25 March 2007
Satcoms
Globalstar Nears Launch of
Satellites
IAI/MBT Orders SAT-DSA Carrier
Monitoring and Interference Detection Analyser for Their European
Teleport
iDirect Technologies and X-Analog
Partner to Provide Distance Learning Solution For Old Dominion
University
Broadcast
Among Rockers, Satellite Radio Growth Has
Stalled
Average US Home Now Receives a
Record 104.2 TV Channels, According to Nielsen
T-VIPS JPEG2000 Technology chosen by Telenor
Satellite Broadcasting for English Premier League
Backhaul
Earth
Observation
DigitalGlobe Satellite Imagery Helps Indonesian's
Largest Mobile Provider Improve Asset Management
ESA's Medspiration Project Branches Out To Support
Biodiversity
First Greenhouse Gas
Animations Produced Using Envisat SCIAMACHY Data
IceSAR Campaign Provides Glimpse of Future
Sentinel-1 Images Over Ice
International
Astronautical Federation Joins Project To Protect World Heritage
Sites
NASA Uses Isilon IQ to Advance
Visual Imaging of Earth
Navigation
Lockheed Martin Completes Work On Modernised GPS
Satellites
Tracking
Blue Sky Network Partners with Nigerian Reseller to
Expand Business in West Africa
Military Space
Andrews Space to Work with USAF on Fast
Program
Raytheon Successfully Completes
Testing of Navy Multiband Terminal Satellite Communications System Ahead of
Schedule
Science
Researchers Uncover Protection Mechanism of
Radiation-Resistant Bacterium
Astrophysics
Producing Cosmic Gamma Rays in Starburst
Regions
Robotic Telescope Unravels Mystery
of Cosmic Blasts
Astronomy
Ball Aerospace Further Advances Manufacturing on
James Webb Space Telescope
Gift Brings UC
San Diego Closer to Funding Telescope for Unique Look Back at "Big
Bang"
Galaxies
Fingerprinting the Milky Way - Chemical Composition
of Stars in Clusters Can Tell History of our Galaxy
Sun
Hinode Sees the Dynamic and Violent Sun as Sharply
as Never Before
International Spacecraft
Reveals Detailed Processes On The Sun
Earth
Gravity Measurements Help Melt Ice
Mysteries
Mars
US Geological Survey Deploys Isilon IQ to Power New
Breakthroughs in the Scientific Understanding of Mars
Saturn
Enceladus Geysers Mask the Length of Saturn's
Day
Asteroids
OSIRIS Camera on Rosetta Obtains 'Light Curve' of
Asteroid Steins
Exobiology
NASA Studies Life's Limits In China's Extreme
Deserts
Microgravity
Space Florida and Zero Gravity Corp. Partner to
Launch Microgravity Education and Research Center
Manned Space
MDA to Implement Space Station
Berthing Information Solution for Japan
International Space Station Status Report:
SS07-14
NASA Assigns Crew for Shuttle
Mission to Install Japanese Lab
NASA Glenn
To Test Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
World-wide Testing and ISS Traffic Push ATV Launch
to Autumn 2007
Space
Tourism
Kirkland Travel Agency Owner Selected As Space
Agent
World's Fifth Space Tourist to Take
Gourmet Meal to Space
Technology
Express Logic's ThreadX RTOS Plays Key Role in Mars
Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission to Red Planet
Spacehab Hails Success of New Satellite Adapter Ring
Technology
Launch
Services
Sea Launch Signs Satellite Repurpose Agreement with
SES
Launches
Falcon 1
Launch
Schedule
Reports
New Report Highlights the Challenges That Mobile
Satellite Operators Will Face in Funding New Systems
Business
Admiralty Partners Acquires Former TRW Space
Components Business
DigiCurve Signs Letter
of Intent to Acquire Assets of Global Satellite Broadcasting Corporation of
Thailand
Europe and Russia Confirm Closer
Space Co-operation
MDA Takes Controlling
Interest in UK Advanced Technology Company
Stratos to be Acquired by CIP Canada
Investment
Products and
Services
International Rectifier Introduces QPL-Certified
Schottky Rectifiers for High-Reliability Power Systems
Newpoint Announces Iridium Modem Support For Mercury
Products
Events
Telemedicine Initiative for Sub-Saharan Africa: Pilot
Projects Proposed
Telenor Satellite
Services and Inmarsat Share Vision For Affordable Mobile Satellite
Communications In Indonesia
People
Buell T. Jannuzi Named Director of Kitt Peak
National Observatory
Com Dev Makes
Management Announcement
Mobile Satellite
Ventures Appoints John H. Mattingly President, Satellite Services
National Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory
Board Named
Satcoms
Globalstar Nears Launch
of Satellites
(19 March 2007) Globalstar, Inc., a leading provider
of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, governments, and
individuals, announced today that it continues with preparations needed for a
May launch of four satellites that will be used to augment the company's first
generation LEO (low earth orbit) satellite constellation.
