13 July 2008
Satcoms
Ciel Satellite Receives
Approval In Principle To Develop Six Canadian Spectrum Licences
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded US$ 2.5
Million Of Orders For SATCOM High Power Amplifiers
Globecast Renews SES New Skies Satellite Capacity For
The Americas And Europe
Globecomm Systems
Awarded Multiple Contracts From A Global Multilateral Organisation Valued at
Approximately US$ 9.1 Million
Hughes To
Provide Broadband Satellite System For Spanish Lottery
Microspace Digital Cinema Experiences 200% Growth In
Less Than One Year
Mobile Satellite
Ventures And Boeing Amend Satellite System Procurement Contract
Space Systems/Loral-Built ProtoStar I Satellite
Successfully Performs Post-Launch Manoeuvres
Thales Alenia Space To Co-Operate With IAI In The
Amos-4 Satellite
Space Systems/Loral
Selected To Provide Powerful Communications Satellite To Hispasat
Group
The Piedmont Region And Eutelsat
Communications Announce A Shared Commitment To Bridge The Digital
Divide
ViaSat Expands Global Ku-band Mobile
Broadband Satellite Communications Network For Business Aviation, Airlines,
Maritime, Land Mobile & Government
WildBlue Upgrades Its Satellite Internet Network,
Increasing Capacity By Over 31 Percent
Broadcast
Intelsat Transmits Spain's Euro 2008 Victory Games In
HD To Millions Of Viewers
RRsat Signs An
Agreement With WatchIndia For Internet Distribution Of A Package Of Indian TV
Channels
Earth
Observation
General Dynamics Ships GeoEye-1 Satellite To Launch
Site
GeoEye's Next-Generation Satellite
Arrives At Vandenberg Air Force Base, California For Launch On Aug. 22,
2008
NASA Mission To Be Crystal Ball Into
Oceans' Future, Mirror To The Past
Ocean
Wind Power Maps Reveal Possible Wind Energy Sources
Raytheon Submits Proposal For NOAA Environmental
Satellite Ground Segment
Satellite View Of
Cloud Tops Might Warn Of Storms Brewing
Thales Alenia Space To Deliver Very-High-Resolution
Optical Imaging Instrument To Astrium
Military Space
Americom Government Services To Host U.S. Air Force
Payload
General Dynamics Awarded US$ 9
Million Contract For Satellite Communication Encryption And Telemetry
Technologies
Science
Magellan Aerospace Delivers CASSIOPE Small Satellite
Bus To MDA
Astronomy
"MAGIC" Reveals The Transparency Of The
Universe
Stars
Rare 'Star-Making Machine' Found In Distant
Universe
What's My Age? Mystery Star
Cluster Has 3 Different Birthdays
Moon
Brown-Led Team Finds Evidence Of Water In Moon's
Interior
Moon Water Discovered: Dampens
Moon-Formation Theory
Mars
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Uses Soil Probe And Swiss
Scope
Asteroids
Study Puts Solar Spin On Asteroids, Their Moons &
Earth Impacts
Extra-Solar
Planets
Open Clusters Like Orion Have Low Fertility
Rate
Radio Observations Of Orion Nebula
Indicate Small Fraction Of Sun-Like Stars Can Harbour Jupiter-Sized
Planets
Manned
Space
NASA And ESA Complete Comparative Exploration
Architecture Study
NASA Sets Launch Dates
For Remaining Space Shuttle Missions
Technology
Schurter Is Europe's Only Manufacturer Of An ESA/ESCC
Qualified Fuse For Use In Space
Launch Services - Badr-6, Protostar 1
Ariane 5 Orbits Protostar I
And BADR-6 On Its Fourth Mission Of 2008
Another Successful Arianespace Launch: Protostar I And
BADR-6 Are In Orbit
Ariane 5 - Two More
Telecommunications Satellites Launched
Launches
Badr-6, ProtoStar 1
Launch
Schedule
Business
Balaton Group To Acquire MotoSAT, Leading Provider Of
Satellite Antenna Solutions
Czech Republic
Accedes To The ESA Convention
SES To Create
New Segment Encompassing Two Of Its Satellite Operating
Entities
People
CapRock Communications Names David Cavossa VP Of
SATCOM Division For Arrowhead Global Solutions
Diane Murphy Joins SpaceX As Vice President Of
Marketing And Communications
Integral
Systems Appoints John B. Higginbotham To Chief Executive Officer
Sea
Launch Transitions To New Leadership
Satcoms
Ciel Satellite Receives
Approval In Principle To Develop Six Canadian Spectrum Licences
(9
July 2008) The Ciel Satellite Group announced today that Industry Canada has
issued Approvals in Principle to Ciel to develop the following spectrum: Ka FSS
at 91°W and 109.2°W; 17 GHz BSS at 91°W, 103°W and 107.3°W;
and 12 GHz BSS at 138°W.
