14 January 2007
Satcoms
Globecomm Systems Receives
an Additional US$ 2.0 Million on a Previously Announced Long-Term
Infrastructure Project
Hughes Reaches New
Pinnacle in Subscriber Numbers
Intelsat
Satellites Restore Operators Following Asian Earthquake Fibre Cuts
Patriot Antenna Systems wins Deployable Trailer
Mount Antenna Development Contracts
RAMTelecom and SkyPort International Form Strategic
Alliance To Expand North American Service Access and Coverage
Satellite Broadband Customers Sign Up for
Speed
Broadcast
DirecTV Anywhere, Anytime, Anyplace
DirecTV to Offer 100 National HD Channels in
2007
DISH Network Expands Interactive TV
Offerings
DISH Network Introduces TV On
The Go
DISH Network Launches DishDVR
Advantage Package
Dish Network Offers
Free High Definition DVR
EchoStar,
Windstream Sign Extension to Agreement
Earth Observation
ESA Launches New Project To Protect
Biodiversity
Navigation
One Year of Galileo Signals
u-blox Delivers its 5,000,000th GPS Receiver to
Mobile Crossing
Military
Space
Boeing Completes Critical Design Review for Space
Based Space Surveillance
Boeing to Begin
Second Phase of Enhanced Polar System Payload Study
Comtech Receives US$ 26.8M Contract for Satellite
Communications and Network Services
General Dynamics Awarded US$ 16 Million for
Production of Tactical Satellite Communications Terminals
Inmarsat and ViaSat to Develop BGAN Terminal for
Defence Sector
SBIRS Instructors Hold
Keys to Ground Floor of New Payload
Astrophysics
Famous Space Pillars Feel the Heat of Star's
Explosion
First 3D Map of the Universe's
Dark Matter Scaffolding
Hubble Maps the
Cosmic Web of "Clumpy" Dark Matter in 3-D
Superstrings Could Add Gravitational Cacophony to
Universe's Chorus
Astronomy
Ball Aerospace/NASA Achieve Key Technology
Milestone for James Webb Space Telescope
Patriot Antenna Systems Wins 12 meter Antenna
Contract From Australia
Stars
Astronomers Find The Most Distant Star Clusters
Hidden Behind A Nearby Cluster
Astronomers Map a Hypergiant Star's Massive
Outbursts
First Large Infrared Light
Survey of Closest Young Star Pair Yields New Multiple Star Systems in Ophiuchus
Star Forming Region
How Do Multiple-Star
Systems Form? VLA Study Reveals "Smoking Gun"
Hubble Sees Star Cluster "Infant
Mortality"
VLBA Helps Build New Picture
of Star-Forming Regions
Pulsars
Researchers Using Arecibo Telescope Discover
Never-Before-Seen Pulsar Blasts in Crab Nebula
Galaxies
Astronomers Discover Enormous Halo of Red Giant
Stars Around Andromeda
University of
Texas Astronomer's Studies of Galactic Bulges
Black Holes
Astronomers Detect Black Hole In Tiny 'Dwarf'
Galaxy
Astronomers Find Triple
Interactions Of Supermassive Black Holes To Be Common In Early
Universe
Chandra Discovers Light Echo
from Milky Way's Black Hole
Quasars
First Triple Quasar Discovered at WM Keck
Observatory
Large Telescopes Team Up To
Help Astronomers Discover A Trio Of Quasars
Quasar Light Variability Linked To Black Hole
Mass
Supernova
Rethinking Last Century's Closest, Brightest
Supernova
University of Chicago Flash
Center to Perform Gruelling Supernova Simulations
Moon
NASA Invites Academia and Industry
to Lunar Dust Workshop
Earth
University of Alberta Space Research To Solve
Aurora Mystery
Mars
NASA Funds Scripps Instrument For Probing For Life
on Mars
NASA Selects Proposals For Future
Mars Missions And Studies
New Analysis of
Viking Mission Results Indicates Presence of Life on Mars
New NASA Orbiter Sees Details of 1997 Mars
Pathfinder Site
SwRI Proposal for Mars
Scout Orbiter Mission Selected for Study by NASA
Jupiter
New Horizons Jupiter Encounter
Begins
Saturn
Huygens's Second Landing Anniversary - The
Surprises Continue
Meteors
Rough Road Results In BC Meteorite
Find
Asteroids
Diamonds from Outer Space: Geologists Discover
Origin of Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds
Comets
SOHO Prepares For Comet
McNaught
Extra-Solar
Planets
Gas Giants Jump Into Planet Formation
Early
Hubble Observations Provide Insight
into Planet Birth
Sub Orbital
Space
Launch Window to Open at Poker Flat Research
Range
Manned
Space
International Space Station Status Report:
SS07-02
Technology
