1 February 2009
SatcomsATCi Provides Next Generation Satellite Distance Learning System For Thunderbird School Of International Business
(28 January 2009) Antenna Technology Communications Inc., a provider of commercial satellite communications systems, today announced that it has completed its 1 campus system contract to design, integrate and install a complete satellite distance learning system for Thunderbird School of International Business.
Austrian Hollywood Megaplex Theatres Connect To The Digital Movie Distribution Network From Media Broadcast
(29 January 2009) Media Broadcast takes over in Austria for four Hollywood Megaplex Theatres and for the Metropol Theatre in Innsbruck the digital delivery of movies.
Conflict In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo - TSF Deploys To The North East Of The RDC To Support The Humanitarian Community
(26 January 2009) In an effort to support the agencies of the United Nations and non governmental organisations, a team of emergency telecommunications specialists was deployed from Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) headquarters in France to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Defense Commissary Agency Contracts With E&E Enterprises Global For High-Availability Network Solution From Hughes
(26 January 2009) E&E Enterprises Global, Inc., a leader in telecommunications and information assurance services, today announced that it has been selected by the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) to provide a HughesNet high-availability network solution to support DeCA commissaries worldwide. Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the global leader in broadband satellite network solutions and services, will provide the high-availability VPN service to E&E Enterprises Global as a subcontractor, utilising its nationwide HughesNet broadband satellite service.
Eutelsat Statement On The W2M Satellite
(28 January 2009) Eutelsat Communications announces that the performance of the W2M satellite, which was launched on 20 December 2008, does not comply with the requirements set with the spacecraft’s manufacturer, EADS Astrium/ISRO Antrix, following a major anomaly affecting the satellite’s power subsystem.
KVH Industries and Thrane & Thrane Sign Global Distribution Agreement For mini-VSAT Broadband
(26 January 2009) KVH Industries, Inc., today announced a new global distribution agreement with Thrane & Thrane for KVH's TracPhone V7 satellite communications system and the mini-VSAT Broadband service.
SPTI-Boldt Group Argentina Chooses Hughes Broadband Satellite System
(26 January 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, announced today that it has been selected by SPTI-Boldt Group Argentina, a major telecommunications service provider, to supply its advanced HN broadband satellite system hub plus HN7700S and HNS7740S broadband routers to support a variety of SPTI-Boldt's customers in Argentina.
WAN Optimisation Technology Ensures Reliable Connectivity For Charity’s Global Workforce
(28 January 2009) Expand Networks, a leading provider of application acceleration solutions over the Wide Area Network (WAN), today announced that Tearfund, the Christian relief and development agency, has implemented Expand’s WAN Optimisation technology to ensure resilient communications across its global network of aid teams.
BroadcastNewtec, ASBU And Arabsat Introduce MENOS To Broadcast Industry
(26 January 2009) Newtec, a world-leading innovator in the satellite and communications industry, the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) and Arabsat, have today announced the official launch of MENOS (Multimedia Exchange Network over Satellite).
PBS Selects International Datacasting Corporation For Its Next-Generation Video Distribution Network
(29 January 2009) International Datacasting Corporation a global leader in providing advanced solutions for the distribution of broadband multimedia content via satellite, announced today that it has been selected by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) to provide infrastructure for a next-generation satellite network to deliver non-real-time HD and SD video programming to PBS member stations across the US.
Roberts Communications Network Launches First HD Horse Racing Simulcast Powered By Harmonic And Newtec
(26th January 2009) Newtec Cy N.V. and Harmonic Inc. today announced that Roberts Communications Network LLC, in conjunction with Churchill Downs, the world-famous racetrack in Louisville, Kentucky, has launched the world’s first high definition (HD) simulcast broadcast in horse racing history.
Russian Broadcaster National Satellite Company Boosts Capacity On Eutelsat's Eurobird 9 Satellite For New Digital Package
(30 January 2009) Following on from the successful launch in 2008 of Platforma HD on the Eurobird 9 satellite of Eutelsat Communications, the Russian pay-TV operator National Satellite Company is complementing and significantly expanding its offer with a new package called Platforma DV of 20 Standard Digital channels.
Earth Observation4C Controls Inc Announces Strategic Alliance And Exclusive Distribution Agreement Of Cosmo-Skymed Images With e-GEOS
(27 January 2009) 4C Controls Inc. today announced the signing of a major “Strategic Alliance and Distribution Agreement” with e-GEOS, the recently formed joint-venture between Telespazio s.p.a (a Finmeccanica/Thales and the Italian Space Agency (ASI).
DigitalGlobe And Telogis Team To Deliver World Imagery To The Mobile Resource Management Marketplace
(26 January 2009) DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of high-resolution world imagery content solutions, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Telogis, the leading global platform for Location-Based Services (LBS).
