20 July 2008
Satcoms
Integral Systems Europe To
Provide Carrier Monitoring And Interference Detection Capability To
Telenor
Primus Offers HughesNet Broadband
Satellite Service
Telecomunicaciones Bantel
Selects iDirect Platform To Offer GSM Satellite Backhaul In Venezuela
The Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group
Opposes UTC Request for Terrestrial Fixed Services
Allocation
Broadcast
Latens To Protect Digicable's 12 Million
Subscribers
SES Astra Orders New Satellite
From Astrium
SES Astra Signs First Deal At
New Orbital Position With German Cable Operators
SkyLife Broadens Relationship With NDS By Selecting
VideoGuard And MediaHighway For New HD Service
Earth Observation
4C Controls Inc. Has Selected Thales Alenia Space
Italia S.P.A. As Prime Contractor For The In-Orbit Delivery Of Two High
Resolution SAR Satellites With Related Ground Segment
ESA Launches Programme In Support Of Earth Observation
Science
Ocean Surface A Boon For Extreme
Event Forecasts, Warnings
Satellite
Observations Help Lessen The Effects Of Heatwaves In Urban
Areas
Navigation
Raytheon Leads Team Bidding On Indian Satellite-Based
Navigation System
Military
Space
ViaSat Receives US$ 9.8 Million Order For MIDS JTRS
Production Transition Terminals
Astronomy
BAE Systems Computers Handle Processing On NASA GLAST
Mission
Stars
Brightest Star In The Galaxy Has New
Competition
XMM-Newton Discovers The Star
That Everyone Missed
Black
Holes
A
New Way To Weigh Giant Black Holes
Venus
Closing In On Venus
Earth
ESA To Consult The Science Community On Earth
Explorer Selection
NASA's Deep Impact Films
Earth As An Alien World
UCF Project
Selected For NASA Explorer Mission
Mars
Mars Express To Rendezvous With Martian
Moon
MSSS Delivers First Science Instrument
To JPL For 2009 Mars Rover Mission Payload
NASA Spacecraft Shows Diverse, Wet Environments On
Ancient Mars
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander To
Begin Rasping Frozen Layer
Manned Space
First Hubble Flight Hardware Arrives At Kennedy For
STS-125
Heads Of Agency International Space
Station Joint Statement
NASA Assigns Crew
For Equipment Delivery Mission To Space Station
Second flight For ESA Astronaut Christer
Fuglesang
Space Agencies Continue
Co-Ordination Of Exploration Plans
The
International Space Station, A Test-Bed For Future Space
Exploration
Technology
Small Businesses To Fly New Technologies On
Zero-Gravity Flights
Valley Forge Composite
Technologies Aerospace Subsidiary To Introduce Satellite Space Platforms To
Major Aerospace Companies And Universities
Launch Services
AMC-21 Is Delivered To The Spaceport For Ariane 5's
Upcoming Heavy-Lift Mission
Launch Services - EchoStar 11
Sea Launch Successfully
Delivers EchoStar XI To Orbit
Space
Systems/Loral-Built EchoStar XI Satellite Deploys Solar Arrays On
Schedule
In
Orbit
Newpoint Technologies Announces Nasa Achievement Award
And Successful Space Network Management System Spiral 2
Delivery
Launches
EchoStar 11
Launch
Schedule
Reports
Chinese Satellite Market To Generate 5.3% Rate Of
Growth Despite Regulatory And Business Hurdles
Business
Secure World Foundation Receives United Nations
Permanent Observer Status
Products and Services
ASC Signal Launches New 4.6 Metre
Trifold Antenna
ATCi Introduces Affordable
Flyaway Antenna Package Tailored For Southeast Asia Applications
SkyWave
Introduces New Dual-Mode IsatM2M Satellite/GPRS Terminal With On-board Computer
For Enhanced Fleet Tracking Applications
Thuraya Releases New Portable Broadband Terminal With
Video Streaming Capability
Events
Bridging The Gap Between Space And Society-Helping
Regions To Access The Benefits Of Satellite Information And Services
Space-Tech Solutions For Water And
Sustainability
People
Mobile Satellite Ventures Names Susan Miller Senior
Vice President for Satellite Services
NASA
Names Strain New Goddard Space Flight Center Director
Satcoms
Integral Systems Europe To
Provide Carrier Monitoring And Interference Detection Capability To
Telenor
(14 July 2008) ISE (Integral Systems Europe) announces the
delivery and installation of a fully integrated CSM (Carrier Signal Monitoring)
and transponder planning system for the THOR family of satellites at Telenor
Satellite Broadcasting AS facilities in Nittedal, Norway.
