25 February 2007
Satcoms
Boeing On-Orbit Handover
of Measat-3 Satellite a Success
Gilat
Provides SkyEdge Broadband Satellite Network to Hyperia, a Leading ISP in
Nigeria
iDirect and GVF Launch Online
VSAT Installation and Maintenance Training World-wide
Intelsat, Hughes Expands UNOPAR's Distance
Learning Program in South America
Marshall Communications and Advantech Satellite
Networks Feature DVB-RCS at Satellite 2007 Conference
New Patent Protects Essential Satellite
Technology
Orbcomm Completes
Construction of Gateway in Australia
Over 170,000 Hughes Satellite Terminals Employing
DVB-S2 with ACM Shipped World-wide
STM
Signs Agreement with Satellite Mediaport Services for DVB-RCS
Deployment
Telenor Satellite Services
Previews New Secure Networking Technology
UDcast Brings WAFS Acceleration and Mobile TV to
Satellite Enabling New Revenue Streams for Satellite Service
Providers
UDcast Utilises Apposite's
Linktropy 4500 for Product Testing
Broadcast
China Satellite Mobile Selects CMB Satellite for
S-Band Satellite Capacity for the China Mobile Video Project
Gateway to Launch Pan-African Pay-TV
Service
Intelsat Signs Avail Media for
IPTV Service Distribution
More Than
2000 Channels On Astra / Sirius
NTT
Electronics' HDTV Encoder to Be Employed by Major American Production Company
for Satellite News Coverage of Spring Training
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting Name New Satellite
Thor 5
Earth
Observation
ITT Delivers Imaging Sensor for Next Generation
Geoeye-1 Satellite
Tracking
Blue Sky Network Supplies Indonesian Charter Air
Service with Satellite-Based Flight Tracking and
Communications
Military
Space
Artel Awarded US$ 70 Million in Task Orders to
Provide Satellite Services to U.S. Central Command
EchoStar Signs Long-Term Satcom Contract with
Artel
Science
Universe Offers 'Eternal Feast,' Cosmologist
Says
Astronomy
Integral Expands Our View of Gamma-Ray
Sky
NASA's Northrop Grumman-Built
Chandra X-ray Observatory Continues to Produce Observations for Amazing
Discoveries
The Sky Through Three Giant
Eyes
Stars
XMM-Newton Reveals A
Magnetic Surprise
Supernova
NASA's Hubble Telescope Celebrates SN 1987A's
20th Anniversary
XMM-Newton's
Anniversary View of Supernova SN 1987A
Sun
International Heliophysical Year Begins
Surprises from the Sun's South
Pole
Earth
LM Scientists Determine
Magnetic Reconnection Locations at Earth's Magnetopause
NASA's THEMIS Mission Launched To Study
Geomagnetic Substorms
Successful Launch
of UC Berkeley's THEMIS Satellites Positions NASA Mission to Answer Key
Questions About Earth's Auroras
Mars
First Test of New Autonomous Capability on Mars
Is Promising
Jupiter
Jupiter's Moon Europa Should Be NASA's Next
Target, Says ASU Researcher
Extra-Solar Planets
Absence of Water in Distant
Planet's Atmosphere Surprises Astronomers
Astronomers Puzzled by Spectra of Transiting
Planet Orbiting Nearby Star
Extrasolars' Light Guides Atmosphere
Research
NASA's Spitzer First To Crack
Open Light Of Far Away Worlds
Manned Space
Detecting Radiation on Lunar and Mars
Missions
International Space Station
Status Report: SS07-10
ISS Spacewalk
from Pirs Docking Compartment
Technology
Aerojet Produces New Generation of Non-toxic,
Fuel-Efficient Electric Propulsion Systems
First Photonic Laser Thruster Successfully
Demonstrated
NASA and Virgin Galactic
to Explore Future Co-operation
Planetary Magnetic Fields Propulsion Research at
NIAC
Launch
Services
AMC-21 Satellite to be Launched for SES Americom
by Arianespace
Ariane 5 Is Ready For
Its Dual-Satellite Payload
EchoStar
Orders Proton Launch from ILS
Historic
Satellite Launch Successful
NASA Awards
Turbine Pump Assembly Contract For Ares I
