16 September 2007
Satcoms
DVBS2-ACM Coming To
Africa
Gigasat Delivers World Class
Systems to BBC World Service
Gilat's
SkyEdge Selected for Russian Ministry of Education Network to Provide Broadband
Internet to Thousands of Schools
Hughes
Supplies Global-Teleport of Russia with Broadband Satellite Solution
ND SatCom Strikes SNG Deal at IBC 2007
SES And AR-SAT With Long-Term Contract For Use
Of AMC-6 In South America
Tooway
Consumer Satellite Broadband Service Continues Roll-Out Across
Europe
Broadcast
DirecTV and Thomson Introduce First Satellite
Based Multi-Dwelling Unit Triple-Play Technology Platform - DirecTV
MFH3
DirecTV Deploys Tandberg
Television Workflow Automation Solution
ICO and Clearwire to Conduct Mobile Video
Trial
MTG Launches Viasat 4 in
Norway
MTG to Launch DTH Satellite
Platform in the Ukraine
New Sports
Channel sportdigital.tv Launches On entavio Platform
SES Astra Expands Its Interactive TV Service
Blucom to the Arab World
SES Astra
Increases Capacity for Tele 5 in Germany
Six HDTV Channels Now Available to Hits Quantum
Affiliates via SES Americom's AMC-18 Satellite
Earth Observation
NASA Keeps Eye on Ozone Layer Amid Montreal
Protocol's Success
Navigation
Boeing Builds First GPS IIF
Satellite
Military
Space
DataPath and Qualcomm Team to Offer Integrated
SATCOM and Cellular Solutions
Lockheed
Martin Achieves Key Integration Milestone on First-Of-Its-Kind Missile Warning
Satellite
NSSL Awarded Prestigious Mod
Communications Contract Until 2020
NSSL Helps Speed Up Contact Between UK Families
and Soldiers in the Field
RCC Tactical
Cellular/Satellite Communications System Debuts at DSEI 2007
SAIC Awarded Contract to Support Air Force Space
Command
Science
NASA and NIH Partner for Health Research in
Space
NASA Collaborates With Russia on
Foton-M3 Mission
Astronomy
Caltech Astronomers Obtain Sharpest-Ever Pictures
of the Heavens
Stars
NASA Astronomers Find Bizarre Planet-Mass Object
Orbiting Neutron Star
Galaxies
Dark, But Light: Smallest Galaxies Ever Seen
Solve a Big Problem
Galaxy 'Hunting'
Made Easy
Large Binoccular Telescope
Shows That Hercules Is Odd, Flat Dwarf Galaxy
Moon
Google Sponsors Lunar X Prize to Create a Space
Race for a New Generation
Mars
Mars Exploration Rover Status Report:
Opportunity Takes a Dip into Victoria Crater
Mars Exploration Rover Status Report: Spirit
Finally Arrives at Home Plate!
NASA's
Phoenix to Assess Chance for Life in Mars' Northern Hemisphere
New Theory Explains Ice on
Mars
Saturn
Saturn's Moon Iapetus is the Yin-And-Yang of the
Solar System
Saturn's Moon Iapetus is
the Yin-Yang of the Solar System
Meteors
Subaru Astronomers Measure Meteoroid Tunnels in
Earth's Atmosphere
Technology
ATK Awarded Multi-Mode Spacecraft Propulsion
System Development Contract with Air Force Research Lab
NASA Researchers Extend Life of Hot Temperature
Electronic Chip
Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne Advances Hypersonic Technology for Dual-Mode Ramjet
Application
Teraphysics to Prototype
New Miniature High-Power Amplifier for Radar Imaging and Satellite
Communications for Air Force
The Prius
of Space
Launch
Services
Arianespace to Launch ELISA Satellites
Dawn One Step Away From Asteroid Belt
Trip
Kaguya - Another Chapter for the
Lunar Saga
Intelsat 11 is Fuelled at
Europe's Spaceport for Arianespace's Late September Ariane 5 Mission
SpaceX Signs Deal for First Commercial
Geostationary Satellite Launch
The
Ariane 5 for Arianespace's Fifth Mission of 2007 Takes Shape at Europe's
Spaceport
Launch Services -
Foton-M3, YES2
Foton-M3 Mission To Launch European
Experiments
YES2 Student Experiment
Ready For Launch
Foton-M3 on Schedule
for Launch
Lift-off for Foton
Microgravity Mission
Launches
Cosmos 2429
Kaguya (SELENE 1 (Selenological and Engineering
Explorer)), RSAT, VRAD
Foton-M3, Yes
2
Launch Schedule
Products and Services
ATCi Partners with Digisoft to
Offer IPTV Solution
Norsat Launches
Environmentally-Controlled, Flexible Baseband Enclosure
QinetiQ Launches Iridium Satellite-based Global
Asset Tracking Solution
Satcoms
DVBS2-ACM Coming To
Africa
(11 September 2007) Bentley Walker and Skylogic S.p.A. (a
Eutelsat Company) have agreed to deploy ViaSat's advanced LinkStar S2ACM
satellite technology for the provisioning of enhanced Internet data services
for Africa from the Skylogic teleport in Turin, Italy.
