26 October 2008
Satcoms
Bentley Walker Launches
iDirect Evolution Network Across EMEA Region
Blue Sky Network Selected To Provide Fleet Support
For Bond Offshore
C-Com Receives US$
400,000 Order From China
Eutelsat
Affirms Its Commitment To "Digital France 2012", The New Initiative Launched By
The French Government
Globecomm Systems
Awarded Contract From Atlantique Telecom
Honduras: 200,000 Affected By Heavy Floods - TSF
Deploys To Support The UN
Hughes Expands
Satellite Capacity With Intelsat In Latin American Market
ITU Confirms ProtoStar's First Satellite Is
Operating Fully Within All Regulatory Guidelines
Nynex Implements iDirect DVB-S2/ACM Network To
Expand Enterprise-Class Service In The Middle East Region
Space Systems/Loral Announces Contract To Provide
High-Power Satellite
Stratos Reaches
Milestone Of 10,000 Active SCADA VSAT Sites
ViaSat Ku-Band Mobile Broadband Satellite
Communications Network For Business Aviation Passes 100,000 Flight
Hours
Broadcast
DirecTV Más Launches Telecentro, A New And
Exclusive Spanish-Language Channel From Central America
DISH Network Expands Local High Definition
Markets
DISH Network Expands MPEG-4
Advanced Delivery System To Reach 52 Markets
HD Channels On Astra Increase By 30 Percent In
Three Months
Roots Global Expands Asian
Channel Platform On Eutelsat's Eurobird 9 Satellite
Earth Observation
ESA Leads The Way To Map Boreal
Forest
Northrop Grumman NPOESS Program
Marks Key Milestone; Testing Completed On High-Performance Spacecraft Single
Board Computer Engineering Models
Navigation
GSA Awards Special Topic Prize At European
Satellite Navigation Competition
Military Space
Key Flight Software Delivered For Missile Warning
Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman Awarded US$ 206 Million Support
And Sustainment
Astronomy
Moore Foundation Awards RIT US$ 2.8 Million To
Develop 'Noiseless' Detector
Scientists
Selected For New Airborne Eye On The Universe
STFC Tests Components For Telescope To Catch First
Light Of The Universe
XMM-Newton Calls
For Help!
XMM-Newton Talks Again Loud
And Clear
Stars
COROT Directly Sees 'Sun-Quakes' In Other Stars
For The First Time
Galaxies
Cosmic Lens Reveals Distant Galactic
Violence
Quasars
Serendipitous Observations Reveal Rare Event In
Life Of Distant Quasar
Solar
System
Secrets From Within Planets Pave Way For Cleaner
Energy
Moon
NASA's Next Moon Mission Begins Thermal Vacuum
Test
Sensors Advance Lunar Landing
Project
Earth
Aerojet To Provide Propulsion For NASA's Radiation
Belt Storm Probes Mission
Mars
HiRISE Camera Reveals Rare Polar Martian Impact
Craters
Saturn
Spanish Scientists Confirm The Existence Of
Electric Activity In Titan, The Largest Moon Of Saturn
Manned Space
Astrotech Awarded ATL Ares 1-X
First Stage Processing Contract
Expedition 17 Crew Returns From International
Space Station
NASA's Shuttle Endeavour
Moves To Launch Pad, Practice Lift-Off Set
PlanetSpace Adds Boeing To Lockheed Martin/ATK
Team For NASA ISS Commercial Resupply Services Bid
Space Tourism
Rocket Racing Inc., Armadillo
Aerospace And New Mexico Create Joint Venture To Launch Private Suborbital
Space Transportation Business
Space
Adventures' Client, Private Astronaut Richard Garriott, Returns To Earth After
Completing Mission To The ISS
Launch Services
Arianespace To Launch New Pan-African Satellite
Rascom-QAF 1R
GOCE Launch Delayed Until
2009
Successful First Test For Vega's
Zefiro 9-A Solid-Fuel Rocket Motor
Launch Services - Chandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan-1 Successfully
Launched - Next Stop: The Moon
NASA
Returns To The Moon With Instruments On Indian Spacecraft
PSLV-C11 Successfully Launches
Chandrayaan-1
Raytheon Technology To
Assist In Hunt For Ice On Moon
Launch Services - COSMO-SkyMed 3
3rd COSMO-SkyMed Satellite Ready
For Launch From Vandenberg
Boeing
Launches Third Italian Earth Observation Satellite
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches 3rd
Italian COSMO Satellite
Launch
Services - Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)
Orbital Set To Launch Company-Built
IBEX Scientific Spacecraft For NASA Aboard Pegasus Rocket
NASA Launches Ibex Mission To Outer Solar
System
Orbital Successfully Launches
Company-Built IBEX Satellite Aboard Pegasus Rocket For NASA