NASA Issues Ares I Upper Stage Production Request
for Proposal
New Deal with QinetiQ Helps
Sciemus Build on Recent Successes
SERVIS-2 to be launched on Rockot - Repeat Order
from Japan for Eurockot
United Launch
Alliance First East Coast Launch a Total Success
Launches
THEMIS
Launch
Schedule
Business
Ball Aerospace Opens Huntsville Office
CapRock Acquires Arrowhead Global
Solutions
EchoStar Invests US$ 40
Million in TU Media
Sirius and XM to
Combine in US$ 13 Billion Merger of Equals
Spacehab Dismisses RDM Claim With NASA
ViaSat Acquires Intelligent Compression
Technologies
Products and
Services
Andrew Introduces Two Earth Station Products That
Reduce Cost of Ownership
Blue Sky
Network Expands Product Line with Portable Satellite-Based Communications
Equipment for Aviation Industry
C2SAT
Introduces New Stabilised 4 Axes VSAT Antenna
FileCatalyst Offers Software-Only Solution for
Accelerated Data Transfer Over Satellite Networks
Hughes Announces Broadband VSAT Platform for
Maritime Applications
Raymarine Now
Offering Sirius Marine Weather Forecasts and Entertainment Channels to More
Boaters
Raymarine's 45STV HD Reels in
High Definition Capabilities
SAT
Releases New Software to Perform Advanced Satellite Signal Interference
Identification
New Line of
High-Performance Connexstar Services for Converged Voice, Video and Data
Applications
Events
Scientists Gear Up for ESA's 2007 Envisat
Symposium
Teal Group to Evaluate
Prospects for Growth in Satellite Market
People
New Appointments Made in SP Korolev Rocket and
Space Corporation Energia Management
QinetiQ Appoints Clive Richardson as New Managing
Director
Satcoms
Boeing On-Orbit
Handover of Measat-3 Satellite a Success
(19 February 2007) The
Boeing Company today announced the successful on-orbit handover of the Measat-3
satellite to Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd.
Gilat Provides SkyEdge Broadband Satellite
Network to Hyperia, a Leading ISP in Nigeria
(21 February 2007)
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., today announced that it has been chosen by one
of Nigeria's leading Internet Service Providers, Hyperia Ltd., to provide a
SkyEdge broadband satellite hub, and initially, several hundred VSAT
terminals.
iDirect and GVF Launch Online
VSAT Installation and Maintenance Training World-wide
(20 February
2007) High-quality satellite earth station installations are being enabled
through the collaboration of three leading industry organisations on a global
online training program.
Intelsat,
Hughes Expands UNOPAR's Distance Learning Program in South
America
(20 February 2007) Intelsat today announced that it extended
its existing contract with Brazil's "União Norte do Paraná de
Ensino S/A (UNOPAR) to offer additional capacity via Intelsat's IS-1R
satellite, enabling UNOPAR to broaden distribution of its distance learning
program.
Marshall Communications and
Advantech Satellite Networks Feature DVB-RCS at Satellite 2007
Conference
(19 February 2007) Marshall Communications Corporation
and Advantech Satellite Networks, Inc. will be featuring the latest in
commercial satellite technology, Digital Video Broadcast, Return Channel via
Satellite (DVB-RCS), by hosting live demonstrations over satellite from a
DVB-RCS VSAT on display at the Satellite 2007 Conference, February 19-22, 2007
at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC to Advantech's
operational DVB-RCS Hub in Canada; live applications, including VoIP,
Videoconferencing and Wi-Fi Access will be witnessed at the
conferences.
New Patent Protects
Essential Satellite Technology
(22 February 2007) Mobile Satellite
Ventures LP (MSV) announced today that it has been awarded U.S. Patent No.