NASA Mission To Help Unravel Key Carbon, Climate Mysteries
(29 January 2009) NASA's first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide is in final preparations for a Feb. 23 launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
New Steps In ESA/Commission Cooperation On GMES
(28 January 2009) Today in Brussels, the amendment to the EC-ESA GMES agreement was signed by Mr Jean-Jacques Dordain, the ESA Director General, and Mr Heinz Zourek, Director General of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry.
The Orbiting Carbon Observatory And The Mystery Of The Missing Sinks
(23 January 2009) Picture a tree in the forest. The tree "inhales" carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, transforming that greenhouse gas into the building materials and energy it needs to grow its branches and leaves.
TrackingAbsolute Maritime Tracking Systems And Vizada To Provide LRIT To Panama Maritime Authority
(26 January 2009) Vizada and Absolute Maritime Tracking Systems have been selected by the Panama Maritime Authority to provide long range identification and tracking (LRIT) for the more than 8,000 eligible vessels in Panama’s waters that must comply with new regulations that began 1 January 2009.
KGL Transportation Company Leads Competition With Fleet Management Solutions All-Satellite Tracking
(27 January 2009) When it comes to safe, reliable and cost-effective movement of goods in the Middle East, KGL Transportation Company (KGL TC) is a leader.
Military SpaceBoeing Receives Contract Extension For Transformational Satellite Communications System
(27 January 2009) Boeing has received a US$ 75 million contract extension from the U.S. Air Force to continue risk reduction and system definition for the Transformational Satellite Communications System (TSAT).
Communications And Power Industries Awarded Raytheon Contract To Support U.S. Navy's Navy Multiband Terminal Satellite Communications Program
(26 January 2009) Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI), a subsidiary of CPI International, Inc., a leading provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical defence, communications, medical, scientific and other applications, has been selected by Raytheon Company and awarded an initial contract of more than US$ 1 million to support the pre-production phase of the U.S. Navy's Multiband Terminal (NMT) program.
First SBIRS GEO Satellite With New Flight Software Completes Key Test At Lockheed Martin
(29 January 2009) The first Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-1) satellite, built by a Lockheed Martin team for the U.S. Air Force, has successfully completed a major test utilizing new flight software that will enable highly reliable spacecraft command and control operations.
ViaSat Supports U.S. Army In Advanced Blue Force Tracking Aviation Performance Demonstration
(28 January 2009) ViaSat Inc. and the U.S. Army extended the Vehicular Blue Force Tracking 2 (BFT2) demonstration with successful Army Aviation BFT2 demonstrations aboard a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter.
ScienceTenth Plasma Crystal Experiment Series On Board The ISS - Additional Research To Be Conducted During Parabolic Flights
(21 January 2009) For the tenth time, a series of experiments investigating complex plasma crystals is being conducted using the ‘PK-3 Plus’ facility (Plasma Crystal Experiment) on board the International Space Station (ISS).
StarsMagnetar Observed During Outburst Thanks To Rapid Response Of Integral
(27 January 2009) The quick turn-around time of the Integral operation teams has enabled rare high-energy observations of a magnetar.
Solar SystemHelium Rains Inside Jovian Planets
(16 January 2009) Models of how Saturn and Jupiter formed may soon take on a different look.
MoonEuropean Lunar X-Ray Camera More Sensitive Than Expected
(26 January 2009) The European C1XS X-ray camera on board India’s Chandrayaan-1 lunar orbiter has detected the presence of magnesium, aluminium and silicon on the Moon during a small solar flare - one of the first of the new solar cycle.
NASA Goddard To Investigate The Stormy Moon
(28 January 2009) NASA's Lunar Science Institute selected a proposal to investigate the sun's influence on the moon submitted by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Lunar Lander Technology Demonstrator Engine Validates Critical Capabilities
(26 January 2009) Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine (CECE) has successfully demonstrated critical capabilities required for NASA's Altair lunar lander.
MarsMars Rover Team Diagnosing Unexpected Behaviour
(28 January 2009) The team operating NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit plans diagnostic tests this week after Spirit did not report some of its weekend activities, including a request to determine its orientation after an incomplete drive.
SaturnNASA Cassini Finds Hydrocarbon Rains May Fill Titan Lakes
(29 January 2009) Recent images of Titan from NASA's Cassini spacecraft affirm the presence of lakes of liquid hydrocarbons by capturing changes in the lakes brought on by rainfall.
Extra-Solar PlanetsAstronomers Observe Planet With Wild Temperature Swings
(28 January 2009) NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has observed a planet that heats up to red-hot temperatures in a matter of hours before quickly cooling back down.
