30 August 2009
SatcomsHiltron K-Band Antenna System Chosen For Telenor's Largest Teleport
(27 August 2009) Telenor, one of the world's leading satellite-link service providers, has awarded a contract to Hiltron Communications for the supply of a 7.6 metre K-band transmit/receive antenna system with tracking and full reflector de-icing.
Hughes Wins Contracts To Provide Satellite-Based Cellular Backhaul Services In Brazil
(28 August 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that its Brazilian operating unit, Hughes do Brasil, has signed agreements with two top Brazilian cellular operators to provide satellite backhaul services connecting remote cellular base transceiver stations (BTS) to their GSM networks.
MDA To Provide Advanced Technology Solution For Telecommunications Satellite
(21 August 2009) MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd, a provider of essential information solutions, announced today it has signed a contract in excess of US$ 10 million (CAD) with EADS Astrium, the Prime Contractor for Inmarsat's Alphasat I-XL mission, to provide two advanced technology solutions for use on Alphasat, a telecommunications satellite.
SES Astra Signs With EuroSkyPark To Provide Astra2Connect-Based Broadband Solution To Industrial Market
(28 August 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with EuroSkyPark, an operator of mobile and fixed satellite communication solutions, to offer a highly reliable, low-cost and bi-directional satellite communication service to the energy, transport, and security markets.
TerreStar Announces Successful Completion Of Satellite In-Orbit Testing
(27 August 2009) Mobile communications provider TerreStar Networks Inc. (TerreStar), a majority-owned subsidiary of TerreStar Corporation, announced today the successful completion of in-orbit testing (IOT) for TerreStar-1, the world's largest, most advanced commercial communications satellite.
Earth ObservationESA Helps Make Summer In The City More Bearable
(27 August 2009) As temperatures soar, scientists have been collecting data amid the ancient ruins that symbolise the birthplace of western culture.
ESA Investigates New Methods Of Mapping Tropical Forest From Space
(21 August 2009) Tropical rainforests play a crucial role in Earth's carbon cycle by absorbing carbon from the atmosphere and storing it in biomass.
MakaLani LLC Announces 21CSI Added To Its Team To Market Geospatial Products And Services To The U.S. Government
(25 August 2009) MakaLani LLC today announced its new partnership with 21st Century Systems, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska (21CSI).
NRL Successfully Completes First Major Development Milestone On The NPOESS MIS Program
(26 August 2009) NRL's Spacecraft Engineering Department and Remote Sensing Division announced it has successfully completed the System Requirements and Design Review (SRDR) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) program.
RapidEye Celebrates One Year In Space
(28 August 2009) RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of Earth observation satellites, is celebrating their first year in space.
Space Technology Used To Fight Forest Fires In Greece
(25 August 2009) On Sunday 23 August, at 20:15, the Hellenic General Secretariat for Civil Protection requested that the European Services and Applications for Emergency Response (SAFER) be put in to effect to help fight the fires raging around Athens.
Military SpaceL-3 Awarded US$ 42.5 Million For VSAT Terminals
(20 August 2009) L-3 Communications announced today that its Global Communications Solutions (GCS) division has been awarded a follow-on contract by Eyak Technology for 970 combat service support Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs).
Lockheed Martin Team Achieves USSTRATCOM Certification On Second SBIRS HEO System
(26 August 2009) Lockheed Martin announced today that the second Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Highly Elliptical Orbit (HEO-2) payload and associated ground systems have been certified for missile warning operations by U.S. Strategic Command.
AstronomyCatalina Sky Survey Spawns Catalina Real-Time Transient Survey
(21 August 2009) Astronomers have been mining a mother lode of astronomical data from The University of Arizona’s Catalina Sky Survey and finding more "optical transients" than they can characterize during the past 17 months.
Mirror Cast For Mexican 6.5-Meter Infrared Telescope
(26 August 2009) With the casting today (Wed., Aug. 26) of a 6.5-meter mirror in Arizona, Mexican and American astronomers have taken the first step toward creation of a major new telescope that will survey infrared objects in the northern sky with unprecedented sensitivity.
Science Instruments Ready For SOFIA Airborne Telescope
(27 August 2009) Scientists are busy preparing for the "First Light" flight of NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, or SOFIA, a highly modified Boeing 747SP with a 2.5-meter (8.2-foot) diameter infrared telescope installed in its rear fuselage.
Telescope Mirror Casting Strengthens Scientific Ties Between U.S. And Mexico
(26 August 2009) A binational collaboration of astronomers from Mexico and the United States gathered at the University of Arizona Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory in Tucson today to witness the casting of a 6.5-meter mirror they plan to use in a new infrared survey.
StarsA Ninth-Magnitude Messenger From The Early Universe
(21 August 2009) Old stars are keys to understanding the nature of the first stars and the earliest stages of the formation of the universe.
Star-Birth Myth 'Busted'
(25 August 2009) An international team of researchers has debunked one of astronomy's long held beliefs about how stars are formed, using a set of galaxies found with CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope.
Warped Debris Disks Around Stars Are Blowin' In The Wind
(28 August 2009) The dust-filled disks where new planets may be forming around other stars occasionally take on some difficult-to-understand shapes.
MarsSecond Test Rover Added To Driving Experiments
(21 August 2009) A second, lighter-weight test rover has entered the testing setup at JPL where rover team members are assessing strategy for getting Spirit out of soft soil where it is embedded on Mars.
MicrogravitySpace Shuttle Discovery To Carry Vaccine Research Along With International Space Station Equipment
(24 August 2009) Along with supply and equipment cargo bound for the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128 will carry an additional scientific payload being conducted by Austin-based Astrogenetix, the first commercial space company to use microgravity to discover the foundation of new medicines.
