1 July 2007
Satcoms
Gilat Chosen to Provide
SkyEdge Broadband Satellite Network to One of Russia's Largest Telecom
Operators, Sibirtelecom
Microspace
Revolutionises the Digital Cinema Experience by Delivering the North American
Premiere of 'Transformers' via Satellite to 4,000 Viewers
One Touch Systems and BTV+ Announce
Partnership
Broadcast
AsiaSat and Indiasign to Jointly Launch MCPC Platform
on AsiaSat 2
ESPN Star Sports chooses
Tandberg Television for First MPEG-4 AVC Contribution and Distribution
System
Eutelsat W3A Satellite Selected By
Gateway Broadcast Services for New African Pay-TV Platform
STMicroelectronics' Digital Satellite Broadcast Chips
Enable In-Vehicle Sirius Backseat TV
Earth Observation
NASA Airborne Expedition Chases Climate, Ozone
Questions
Navigation
Co-Operation Agreement for Satellite Navigation in
Africa
Military
Space
LM/NGC TSAT Team Demonstrates Technology Maturity of
Laser Communications Subsystem
Lockheed
Martin-Led Team Completes Integrated Baseline Review for Space
Radar
Astronomy
NASA Establishes New Office To Study Cosmic
Phenomena
Stars
First Detection of Thorium in an Extragalactic
Star
Solar
System
Scientists Find That Earth And Mars Are Different To
The Core
Mars
NASA Mars Rover Ready For Descent into
Crater
NASA Satellite Captures First View Of
'Night-Shining' Clouds
Manned
Space
Dextre, One Step Closer to the International Space
Station
NASA Selects RS&H, Inc. to
Design Emergency Egress System for Orion Astronauts
Spacehab Reports Successful Hardware
Handover
Textron Defense Systems to Develop
and Test Heat Shield Materials for the NASA Orion
Spacecraft
Technology
YES2 Given Green Light for
Launch
Launch
Services
2007 Paris Air Show, an Excellent Vintage for
Arianespace
Arianespace Orders 35 More Ariane
5 Launchers From Astrium
Development
Contracts Signed For Future European Launchers
Kazakhstan Relaunches and Redefines Its Space
Strategy
Launches
Genesis Pathfinder 2
Launch
Schedule
Business
Blue Sky Network Expands into Spain Through
Partnership With Helicsa Helicópteros
Estonia Signs Co-operation Agreement with
ESA
Satellite Systems Corporation Launches
Dominion Test Instruments
Spacehab
Subsidiary Wins New US$ 35 Million NASA Contract at
Vandenberg
Products and
Services
Actel Launches Low-power RTAX-SL FPGAs for Space
Applications
People
Mobile Satellite Ventures Appoints Ines Lebow Vice
President, Next-Generation Services Programs
NASA Announces Constellation Management Changes In
Florida
Robert Seto and Chris Crumbly Join
Ball Aerospace Ares Team
Tandberg Television
Appoints Al Nuñez to President of the Americas
Satcoms
Gilat Chosen to Provide
SkyEdge Broadband Satellite Network to One of Russia's Largest Telecom
Operators, Sibirtelecom
(26 June 2007) Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd.
today announced that it has been chosen by one of Russia's largest telecom
operators, Sibirtelecom, to provide a SkyEdge broadband satellite
network.
Microspace Revolutionises the
Digital Cinema Experience by Delivering the North American Premiere of
'Transformers' via Satellite to 4,000 Viewers
(25 June 2007)
Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading distributor of
digital cinema via satellite, today announced that it will deliver the North
American premiere of DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures' release of
"Transformers" to the L.A. Film Festival on June 27, 2007.
One Touch Systems and BTV+ Announce
Partnership
(28 June 2007) One Touch Systems, the company that
increases the capacity for organisations to communicate with and train large
numbers of geographically dispersed people, today announced an agreement with
BTV+, an industry pioneer in satellite delivery of interactive content for
distance learning, multi-location communications and digital signage. Together,
One Touch and BTV+ will provide a powerful solution for delivering live,
enterprise-wide communication and learning to large corporate and government
organisations.
Broadcast
AsiaSat and Indiasign to Jointly Launch MCPC Platform
on AsiaSat 2
(27 June 2007) Asia's leading satellite operator, Asia
Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and Indiasign Pvt. Ltd.,
India's leading broadcast services provider and systems integrator, announced
today the signing of a collaboration agreement to jointly launch a C-band MCPC
(Multiple Channels per Carrier) platform on AsiaSat 2's pan Asian coverage beam
offering premier broadcasters one-stop transmission solution to distribute
television and radio services to cable and satellite networks, terrestrial
stations, hotels and individual home viewers across Asia and
Australasia.
