9 August 2009
SatcomsBentley Walker First To Launch Services Using Hughes Mesh Satellite Technology In Middle East And Afghanistan
(3 August 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, announced today that its European business unit, Hughes Europe, has signed an agreement to supply Bentley Walker with its new HX mesh satellite network technology for delivering broadband services in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
Gilat Successfully Upgrades Broadband Internet And Telephony Services According To Modified Agreements With Colombian Ministry Of Communications
(6 August 2009) Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. today announced that its Spacenet Rural Communications (SRC) business unit has successfully deployed a Gilat SkyEdge II broadband satellite communications network at more than 1,300 sites for the Colombian Ministry of Communications.
Stolt Tankers Selects Stratos For Fleetwide Satellite Communications Network
(6 August 2009) Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has been selected by Stolt Tankers B.V. (Stolt) to provide a fleetwide, high-speed satellite-based communications network.
Vizada Extends Support For Télécoms Sans Frontières Humanitarian Missions For Eleventh Consecutive Year
(5 August 2009) Vizada, the world’s leading provider of global satellite communications, has renewed its partnership with Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) for the supply of mobile satellite services.
BroadcastGlobeCast Delivers CCTV Arabia To Middle East And North Africa
(3 August 2009) GlobeCast today announced an agreement to distribute Chinese broadcaster CCTV’s newly-launched Arabic channel to the Middle East and North Africa via Arabsat’s BADR-6 satellite.
RRsat Chosen To Distribute Dutch Language Channel, BVN-TV, To Europe & Middle East
(5 August 2009) RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd., a rapidly growing provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, announced today that BVN-TV has chosen to expand its contract with RRsat.
Earth ObservationAstroMesh Deployable Reflector From Northrop Grumman
(6 August 2009) A deployable satellite reflector and boom assembly from Northrop Grumman Corporation will help NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) map soil moisture and the freezing and thawing cycles globally with unprecedented accuracy, resolution and coverage.
Ball Aerospace Completes Successful Environmental Testing For WorldView-2 Satellite
(5 August 2009) Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed environmental testing for the WorldView-2 remote sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe and has begun post-environmental performance testing.
Boeing Hands Over GOES-O Satellite To NASA For Final Testing
(5 August 2009) Boeing today announced that it transferred Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-O to NASA on July 17, completing the company's third on-orbit satellite handover this year.
Ground Segment Declared Ready For Cryosat-2 Launch
(7 August 2009) An Earth observation mission does not just involve the building of a satellite, it also includes the all-important infrastructure to control the satellite and handle the data – the ground segment.
Research Breakthrough Will Lead To More Accurate Weather Forecasts
(6 August 2009) More accurate global weather forecasts and a better understanding of climate change are in prospect thanks to a breakthrough by engineers at Queen's University Belfast's Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT).
TrackingSpace Technology Helps Find Space, Reduce Pollution, And Save Money
(4 August 2009) Today, freight transport by lorries and containers is a highly automated and optimised business.
Military SpaceAstrium Delivers First Set Of Satcom Equipments To Aselsan For Turkish Navy's MILGEM Programme
(30 July 2009) Astrium Services’ Secure Satcom Systems division has delivered the first set of satcom equipments to Aselsan for the first of class MILGEM, the prestigious Turkish National corvette programme.
Emcore Corporation Awarded Solar Contract From Boeing
(30 July 2009) Emcore Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and systems for the fibre optic and solar power markets, today announced an industry team led by The Boeing Company has received a contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for work on Phase 2 of the Fast Access Spacecraft Testbed (FAST) program.
EM Solutions Is Awarded Contract To Supply Ka-Band Equipment To Astrium For The Yahsat Project
(6 August 2009) EM Solutions has been awarded an initial contract by Astrium UK Limited for supply of Ka-band RF equipment which is to be incorporated into a Yahsat Ground and Naval System programme, which will form part of a new communications system in United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the Yahsat Project.
GSA And DISA Form Satellite Communications Partnership
(6 August 2009) The U.S. General Services Administration and the Defense Information Systems Agency are creating a common marketplace for commercial satellite communication services offering significant savings to defense and civilian agencies, as well as state, local and tribal governments.
AstrophysicsDark Energy From The Ground Up: Make Way For BigBOSS
(7 August 2009) Several ways have been proposed to examine dark energy, in hopes of finding out just what it is.
AstronomyGoddard-Led GEMS Mission To Explore The Polarized Universe
(4 August 2009) An exciting new astrophysics mission led by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will provide a revolutionary window into the universe.
NASA's Spitzer Sees The Cosmos Through 'Warm' Infrared Eyes
(5 August 2009) NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is starting a second career and taking its first shots of the cosmos since warming up.
GalaxiesAstronomers Find Hyperactive Galaxies In The Early Universe
(5 August 2009) Looking almost 11 billion years into the past, astronomers have measured the motions of stars for the first time in a very distant galaxy and clocked speeds upwards of one million miles per hour, about twice the speed of our Sun through the Milky Way.
New McDonald Observatory Instrument Revolutionizes Galaxy Studies
(2 August 2009) University of Texas at Austin graduate student Guillermo A. Blanc is talking dissection.
MoonGoodyear And NASA Invent Spring Tire For Moon, Possibly Earth; Team Develops Energy Efficient Tire That Won't Go Flat
(3 August 2009) The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have developed an airless tire to transport large, long-range vehicles across the surface of the moon.
