13 April 2008
Satcoms
Hughes Initiates Commercial
Service On Spaceway 3 Satellite
Hughes To
Provide Distance Learning Network For The Government Education And Training
Program
Intelsat Provides New Capacity
Into Brazil
Orange Selects Eutelsat's Hot
Bird And Atlantic Bird 3 Satellites To Complete TV ADSL Coverage
RRsat
Increases Its North American Customer Service Through Intelsat's Galaxy
Fleet
SES Americom Orders Additional
Spacecraft From Orbital Sciences Corporation
UDcast Ensures Performance And Security Of Internet
Service On TGV's High-Speed Trains In France
Vizada And SatComms Australia Provide
Iritrack
Broadcast
Intelsat Distributes DTH Service To
Colombia
Intelsat's IPTV Platform Enhances
Distribution Of Video To Cruise Ships
Rainbow Network Communications Establishes Its HD
Platform On Intelsat's Galaxy 14 Satellite
Thor 5 Commences Commercial Operations
Worldspace Receives Approval For Satellite Radio
Service In Germany
Earth
Observation
Ball Aerospace GFO Satellite Begins Eleventh Year On
Orbit
General Dynamics Advanced
Information Systems Completes Testing For GeoEye's Next-Generation Earth
Imaging Satellite
Harris Corporation
Ground System For GOES-R Weather Satellite Is On Display At Company Lab In
Melbourne, Florida
SAIC Awarded US$ 21
Million Contract By U.S. Geological Survey
Navigation
GSA Releases New Galileo Open Service
Signal-In-Space Interface Control Document
Modernised GPS Satellite Begins Operations Following
Another Record On-Orbit Deployment By Joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin
Team
Military
Space
Advanced Mobile Satellite Communications Network
Being Rolled Out For Florida National Guard
Boeing And Team TSAT Confirm Readiness Of Advanced
Satellite Electronics
DataPath Delivers
Mobile Communications Systems For U.S. Army National Guard
General Dynamics Awarded US$ 109 Million Army
Contract For WIN-T Satellite Communications Terminals
Harris Corporation Awarded US$ 40 Million
Engineering Support Contract By U.S. Space And Missile Systems Center
Lockheed Martin Team Successfully Completes Major
Flight Software Design Review For Space-Based Missile Warning System
Raytheon To Lead Team Pursuing The U.S. Air Force
Global Broadcast Service
Astrophysics
A Burst To See
Astronomy
The Largest Synthesised Telescope In Europe Doubles
Its Surface
NASA Selects Three Research
Fellows For GLAST Mission
Stars
Spitzer Sees Shining Stellar
Sphere
Galaxies
Cosmic Engines Surprise
XMM-Newton
Black
Holes
RIT Team Simulates First Merger Of Three Black Holes
On A Supercomputer
Solar
System
Mars, Earth And Moon From 'Unique Planetary
Nursery'
Moon
NASA Sets Sights On Lunar Dust Exploration
Mission
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
Awarded NASA Contract Extension To Advance Lunar Lander Engine
Technology
Mars
HiRISE Sees Phobos In Colour And Stereo
NASA Spacecraft Fine Tunes Course For Mars
Landing
NASA Spacecraft Images Mars Moon
In Colour And In 3D
Meteors
Meteorites Delivered The 'Seeds' Of Earth's Left-Hand
Life
Asteroids
Sumerian Description Of Asteroid Impact Translated
For The First Time
Extra-Solar
Planets
New Laser Technology Could Find First Earth-Like
Planets
Exobiology
For The Paper Trail Of Life On Mars Or Other Planets,
Find Cellulose
Manned
Space
ESA To Recruit New European Astronauts
Expedition 17 Crew Launches From Baikonur
Orbital And Aerojet Successfully Test Next Generation
Safety System For NASA's Orion Program
Technology Transfer
NASA Selects 9 Small Business
Technology Transfer Projects
Tourist
Information Wherever You Are
Launch Services
Arianespace To Launch The BSAT-3b Satellite For
Japan
Lockheed Martin Set For Launch Of
ICO G1 Spacecraft
SES Americom Declares
AMC-14 Satellite A Total Loss
Two Ariane
5s Are Prepared At The Spaceport As Arianespace Keeps Up The 2008 Mission
Pace
Vinasat-1 Is Installed On Ariane 5
For Arianespace's April 18 Launch
Launches
Soyuz
TMA-12 ISS 16S
Launch Schedule
Reports
Space Economy To Exceed US$ 250 Billion In 2008 As
World Embraces Next Business Frontier
Space Report Reveals US$ 251 Billion Global Space
Economy In 2007
Business
EADS Astrium Signs An Agreement To Acquire Surrey
Satellite Technology Limited From The University Of Surrey
ICO Closes US$ 40 Million Working Capital
Facility
Products and
Services
NSSL Increases Broadband Speeds To 3Mb At No Extra
Cost!
