31 May 2009
SatcomsAnother Avanti Contract Win
(27 May 2009) Avanti Communications Group plc, the broadband satellite operator, has been selected as a member of the NFSRITS (North Sea Freight and Intelligent Transport Solutions) consortium to deploy communications services to improve the safety and security of freight operations in the EU's North Sea region.
Avanti Communications Awarded ESA Project
(22 May 2009) Avanti Communications Group plc, the broadband satellite operator, has been awarded a project by the European Space Agency contributing €250,000 in 2009 to the cost of work on a Preliminary Design Review of a new satellite system called Hercules.
Hughes Adds Encore Networks As Broadband Alliance Technology Partner To Enhance Utility Solution
(29 May 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that Encore Networks has been added as a Technology Partner to the Hughes Broadband Alliance Program to enhance its recently announced Utility Solutions offering.
Kosovo Contract Win For Avanti
(26 May 2009) Avanti Communications Group plc, the broadband satellite operator, has signed a contract to supply broadband and business continuity products to Cactuss, a leading provider of IT systems integration services to government and other clients in Kosovo.
SES Astra And Eurosat Sign Co-Operation Agreement For Astra2connect With Uk’s Country Land & Business Association
(26 May 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, has signed a co-operation agreement with Eurosat and the Country Land & Business Association (CLA), the membership organisation for owners of land, property and businesses in rural England and Wales, to provide its members with SES Astra’s satellite-based interactive broadband service Astra2Connect.
Shelby County Tennessee Enhances Communications Interoperability Via SkyTerra
(26 May 2009) SkyTerra announced today that Memphis/Shelby County, Tennessee Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) , is deploying push-to-talk satellite services via SkyTerra to provide a network for interoperable contingency communications for emergency operations throughout their six county Homeland Security region.
Star Race Cars Deploys Spacenet's Satellite Services For Improved Speed And Performance
(27 May 2009) Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. and one of the world's leading providers of satellite networking solutions, announced that its high-performance Connexstar satellite communications services have been deployed to support Star Race Cars, the exclusive producer of cars used in the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear.
BroadcastClear Channel Satellite Adds Virginia News Network To The X-Digital System
(28 May 2009) Clear Channel Satellite, a division of CC Media Holdings, Inc., announced today the addition of Virginia News Network to the X-Digital system.
EchoStar ViP-TV To Deliver HD Video Transport Services For Canby Telcom
(26 May 2009) EchoStar Satellite Services, a division of EchoStar Corporation, announced today an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV video transport service to Canby Telcom, a provider of telecommunications and entertainment services to more than 8,000 customers in the northern Willamette Valley of Oregon.
Supply Of Transponder Capacity On Measat-3a To Astro
(27 May 2009) Measat Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd (“Measat”) announced today it has signed an agreement with Measat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd (“MBNS”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Astro All Asia Networks, plc (“Astro”) to supply transponder capacity on the Measat-3a satellite.
Earth ObservationHarris Corporation Awarded US$ 736 Million Contract For The Ground Segment Of The GOES-R Weather Satellite System
(28 May 2009) Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a 10-year, potential US$ 736 million contract to provide a complete, end-to-end solution for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite -- Series R Ground Segment (GOES-R GS) program.
LANDSAT Mission: Ball Aerospace Chooses Space-Grade Spectralon Flight Diffusers For Mission's Operation Land Imager
(29 May 2009) Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. is supplying the Operation Land Imager (OLI) to the LANDSAT Data Continuity Mission using Labsphere's Space-Grade Spectralon plates to calibrate the instrument's in-flight cameras.
Magellan Aerospace Awarded Contract For RADARSAT Constellation Mission Bus Development
(27 May 2009) Magellan Aerospace Corporation announced today the award to its Winnipeg-based division, Bristol Aerospace, of the RADARSAT Constellation Mission (RCM) satellite bus development contract with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (MDA) of Vancouver.
NASA Satellite Detects Red Glow To Map Global Ocean Plant Health
(28 May 2009) Researchers have conducted the first global analysis of the health and productivity of ocean plants using a unique signal detected by NASA's Aqua satellite.
NASA Uses Satellite To Unearth Innovation In Crop Forecasting
(26 May 2009) Soil moisture is essential for seeds to germinate and for crops to grow.
Military Spaceatrexx Flies High With Key Connectivity Deal For US Air Force
(25 May 2009) The system, known as Eagle Vision-1 and temporarily deployed to Naples, Italy, has come into full operation today, and will support the U.S. Navy in the collection of imagery and geospatial data taken from multiple satellites as part of a U.S./NATO naval exercise.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives US$ 6.0 Million Of Movement Tracking System Orders For Satellite Network Bandwidth, Network Operations, Program Management, And Technical Support
(27 May 2009) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received orders totaling US$ 6.0 million under its Movement Tracking System, or MTS contract, with the U.S. Army.