ATK Provides Propulsion And Composite Structures
For Successful Launch Of IBEX Spacecraft On A Pegasus
Rocket
Launches
Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)
Chandrayaan-1
COSMO-SkyMed 3
Launch
Schedule
Reports
Growth Period Ahead For Indian Satellite
Market
Business
Boeing Issues Statement On ICO Verdict
Jury Awards ICO At Least US$ 371 Million Plus
Interest In Boeing Lawsuit
SpaceDev
Signs Agreement To Be Acquired By Sierra Nevada Corporation
Squire Tech Solutions Announces Global Partnership
With DC-Sat.Net
WorldSpace, Inc. Gains
Access To US$ 2M In Interim Dip Financing And Commences Sale
Process
Products and
Services
Cerona Networks Launches SkySwitch DVB-S2
Migration Tool
Iridium Launches New,
Powerful Satellite Phone
Spacenet Raises
The Bar On Pre-Packaged Satellite Communications With New 5Mb/s Service And
Industry's Only Minimum Assured Speed
Vizada Unveils Dedicated Mobile Satcoms Offering
For Media Organisations At GITEX, Dubai
Training
Offshore Industry Strengthens Operational
Efficiencies Through Improved Installation & Maintenance
Standards
People
Northrop Grumman Names Lon L. Rains Director Of
Communications For Space Technology Sector
Satcoms
Bentley Walker
Launches iDirect Evolution Network Across EMEA Region
(20 October
2008) VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems),
today announced that Bentley Walker, a major satellite operator headquartered
in the UK, has purchased an iDirect 5iF Universal Satellite Hub as well as
Evolution X3 Satellite Routers and Line Cards to launch a DVB-S2 network with
Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) spanning multiple satellites in the EMEA
region.
Blue Sky Network Selected To
Provide Fleet Support For Bond Offshore
(21 October 2008) Blue Sky
Network, a leading global provider of mobile asset management and fleet
management solutions using GPS tracking, today announced that Bond Offshore
Helicopters Ltd. selected Blue Sky Network's solution to provide GPS flight
following, text and voice capabilities aboard its current fleet of ten
AS332L2/EC225' based in Aberdeen, Scotland.
C-Com Receives US$ 400,000 Order From
China
(21 October 2008) C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. has received an
initial order for US$ 400,000 iNetVu Mobile systems from one of its resellers
in Beijing.
Eutelsat Affirms Its
Commitment To "Digital France 2012", The New Initiative Launched By The French
Government
(21 October 2008) Eutelsat Communications, Europe's
leading satellite operator, affirms its commitment to playing a full role in
"Digital France 2012", the French Government's initiative designed to promote
the digital economy all over French territory.
Globecomm Systems Awarded Contract From Atlantique
Telecom
(23 October 2008) Globecomm Systems Inc., a leading provider
of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services on a
global basis, announced today that the Company has received a contract from
Atlantique Telecom to develop a VSAT network connecting seven GSM mobile
networks in seven central African countries.
Honduras: 200,000 Affected By Heavy Floods - TSF
Deploys To Support The UN
(23 October 2008) Following heavy floods
provoked by several days of torrential rain in Honduras, UNDAC (the United
Nations Disaster Assessment and Co-ordination) requested Télécoms
Sans Frontières' (TSF) support.
Hughes Expands Satellite Capacity With Intelsat In
Latin American Market
(20 October 2008) Hughes Network Systems, LLC
(HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today
announced that its Brazilian operating entity, Hughes do Brasil, will implement
services on new Ku-band capacity on Intelsat's Galaxy-28 satellite to meet
growing demand for its HughesNet broadband services across Latin
America.
ITU Confirms ProtoStar's First
Satellite Is Operating Fully Within All Regulatory Guidelines
(24
October 2008) Executives of ProtoStar Ltd. today praised the International
Telecommunications Union's (ITU) Radiocommunication Bureau for issuing a
Circular Telegram on 8 October 2008 to all 113 member nations confirming that
ProtoStar I is, and has been, operating fully within applicable ITU rules and
regulations since its successful launch on 7 July 2008.
