25 November 2007
Satcoms
Inmarsat And Astrium
Sign Alphasat I-XL Satellite Contract
Intelsat Provides Critical Capacity Used For
African Cellular Networks
Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Results In
Landmark Decision To Preserve 'C-Band' Spectrum For Interference-Free Delivery
Of Satellite Communications
Earth Observation
NGC-Built Hyperion Imager Celebrates Seventh
Anniversary On-Orbit - Continues To Deliver Extraordinary
Data
Navigation
Northrop Grumman Provides Airport Ground Station
For First Satellite-Based Landing System
Raytheon Completes Test To Begin Improving
Accuracy Of Global Positioning System Signals Over
India
Military
Space
DataPath Launches Baseband Solutions Under GSA
Schedule Contract To Complement SATCOM Systems
Lockheed Martin Delivers Key Satellite Hardware
For New Military Communications System
Astrophysics
A New Window On The
Universe
Stars
Astronomers Discover Stars With Carbon
Atmospheres
Mercury
NASA Messenger Completes Fifty Percent Of Cruise
Phase
Earth
Study Sheds New Light On Early Formation Of Earth
And Mars
Extra-Solar
Planets
Astronomers Say Moons Like Ours Are
Uncommon
Probing The Nurseries Of
Miniature Planetary Systems
Manned Space
NASA Amends Crew Assignment For STS-126
Mission
PlanetSpace, Lockheed Martin
And ATK Team Up To Bid On NASA COTS
Spacehab Supporting Key Milestones Under NASA
Space Act Agreement
Launch
Services
ATK Successfully Completes First Test Series For
NASA's 7,500 Pounds-Force Thrust Liquid Oxygen/Methane Workhorse
Engine
Sea Launch Resumes Countdown For
Thuraya-3 Launch
Launch
Services - Sirius 4
ILS Proton Successfully Launches Sirius 4
Satellite
Lockheed Martin-Built Sirius 4
Launched Successfully From Baikonur Cosmodrome
Sirius 4 Satellite Successfully
Launched
Launches
Sirius 4
Launch
Schedule
Products and
Services
FleetBroadband By Vizada Commercially
Available
Stratos Announces Commercial
Availability Of Inmarsat's FleetBroadband Maritime Communications
Solution
Events
Moscow Hosts 6th Meeting Of Intersputnik
Operations Committee
People
Integral Systems Appoints Arnold Hunter To
Director Of Corporate Security
Satcoms
Inmarsat And Astrium
Sign Alphasat I-XL Satellite Contract
(23 November 2007) Inmarsat,
the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has awarded a
contract to the European satellite leader Astrium for the Alphasat I-XL
satellite to augment its Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) service.
Intelsat Provides Critical Capacity Used For
African Cellular Networks
(21 November 2007) Intelsat, Ltd., the
world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, today announced two
new customer agreements demonstrating the company's continued momentum in
providing satellite-based cellular backhaul solutions for wireless
operators.
Multi-Stakeholder
Collaboration Results In Landmark Decision To Preserve 'C-Band' Spectrum For
Interference-Free Delivery Of Satellite Communications
(16 November
2007) Unprecedented support from national administrations, the communications
user community, and the global satellite industry has resulted in a landmark
decision to preserve "C-band" spectrum for the interference-free delivery of
vital fixed and mobile satellite services.
Earth Observation
NGC-Built Hyperion Imager
Celebrates Seventh Anniversary On-Orbit - Continues To Deliver Extraordinary
Data
(21 November 2007) The first hyperspectral imager in space,
built by Northrop Grumman Corporation in just over 12 months, is marking its
seventh anniversary on-orbit.
Navigation
Northrop Grumman Provides
Airport Ground Station For First Satellite-Based Landing System
(21
November 2007) Northrop Grumman Corporation, through its Europe-based
subsidiary, Park Air Systems, has developed and installed the ground-based
elements of the world's only certified global navigation satellite system for
precision approach and landing installed at Bronnoysund Airport,
Norway.
Raytheon Completes Test To Begin
Improving Accuracy Of Global Positioning System Signals Over
India
(20 November 2007) Raytheon Company successfully completed the
final system acceptance test to augment standard Global Positioning System
signals over India.
Military
Space
DataPath Launches Baseband Solutions Under GSA
Schedule Contract To Complement SATCOM Systems
(19 November 2007)
DataPath, Inc., a provider of satellite and wireless communications networks
around the world, has added baseband solutions for its mobile satellite
communications (SATCOM) networks to the General Services Administration (GSA)
IT Schedule 70 contract (number GS-35F-0424T).
Lockheed Martin Delivers Key Satellite Hardware
For New Military Communications System
(20 November 2007) Lockheed
Martin has achieved another major milestone in the development of the Advanced
Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications system with the
successful delivery of the core propulsion module for the second satellite in
the program constellation.