On Call Communications Debuts US$ 10
Per Minute HD Satellite News Gathering At NAB 2008
Tandberg Television's New Mediapath Secure Content
Delivery System Distributes Content To Any Platform To Any Device
Xilinx Introduces The Industry's Highest
Performance, Largest Capacity FPGAs For Space
Applications
Events
DVB-RCS: At The Heart Of Telemedicine
Services
People
Intelsat Announces Resignation Of Chairman Joseph
Wright
NASA Earth Scientist To Head
Programs Office In Science Directorate
ND
SatCom Strengthens Engineering Force In Americas Region
Tandberg Television Names Dario Choi As Vice
President And General Manager Of Asia-Pacific Region
Satcoms
Hughes Initiates
Commercial Service On Spaceway 3 Satellite
(7 April 2008) Hughes
Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite
networks and services and wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications,
Inc., today announced that it successfully activated the first HughesNet
consumer subscriber for broadband Internet service utilising its Spaceway 3
satellite on April 3rd, 2008.
Hughes To
Provide Distance Learning Network For The Government Education And Training
Program
(8 April 2008) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the
global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and services, today
announced it has been issued US$ 2.6M in task orders by the Defense Information
Systems Agency and other participating government agencies to provide Digital
Compressed Satellite Services (DCSS) for the Government Education and Training
Network (GETN).
Intelsat Provides New
Capacity Into Brazil
(10 April 2008) Intelsat, Ltd., the world's
leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced today that its IS
10-02 satellite has been authorised for the provision of satellite capacity to
Brazil.
Orange Selects Eutelsat's Hot Bird
And Atlantic Bird 3 Satellites To Complete TV ADSL Coverage
(10
April 2008) With the announcement at MIPTV 2008 in Cannes of the launch of
Orange cinema series, Orange has confirmed its selection of two Eutelsat
premium video neighbourhoods, Hot Bird and Atlantic Bird 3, to broadcast by
satellite the TV component of its triple play offer (telephone, Internet, TV)
in cases where it is not accessible via ADSL.
RRsat Increases Its North American Customer Service
Through Intelsat's Galaxy Fleet
(10 April 2008) Intelsat, Ltd., the
world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced today that
RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd., a global provider of comprehensive
content management and distribution services to the television and radio
broadcasting industries, signed a multi-year contract on Intelsat's Galaxy 25
satellite to expand RRsat's services into the North American region.
SES Americom Orders Additional Spacecraft From
Orbital Sciences Corporation
(8 April 2008) SES Americom, an SES
company and Orbital Sciences Corporation, announced today the order of a third
spacecraft under the multi-satellite contract both companies announced in May
2007.
UDcast Ensures Performance And
Security Of Internet Service On TGV's High-Speed Trains In France
(8
April 2008) UDcast, a leading provider of wireless IP broadcast solutions,
announced today that its UDgateway satellite-delivered Internet access
appliance is installed in the Wi-Fi equipment and servers as part of a mobile
Internet trial in three trains of the TGV East of SNCF (High-Speed Trains, East
of the French National Railway Network).