ESPN Star Sports chooses
Tandberg Television for First MPEG-4 AVC Contribution and Distribution
System
(27 June 2007) Tandberg Television, part of the Ericsson
Group, today announced it has been chosen by ESPN Star Sports (ESS) to provide
the advanced video compression head-end for the world's first MPEG-4 AVC
contribution and distribution (C&D) system.
Eutelsat W3A Satellite Selected By Gateway Broadcast
Services for New African Pay-TV Platform
(28 June 2007) Eutelsat
Communications today announced the conclusion of a five-year contract for
capacity on its W3A satellite with Gateway Broadcast Services, which is
preparing to launch an innovative new pay-TV platform for sub-Saharan
Africa.
STMicroelectronics' Digital Satellite
Broadcast Chips Enable In-Vehicle Sirius Backseat TV
(27 June 2007)
STMicroelectronics today announced it is providing the digital broadcasting
chipset for Sirius Backseat TV, a ground-breaking TV service that delivers live
TV from the best family TV programmers directly to
vehicles.
Earth
Observation
NASA Airborne Expedition Chases Climate, Ozone
Questions
(27 June 2007) NASA's Tropical Composition, Cloud and
Climate Coupling (TC4) field campaign will begin this summer in San Jose, Costa
Rica, with an investigation into how chemical compounds in the air are
transported vertically into the stratosphere and how that transport affects
cloud formation and climate.
Navigation
Co-Operation Agreement for
Satellite Navigation in Africa
(28 June 2007) ESA and the Agency for
Security of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar have signed a co-operation
agreement with the objective of using satellite navigation to improve air
traffic safety over the African continent.
Military Space
LM/NGC TSAT Team Demonstrates Technology Maturity of
Laser Communications Subsystem
(25 June 2007) A recent test
conducted by the Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Transformational Satellite
Communications (TSAT) space segment team has validated that its laser
communications technology developed for the Risk Reduction and System
Definition phase has achieved the goal of Technology Readiness Level 6 (TRL-6)
- a key milestone on the path to flight for the TSAT program.
Lockheed Martin-Led Team Completes Integrated Baseline
Review for Space Radar
(27 June 2007) The Lockheed Martin Space
Radar team has successfully completed on-schedule an Integrated Baseline Review
(IBR) with the U.S. Air Force, an important program milestone that precedes the
System Requirements Review. Space Radar is being developed to provide global
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) for the military and
intelligence community.
Astronomy
NASA Establishes New Office To Study Cosmic
Phenomena
(26 June 2007) NASA has created a new office to study in
more detail some of the universe's most exotic phenomena: dark energy, black
holes and cosmic microwave background radiation.
Stars
First Detection of Thorium in an Extragalactic
Star
(27 June 2007) Astronomers from the National Astronomical
Observatory of Japan and Osaka Kyoiku University in Japan, have detected the
element thorium in a red giant star called COS82, which lies in the Ursa Minor
dwarf galaxy.
Solar
System
Scientists Find That Earth And Mars Are Different To
The Core
(28 June 2007) Research comparing silicon samples from
Earth, meteorites and planetary materials, published in Nature (28th June
2007), provides new evidence that the Earth's core formed under very different
conditions from those that existed on Mars.
Mars
NASA Mars Rover Ready For Descent into
Crater
(28 June 2007) NASA's Mars rover Opportunity is scheduled to
begin a descent down a rock-paved slope into the Red Planet's massive Victoria
Crater.
NASA Satellite Captures First View Of
'Night-Shining' Clouds
(28 June 2007) A NASA satellite has captured
the first occurrence this summer of mysterious iridescent polar clouds that
form 50 miles above Earth's surface.
Manned Space
Dextre, One Step Closer to the International Space
Station
(27 June 2007) The Canadian Space Agency is proud to
announce that Dextre, the third and final element of the Mobile Servicing
System which is part of Canada's contribution to the International Space
Station (ISS), was delivered to NASA's Kennedy Space Centre (KSC) in Florida
last week.
NASA Selects RS&H, Inc. to
Design Emergency Egress System for Orion Astronauts
(27 June 2007)
Reynolds, Smith and Hills, Inc. (RS&H), one of the nation's leading
facilities and infrastructure consulting firms whose client-centred program
structure provides value-added solutions to clients around the world, announced
it has been selected by NASA to design the Emergency Egress System for Orion,
the next generation space exploration vehicle that is expected to launch in
2014.
Spacehab Reports Successful Hardware
Handover
(27 June 2007) Spacehab, Incorporated, a leading provider
of commercial space services, today announced the successful delivery of its
Logistics Single Module (LSM), manifested for flight on the upcoming STS-118
mission, to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Cape Canaveral, Florida from the
Spacehab Payload Processing Facility (SPPF), also located at the Cape.