IAI/MBT Orders SAT-DSA Carrier Monitoring and
Interference Detection Analyser for Their European Teleport
(20
March 2007) SAT Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems,
Inc., today announced that it will deliver its SAT-DSA (Digital Spectrum
Analyser) to IAI/MBT for its Europe based Teleport.
iDirect Technologies and X-Analog Partner to Provide
Distance Learning Solution For Old Dominion University
(20 March
2007) iDirect Technologies, a company of VT Systems Inc, and X-Analog
Communications Inc. today announced their partnership to deploy an advanced
VSAT satellite solution for Old Dominion University's distance learning
system.
Broadcast
Among Rockers, Satellite Radio Growth Has
Stalled
(20 March 2007) The results of a new web poll survey,
conducted by Rock radio consultants Jacobs Media, consisting of over 25,000
respondents from 69 Rock-formatted stations from all over the U.S., shows that
satellite radio subscribership has not changed since last year's survey,
despite extensive marketing throughout 2006.
Average US Home Now Receives a Record 104.2 TV
Channels, According to Nielsen
(19 March 2007) The number of
television channels that the average U.S. home receives has now reached a
record high of 104.2 TV channels.
T-VIPS
JPEG2000 Technology chosen by Telenor Satellite Broadcasting for English
Premier League Backhaul
(20 March 2007) T-VIPS AS, a Norwegian
technology company that designs, builds and supplies world-leading solutions
for contribution & distribution of broadcast quality video signals over IP
networks, today announces that its solutions have been selected by Telenor to
transport English F.A. Premier League football in HD from London to
Sweden.
Earth
Observation
DigitalGlobe Satellite Imagery Helps Indonesian's
Largest Mobile Provider Improve Asset Management
(19 March 2007)
DigitalGlobe, the leading content provider of the world's highest resolution
commercial satellite imagery and geospatial information products, today
announced a customer agreement with PT Telkomsel, the leading operator of
cellular telecommunications services in Indonesia.
ESA's Medspiration Project Branches Out To Support
Biodiversity
(19 March 2007) Maps of the sea surface temperature
around Galapagos Islands and Cocos Island in the Pacific Ocean are being
produced daily and are available online in full resolution in near-real time as
part of the Medspiration project, an ESA-funded effort to represent the most
reliable temperature of the seas on a global basis.
First Greenhouse Gas Animations Produced Using
Envisat SCIAMACHY Data
(20 March 2007) Based on three years of
observations from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA's Envisat, scientists
have produced the first movies showing the global distribution of the most
important greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide and methane - that contribute to
global warming.
IceSAR Campaign Provides
Glimpse of Future Sentinel-1 Images Over Ice
(20 March 2007) It is
perhaps fitting that at the beginning of the International Polar Year, an
ambitious airborne campaign is now underway and realising excellent results in
the extreme north of Europe in support of ESA's Sentinel-1 mission - which
amongst other application areas will contribute to ice monitoring.