Vizada And SatComms Australia Provide
Iritrack
(10 April 2008) Vizada, the world's leading provider of
global satellite communications solutions, and partner SatComms Australia have
joined forces to package Vizada's IriTrack communications solution to
multinationals and government institutions operating in remote locations in
Australia.
Broadcast
Intelsat Distributes DTH Service To
Colombia
(10 April 2008) Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading
provider of commercial satellite services, announced today that Bogota-based
Elite Entertainment Television S.A. has contracted a multi-year,
multi-transponder deal with Intelsat to distribute DTH content to its customers
in Colombia.
Intelsat's IPTV Platform
Enhances Distribution Of Video To Cruise Ships
(11 April 2008)
Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial satellite services,
announced today that Intelsat IPTV has been selected as a distribution platform
for programming to cruise ships in the Americas.
Rainbow Network Communications Establishes Its HD
Platform On Intelsat's Galaxy 14 Satellite
(11 April 2008) Intelsat,
Ltd., the world's leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced
today that Rainbow Network Communications (RNC), a supplier of HD and SD
program origination and distribution services to the multimedia industry, has
signed a multi-year contract on Intelsat's Galaxy 14 satellite to deliver HD
programming into the North American cable market.
Thor 5 Commences Commercial
Operations
(11 April 2008) Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc)
today announced the completion of all necessary in orbit testing for the Thor 5
satellite.
Worldspace Receives Approval For
Satellite Radio Service In Germany
(9 April 2008) Worldspace
Satellite Radio one of the world leaders in satellite based digital radio
service, today announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Worldspace Europe,
received approval from Germany's Federal Network Agency, the Bundesnetzagentur,
to use 12.5 MHz of spectrum in the L-band (1479.5 - 1492 MHz) on a nation-wide
basis for the operation of a terrestrial repeater network in
Germany.
Earth
Observation
Ball Aerospace GFO Satellite Begins Eleventh Year On
Orbit
(9 April 2008) The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.
operational altimeter satellite, GEOSAT Follow-On (GFO), has achieved 10 years
of successful on orbit operation, providing continuous world-wide oceanographic
data for ships at sea and the Navy's shore-based facilities.
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
Completes Testing For GeoEye's Next-Generation Earth Imaging
Satellite
(9 April 2008) General Dynamics Advanced Information
Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, announced today the completion of
satellite integration and environmental testing for GeoEye's next-generation
earth imaging satellite, GeoEye-1.
Harris
Corporation Ground System For GOES-R Weather Satellite Is On Display At Company
Lab In Melbourne, Florida
(8 April 2008) Harris Corporation has
completed and successfully demonstrated a prototype of a total, end-to-end
solution for the ground segment of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's (NOAA's) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite -
Series R (GOES-R) program.
SAIC Awarded US$
21 Million Contract By U.S. Geological Survey
(7 April 2008) Science
Applications International Corporation today announced it has been awarded the
Landsat Data Continuity Contract (LDCC) by the Department of the Interior, U.S.
Geological Survey, to provide comprehensive technical support to the
program.
Navigation
GSA Releases New Galileo Open
Service Signal-In-Space Interface Control Document
(8 April 2008)
The European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) has just released a new version
of the Galileo Open Service Signal-In-Space Interface Control Document, the
'Galileo OS SIS ICD'.
Modernised GPS
Satellite Begins Operations Following Another Record On-Orbit Deployment By
Joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin Team
(7 April 2008) A combined
U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin team has completed a rapid on-orbit deployment
of the modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite
launched on March 15 from Cape Canaveral.
Military Space
Advanced Mobile Satellite Communications Network
Being Rolled Out For Florida National Guard
(8 April 2008) Proactive
Communications, Inc. (PCI), a trusted all-conditions SATCOM provider
world-wide, and Digital Consulting Services (DCS), a Federal Government
services provider and systems integrator for IT solutions, today announced the
completion schedule for the final phase of the Florida National Guard's (FLNG)
superior mobile Emergency Response Network.