7,181,161 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Orbcomm Completes Construction of Gateway in
Australia
(21 February 2007) Orbcomm, a global satellite
telecommunications company, today announced that a new Orbcomm gateway earth
station (GES) located in Rutherglen, Australia has entered commercial service
allowing Orbcomm to provide near real-time services in Australia, New Zealand
and other parts of Asia.
Over 170,000
Hughes Satellite Terminals Employing DVB-S2 with ACM Shipped
World-wide
(21 February 2007) Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the
world's leading provider of broadband satellite network solutions and services,
today announced that over 170,000 Hughes-manufactured terminals employing the
DVB-S2/ACM feature have been shipped world-wide.
STM Signs Agreement with Satellite Mediaport
Services for DVB-RCS Deployment
(20 February 2007) STM Group
announced today that, through its Middle East subsidiary, STMEA, it has entered
into a value added service agreement with Satellite Mediaport Services Ltd
(SMS), a SMS-Mach6 Company, for the introduction of DVB-S2 RCS services in
Africa and the Middle East.
Telenor
Satellite Services Previews New Secure Networking Technology
(20
February 2007) Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway
today previewed Terralink Secure, the first in a series of secure networking
value added services to enable users to more effectively monitor and filter
security attacks and unwanted Internet content over satellite
communications.
UDcast Brings WAFS
Acceleration and Mobile TV to Satellite Enabling New Revenue Streams for
Satellite Service Providers
(20 February 2007) UDcast, a leading
provider of solutions enabling full IP over broadcast and satellite media, will
demonstrate the latest release of the VPN-compliant VSAT appliance UDgateway,
accelerating network protocol, enterprise applications and WAFS (Wide Area
Files Systems), as well as the introduction of mobile television as a revenue
source for satellite service providers at Satellite 2007.
UDcast Utilises Apposite's Linktropy 4500 for
Product Testing
(20 February 2007) Apposite Technologies and UDcast
today announced a partnership for testing UDcast's satellite gateway using
simulated satellite links.
Broadcast
China Satellite Mobile Selects CMB Satellite for
S-Band Satellite Capacity for the China Mobile Video Project
(22
February 2007) China Satellite Mobile Broadcast Limited (CSM), a company held
under Wireless Bureau of China's State Administration of Radio, Film, and TV
(SARFT), today announced that it has selected China Mobile Broadcasting
Satellite, Ltd. (CMBSat), a Hong Kong-based affiliate of EchoStar
Communications Corporation (DISH), as the primary provider of S-band satellite
capacity for China's mobile video project.
Gateway to Launch Pan-African Pay-TV
Service
(22 February 2007) Gateway Communications, a leading
provider of communications throughout Africa, today announces the launch of
GTV, a pan-African pay-TV satellite delivered service.
Intelsat Signs Avail Media for IPTV Service
Distribution
(20 February 2007) Intelsat today announced that Avail
Media signed a contract to offer Intelsat's MPEG-4 content aggregation and
delivery service - Intelsat IPTV.
More
Than 2000 Channels On Astra / Sirius
(20 February 2007) SES Astra an
SES company, has announced today that it has increased significantly the number
of broadcast services transmitted via the Astra Satellite System at the orbital
positions 19.2° East, 28.2° East and 23.5° East from 1,648 to 1,864
video, audio and interactive channels at the end of last year.
NTT Electronics' HDTV Encoder to Be Employed by
Major American Production Company for Satellite News Coverage of Spring
Training
(20 February 2007) NTT Electronics Corporation, an industry
leader in image compression technology, is pleased to announce the delivery of
its MPEG-2 HDTV Encoder/Decoder to the major American television production
company, International Media Services, Inc. (IMS).
Telenor Satellite Broadcasting Name New Satellite
Thor 5
(20 February 2007) Telenor Satellite Broadcasting today
announced that their Thor II-R satellite will be named Thor
5.