Gigasat Delivers World Class Systems to BBC
World Service
(11 September 2007) GigaSat, the leading supplier of
specialist satellite systems to the media and broadcast industries, announced
it has been awarded a tender for the manufacture, integration and supply of
four FA-180 flyaway satellite earth stations by BBC World Service.
Gilat's SkyEdge Selected for Russian Ministry of
Education Network to Provide Broadband Internet to Thousands of
Schools
(10 September 2007) Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. today
announced that Russia's leading satellite service provider, Closed Joint-Stock
Company (CJSC) Global-Teleport, is deploying a broadband satellite
communications network for the Russian Ministry of Education based on Gilat's
SkyEdge systems.
Hughes Supplies
Global-Teleport of Russia with Broadband Satellite Solution
(10
September 2007) Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the world's leading provider of
broadband satellite networks and services, announced today that Joint Stock
Company Global-Teleport of Moscow, Russia is operating the Hughes HN broadband
satellite solution to provide Internet access and rural telephony throughout
Russia.
ND SatCom Strikes SNG Deal at
IBC 2007
(10 September 2007) ND SatCom, an SES Astra company, was
able to conclude an SNG deal at the IBC trade show in Amsterdam. VTS, a German
system integrator for audio and video technology, ordered two satellite uplinks
for Satellite News Gathering (SNG) vehicles, which are going to be delivered to
WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk), a major European broadcaster.
SES And AR-SAT With Long-Term Contract For Use
Of AMC-6 In South America
(13 September 2007) SES Global South
America Holdings, S.L., an SES company announced today an agreement with
AR-SAT, Empresa Argentina de Soluciones Satelitales, S.A., the recently formed
satellite operator based in Buenos Aires, to use 2 standard Ku-band and 3
extended Ku-band transponders on SES' AMC-6 satellite.
Tooway Consumer Satellite Broadband Service
Continues Roll-Out Across Europe
(10 September 2007) Eutelsat
Communications and ViaSat Inc. announced at the IBC exhibition in Amsterdam the
expansion of the distribution network for the Tooway satellite broadband
service that was first presented in Germany at the recent International
Consumer Electronics show in Berlin.
Broadcast
DirecTV and Thomson Introduce First Satellite
Based Multi-Dwelling Unit Triple-Play Technology Platform - DirecTV
MFH3
(11 September 2007) DirecTV, Inc., North America's leading
satellite television service provider, and Thomson are launching the first
satellite TV distribution system for multi-dwelling units (MDU) to use IP
technology for the delivery of TV services.
DirecTV Deploys Tandberg Television Workflow
Automation Solution
(10 September 2007) Tandberg Television, part of
the Ericsson Group, today announced that DirecTV, the leading satellite
television service provider in the U.S. with more than 16.3 million customers,
has deployed the Tandberg WatchPoint Workflow System to enable its new
multi-platform on-demand service including set-top, Web and mobile
content.
ICO and Clearwire to Conduct
Mobile Video Trial
(10 September 2007) ICO Global Communications
(Holdings) Limited and Clearwire Corporation today announced a joint agreement
to collaborate on one of the industry's first mobile video trials.
MTG Launches Viasat 4 in Norway
(10
September 2007)Modern Times Group MTG AB (MTG), the international entertainment
broadcasting group, today announced that it launched a new TV channel - Viasat
4 - in Norway on Saturday 8 September, to coincide with the live broadcast of
the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier between Moldova and Norway, which attracted over
320,000 viewers.