AstronomyABTech Delivers First Optics Machine For NASA's NuSTAR Telescope
(26 May 2009) ABTech Inc, an ultra-precision air bearing motion system manufacturer in Swanzey, New Hampshire, has completed the first of two cylindrical optics module assembly machines for Columbia University’s Nevis Astrophysics Laboratory.
Most Efficient Spectrograph To Shoot The Southern Skies
(25 May 2009) ESO’s Very Large Telescope — Europe’s flagship facility for ground-based astronomy — has been equipped with the first of its second generation instruments: X-shooter.
Teledyne’s Imaging Sensor Technologies Increase The Vision Of The Hubble Space Telescope
(26 May 2009) Teledyne Technologies Incorporated announced today that its subsidiary, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC (“TS&I”) has played a key role in the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Servicing Mission 4, with technologies from Teledyne installed in two HST instruments.
Black HolesXMM-Newton Takes Astronomers To A Black Hole’s Edge
(27 May 2009) Using new data from ESA’s XMM-Newton spaceborne observatory, astronomers have probed closer than ever to a supermassive black hole lying deep at the core of a distant active galaxy.
SupernovaRare Radio Supernova In Nearby Galaxy Is Nearest Supernova In Five Years
(27 May 2009) The chance discovery last month of a rare radio supernova - an exploding star seen only at radio wavelengths and undetected by optical or X-ray telescopes - underscores the promise of new, more sensitive radio surveys to find supernovas hidden by gas and dust.
EarthGOCE Achieves Drag-Free Perfection
(26 May 2009) ESA's gravity mission GOCE has achieved a first in the history of satellite technology.
Magnetic Tremors Pinpoint The Impact Epicenter Of Earthbound Space Storms
(28 May 2009) Using data from NASA's THEMIS mission, a team of University of Alberta researchers has pinpointed the impact epicenter of an earthbound space storm as it crashes into the atmosphere, and given an advance warning of its arrival.
MarsNASA Scientists Find Evidence For Liquid Water On A Frozen Early Mars
(27 May 2009) NASA scientists modelled freezing conditions on Mars to test whether liquid water could have been present to form the surface features of the Martian landscape.
Extra-Solar PlanetsNASA/University Team Develops New Method To Find Alien Oceans
(26 May 2009) NASA-sponsored scientists looking back at Earth with the Deep Impact/EPOXI mission have developed a method to indicate whether Earth-like alien (extrasolar) worlds have oceans.
New Technique Could Find Water On Earth-Like Planets Orbiting Distant Suns
(26 May 2009) Since the early 1990s astronomers have discovered more than 300 planets orbiting stars other than our sun, nearly all of them gas giants like Jupiter.
Planet-Hunting Method Succeeds At Last
(28 May 2009) A long-proposed tool for hunting planets has netted its first catch -- a Jupiter-like planet orbiting one of the smallest stars known.
Sub Orbital SpaceNASA Flies Experimental Probes In ‘Wind Tunnel In The Sky'
(28 May 2009) NASA today successfully launched two hypersonic experiments as secondary payloads atop a NASA-built Terrier-Orion two-stage research sounding rocket from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, Va., at 9:52 a.m. PDT.
Manned SpaceInternational Space Station Doubles Crew To Six
(29 May 2009) The crew of the International Space Station has increased to six for the first time today with the arrival of three new residents including ESA astronaut Frank De Winne with the Soyuz TMA-15 spacecraft.
NASA Extends Contract With Russian Federal Space Agency
(28 May 2009) NASA has signed a US$ 306 million modification to the current International Space Station contract with the Russian Federal Space Agency for crew transportation and related services in 2012 and 2013.
New Station Crew Launches On Soyuz
(27 May 2009) The International Space Station crew is awaiting the arrival of three new members that will usher in an era of six-person crews aboard the orbiting laboratory.
OasISS Mission Heading To ISS With ESA Astronaut Frank De Winne
(27 May 2009) ESA astronaut Frank De Winne is heading to the International Space Station at the start of his six-month OasISS mission.
Manned Space - STS-125
Atlantis Astronauts Install Ball Aerospace's WFC3 And COS Aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope
(24 May 2009) Astronauts for NASA's STS-125 servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) installed two science instruments built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. during their 13-day mission and completed critical repairs to two previously installed Ball science instruments.
Historic Hubble Servicing Mission 4 Ends With Successful Landing
(24 May 2009) The historic and successful Hubble Servicing Mission 4 concluded with a trouble-free Space Shuttle landing today.
NASA's Space Shuttle Returns To Earth After Hubble Mission
(24 May 2009) Space shuttle Atlantis and its crew landed at 8:39 a.m. PDT Sunday at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., completing the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope.
