2 August 2009
SatcomsArgentina's Servicio Satelital Selects Gilat's SkyEdge II Broadband Satellite Network
(27 July 2009) Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. today announced it will provide Servicio Satelital S.A. with a Gilat SkyEdge II satellite communications network to enable broadband Internet connectivity at hundreds of sites nationwide.
Boeing Tracking And Data Relay Satellite Program Completes Ground System Review
(28 July 2009) Boeing announced today that the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) K program successfully completed its Ground Detailed Design Review (GDDR), held June 2-4 at NASA's White Sands Complex, N.M.
Compressco Commissions Skymira To Implement Over Four Thousand Skywave Satellite Terminals
(30 July 2009) Skymira LLC, a leading provider of state-of-the-art satellite and cellular technology solutions for the seamless management of remote operations, today announced that Compressco, a leader in the oil/ gas compression sector, has commissioned the firm to provide a monitoring solution utilizing over four thousand Skywave DMR 800D terminals.
Genting Oil & Gas Limited Awards Communications Contract To CapRock
(28 July 2009) CapRock Communications, a leading provider of global communications to remote environments, today announced an agreement with Genting Oil Kasuri Pte. Ltd. (GOKPL) to provide satellite connectivity to support its Seismic and Drilling program in Kasuri Block, located onshore south of Bintuni Bay in West Papua province in Republic of Indonesia.
Hughes To Supply Next Generation Broadband Satellite Platform To SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation
(27 July 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has selected Hughes to supply its next-generation broadband satellite platform, the HX System.
KVH Ships 500th TracPhone V7 Maritime Broadband Antenna
(27 July 2009) "The TracPhone V7 and mini-VSAT Broadband are changing the entire way we do business," explains Scott H. Bryant, captain of the fishing vessel American No.1, operated by Fishermen's Finest of Seattle, WA.
Orbcomm Expands Terrestrial And Dual Mode Products With The Introduction Of CDMA Wireless Services
(28 July 2009) Orbcomm, announced today that it reached an agreement to provide services through one of the leading wireless network providers in the United States, expanding Orbcomm’s terrestrial and dual mode wireless services to include CDMA.
BroadcastEchoStar's ViP-TV To Deliver Video Transport Service To Virginia-Based IPTV Provider
(27 July 2009) EchoStar Satellite Services, a division of EchoStar Corporation, announced today an agreement to deliver its ViP-TV video transport service to Citizens Cablevision Inc., a full service provider of digital television programming in Virginia and a wholly owned subsidiary of Citizens Telephone Co-operative.
GlobeCast Inks Deal With Eutelsat To Expand Capacity For Romania's National Public Broadcaster At Eutelsat's 16 Degrees East Neighbourhood
(29 July 2009) GlobeCast, a leading content management and delivery company, and Eutelsat Communications announce the signature of a new contract at Eutelsat's specialist video neighbourhood for central European digital TV markets at 16 degrees East.
SES Astra Signs Capacity Agreement For 31.5 Degrees East
(30 July 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, today announced that it has signed a new capacity agreement for its 31.5 degrees East orbital position.
Earth ObservationMDA To Develop Mission Concept For Polar Communications And Weather Mission
(23 July 2009) MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has signed a US$ 4.3 million (CAD) contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) for the development of the mission concept for the Polar Communications and Weather (PCW) Mission.
MDA To Provide RADARSAT-2 Imagery To The European Space Agency
(27 July 2009) MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has signed a contract for US$ 4.6 million (CAD) to provide RADARSAT-2 satellite imagery to the European Space Agency (ESA).
NASA And NOAA's GOES-14 Satellite Takes First Full Disk Image
(27 July 2009) The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-14, provided its first visible full disk image of Earth on July 27, at 2:00 p.m. EDT.
NavigationAccurate Landing Via Satellite: DLR Braunschweig Commissions GBAS Station
(25 July 2009) The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has commissioned an experimental ground station at Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport that makes it possible to carry out satellite-supported precision landings.
Integral Systems Inc. Submits Proposal For Next Generation Global Positioning System (GPS OCX)
(29 July 2009) Integral Systems Inc., announced today that it has submitted a proposal to deliver an integrated, advanced command and control solution for the Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Advanced Control Segment (OCX) program.
Military SpaceComtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives US$ 11.1 Million Of Movement Tracking System Orders For Satellite Network Bandwidth And Technical Support
(29 July 2009) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received orders totalling US$ 11.1 million under its Movement Tracking System, or MTS contract, with the U.S. Army.
Goodrich Operationally Responsive Space Satellite Program Moves Forward
(29 July 2009) The U.S. Air Force has authorized continued development of the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) program that features Goodrich Corporation’s satellite.