Extra-Solar PlanetsNASA'S Kepler Mission Spies Changing Phases In A Distant World
(6 August 2009) NASA's new exoplanet-hunting Kepler space telescope has detected the atmosphere of a known giant gas planet, demonstrating the telescope's extraordinary scientific capabilities.
Manned SpaceESA Astronaut André Kuipers To Spend Six Months On The ISS Starting In 2011
(5 August 2009) As a result of the latest International Space Station Multi-Lateral Crew Operations Panel (MCOP) recently held in Houston, ESA has today announced that the European crewmember of Expedition 30/31 to fly to the International Space Station in 2011 will be André Kuipers from the Netherlands.
NASA/DOE Team Moving Forward On Fission Surface Power Technology
(4 August 2009) NASA and the Department of Energy have completed tests on several fission surface power components within the last few weeks.
NASA Studies Cellulose For Food And Biofuel Production
(31 July 2009) For long-duration space missions, astronauts someday will grow plants for food and the air they breathe, while transforming inedible parts of the plants into useful resources, such as biofuels, food, and chemicals.
TechnologyAerojet And NEC Collaborate To Explore Low Power Ion Propulsion Systems For Satellites
(2 August 2009) Aerojet, a GenCorp company, and NEC Corporation announced today that the companies will explore the feasibility of jointly supplying low power ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets.
Technology TransferOberpfaffenhofen Opens Fourth ESA Hotbed For Innovative Companies
(6 August 2009) ESA, the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the German federal state of Bavaria and the German bank Kreissparkasse München Starnberg opened the fourth ESA Business Incubation Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen on 3 August.
STFC Innovations Ltd To Lead ESA’s UK Technology Transfer Work
(7 August 2009) STFC Innovations Ltd’s excellence in knowledge exchange and technology transfer has been recognised with the awarding of a prestigious contract by the European Space Agency (ESA).
Launch ServicesAsiaSat 5 Set For Launch On August 12
(5 August 2009) AsiaSat 5, a new generation communications satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), is scheduled for launch at Hong Kong Time 3:47:33 a.m. on the 12th August on an ILS Proton launch vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Initial Assembly Is Completed For The Fifth Ariane 5 To Be Launched In 2009
(3 August 2009) The fifth Ariane 5 for launch this year has completed its initial build-up as preparations move forward for another of Arianespace’s trademark dual-satellite payload missions.
BusinesseSpace Emerges As Mentor For Space Entrepreneurs
(3 August 2009) eSpace: The Center for Space Entrepreneurship, a non-profit business incubator for aerospace companies, today announced that it has added new members to its board of directors and a new member to its team of government liaisons.
ProtoStar Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy In The United
(3 August 2009) After reaching agreement with its principal lender groups, ProtoStar Ltd. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “ProtoStar”), a satellite network operator, announced that they have filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Products and ServicesEngage Announces PrimaStratum, A T1/E1 GPSDO For Remote Stratum 1 Timing From GPS Satellites
(4 August 2009) Engage Communication, a Telecommunication and Networking equipment manufacturer, delivers PrimaStratum, a Global Positioning System Disciplined Oscillator that supplies a Stratum 1 synchronous clock reference solution, to an international Mobile Service provider.
KVH Mini-VSAT Broadband Service Goes Live In Asia-Pacific Waters
(6 August 2009) KVH Industries, Inc., announced today the successful activation of its mini-VSAT Broadband service in Asia-Pacific waters in collaboration with SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (also known as SP-JSAT) via the JCSAT-1B satellite.
Spacenet Introduces New Prysm Pro To Support Advanced Applications Over Satellite, Wireline And Wireless Networks For Enterprise Customers
(3 August 2009) Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. and one of the world’s leading providers of managed network solutions, introduced its new Prysm Pro application and network management appliance.
SPOT Inc. Announces SPOT - The World's First Satellite Messenger
(7 August 2009) SPOT Inc. today announced the introduction of the SPOT Satellite Messenger.
PeopleAerospace Leader Vander Weg Joins SpaceX As Vice President Of The EELV Customer Office
(5 August 2009) Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces the addition of Marv Vander Weg in the role of Vice President of the EELV Customer Office, where he will be responsible for acquiring and managing EELV missions for SpaceX's U.S. Government customers.
Astrotech Announces Appointment Of Chief Financial Officer
(31 July 2009) Astrotech Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors appointed John Porter as Astrotech’s Chief Financial Officer on a permanent basis, effective July 21, 2009.
CEO And President John Higginbotham Steps Down From Integral Systems
(6 August 2009) The Board of Directors of Integral Systems, Inc. today announced that it has accepted the resignation of John B. Higginbotham as Chief Executive Officer, President, and as a member of the Board of Directors.
Intelsat General Names Skot Butler To New Post As Director Of Strategic Initiatives
(3 August 2009) Skot Butler, an executive with broad experience marketing satellite services to a range of government and commercial users, has been named Director of Strategic Initiatives of Intelsat General Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intelsat Ltd.
SES Astra And Yahsat Appoint CEO For Middle East Satellite Company
(4 August 2009) SES Astra, an SES company and the Arab satellite operator Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) have appointed Mohamed Youssif CEO of YahLive.
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