25 January 2009
SatcomsGilat SkyEdge Network To Serve Hundreds Of Sites In Kazakhstan As Part Of A Universal Service Obligation (USO) Project
(21 January 2009) Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. today announced it has been selected by its long-time customer and Kazakhstan's largest telecommunications operator, JSC Kazakhtelecom (KT), to expand its existing SkyEdge network to serve several hundred additional sites in remote locations nationwide.
Glowlink Announces New Version Of Flagship Product For Carrier Monitoring/Interference Detection
(19 January 2009) Glowlink today announced the product release of a new version of its flagship Model 1000 system, the Version 2.11.1., raising the performance bar yet again on satellite carrier monitoring and interference detection.
Intelsat Announces Global Maritime Service Distribution Partner For Asia-Pacific
(19 January 2009) Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced today that it selected KT Corporation, the leading communications service provider for Korea and the Asia-Pacific region, to be a distribution partner for Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service.
International Datacasting Corporation To Provide Turnkey BTV Network For Mexico’s Banorte
(22 January 2009) International Datacasting Corporation, a global leader in advanced solutions for broadband multimedia content distribution via satellite, along with its partner Grupo Etercom S.A. de C.V. announced that they have been selected to provide a next-generation corporate training and digital signage network to Grupo Financiero Banorte, one of Mexico’s largest and most prestigious financial institutions with over 950 branches throughout the country.
KVH And ViaSat Bring Broadband Internet To Vessels And Planes In The Pacific
(21 January 2009) Broadband Internet and crystal-clear telephone service is now available to vessels and jets crossing the Pacific Ocean thanks to the successful rollout of the new Pacific Ocean Region for the mini-VSAT Broadband satellite communications service from KVH Industries, Inc.
LBiSat And Alianza Team To Provide High-Quality VoIP To Remote Regions
(21 January 2009) Alianza announced today that LBiSat Satellite Communications has implemented Alianza’s hosted voice platform to provide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services in remote regions.
New Astra 1M Satellite Ready For Operation
(20 January 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that its new Astra 1M satellite has been successfully deployed at its final orbital position at 19.2 degrees East and is ready for commercial operations.
SkyTerra Establishes Nationwide Public Health Satellite Talkgroups
(22 January 2009) SkyTerra, formerly Mobile Satellite Ventures, today announced that it is partnering with the Commonwealth of Kentucky's Department for Public Health (DPH) to form two satellite mutual aid talkgroups (SMART) designed to supplement existing interoperable communications for public health and medical facilities throughout all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands.
SkyTrac Systems Chosen By STAT MedEvac For Flight Following And SatCom
(19 January 2009) SkyTrac Systems is pleased to announce that it has been chosen by STAT MedEvac to provide flight following and satellite communication (SatCom) services. SkyTrac will provide STAT MedEvac with hardware to equip its fleet of EC 135 and EC 145 helicopters, as well as provide ground station software and web based flight following and fleet management tools. By using SkyTrac’s system, STAT MedEvac will improve the efficiency and reliability of communication with ground emergency medical services (EMS) and fire departments.
State Health Department First To Host National Public Health And Safety Satellite Network Channels
(23 January 2009) The Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) announced today that it will serve as the first host of three national satellite radio network channels dedicated to communications among state and local public health agencies, hospital and healthcare organizations, and emergency medical service agencies in Kentucky and across the nation.
BroadcastCanal+ Group To Launch French Satellite Offer In North Africa With Arabsat
(21 January 2009) Canal+ Group has announced the launch of a French-speaking channel package over a satellite in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.
Eutelsat Communications Inks Key Contracts With Telespazio For Broadcasting RAI Channels At The Hot Bird Video Neighbourhood
(19 January 2009) Eutelsat Communications and Telespazio, a Finmeccanica/Thales company, announce the signature of an agreement to 2020 for capacity at the 13 degrees East Hot Bird video neighbourhood. Earth ObservationESA Awarded By Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
(23 January 2009) Based on a cooperative agreement, ESA has been delivering data from ALOS – Japan's four-tonne Earth Observation satellite – to users across Europe and Africa since its launch three years ago.
Satellites Help Locate Water In Niger
(19 January 2009) Like most sub-Saharan African countries, Niger faces problems meeting its water needs. As part of ESA’s TIGER initiative, satellite data are being used to identify underground water resources in the drought-prone country.
Sofradir Wins Contract From Galileo Avionica For Italian Space Mission PRISMA
(19 January 2009) Sofradir, a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced infrared detectors for military, space and industrial applications, announced today that it has signed a contract with Galileo Avionica (Italy), a worldwide supplier of space equipment and member of the Finmeccanica Group.
TrackingOHB And ESA Signing Contract For The Analysis And Design Of An European AIS Satellite Constellation For Global Ship Tracking
(16 January 2009) The European Space Agency ESA and OHB-System AG, a subsidiary of the European space travel and technology group OHB Technology AG, have signed a contract for the analysis and design of a satellite constellation for global ship tracking.