Earth
Observation
ITT Delivers Imaging Sensor for Next Generation
Geoeye-1 Satellite
(14 February 2007) ITT Corporation today
announced that ITT's Space Systems Division has successfully shipped to General
Dynamics (Gilbert, Ariz.), the next-generation commercial imaging payload for
the GeoEye-1 satellite.
Tracking
Blue Sky Network Supplies Indonesian Charter Air
Service with Satellite-Based Flight Tracking and Communications
(21
February 2007) Blue Sky Network, the global logistics solution provider for
two-way linking and managing transportation assets via satellite, today
announced that Susi Air of Indonesia has deployed Blue Sky Network's flight
tracking and communications solution on all of its
aircraft.
Military
Space
Artel Awarded US$ 70 Million in Task Orders to
Provide Satellite Services to U.S. Central Command
(21 February
2007) Artel, Inc., a global provider of Information Technology (IT) and Managed
Network Services, today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has
competitively re-awarded Artel two task orders to provide satellite services to
the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in support of U.S warfighters in the Middle
East and Southwest Asia.
EchoStar Signs
Long-Term Satcom Contract with Artel
(20 February 2007) EchoStar
Fixed Satellite Services Corporation (EFSSC), a subsidiary of EchoStar
Communications Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH), announced today that it has entered
into a long-term contract with Artel, Inc. to provide fixed satellite service
for the Department of Defense (DOD).
Science
Universe Offers 'Eternal Feast,' Cosmologist
Says
(19 February 2007) There is no such thing as a free lunch, some
say, but they would be wrong. In fact, the entirety of the universe defies
them.
Astronomy
Integral Expands Our View of Gamma-Ray
Sky
(20 February 2007) Integral's latest survey of the gamma-ray
universe continues to change the way astronomers think of the high-energy
cosmos.
NASA's Northrop Grumman-Built
Chandra X-ray Observatory Continues to Produce Observations for Amazing
Discoveries
(22 February 2007) More than seven years after its
launch and more than two years past design life, NASA's Northrop Grumman-built
Chandra X-ray Observatory continues to produce data that enables astronomers to
make extraordinary discoveries.
The Sky
Through Three Giant Eyes
(22 February 2007) The ESO Very Large
Telescope Interferometer, which allows astronomers to scrutinise objects with a
precision equivalent to that of a 130-m telescope, is proving itself an
unequalled success every day.
Stars
XMM-Newton Reveals A Magnetic
Surprise
(22 February 2007) ESA's X-ray observatory XMM-Newton has
revealed evidence for a magnetic field in space where astronomers never
expected to find one.
Supernova
NASA's Hubble Telescope Celebrates SN 1987A's
20th Anniversary
(22 February 2007) Twenty years ago, astronomers
witnessed one of the brightest stellar explosions in more than 400
years.
XMM-Newton's Anniversary View of
Supernova SN 1987A
(23 February 2007) Twenty years after the first
detection of SN 1987A, the nearest supernova ever detected since the invention
of the telescope, XMM-Newton provided a fresh-new view of this
object.
Sun
International
Heliophysical Year Begins
(19 February 2007) A year of scientific
collaboration and public engagement events aimed at understanding space weather
and the Sun's true effects throughout the Solar System starts today.
Surprises from the Sun's South Pole
(19
February 2007) Although very close to the minimum of its 11-year sunspot cycle,
the Sun showed that it is still capable of producing a series of remarkably
energetic outbursts - ESA-NASA Ulysses mission revealed.
Earth
LM Scientists Determine Magnetic Reconnection
Locations at Earth's Magnetopause
(19 February 2007) In a paper
published in the February 2007 issue of Geophysical Research Letters,
scientists from the Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center (ATC) are using
data from a unique, state-of-the-art scientific instrument - designed and built
at the Palo Alto facility - to determine how and where the energy from the
solar wind is transferred into the Earth's magnetosphere.