Nynex Implements iDirect DVB-S2/ACM Network To
Expand Enterprise-Class Service In The Middle East Region
(20
October 2008) VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT
Systems), today announced that Nynex Network Solutions (Nynex), a leading
satellite network operator headquartered in Germany, has launched a DVB-S2
network with Adaptive Coding and Modulation (ACM) based on iDirect's Evolution
product line.
Space Systems/Loral
Announces Contract To Provide High-Power Satellite
(20 October 2008)
Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications
and the leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it has
been awarded a contract for a high-power spacecraft, from one of the world's
premier satellite operators.
Stratos
Reaches Milestone Of 10,000 Active SCADA VSAT Sites
(22 October
2008) Stratos Global Corp., the leading global provider of advanced mobile and
fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has reached a
milestone of 10,000 active supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA)
VSAT sites.
ViaSat Ku-Band Mobile
Broadband Satellite Communications Network For Business Aviation Passes 100,000
Flight Hours
(22 October 2008) ViaSat Inc. recently passed 100,000
flight hours for its ArcLight airborne broadband system that delivers
cable-like broadband service to business aircraft.
Broadcast
DirecTV Más Launches Telecentro, A New And
Exclusive Spanish-Language Channel From Central America
(23 October
2008) In an effort to continuously provide a comprehensive and high-quality
programming line-up for the Latino community in the U.S., DirecTV Más,
DirecTV's Spanish- and English-language programming service, has launched
Telecentro, a Central American Spanish-language channel that offers 24-hour
news, entertainment and sports programming from the best-known TV channels from
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama.
DISH Network Expands Local High Definition
Markets
(23 October 2008) DISH Network Corporation, the nation's
third largest pay-TV provider and the digital transition leader, today
announced the addition of high definition local channels in six markets:
Columbia-Jefferson City, Mo.; Des Moines-Ames, Iowa; Lincoln and
Hastings-Kearney, Neb.; Omaha, Neb.; Quincy-Hannibal-Keokuk, Ill.; and
Waco-Temple-Bryan, Texas.
DISH Network
Expands MPEG-4 Advanced Delivery System To Reach 52 Markets
(23
October 2008) DISH Network Corporation, the nation's third largest pay-TV
provider and the digital television leader, today announced it will begin
transmitting the industry's most advanced MPEG-4 delivery system to consumers
in 21 additional markets in the eastern half of the United States.
HD Channels On Astra Increase By 30 Percent In
Three Months
(20 October 2008) SES Astra, an SES company, today
announced that the number of High Definition (HD) channels broadcast via the
Astra Satellite System has increased significantly in the last three
months.
Roots Global Expands Asian Channel
Platform On Eutelsat's Eurobird 9 Satellite
(20 October 2008) Roots
Global, the new pan-European TV platform for South Asian communities in Europe,
the Middle East and North Africa is expanding up its offer of channels
broadcast from the Eurobird 9 satellite of Eutelsat
Communications.
Earth
Observation
ESA Leads The Way To Map Boreal
Forest
(20 October 2008) How best to map 'boreal' or northern forest
with spaceborne radar is the focus of an ESA campaign currently underway in
northern Sweden.
Northrop Grumman NPOESS
Program Marks Key Milestone; Testing Completed On High-Performance Spacecraft
Single Board Computer Engineering Models
(21 October 2008)
Qualification testing of single board computer (SBC) engineering models for one
of the most powerful computing systems ever flown in space has been completed
by Northrop Grumman Corporation with subcontractor, Maxwell
Technologies.
Navigation
GSA Awards Special Topic Prize
At European Satellite Navigation Competition
(23 October 2008) The
European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) awarded a Special Topic Prize at the
European Satellite Navigation Competition to a proposed system to rescue people
who are lost overboard at sea.
Military Space
Key Flight Software Delivered For Missile Warning
Satellite Built By Lockheed Martin
(22 October 2008) Lockheed Martin
has delivered the latest block of flight software for the first geosynchronous
orbit (GEO-1) spacecraft in the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)
program.
Northrop Grumman Awarded US$ 206
Million Support And Sustainment
(23 October 2008) Northrop Grumman
Corporation was awarded a contract by the United States Air Force Space and
Missile Systems Center to provide technical support for the operational Defense
Support Program (DSP) spacecraft, primary infrared sensor and mission
analysis.
Astronomy
Moore Foundation Awards RIT US$ 2.8 Million To
Develop 'Noiseless' Detector
(21 October 2008) The Gordon and Betty
Moore Foundation recently awarded Rochester Institute of Technology US$ 2.8
million to design, develop and build a zero-noise detector for the future
Thirty Metre Telescope.