Primus Offers HughesNet Broadband Satellite
Service
(16 July 2008) Primus Telecommunications, Inc. today
announced that it has executed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems, LLC
(HUGHES) to resell HughesNet broadband satellite Internet service to Primus
customers in the continental United States and Puerto Rico.
Telecomunicaciones Bantel Selects iDirect Platform To
Offer GSM Satellite Backhaul In Venezuela
(15 July 2008) VT iDirect,
Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), announced today that
Telecomunicaciones Bantel (Bantel) has installed a network of iDirect Series
3000 Remote Satellite Routers, enabling Corporacion Digitel (Digitel) to expand
cellular access within Venezuela by backhauling GSM traffic over
satellite.
The Satellite Users Interference
Reduction Group Opposes UTC Request for Terrestrial Fixed Services
Allocation
(17 July 2008) The Satellite Users Interference Reduction
Group (SUIRG) has filed a position paper with the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) opposing a recent petition for allowing terrestrial services
in the Ku-band.
Broadcast
Latens To Protect Digicable's 12 Million
Subscribers
(15 July 2008) Latens, the leading provider of
downloadable software conditional access (CA) for digital Pay-TV, today
announces that it has been awarded the contract to provide its Latens BCAS next
generation conditional access system to Digicable Network (India) to protect
and enable a national broadcast cable Pay-TV network with an estimated
subscriber base of over 12 million.
SES Astra
Orders New Satellite From Astrium
(15 July 2008) SES Astra, an SES
company, announced today that it awarded the construction of a new satellite,
Astra 1N, to the European satellite manufacturer Astrium.
SES Astra Signs First Deal At New Orbital Position
With German Cable Operators
(16 July 2008) SES Astra, an SES
company, today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with a
company representing the independent German cable operators to transmit digital
Free-to-Air TV to their networks.
SkyLife
Broadens Relationship With NDS By Selecting VideoGuard And MediaHighway For New
HD Service
(13 July 2008) NDS, the leading provider of technology
solutions for digital pay-TV, today announced that Korea Digital Satellite
Broadcasting Co. Ltd., (SkyLife), Korea's first and only satellite pay-TV
operator, has extended its long-standing relationship with NDS by selecting
market-leading VideoGuard conditional access (CA) technology and MediaHighway
middleware for its new HDTV service.
Earth Observation
4C Controls Inc. Has Selected
Thales Alenia Space Italia S.P.A. As Prime Contractor For The In-Orbit Delivery
Of Two High Resolution SAR Satellites With Related Ground
Segment
(17 July 2008) 4C Controls Inc. today announced that it has
selected for negotiation Thales Alenia Space Italia S.P.A. (TASI) as the prime
contractor for the in-orbit delivery of the first two satellites with related
Ground Segment of the planned 4C Controls' satellites constellation.
ESA Launches Programme In Support Of Earth Observation
Science
(15 July 2008) Since the advent of Earth observation from
space, satellite missions have become central to monitoring and learning about
how the Earth works, resulting in significant progress in a broad range of
scientific areas.
Ocean Surface A Boon For
Extreme Event Forecasts, Warnings
(16 July 2008) For humans in the
path of destructive hurricanes and tsunamis, an accurate warning of the pending
event is critical for damage control and survival.
Satellite Observations Help Lessen The Effects Of
Heatwaves In Urban Areas
(17 July 2008) When heatwaves strike, it's
far more difficult to cope with stifling temperatures in built-up areas than it
is out in the countryside.
Navigation
Raytheon Leads Team Bidding On
Indian Satellite-Based Navigation System
(15 July 2008) Raytheon
Company is leading a team to deliver a comprehensive solution for the Indian
Space Research Organization and Airports Authority of India global navigation
satellite systems.
Military
Space
ViaSat Receives US$ 9.8 Million Order For MIDS JTRS
Production Transition Terminals
(17 July 2008) ViaSat Inc. has been
awarded a US$ 9.8 million order for Multifunctional Information Distribution
System Joint Tactical Radio System (MIDS JTRS) Production Transition Terminals
(PTTs).
Astronomy
BAE Systems Computers Handle Processing On NASA GLAST
Mission
(14 July 2008) BAE Systems computers will enable a new NASA
satellite to examine gamma rays, the most intense form of radiation in the
universe.