STS-125 MCC Status Report #22
(22 May 2009) The crew of Atlantis is making preparations on board the shuttle this morning for the first of two landing attempts at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
STS-125 MCC Status Report #23
(22 May 2009) Thunderstorms, low clouds and showers prevented Atlantis’ astronauts from landing today at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
STS-125 MCC Status Report #24
(23 May 2009) After the weather in Florida prevented Atlantis from landing yesterday, the crew is readying for another attempt today.
STS-125 MCC Status Report #25
(23 May 2009) Weather in Florida did not co-operate again for Atlantis’ return to Earth today.
STS-125 MCC Status Report #26
(24 May 2009) Atlantis’ crew is again preparing for landing today as mission managers continue to monitor the weather in Florida and California.
STS-125 MCC Status Report #27
(24 May 2009) Space shuttle Atlantis and its seven-member crew landed at 10:39 a.m. CDT Sunday at Edwards Air Force Base in California, capping off a nearly 13-day mission to repair and upgrade the Hubble Space Telescope.
Space TourismSuccessful SpaceShipTwo Rocket Motor Testing
(28 May 2009) Virgin Galactic today announces the successful completion of the first phase of tests of the rocket motor that will propel space tourists, scientists and payloads into space.
TechnologyAstrium In The UK Selects GNAT Pro For Environmental Satellite System
(26 May 2009) AdaCore, provider of the highest quality Ada tools and support, today announced that Astrium in the UK, a wholly owned subsidiary of EADS, dedicated to providing civil and defense space systems and services, has selected the Ada programming language and AdaCore’s GNAT Pro development environment for use on the new Sentinel-1 environmental monitoring satellite.
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing In Orbit Monitored By Three Schneider Lenses
(28 May 2009) Schneider Optics, a worldwide market leader in high-quality lenses for industrial applications, has just announced that their Schneider C-mount Xenoplan and Cinegon lenses were selected by NASA to play an important role in the recent servicing in orbit of the Hubble Space Telescope.
Launch ServicesILS To Launch SkyTerra’s Second Satellite
(22 May 2009) International Launch Services (ILS) announced today that it will launch the SkyTerra 2 satellite.
Sirius FM-5 Spacecraft Delivered To Baikonur
(26 May 2009) Following the delivery, on 22 May, of the Proton M booster rocket designated for the Sirius FM-5 launch, the aforementioned spacecraft was delivered to the Baikonur Cosmodrome on 26 May.
SMOS Ready To Ship To Launch Site
(28 May 2009) ESA's next Earth Explorer, SMOS, has recently passed the all-important Flight Acceptance Review, signifying that all the elements that make up the mission are in place for launch later this year.
LaunchesSoyuz TMA-15 ISS 19S
BusinessNASA Awards Liquid Nitrogen And Liquid Oxygen Contracts
(29 May 2009) NASA has selected three companies to provide liquid nitrogen, or LN2, and liquid oxygen, or LOX, to six agency facilities supporting activities for the Space Operations Mission Directorate and Exploration System Mission Directorate.
TerreStar Europe Seeks Annulment Of European Commission Decision
(25 May 2009) TerreStar Europe Limited, an indirect, majority-owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation, announced that it has brought an action against the European Commission before the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg, seeking the annulment of the Decision of 13 May 2009 selecting two operators of pan-European mobile satellite services (MSS) in the EU.
Products and ServicesNewtec Supplies Cutting Edge DVBV-S2 Technology For NTT Electronics IRD World First
(26 May 2009) Newtec announced today that it has been selected by NTT Electronics to be the DVB-S2 technology partner for the development of the new HVD6100 IRD - the world’s first professional IRD (Integrated Receiver Decoder) to combine decoder functionality, with a DVB-S2 demodulator and AVC/H.264 4:2:2 HDTV support.
ViaSat Wins Approval For First Inmarsat Terminal With U.S. Government Type 1 IP Encryption
(26 May 2009) ViaSat Inc. has received certification from the National Security Agency (NSA) for the ruggedized AN/PSC-14(C) Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) integrated manpack terminal.
EventsSpace Ministers Highlight Contribution Of Space To Leading Economic Recovery Through Innovation
(29 May 2009) Ministers in charge of space activities representing the Member States of the European Space Agency and the European Union met in Brussels today for the Sixth Space Council.
TrainingSpace Foundation Adds New Master Degree Programs For Educators
(28 May 2009) The Space Foundation has expanded its offerings of master’s degree programs through its partnership with the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS).
PeopleJudith McHale Resigns DigitalGlobe Board Position
(29 May 2009) DigitalGlobe, a leading global content provider of high-resolution world imagery solutions, today announced the resignation of Judith McHale from its board of directors, effective as of May 26, 2009.
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