Scientists
Selected For New Airborne Eye On The Universe
(23 October 2008) On
behalf of NASA, the Universities Space Research Association, Columbia, Md., has
selected three astronomers to participate in the first scientific observations
to be conducted by the Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy
(SOFIA), a highly modified Boeing 747SP aircraft that carries a 2.5-metre
(98-inch) diameter airborne infrared telescope.
STFC Tests Components For Telescope To Catch First
Light Of The Universe
(21 October 2008) The STFC Space Science and
Technology Department (SSTD) has been awarded a £800 thousand contract to
carry out environmental testing on a cryogenic harness for the James Webb Space
Telescope (JWST) - which will succeed the Hubble Space Telescope and explore
the formation of the first stars and galaxies by looking at light from the
early Universe.
XMM-Newton Calls For
Help!
(22 October 2008) During last weekend ESA lost contact with
its XMM-Newton X-ray observatory.
XMM-Newton Talks Again Loud And
Clear
(23 October 2008) XMM-Newton, ESA's X-ray observatory, has
re-established communication contact with Earth, showing that the spacecraft is
safe and fully under control.
Stars
COROT Directly Sees 'Sun-Quakes' In Other Stars
For The First Time
(23 October 2008) Sounding the Sun through a
technique similar to seismology has opened a new era for understanding the
Sun's interior.
Galaxies
Cosmic Lens Reveals Distant Galactic
Violence
(21 October 2008) By cleverly unravelling the workings of a
natural cosmic lens, astronomers have gained a rare glimpse of the violent
assembly of a young galaxy in the early Universe.
Quasars
Serendipitous Observations Reveal Rare Event In
Life Of Distant Quasar
(21 October 2008) A bit of serendipity has
given astronomers a surprise view of a never-before-observed event in the birth
of a galaxy.
Solar
System
Secrets From Within Planets Pave Way For Cleaner
Energy
(23 October 2008) Research that has provided a deeper
understanding into the centre of planets could also provide the way forward in
the world's quest for cleaner energy.
Moon
NASA's Next Moon Mission Begins Thermal Vacuum
Test
(23 October 2008) NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO,
has begun environmental testing in a thermal vacuum that simulates the harsh
rigors of space.
Sensors Advance Lunar
Landing Project
(23 October 2008) NASA is developing technologies
that will allow lunar landers to automatically identify and navigate to the
location of a safe landing site while detecting landing hazards during the
final descent to the surface.
Earth
Aerojet To Provide Propulsion For NASA's Radiation
Belt Storm Probes Mission
(22 October 2008) Aerojet, a GenCorp
company, announced today that it has been selected by Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) to provide propulsion systems for NASA's
Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) mission.
Mars
HiRISE Camera Reveals Rare Polar Martian Impact
Craters
(20 October 2008) An odd, solitary hill rising part-way down
an eroding slope in Mars' north polar layered terrain may be the remnant of a
buried impact crater, suggests a University of Arizona planetary scientist who
studied the feature in a new, detailed image from the HiRISE camera onboard
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Saturn
Spanish Scientists Confirm The Existence Of
Electric Activity In Titan, The Largest Moon Of Saturn
(23 October
2008) The study, in which have participated researchers from the Universities
of Granada and Valencia, has been recently published in the journal
Icarus
Manned
Space
Astrotech Awarded ATL Ares 1-X First Stage
Processing Contract
(20 October 2008) Spacehab Inc. announced today
that its Astrotech subsidiary located in Titusville, Florida was awarded a US$
1.17 million contract from Alliant Techsystems in support of ATK's planning and
assembly of Ares I-X first stage hardware to be flown during the 2009 test
flight for the development of NASA's Ares I launch vehicle.
Expedition 17 Crew Returns From International
Space Station
(23 October 2008) Spaceflight participant Richard
Garriott and two members of the 17th crew to live and work aboard the
International Space Station returned to Earth at 10:37 p.m. CDT,
Thursday.
NASA's Shuttle Endeavour Moves
To Launch Pad, Practice Lift-Off Set
(22 October 2008) Space shuttle
Endeavour is scheduled to move from Launch Pad 39B to Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy
Space Center, Fla., as early as 8 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, as preparations for
the STS-126 mission move forward. Endeavour is targeted to lift off Nov. 14 to
the International Space Station.