Comtech
Telecommunications Corp. Awarded US$ 2.5 Million Of Orders For SATCOM High
Power Amplifiers
(8 July 2008) Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
announced today that its Melville, New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST
Corp., has received US$ 2.5 million of orders for high power amplifiers from a
leading provider of aviation electronics and communication systems.
Globecast Renews SES New Skies Satellite Capacity For
The Americas And Europe
(7 July 2008) SES New Skies, an SES company
and GlobeCast, a subsidiary of France Telecom, have signed 5-year contracts for
the continued use of two 36MHz transponders on the NSS-806 satellite at the
orbital location of 319.5° East. Terms of the contract remain
confidential.
Globecomm Systems Awarded
Multiple Contracts From A Global Multilateral Organisation Valued at
Approximately US$ 9.1 Million
(8 July 2008) Globecomm Systems Inc.,
a leading provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions
and services on a global basis, today announced that the Company has been
awarded multiple contracts from a global multilateral organisation valued at
approximately US$ 9.1 million.
Hughes To
Provide Broadband Satellite System For Spanish Lottery
(8 July 2008)
Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite
network solutions and services, today announced that Sistemas Tecnicos de
Loterias del Estado (STL) has awarded its wholly owned subsidiary, HNS Ltd., a
contract to provide a geographically redundant HN System Network Operations
Center (NOC), 2800 HN7700S broadband satellite routers, and support/maintenance
services for five years.
Microspace Digital
Cinema Experiences 200% Growth In Less Than One Year
(8 July 2008)
Microspace Communications Corporation (Microspace), the leading distributor of
digital cinema via satellite, announced today that it has expanded its network
to more than 3,000 screens across North America becoming the largest
independent network to service theatre owners.
Mobile Satellite Ventures And Boeing Amend Satellite
System Procurement Contract
(8 July 2008) Mobile Satellite Ventures
(MSV) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Boeing Satellite
Systems (Boeing) to defer an additional US$ 40 million of payments on the
construction of the MSV-2 satellite.
Space
Systems/Loral-Built ProtoStar I Satellite Successfully Performs Post-Launch
Manoeuvres
(8 July 2008) Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of
Loral Space & Communications, and the world's leading provider of
high-power commercial satellites, today announced that the ProtoStar I
satellite, which was launched on Monday afternoon from the European Spaceport
in Kourou, French Guyana, is successfully performing post-launch
manoeuvres.
Thales Alenia Space To
Co-Operate With IAI In The Amos-4 Satellite
(8 July 2008) Thales
Alenia Space announces a contract with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) LTD,
acting through its Systems Missiles and Space Group, MBT Space Division, to
supply RF communication assemblies for the Amos-4 communication
satellite.
Space Systems/Loral Selected To
Provide Powerful Communications Satellite To Hispasat Group
(9 July
2008) Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space &
Communications and the world's leading provider of high-power commercial
satellites, today announced that it has been awarded a contract to manufacture
a new spacecraft forHispasat Group, the eighth largest operator in the world
and the leading operator in the broadcasting and distribution of contents in
Spanish and Portuguese.
The Piedmont Region
And Eutelsat Communications Announce A Shared Commitment To Bridge The Digital
Divide
(10 July 2008) Italy's Piedmont Region, together with
Eutelsat, Europe's leading satellite operator, announced the signature of a
Memorandum of Understanding to leverage satellite technology to accelerate the
availability of digital services for all of Piedmont's citizens irrespective of
their location.
ViaSat Expands Global
Ku-band Mobile Broadband Satellite Communications Network For Business
Aviation, Airlines, Maritime, Land Mobile & Government
(8 July
2008) ViaSat Inc. has signed a new 10-year agreement with KVH Industries Inc.,
to establish a global Ku-band mobile broadband network using ViaSat-patented
ArcLight technology.
WildBlue Upgrades Its
Satellite Internet Network, Increasing Capacity By Over 31
Percent
(9 July 2008) WildBlue Communications, Inc., the leading
provider of broadband satellite service throughout rural America, today
announced the completion of a series of hardware and software system upgrades
that have increased its total network capacity by more than 150,000 additional
customers since the beginning of 2008.
Broadcast
Intelsat Transmits Spain's Euro 2008 Victory Games In
HD To Millions Of Viewers
(9 July 2008) Intelsat, Ltd., the world's
leading provider of commercial satellite services, transmitted the three most
watched programs in Spanish TV history to millions of viewers during the
broadcast of Spain's appearances in the final rounds of June's Euro 2008 soccer
championship.
