23 August 2009
SatcomsBroadSoft Powers Satellite VoIP Calling
(18 August 2009) BroadSoft Inc., the leading worldwide provider of VoIP applications, today announced its involvement in the industry's first smartphone to smartphone VoIP call by mobile communications provider TerreStar Networks Inc. (TerreStar), a majority-owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation.
Harris Corporation Awarded Follow-On Contract For Satellite Voice, Data And Internet Services On Carnival Corporation Cruise Ships
(19 August 2009) Harris Corporation has signed a new, multi-year contract with Carnival Corporation that will ensure cruise ship passengers and staff have access to the latest high-speed Internet and advanced voice and data services available as they sail the high seas.
SkyTerra Intends To File For Broadband Stimulus Funds To Enable Dual-Mode Wireless Devices For Public Safety Use
(18 August 2009) SkyTerra Safety Access LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyTerra, intends to file an application today with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) for stimulus funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
BroadcastFreeHD Canada Announces Industry-Wide Solution To Canadian Digital Television Transition
(17 August 2009) FreeHD Canada Inc., a new Canadian satellite television venture, announced it has filed applications with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to provide a Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television service and a wholesale programming distribution service for Canadian programmers (SRDU).
Earth ObservationIceWEB’s Inline Corporation Signs Partnership Agreement With Spot Image Corporation
(19 August 2009) IceWEB, Inc., today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Inline Corporation, and Spot Image Corp. have signed a commercial partnership agreement giving Inline rights to distribute imagery data to the entire U.S. Federal and Commercial market.
TrackingVizada And CLS Partner To Provide IMO-Compliant LRIT Tracking Services To European Maritime Safety Agency
(17 August 2009) Vizada, the leading independent satellite communications provider, and CLS, a key player in sustainable management of marine resources, environmental monitoring and maritime security, have signed a partnership to jointly provide long range identification and tracking (LRIT) to the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and other Flag States including Vanuatu and Chile.
Military SpaceHughes And Ultra Electronics Partner To Demonstrate An Integrated 'Never-Out-Of-Touch' Tactical Communications Solution For Coalition Forces
(17 August 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, and Ultra Electronics Tactical Communication Systems (Ultra TCS), the premier global supplier of High Capacity Line-of-Sight (HCLOS(TM)) radio communication systems, are demonstrating at LandWarNet 2009 their integrated "Never-Out-of-Touch" tactical communications solution.
iDirect Platform Excels During Speed, Mobility And Disaster Testing At Fort Monmouth Military Exercise
(18 August 2009) iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a wholly-owned subsidiary of VT iDirect, Inc., today announced official test results from the U.S. Joint User Interoperability Communications Exercise (JUICE) conducted in June at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey and across multiple U.S. military locations around the world.
AstrophysicsBritish-Made Technology Will Boost The Search For Elusive Gravitational Waves
(19 August 2009) UK scientists are helping us edge ever closer to finding the mysterious, theorised ripples in the fabric of spacetime (known as gravitational waves) with the production of 25 new assemblies for the LIGO facility – a network of detectors designed to search for these elusive waves.
LIGO Listens For Gravitational Echoes Of The Birth Of The Universe
(19 August 2009) An investigation by the LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) Scientific Collaboration and the Virgo Collaboration has significantly advanced understanding of the early evolution of the universe.
AstronomyeROSITA X-Ray Telescope: DLR And Roskosmos Sign Agreement In Moscow
(18 August 2009) The German eROSITA (extended ROentgen Survey with an Imaging Telescope Array) ) X-ray telescope is to start searching for black holes and dark matter in 2012, using seven electronic ‘eyes’.
Scientists Make First Discovery Using Revolutionary Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array
(18 August 2009) Scientists from NRL's Space Science and Remote Sensing Divisions, in collaboration with researchers from the University of New Mexico (UNM) and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) located in Socorro, N.M., have generated the first scientific results from the Long Wavelength Demonstrator Array (LWDA).