Boeing And Team TSAT Confirm Readiness Of Advanced
Satellite Electronics
(8 April 2008) The Boeing Company and its Team
TSAT industry partners have successfully demonstrated the readiness of the
advanced electronics that will be used in the Transformational Satellite
Communications System (TSAT).
DataPath
Delivers Mobile Communications Systems For U.S. Army National
Guard
(7 April 2008) DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of satellite
and wireless communications networks around the world, has begun delivery of 32
mobile incident site command trailers to the U.S. Army National Guard for the
nationwide JISCC program.
General Dynamics
Awarded US$ 109 Million Army Contract For WIN-T Satellite Communications
Terminals
(8 April 2008) General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies has
been awarded US$ 109 million from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics
Command in Fort Monmouth, N.J., to provide specialised satellite communications
earth terminals and support services for Increment One of the Warfighter
Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program.
Harris Corporation Awarded US$ 40 Million
Engineering Support Contract By U.S. Space And Missile Systems
Center
(10 April 2008) Harris Corporation, an international
communications and information technology company, has been awarded a 10-year
contract valued at more than US$ 40 million to supply depot support and
engineering services for multiple space control systems for the U.S. Space and
Missile Systems Center's Space Superiority Systems Wing at Los Angeles Air
Force Base, California.
Lockheed Martin
Team Successfully Completes Major Flight Software Design Review For Space-Based
Missile Warning System
(8 April 2008) Lockheed Martin today
announced the successful completion of a comprehensive review of improved
flight software designed to provide highly reliable command and control of the
Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO)
spacecraft.
Raytheon To Lead Team Pursuing
The U.S. Air Force Global Broadcast Service
(8 April 2008) Raytheon
Company has signed exclusive teaming agreements with Harris Corporation and HP
as part of an industry-leading team to pursue the US$ 30 million U.S. Air Force
Global Broadcast Service Satellite Broadcast Manager transition
contract.
Astrophysics
A Burst To See
(2 April 2008) On 19 March,
Nature was particularly generous and provided astronomers with the wealth of
four gamma-ray bursts on the same day.
Astronomy
The Largest Synthesised Telescope In Europe Doubles
Its Surface
(11 April 2008) The 100m Radio Telescope Effelsberg
enters operations of the e-EVN network, enhancing its sensitivity to detect the
radio sky providing the sharpest images in nearby real time.
NASA Selects Three Research Fellows For GLAST
Mission
(7 April 2008) After a nation-wide search for junior science
researchers on NASA's Gamma-ray Large Area Telescope (GLAST) mission, three
people have been chosen for these prestigious post-doctoral
positions.
Stars
Spitzer Sees Shining Stellar Sphere
(10
April 2008) Millions of clustered stars glisten like an iridescent opal in a
new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope.
Galaxies
Cosmic Engines Surprise XMM-Newton
(7
April 2008) XMM-Newton has been surprised by a rare type of galaxy, from which
it has detected a higher number of X-rays than thought
possible.
Black
Holes
RIT Team Simulates First Merger Of Three Black Holes
On A Supercomputer
(9 April 2008) The same team of astrophysicists
that cracked the computer code simulating two black holes crashing and merging
together has now, for the first time, caused a three-black-hole
collision.
Solar
System
Mars, Earth And Moon From 'Unique Planetary
Nursery'
(5 April 2008) A study of meteorites suggests that Mars,
the Earth and the Moon share a common composition from 'growing up' in a unique
planetary nursery in the inner solar system.
Moon
NASA Sets Sights On Lunar Dust Exploration
Mission
(9 April 2008) NASA is preparing to send a small spacecraft
to the moon in 2011 to assess the lunar atmosphere and the nature of dust
lofted above the surface.
Pratt &
Whitney Rocketdyne Awarded NASA Contract Extension To Advance Lunar Lander
Engine Technology
(10 April 2008) Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a
United Technologies Corp. company, has been awarded a contract extension by
NASA to continue development of the Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine
(CECE).
