1 April 2007
Satcoms
China Spacecom to Activate
Iridium Satellite Gateway This Year
Gilat
Provides Broadband Satellite Network With More Than 3,000 Sites for Major
European Retail Chain
Globecomm and
UTStarcom Forge Technology Partnership, Demonstrate Campus Enterprise Mobile
Network via Satellite
MSV Selects Nortel
for Industry First Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Network Trial
NASA Selects Telenor Satellite Services and Verso
Technologies for Satellite Communications Modernisation
Orbital Awarded Contract for a Third Communications
Satellite by Optus of Australia
Quake
Global's Q9612 Satellite Modem Chosen by Faria WatchDog for its US Fisheries
Vessel Monitoring System
SeaMobile to
Deploy UTStarcom's MovingMedia 2000 All-IP Network Solution to Deliver Wireless
GSM Voice and Data Services at Sea
SES
Americom Selects iDirect to Support REDiSat Network
Broadcast
DISH Network & Disney's Buena Vista
Video-on-Demand Sign VOD Movie Deal
GlobeCast WorldTV to Supply SIVOO with International
TV Content
Over 9.9 Million TV Households in
Five Asia/Pacific Countries Received and Watched HDTV Programming by the End of
2006
RBC-TV, Russia's Business Channel, Inks
Contract With Eutelsat for Free-to-Air Broadcasting on Hot Bird 6
Satellite
RRSat Chosen by Soundtrack
Channel to Launch Services to Asia on Telstar 10 Satellite
STV Cameroon on SES New Skies' NSS-7
Satellite
Earth
Observation
DigitalGlobe Helps Pilots Fly to Safety with Alaskan
Aviation Safety Project
ESA Open-Source
Software Supports Germany's TerraSAR-X
ESA
Satellite Images Can Help IPY Expeditions in the Arctic Ocean
London Asthma Sufferers Get Space-Based
Help
Russia Places Order with SSTL for
Satellite Platform Equipment
USGS Defines
Roles for New Satellite Mission
Tracking
Mobile Satellite Ventures Unveils MSAT-G2
Tracking
Military
Space
Raytheon to Pursue US Air Force Network and Space
O&M Contract
Astronomy
Controlled by Distant Explosions
Gemini's Laser Vision Reveals Striking New Details in
Orion Nebula
New Adaptive Optics Technique
Demonstrated
Prototype For Long Wavelength
Array Sees First Light
Wealth of New Results
from AKARI Infrared Sky-Surveyor
Supernova
Scientists Compute Death Throes of White Dwarf Star
in 3D
Earth
Berkeley Lab Detectors Gather Data on Earth's
Auroras, Radiation Belts, and the Solar Wind
Magnetic Fields Get Reconnected In Turbulent Plasma
Too, Cluster Reveals
Scientists View GOCE
Satellite
Saturn
Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on
Saturn
Asteroids
The Impossible Siblings - Unique Data Collected on
Double Asteroid Antiope
Extra-Solar Planets
NASA Telescope Finds Planets Thrive
Around Stellar Twins
Manned
Space
Boeing Announces Industry Team for Ares I Crew Launch
Vehicle Upper Stage Production
International Space Station Status Report:
SS07-15
Space
Tourism
Anousheh Ansari to Simulate Space Launch at NASTAR
Center's Inaugural Training Program
Space
Adventures' Orbital Client, Charles Simonyi, to Perform Research on the ISS for
the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Technology
Orbital Express Demonstration Program March 14,
2007
Small GEO Platform Contract
Signed
SpaceDev Awarded Operationally
Responsive Space Payload Development Contract
Launch Services
Anomalous Behaviour Affects Firing Test of Vega's
Zefiro 9 Motor
RocketPlane Kistler and NASA
Sign Space Act Agreement to Assemble the COTS K-1 Space Transportation System
in New Orleans
Spaceport Welcomes Astra 1L
for Ariane 5's Upcoming Launch
In Orbit
ESA Signs Arrangement with New Zealand on Tracking
Station
Reports
Aviation and Remote Access Are the Future of
Satellite WAN Acceleration, According to Freesky
Research
Business
Eagle Broadband Acquires Alliance Maintenance &
Services Satellite Business
SES Closes
Split-Off Transaction with GE
Spacenet