Gravity Mission to Benefit from QinetiQ
Precision
Launch
Services
Arianespace to Launch ProtoStar I
PSLV Successfully Launches Four
Satellites
Skynet 5A Military
Communications Satellite Arrives for Arianespace's First Ariane 5 Mission in
2007
Launches
Cartosat-2, Lapan-Tubsat, Pehuensat-1, Space
capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1)
Launch
Schedule
Business
CapRock Expands UK Facilities in Response to
Significant Growth in the Region
DigitalGlobe Acquires GlobeXplorer
SkyTerra Announces Closing of Transaction with
BCE
Space Ads Taken to Next
Level
Products and
Services
Atmel Extends its Rad-Hard Memory Family With
16-Mbit SRAMs for Space Applications
Award-Winning XM Mini-Tuner Leads the Way for New
Audiovox Satellite Radio Products
Delphi
Launches Premium Sound System Designed to Work with Multiple Satellite Radio
Receivers
Orbcomm Reseller SkyMate
Receives NOAA Type Approval for Its Vessel Monitoring System
Trimble Introduces First Complete Outdoor Navigation
Solution for GPS-Enabled Mobile Phones
People
Barrett, Faga, and Musk Join Space Foundation's
Board of Directors
DirecTV Advertising
Sales Department Announces Appointments
Intelsat Names Michelle Bryan Senior Vice President,
Human Resources
Satcoms
Globecomm Systems
Receives an Additional US$ 2.0 Million on a Previously Announced Long-Term
Infrastructure Project
(10 January 2007) Globecomm Systems Inc., a
global provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, today
announced that the Company has received a second round of funding on a
previously announced US$ 7 million infrastructure contract for a foreign
government.
Hughes Reaches New Pinnacle in
Subscriber Numbers
(8 January 2007) Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the
global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and services, today
announced that the number of HughesNet small business and residential
subscribers surpassed 325,000 during the fourth quarter of 2006, an 18 percent
growth over the same period in 2005, demonstrating continued steady growth in
satellite broadband subscriptions among underserved consumers.
Intelsat Satellites Restore Operators Following
Asian Earthquake Fibre Cuts
(11 January 2007) When the Taiwan
earthquake severed six major undersea fibre optic cables, disrupting
telecommunications throughout the Asia-Pacific region, Intelsat was able to
restore services for many voice, video and data providers, some within hours of
the event.
Patriot Antenna Systems wins
Deployable Trailer Mount Antenna Development Contracts
(10 January
2007) Patriot Antenna Systems is pleased to offer the new 3.8m and 4.8m
Deployable Trailer Mount Antennas. These high performance antennas provide
combined convenience and quality.
RAMTelecom and SkyPort International Form Strategic
Alliance To Expand North American Service Access and Coverage
(10
January 2007) RAMTelecom Inc., a satellite service provider delivering
flexible, scalable solutions for broadband data and voice business
communications, today announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with
SkyPort International Inc. of Houston, TX, that will allow both companies to
better meet the communications needs of their customers.
Satellite Broadband Customers Sign Up for
Speed
(9 January 2007) Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the global
leader in broadband satellite network solutions and services, today announced
the rapid adoption of high-end HughesNet plans by its growing customer base,
largely in the underserved areas of the United States.
Broadcast
DirecTV Anywhere, Anytime, Anyplace
(8
January 2007) Going where no other television service provider has gone before,
DirecTV, the nation's leading digital satellite television service, is
introducing the world's first fully-integrated, portable satellite and TV
system - DirecTV Sat-Go (Satellite-To-Go).
DirecTV to Offer 100 National HD Channels in
2007
(8 January 2007) DirecTV, the nation's leading satellite
television service provider, is hailing 2007 as the "Year of HD" with the
planned launch and carriage of 100 national high-definition (HD)
channels.