MTG to Launch DTH
Satellite Platform in the Ukraine
(10 September 2007) Modern Times
Group MTG AB(MTG), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today
announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Strong Media Group
Ltd. (SMG) to launch the first digital premium DTH satellite TV operator in
Ukraine.
New Sports Channel
sportdigital.tv Launches On entavio Platform
(12 September 2007) The
satellite platform operator entavio announced today an agreement with
sportdigital.tv, a new pay-TV sports channel to be launched on entavio in
Germany.
SES Astra Expands Its
Interactive TV Service Blucom to the Arab World
(11 September 2007)
SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that it has signed a new contract
for its interactive TV service Blucom for the Arab World.
SES Astra Increases Capacity for Tele 5 in
Germany
(14 September 2007) SES Astra, an SES company, announced
today an increase of transponder capacity for the German television channel
Tele 5.
Six HDTV Channels Now Available
to Hits Quantum Affiliates via SES Americom's AMC-18 Satellite
(10
September 2007) Six HDTV channels, A&E HD, HGTV HD, Food Network HD,
National Geographic Channel HD, Starz HD and Universal HD, have launched on the
Comcast Media Center's (CMC) HITS Quantum service aboard AMC-18, SES Americom's
latest HD-Prime satellite.
Earth
Observation
NASA Keeps Eye on Ozone Layer Amid Montreal
Protocol's Success
(13 September 2007) NASA scientists will join
researchers from around the world to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the
Montreal Protocol, an international treaty designed to reduce the hole in
Earth's protective ozone layer.
Navigation
Boeing Builds First GPS IIF
Satellite
(12 September 2007) The Boeing Company has successfully
assembled and integrated all flight hardware onto the first Global Positioning
System (GPS) IIF satellite.
Military Space
DataPath and Qualcomm Team to Offer Integrated
SATCOM and Cellular Solutions
(10 September 2007) DataPath, Inc., a
leading provider of satellite and wireless communications networks around the
world, has signed a joint marketing agreement with Qualcomm whereby the two
companies are working together to deliver integrated satellite and cellular
communications solutions for battlefield and disaster situations.
Lockheed
Martin Achieves Key Integration Milestone on First-Of-Its-Kind Missile Warning
Satellite
(10 September 2007) Lockheed Martin announced today that
it has successfully mated the spacecraft bus and the payload for the first
Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1)
satellite.
NSSL Awarded Prestigious Mod
Communications Contract Until 2020
(13 September 2007) NSSL, the
international satellite communications provider, has been awarded the extension
of a major contract to become the sole provider of commercial satcoms for the
UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).
NSSL
Helps Speed Up Contact Between UK Families and Soldiers in the
Field
(13 September 2007) International satellite communications
provider NSSL is helping UK troops to keep in touch with home while they serve
abroad.
RCC Tactical Cellular/Satellite
Communications System Debuts at DSEI 2007
(11 September 2007)
Leading developer of advanced cellular communications solutions for
aeronautical and remote applications, Altobridge, is showcasing its ruggedised
Remote Contiguous Communications (RCC) tactical cellular system, which uses
frequencies typical of civilian mobile phone networks and represents the first
application of true cellular communications to the military
environment.
SAIC Awarded Contract to
Support Air Force Space Command
(13 September 2007) Science
Applications International Corporation announced today that it was awarded the
indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, single-award Consolidated Logistics
Advisory and Assistance Service Support (CLASS) Contract to provide systems
support to Air Force Space Command (AFSPC).
Science
NASA and NIH Partner for Health Research in
Space
(12 September 2007) A Sept. 12 signing of a memorandum of
understanding marked a key milestone for NASA and the National Institutes of
Health in their long partnership to advance scientific discovery.
NASA
Collaborates With Russia on Foton-M3 Mission
(11 September 2007)
NASA is collaborating with Russia on a new robotic mission to conduct
biological studies.
Astronomy
Caltech Astronomers Obtain Sharpest-Ever Pictures
of the Heavens
(7 September 2007) Astronomers from the California
Institute of Technology and the University of Cambridge have developed a new
camera that produces much more detailed pictures of stars and nebulae than even
the Hubble Space Telescope, and it does all this from here on
Earth.
