3 February 2008
Satcoms
Micronetics Expands Into
The Commercial Satellite Based In-Flight Broadband Market
Mobile Satellite Ventures' Satellite
Communications Network To Support Mid-Atlantic States Mutual Aid Radio
Talkgroups
NSSL Satellite Communications
Solutions Deploys Allot's NetEnforcer To Deliver Broadband Network Access For
Luxurious Fleet Of Superyachts
Rowan
Grants Long-Term Contract To CapRock
Broadcast
Boeing Delivers Newest DirecTV Satellite to Sea
Launch Home Port
Globecomm Systems
Awarded Multi-Year Contract From Showtime Networks Inc.
Sirius 4 Satellite Now
Operational
Earth
Observation
NASA Data Link Pollution To Rainy Summer Days In
The Southeast
Military
Space
Boeing Completes On-Orbit Handover Of Wideband
Global SATCOM Satellite To U.S. Air Force
Norsat Awarded US$ 1.1 Million In Irish Department
Of Defence Contracts
Astrophysics
Scientists Propose Test Of String Theory Based On
Neutral Hydrogen Absorption
Stars
Hyperfast Star Proven To Be Alien
The Growing-Up Of A Star
Galaxies
Cosmic Suburbia Is A Better Breeding Ground For
Stars
New Light On Dark
Energy
Supernova
Linked Hawaiian Telescopes Catch A Nova
Surprise
Unusual Supernovae May Reveal
Intermediate-Mass Black Holes In Globular Clusters
Mercury
NASA Spacecraft Streams Back Surprises From
Mercury
Saturn
Cassini Finds Rhythm In Saturn's
Rings
Asteroids
NASA Scientists Get First Images Of Earth Flyby
Asteroid
Microgravity
Spacehab Announces Formation Of Council On Science
And Microgravity
Manned
Space
Airborne Systems And ILC Dover Team On Advanced
Airbag Landing And Flotation System For Orion Vehicle
Crew Oxygen For ISS Loaded On Jules Verne
Europe's Automated Transfer Vehicle Nears The
Completion Of Its Month-Long Fuelling Process
NASA Issues Environmental Impact Statement For
Constellation
NASA Uses Vertical
Treadmill To Improve Astronaut Health In Space
Manned Space - STS 122
NASA Gives 'Go' For Space Shuttle
Launch
Columbus Launch Set For 7
February
Space
Tourism
Space Adventures Announces The Identity Of Back-Up
Crew Member For Richard Garriott's Orbital Spaceflight
Mission
Launch
Services
ILS To Launch Yahsat Satellite On Proton
Space Micro Ships Computer/Avionics System To
AirLaunch LLC
SpaceX Conducts First
Multi-Engine Firing Of Falcon 9 Rocket
United Launch Alliance Restructures Delta II
Program For Long-Term Viability
Launches
Express AM-33
Launch
Schedule
Business
Andrew Completes Sale Of Satellite Communications
Business To Resilience Capital Partners
Andrew Satellite Communications Group Becomes ASC
Signal Corporation
ESA Space Incubator
Start-Up Company Receives €4.1 Million Investment
Hughes Signs Embarq as Reseller of HughesNet
High-Speed Internet Service
NASA Ames
Explores Possible Collaboration With South Korea
SES Increases Ownership In SES Sirius To 90
Percent
Products and
Services
IR's Mx Series Platform Simplifies Satellite Power
Design
Events
Connection Between Health Of Wetlands And Humans
In Focus
People
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Looks To Future
With Leadership Changes
Boeing Names
Former NASA Engineer To Head Space Shuttle Program
Johann Pohany Joins ND SatCom As CTO
Spacehab Announces New Additions To Board Of
Directors
Satcoms
Micronetics Expands
Into The Commercial Satellite Based In-Flight Broadband Market
(30
January 2008) Micronetics, Inc. announced today that it has received a
development order for integrated microwave subsystems from a leading antenna
manufacturer.