DISH Network Expands Interactive
TV Offerings
(8 January 2007) EchoStar Communications Corporation
and its DISH Network satellite TV service announced today from the 2007
International Consumer Electronics Show that it will launch exciting new
interactive TV (iTV) programs throughout 2007, including Racing Interactive and
2007 ICC Cricket World Cup.
DISH Network
Introduces TV On The Go
(8 January 2007) EchoStar Communications
Corporation and its DISH Network satellite TV service today introduced the
MobileDISH in-car satellite service, a programming package by DISH Network
combined with cutting-edge antenna technology from RaySat
DISH Network Launches DishDVR Advantage
Package
(8 January 2007) EchoStar Communications Corporation and its
DISH Network satellite TV service announced today from the 2007 International
Consumer Electronics Show the rollout of its DishDVR Advantage Package, the
first-ever DVR bundle offered by a pay-TV provider.
Dish Network Offers Free High Definition
DVR
(8 January 2007) EchoStar Communications Corporation and its
DISH Network satellite TV service announced today that starting Feb. 1, 2007,
it will offer new DISH Network customers the highly-acclaimed, high definition
ViP622 DVR receiver for free as part of the Digital Home Advantage
Program.
EchoStar, Windstream Sign
Extension to Agreement
(8 January 2007) EchoStar Communications
Corporation and Windstream Corporation today announced a multi-year extension
to their existing agreement to offer DISH Network satellite TV service to
Windstream customers throughout its 16-state territory.
Earth Observation
ESA Launches New Project To
Protect Biodiversity
(9 January 2007) The world's biodiversity is
vanishing at an unprecedented rate - around 100 species every day - due to
factors such as land use change and pollution.
Navigation
One Year of Galileo
Signals
(12 January 2007) One year ago today, GIOVE-A began
transmitting Galileo navigation signals. This satellite is the first flight
element in ESA's in-orbit validation programme for Galileo.
u-blox Delivers its 5,000,000th GPS Receiver to
Mobile Crossing
(12 January 2007) u-blox America, Inc. delivered its
5,000,000th GPS receiver to Mobile Crossing, Inc., an innovative manufacturer
of rugged handheld GPS computers and personal navigation devices
(PND).
Military
Space
Boeing Completes Critical Design Review for Space
Based Space Surveillance
(8 January 2007) The Boeing team that is
building the Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system has successfully
passed the System Critical Design Review (CDR) as the U.S. Air Force authorised
the program to proceed toward a December 2008 launch.
Boeing to Begin Second Phase of Enhanced Polar
System Payload Study
(9 January 2007) Boeing and the U.S. Air Force
MILSATCOM Systems Wing have exercised an US$ 8.4 million contract option to
activate Phase II of the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) payload study.
Comtech Receives US$ 26.8M Contract for Satellite
Communications and Network Services
(4 January 2007) Comtech
Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Maryland-based subsidiary,
Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received a letter contract with a
not-to-exceed ceiling value of US$ 26.8 million for satellite communications
and network management services.
General
Dynamics Awarded US$ 16 Million for Production of Tactical Satellite
Communications Terminals
(11 January 2007) General Dynamics C4
Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, has been awarded a US$ 15.5
million order for satellite communications terminals that will be used in the
U.S. Marine Corps' Support Wide Area Network (SWAN) program.
Inmarsat and ViaSat to Develop BGAN Terminal for
Defence Sector
(10 January 2007) Inmarsat, the leading provider of
global mobile satellite communications, and ViaSat Inc., a provider of digital
communications for commercial and military applications, have announced a
co-funded project to develop a new mobile satellite communications terminal for
the defence sector.
SBIRS Instructors Hold
Keys to Ground Floor of New Payload
(10 January 2007) Future Space
Based Infrared Systems crews will get in on the ground level of Air Force Space
Command's most advanced payload when they begin training at the 460th
Operations Group Detachment 1 here Jan. 12.
Astrophysics
Famous Space Pillars Feel the Heat of Star's
Explosion
(9 January 2007) The three iconic space pillars
photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 might have met their
demise, according to new evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
First 3D Map of the Universe's Dark Matter
Scaffolding
(7 January 2007) By analysing the COSMOS survey - the
largest ever survey undertaken with Hubble - an international team of
scientists has assembled a three-dimensional map that offers a first look at
the web-like large-scale distribution of dark matter in the Universe.
Hubble Maps the Cosmic Web of "Clumpy" Dark Matter
in 3-D
(7 January 2007) An international team of astronomers using
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has created a three-dimensional map that provides
the first direct look at the large-scale distribution of dark matter in the
universe.
Superstrings Could Add
Gravitational Cacophony to Universe's Chorus
(8 January 2007) Albert
Einstein theorised long ago that moving matter would warp the fabric of
four-dimensional space-time, sending out ripples of gravity called
gravitational waves.