PlanetSpace Adds Boeing To Lockheed Martin/ATK
Team For NASA ISS Commercial Resupply Services Bid
(22 October 2008)
PlanetSpace announced today it has added the Space Exploration division of The
Boeing Company to its existing teammates, Alliant Techsystems and Lockheed
Martin Corporation, on the proposed solution to NASA for the Commercial
Resupply Services to the International Space Station.
Space Tourism
Rocket Racing Inc., Armadillo
Aerospace And New Mexico Create Joint Venture To Launch Private Suborbital
Space Transportation Business
(24 October 2008) Space took a giant
leap closer to earth today, following the launch of a new joint venture between
Rocket Racing, Inc. (RRI), Armadillo Aerospace and the government of New
Mexico.
Space Adventures' Client, Private
Astronaut Richard Garriott, Returns To Earth After Completing Mission To The
ISS
(24 October 2008) Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company that
provides human space missions to the world marketplace, announced today that
its orbital client Richard Garriott and his crew successfully landed in the
Kazakhstan steppes after a visit to the International Space Station
(ISS).
Launch
Services
Arianespace To Launch New Pan-African Satellite
Rascom-QAF 1R
(22 October 2008) Arianespace and Thales Alenia Space
today announced the signature of the launch Service & Solutions contract
for the pan-African communications satellite, Rascom-QAF 1R.
GOCE Launch Delayed Until 2009
(24
October 2008) The Russian authorities responsible for the Rockot launcher that
shall carry ESA's GOCE Earth Explorer satellite into orbit have completed the
investigation of a failure in the guidance and navigation system of the
launcher's Upper Stage (Breeze KM).
Successful First Test For Vega's Zefiro 9-A
Solid-Fuel Rocket Motor
(24 October 2008) Yesterday, the Zefiro 9-A
motor successfully completed its first firing test at the Salto di Quirra
Inter-force Test Range in Sardinia (Italy).
Launch Services - Chandrayaan-1
Chandrayaan-1 Successfully
Launched - Next Stop: The Moon
(22 October 2008) Chandrayaan-1,
India's first mission to the Moon, was successfully launched earlier this
morning from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SHAR) in Sriharikota,
India.
NASA Returns To The Moon With
Instruments On Indian Spacecraft
(20 October 2008) Two NASA
instruments to map the lunar surface will launch on India's maiden moon
voyage.
PSLV-C11 Successfully Launches
Chandrayaan-1
(22 October 2008) In its fourteenth flight conducted
from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota this morning (October
22, 2008), the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO's) Polar Satellite
Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C11, successfully launched the 1380 kg Chandrayaan-1
spacecraft into a transfer orbit with a perigee (nearest point to Earth) of 255
km and an apogee (farthest point to Earth) of 22,860 km, inclined at an angle
of 17.9 deg to the equator.
Raytheon
Technology To Assist In Hunt For Ice On Moon
(22 October 2008)
Sensing technology developed by Raytheon Company will help to determine whether
the polar regions of the moon contain ice.
Launch Services - COSMO-SkyMed 3
3rd COSMO-SkyMed Satellite
Ready For Launch From Vandenberg
(21 October 2008) Everything is
ready at the Vandenberg Air Force base in California for the launch of the
third satellite in the Earth Observation constellation, COSMO-SkyMed, on a
Boeing Delta II rocket.
Boeing Launches
Third Italian Earth Observation Satellite
(24 October 2008) The
Boeing Company today successfully launched the third of four Italian
Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO)
SkyMed spacecraft.
United Launch Alliance
Successfully Launches 3rd Italian COSMO Satellite
(24 October 2008)
A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket, on behalf of Boeing Launch Services,
successfully launched the third Italian-built Constellation of Small Satellites
for Mediterranean Basin Observation or COSMO-SkyMed 3 satellite at 7:28 p.m.,
today.
Launch Services -
Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX)
Orbital Set To Launch
Company-Built IBEX Scientific Spacecraft For NASA Aboard Pegasus
Rocket
(18 October 2008) Orbital Sciences Corporation today
announced that it is in final preparations to launch the Interstellar Boundary
Explorer (IBEX) satellite that the company designed, manufactured and tested at
its Dulles, VA production facilities.
NASA
Launches Ibex Mission To Outer Solar System
(19 October 2008) NASA's
Interstellar Boundary Explorer mission, or IBEX, successfully launched from the
Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean at 1:47 p.m. EDT, Sunday.