Manned SpaceBoeing Processes Large Payload For Launch On Shuttle Mission STS-128
(21 August 2009) When Space Shuttle Discovery takes off from the Kennedy Space Center for the International Space Station on Aug. 25, it will be carrying 31,694 pounds of life support and science equipment -- a complex payload that was prepared and processed by employees of The Boeing Company.
Leonardo Supply Module, Built By Thales Alenia Space, To Be Launched With STS-128 Space Shuttle Discovery Mission
(27 August 2009) Leonardo, the Multi-Purpose Pressurized Logistics Modules (MPLM) developed by Thales Alenia Space, will be launched tomorrow with the space shuttle Discovery (STS-128 mission) to the International Space Station (ISS) from the Kennedy Space Center.
Shuttle To Carry Rensselaer Experiment To International Space Station
(24 August 2009) An experimental heat transfer system designed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is scheduled to depart Earth aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.
TechnologyNASA, AFOSR Test Environmentally-Friendly Rocket Propellant
(21 August 2009) NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, or AFOSR, have successfully launched a small rocket using an environmentally-friendly, safe propellant comprised of aluminium powder and water ice, called ALICE.
NASA Selects 16 Small Business Research And Technology Projects
(28 August 2009) NASA has selected 16 small business projects to address important research and technology needs.
Launch ServicesThe Ariane 5 For Arianespace's Sixth Flight Of 2009 Is Ready For Assembly
(21 August 2009) Launcher elements for the sixth mission in 2009 with Arianespace’s workhorse Ariane 5 in 2009 are now at the Spaceport, and are ready for assembly as the newest heavy-lift vehicle.
Launch Services - JCSAT-12, Optus D3
Ariane 5's Fourth Launch Of 2009 Orbits The JCSAT-12 And Optus D3 Payloads For Two Key Arianespace Asian-Pacific Customers
(21 August 2009) Arianespace reinforced its position as the world’s commercial launch services provider of choice with the fourth Ariane 5 flight of 2009, which orbited two Asia-Pacific telecommunications satellites tonight on the 32nd consecutive mission success of this workhorse vehicle.
Lockheed Martin-Built JCSAT-12 Satellite Successfully Launched For Sky Perfect JSAT
(21 August 2009) The JCSAT-12 communications satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation of Japan, was successfully launched today from Kourou, French Guiana.
The Ariane 5 Mission Success With JCSAT-12 And Optus D3 In Photos
(21 August 2009) Arianespace maintained its 2009 launch pace with today’s successful Ariane 5 flight that orbited the JCSAT-12 and Optus D3 telecommunications satellites.
The Latest Successful Launch: Arianespace Orbits JCSAT-12 And Optus D3
(21 August 2009) On Friday evening, August 21, Arianespace orbited two communications satellites: JCSAT-12, built by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems for the Japanese operator SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, and Optus D3, built by Orbital Sciences Corporation for the Australian operator Optus.
Orbital-Built Optus D3 Communications Satellite Successfully Launched Aboard Ariane Rocket
(24 August 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that the Optus D3 commercial communications satellite, built by Orbital for Optus Networks Pty Limited of Australia, was successfully launched into its targeted orbit aboard an Ariane 5 rocket on Friday, August 21, 2009.
Launch Services - WorldView2Ball Aerospace-Built WorldView-2 Satellite Arrives at Vandenberg Air Force Base
(27 August 2009) Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. announced today that its WorldView-2 remote sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base for a scheduled October 6, 2009 launch aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta 2 rocket into a Sun-synchronous orbit.
DigitalGlobe WorldView-2 Satellite Arrives At Vandenberg Air Force Base
(27 August 2009) DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution, world-imagery products and services for commercial, defense, and intelligence clients, today announced that the WorldView-2 remote-sensing satellite has arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in anticipation of its launch on October 6, 2009.
LaunchesJCSAT-12, Optus D3
Science and Technology Satellite 2 (STSAT 2)
BusinessWorldSpace Asset Purchase Agreement Terminated
(27 August 2009) WorldSpace, Inc. ("WorldSpace") announced today that the asset purchase agreement providing for the sale of substantially all of its assets to Yenura Pte. Ltd. ("Yenura") had been terminated by WorldSpace's debtor in possession lenders ("DIP Lenders").
Products and ServicesKVH Mini-VSAT Broadband Service Now Available For Australia And New Zealand
(21 August 2009) KVH Industries today announced the activation of its mini-VSAT Broadband service in Australian and New Zealand waters following the successful completion of satellite testing.
MtronPTI Introduces X-Band Cavity Filters For Space Applications
(14 August 2009) MtronPTI introduces the X-Band Cavity Filters for space applications.
PlanetSky Enters New Markets With VelocitySAT
(22 August 2009) For PlanetSky, the introduction of the VelocitySAT portfolio represents a major shift in product and service offerings strategy.
RaySat Antenna Systems Is Expanding Its StealthRay Product Line
(26 August 2009) RaySat Antenna Systems’ StealthRay 5000 will be the company’s fourth low-profile, Ku band antenna introduced to the SatCom on-the-move market.
TenCate Launches TC410 Prepreg For Satellite Structures
(19 August 2009) Tencate Advanced Composites USA (TCAC-USA) announces the commercialization of a new generation cyanate resin prepreg system designed specifically to meet the ongoing needs of satellite structure manufacturers for dimensionally stable structure.
PeopleLightfoot Named Director Of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
(24 August 2009) NASA has named Robert M. Lightfoot, Jr., as the director of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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