RRsat Signs An Agreement With
WatchIndia For Internet Distribution Of A Package Of Indian TV
Channels
(9 July 2008) RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd., a
rapidly growing provider of comprehensive content management and global
distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries,
announced today it has signed an agreement with WatchIndia TV, a popular video
platform which enables live and on- demand broadcasting of well-known Indian TV
stations world-wide.
Earth
Observation
General Dynamics Ships GeoEye-1 Satellite To Launch
Site
(10 July 2008) General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems
announced today that it has shipped GeoEye-1, a next-generation earth imaging
satellite, to its launch site at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
GeoEye's Next-Generation Satellite Arrives At
Vandenberg Air Force Base, California For Launch On Aug. 22,
2008
(10 July 2008) GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of satellite,
aerial and geospatial information, announced today that its GeoEye-1 satellite
safely arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB), California, in preparation
for its scheduled launch on Aug. 22, 2008.
NASA Mission To Be Crystal Ball Into Oceans' Future,
Mirror To The Past
(8 July 2008) Imagine the lives that could be
saved from flash floods and drought, the millions of dollars in fuel costs that
could be avoided for fishing vessels, and the homes that could be spared from
the effects of coastline erosion if only scientists could more accurately
predict the dynamics of Earth's often unpredictable oceans.
Ocean Wind Power Maps Reveal Possible Wind Energy
Sources
(9 July 2008) Efforts to harness the energy potential of
Earth's ocean winds could soon gain an important new tool: global satellite
maps from NASA.
Raytheon Submits Proposal
For NOAA Environmental Satellite Ground Segment
(8 July 2008) The
Team GOES-R partnership led by Raytheon Company has submitted its proposal to
develop the ground segment for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's next- generation Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite series known as GOES-R.
Satellite
View Of Cloud Tops Might Warn Of Storms Brewing
(7 July 2008) For
three years a new way to use data collected by NOAA weather satellites has been
giving North Alabama short-term warnings of "pop-up" thunderstorms.
Thales Alenia Space To Deliver Very-High-Resolution
Optical Imaging Instrument To Astrium
(9 July 2008) Thales Alenia
Space is ready to deliver the high-resolution (HR) optical imaging instrument
for integration in the first Pleiades earth observation
satellite.
Military
Space
Americom Government Services To Host U.S. Air Force
Payload
(8 July 2008) Satellite solutions provider Americom
Government Services (AGS) announced today that it has been awarded a contract
by the U.S. Air Force to host an experimental sensor on board a commercial
spacecraft.
General Dynamics Awarded US$ 9
Million Contract For Satellite Communication Encryption And Telemetry
Technologies
(9 July 2008) General Dynamics C4 Systems has been
awarded a US$ 9.2 million contract option to continue the development,
qualification and certification of a National Security Agency (NSA) approved
encryption module that will be used to secure telemetry, tracking and control
of Department of Defense satellites.
Science
Magellan Aerospace Delivers CASSIOPE Small Satellite
Bus To MDA
(9 July 2008) Magellan Aerospace announced today
successful formal delivery acceptance of the CASSIOPE small satellite bus by
Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) of
Vancouver.
Astronomy
"MAGIC" Reveals The Transparency Of The
Universe
(1 July 2008) Measurements by the MAGIC Telescope (Major
Atmospheric Gamma-ray Imaging Cherenkov Telescope) on La Palma have shown that
the universe is more transparent to high-energy radiation than previously
assumed.
Stars
Rare 'Star-Making
Machine' Found In Distant Universe
(10 July 2008) Astronomers have
uncovered an extreme stellar machine -- a galaxy in the very remote universe
pumping out stars at a surprising rate of up to 4,000 per year.
What's My Age? Mystery Star Cluster Has 3 Different
Birthdays
(10 July 2008) Imagine having three clocks in your house,
each chiming at a different time.
Moon
Brown-Led Team Finds Evidence Of Water In Moon's
Interior
(9 July 2008) A Brown University-led research team has for
the first time discovered evidence of water that came from deep within the
Moon, a revelation that strongly suggests water has been a part of the Moon
since its early existence - and perhaps ever since it was created by a
cataclysmic collision between the early Earth and a Mars-sized object about 4.5
billion years ago.
Moon Water Discovered:
Dampens Moon-Formation Theory
(9 July 2008) Using new techniques,
scientists have discovered for the first time that tiny beads of volcanic
glasses collected from two Apollo missions to the Moon contain
water.
Mars
NASA's Phoenix Mars
Lander Uses Soil Probe And Swiss Scope
(10 July 2008) NASA's Phoenix
Mars Lander has touched Martian soil with a fork-like probe for the first time
and begun using a microscope that examines shapes of tiny particles by touching
them.
