2 April 2006
Satcoms
Al Harbi Telecom
Chooses Telenor Satellite Broadcasting For Delivery of Satellite Services in
Middle East
ASECNA Expands Contract with Intelsat for Air Navigation Safety in
Africa
British Petroleum Selects Telenor Satellite Services to Provide
Global Communications
Globecomm Receives Contract Modification from Major US Government
Prime Contractor
SES Astra to Deliver Highspeed Internet to Polish
Polkomtel
Earth Observation
NOAA Selects Lockheed
Martin for Ocean Observing System Architecture Work
Raytheon 'VIIRS'
Space-Based Weather Sensor Engineering Development Unit Completes Key
Tests
Military Space
Raytheon Completes
Artillery Firing Test of Precision Guidance Kit Solution
Science
Lockheed Martin Awarded
Contract to Design the Mars Science Lab Aeroshell
Mission Control Team
Readies for Venus Arrival
NASA Reinstates Dawn Mission
Manned Space
NASA Extends Crew
Exploration Vehicle Contracts
Space Adventures to Launch First UAE National From Ras
Al-Khaimah Spaceport
Technology
AeroAstro Transponder
Provides Communications for NASA's ST5 Microsatellites
Early HyShot Data
Encouraging That Experiment Proceeded
HyShot4 Scramjet
Experiment Lifts Off
SpaceDev Awarded Contract for Sophisticated
Nanosatellite
Launches
Soyuz TMA-8 ISS
12S
Launch Schedule
Business
ND SatCom Opens Moscow
Subsidiary
SES Global Completes Acquisition of New Skies Satellites
Tandberg
Television Completes Purchase of SkyStream
Products and Services
Hughes Launches
Comprehensive Package of Satellite ISP Services under New HughesNet Brand
Hughes
Launches HughesNet Managed Network Services
Hughes Unveils New
Service Brand
STMicroelectronics Introduces First Fully Integrated LNA IC for
GPS Applications
Tandberg Television Enables the Bigger Picture with HD MPEG-4 AVC
Newsgathering Solutions
Trimble VRS Now Service to Be Launched in Great Britain
for High Precision GPS Positioning
People
Mobile Satellite
Ventures Hires Vice President Government Solutions
Orbital Announces
Promotions in Technical Operations Group
Transformational Space
Appoints CEO
Satcoms
Al Harbi Telecom Chooses Telenor
Satellite Broadcasting For Delivery of Satellite Services in Middle East
(28 March 2006) Telenor Satellite
Broadcasting has finalised contracts with Al Harbi Telecom for the provision of
satellite services within the Middle East.
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ASECNA Expands Contract with
Intelsat for Air Navigation Safety in Africa
(29 March 2006) The Agency for the Safety of Aerial Navigation in
Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) has signed a long-term, multimillion dollar
contract with Intelsat to expand its use of satellite capacity in support of
its existing civil aviation network in Africa.
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British Petroleum Selects Telenor
Satellite Services to Provide Global Communications
(28 March 2006) Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary
of Telenor of Norway, has announced the signing of a three-year communications
agreement with British Petroleum (BP) for global broadband services over
satellite.
more . . . .
Globecomm Receives Contract
Modification from Major US Government Prime Contractor
(28 March 2006) Globecomm Systems
Inc., a global provider of end-to-end value-added satellite-based
communications solutions, has received a contract modification from a major
U.S. Government prime contractor increasing the base contract by US$ 3.8
million.
more . . . .
SES Astra to Deliver Highspeed
Internet to Polish Polkomtel
(31 March 2006) SES Astra, an SES Global company, has signed an
agreement with the leading Polish mobile phone operator Polkomtel for
delivering a broadband Internet access service to the subscribers of
Polkomtel`s mobile phone network Plus GSM.
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Earth Observation
NOAA Selects Lockheed Martin for
Ocean Observing System Architecture Work
(27 March 2006) Lockheed Martin has been selected by the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as one of two companies to
proceed with conceptual designs for the Integrated Ocean Observing System
(IOOS), the first step in a proposed multiyear program to build an integrated
environment for the collection, distribution and application of coastal and
ocean information.
more . . . .
Raytheon 'VIIRS' Space-Based Weather
Sensor Engineering Development Unit Completes Key Tests
(29 March 2006) Raytheon Company
successfully completed three key testing milestones on an advanced sensor
engineering development unit (EDU) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS).
more . . .
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Military Space
Raytheon Completes Artillery Firing
Test of Precision Guidance Kit Solution
(30 March 2006) Raytheon Company has successfully
completed a gun firing test of its low-cost, XM1156 Precision Guidance Kit
(PGK) solution at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., March 16.
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Science
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to
Design the Mars Science Lab Aeroshell
(29 March 2006) Lockheed Martin has been awarded a preliminary
design and concept study start-up contract by the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration's (NASA) Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Mars Science
Laboratory (MSL) aeroshell system.