On the Edge of SpaceNASA Seeks Technologies For Testing During Reduced Gravity Flights
(29 January 2009) NASA is looking for new technologies that have potential use in future agency projects which could benefit from testing during flights on an airplane that simulates the weightless conditions of space. The technologies may improve air and space vehicle capabilities and support future systems used in space exploration.
Manned SpaceAstronauts On International Space Station Lose Alarming Amounts Of Hipbone Strength
(26 January 2009) Astronauts spending months in space lose significant bone strength, making them increasingly at risk for fractures later in life.
ATK And NASA Complete Major Milestones For NASA Constellation Program
(26 January 2009) In the last twelve months, Alliant Techsystems has completed several significant milestones for NASA's Constellation program that will set the stage for major flight and ground tests in 2009.
ATK Successfully Conducts NASA Ares I-X Separation Test
(30 January 2009) Alliant Techsystems successfully conducted a full-scale separation of NASA's Ares I-X Forward Skirt Extension at its Promontory facility today.
Lockheed Martin Readies Historic Operations And Checkout Facility For New Orion Spacecraft Integration Work
(26 January 2009) After a two-year, top to bottom renovation, the High Bay Facility of the Operations & Checkout (O&C) Building at NASA’S Kennedy Space Center (KSC) is now ready to begin preparations to build the new Orion crew exploration vehicle – the flagship of NASA’s Constellation Program.
NASA Seeks Concept Proposals For Future Moon Lander
(28 January 2009) On Wednesday, NASA issued a request for proposals for concept definition and requirements analysis support for the Altair lunar lander. Proposals are due to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston by 2 p.m. CST on Feb. 27.
Test In Development Of NASA's New Crew Rocket Is Successful
(30 January 2009) The development of NASA's next-generation crew launch vehicle, the Ares I rocket, took another step forward Thursday as Alliant Techsystems, or ATK, successfully tested a critical piece. ATK conducted a full-scale separation test of the forward skirt extension for the Ares I-X flight test at its facility in Promontory, Utah.
Space TourismSpaceport America and Sweden Announce Sister Spaceport
(30 January 2009) Officials from the New Mexico Spaceport Authority (NMSA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Spaceport Sweden to align with Spaceport America as ‘Sister Spaceports’.
TechnologyAGI and TME Systems Sponsor Singapore Space Challenge 2009
(26 January 2009) AGI, producer of commercial software for integrated analysis of land, sea, air, and space assets, is sponsoring the second Singapore Space Challenge (SSC) along with its business partner in Singapore, TME Systems.
Ecliptic's RocketCam Digital Video Systems Built With Integrity
(27 January 2009) Green Hills Software, Inc., the world leader in secure operating systems, today announced that Ecliptic Enterprises Corporation is using Green Hills Software's Integrity real-time operating system in Ecliptic's next-generation RocketCam Digital Video System (DVS).
Global Trajectory Optimisation Competition
(26 January 2009) Entries are now being welcomed for the 4th Global Trajectory Optimisation Competition.
Launch ServicesA New Ariane 5 Arrives In French Guiana For Its Dual-Satellite Mission To Explore Mysteries Of The Universe
(29 January 2009) Launch vehicle components for Arianespace’s second Ariane 5 flight of 2009 have arrived in French Guiana, allowing preparations to begin for an April mission that will carry two key European space science payloads.
Arianespace Begins Final Payload Integration For Its Year-Opening Ariane 5 Mission
(28 January 2009) Final integration has begun for the multi-satellite payload to be carried on Arianespace’s first Ariane 5 flight of 2009.
Arianespace Takes Delivery Of The Ariane 5 For Its First Launch Of 2009
(27 January 2009) Arianespace’s initial Ariane 5 mission of 2009 has taken another major step closer to its February 12 liftoff with the launch vehicle’s transfer to the Final Assembly Building at Europe’s Spaceport.
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BusinessHughes Signs Broad Sky Networks To Resell HughesNet Business Solutions
(27 January 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that it has signed Broad Sky Networks as an authorized reseller of HughesNet broadband satellite business solutions in the U.S.
EventsNew Satellite Techniques For Looking At Climate Change
(30 January 2009) More than 200 scientists from around the world have attended the week long POLinSAR 2009 workshop hosted at ESRIN, ESA’s Earth Observation centre in Frascati, Italy.
Widespread Interest For The 2nd European CubeSat Workshop
(23 January 2009) The Second European CubeSat Workshop, organised by the ESA Education Office, was held at the European Space Technology and Research Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands from 20 to 22 January 2009.
PeopleArrowhead Names Jason Juranek As Vice President Of Finance
(27 January 2009) Arrowhead Global Solutions, the government services division of CapRock Communications, announced today the addition of Jason D. Juranek to its senior management team as Vice President of Finance.
Raytheon Makes Executive Changes In Space Business
(30 January 2009) William Hart has assumedleadership of the space business of Raytheon Company.
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