StarsSuper Planetary Nebulae
(14 August 2009) A team of scientists in Australia and the United States, led by Associate Professor Miroslav Filipović from the University of Western Sydney, have discovered a new class of object which they call “Super Planetary Nebulae.”
GalaxiesGalaxies Demand A Stellar Recount
(19 August 2009) For decades, astronomers have gone about their business of studying the cosmos with the assumption that stars of certain sizes form in certain quantities.
SunTiny Flares Responsible For Outsized Heat Of Sun's Atmosphere
(14 August 2009) Solar physicists at NASA have confirmed that small, sudden bursts of heat and energy, called nanoflares, cause temperatures in the thin, translucent gas of the sun's atmosphere to reach millions of degrees.
CometsNASA Researchers Make First Discovery Of Life's Building Block In Comet
(17 August 2009) NASA scientists have discovered glycine, a fundamental building block of life, in samples of comet Wild 2 returned by NASA's Stardust spacecraft.
Manned SpaceESA’s Swedish Astronaut To Return To The ISS
(17 August 2009) The launch date for the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station with Space Shuttle Discovery is scheduled for no earlier than Monday 24 August.
Excalibur Almaz To Pioneer Private Orbital Manned Space Flight In Co-Operation With NPOM Of Russia
(18 August 2009) Excalibur Almaz Limited (EA), an international space exploration company, today announced plans to open up a new era of private orbital space flight for commercial customers, using updated elements of the "Almaz" space system originally developed by JSC MIC NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia.
Glenn Space Science Hardware Aboard Space Shuttle Mission To Space Station
(20 August 2009) Hardware designed, fabricated and tested at NASA's Glenn Research Center will travel aboard space shuttle Discovery when it is launched on August 25 at 1:36 a.m.
NASA Completes Assembly Of Ares I-X Test Rocket
(14 August 2009) For the first time in more than a quarter-century a new space vehicle stands ready in NASA's Kennedy Space Center Vehicle Assembly Building.
NASA Gives 'Go' For Space Shuttle Discovery Launch On Aug. 25
(19 August 2009) NASA has completed a two-day review of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected Aug. 25 as the official launch date for the STS-128 mission to the International Space Station.
TechnologyNASA Launches New Technology: An Inflatable Heat Shield
(17 August 2009) A successful NASA flight test Monday demonstrated how a spacecraft returning to Earth can use an inflatable heat shield to slow and protect itself as it enters the atmosphere at hypersonic speeds.
Launch ServicesGlonass-M Shipped To The Launch Site
(12 August 2009) The first Glonass-M satellite supplied for cluster №40 by the JSC “Academician M.F. Reshetnev “Information Satellite Systems” was shipped to Baikonur on August 12, 2009.
NASA's WISE Mission Arrives At Launch Site
(17 August 2009) NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has arrived at its last stop on Earth -- Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Three Ariane 5s Are In The Workflow As Arianespace Sustains Its Launch Rate In 2009
(20 August 2009) Arianespace is keeping up its mission pace as three Ariane 5s are now in process at French Guiana – including the vehicle for tomorrow night’s flight, which has rolled out to the launch pad with a payload of two telecommunications satellites.
Launch Services - GPS 2R-21
Final Lockheed Martin-Built Modernized GPS IIR Spacecraft Launched Successfully For The U.S. Air Force
(17 August 2009) A modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. Air Force was successfully launched today from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta II rocket.
ULA Delta II Completes 20 Year Era With Successful Air Force GPS IIR-21 Launch
(17 August 2009) The 48th successful and final Air Force Delta II Global Positioning System satellite launch occurred today, ending one of the most successful space launch programs in American history.
Launch Services - JCSAT-12, Optus D3
Ariane 5 Is Ready For This Week's Heavy-Lift Launch With JCSAT-12 And Optus D3
(17 August 2009) Arianespace has completed the payload integration on its fourth Ariane 5 to be launched in 2009, clearing the way for this vehicle’s lift-off from the Spaceport in French Guiana on Friday, August 21.