Stars
NASA Astronomers
Find Bizarre Planet-Mass Object Orbiting Neutron Star
(12 September
2007) Using NASA's Swift and Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) satellites,
astronomers have discovered one of the most bizarre planet-mass objects ever
found.
Galaxies
Dark, But Light: Smallest Galaxies Ever Seen
Solve a Big Problem
(12 September 2007) Scientists may have solved a
discrepancy between the number of extremely small, faint galaxies predicted to
exist near the Milky Way and the number actually observed.
Galaxy 'Hunting' Made Easy
(14
September 2007) Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope have discovered in
a single pass about a dozen otherwise invisible galaxies halfway across the
Universe. The discovery, based on a technique that exploits a first-class
instrument, represents a major breakthrough in the field of galaxy
'hunting'.
Large Binoccular Telescope
Shows That Hercules Is Odd, Flat Dwarf Galaxy
(14 September 2007) An
international team of astronomers using the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) in
Arizona has discovered that the Hercules Dwarf Galaxy is shaped like a cigar.
That makes it an oddball among millions of its peers.
Moon
Google Sponsors Lunar X Prize to Create a Space
Race for a New Generation
(13 September 2007) The X Prize Foundation
and Google Inc. today announced the Google Lunar X Prize, a robotic race to the
Moon to win a remarkable US$ 30 million prize purse.
Mars
Mars Exploration Rover Status Report:
Opportunity Takes a Dip into Victoria Crater
(12 September 2007)
Today, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity entered Victoria Crater for
the first time. It radioed home information via a relay by NASA's Mars Odyssey
orbiter, reporting its activities for the day.
Mars Exploration Rover Status Report: Spirit
Finally Arrives at Home Plate!
(12 September 2007) After remaining
beyond the margins of Home Plate ever since exiting its northeast edge on Sol
774 (March 7, 2006) to survive the first winter on Mars, Spirit finally climbed
on top of the elevated, circular plateau that scientists believe is volcanic in
origin.
NASA's Phoenix to Assess Chance
for Life in Mars' Northern Hemisphere
(12 September 2007) In 2008,
NASA's Phoenix spacecraft is scheduled to land in the northern plains of Mars
to determine if that environment could support life in the past or in
geologically recent times.
New Theory
Explains Ice on Mars
(12 September 2007) Wobbles on Mars cause ice
ages that are much more dramatic than those on Earth, says astronomer Norbert
Schorghofer of the University of Hawaii.
Saturn
Saturn's Moon Iapetus is the Yin-And-Yang of the
Solar System
(12 September 2007) Scientists on the Cassini mission
to Saturn are poring through hundreds of images returned from the Sept. 10
flyby of Saturn's two-toned moon Iapetus.
Saturn's Moon Iapetus is the Yin-Yang of the
Solar System
(13 September 2007) Cassini scientists are poring
through hundreds of images returned from the 10 September fly-by of Saturn's
two-toned moon Iapetus.
Meteors
Subaru Astronomers Measure Meteoroid Tunnels in
Earth's Atmosphere
(11 September 2007) When meteoroids flash through
Earth's atmosphere, they bore tunnels through the air, leaving behind narrow
meteor tracks that are heated by the collision of the fast-moving incoming
object with atoms of highly diluted atmospheric gases.
Technology
ATK Awarded Multi-Mode
Spacecraft Propulsion System Development Contract with Air Force Research
Lab
(11 September 2007) Alliant Techsystems announced today that the
U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, CA has awarded the
company a US$ 3.3 million contract, with options worth an additional US$ 4.7
million, to develop a multi-mode propulsion system for small
spacecraft.
NASA Researchers Extend
Life of Hot Temperature Electronic Chip
(11 September 2007) NASA
researchers have designed and built a new circuit chip that can take the heat
like never before.
Pratt & Whitney
Rocketdyne Advances Hypersonic Technology for Dual-Mode Ramjet
Application
(13 September 2007) Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
(PWR), a United Technologies Corp. company, has successfully demonstrated
sub-scale combustor operation for a hydrocarbon- fuelled, dual-mode ramjet
engine designed to operate over a wide range of Mach numbers.