Textron Defense Systems to Develop and Test Heat Shield
Materials for the NASA Orion Spacecraft
(22 June 2007) Textron
Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems Corporation, a Textron
Inc. company, announced that it has been awarded a US$ 24 million contract,
which includes all options, by the NASA Ames Research Center to develop
alternate heat shield materials for the Orion crew exploration
spacecraft.
Technology
YES2 Given Green Light for
Launch
(25 June 2007) After 5 years of design and development work
and preparation of the flight model, the second Young Engineers Satellite
(YES2) experiment has passed its Final Acceptance Review and been given the
green light by ESA for launch in September.
Launch Services
2007 Paris Air Show, an Excellent Vintage for
Arianespace
(23 June 2007) The 47th International Paris Air Show
allowed Arianespace to bolster its position as the world leader in satellite
launch Service & Solutions.
Arianespace
Orders 35 More Ariane 5 Launchers From Astrium
(23 June 2007) Today
at the Paris Air Show, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
of Arianespace, and François Auque, Chairman of Astrium, signed a
preliminary order concerning the production of 35 Ariane 5 launchers, in
addition to the batch of 30 Ariane 5 launchers ordered in 2004.
Development Contracts Signed For Future European
Launchers
(27 June 2007) This week, ESA signed two key contracts
with NGL Prime S.p.A. of Italy, one for the definition of launcher system
concepts for the European Next Generation Launcher and the other for the
development of a European Intermediate eXperimental Vehicle (IXV).
Kazakhstan Relaunches and Redefines Its Space
Strategy
(25 June 2007) This year, the 50th anniversary of mankind's
first venture into space (Sputnik, the world's first satellite, was launched on
4th October 1957), could be the right moment for Kazakhstan to redefine its
role in the international space industry.
Launches
Genesis Pathfinder 2
Launch
Schedule
Business
Blue Sky Network Expands into Spain Through
Partnership With Helicsa Helicópteros
(26 June 2007) Blue Sky
Network, the global logistics solution provider for two-way linking and
managing transportation assets via satellite, today announced Helicsa
Helicópteros as its latest reseller. Helicsa is a member of the INAER
Group, the operator of more than 120 aircraft in Spain, Italy, Portugal and
Chile, and the European leader for on-shore helicopter operations. With its
multiple key locations throughout Spain, Helicsa will serve as a strategic
reseller for Blue Sky Network.
Estonia Signs
Co-operation Agreement with ESA
(26 June 2007) At a ceremony in
Tallinn on 20 June, René Oosterlinck, ESA Director of Legal Affairs and
External Relations, and Juhan Parts, the Estonia Minister of Economic Affairs
and Communications, signed an agreement marking closer co-operation between the
Agency and Estonia.
Satellite Systems
Corporation Launches Dominion Test Instruments
(26 June 2007)
Satellite Systems Corporation, manufacturer of satellite beacon tracking
receivers for antenna control or uplink power control, frequency converters and
other satcom products for over 20 years, is pleased to announce the launch of
Dominion Test Instruments (DTi).
Spacehab
Subsidiary Wins New US$ 35 Million NASA Contract at Vandenberg
(25
June 2007) Spacehab, Incorporated, a leading provider of commercial space
services, today announced that its Astrotech Space Operations subsidiary has
been awarded a new contract by NASA for payload processing services for
expendable launch vehicles (ELVs) from Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) at the
Western Range in California.
Products and Services
Actel Launches Low-power RTAX-SL
FPGAs for Space Applications
(25 June 2007) Extending its low-power
offerings to the space community, Actel Corporation has developed the
low-power, radiation-tolerant RTAX-SL field programmable gate array (FPGA)
family specifically targeted at high-reliability space- flight
designs.
People
Mobile Satellite Ventures Appoints Ines Lebow Vice
President, Next-Generation Services Programs
(28 June 2007) Mobile
Satellite Ventures LP (MSV) announced today that telecommunications program
management executive Ines LeBow has joined the company as vice president for
Next-Generation Services Programs to develop, integrate and execute the
company's roll out of its next-generation services.
NASA Announces Constellation Management Changes In
Florida
(26 June 2007) Kennedy Space Center Director Bill Parsons
recently announced the appointment of John J. "Tip" Talone Jr. to the new
position of associate program manager of the Constellation Program at the
centre. Philip E. "Pepper" Phillips will replace Talone as the director of the
Constellation Project Office.
Robert Seto and
Chris Crumbly Join Ball Aerospace Ares Team
(26 June 2007) Ball
Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has hired two veteran aerospace industry
managers to lead the company's efforts to provide integration and production
support for NASA's Ares I Instrument Unit contract for the Ares I Launch
Vehicle.
Tandberg Television Appoints Al
Nuñez to President of the Americas
(25 June 2007) Tandberg
Television, part of the Ericsson Group, today announced the appointment of
industry veteran Al Nuñez to President of the Americas.