Astrophysics
A New Window On The Universe
(19
November 2007) UWM physicists involved in international project to scour space
for gravitational waves.
Stars
Astronomers Discover Stars With Carbon
Atmospheres
(21 November 2007) Astronomers have discovered white
dwarf stars with pure carbon atmospheres. These stars possibly evolved in a
sequence astronomers didn't know before.
Mercury
NASA Messenger Completes Fifty Percent Of Cruise
Phase
(20 November 2007) On November 25, Messenger will have reached
the halfway point in its 6.6-year cruise phase, as measured by travel
time.
Earth
Study Sheds New Light
On Early Formation Of Earth And Mars
(21 November 2007) A team of
scientists from NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) and the Lunar and Planetary
Institute (LPI), both in Houston, and the University of California, Davis (UCD)
has found that terrestrial planets such as the Earth and Mars may have remained
molten in their early histories for tens of millions of
years.
Extra-Solar
Planets
Astronomers Say Moons Like Ours Are
Uncommon
(20 November 2007) The next time you take a moonlit stroll,
or admire a full, bright-white moon looming in the night sky, you might count
yourself lucky.
Probing The Nurseries Of
Miniature Planetary Systems
(20 November 2007) New research led by a
University of St Andrews astronomer has found evidence for what might be the
raw material for the beginning of shrunken versions of our solar system -
miniature worlds in the making.
Manned Space
NASA Amends Crew Assignment For STS-126
Mission
(21 November 2007) NASA has replaced a crew member assigned
to space shuttle mission STS-126.
PlanetSpace, Lockheed Martin And ATK Team Up To
Bid On NASA COTS
(23 November 2007) PlanetSpace is announcing that
they have submitted a proposal response to NASA's recent COTS (Commercial
Orbital Transportation Services Phase 1 Demonstrations) request for
proposals.
Spacehab Supporting Key
Milestones Under NASA Space Act Agreement
(20 November 2007)
Spacehab, Incorporated, a leading provider of commercial space services, today
announced that in accordance with the milestone requirements of the previously
announced Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA, the Company hosted a formal
Systems Requirements Review of its Advanced Research and Conventional
Technology Utilization Spacecraft (ARCTUS) on October 25-26 at its Houston
Headquarters facility.
Launch
Services
ATK Successfully Completes First Test Series For
NASA's 7,500 Pounds-Force Thrust Liquid Oxygen/Methane Workhorse
Engine
(16 November 2007) Alliant Techsystems completed NASA's first
test series for a 7,500 pounds-force (lbf) thrust Liquid Oxygen (LOX)/Methane
Workhorse Engine.
Sea Launch Resumes
Countdown For Thuraya-3 Launch
(16 November 2007) Sea Launch has
resumed its countdown for the launch of the Thuraya-3 mobile communications
satellite, with lift-off now planned for Sunday, Nov. 18, at 7:37 am PST (15:37
GMT).
Launch Services - Sirius
4
ILS Proton Successfully Launches Sirius 4
Satellite
(18 November 2007) A Proton launch vehicle successfully
lifted the Sirius 4 satellite into orbit today, marking the fourth mission of
the year for International Launch Services (ILS).
Lockheed Martin-Built Sirius 4 Launched
Successfully From Baikonur Cosmodrome
(18 November 2007) The Sirius
4 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SES
Sirius, an SES company, was successfully launched today from the Baikonur
Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Sirius 4 Satellite Successfully
Launched
(19 November 2007) SES Sirius, an SES Astra company,
announced today that its new Sirius 4 satellite has been successfully launched
into orbit.
Launches
Sirius 4
Launch
Schedule
Products and
Services
FleetBroadband By Vizada Commercially
Available
(19 November 2007) Inmarsat's FleetBroadband service -
officially launched today - now forms an integral part of Vizada's broadband
offering.
Stratos Announces Commercial
Availability Of Inmarsat's FleetBroadband Maritime Communications
Solution
(19 November 2007) Stratos Global Corp., the leading global
provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions,
today announced the commercial availability of its new maritime broadband
satellite communications solution based on Inmarsat's FleetBroadband
service.
Events
Moscow Hosts 6th Meeting Of Intersputnik
Operations Committee
(21 November 2007) On November 20-21, 2007 the
Operations Committee of the Intersputnik International Organisation of Space
Communications met in Moscow for its 6th session in response to an invitation
from the Russian Satellite Communications Company - an Intersputnik
Signatory.
People
Integral Systems Appoints Arnold Hunter To
Director Of Corporate Security
(19 November 2007) Integral Systems,
Inc. (the "Company") today announced the appointment of Arnold G. Hunter into
the newly created position as the Director of Corporate Security.