NASA's THEMIS Mission Launched To Study
Geomagnetic Substorms
(17 February 2007) NASA's THEMIS mission
successfully launched Saturday, Feb. 17, at 6:01 p.m. EST from Pad 17-B at Cape
Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
Successful Launch of UC Berkeley's THEMIS
Satellites Positions NASA Mission to Answer Key Questions About Earth's
Auroras
(19 February 2007) After a picture-perfect launch into
clear, blue skies at 6:01 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 17, the five THEMIS probes
are healthy and in their expected orbits, according to University of
California, Berkeley, physicist and mission principal investigator Vassilis
Angelopoulos.
Mars
First Test of New Autonomous Capability on Mars
Is Promising
(20 February 2007) Autonomous navigation software
developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) drove the NASA Mars Rover "Opportunity" last week
in the software's first live test on the Red Planet.
Jupiter
Jupiter's Moon Europa Should
Be NASA's Next Target, Says ASU Researcher
(19 February 2007) As
NASA develops its next "flagship" mission to the outer solar system, Jupiter's
enigmatic moon Europa should be the target, says Arizona State University
professor Ronald Greeley.
Extra-Solar Planets
Absence of Water in Distant
Planet's Atmosphere Surprises Astronomers
(21 February 2007) A team
of astronomers led by Carl Grillmair (Spitzer Science Center) and David
Charbonneau (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) announced today that
they have directly measured the first spectrum from the atmosphere of a known
planet orbiting a distant star.
Astronomers Puzzled by Spectra of Transiting
Planet Orbiting Nearby Star
(21 February 2007) A team of astronomers
led by Carl Grillmair of the California Institute of Technology has discovered
some puzzling things about a Jupiter-sized planet that passes in front of a
nearby star in the constellation Vulpecula.
Extrasolars' Light Guides Atmosphere
Research
(21 February 2007) So far, astronomers have discovered
about 200 planets outside our solar system, known as "extrasolar"
planets.
NASA's Spitzer First To Crack
Open Light Of Far Away Worlds
(21 February 2007) NASA's Spitzer
Space Telescope has captured for the first time enough light from planets
outside our solar system, known as exoplanets, to identify signatures of
molecules in their atmospheres.
Manned Space
Detecting Radiation on Lunar and Mars
Missions
(20 February 2007) Astronauts on lunar and Mars missions
will need to continually assess their radiation risk and exposure. The faculty
and midshipmen at the United States Naval Academy (USNA) are developing a small
device to do exactly that, as well as alert crews during high-radiation
events.
International Space Station
Status Report: SS07-10
(22 February 2007) Expedition 14 Commander
Michael Lopez-Alegria and Flight Engineer Mikhail Tyurin retracted a stuck
antenna on a cargo spacecraft during a 6-hour, 18-minute spacewalk that ended
at 10:45 a.m. CST Thursday.
ISS
Spacewalk from Pirs Docking Compartment
(21 February 2007) An egress
into space to be performed by Mikhail Turin (S.P. Korolev RSC Energia test
cosmonaut) and Michael Lopez-Alegria (NASA astronaut) is being prepared by S.P.
Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia.
Technology
Aerojet Produces New
Generation of Non-toxic, Fuel-Efficient Electric Propulsion
Systems
(20 February 2007) Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. company, has
delivered a new generation of 4.5 kilowatt Hall Thrusters - the highest power
flight-qualified Hall thrusters in the world - to Lockheed Martin Space Systems
in Sunnyvale, Calif., in support of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency
(AEHF) Air Force mission. Aerojet's thrusters will be used to manoeuvre the
spacecraft during the AEHF mission.
First Photonic Laser Thruster Successfully
Demonstrated
(21 February 2007) Since Einstein, scientists have
dreamed of Laser light powered rockets streaking through space at speeds
approaching the speed of light.
NASA and
Virgin Galactic to Explore Future Co-operation
(21 February 2007)
NASA officials Tuesday announced they have signed an agreement with a U.S.
company, Virgin Galactic, LLC, to explore collaborations on development of
future space systems and support to commercial human spaceflight
activities.