Extends the Reach of Satellite Broadband Services with Launch of Expanded
Channel Marketing Partner Program
WildBlue
Enterprise Solutions Partners With Broadcast
International
Products and
Services
DSCC Class S Qualification for Vectron International's
MIL-PRF-55310/16 Clock Oscillator
Globalstar Announces New Qualcomm Duplex Satellite
Data and Voice Module
National
Semiconductor Introduces QMLV-Qualified Precision Amplifier for Satellite
Applications
RT Logic Announces Rugged Modem
Product - The DTR104
Wegener to Intro
Enterprise Media Receiver for Business TV and Private Satellite Networks at NAB
'07
People
Boeing Florida Operations VP
to Retire, Acting Senior Executive Named
SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI) Announces Space
Tourism Expert Derek Webber Joins Firm as Affiliate
William Shernit Joins Intelsat General As President
and CEO
Satcoms
China Spacecom to
Activate Iridium Satellite Gateway This Year
(27 March 2007) China
Space Mobile Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (China Spacecom) has
announced that it is planning to open an Iridium gateway earth station in
2007.
Gilat Provides Broadband Satellite
Network With More Than 3,000 Sites for Major European Retail
Chain
(29 March 2007) Gilat Satellite Networks, Ltd., announced that
it has provided a broadband satellite network which includes more than 3,000
VSATs for deployment at one of Europe's large retail chains.
Globecomm and UTStarcom Forge Technology Partnership,
Demonstrate Campus Enterprise Mobile Network via Satellite
(30 March
2007) Globecomm Systems Inc., a global provider of end-to-end value-added
satellite-based communications solutions and UTStarcom, Inc., announced a
technology partnership designed to demonstrate the power of a hosted satellite
solution to meet the need for enterprise campus mobile connectivity.
MSV Selects Nortel for Industry First Hybrid
Satellite-Terrestrial Network Trial
(27 March 2007) Mobile Satellite
Ventures, L.P. (MSV), one of North America's leading providers of mobile
satellite communications services, will deploy what is believe to be the first
integrated 4G and satellite broadband trial powered by Nortel mobile WiMAX and
IMS technologies.
NASA Selects Telenor
Satellite Services and Verso Technologies for Satellite Communications
Modernisation
(27 March 2007) Telenor Satellite Services, a
subsidiary of Telenor of Norway, and Verso Technologies announced today that
they have been selected by the United States National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) to provide digital voice and data satellite
communications equipment and service to all of its Trans Atlantic Landing
Sites.
Orbital Awarded Contract for a Third
Communications Satellite by Optus of Australia
(29 March 2007)
Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that one of its current satellite
customers, Australia's Optus Networks, has placed a firm order for its third
STAR communications satellite as an addition to its in-orbit fleet.
Quake Global's Q9612 Satellite Modem Chosen by Faria
WatchDog for its US Fisheries Vessel Monitoring System
(26 March
2007) Quake Global, Inc., a leading manufacturer of asset tracking satellite
modems, announced today that Faria WatchDog, Inc. has chosen Quake's Q9612
modem to provide two-way satellite communications for its vessel monitoring
system (VMS).
SeaMobile to Deploy
UTStarcom's MovingMedia 2000 All-IP Network Solution to Deliver Wireless GSM
Voice and Data Services at Sea
(26 March 2007) UTStarcom, Inc., a
global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, today
announced deployment of its MovingMedia 2000 core network solution with
SeaMobile, Inc., a leading provider of advanced at-sea wireless voice
communications and data applications, to provide wireless GSM voice and data
services at sea.