Stars
Brightest Star In The Galaxy Has New
Competition
(15 July 2008) A contender for the title of brightest
star in our Milky Way galaxy has been unearthed in the dusty metropolis of the
galaxy's centre.
XMM-Newton Discovers The
Star That Everyone Missed
(18 July 2008) XMM-Newton has discovered
an exploding star in the Milky Way.
Black Holes
A New Way To Weigh Giant Black Holes
(16
July 2008) How do you weigh the biggest black holes in the
universe?
Venus
Closing In On Venus
(17 July 2008)
Starting this week, spacecraft controllers have been executing a series of
manoeuvres to gradually bring Venus Express closer to its host
planet.
Earth
ESA To Consult The
Science Community On Earth Explorer Selection
(17 July 2008) As part
of the Agency's user-driven approach to preparing new Earth Explorer missions
to advance our understanding of the Earth system, six candidate missions will
be presented to the science community at a User Consultation Meeting in January
2009.
NASA's Deep Impact Films Earth As An
Alien World
(17 July 2008) NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft has created
a video of the moon transiting (passing in front of) Earth as seen from the
spacecraft's point of view 50 million kilometres (31 million miles)
away.
UCF Project Selected For NASA Explorer
Mission
(15 July 2008) NASA last week selected a University of
Central Florida project that will measure the temperature and make-up of the
Earth's outer atmosphere as one of two missions of opportunity under its
Explorer science space program.
Mars
Mars Express To Rendezvous With Martian
Moon
(16 July 2008) Scientists and engineers are preparing ESA's
Mars Express for a pair of close fly-bys of the Martian moon Phobos.
MSSS Delivers First Science Instrument To JPL For
2009 Mars Rover Mission Payload
(17 July 2008) Malin Space Science
Systems, Inc. (MSSS), has delivered the first of four science cameras it is
developing for the NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2009 Mars Science Laboratory
(MSL) rover mission.
NASA Spacecraft Shows
Diverse, Wet Environments On Ancient Mars
(16 July 2008) Two studies
based on data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed that the
Red Planet once hosted vast lakes, flowing rivers and a variety of other wet
environments that had the potential to support life.
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander To Begin Rasping Frozen
Layer
(15 July 2008) A powered rasp on the back of the robotic arm
scoop of NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander is being tested for the first time on Mars
in gathering sample shavings of ice.
Manned Space
First Hubble Flight Hardware Arrives At Kennedy For
STS-125
(16 July 2008) The first major flight hardware for the fifth
and final space shuttle servicing mission to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is
starting to arrive at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla., to begin preparations for
its targeted October launch.
Heads Of Agency
International Space Station Joint Statement
(17 July 2008) The heads
of the International Space Station (ISS) agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan,
Russia and the United States met at European Space Agency (ESA) Headquarters in
Paris on July 17, 2008, to review ISS co-operation.
NASA Assigns Crew For Equipment Delivery Mission To
Space Station
(16 July 2008) NASA has assigned the crew for space
shuttle mission STS-128. The flight will carry science and storage racks to the
International Space Station.
Second flight
For ESA Astronaut Christer Fuglesang
(17 July 2008) ESA astronaut
Christer Fuglesang from Sweden has been assigned as a Mission Specialist on
board the 11-day STS-128 mission, currently scheduled for launch with Space
Shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station (ISS) on 30 July
2009.
Space Agencies Continue Co-Ordination
Of Exploration Plans
(14 July 2008) Representatives of 11 space
agencies from around the world gathered in Montréal, Canada 10 - 12 July
to continue the co-ordination of programmes to extend human and robotic
presence throughout the Solar System.
The
International Space Station, A Test-Bed For Future Space
Exploration
(17 July 2008) The Heads of the International Space
Station (ISS) Agencies from Canada, Europe, Japan, Russia and the United States
met today at ESA Headquarters in Paris, France, to review ISS
co-operation.
Technology
Small Businesses To Fly New
Technologies On Zero-Gravity Flights
(15 July 2008) NASA's
Innovative Partnerships Program has selected seven Small Business Innovation
Research program, or SBIR, companies to participate in reduced-gravity test
flights in early September.
Valley Forge
Composite Technologies Aerospace Subsidiary To Introduce Satellite Space
Platforms To Major Aerospace Companies And Universities
(17 July
2008) Valley Forge Composite Technologies, Inc. announced today the company's
plans to introduce a cost effective satellite space
platform/bus.