Planetary Magnetic Fields
Propulsion Research at NIAC
(22 February 2007) Dr. Mason Peck from
the Cornell University College of Engineering received a NASA Institute for
Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase I US$ 75,000 award to study an innovative idea
for altering spacecraft orbits in future missions.
Launch Services
AMC-21 Satellite to be Launched for SES Americom
by Arianespace
(21 February 2007) Arianespace announced today that
it will launch the AMC-21 telecommunications satellite.
Ariane 5 Is Ready For Its Dual-Satellite
Payload
(22 February 2007) The heavy-lift launch vehicle for
Arianespace's next Ariane 5 mission has moved to the Final Assembly Building at
Europe's Spaceport, where it will be fitted with its dual-satellite
payload.
EchoStar Orders Proton Launch
from ILS
(21 February 2007) International Launch Services (ILS)
today announced that EchoStar Communications Corporation will launch a
satellite in 2008 on a Proton Breeze M vehicle.
Historic Satellite Launch
Successful
(21 February 2007) Swales Aerospace (Swales) satellite
technology has enabled the deployment of a constellation of five NASA
spacecraft that are the central element of the THEMIS (Time History of Events
and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms) mission.
NASA Awards Turbine Pump Assembly Contract For
Ares I
(23 February 2007) NASA has selected Hamilton Sundstrand
Space Systems International Inc. of Rockford, Ill., to design, develop,
fabricate, test and deliver engineering models of a turbine pump assembly for
the Ares I upper stage thrust vector control subsystem.
NASA Issues Ares I Upper Stage Production Request
for Proposal
(23 February 2007) Friday NASA issued a request for
proposal for the Ares I launch vehicle upper stage element.
New Deal with QinetiQ Helps Sciemus Build on
Recent Successes
(19 February 2007) QinetiQ is to provide a new
round of technical advice on spacecraft reliability and risk analysis to
Sciemus, a UK-based company that is revolutionising the space insurance market,
following the signing of two new contracts that are worth £650,000 over
three years.
SERVIS-2 to be launched on
Rockot - Repeat Order from Japan for Eurockot
(21 February 2007) The
Institute for Unmanned Space Experiment Free Flyer (USEF) of Tokyo, Japan and
Eurockot Launch Services GmbH of Bremen, Germany yesterday signed a contract
for the launch of the SERVIS-2 spacecraft on a Rockot launch vehicle following
an international competition.
United
Launch Alliance First East Coast Launch a Total Success
(17 February
2007) A Delta II expendable launch vehicle successfully launched NASA's Time
History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms (THEMIS)
spacecraft today marking the first east coast mission conducted by United
Launch Alliance (ULA) since its formation Dec. 1, 2006.
Launches
THEMIS
Launch
Schedule
Business
Ball Aerospace Opens Huntsville
Office
(21 February 2007) Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
has opened an office here to anchor its pursuit of the Instrument Unit contract
for the Ares I launch vehicle, as well as strengthen the company's ongoing NASA
and defence programs.
CapRock Acquires
Arrowhead Global Solutions
(21 February 2007) CapRock
Communications, a global satellite communications provider, today announced
that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Arrowhead Global
Solutions Inc.
EchoStar Invests US$ 40
Million in TU Media
(21 February 2007) EchoStar Asia Holdings
Corporation, a subsidiary of EchoStar Communications Corporation, today
announced it has invested US$ 40 million in TU Media Corp., South Korea's only
operator of satellite digital multimedia broadcasting (S-DMB) services with
more than one million subscribers.
Sirius and XM to Combine in US$ 13 Billion Merger
of Equals
(19 February 2007) XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite
Radio today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement, under
which the companies will be combined in a tax-free, all-stock merger of equals
with a combined enterprise value of approximately US$ 13 billion, which
includes net debt of approximately US$ 1.6 billion.
Spacehab Dismisses RDM Claim With
NASA
(21 February 2007) Spacehab, Incorporated, a leading provider
of commercial space services, today announced that the company has filed for a
formal dismissal with prejudice of all litigation against NASA relating to
losses incurred by Spacehab as a result of the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia
accident.