Astronomy
Ball Aerospace/NASA Achieve Key Technology
Milestone for James Webb Space Telescope
(11 January 2007) A team of
engineers from Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and NASA have
successfully met the criteria needed to demonstrate Technology Readiness Level
6 (TRL-6) for the Wavefront Sensing and Control for the James Webb Space
Telescope, a measure used by NASA to assess the maturity of evolving
technologies.
Patriot Antenna Systems Wins
12 meter Antenna Contract From Australia
(21 December 2006) Patriot
Antenna System is very pleased to announce that they have been awarded a
contract for a 12 meter radio Telescope Antenna for the ATNF Parkes Observatory
in Australia.
Stars
Astronomers Find The Most Distant Star Clusters
Hidden Behind A Nearby Cluster
(10 January 2007) Astronomers have
discovered the most distant population of star clusters ever seen, hidden
behind one of the nearest such clusters to Earth. At a distance of more than a
billion light-years, the newly discovered star clusters provide a unique probe
of what similar systems in our own galaxy once looked like.
Astronomers Map a Hypergiant Star's Massive
Outbursts
(8 January 2007) Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and
the W.M. Keck Observatory, Kameula, Hawaii, astronomers have learned that the
gaseous outflow from one of the brightest super-sized stars in the sky is more
complex than originally thought.
First
Large Infrared Light Survey of Closest Young Star Pair Yields New Multiple Star
Systems in Ophiuchus Star Forming Region
(10 January 2007) After
three years of observations using the 10-meter Keck II telescope in Hawaii,
Lowell Observatory astronomer Lisa Prato announces discovery of four new
low-mass double star systems with separations similar to the Earth-Sun distance
or smaller.
How Do Multiple-Star Systems
Form? VLA Study Reveals "Smoking Gun"
(8 January 2007) Astronomers
have used the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array (VLA) radio
telescope to image a young, multiple-star system with unprecedented detail,
yielding important clues about how such systems are formed.
Hubble Sees Star Cluster "Infant
Mortality"
(10 January 2007) Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space
Telescope have found that young stellar nurseries, called open star clusters,
have very short lives.
VLBA Helps Build
New Picture of Star-Forming Regions
(8 January 2007) New,
high-precision distance measurements by the National Science Foundation's Very
Long Baseline Array (VLBA) radio telescope are providing a major advance for
astronomers trying to understand how stars form.
Pulsars
Researchers Using Arecibo Telescope Discover
Never-Before-Seen Pulsar Blasts in Crab Nebula
(8 January 2007)
Astronomers and physicists using the Cornell-managed Arecibo Telescope in
Puerto Rico have discovered radio interpulses from the Crab Nebula pulsar that
feature never-before-seen radio emission spectra.
Galaxies
Astronomers Discover Enormous Halo of Red Giant
Stars Around Andromeda
(8 January 2007) Astronomers have found an
enormous halo of stars bound to the Andromeda galaxy and extending far beyond
the swirling disk seen in images of the famous galaxy, our nearest large
galactic neighbour.
University of Texas
Astronomer's Studies of Galactic Bulges
(9 January 2007) David
Fisher, an astronomy graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin, is
making important contributions to the future understanding of galaxy evolution
by studying the different types of bulges at the hearts of nearby spiral
galaxies.
Black
Holes
Astronomers Detect Black Hole In Tiny 'Dwarf'
Galaxy
(8 January 2007) A Hubble Space Telescope image shows a dwarf
galaxy, VCC128, at the center, and the enlargement at right shows a double
nucleus that suggests the presence of a black hole.
Astronomers Find Triple Interactions Of
Supermassive Black Holes To Be Common In Early Universe
(8 January
2007) New cosmological computer simulations produced by a team of astronomers
from Northwestern University, Harvard University and the University of Michigan
show for the first time that supermassive black holes (SMBHs), which exist at
the centres of nearly all galaxies, often come together during triple galaxy
interactions.
Chandra Discovers Light Echo
from Milky Way's Black Hole
(12 January 2007) Like cold case
investigators, astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to
uncover evidence of a powerful outburst from the giant black hole at the Milky
Way's centre.
Quasars
First Triple Quasar Discovered at WM Keck
Observatory
(8 January 2007) Astronomers using the W. M. Keck
Observatory have discovered a triple quasar.
Large Telescopes Team Up To Help Astronomers
Discover A Trio Of Quasars
(8 January 2007) Using ESO's Very Large
Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers at the Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland and the California Institute
of Technology, USA, have discovered the first known triplet of
quasars.