Mars
HiRISE Sees Phobos In
Colour And Stereo
(9 April 2008) The High Resolution Imaging Science
Experiment, run from The University of Arizona, has produced a new colour
stereo view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars' two tiny moons.
NASA Spacecraft Fine Tunes Course For Mars
Landing
(10 April 2008) NASA engineers have adjusted the flight path
of the Phoenix Mars Lander, setting the spacecraft on course for its May 25th
landing on the Red Planet.
NASA Spacecraft
Images Mars Moon In Colour And In 3D
(9 April 2008) A new stereo
view of Phobos, the larger and inner of Mars' two tiny moons, has been captured
by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars.
Meteors
Meteorites Delivered The 'Seeds' Of Earth's Left-Hand
Life
(6 April 2008) Flash back three or four billion years -- Earth
is a hot, dry and lifeless place.
Asteroids
Sumerian Description Of Asteroid Impact Translated
For The First Time
(5 April 2008) A cuneiform clay tablet that has
puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first
time.
Extra-Solar
Planets
New Laser Technology Could Find First Earth-Like
Planets
(7 April 2008) The leading method of finding planets
orbiting distant stars spots mostly Jupiter-sized worlds.
Exobiology
For The Paper Trail Of Life On
Mars Or Other Planets, Find Cellulose
(5 April 2008) Looking for
evidence of life on Mars or other planets?
Manned Space
ESA To Recruit New European
Astronauts
(10 April 2008) With ESA astronauts working in the
Columbus laboratory onboard the International Space Station (ISS) and the first
of ESA's new ATV cargo ships having delivered fresh supplies to the station,
ESA's human spaceflight activities have entered a new era.
Expedition 17 Crew Launches From
Baikonur
(8 April 2008) Commander Sergei Alexandrovich Volkov and
cosmonaut Oleg Dmitrievich Kononenko of the 17th International Space Station
crew launched in their Soyuz TMA-12 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
at 7:16 a.m. EDT Tuesday to begin a six-month stay in space.
Orbital And Aerojet Successfully Test Next Generation
Safety System For NASA's Orion Program
(7 April 2008) Orbital
Sciences Corporation and Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. company, announced today that
together the two companies successfully conducted a static firing of the
jettison motor, a key component of the Launch Abort System (LAS) for NASA's
Orion next generation human spaceflight program.
Technology Transfer
NASA Selects 9 Small Business
Technology Transfer Projects
(9 April 2008) NASA has selected nine
proposals for negotiation of Phase 2 contract awards in the Small Business
Technology Transfer (STTR) program.
Tourist
Information Wherever You Are
(11 April 2008) Would you like instant
access to information on the buildings and scenery you see on your
travels?
Launch
Services
Arianespace To Launch The BSAT-3b Satellite For
Japan
(10 April 2008) Arianespace has been selected to launch the
BSAT-3b satellite by Japanese operator Broadcasting Satellite System
Corporation (B-SAT).
Lockheed Martin Set
For Launch Of ICO G1 Spacecraft
(10 April 2008) Lockheed Martin is
completing final preparations for Monday's launch of a commercial
telecommunications satellite aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United
Launch Alliance.
SES Americom Declares
AMC-14 Satellite A Total Loss
(11 April 2008) SES S.A. today
announced that SES Americom, its North American subsidiary, has declared to
insurers that its recently launched satellite - AMC-14 - is now considered a
total loss, due to a lack of viable options to reposition the satellite to its
proper geostationary orbit.
Two Ariane 5s
Are Prepared At The Spaceport As Arianespace Keeps Up The 2008 Mission
Pace
(9 April 2008) Two Ariane 5 launch campaigns are in full swing
at the Spaceport in French Guiana as the workhorse launcher's sustained mission
pace continues in 2008.
Vinasat-1 Is
Installed On Ariane 5 For Arianespace's April 18 Launch
(10 April
2008) Preparations for Arianespace's second mission of 2008 moved into their
final phase when the first of its two satellite payloads was installed atop the
heavy-lift Ariane 5 ECA launcher at Europe's Spaceport
today.
