14 June 2009
SatcomsAvanti Contract Win
(12 June 2009) Avanti Communications Group plc, the broadband satellite operator, has been awarded new projects funded by the European Space Agency (ESA).
C-COM Teams Up With IPSTAR In Asia
(9 June 2009) C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. the leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems and THAICOM Public Company Limited, the leading Asian commercial satellite operator and the operator of the IPSTAR satellite broadband system jointly announced today that they will co-operate to develop the Asian Satellite mobile market.
Emergency In Pakistan - TSF Started Calling Operations For The Displaced
(9 June 2009) A team of experts in emergency telecommunications deployed on May 22nd to Peshawar, in the war-torn region of North West Pakistan.
Expand Networks Selected For US Marine Corps Disaster Recovery And Database Replication Projects In Iraq
(9 June 2009) Expand Networks, the leader in optimizing WANs for branch office consolidation and virtualization, today announced Multi-National Forces – West, the highest level of command for the US Marines Corps Marine Air -Ground Task Force (MAGTF) in Iraq, has deployed Expand Networks WAN optimization technology to improve the performance of critical applications over satellite links used in its operations in Iraq.
Hughes Signs Control4 As Sales Agent For HughesNet Satellite Broadband Internet Service
(8 June 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that it has signed a sales agent agreement with Control4, a Salt Lake City, Utah home automation company, authorizing its network of over 1,400 dealers in the U.S. and Canada to sell HughesNet satellite broadband Internet service.
Intelsat To Refresh Its Satellite Fleet Serving The Asia-Pacific Region
(11 June 2009) Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, today provided further details with respect to its current fleet investment plan, which is expected to result in a significant improvement in the types and quantities of satellite capacity available to media, networking and government customers in the Asia-Pacific region.
Speedcast Signs A Strategic Distribution Agreement With Globe Wireless For Satellite Broadband Communications At Sea
(10 June 2009) SpeedCast has entered into a strategic distribution agreement with Globe Wireless, a leading company in the maritime communications and IT solutions service sector.
The AmerHis' C2P Communication Protocol Is Set To Become The Standard In Both Europe And America
(8 June 2009) Thales Alenia Space España, the Spanish subsidiary of Thales Alenia Space, is pleased to announce that its Connection Control specifications and protocols (C2P) (1) has been retained as the standard for both American and European agencies.
BroadcastBBC Prime joins GlobeCast Platform On Eutelsat’s Eurobird 9A Satellite
(8 June 2009) BBC Worldwide has become the latest major broadcaster to benefit from GlobeCast’s second transponder on Eutelsat’s Eurobird 9A satellite after calling on the content management and delivery company to provide a distribution and capacity solution for its international channel BBC Prime.
EchoStar's ViP-TV To Provide Transport Of HD Video For Alaskan City's IPTV Service
(9 June 2009) EchoStar Satellite Services, a division of EchoStar Corporation, announced today an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV video transport service to the city of Ketchikan's KPU Telecommunications, a provider of telecommunications and video services to a city of approximately 14,000 residents in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Earth ObservationConstruction Completed On TanDEM-X Radar Satellite
(9 June 2009) The German radar satellite TanDEM-X has been successfully completed by the space company Astrium in Friedrichshafen.
TrackingSavi Launches GlobalTag -- The First Wireless Tracking Device With GPS, RFID And Satellite Communications
(10 June 2009) Savi Technology, a Lockheed Martin company, today announced product availability of the first asset and shipment monitoring device that combines a Global Positioning System, active Radio Frequency Identification and Satellite Communications.
Military SpaceCitrix To Boost Army’s Satellite Communications Capabilities
(9 June 2009) Citrix Systems, Inc. announced today that the company’s Government Systems team has partnered with TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) on its Secure Internet Protocol Router (SIPR) Non-secure Internet Protocol Router (NIPR) Access Point (SNAP) program for the U.S. Army.
Iridium Awarded U.S. Navy Contract For DTCS Development
(9 June 2009) Iridium Satellite LLC (Iridium) announces that the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren has awarded one of its subsidiaries a US$ 21,688,808 indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity cost-type contract to support development and delivery of the Distributed Tactical Communications System (DTCS).