Panama Flag Registry Chooses Absolute For LRIT
(13 January 2009) The Panama Flag Registry has appointed Absolute Maritime Tracking Services (AMTS) as sole LRIT Application Service Provider and National Data Centre provider for more than 8000 vessels operating under the flag of Panama.
Saving Lives With Satellite Data
(21 January 2009) Rescuing crew that have fallen overboard in bad weather is fraught with difficulty.
Military SpaceDTECH Labs Announces M3C4G – Secure Mobile Voice, Data, VTC And VoIP Communications System For Military And Government Organizations
(22 January 2009) DTECH Labs has announced general availability and volume shipments of its next-generation secure mobile communications platform, the M3C4G (Mobile Modular Micro C4 Gateway), providing mobile classified voice, data, VTC and VoIP communications to military, government and first-responder organizations in their ongoing mission to safeguard our nation’s infrastructure and interests.
French Naval Surveillance Armed With Broadband
(15 January 2009) French naval surveillance aircraft will take to the skies armed with SwiftBroadband connectivity.
Globecomm Systems Awarded Multiple Contracts For A Foreign Government Agency Valued At US$ 6.3 Million
(20 January 2009) 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 multiple contracts for a Foreign Government agency valued at US$ 6.3 million.
India Embraces ATCi's Warrior Satellite Surveillance and Monitoring Systems Deployed for Foreign Indian Defence Networks
(18 January 2009) Antenna Technology Communications Inc., a provider of commercial satellite communications systems, today announced at the Pacific Telecom Conference in Hawaii the deployment of its Warrior Satellite Monitoring and Surveillance System for the Indian region.
Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman Team Advances New High Speed Data Transfer Technology For TSAT
(22 January 2009) A Lockheed Martin/Northrop Grumman team has achieved a key design milestone for a high-performance technology solution that will dramatically increase data transfer speeds in the U.S. Air Force's Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT) constellation.
AstronomyHerschel Leaves The Large Space Simulator
(21 January 2009) On Thursday, 8 January 2009, the Herschel flight model spacecraft was lifted out of the Large Space Simulator (LSS) at ESTEC, where it has successfully completed the last series of environmental tests.
StarsFirst Light Curve Analysis Of 20 Eclipsing Binaries With Integral's OMC
(19 January 2009) Photometric data gathered by Integral's Optical Monitoring Camera (OMC) has been used to study selected eclipsing binary stars for which the light curve had hitherto not been analysed.
GalaxiesFrantic Activity Revealed In Dusty Stellar Factories
(19 January 2009) Thanks to the Very Large Telescope's acute and powerful near-infrared eye, astronomers have uncovered a host of new young, massive and dusty stellar nurseries in nearby galaxy NGC 253.
Black HolesVerdict: Supermassive Black Holes Not Guilty Of Shutting Down Star Formation
(21 January 2009) A team of Yale University astronomers has discovered that galaxies stop forming stars long before their central supermassive black holes reach their most powerful stage, meaning the black holes can't be responsible for shutting down star formation.
Moon
C1XS Catches First Glimpse Of X-ray From The Moon
(23 January 2009) The C1XS X-ray camera, jointly developed by the UK’s STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has successfully detected its first X-ray signature from the Moon.
USRA Lunar And Planetary Institute-Johnson Space Center Team Selected For NASA Lunar Science Institute
(21 January 2009) The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is proud to announce NASA's recent selection of a team of scientists from USRA's Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI) and the Johnson Space Center (JSC) to be one of seven initial members of NASA's Lunar Science Institute (NLSI).
EarthCosmic Rays Detected Deep Underground Reveal Secrets Of The Upper Atmosphere
(21 January 2009) Cosmic-rays detected half a mile underground in a disused U.S. iron-mine can be used to detect major weather events occurring 20 miles up in the Earth’s upper atmosphere, a new study has revealed.
MarsNorthrop Grumman-Built Satellite Antenna Enables NASA's Discovery of Buried Glaciers On Mars
(19 January 2009) Antenna technology designed and built by Northrop Grumman Corporation made it possible for a radar sounder instrument aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to detect huge glaciers on the Red Planet covered by a layer of dust and rocks.
Extra-Solar PlanetsTransit Search Finds Super-Neptune
(16 January 2009) Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a planet somewhat larger and more massive than Neptune orbiting a star 120 light-years from Earth.
Microgravity
Heinlein Trust And SpaceX Announce Competition To Promote Research Innovation In Zero Gravity
(20 January 2009) The Heinlein Prize Trust announces the Microgravity Research Competition to reward innovation in the use of microgravity to advance biotech, nanotech, combustion, metallurgy, and other fields.