AstrophysicsNRL's Large Area Telescope Explores High-Energy Particles
(28 July 2009) NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is making some exciting discoveries about cosmic rays and the Large Area Telescope aboard Fermi is the tool in this investigation.
AstronomyAustralia Gives US$ 72 Million For The Giant Magellan Telescope
(28 July 2009) The Australian government has announced that it will provide AU$ 88.4 million, or US$ 72.4 million, to help fund the revolutionary 25-meter Giant Magellan Telescope to be sited at Las Campanas Observatory in Chile's high-altitude Atacama Desert.
StarsSharpest Views Of Betelgeuse Reveal How Supergiant Stars Lose Mass
(29 July 2009) Using different state-of-the-art techniques on ESO's Very Large Telescope, two independent teams of astronomers have obtained the sharpest ever views of the supergiant star Betelgeuse.
GalaxiesCosmic Dance Helps Galaxies Lose Weight
(29 July 2009) A study published this week in the journal Nature offers an explanation for the origin of dwarf spheroidal galaxies.
Galaxy Zoo Hunters Help Astronomers Discover Rare 'Green Pea' Galaxies
(27 July 2009) A team of astronomers has discovered a group of rare galaxies called the "Green Peas" with the help of citizen scientists working through an online project called Galaxy Zoo.
MoonRaytheon Technology To Help Pave Way For Man's Next Journey To Moon
(27 July 2009) Sensing technology developed by Raytheon Company for the U.S. Navy's miniaturized radio frequency system has begun its one-year mission to determine whether the polar regions of the moon contain ice.
JupiterHubble Space Telescope Captures Rare Jupiter Collision
(24 July 2009) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken the sharpest visible-light picture yet of atmospheric debris from an object that collided with Jupiter on July 19.
CometsEvidence Of Liquid Water In Comets Reveals Possible Origin Of Life
(30 July 2009) Comets contained vast oceans of liquid water in their interiors during the first million years of their formation, a new study claims.
Manned SpacePratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Conducts Final Planned Test On Historic Space Shuttle Main Engine
(29 July 2009) Capping a legacy that spans 34 years, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne completed the final planned test on a Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) today at the John C. Stennis Space Center (SSC) in Mississippi.
Space Shuttle Endeavour Glides Home After Successful Mission
(31 July 2009) Space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven astronauts ended a 16-day journey of more than 6.5 million miles with a 10:48 a.m. EDT landing Friday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #18
(24 July 2009) STS-127 Mission Specialists Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn will tackle a challenging 7 ½-hour spacewalk today to finish swapping out batteries for the International Space Station’s oldest set of solar arrays.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #19
(24 July 2009) Mission specialists Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn finished replacing batteries on the International Space Station’s oldest solar arrays during a seven-hour, 12-minute spacewalk – the fourth of five planned during space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-127 mission.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #20
(25 July 2009) The combined crew of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station will enjoy a day off to rest up after a challenging first half of the STS-127 assembly mission.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #21
(25 July 2009) The crews of space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station had a day off to rest in preparation of robotics operations to berth the Japanese experiment carrier in the shuttle’s payload bay Sunday and the fifth and final planned spacewalk of the mission on Monday.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #22
(26 July 2009) After a day of rest, the 13 astronauts and cosmonauts on the International Space Station will shift back into high gear for robotic operations and spacewalk preparations.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #23
(26 July 2009) In yet another deft handoff manoeuvre, the space shuttle robotic arm this morning grabbed the Japanese Exposed Section cargo carrier from the International Space Station robotic arm and carefully placed the cargo carrier back into Endeavour’s payload bay bringing to close this mission’s robotics work on the space station’s new porch.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #24
(27 July 2009) The final full day of activities for the joint crew of Endeavour and the International Space Station will focus on the fifth and final spacewalk of the mission.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #25
(27 July 2009) Spacewalkers Tom Marshburn and Chris Cassidy conducted a four-hour, 54-minute spacewalk and completed the mission’s work on the outside of the Japanese Kibo laboratory.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #26
(28 July 2009) The crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station will part company today, with all of the docked mission’s objectives complete.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #27
(28 July 2009) The record-size space crew of thirteen split up as Endeavour and the International Space Station undocked from each other at 12:26 p.m.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #28
(29 July 2009) Shuttle astronauts will inspect Endeavour’s heat shield one more time today as they begin to set their sights on a Friday landing.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #29
(29 July 2009) Space shuttle Endeavour’s crew spent the day inspecting the spacecraft’s heat shield one last time and began early preparations for Friday’s return home to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #30
(29 July 2009) Twin satellite deployments and a check of the systems that will control Endeavour’s return home to the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, are on tap today as the shuttle leads the International Space Station in orbit.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #31
(29 July 2009) Leaving behind in orbit a new porch for the International Space Station, two pair of small research satellites, and a new space station resident, the crew of the space shuttle Endeavour is turning its attention toward home.