Orbital Successfully Launches Company-Built IBEX
Satellite Aboard Pegasus Rocket For NASA
(20 October 2008) Orbital
Sciences Corporation announced today that its Pegasus rocket successfully
launched the company-built Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) satellite for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) into its intended
highly elliptical orbit.
ATK Provides
Propulsion And Composite Structures For Successful Launch Of IBEX Spacecraft On
A Pegasus Rocket
(20 October 2008) Alliant Techsystems supported the
successful launch of an Orbital Sciences Corporation air-launched Pegasus XL
vehicle from the Ronald Reagan Ballistic Missile Defense Test Site from
Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
Launches
Interstellar Boundary Explorer
(IBEX)
Chandrayaan-1
COSMO-SkyMed 3
Launch
Schedule
Reports
Growth Period Ahead For Indian Satellite
Market
(22 October 2008) NSR today released its latest market
research and forecast report: "Indian Satellite Markets."
Business
Boeing Issues Statement On ICO
Verdict
(21 October 2008) Boeing Senior Vice President and General
Counsel J. Michael Luttig issued the following statement today after a Los
Angeles jury rendered a verdict against the company in its defence of a breach
of contract suit pressed by ICO Global Communications Holdings Ltd.
Jury Awards ICO At Least US$ 371 Million Plus
Interest In Boeing Lawsuit
(21 October 2008) ICO Global
Communications (Holdings) Limited (ICO) today was awarded at least US$ 371
million in its litigation with The Boeing Company and Boeing Satellite Systems
International (Boeing and BSSI).
SpaceDev
Signs Agreement To Be Acquired By Sierra Nevada Corporation
(20
October 2008) SpaceDev, Inc. announced today that it has signed an agreement to
be acquired by privately held Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC).
Squire Tech Solutions Announces Global Partnership
With DC-Sat.Net
(23 October 2008) Squire Tech Solutions, LLC, a
leading provider of integrated satellite based telephony, fax, video, and data
services, today announced its partnership with DC-Sat.Net, a leading UK
satellite technology services company specialising in satellite IP data
distribution, critical satellite network solutions, and live video
broadcasting.
WorldSpace, Inc. Gains
Access To US$ 2M In Interim Dip Financing And Commences Sale
Process
(22 October 2008) WorldSpace, Inc. a leading provider of
satellite radio services outside the U.S., today announced it has received
approval of the United States Bankruptcy Court in Delaware for the first part
of an interim Debtor-in-Possession (DIP) financing in an amount up to US$ 2M
which will enable the Company to meet payroll obligations to critical employees
and commence a process to sell the Company or its assets.
Products and Services
Cerona Networks Launches
SkySwitch DVB-S2 Migration Tool
(23 October 2008) Cerona Networks
announces the release of its SkySwitch network migration tool.
Iridium Launches New, Powerful Satellite
Phone
(20 October 2008) Iridium Satellite LLC today unveiled its
smallest, most powerful satellite phone - the Iridium "9555" - at its annual
Partner Conference in Miami, Fla.
Spacenet Raises The Bar On Pre-Packaged Satellite
Communications With New 5Mb/s Service And Industry's Only Minimum Assured
Speed
(22 October 2008) Spacenet Inc., one of the world's largest
providers of broadband satellite networks, announced today that it has
increased the speed of its commercial grade Connexstar Performance Series
service to include a 5Mb/s (mega bit per second) option -- making it among the
fastest pre-packaged satellite communications solutions available.
Vizada Unveils Dedicated Mobile Satcoms Offering
For Media Organisations At GITEX, Dubai
(20 October 2008) Vizada,
the world's leading provider of global satellite communications with more
market share on more satellite networks than any other provider, has developed
a dedicated mobile satcom offering for media organisations.
Training
Offshore Industry Strengthens
Operational Efficiencies Through Improved Installation & Maintenance
Standards
(20 October 2008) As major energy-sector enterprises seek
the most cost-effective means of deploying communications solutions in support
of their operations, the international satellite industry, in co-ordination
with TSC - organiser of Offshore Communications 2008 - is providing IT
professionals with the skills required to optimise the deployment and
maintenance of satellite systems world-wide.
People
Northrop Grumman Names Lon L. Rains Director Of
Communications For Space Technology Sector
(21 October 2008)
Northrop Grumman Corporation has named Lon L. Rains director of communications
for the company's Space Technology sector, where he will guide efforts to
increase the visibility of the company's capabilities in civil and military
space, missile defence and high-energy lasers.