Lockheed Martin Achieves Key Integration Milestones On Second SBIRS Missile Warning Satellite
(10 June 2009) The Lockheed Martin-led team developing the U.S. Air Force's Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) has successfully mated the spacecraft bus with the infrared sensor payload for the second geosynchronous SBIRS spacecraft (GEO-2).
Northrop Grumman-Built DSP Flight 14 Celebrates 20 Years On-Orbit
(12 June 2009) The United States Air Force's Defense Support Program Flight 14, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, is celebrating its 20th year of on-orbit operations.
AstrophysicsFog Lifted On 'Dark' Gamma-Ray Bursts, Mysterious Counterparts To Bursts With An Afterglow
(8 June 2009) Gamma-ray bursts, with their ability to pierce through gas and dust to shine brightly across the universe, are revealing areas of intense star formation and stellar death where astronomers have been unable to look - the dusty corners of otherwise dust-free galaxies.
Radio Telescopes Extend Astronomy's Best 'Yardstick'
(8 June 2009) Precision technique provides vital tool for unravelling mystery of Dark Energy
To 300 Million Light Years And Beyond - A New Way To Measure Cosmic Distances
(8 June 2009) Ohio State University researchers have found a way to measure distances to objects three times farther away in outer space than previously possible, by extending a common measurement technique.
AstronomyAstronomers Assess SOFIA Telescope Systems During Night-Time Tests
(11 June 2009) Astronomers for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, program recently conducted five nights of telescope testing at NASA’s Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., to assess the performance of the gyroscope unit on the telescope's assembly system.
Giant SUNRISE Telescope Successfully Launched
(8 June 2009) The giant telescope SUNRISE was launched from Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden.
Network Creates Virtual Super-Telescope
(8 June 2009) Vast quantities of data are transferred in real time from telescopes around the world to a supercomputer in the Netherlands, where European researchers combine the information to create high-resolution images of distant objects in space.
StarsBaby Stars Finally Found In Jumbled Galactic Center
(10 June 2009) Astronomers have at last uncovered newborn stars at the frenzied center of our Milky Way galaxy.
Red Giant Star Betelgeuse Is Mysteriously Shrinking
(9 June 2009) The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, the bright reddish star in the constellation Orion, has steadily shrunk over the past 15 years, according to University of California, Berkeley, researchers.
Ultracool stars take 'wild rides' around, outside the Milky Way
(9 June 2009) Astronomers have found that stars of a recently discovered type, dubbed ultracool subdwarfs, take some pretty wild rides as they orbit around the Milky Way, following paths that are very different from those of typical stars.
GalaxiesResearch Team Discover New Tidal Debris From Colliding Galaxies
(9 June 2009) Astronomers are announcing today that they have discovered new tidal debris stripped away from colliding galaxies.
SupernovaPeculiar, Junior-Sized Supernova Discovered By New York Teen
(10 June 2009) In November 2008, Caroline Moore, a 14-year-old student from upstate New York, discovered a supernova in a nearby galaxy, making her the youngest person ever to do so.
Queen's Astronomers Propose New Supernova Interpretation
(9 June 2009) In a controversial new paper in the journal Nature, astronomers from Queen's University Belfast have proposed a new physical interpretation of a supernova discovered on 7th November 2008.
Supernova Remnant Is An Unusual Suspect
(9 June 2009) A new image from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory shows a supernova remnant with a different look.
SunThe Sun In Its Sights – The German 'Sunrise' Telescope Starts On Its Mission
(8 June 2009) On Monday 8 June 2009, the German 'Sunrise' telescope lifted off at 08:27 (06:27 UTC) from the Esrange launch site near Kiruna (Northern Sweden) on its five-day mission.
MoonAstrium Wins Feasibility Study On Preparation For Moon Landings
(5 June 2009) Astrium, Europe’s leading space company, has been commissioned by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) to conduct a study for the testing of future moon landings.
SMART-1 Maps Kaguya Lunar Impact
(10 June 2009) The Japanese lunar orbiter Kaguya has completed a productive operational phase and will conclude its scientific mission with a controlled impact on the lunar surface, scheduled for 20:30 CEST today.
MarsMars Orbiter Resumes Science Observations
(9 June 2009) NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is examining Mars again with its scientific instruments after successfully transitioning out of a precautionary standby mode triggered by an unexpected June 3 rebooting of its computer.