Launch
Services
AMC-21 Is Delivered To The Spaceport For Ariane 5's
Upcoming Heavy-Lift Mission
(17 July 2008) The second of two
satellites for Ariane 5's next flight has arrived at Europe's Spaceport as
Arianespace continues its sustained mission pace in 2008.
Launch Services - EchoStar 11
Sea Launch Successfully
Delivers EchoStar XI To Orbit
(16 July 2008) Sea Launch Company has
successfully launched the EchoStar XI broadcast satellite from its ocean-based
platform on the Equator, marking its fourth successful mission of 2008 and its
third mission for DISH Network.
Space
Systems/Loral-Built EchoStar XI Satellite Deploys Solar Arrays On
Schedule
(16 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 EchoStar XI
satellite, built for DISH Network, deployed its solar arrays early this
morning, following its successful launch last night from Sea Launch's Odyssey
Launch Platform on the equator in the Pacific Ocean.
In Orbit
Newpoint Technologies Announces
Nasa Achievement Award And Successful Space Network Management System Spiral 2
Delivery
(14 July 2008) Newpoint Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc., and a recognised leader in Network
Management and Remote Site Monitoring solutions, announced today that its
Spiral 2 Delivery to Honeywell of Compass Software for NASA's Space Network
successfully completed acceptance testing in April and the Delivery team
received a NASA Group Achievement Award in May.
Launches
EchoStar 11
Launch
Schedule
Reports
Chinese Satellite Market To Generate 5.3% Rate Of
Growth Despite Regulatory And Business Hurdles
(15 July 2008) NSR
today released its newest market survey and forecast report: "China Satellite
Markets: Assessment of Commercial Satellite Transponder Demand in China, Hong
Kong and Macau."
Business
Secure World Foundation Receives United Nations
Permanent Observer Status
(8 July 2008) The Secure World Foundation
announced today that it has received Permanent Observer status within the
United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer
Space.
Products and
Services
ASC Signal Launches New 4.6 Metre Trifold
Antenna
(16 July 2008) ASC Signal Corporation, (formerly Andrew
Corporation Satellite Communications Group), announces the launch of its new
4.6 Metre Trifold Transportable antenna. It is F-1 and E-2 Ka-band compliant,
and available to customers around the world.
ATCi Introduces Affordable Flyaway Antenna Package
Tailored For Southeast Asia Applications
(18 July 2008) Antenna
Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi), a provider of ground-based commercial
satellite communications systems and services, announced the introduction of
its specialised 2-channel flyaway broadcast system geared toward the specific
applications in Southeast Asia.
SkyWave
Introduces New Dual-Mode IsatM2M Satellite/GPRS Terminal With On-board Computer
For Enhanced Fleet Tracking Applications
(17 July 2008) SkyWave
Mobile Communications, a global provider of two-way Inmarsat satellite products
and services, today has introduced the SureLinx 8100c Satellite/GPRS
terminal.
Thuraya Releases New Portable
Broadband Terminal With Video Streaming Capability
(16 July 2008) A
new A-5 sized 444 kb/s broadband terminal with advanced video streaming
capability is the new competitive product launched by Thuraya, world leading
mobile satellite operator, this week, as part of its ongoing products
innovation strategy.
Events
Bridging The Gap Between Space And Society-Helping
Regions To Access The Benefits Of Satellite Information And
Services
(16 July 2008) The half-day conference "Regional Policy:
Benefits from Satellite Information and Services" to be held in Brussels, on
the morning of 11th September 2008, is the mid-term event of Eurisy's 5-year
programme supporting Local and Regional Authorities to improve their access to
the benefits of space technology.
Space-Tech
Solutions For Water And Sustainability
(16 July 2008) Tomorrow
INASMET-Tecnalia and ESA is holding a workshop on space innovation for water
management at an event billed as the "biggest water festival on
Earth".
People
Mobile Satellite Ventures
Names Susan Miller Senior Vice President for Satellite Services
(17
July 2008) Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) today announced the appointment of
Susan Miller, a 20-plus year veteran of the satellite services industry, to the
position of senior vice president for satellite services.
NASA Names Strain New Goddard Space Flight Center
Director
(17 July 2008) NASA Administrator Michael Griffin on
Thursday announced that Rob Strain will be the next centre director of NASA's
Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. Strain is currently the head of
the Space Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab in
Laurel, Md. He will assume his duties as centre director on Aug. 4.