ViaSat Acquires Intelligent
Compression Technologies
(20 February 2007) ViaSat Inc., a producer
of innovative satellite and other wireless communication products that enable
fast, secure and efficient communications to any location, has acquired
privately-held Intelligent Compression Technologies Inc.
(ICT).
Products and
Services
Andrew Introduces Two Earth Station Products That
Reduce Cost of Ownership
(20 February 2007) Andrew Corporation, a
global leader in communications equipment and systems, has introduced two new
earth station antenna (ESA) products designed to provide world class Andrew
quality at prices competitive with less capable units available
elsewhere.
Blue Sky Network Expands
Product Line with Portable Satellite-Based Communications Equipment for
Aviation Industry
(20 February 2007) Blue Sky Network, the global
logistics solution provider for two-way linking and managing transportation
assets via satellite, today announced the expansion to its aviation product
line with the D2000MA/MDA.
C2SAT
Introduces New Stabilised 4 Axes VSAT Antenna
(20 February 2007)
C2SAT today formally introduced its new Stabilised 4 Axes 1.2 m VSAT
antenna.
FileCatalyst Offers
Software-Only Solution for Accelerated Data Transfer Over Satellite
Networks
(19 February 2007) FileCatalyst from Unlimi-Tech Software
Inc. offers satellite data users and providers a software-only solution
offering maximum throughput for large point-to-point or multi-cast file
transfer applications.
Hughes Announces
Broadband VSAT Platform for Maritime Applications
(19 February 2007)
Hughes Network Systems, LLC and Cobham PLC company, Sea Tel, Inc., today
announced the successful completion of interoperability testing between the
Hughes HX family of IP satellite broadband modems and Sea Tel family of marine
stabilised satellite antennas.
Raymarine
Now Offering Sirius Marine Weather Forecasts and Entertainment Channels to More
Boaters
(20 February 2007) Raymarine, Inc., a world leader in marine
electronics, announced at the Miami International Boat Show the availability of
on-demand weather forecast information from Sirius Satellite Radio via
Raymarine's C-Series Multifunction Navigation Displays.
Raymarine's 45STV HD Reels in High Definition
Capabilities
(20 February 2007) Raymarine, Inc., a world leader in
marine electronics, announced at the Miami International Boat Show the
availability of the 45STV HD Satellite TV Antenna System, a High Definition
(HD) system for Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) compatible satellite
television receivers.
SAT Releases New
Software to Perform Advanced Satellite Signal Interference
Identification
(20 February 2007) SAT Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., released two new software options to
their industry leading Monics and DSA product lines that extend their already
unique ability to detect and finger print interfering signals.
New Line of High-Performance Connexstar Services
for Converged Voice, Video and Data Applications
(20 February 2007)
Spacenet Inc. today announced the launch of the latest generation of its
Connexstar line of satellite networking services for business, industrial and
government customers.
Events
Scientists Gear Up for ESA's 2007 Envisat
Symposium
(22 February 2007) More than 800 scientists from around
the world will gather in Montreux, Switzerland, to attend the 2007 Envisat
Symposium from 23 to 27 April to present and review results from ESA Earth
observation satellites.
Teal Group to
Evaluate Prospects for Growth in Satellite Market
(21 February 2007)
Future trends in the markets for civil and military aircraft, aero turbine
engines, UAVs, defence electronics, and satellites will be the topics of
Aerospace Markets - The Decade Ahead, a Teal Group forum presented by the
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) on March 6, 2007, at
the Renaissance Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C.
People
New Appointments Made in SP Korolev Rocket and
Space Corporation Energia Management
(17 February 2007) New
appointments have been recently made in the S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space
Corporation Energia Management.
QinetiQ
Appoints Clive Richardson as New Managing Director
(21 February
2007) QinetiQ, the international defence and security technology company, is
pleased to announce the appointment of Clive Richardson as managing director of
its European, Middle Eastern and Australasian operations, with effect from 1
June 2007.