Lockheed Martin-Built JCSAT-12 Satellite Ready To Be Launched For Sky Perfect JSAT
(18 August 2009) The JCSAT-12 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (SKY Perfect JSAT) of Japan, is ready for its scheduled launch on Aug. 21 aboard an Ariane 5-ECA launch vehicle provided by Arianespace.
The Go-Ahead Is Given For Arianespace's Heavy-Lift Launch On Friday With JCSAT-12 And Optus D3
(19 August 2009) Arianespace’s fourth heavy-lift flight of 2009 has been authorized for its August 21 lift-off following today’s launch readiness review at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Launch Services - Nimiq 5
Telesat's Nimiq 5 In Final Preparations For Launch Scheduled September 18
(17 August 2009) Telesat, the world's fourth largest fixed satellite services operator, announced today that its new Nimiq 5 satellite is scheduled to launch on an ILS Proton vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on September 18, 2009 (September 17th in Ottawa).
Space Systems/Loral Delivers Telesat's Nimiq 5 Satellite To Launch Base
(18 August 2009) Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and the leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it delivered a communications satellite built for Telesat, one of the world's leading fixed satellite services operators, to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to launch on September 18th aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).
LaunchesGPS 2R-21 (M8)
BusinessGHL Acquisition Corp. And Iridium Welcome FCC Approval
(17 August 2009) GHL Acquisition Corp. (“GHL Acquisition”) and Iridium Holdings LLC (“Iridium”) today issued the following statement in regard to the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) approval of the companies’ combination.
International Datacasting Corporation Acquires Comtech Tiernan Broadcast Radio And Video Product Lines
(18 August 2009) International Datacasting Corporation, a leader in advanced solutions for satellite distribution of broadband multimedia content, today announced that it has acquired select product lines and related technology from Comtech Tiernan Video, Inc. ("Tiernan").
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company Announces Workforce Reductions
(17 August 2009) Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a major business area of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, today announced employment reductions aimed at improving its competitive posture.
Norsat International Inc. Announces New Financial Division
(19 August 2009) Norsat International Inc. (“Norsat") today announced that it has created a new division called Norsat Capital.
Products and ServicesHughes Introduces Broadband Satellite Router Ideal For Both Commercial And Government/Military Applications
(17 August 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced the launch of its latest generation HX broadband satellite router, the HX280.
New Radiometer Controller sat-nms RMC Introduced By SatService Gesellschaft für Kommunikationssysteme mbH
(21 August 2009) SatService Gesellschaft für Kommunikationssysteme is pleased to announce its new sat-nms RMC Radiometer Controller and sat-nms RMD Radiometer Detector Modules.
Upgrade Kit To Retrofit ACS 3000 Antenna Control System For Earth Station Antennas Introduced By SatService Gesellschaft für Kommunikationssysteme mbH
(20 August 2009) SatService GmbH introduces an Upgrade Kit to retrofit ACS 3000 Antenna Control Systems from ACS or formerly Andrew with its sat-nms ACU-ODM module.
PeopleIntegral Systems, Inc. Appoints Maj. Gen. (Ret.) H. Marshal Ward As Chief Operating Officer
(17 August 2009) Integral Systems, Inc. announced today that it has appointed Major General (Ret.) H. Marshal Ward, USAF as Chief Operating Officer.
Orbcomm Elects Lt. Gen. (Ret.) John R. Wood As Director
(19 August 2009) Orbcomm Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, today announced that its Board of Directors has elected John R. Wood (Lieutenant General, U.S. Army, Ret.) to the Board of Directors as a Class III director, effective September 1, 2009, to serve until the company’s 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Starz Chairman And CEO Robert B. Clasen Announces Plan To Retire
(19 August 2009) Starz, LLC, today announced that Robert B. Clasen, chairman and CEO of Starz, LLC, plans to retire around year-end.
USRA Appoints Donald Kniffen As Vice President For Science
(19 August 2009) Dr. Donald A. Kniffen, a veteran of the space program for over forty years, has been appointed Vice President for Science at the Universities Space Research Association (USRA).
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