International Astronautical Federation Joins Project
To Protect World Heritage Sites
(21 March 2007) The joint ESA/UNESCO
Open Initiative to conserve hundreds of natural and cultural World Heritage
sites using Earth observation satellites gets additional backing as the
International Astronautical Federation joins the growing number of space
entities to pledge support to the project.
NASA Uses Isilon IQ to Advance Visual Imaging of
Earth
(20 March 2007) Isilon Systems, the leader in clustered
storage, today announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) is using Isilon IQ clustered storage to power World Wind, an open
source, virtual globe enabling online users to explore the Earth and its
terrain through visually rich, high resolution 3D imagery.
Navigation
Lockheed Martin Completes Work On
Modernised GPS Satellites
(21 March 2007) Lockheed Martin announced
today the delivery of the eighth and final satellite in the modernised Global
Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) production program to the Air
Force.
Tracking
Blue Sky Network Partners with Nigerian Reseller to
Expand Business in West Africa
(19 March 2007) Blue Sky Network
(BSN), the global satellite logistics solution provider for two-way linking and
managing remote transportation assets, today announced Upland Consulting
Nigeria as its reseller in the West African country.
Military Space
Andrews Space to Work with USAF
on Fast Program
(19 March 2007) The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)
recently selected Andrews Space to help develop their Fully-Reusable Access to
Space Technologies (FAST) program.
Raytheon
Successfully Completes Testing of Navy Multiband Terminal Satellite
Communications System Ahead of Schedule
(21 March 2007) Raytheon
Company and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed all formal testing of the
Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) satellite communication system - exceeding
performance requirements and finishing nearly three weeks ahead of
schedule.
Science
Researchers Uncover Protection Mechanism of
Radiation-Resistant Bacterium
(21 March 2007) Recent discoveries by
researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)
could lead to new avenues of exploration for radioprotection in diverse
settings.
Astrophysics
Producing Cosmic Gamma Rays in Starburst
Regions
(21 March 2007) In 2002, when astronomers first detected
cosmic gamma rays - the most energetic form of light known - coming from the
constellation Cygnus they were surprised and perplexed.
Robotic Telescope Unravels Mystery of Cosmic
Blasts
(21 March 2007) Scientists have used the world's largest
robotic telescope - LJMU's Liverpool Telescope - to make the earliest-ever
measurement of the optical polarisation of a Gamma Ray Burst (GRB) just 203
seconds after the start of the cosmic explosion.
Astronomy
Ball Aerospace Further Advances Manufacturing on
James Webb Space Telescope
(21 March 2007) Ball Aerospace &
Technologies Corp. and its subcontractors have advanced development on the
James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) by delivering the telescope's secondary
mirror segment for grinding and polishing.
Gift Brings UC San Diego Closer to Funding Telescope
for Unique Look Back at "Big Bang"
(21 March 2007) The University of
California, San Diego Division of Physical Sciences has received a US$ 400,000
gift toward funding a proposed US$ 1 million telescope and observatory that
will allow physicists-for the first time-to measure the "gravitational waves"
that emanated from the universe during the first moments of its
creation.
Galaxies
Fingerprinting the Milky Way - Chemical Composition
of Stars in Clusters Can Tell History of our Galaxy
(22 March 2007)
Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, an international team of astronomers has
shown how to use the chemical composition of stars in clusters to shed light on
the formation of our Milky Way.
Sun
Hinode Sees the Dynamic and Violent Sun as Sharply
as Never Before
(21 March 2007) Hinode, the newest solar observatory
on the space scene, has obtained never-before-seen images showing that the
sun's magnetic field is much more turbulent and dynamic than previously
known.
International Spacecraft Reveals
Detailed Processes On The Sun
(21 March 2007) NASA released on
Wednesday never-before-seen images that show the sun's magnetic field is much
more turbulent and dynamic than previously known.
Earth
Gravity Measurements Help Melt Ice
Mysteries
(23 March 2007) Greenland is cold and hot. It's a deep
freezer storing 10 percent of Earth's ice and a subject of fevered
debate.