Extra-Solar PlanetsRadio Telescope Images Reveal Planet-forming Disk Orbiting Twin Suns
(10 June 2009) Astronomers are announcing today that a sequence of images collected with the Smithsonian's Submillimeter Array (SMA) radio telescope system clearly reveals the presence of a rotating, molecular disk orbiting the young binary star system V4046 Sagittarii.
ExobiologyNew Cleaning Protocol For Future 'Search For Life' Missions
(8 June 2009) Scientists have developed a new cleaning protocol for space hardware, such as the scoops of Mars rovers, which could be used on future "Search for Life" missions on other planets.
The Search For ET Just Got Easier
(10 June 2009) Astronomers using the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) William Herschel Telescope (WHT) on La Palma have confirmed an effective way to search the atmospheres of planets for signs of life, vastly improving our chances of finding alien life outside our solar system.
Manned SpaceEuropean-Built ISS Module Welcomed To KSC
(12 June 2009) The European-built Node 3 module for the International Space Station was officially welcomed to NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Monday evening.
NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Achieves Historic Hardware Milestones
(11 June 2009) NASA's Constellation Program reached two major processing milestones this week as two new pieces of Ares I-X hardware were transferred for final assembly in preparation for the first flight test of the rocket later this summer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA's Glenn Research Center Ties To Upcoming Space Shuttle Launch
(11 June 2009) When space shuttle mission STS-127 launches on June 13, there will be connections to NASA's Glenn Research Center both in the shuttle bay and on the ground.
TechnologyNASA Ames Robots Explore Lava Flow In Simulated Lunar Mission
(12 June 2009) NASA robots soon will begin exploring the dusty, rocky terrain of a barren desert on Earth much like the moon.
Technology TransferMars Mission Could Ease Earth’s Energy Supply Crisis
(9 June 2009) Techniques and instrumentation initially developed for ExoMars - Europe’s next robotic mission to Mars in 2016 - but now due to fly on a NASA mission in 2018, could also provide the answers to the globally pressing issue of energy supply.
Launch ServicesGOES-O Moves Ever Closer To Launch With Transport To The Delta IV Launch Pad
(7 June 2009) The weather satellite, GOES-O, prepared for a June 26 launch as it moved this week from Titusville Fla. to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
ILS Announces Two Additional Firm Proton Launches And One Option For Intelsat
(10 June 2009) International Launch Services (ILS) announces a second contract for two new firm launches and one optional launch for Intelsat of Bermuda, the world’s largest satellite operator.
Preparations Continue For The Sirius FM-5 Launch
(9 June 2009) The Breeze M upper stage designated for the Sirius FM-5 telecommunications satellite launch arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday, 07 June.
TerreStar Updates Launch Timetable
(8 June 2009) TerreStar Networks Inc. (TerreStar), a majority owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation (TSTR), today announced that the launch of TerreStar-1 has been rescheduled for a July 7-12, 2009 window to permit additional time to ensure that an on-orbit anomaly that occurred recently on another operator's satellite has no bearing on the flight worthiness of TerreStar-1.
Thales Alenia Space ETCA Will Supply 50% Of The Electronics For The Next 35 Ariane 5's
(8 June 2009) Thales Alenia Space ETCA has just signed a contract with the Astrium company to provide electronic equipment and services for the Ariane 5 launchers (PB batch) which will be launched between 2011 and 2015.
WISE Mission Assembled And Preparing For Launch
(10 June 2009) NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has been assembled and is undergoing final preparations for a planned Nov. 1 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
In OrbitIntegral Systems To Provide KOREASAT-6 Satellite Command And Control
(8 June 2009) Integral Systems Inc., today announced a contract signing with Orbital Sciences Corporation ("Orbital") to provide the KT Corporation with primary and backup satellite command and control systems for KOREASAT-6, a STAR satellite built by Orbital with Thales Alenia Space France acting as prime contractor.
Reports50% Growth In The World Satellite Market Over The Next Ten Years
(8 June 2009) Euroconsult, the leading international research and analyst firm specialized in the satellite sector, announced today that an estimated 1,185 satellites will be built and launched for the period 2009-2018, an increase of about 50% compared to the previous decade (1999-2008).
BusinessC2SAT And Xinguo IT Signs License Agreement
(11 June 2009) C2SAT has today entered into a license agreement with Shanghai based Xinguo IT for local production of the C2SAT stabilised antenna systems in China.