STS-127 MCC Status Report #32
(31 July 2009) Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven-member crew landed at 9:48 a.m. CDT Friday at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, capping off a 16-day mission to complete assembly of the International Space Station’s Japanese research laboratory.
TechnologyNew Planetary Simulation Software Puts ESA Rover Designs To The Test
(28 July 2009) ESA's ExoMars mission to Mars is due to be put to the test using advanced planetary surface simulation software incorporating video-game quality 3D graphics, set to serve as an important design tool for future missions.
Launch ServicesBoeing To Bid As Prime Contractor For NASA Exploration Ground Launch Services Contract
(29 July 2009) Boeing today announced that it plans to bid as prime contractor for the Exploration Ground Launch Services (EGLS) program to provide ground systems integration and launch operations for Constellation, NASA's next-generation space-exploration initiative.
Build-Up Begins For The Fifth Ariane 5 To Be Launched In 2009
(24 July 2009) The Spaceport is once again hosting two parallel Ariane 5 mission campaigns in support of Arianespace’s goal to perform a record seven flights this year with its workhorse heavy-lift launcher.
DMCii Upgrades Global Imaging Services With Two New Satellites
(30 July 2009) DMC International Imaging Ltd (DMCii) announces the successful launch of next generation DMC imaging satellites UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1.
SpaceX Completes Qualification Of Falcon 9 First Stage Tank And Interstage
(29 July 2009) Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces the successful completion of qualification testing for the Falcon 9 launch vehicle first stage tank and interstage.
SSTL Successfully Launch Two Further Satellites
(30 July 2009) With the successful launch last night of the UK-DMC2 and Deimos-1 satellites, SSTL has expanded the capability of the world’s only spaced-based disaster monitoring system, the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC).
LaunchesAprizeSat 3/4, Deimos 1 (DMC F6), Dubaisat 1, Nanosat 1B, UK-DMC 2
ReportsMobile Satellite Services Industry Readies For Change Amidst Turbulent Times
(30 July 2009) NSR today released its newest market survey and forecast report: "Mobile Satellite Services, 5th Edition."
Satellite Sector Revenue Grows A Record 11% Despite Economic Crisis
(28 July 2009) Euroconsult, the leading international research and analyst firm specialized in the satellite and digital broadcasting sectors, announced today that growth in the fixed satellite market has remained strong despite the adverse economic environment.
BusinessAabar Investments And Virgin Group Agree Equity Investment Partnership In Virgin Galactic
(28 July 2009) Abu Dhabi 's Aabar Investments and Virgin Group today announced that they have agreed to enter a strategic partnership, which will see Aabar take an equity stake in the world's first commercial spaceline - Virgin Galactic.
Latvia Signs Co-Operation Agreement With ESA
(24 July 2009) Latvia becomes the second Baltic country to sign a Co-operation Agreement with ESA. ESA’s Director of Legal Affairs and External Relations, Peter Hulsroj, and Latvian Minister for Education and Science, Tatjana Koke, signed the Co-operation Agreement in Riga on 23 July 2009.
NASA And JAXA Sign Agreement For Future Earth Science Co-Operation
(30 July 2009) NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) President Keiji Tachikawa signed an agreement defining the terms of co-operation between the agencies on the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission.
Orolia Announces Strategic Acquisition Of Kannad, A World Leader In Positioning Systems For Extreme Environments
(29 July 2009) Orolia SA, group specialized in high-precision timing, positioning and synchronization electronics systems, announced today the signing of an agreement with Airtek Capital Group to acquire Kannad SAS, a key global supplier of maritime, aeronautical and land-based distress positioning beacons.
Products and ServicesKVH Mini-VSAT Broadband Coverage Expanding To Include Australia And New Zealand Waters
(27 July 2009) Continuing its march toward a seamless global broadband network for vessels and aircraft, KVH Industries, Inc., today announced that it expects mini-VSAT Broadband coverage for the Australia and New Zealand region to go live in August 2009 following the successful completion of service testing on the Intelsat IS-2 satellite.
New Generation Of Signal Distribution System DEV 2180
(30 July 2009) DEV Systemtechnik thoroughly re-designed its L-band Signal Distribution System DEV 2180, equipping the next appliance generation with a controller and SNMP/Ethernet interface as well as hot-pluggable amplifiers as a standard that can be upgraded without interruption of operations.
PeopleGeoEye Names Randall J. Scherago Vice President Of Investor Relations
(30 July 2009) GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of satellite, aerial and geospatial information, today announced the appointment of Randall J. Scherago as Vice President of Investor Relations.
SkyTerra Further Strengthens Its Leadership Team
(27 July 2009) SkyTerra Communications has selected three experienced wireless industry veterans for key vice president positions critical to the company’s transition to its next-generation integrated satellite-terrestrial network.
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