Mars
US Geological Survey
Deploys Isilon IQ to Power New Breakthroughs in the Scientific Understanding of
Mars
(20 March 2007) Isilon Systems, the leader in clustered
storage, today announced that the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has
selected Isilon's IQ clustered storage system as the primary repository for
High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) data.
Saturn
Enceladus Geysers Mask the Length of Saturn's
Day
(22 March 2007) In a David and Goliath story of Saturnian
proportions, the little moon Enceladus is weighing down giant Saturn's magnetic
field so much that the field is rotating slower than the
planet.
Asteroids
OSIRIS Camera on Rosetta Obtains 'Light Curve' of
Asteroid Steins
(20 March 2007) During the very first observations
of Rosetta's flyby target 2867-Steins in March 2006 the onboard camera OSIRIS
obtained the most accurate 'light curve' of this asteroid so
far.
Exobiology
NASA Studies Life's Limits In
China's Extreme Deserts
(22 March 2007) Searching for clues to the
potential for life on Mars, NASA scientists recently explored microbial
communities in some of the world's oldest, driest and most remote deserts, in
China's northwest region, and found evidence suggesting that conditions there
may be similar to those in certain regions of Mars.
Microgravity
Space Florida and Zero Gravity
Corp. Partner to Launch Microgravity Education and Research
Center
(19 March 2007) Space Florida, the new state agency charged
with promoting Florida's space industry, and Zero Gravity Corporation (Zero-G),
announces the creation of the Florida Microgravity Education and Research
Center, designed to facilitate Florida teacher and student space education and
aerospace microgravity research expertise.
Manned Space
MDA to Implement Space Station Berthing Information
Solution for Japan
(21 March 2007) MacDonald, Dettwiler and
Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today
that it has signed a contract with IHI Aerospace of Japan for the
implementation phase of the information solution it has developed to provide
guidance for cargo transfer operations on orbit.
International Space Station Status Report:
SS07-14
(23 March 2007) The Expedition 14 crew continued work this
week on scientific experiments and increased the bandwidth on the International
Space Station's computer network.
NASA
Assigns Crew for Shuttle Mission to Install Japanese Lab
(22 March
2007) NASA has assigned the crew for space shuttle mission STS-124, targeted
for launch in February 2008.
NASA Glenn To
Test Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle
(19 March 2007)NASA's Glenn
Research Center will conduct integrated environmental testing of the Orion crew
exploration vehicle in the Space Power Facility at the centre's Plum Brook
Station in Sandusky, Ohio.
World-wide
Testing and ISS Traffic Push ATV Launch to Autumn 2007
(22 March
2007) Jules Verne, the first of five Automated Transfer Vehicles (ATV), stands
on the brink of flight. Its hardware is 100 percent assembled and ready to
fly.
Space
Tourism
Kirkland Travel Agency Owner Selected As Space
Agent
(19 March 2007) "Fly me to the moon" is no longer a romantic
notion, it's a request that Angie Lepley, President of Kirkland-based ETI
Travel will soon be hearing a lot.
World's
Fifth Space Tourist to Take Gourmet Meal to Space
(20 March 2007)
Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space experiences company,
announced today that their orbital client, Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., will take a
specially prepared gourmet meal to the International Space Station
(ISS).
Technology
Express Logic's ThreadX RTOS
Plays Key Role in Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission to Red
Planet
(19 March 2007) Express Logic, Inc., the world-wide leader in
royalty-free real-time operating systems (RTOS), announced today that its
ThreadX RTOS has been used by NASA in its ongoing Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
(MRO) spacecraft.
Spacehab Hails Success of
New Satellite Adapter Ring Technology
(22 March 2007) Spacehab,
Incorporated, a leading provider of commercial space services, congratulates
all those involved in the successful maiden voyage of the Evolved Expendable
Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA) ring technology on the
recent Space Test Program-1 (STP-1) mission.
