Space &
Communications, has resumed offering fixed satellite services (FSS) to
customers in North America.
more . . . .
Satellite Multicasting Improves
Educational Information Delivery
(20 March 2006) A project supported by the European Space Agency
has combined satellite multicasting techniques and improved content management
to enhance information delivery for education.
more . . .
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Satellite Phone Sales in Alaska
Expected to Soar
(23 March
2006) Globalstar, a world leader in providing mobile satellite voice and data
services to business, announced today that it is launching a special promotion
for customers in Alaska, as the company prepares to open its new gateway
satellite ground station in Wasilla.
more . . .
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Broadcast
Latin Television Partners with
GlobeCast for US Re-Launch of Spanish-Language Television Network
(22 March 2006) Latin Television,
Inc., a Spanish-language media company whose goal is to establish its LTV brand
as one of the largest Spanish-language television networks in the United
States, has reached an agreement with GlobeCast, the world's leading satellite
services company.
more . . . .
NTV-Plus Expands Use of Eutelsat's
W4 Satellite
(21 March 2006)
NTV-Plus, Russia's leading direct-to-home pay-TV platform, is boosting its
capacity on Eutelsat's W4 satellite from six to eight transponders.
more .
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PanAmSat Lands My TV DTH Platform in
Africa
(22 March 2006) PanAmSat
has signed a multi-year agreement with Strong Technologies l.l.c. of Dubai for
programming distribution on its PAS-10 Indian Ocean Region satellite.
more .
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Sirius Satellite Radio Passes 4
Million Subscribers
(20 March
2006) Sirius Satellite Radio has recently surpassed 4 million subscribers in
the USA.
more . . . .
WorldSpace Satellite Radio Launches
First Company-Branded Arabic-Language Channels
(20 March 2006) WorldSpace Satellite Radio, one of the
world leaders in satellite-based radio services, has launched Ranin and Min
Zaman, two new commercial-free Arabic music channels that will offer
subscribers contemporary pop hits and classic Arab hits from the Middle
East.
more . . . .
Earth Observation
Com Dev to Participate in Canada's
New Radarsat Constellation Mission
(22 March 2006) Com Dev International Ltd. has been selected to
complete a technical study for the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) planned
Radarsat Constellation mission.
more . . .
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Satellite Flood Mapping Service
Strengthens Eastern France Civil Protection
(20 March 2006) A satellite-based rapid mapping service developed
to support civil defence activities in eastern France is ready and on call 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
more . . .
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Military Space
GeoEye Receives Additional Awards
from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(20 March 2006) GeoEye, the world’s largest satellite
remote-sensing imaging company, has announced its ClearView contracts for
map-accurate imagery and services with the National Geospatial-Intelligence
Agency (NGA) have increased in value by an additional US$ 13 million.
more .
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Science
NASA’s New Mars Orbiter Returns
Test Images
(24 March 2006) The
first test images of Mars from NASA's newest spacecraft provide a tantalising
preview of what the orbiter will reveal when its main science mission begins
next fall.
more . . . .
Manned Space
Lockheed Martin Partners With the
State of Texas for NASA's Crew Exploration Vehicle
(24 March 2006) Lockheed Martin has announced its plans
to locate its Crew Exploration Vehicle (CEV) program office in Houston, Texas,
as well as systems engineering, software development and qualification testing,
if the corporation is successful in its bid to provide the next generation crew
transportation system for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA).
more . . . .
Technology
BAE Systems' Radiation Hardened
Computers Help NASA Success
(23
March 2006) BAE Systems' radiation-hardened computers helped navigate NASA's
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to successful insertion into orbit around that
planet on March 10.
more . . . .
European Robotics Under
Spotlight
(23 March 2006) The
European Robotic Arm (ERA), one of ESA's most important contributions to the
International Space Station, will be delivered to Russia this summer in
preparation for a launch to the ISS in 2007.
more . . .
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Hyshot III - QinetiQ Returns to
Woomera for Scramjet Flight Test
(25 March 2006) A £1m million QinetiQ scramjet experiment
was successfully launched on March 25, 2006, at Woomera, 500km north of
Adelaide, South Australia at approximately 1.45pm local time (03:15 GMT).
more . . . .
ITT Supports Successful Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter Insertion
(20 March 2006) ITT Industries, Inc. Deep Space Network (DSN)
Operations & Maintenance team successfully supported the Mars Orbit
Insertion for one of NASA's newest exploration missions, the Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).
more . . .
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Stottler Henke to Develop Software
for Scheduling Astronaut Activities Aboard Next-Generation Spacecraft
(23 March 2006) The United Space
Alliance (USA) has engaged Stottler Henke Associates, Inc. to develop an
in-flight version of its Aurora intelligent scheduling software for proposed
use on board the United States' next-generation manned spacecraft.
more .
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Launch Services
Falcon 1 Launch Fails
(25 March 2006) The maiden flight
of SpaceX’s Falcon1 launcher failed about a minutes after lift off from
the Reagan Test Site on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.
more .
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Launches
Space Technology 5a, 5b, 5c
more . . .
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Business
Ball Aerospace Opens New Detector
Technology Center
(24 March
2006) Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has opened its new Detector
Technology Center (DTC) which will double focal plane production capacity and
accommodate optical assemblies up to one meter in size.
more . . . .
Products and Services
STMicroelectronics Introduces
Set-Top Box Decoder for High Volume Markets
(22 March 2006) STMicroelectronics, the world's largest supplier
of silicon chips for set-top boxes (STBs), has announced a new low-cost
satellite STB receiver/decoder chip - the STI5188 - intended for high-volume
free-to-air markets in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, South America and
Europe.
more . . . .
People
DirecTV Appoints Derek Chang Senior
Vice President of Strategy and Development
(20 March 2006) DirecTV, Inc., the USA's leading digital
television service provider, has announced that Derek Chang has been named
senior vice president, Strategy and Development, DirecTV Entertainment
Group.
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