Space Mission For Worms
(15 January 2009) Worms from The University of Nottingham should be checking in for a flight onboard the Space Shuttle later this year - to help researchers investigate the effect of zero gravity on the body’s muscle development and physiology.
Manned SpaceNASA A Step Closer To First Flight Test Of Next Crew Launch Vehicle
(22 January 2009) NASA is a step closer to the first flight test of the rocket that will send humans on their way to the moon as part of the agency's Constellation Program.
Pieces Coming Together For First Test Launch Of NASA's New Spacecraft
(22 January 2009) NASA is using powerful computers and software programs to design the rocket that will carry crew and cargo to space after the space shuttle retires.
TechnologySaft Li-ion Battery Fulfils Technical Requirement For Orbital Pegasus Rocket Launch
(20 January 2009) In the months leading up to a recent launch of its Pegasus rocket, Orbital Sciences Corporation determined a need for a more mass-efficient power source than is needed on a typical flight of its air-launched space launch vehicle.
Launch Services45th SW Launches NRO Satellite On Board Delta IV-Heavy
(17 January 2009) The 45th Space Wing successfully launched a United Launch Alliance-built Delta IV-Heavy Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 37 at 9:47 p.m. (EST), carrying a classified National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite.
Ariane 5's Two Primary Payloads Are Readied For Their February 12 Lift-Off From French Guiana
(19 January 2009) Preparations for Arianespace’s initial Ariane 5 launch of 2009 are in full swing following the delivery of SES New Skies’ NSS-9 telecommunications satellite to French Guiana and the fuelling of the mission’s other primary passenger – Hot Bird 10 for Eutelsat.
ATK Propulsion and Composite Technologies Help Launch National Reconnaissance Office Satellite
(19 January 2009) Alliant Techsystems composite and propulsion technologies supported the successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) satellite.
Launch Result Of The Ibuki (Gosat) By H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 15
(23 January 2009) Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite "Ibuki" (Gosat) aboard the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 15 (H-IIA F15) at 12:54:00 p.m. on January, 23, 2009 (Japan Standard Time, JST) from the Tanegashima Space Centre.
Nation’s Newest Advanced Polar Operational Environmental Satellite Being Readied For Launch
(21 January 2009) The NOAA-N Prime spacecraft, a Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), is being prepared for launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket on February 4, 2009.
NOAA Prepares To Launch New Polar-Orbiting Satellite For Climate And Weather
(22 January 2009) A new NOAA polar-orbiting environmental satellite, set to launch next month, will support NOAA’s weather and ocean forecasts, including long-range climate predictions for El Niño and La Niña and support U.S. search and rescue operations.
Sea Launch Selected To Launch Intelsat 17
(19 January 2009) Sea Launch will launch the Intelsat 17 communications satellite in late 2010, as the first of five missions on the Sea Launch system in a previously announced multiple launch services contract with Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services.
SES New Skies’ NSS-9 Satellite Arrives In Kourou For February 12 Launch On Ariane-5
(19 January 2009) SES New Skies, an SES company announces that its NSS-9 satellite has safely arrived at the European spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, onboard an Antonov cargo plane.
LaunchesNROL-26
Ibuki (GOSAT), Kagayaki, KKS 1, PRISM, SDS 1, SOHLA 1, SpriteSat, STARS 1
ReportsGPS-enabled Handsets Expected To Bypass The Economic Downturn
(20 January 2009) Shipments of GPS-enabled mobile phones will hit a speed-bump in 2009, but will still manage to post year-to-year unit growth through the current economic downturn, according to a new market study by ABI Research.
BusinessFCC Approves Transfer Application
(19 January 2009) Stratos Global Corporation today announced that the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has issued its order approving the transfer of Stratos' FCC licenses from an irrevocable trust, in which CIP Canada Investment, Inc. deposited Stratos' shares, to Inmarsat, plc.
Leading Satellite Industry Consulting Firms Strike Partnership
(21 January 2009) Today Euroconsult North America, subsidiary of Euroconsult, the leading international consulting and analyst firm specialized in the satellite sector, and Irwin Communications, the foremost consulting and market research firm specialized in satellite communications, based in Washington, DC, announced a strategic partnership to provide consulting services to leading American and Canadian companies and government agencies in the satellite communications (SatCom) and broadcast markets.
Swedish Space Corporation Agrees to Acquire Universal Space Network
(21 January 2009) The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Universal Space Network (USN) have reached an agreement in which SSC will acquire all the shares of US-based USN.
PeopleGMV Appoints Jesus Serrano As New CEO
(19 January 2009) GMV, one of the leading international suppliers of satellite ground system software headquartered in Madrid, Spain with offices in Rockville, Md., today announced the appointment of Jesus Serrano as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Northrop Grumman Appoints Scott A Lee Vice President Of Space Systems for Its Electronics Systems Sector
(22 January 2009) Northrop Grumman Corporation has named Scott A. Lee vice president of space systems for the company's Electronic Systems sector.
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