Quasar Light Variability Linked
To Black Hole Mass
(8 January 2007) Quasars are some of the most
luminous and distant objects in the universe - and appear to have something in
common with ordinary light bulbs, say researchers at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign and at the National Center for Supercomputing
Applications.
Supernova
Rethinking Last Century's Closest, Brightest
Supernova
(9 January 2007) Twenty years ago next month, the closest
and brightest supernova in four centuries lit up the southern sky, wowing
astronomers and the public alike.
University of Chicago Flash Center to Perform
Gruelling Supernova Simulations
(9 January 2007) The University of
Chicago's Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes will perform the
world's most advanced simulations of exploding white dwarf stars with an
allocation of 2.5 million hours of processing time on the U.S. Department of
Energy's high-performance computers.
Moon
NASA Invites Academia and Industry to Lunar Dust
Workshop
(8 January 2007) The NASA Engineering and Safety Center
will sponsor a Lunar Dust Workshop Jan. 30 through Feb. 1 at the NASA Ames
Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
Earth
University of Alberta Space Research To Solve
Aurora Mystery
(10 January 2007) On February 15, NASA will launch
the largest number of scientific satellites ever sent into orbit aboard a
single rocket.
Mars
NASA Funds Scripps Instrument For Probing For Life
on Mars
(9 January 2007) On Monday, NASA announced US$ 750,000 in
funding for development of an instrument to detect signs of life on Mars
proposed by a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San
Diego.
NASA Selects Proposals For Future
Mars Missions And Studies
(8 January 2007) On Monday, NASA selected
for concept study development two proposals for future robotic missions to
Mars.
New Analysis of Viking Mission
Results Indicates Presence of Life on Mars
(8 January 2007) We may
already have 'met' Martian organisms, according to a paper presented Sunday
(Jan. 7) at the meeting of the American Astronomical Society in
Seattle.
New NASA Orbiter Sees Details of
1997 Mars Pathfinder Site
(11 January 2007) The high-resolution
camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has imaged the 1997 landing site
of NASA's Mars Pathfinder, revealing new details of hardware on the surface and
the geology of the region.
SwRI Proposal
for Mars Scout Orbiter Mission Selected for Study by NASA
(10
January 2007) NASA has selected a proposal by Southwest Research Institute and
its partners to develop a concept study report for a future US$ 475 million
robotic orbiter mission to Mars.
Jupiter
New Horizons Jupiter Encounter
Begins
(10 January 2007) The New Horizons Jupiter encounter is under
way! The spacecraft began collecting data on the Jovian system this week,
starting with black-and-white images of the giant planet and an infrared look
at the icy moon Callisto on Jan. 8.
Saturn
Huygens's Second Landing Anniversary - The
Surprises Continue
(12 January 2007) Two years ago, planetary
scientists across the world watched as Europe and the US did something
amazing.
Meteors
Rough Road Results In BC Meteorite
Find
(9 January 2007) An impromptu detour on the back roads near
Whistler, B.C. several decades ago led to the first new Canadian meteorite find
of 2006 for a British Columbia man.
Asteroids
Diamonds from Outer Space: Geologists Discover
Origin of Earth's Mysterious Black Diamonds
(9 January 2007) Black,
or carbonado, diamonds, came from outer space, geologists have
discovered.
Comets
SOHO Prepares For Comet McNaught
(11
January 2007) Recently, sky watchers in the Northern Hemisphere have been
enjoying the sight of Comet McNaught in the twilight sky.
Extra-Solar Planets
Gas Giants Jump Into Planet
Formation Early
(8 January 2007) Gas-giant planets like Jupiter and
Saturn form soon after their stars do, according to new research.
Hubble
Observations Provide Insight into Planet Birth
(7 January 2007) New
observations from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have begun to fill gaps in the
early stages of planet birth.
Sub
Orbital Space
Launch Window to Open at Poker Flat Research
Range
(12 January 2007) Five NASA rockets are scheduled to launch
from Poker Flat Research Range this month.
Manned Space
International Space Station Status Report:
SS07-02
(12 January 2007) After a three-day holiday to celebrate the
Russian Orthodox Christmas, astronauts on the International Space Station spent
the week packing trash into the Progress 22 cargo craft and unpacking items
delivered by Progress 23 as they prepared for the arrival of new
supplies.