Com Dev Establishes Subsidiary exactEarth To Offer Space-Based AIS Services Beginning In 2010
(10 June 2009) Com Dev International Ltd. has established a subsidiary company, exactEarth Ltd., for the purpose of offering advanced space-based Automatic Identification System (AIS-S) data services to competent maritime authorities around the world.
Digi International Enters Satellite M2M Market With Acquisition Of MobiApps Assets
(8 June 2009) Digi International Inc. today announced the purchase of substantially all the assets of the U.S., Indian and Singapore affiliates of MobiApps Holdings Private Limited (MobiApps), a developer of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications technology, focusing on satellite, cellular, and hybrid satellite/cellular solutions.
Products and ServicesAdvanced Composites Group Launches New Space And Satellite Material
(9 June 2009) Advanced Composites Group Ltd. (ACG), a member of the Composites Division of Umeco plc, announces the launch of HTM143, a high temperature moulding and low moisture pick-up cyanate ester resin matrix system suitable for space and satellite applications.
Avago Technologies Introduces Pair of Low Cost VSAT Power Amplifiers In 5x5 Surface Mount Package
(10 June 2009) Avago Technologies, today announced a new pair of low cost surface mount (SMT) 2- and 4-Watt power amplifiers for use in Ka band VSAT ground terminal applications.
Cypress Designs World’s First Back-Side Illuminated, Digital Output CMOS Image Sensor For NEC TOSHIBA Space Systems’ Satellite Applications
(10 June 2009) Cypress Semiconductor Corp. today announced it has designed a custom back-side illuminated CMOS image sensor for a satellite hyperspectral imaging application from NEC TOSHIBA Space Systems, Ltd.
Eutelsat's Tooway Satellite Broadband Service Raises Speeds To 3.6 Mbps From July 1
(8 June 2009) Eutelsat Communications, Europe's leading satellite operator, announces that it will increase from July 1 the speed of its innovative Tooway consumer broadband service to 3.6 Mbps from 2 Mbps for no added cost.
Hughes Introduces Multi-Satellite Gateway For HX System
(11 June 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced the availability of its new HX Multi-Satellite Gateway, the latest enhancement of its advanced HX System.
KVH Expands Versatile TracPhone V7 System With New Crew Calling Solution
(9 June 2009) Commercial maritime operators investing to improve crew retention and welfare now have a new tool to call upon following today's introduction of the mini-VSAT Broadband Crew Calling System by KVH Industries, Inc., at Nor-Shipping 2009 in Norway.
New High Gain, High Power Added Efficiency X And Ku-Band GaAs FETs From Toshiba For Microwave Radios And Block Up-Converters
(9 June 2009) Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) and its parent company, Toshiba Corp., announced the expansion of its gallium arsenide field effect transistor (GaAs FETs) line-up with three new devices optimized for power added efficiency.
Vectron International Announces Expanded Portfolio Of Oscillators Suitable For Space Applications
(9 June 2009) Vectron International, a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of Frequency Control, Sensor, and Hybrid Product solutions, today announced from the 2009 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium the availability of space-level crystals which add to its existing high reliability space portfolio of filters, clocks, VCXOs, TCXOs and OCXOs.
PeopleAstrotech Corporation Announces Chief Financial Officer Resignation
(8 June 2009) Astrotech Corporation today announced that Brian K. Harrington has resigned as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary effective June 04, 2009.
CapRock Communications Selects Pal Jensen As President Of Maritime Division
(9 June 2009) CapRock Communications, a leading provider of global satellite communications, today announced the appointment of Pal Jensen as president of the Maritime Division.
Michel de Rosen Joins Eutelsat Communications As Deputy Chief Executive Officer
(11 June 2009) The Board of Eutelsat Communications today unanimously approved the proposal from its Chairman Giuliano Berretta to nominate Michel de Rosen as Deputy Chief Executive Officer.
NASA Chooses Three New Flight Directors To Lead Mission Control
(12 June 2009) NASA has selected three new flight directors who will manage and carry out shuttle flights and International Space Station expeditions.
Vislink Appoints Chris Wilson As General Manager For Asia Pacific Region
(11 June 2009) Vislink announces the appointment of Mr. Chris Wilson, who is joining the company in the role of General Manager for the Asia Pacific Region.
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