Launch Services
Sea Launch Signs Satellite Repurpose Agreement with
SES
(22 March 2007) Sea Launch Company has entered into an agreement
with SES to use the Land Launch vehicle, initially slated to launch the AMC-21
communications satellite, for the launch of another, yet to be determined,
satellite of the SES group, planned in the mid- 2009
time-frame.
Launches
Falcon 1
Launch
Schedule
Reports
New Report Highlights the Challenges That Mobile
Satellite Operators Will Face in Funding New Systems
(20 March 2007)
Telecom, Media and Finance Associates, Inc. (TMF Associates), the specialist
Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) consulting firm, today released a new research
report on developments in the mobile satellite market.
Business
Admiralty Partners Acquires Former TRW Space
Components Business
(19 March 2007) Admiralty Partners, Inc.
announced today that it has acquired the Aerospace and Defence business units
of Vertical Circuits, Inc. (VCI).
DigiCurve
Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire Assets of Global Satellite Broadcasting
Corporation of Thailand
(20 March 2007) DigiCurve, Inc., a
multimedia producer and provider of online content, announced today that it has
signed a Letter of Intent to purchase the assets of Global Satellite
Broadcasting Corporation (GSBC) of Thailand in an all-stock
transaction.
Europe and Russia Confirm
Closer Space Co-operation
(21 March 2007) Europe and Russia are
strengthening their co-operation in space.
MDA Takes Controlling Interest in UK Advanced
Technology Company
(21 March 2007) MacDonald, Dettwiler and
Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today
that the company has taken a controlling interest in Orbital Optics Limited
(OOL), a commercial spin-off of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) based
in Oxfordshire, England.
Stratos to be
Acquired by CIP Canada Investment
(19 March 2007) Stratos Global
Corp., the leading provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote
communications solutions, today announced that it has entered into a definitive
agreement to be acquired by CIP Canada Investment Inc. (CIP Canada), a wholly
owned subsidiary of Communications Investment Partners Limited (CIP), a
professional investment company with a focus on satellite
services.
Products and
Services
International Rectifier Introduces QPL-Certified
Schottky Rectifiers for High-Reliability Power Systems
(22 March
2007) International Rectifier, IR, a world leader in power management
technology, today introduced a series of high-reliability Schottky rectifiers
in accordance to the Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC) Qualified Products
List (QPL).
Newpoint Announces Iridium
Modem Support For Mercury Products
(21 March 2007) Newpoint
Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., the
recognised leader in Network Management solutions, added another first to its
long list of Network Management innovations by adding support for the Iridium
Satellite Modem in its Mercury EM product.
Events
Telemedicine Initiative for Sub-Saharan Africa: Pilot
Projects Proposed
(19 March 2007) Satellite solutions delivering
information and communication technologies can help improve health in
sub-Saharan Africa; this was the main conclusion of a dedicated telemedicine
task force which met recently in Botswana.
Telenor Satellite Services and Inmarsat Share Vision
For Affordable Mobile Satellite Communications In Indonesia
(21
March 2007) Telenor Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Telenor of Norway and
leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, Inmarsat, today
announced the successful completion of the Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN)
Technology Roadshow in Indonesia.
People
Buell T. Jannuzi Named Director of Kitt Peak
National Observatory
(21 March 2007) Astronomer Buell T. Jannuzi has
been named to five-year term as the director of Kitt Peak National Observatory
near Tucson, Arizona.
Com Dev Makes
Management Announcement
(21 March 2007) Com Dev International Ltd.
today announced that Chief Executive Officer John Keating is recovering from an
unexpected surgical procedure.
Mobile
Satellite Ventures Appoints John H. Mattingly President, Satellite
Services
(19 March 2007) Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced
today the appointment of John H. Mattingly, a 20 year veteran of the satellite
services industry, to the position of President, Satellite Services.
National Positioning, Navigation and Timing Advisory
Board Named
(22 March 2007) NASA and the National Executive
Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) announced
Thursday, March 22 the members of the National Space-Based Positioning,
Navigation and Timing Advisory Board. James Schlesinger will chair the
24-member board; Brad Parkinson is the vice-chair.