Technology
Gravity Mission to Benefit from
QinetiQ Precision
(11 January 2007) QinetiQ has conducted the final
testing of its T5 ion thrusters that will enable a European space mission to
measure and map the Earth's gravity field in far greater detail than ever
previously achieved.
Launch
Services
Arianespace to Launch ProtoStar I
(8
January 2007) Arianespace CEO Jean-Yves Le Gall announced today during his
annual January press conference that Arianespace will launch the ProtoStar I
satellite for ProtoStar Ltd.
PSLV
Successfully Launches Four Satellites
(10 January 2007) In its tenth
flight conducted from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota,
today (January 10, 2007), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C7,
successfully launched four satellites - India's Cartosat-2 and Space capsule
Recovery Experiment (SRE-1), Indonesia's Lapan-Tubsat and Argentina's
Pehuensat-1 into a 635 km high polar orbit.
Skynet 5A Military Communications Satellite Arrives
for Arianespace's First Ariane 5 Mission in 2007
(11 January 2007)
The initial payload for Arianespace's first launch of 2007 arrived in French
Guiana this week, with the touchdown of the United Kingdom's Skynet 5A
satellite at Rochambeau International Airport near Cayenne.
Launches
Cartosat-2, Lapan-Tubsat,
Pehuensat-1, Space capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1)
Launch
Schedule
Business
CapRock Expands UK Facilities in Response to
Significant Growth in the Region
(10 January 2007) CapRock
Communications, a leading global provider of satellite communications, recently
completed the upgrade of its existing Network Operations Centre (NOC) in
Aberdeen, Scotland.
DigitalGlobe Acquires
GlobeXplorer
(8 January 2007) DigitalGlobe, provider of the world's
highest resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information
products, today announced the acquisition of GlobeXplorer, a leading geographic
data integration and publishing company, from Stewart REI Group, Inc., a
subsidiary of Stewart Information Services Corp.
SkyTerra Announces Closing of Transaction with
BCE
(8 January 2007) SkyTerra Communications, Inc. announced today
that it had completed its previously announced acquisition of BCE, Inc.'s stake
in Mobile Satellite Ventures LP (MSV).
Space Ads Taken to Next Level
(9 January
2007) YouTube and Google Video have become the new advertising hot spots.
Space, as in outer space, is becoming the final frontier for
marketing.
Products and
Services
Atmel Extends its Rad-Hard Memory Family With
16-Mbit SRAMs for Space Applications
(9 January 2007) Atmel
Corporation, announced today the introduction of the AT68166, a 16-Mbit SRAM
packaged in a hermetic Multi-Chip Module (MCM) for space applications.
Award-Winning XM Mini-Tuner Leads the Way for New
Audiovox Satellite Radio Products
(8 January 2007) Audiovox
Corporation introduced their new XM satellite radio product line featuring the
XM Mini-Tuner at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show.
Delphi Launches Premium Sound System Designed to
Work with Multiple Satellite Radio Receivers
(11 January 2007)
Delphi Corp. announced today the introduction of a premium sound system
designed to work with multiple satellite radio receivers.
Orbcomm Reseller SkyMate Receives NOAA Type
Approval for Its Vessel Monitoring System
(11 January 2007) Orbcomm,
a global satellite telecommunications company, today announced that its
Value-Added Reseller (VAR), SkyMate Inc., a marine satellite communications
systems provider, has received full type approval from the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for its enhanced Vessel Monitoring System
(VMS).
Trimble Introduces First Complete
Outdoor Navigation Solution for GPS-Enabled Mobile Phones
(8 January
2007) Trimble today introduced its GuideWorx GPS application, further extending
its Trimble Outdoors suite of GPS-on-cellular applications and demonstrating
the company's leading position in the location-based applications
space.
People
Barrett, Faga, and Musk
Join Space Foundation's Board of Directors
(8 January 2007) Today
the Board of Directors of the Space Foundation announced the election of new
officers and directors of the corporation, effective Jan. 17, 2007.
DirecTV Advertising Sales Department Announces
Appointments
(8 January 2007) DirecTV, the nation's leading
satellite television provider, announced two additions to the advertising sales
department today with the appointments of John O'Neill as the Vice President of
Sports Sales and Marketing and Heather Curatolo as Vice President of Direct
Response.
Intelsat Names Michelle Bryan
Senior Vice President, Human Resources
(8 January 2007) Intelsat
announced today that Michelle V. Bryan has been named Senior Vice President,
Human Resources, effective 16 January 2007.