Mobile Satellite Ventures'
Satellite Communications Network To Support Mid-Atlantic States Mutual Aid
Radio Talkgroups
(29 January 2008) Mobile Satellite Ventures'
announced today that it will operate two Mid-Atlantic States Mutual Aid Radio
Talkgroups (MSMART) established for federal, state, local, and private sector
public safety agencies located throughout Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
NSSL Satellite Communications Solutions Deploys
Allot's NetEnforcer To Deliver Broadband Network Access For Luxurious Fleet Of
Superyachts
(28 January 2008) Allot Communications, a leader in IP
service optimisation solutions based on deep packet inspection (DPI), today
announced that NSSL Satcom Solutions, a world leading provider of high speed
wireless data and voice services for maritime, government, energy, media,
finance and corporate sectors world-wide has deployed Allot's NetEnforcer
traffic management devices at its satellite earth station in Florida,
controlled via its Network Operations Centre in Redhill, Surrey.
Rowan Grants Long-Term Contract To
CapRock
(29 January 2008) CapRock Communications, a global provider
of satellite communications to remote environments, today announced a
multi-year agreement with Rowan Companies, Inc. to deliver broadband satellite
communications to its fleet of onshore and offshore rigs.
Broadcast
Boeing Delivers Newest DirecTV
Satellite to Sea Launch Home Port
(29 January 2008) The Boeing
Company today announced the delivery of DirecTV 11, the second of three new
Boeing-built satellites for DirecTV, Inc., to the Sea Launch Home Port in Long
Beach, Calif.
Globecomm Systems Awarded
Multi-Year Contract From Showtime Networks Inc.
(25 January 2008)
Globecomm Systems Inc. a leading provider of satellite-based communications
infrastructure solutions and services on a global basis, today announced that
the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Globecomm Network Services Corporation
(GNSC), has been awarded a multi-year contract from Showtime Networks
Inc.
Sirius 4 Satellite Now
Operational
(29 January 2008) SES Sirius, an SES Astra company,
announced today that the Sirius 4 communications satellite is now in operation
and has taken over all transmissions from Sirius 2 and Sirius
3.
Earth
Observation
NASA Data Link Pollution To Rainy Summer Days In
The Southeast
(31 January 2008) Rainfall data from a NASA satellite
show that summertime storms in the southeastern United States shed more
rainfall midweek than on weekends.
Military Space
Boeing Completes On-Orbit Handover Of Wideband
Global SATCOM Satellite To U.S. Air Force
(28 January 2008) Boeing
today announced the successful on-orbit handover of the first of six Wideband
Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites to the U.S. Air Force.
Norsat Awarded US$ 1.1 Million In Irish Department
Of Defence Contracts
(29 January 2008) Norsat International Inc. a
leading provider of intelligent satellite solutions, today announced that it
has been awarded approximately US$ 1.1 million in contracts by the Republic of
Ireland's Department of Defence to provide satellite system equipment,
satellite capacity, training and network services for the Irish Defence Forces'
peacekeeping mission to Chad.
Astrophysics
Scientists Propose Test Of String Theory Based On
Neutral Hydrogen Absorption
(28 January 2008) Ancient light absorbed
by neutral hydrogen atoms could be used to test certain predictions of string
theory, say cosmologists at the University of Illinois.
Stars
Hyperfast Star Proven To Be Alien
(28
January 2008) A young star is speeding away from the Milky Way so fast that
astronomers have been puzzled by where it came from; based on its young age it
has travelled too far to have come from our galaxy.
The Growing-Up Of A Star
(29 January
2008) Using ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have probed
the inner parts of the disc of material surrounding a young stellar object,
witnessing how it gains its mass before becoming an adult.
Galaxies
Cosmic Suburbia Is A Better
Breeding Ground For Stars
(25 January 2008) New observations from
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggest that galaxies prefer to raise stars in
cosmic suburbia rather than in "big cities."