SES Americom Selects
iDirect to Support REDiSat Network
(28 March 2007) iDirect
Technologies (iDirect), a subsidiary of Vision Technologies Systems Inc., and
SES Americom today announced that the iDirect iNFINITI satellite broadband
hardware and platform has been selected to support SES Americom's REDiSat
Network.
Broadcast
DISH Network & Disney's Buena Vista
Video-on-Demand Sign VOD Movie Deal
(26 March 2007) EchoStar
Communications Corporation and its DISH Network satellite TV service today
announced an agreement with Disney's Buena Vista Video-On-Demand to carry
current and catalogue movie titles from The Walt Disney Studios on its Video On
Demand platform, DISH On Demand, as well as through its Pay-Per-View
services.
GlobeCast WorldTV to Supply SIVOO
with International TV Content
(28 March 2007) GlobeCast WorldTV, the
leading aggregator and distributor of international television in America, and
SIVOO Holdings, Inc. , the first Internet TV network of multicultural on-demand
entertainment programming, today announced that content from more than 60 of
GlobeCast's WorldTV channels will be carried by SIVOO when the service becomes
available in June.
Over 9.9 Million TV
Households in Five Asia/Pacific Countries Received and Watched HDTV Programming
by the End of 2006
(26 March 2007) Research and Markets has
announced the addition of HDTV Content Development in Asia: The Achievable
Dream to their offering.
RBC-TV, Russia's
Business Channel, Inks Contract With Eutelsat for Free-to-Air Broadcasting on
Hot Bird 6 Satellite
(26 March 2007) Eutelsat Communications and
RBC-TV, the Russian business television channel, today announced the signature
of a five year contract for lease of capacity on the Hot Bird 6 television
satellite for free-to-air broadcasting over Europe, the Middle East and North
Africa.
RRSat Chosen by Soundtrack Channel
to Launch Services to Asia on Telstar 10 Satellite
(27 March 2007)
RRSat Global Communications Network Ltd., a rapidly growing provider of
comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the
television and radio broadcasting industries, announced today that Soundtrack
Channel will launch on the Telstar 10 satellite, using the RRSat Global Network
for video content management and distribution services.
STV Cameroon on SES New Skies' NSS-7
Satellite
(29 March 2007) SES New Skies, an SES company, is pleased
to announce that Cameroon's leading media company, Spectrum Group, has launched
its two free-to-air TV stations STV1 and STV2 on the NSS-7
satellite.
Earth
Observation
DigitalGlobe Helps Pilots Fly to Safety with Alaskan
Aviation Safety Project
(28 March 2007) DigitalGlobe, provider of
the world's highest-resolution commercial satellite imagery and geospatial
information products, has teamed up with the Department of Military and
Veterans Affairs (DMVA), NASA and the Medallion Foundation to launch a new
research and development project designed to help improve aviation safety in
Alaska.
ESA Open-Source Software Supports
Germany's TerraSAR-X
(28 March 2007) Germany's next-generation
TerraSAR-X uses sophisticated ground infrastructure to deliver Earth
observation data to scientists and commercial customers.
ESA Satellite Images Can Help IPY Expeditions in the
Arctic Ocean
(30 March 2007) International Polar Year (IPY)
expeditions attempting to navigate through the treacherous, ice-infested waters
of the Arctic Ocean will be able to access the latest ESA Envisat satellite
radar images of the ice conditions surrounding their vessel.
London Asthma Sufferers Get Space-Based
Help
(29 March 2007) The city of London has launched an innovative
service, funded by ESA, which delivers air pollution alerts and health advice
via SMS text messages to those who suffer from asthma and other conditions
vulnerable to poor air quality.