Asteroids
Study Puts Solar Spin On Asteroids, Their Moons &
Earth Impacts
(9 July 2008) Asteroids with moons, which scientists
call binary asteroids, are common in the solar system.
Extra-Solar Planets
Open Clusters Like Orion Have Low
Fertility Rate
(8 July 2008) A detailed survey of stars in the Orion
Nebula has found that fewer than 10 percent have enough surrounding dust to
make Jupiter-sized planets, according to a report by astronomers at the
University of California, Berkeley, the California Institute of Technology
(Caltech) and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Radio Observations Of Orion Nebula Indicate Small
Fraction Of Sun-Like Stars Can Harbour Jupiter-Sized Planets
(10
July 2008) A detailed survey of stars in the Orion Nebula has found that fewer
than 10 percent have enough surrounding dust to make Jupiter-sized planets,
according to a report by astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley,
the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and the Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics.
Manned
Space
NASA And ESA Complete Comparative Exploration
Architecture Study
(9 July 2008) Over the last 6 months,
representatives from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
and the European Space Agency (ESA) have been engaged in detailed assessment of
potential programs and technologies that when conducted co-operatively could
one day support a human outpost on the Moon.
NASA Sets Launch Dates For Remaining Space Shuttle
Missions
(7 July 2008) Following a detailed, integrated assessment,
NASA selected target launch dates for the remaining eight space shuttle
missions on the current manifest in 2009 and 2010.
Technology
Schurter Is Europe's Only
Manufacturer Of An ESA/ESCC Qualified Fuse For Use In Space
(7 July
2008) Schurter is Switzerland's first manufacturer to be awarded the official
ESA/ESCC (European Space Agency) qualification for its MGA-S SMD
fuse.
Launch Services - Badr-6,
Protostar 1
Ariane 5 Orbits Protostar I And BADR-6 On Its Fourth
Mission Of 2008
(7 July 2008) Arianespace delivered two more
telecommunications satellites into orbit for its international customer base
today, using Ariane 5 to orbit ProtoStar I and BADR-6 on a heavy-lift mission
from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Another
Successful Arianespace Launch: Protostar I And BADR-6 Are In
Orbit
(7 July 2008) On Monday evening, July 7, Arianespace boosted
two telecommunications satellites, providing direct TV broadcast and Internet
services, into orbit: ProtoStar I for American operator ProtoStar Ltd. and
BADR-6 for Middle-East operator Arabsat.
Ariane 5 - Two More Telecommunications Satellites
Launched
(8 July 2008) Yesterday evening, an Ariane 5 ECA launcher
lifted off from Europe's Spaceport at Kourou, in French Guiana, on its mission
to place two telecommunications satellites into geostationary transfer
orbits.
Launches
Badr-6, ProtoStar 1
Launch
Schedule
Business
Balaton Group To Acquire MotoSAT, Leading Provider Of
Satellite Antenna Solutions
(8 July 2008) MotoSAT, a leading
provider of mobile and automated satellite antenna solutions, has agreed to be
acquired by Balaton Group Inc., an international private equity firm based in
Toronto, Canada, with significant experience in the satellite
industry.
Czech Republic Accedes To The ESA
Convention
(8 July 2008) The Agreement on the Czech Republic's
accession to the ESA Convention was signed on 8 July in Prague, by Jean-Jacques
Dordain, Director General of ESA, and Mirek Topolánek, Prime Minister of
the Czech Republic.
SES To Create New
Segment Encompassing Two Of Its Satellite Operating Entities
(10
July 2008) SES S.A. today announced plans to combine SES Americom and SES New
Skies to form a new operating segment of SES.
People
CapRock Communications Names David Cavossa VP Of
SATCOM Division For Arrowhead Global Solutions
(8 July 2008) CapRock
Communications has promoted David Cavossa to vice president of its SATCOM
Division for Arrowhead Global Solutions, its government-focused service that
provides mission-critical connectivity anywhere in the world.
Diane Murphy Joins SpaceX As Vice President Of
Marketing And Communications
(10 July 2008) Space Exploration
Technologies Corporation (SpaceX), a privately held launch services provider,
announced that Diane Murphy has joined the company as Vice President of
Marketing and Communications.
Integral
Systems Appoints John B. Higginbotham To Chief Executive Officer
(9
July 2008) Integral Systems, Inc. today announced that John B. Higginbotham has
assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer and joined the Board of Directors
effective immediately as the company completed its planned transition of
Interim CEO Alan Baldwin to his prior role on the Board of Directors.
Sea Launch Transitions To New Leadership
(7
July 2008) Effective July 3, 2008, the Sea Launch Board of Directors has
appointed Kjell Karlsen as President and General Manager. Karlsen replaces
Robert A. Peckham, who will be pursuing other opportunities within The Boeing
Company.