Launches
Soyuz
TMA-12 ISS 16S
Launch
Schedule
Reports
Space Economy To Exceed US$ 250 Billion In 2008 As
World Embraces Next Business Frontier
(9 April 2008) The Space
Economy, defined as the full range of economic activities in the course of
exploring, understanding and utilising space, has become the next great
frontier for business growth exceeding US$ 250 billion, according to Tuesday's
report by the Space Foundation, a non-profit research and education
association.
Space Report Reveals US$ 251
Billion Global Space Economy In 2007
(8 April 2008) The Space Report
2008: The Authoritative Guide to Global Space Activity, released by the Space
Foundation today, revealed more than US$ 251 billion in global space activity
in 2007.
Business
EADS Astrium Signs An Agreement To Acquire Surrey
Satellite Technology Limited From The University Of Surrey
(7 April
2008) EADS Astrium, Europe's leading space company, has entered into an
agreement to acquire the innovative University of Surrey spin-out company
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), which specialises in the design and
manufacture of small and micro satellites.
ICO Closes US$ 40 Million Working Capital
Facility
(7 April 2008) ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited
(ICO) today announced that its subsidiary, ICO North America, Inc., has closed
on the funding of its recently announced US$ 40 million working capital
facility agreement.
Products and
Services
NSSL Increases Broadband Speeds To 3Mb At No Extra
Cost!
(8 April 2008) NSSL, the international satellite
communications service provider, will become the first satellite broadband
operator to offer 3Mb download speeds to its land and maritime broadband
customers.
On Call Communications Debuts US$
10 Per Minute HD Satellite News Gathering At NAB 2008
(7 April 2008)
On Call Communications, a leading provider of automated, mobile satellite
solutions, will debut its QuickSPOT High Definition IP Satellite News Gathering
system at the National Association of Broadcasters Show in Las Vegas, April 14
- 17.
Tandberg Television's New Mediapath
Secure Content Delivery System Distributes Content To Any Platform To Any
Device
(9 April 2008) Tandberg Television, part of the Ericsson
Group, is launching its next generation MediaPath Secure Content Delivery
System, which distributes content across 'Any Platform to Any Device', in its
booth #SU4210 at the NAB Show (Las Vegas, April 14-17, 2008).
Xilinx Introduces The Industry's Highest
Performance, Largest Capacity FPGAs For Space Applications
(7 April
2008) Xilinx, Inc. the leading provider of programmable solutions and the
leader in Aerospace and Defense (A&D) field programmable gate arrays
(FPGAs), today announced the immediate availability of radiation-tolerant
Xilinx Virtex -4QV FPGAs.
Events
DVB-RCS: At The Heart Of Telemedicine
Services
(7 April 2008) As co-ordinator of the Healthware project
co-financed by the European Commission, Thales Alenia Space welcomed physicians
and industry representatives from several European countries to a symposium in
its Cannes facility (France).
People
Intelsat Announces Resignation Of Chairman Joseph
Wright
(10 April 2008) Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider
of fixed satellite services, today announced that Raymond Svider, a Managing
Partner of BC Partners, Intelsat's majority shareholder, was elected to the
position of Chairman at a recent meeting of the Intelsat Board of
Directors.
NASA Earth Scientist To Head
Programs Office In Science Directorate
(10 April 2008) Michael R.
Luther has been named deputy associate administrator for programs in NASA's
Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Ed Weiler,
associate administrator for the directorate, made the announcement
Wednesday.
ND SatCom Strengthens
Engineering Force In Americas Region
(8 April 2008) ND SatCom, an
SES Astra company, has appointed Roger L. Wieting to the position of Vice
President of Engineering for ND SatCom Inc., its subsidiary based in Plano,
Texas.
Tandberg Television Names Dario Choi
As Vice President And General Manager Of Asia-Pacific Region
(11
April 2008) Tandberg Television, part of the Ericsson Group, today announced
that it has appointed Dario Choi as Vice President and General Manager of
Tandberg Television Asia-Pacific with immediate effect.