New Light On Dark Energy
(30 January
2008) Astronomers have used ESO's Very Large Telescope to measure the
distribution and motions of thousands of galaxies in the distant
Universe.
Supernova
Linked Hawaiian Telescopes Catch A Nova
Surprise
(28 January 2008) First results from a new NASA-funded
scientific instrument at the W. M. Keck Observatory at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, are
helping scientists overturn long-standing assumptions about powerful explosions
called novae and have produced specific information about one nearby
nova.
Unusual Supernovae May Reveal
Intermediate-Mass Black Holes In Globular Clusters
(29 January 2008)
A strange and violent fate awaits a white dwarf star that wanders too close to
a moderately massive black hole.
Mercury
NASA Spacecraft Streams Back Surprises From
Mercury
(30 January 2008) The recent flyby of Mercury by NASA's
MESSENGER spacecraft has given scientists an entirely new look at a planet once
thought to have characteristics similar to those of Earth's
moon.
Saturn
Cassini Finds Rhythm
In Saturn's Rings
(31 January 2008) Order can be found in the most
unexpected places, as demonstrated by our neighbour three planets
down.
Asteroids
NASA Scientists Get First Images Of Earth Flyby
Asteroid
(25 January 2008) Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., have obtained the first images of asteroid 2007
TU24 using high-resolution radar data.
Microgravity
Spacehab Announces Formation Of Council On Science
And Microgravity
(28 January 2008) Spacehab Incorporated, a provider
of commercial space services, today announced the formation of a new Science
Advisory Council, an elite team of scientists, physicians, and microgravity
specialists who provide strategic guidance and technical insight as the Company
advances its identified microgravity processing initiatives through its new
subsidiary, Spacehab Microgravity Sciences, Inc.
Manned Space
Airborne Systems And ILC Dover Team On Advanced
Airbag Landing And Flotation System For Orion Vehicle
(30 January
2008) Airborne Systems North America (ASNA) and ILC Dover LP have signed an
agreement to work together on the Orion airbag landing and floatation
system.
Crew Oxygen For ISS Loaded On
Jules Verne
(28 January 2008) Three weeks into delicate fuelling
operations, Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle has also been successfully
loaded with oxygen.
Europe's Automated
Transfer Vehicle Nears The Completion Of Its Month-Long Fuelling
Process
(1 February 2008) The major task of fuelling Europe's
Automated Transfer Vehicle for Ariane 5's upcoming milestone mission is
entering its final phase at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
NASA Issues Environmental Impact Statement For
Constellation
(30 January 2008) NASA issued an environmental impact
statement for the Constellation Program Jan. 10.
NASA Uses Vertical Treadmill To Improve Astronaut
Health In Space
(28 January 2008) NASA is using a new treadmill that
allows people to run while suspended horizontally to help astronauts prepare
for long-duration missions to the moon and beyond.
Manned Space - STS 122
NASA Gives 'Go' For Space
Shuttle Launch
(30 January 2008) NASA senior managers completed a
review Wednesday of space shuttle Atlantis' readiness for flight.
Columbus
Launch Set For 7 February
(31 January 2008) NASA managers formally
set the launch date of Space Shuttle Atlantis for 7 February at 20:45 CET
(14:45 Florida time).
Space
Tourism
Space Adventures Announces The Identity Of Back-Up
Crew Member For Richard Garriott's Orbital Spaceflight Mission
(28
January 2008) Today, Space Adventures, Ltd., the world's leading space
experiences company, announced that Nik Halik of Australia has been chosen to
train as the back-up crew member alongside our orbital spaceflight candidate,
famed game developer and son of former NASA astronaut, Richard Garriott, who is
currently planning a mission to the International Space Station (ISS) in
October.
Launch
Services
ILS To Launch Yahsat Satellite On
Proton
(30 January 2008) International Launch Services (ILS) of the
United States, Thales Alenia Space of France and Al Yah Satellite
Communications Co. (Yahsat) of the United Arab Emirates today announced an
agreement to launch a Yahsat spacecraft on a Proton Breeze M vehicle.