Russia
Places Order with SSTL for Satellite Platform Equipment
(27 March
2007) World leading small satellite manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology
Ltd (SSTL) has signed an order with the Federal State Unitary Enterprise - The
Russian Research and Production Enterprise Pan-Russian Research Institute for
Electromechanics (FSUE NPP VNIIEM) and Radioexport of Russia for the supply of
satellite platform equipment and services for the KANOPUS Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
Earth observation spacecraft.
USGS Defines
Roles for New Satellite Mission
(29 March 2007) Scientists and
engineers from the Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
and NASA are moving forward in planning a successor to the Landsat 7 satellite
mission.
Tracking
Mobile Satellite Ventures Unveils MSAT-G2
Tracking
(28 March 2007)Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announces
the availability of MSAT-G2 Tracking, yet another key feature for the MSAT-G2
Mobile Satellite Radio.
Military
Space
Raytheon to Pursue US Air Force Network and Space
O&M Contract
(28 March 2007) Raytheon Company will lead an
industry team in pursuit of Network and Space Operations & Maintenance, or
NSOM, a program to provide operations and maintenance services to the Air Force
Satellite Control Network.
Astronomy
Controlled by Distant Explosions
(28 March
2007) A time-series of high-resolution spectra in the optical and ultraviolet
has twice been obtained just a few minutes after the detection of a gamma-ray
bust explosion in a distant galaxy.
Gemini's
Laser Vision Reveals Striking New Details in Orion Nebula
(22 March
2007) An image released today by the Gemini Observatory brings into focus a new
and remarkably detailed view of supersonic "bullets" of gas and the wakes
created as they pierce through clouds of molecular hydrogen in the Orion
Nebula.
New Adaptive Optics Technique
Demonstrated
(30 March 2007) On the evening of 25 March 2007, the
Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics Demonstrator (MAD) achieved First Light at the
Visitor Focus of Melipal, the third Unit Telescope of the Very Large Telescope
(VLT).
Prototype For Long Wavelength Array
Sees First Light
(30 March 2007) Astronomers at the Naval Research
Laboratory (NRL) have produced the first images of the sky from a prototype of
the Long Wavelength Array (LWA), a revolutionary new radio telescope to be
constructed in southwestern New Mexico.
Wealth of New Results from AKARI Infrared
Sky-Surveyor
(26 March 2007) Fantastic new images and clues about
stars at different stages of their evolution, and interstellar material hosting
black holes, are just a few of the latest results obtained by AKARI, the newest
infrared sky-surveyor mission on the scene.
Supernova
Scientists Compute Death Throes of White Dwarf Star
in 3D
(23 March 2007) University of Chicago scientists will
demonstrate how to incinerate a white dwarf star in unprecedented detail at the
"Paths to Exploding Stars" conference on Thursday, March 22, in Santa Barbara,
Calif.
Earth
Berkeley Lab Detectors
Gather Data on Earth's Auroras, Radiation Belts, and the Solar
Wind
(24 March 2007) Instruments known as solid-state telescopes
(SSTs), built with detectors fabricated at Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory and carried aboard the recently launched THEMIS mission, have
delivered their first data on how charged particles in the solar wind interact
with Earth's magnetic field to shape the planet's magnetosphere.
Magnetic Fields Get Reconnected In Turbulent Plasma
Too, Cluster Reveals
(27 March 2007) Using measurements of the four
ESA's Cluster satellites, a study published this week in Nature Physics shows
pioneering experimental evidence of magnetic reconnection also in turbulent
'plasma' around Earth.
Scientists View GOCE
Satellite
(30 March 2007) With launch scheduled for December this
year, scientists and engineers recently gathered at Alcatel Alenia Space in
Turin, Italy, to take a look at the GOCE satellite where the last subsystems
are being integrated on the spacecraft platform.
Saturn
Cassini Images Bizarre Hexagon on
Saturn
(27 March 2007) An odd, six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature
circling the entire north pole of Saturn has captured the interest of
scientists with NASA's Cassini mission.