Teraphysics to Prototype New Miniature
High-Power Amplifier for Radar Imaging and Satellite Communications for Air
Force
(11 September 2007) Teraphysics Corporation will prototype and
test an innovative miniature 95 GHz amplifier for very high resolution radar
and wide bandwidth communications applications under a US$ 749,945 Phase II
Small Business Technology Transfer contract from the Air Force Office of
Scientific Research.
The Prius of
Space
(13 September 2007) If you drive a car - and you know who you
are - you have invariably come upon the dreaded dilemma of
refuelling.
Launch
Services
Arianespace to Launch ELISA
Satellites
(11 September 2007) Astrium has selected Arianespace to
launch four satellites of the space segment of the ELISA demonstrator.
Dawn One Step Away From Asteroid Belt
Trip
(11 September 2007) The Dawn spacecraft completed the
25-kilometer (15-mile) journey from Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville,
Fla., to Pad-17B of the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 5:10 a.m. EDT
today.
Kaguya - Another Chapter for the
Lunar Saga
(13 September 2007) JAXA's first large lunar explorer,
Kaguya (formerly Selene), is due to launch on 14 September, adding a new
mission to the story of lunar exploration.
Intelsat 11 is Fuelled at Europe's Spaceport for
Arianespace's Late September Ariane 5 Mission
(10 September 2007)
The Intelsat 11 telecommunications satellite has been fuelled at the Spaceport
in French Guiana as payload preparations continue apace for Arianespace's
upcoming dual-passenger Ariane 5 mission.
SpaceX Signs Deal for First Commercial
Geostationary Satellite Launch
(13 September 2007) Space Exploration
Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announced today that it has signed a contract with
the UK-based Avanti Communications Group (Avanti) for the launch of Avanti's
HYLAS Ka band satellite to geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) on board a SpaceX
Falcon 9.
The Ariane 5 for
Arianespace's Fifth Mission of 2007 Takes Shape at Europe's
Spaceport
(14 September 2007) Another Ariane 5 launcher has begun
its integration at the Spaceport in French Guiana, demonstrating Arianespace's
ability to maintain a sustained mission rate in response to market demand for
its commercial launch services.
Launch Services - Foton-M3, YES2
Foton-M3 Mission To Launch
European Experiments
(11 September 2007) An unmanned Foton-M3
capsule, carrying a payload of around 40 European experiments, will launch
onboard a Soyuz-U rocket from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, at 13:00 CEST
(11:00 UT) this Friday.
YES2 Student
Experiment Ready For Launch
(12 September 2007) With only two days
to go before lift-off, hundreds of students around the world are eagerly
anticipating the launch of a unique experiment, known as the second Young
Engineers Satellite (YES2).
Foton-M3 on
Schedule for Launch
(13 September 2007) An unmanned Foton capsule,
carrying a payload of over 40 European experiments, is on schedule for launch
from Baikonur Cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, at 13:00 CEST (11:00 UT)
tomorrow.
Lift-off for Foton
Microgravity Mission
(14 September 2007) An unmanned Foton
spacecraft, carrying a payload of more than 40 ESA experiments, was
successfully launched earlier today.
Launches
Cosmos 2429
Kaguya (SELENE 1 (Selenological and Engineering
Explorer)), RSAT, VRAD
Foton-M3, Yes 2
Launch
Schedule
Products and
Services
ATCi Partners with Digisoft to Offer IPTV
Solution
(11 September 2007) Antenna Technology Communications Inc.,
a provider of commercial satellite communications systems, today announced that
it has teamed up with leading IPTV solution provider Digisoft to provide a cost
effective, highly scalable, end-to-end IPTV solution for IP network
operators.
Norsat Launches
Environmentally-Controlled, Flexible Baseband Enclosure
(12
September 2007) Norsat International Inc., a leading provider of intelligent
satellite solutions, announced today that it has released its Rapid Application
Development Environment (RADE) satellite terminal at the DSEi Defense Systems
& Equipment International Exhibition, the world's largest fully integrated
international defence exhibition.
QinetiQ Launches Iridium Satellite-based Global
Asset Tracking Solution
(11 September 2007) QinetiQ has developed
the Mobile Asset Information Acquisition (MAIA) system to provide a secure,
end-to-end, asset tracking capability, and is launching it on its stand 641 at
DSEi.