Space Micro Ships Computer/Avionics System To
AirLaunch LLC
(30 January 2008) Space Micro successfully shipped a
computer/avionics system to AirLaunch LLC, to be used for ground-based and
flight testing.
SpaceX Conducts First
Multi-Engine Firing Of Falcon 9 Rocket
(28 January 2008) On Jan. 18,
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) conducted the first multi-engine
firing of its Falcon 9 medium to heavy lift rocket at its Texas Test Facility
outside McGregor.
United Launch Alliance
Restructures Delta II Program For Long-Term Viability
(29 January
2008) United Launch Alliance today announced the restructuring of the Delta II
program, building upon its unparalleled record of mission success to make it
more cost effective in a challenging market.
Launches
Express AM-33
Launch
Schedule
Business
Andrew Completes Sale Of Satellite Communications
Business To Resilience Capital Partners
(31 January 2008) Andrew
Corporation, the CommScope, Inc. subsidiary that is a global leader in
communications systems and products, has completed the sale of its Satellite
Communications business to Resilience Capital Partners, a Cleveland, Ohio-based
private equity firm.
Andrew Satellite
Communications Group Becomes ASC Signal Corporation
(31 January
2008) Today the former Andrew Satellite Communications Group, a global leader
in communications ground equipment and solutions, has become ASC Signal
Corporation.
ESA Space Incubator Start-Up
Company Receives €4.1 Million Investment
(1 February 2008) A
successful business 'incubatee' of ESA's Technology Transfer Programme has been
given €4.1 million venture capital for start-up operations.
Hughes Signs Embarq as Reseller of HughesNet
High-Speed Internet Service
(31 January 2008) Hughes Network
Systems, the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services,
announced today that it has signed Embarq to be a reseller of HughesNet
broadband satellite Internet access.
NASA
Ames Explores Possible Collaboration With South Korea
(28 January
2008) NASA's Ames Research Center and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science
and Technology, (KAIST) South Korea's premier research and education
institution, signed a memorandum for the record on Jan. 26, 2008, an important
milestone in a new relationship under development.
SES Increases Ownership In SES Sirius To 90
Percent
(31 January 2008) SES, the pre-eminent satellite operator
world-wide, and Swedish Space Corporation (SSC), announced today that SSC,
under an existing agreement, has exercised a 'put option' transferring to SES
Astra an additional 15 percent equity stake in SES Sirius.
Products and Services
IR's Mx Series Platform
Simplifies Satellite Power Design
(31 January 2008) International
Rectifier, IR, a world leader in power management technology, today introduced
the Mx series triple output DC-DC power converter design platform for space
applications powering specific RF communication satellite
applications.
Events
Connection Between Health Of Wetlands And Humans
In Focus
(1 February 2008) Despite the vital role wetlands play in
society, they remain among the most threatened ecosystems on
Earth.
People
Boeing Integrated
Defense Systems Looks To Future With Leadership Changes
(1 February
2008) Boeing today announced a series of new leadership assignments within its
Integrated Defense Systems unit designed to build on continued strong
performance of the company's defence, intelligence and space businesses, which
earlier this week posted record financial results.
Boeing Names Former NASA Engineer To Head Space
Shuttle Program
(28 January 2008) The Boeing Company has named
veteran NASA space shuttle engineer John P. Mulholland its new Space Shuttle
vice president and program manager.
Johann Pohany Joins ND SatCom As
CTO
(30 January 2008) ND SatCom, an SES Astra company, recently
appointed Johann Pohany to the position of CTO.
Spacehab Announces New Additions To Board Of
Directors
(25 January 2008) Spacehab Incorporated, a provider of
commercial space services, today announced the Company's Board of Directors has
approved the addition of General (Ret.) Lance W. Lord, R. Scott Nieboer, John
A. Oliva, and William F. Readdy to Spacehab's Board of Directors.