Asteroids
The Impossible Siblings - Unique Data Collected on
Double Asteroid Antiope
(29 March 2007) Combining precise
observations obtained by ESO's Very Large Telescope with those gathered by a
network of smaller telescopes, astronomers have described in unprecedented
detail the double asteroid Antiope, which is shown to be a pair of rubble-pile
chunks of material, of about the same size, whirling around one another in a
perpetual pas de deux.
Extra-Solar
Planets
NASA Telescope Finds Planets Thrive Around Stellar
Twins
(29 March 2007) The double sunset that Luke Skywalker gazed
upon in the film "Star Wars" might not be a fantasy.
Manned Space
Boeing Announces Industry Team for
Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle Upper Stage Production
(28 March 2007)
Boeing will lead a team of suppliers in pursuit of a contract for production of
the upper stage for the Ares I crew launch vehicle, NASA's first new
human-rated launch vehicle since the space shuttle.
International Space Station Status Report:
SS07-15
(29 March 2007) The Expedition 14 crew of the International
Space Station continued preparations for the April arrival of a new station
crew by boarding their Soyuz TMA-9 craft and taking a 24-minute flight from one
station docking port to another.
Space Tourism
Anousheh Ansari to Simulate Space Launch at NASTAR
Center's Inaugural Training Program
(26 March 2007) Environmental
Tectonics Corporation (ETC) today announced that the world's first private
female space explorer, Anousheh Ansari, has agreed to participate in the
inaugural Space Launch Training program of the National Aerospace Training and
Research (NASTAR) Center in Southampton, PA.
Space Adventures' Orbital Client, Charles Simonyi, to
Perform Research on the ISS for the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency
(27 March 2007) Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading
space experiences company, announced today that Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., has
agreed to conduct a series of tests on behalf of the Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agency (JAXA) during his 10-day stay onboard the International
Space Station (ISS).
Technology
Orbital Express Demonstration
Program March 14, 2007
(28 March 2007) The Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency (DARPA) Orbital Express program will validate the technical
feasibility of robotic, autonomous on-orbit refuelling and reconfiguration of
satellites during a three-month demonstration mission that began on March 8,
2007.
Small GEO Platform Contract
Signed
(28 March 2007) On 28 March in Berlin, the European Space
Agency officially announced the signing with OHB/Germany of a Euro 100 million
framework contract to develop a European Small Geostationary Satellite platform
for telecommunication missions.
SpaceDev
Awarded Operationally Responsive Space Payload Development
Contract
(27 March 2007) SpaceDev has been awarded a contract from
the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), in response to the Operationally
Responsive Space Payload Technology Broad Agency
Announcement.
Launch
Services
Anomalous Behaviour Affects Firing Test of Vega's
Zefiro 9 Motor
(29 March 2007) On Wednesday 28 March, at around
15:00, the second firing test of the solid rocket motor 'Zefiro 9' - the motor
that will power the third stage of ESA's future small launcher Vega - took
place at the Salto Di Quirra Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia,
Italy.
RocketPlane Kistler and NASA Sign
Space Act Agreement to Assemble the COTS K-1 Space Transportation System in New
Orleans
(28 March 2007) Rocketplane Kistler, Inc. (RpK) announced
today that a Space Act Agreement (SAA) has been established with the NASA
Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) to use NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility
(MAF) in New Orleans, LA for the assembly of the K-1 Space Transportation
System.
Spaceport Welcomes Astra 1L for
Ariane 5's Upcoming Launch
(29 March 2007) The first of two
satellite payloads for Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission is undergoing
pre-launch preparations after arriving at the Spaceport in French Guiana late
last week.
In
Orbit
ESA Signs Arrangement with New Zealand on Tracking
Station
(29 March 2007) Today ESA Director General Jean-Jacques
Dordain and Her Excellency Ms Sarah Dennis, New Zealand's Ambassador to France,
signed an arrangement on the installation of a transportable telemetry station
to track the Ariane 5 launcher that will carry into orbit ESA's Automated
Transfer Vehicle (ATV) for its maiden flight in autumn this
year.