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Mission Control Team Readies for
Venus Arrival
(27 March 2006)
Venus Express mission controllers at ESA's Space Operations Centre (ESOC) are
in intensive preparation for an 11 April arrival at the spacecraft's namesake
destination.
more . . . .
NASA Reinstates Dawn Mission
(27 March 2006) NASA senior
management announced a decision Monday to reinstate the Dawn mission, a robotic
exploration of two major asteroids.
more . . .
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Manned Space
NASA Extends Crew Exploration
Vehicle Contracts
(27 March
2006) NASA has authorised contract extensions for development of the agency's
new Crew Exploration Vehicle.
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Space Adventures to Launch First UAE
National From Ras Al-Khaimah Spaceport
(27 March 2006) Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space
experiences company, announced today that Adnan Al Maimani will be the first
national from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to launch from the future
commercial spaceport to be located at the Ras Al-Khaimah International
Airport.
more . . . .
Technology
AeroAstro Transponder Provides
Communications for NASA's ST5 Microsatellites
(28 March 2006) AeroAstro, Inc., a leading provider of
small satellites and related technology products, is celebrating NASA's
successful launch on March 22 of its Space Technology 5 (ST5) satellites.
more . . . .
Early HyShot Data Encouraging That
Experiment Proceeded
(29 March
2006) University of Queensland scientists believe from preliminary data that
the HyShot III experiment was activated on March 25 and combustion occurred
during the experiment.
more . . . .
HyShot4 Scramjet Experiment Lifts
Off
(30 March 2006) The HyShot
IV experimental scramjet test was conducted on Thursday at the Woomera range,
500km north of Adelaide, South Australia at about 1.10pm local time (CDT).
more . . . .
SpaceDev Awarded Contract for
Sophisticated Nanosatellite
(29
March 2006) SpaceDev has been awarded a US$ 1.25 million contract from the Air
Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, for the preliminary
design of a nanosatellite capable of independently providing localised Space
Situational Awareness of the local space environment of a host satellite.
more . . . .
Launches
Soyuz TMA-8 ISS 12S
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Business
ND SatCom Opens Moscow
Subsidiary
(28 March 2006) ND
SatCom, a leading global supplier of satellite-based broadband VSAT, broadcast
and defence communication network solutions, has opened a Moscow subsidiary, ND
SatCom Russia, to strengthen its activities in Russia and the CIS states.
more . . . .
SES Global Completes Acquisition of
New Skies Satellites
SES
Global, the world’s pre-eminent satellite operator has completed the
acquisition of 100% of New Skies Satellites (NSS).
more . . .
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Tandberg Television Completes
Purchase of SkyStream
(31 March
2006) Tandberg Television has completed the acquisition of US based SkyStream
Networks, Inc.
more . . . .
Products and Services
Hughes Launches Comprehensive
Package of Satellite ISP Services under New HughesNet Brand
(27 March 2006) Hughes Network
Systems, LLC, the global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and
services, has unveiled plans for a package of new services under its new
HughesNet brand.
more . . . .
Hughes Launches HughesNet Managed
Network Services
(27 March
2006) Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the global leader in broadband satellite
network solutions and services, has announced the launch of the first offering
for the North American enterprise and for the government market under its new
service brand.
more . . . .
Hughes Unveils New Service Brand
(27 March 2006) Hughes Network
Systems, LLC, the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services,
has introduced its new HughesNet brand, replacing DirecWay.
more . . .
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STMicroelectronics Introduces First
Fully Integrated LNA IC for GPS Applications
(27 March 2006) STMicroelectronics, a world-wide leader in Global
Positioning System (GPS) Radio Frequency (RF) front-end receivers, has expanded
its family of silicon Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMIC)
amplifiers with a new single-chip product designed for use in electronic
devices embedding a GPS function.
more . . .
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Tandberg Television Enables the
Bigger Picture with HD MPEG-4 AVC Newsgathering Solutions
(30 March 2006) Tandberg Television
will continue to build on its technology and market lead in HD MPEG-4 AVC with
the launch of groundbreaking high definition (HD) digital satellite and
electronic newsgathering solutions (DSNG and DENG) based on its HD advanced
compression engine.
more . . . .
Trimble VRS Now Service to Be
Launched in Great Britain for High Precision GPS Positioning
(29 March 2006) Trimble has
announced it will launch its new Trimble VRS Now service for Great Britain in
May.
more . . . .
People
Mobile Satellite Ventures Hires Vice
President Government Solutions
(29 March 2006) Mobile Satellite Ventures, LP (MSV) has hired
James Corry to lead MSV's system solutions for all federal, state, and local
government needs, as well as the solutions for emergency responders and public
safety.
more . . . .
Orbital Announces Promotions in
Technical Operations Group
(27
March 2006) Orbital Sciences Corporation has announced that Mr. Barry Johnson
and Mr. James Judd have been promoted to the positions of Vice President of
Quality Assurance and Supplier Management and Vice President of Production,
Integration and Test, respectively.
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Transformational Space Appoints
CEO
(30 March 2006)
Transformational Space Corp. (t/Space) has announced the appointment of Charles
Duelfer as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
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