Reports
Aviation and Remote
Access Are the Future of Satellite WAN Acceleration, According to Freesky
Research
(29 March 2007) Satellite WANs have been an afterthought
for some data networking equipment manufacturers - a convenient place to
generate a few extra dollars with products designed for terrestrial
networks.
Business
Eagle Broadband Acquires Alliance Maintenance &
Services Satellite Business
(23 March 2007) Eagle Broadband, Inc., a
leading national provider of broadband, Internet Protocol (IP) and digital
communications technology and services, today announced that the company has
acquired the commercial satellite division of Alliance Maintenance &
Services, Inc.
SES Closes Split-Off
Transaction with GE
(30 March 2007) SES announces that it has closed
the split-off transaction with GE signed on February 13th, 2007 following
satisfaction of the closing conditions.
Spacenet Extends the Reach of Satellite Broadband
Services with Launch of Expanded Channel Marketing Partner
Program
(28 March 2007) Spacenet Inc. today announced the
introduction of a newly expanded Channel Marketing Partner Program to reach new
vertical markets and offer more flexible ways for partners to work with
Spacenet.
WildBlue Enterprise Solutions
Partners With Broadcast International
(28 March 2007) WildBlue
Enterprise Solutions today announced that it has added Broadcast International
as a Value-Added Reseller (VAR) of its WildBlue Enterprise Solutions products
and services.
Products and
Services
DSCC Class S Qualification for Vectron International's
MIL-PRF-55310/16 Clock Oscillator
(26 March 2007) Vectron
International, a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of Frequency
Control, Sensor, and Hybrid Product solutions, today announced that the
MIL-PRF- 55310/16 Crystal Oscillator (XO) produced at its Mount Holly Springs
facility has received the highest qualification by the Defense Supply Center,
Columbus (DSCC).
Globalstar Announces New
Qualcomm Duplex Satellite Data and Voice Module
(27 March 2007)
Globalstar, Inc., a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data
services to businesses, governments, and individuals, announced today that it
has started to receive shipments of the new GSP-1720 satellite data and voice
module (SDVM) from manufacturer Qualcomm Incorporated.
National Semiconductor Introduces QMLV-Qualified
Precision Amplifier for Satellite Applications
(27 March 2007)
National Semiconductor Corporation (NYSE:NSM) today announced the first dual
amplifier in its new family of precision operational amplifiers specifically
QMLV-qualified for space-level applications.
RT Logic Announces Rugged Modem Product - The
DTR104
(26 March 2007) RT Logic, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Integral Systems, Inc., today announced a new low cost and rugged modem system
product - the DTR104.
Wegener to Intro
Enterprise Media Receiver for Business TV and Private Satellite Networks at NAB
'07
(28 March 2007) Wegener Corporation, a leading provider of
equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks world-wide,
today announced the introduction of its Unity 550-2 Enterprise Media Receiver,
the latest innovative product in a long line of enterprise network receivers
being used by Wegener customers throughout the world.
People
Boeing Florida Operations VP to Retire, Acting Senior
Executive Named
(29 March 2007) Former NASA astronaut and space
shuttle flight engineer Bruce Melnick, vice president of Boeing Florida
Operations, retires from The Boeing Company on April 1.
SpaceWorks Engineering, Inc. (SEI) Announces Space
Tourism Expert Derek Webber Joins Firm as Affiliate
(26 March 2007)
SpaceWorks Engineering announces that space tourism expert Mr. Derek Webber has
joined the firm as an affiliate and technical advisor.
William Shernit Joins Intelsat General As President
and CEO
(29 March 2007) William Shernit has been named President and
CEO of Intelsat General Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intelsat Ltd., with
the aim of leveraging the world's largest satellite fleet to deliver assured
communications and integrated, satellite-based solutions to U.S. Federal, other
government and commercial customers.
