25 October 2009SatcomsCom Dev USA Awarded Contract On US Government Program
(21 October 2009) Com Dev USA, LLC, a subsidiary of Com Dev International Ltd., today announced that it has been awarded a contract valued in excess of US$ 7 million to supply passive microwave equipment for a US Government space program.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded US$ 1.6 Million Of Orders For SATCOM High-Power Amplifiers
(20 October 2009) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Melville, New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., has received US$ 1.6 million of orders for high-power amplifiers from a leading provider of aviation electronics and communication systems.
DigitalSkys Launches XipLink Optimised Managed Service Offering
(19 October 2009) Today at the GITEX conference in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, XipLink, the leader in wireless optimisation technology, announced that DigitalSkys has commissioned an additional high value premium managed service offering, utilising XipLink’s core optimisation technology, to typically double throughput for its customers across the Middle East, African and Asian markets that they serve.
Emrise Receives US$ 1.1 Million Production Order For RF Switching Subsystems To Be Used In Satellite Communications Network
(20 October 2009) Emrise Corporation, a multi-national manufacturer of defense and aerospace electronic devices and communications equipment, today announced that it has received a follow-on US$ 1.1 million production order for a number of radio frequency (RF) switching subsystems to be used in satellite communications ground stations for the U.S. military.
EMS Sky Connect Unveils Forte AirMail Communication Service At NBAA
(19 October 2009) Owners and pilots of business aircraft who want unfettered access to e-mail via their BlackBerry smartphones, iPhones and other handheld devices will want to check out demonstrations of the Forté AirMail service, the newest offering from EMS Sky Connect, during the National Business Aircraft Association convention next week.
InSat To Use Newtec Elevation Equipment To Power New Service In Middle East And Central Asia
(21 October 2009) Newtec announced today that InSat GmbH, which has been operating its own hub and related infrastructure in Saarbruecken, Germany, since 2000, has selected Newtec’s equipment for a new project in the Middle East and Central Asia.
Iridium Mobile Satellite Communications Services To Be Offered In Mexico
(21 October 2009) Iridium Communications Inc. announces that its subsidiary Iridium Comunicaciones de Mexico SAPI de CV ("Iridium Mexico") has received all necessary authorizations to operate, provide and sell mobile satellite services (MSS) in Mexico.
Midcoast Aviation And Savannah Air Center Appointed Resellers For ViaSat Aviation Mobile Broadband Systems
(16 October 2009) ViaSat Inc. has appointed Midcoast Aviation and Savannah Air Center as value added resellers for its airborne mobile broadband terminals for business and commercial aircraft.
Newtec To Strengthen Middle East Presence With MOU Signing And Announcement Of MENOS Network Extension During Royal Visit
(20 October 2009) Newtec is to sign a major Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) with Arabsat next Sunday October 25 in the Chamber of Commerce in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which will be witnessed by HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium as part of his Royal visit to the Kingdom.
Nynex Upgrades iDirect Evolution Network To Meet Growing Enterprise Demand For DVB-S2 Service
(19 October 2009) VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), today announced that Nynex Network Solutions (Nynex), a leading satellite network operator headquartered in Germany, has expanded its DVB-S2 broadband satellite service to accommodate growing business demand.
SAT Corporation Partners With ViaSat To Provide Signal Monitoring And Interference Detection
(21 October 2009) Integral Systems, Inc. today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, SAT Corporation, has been chosen to provide Satellite Monitoring and Interference Detection capability to broadband gateway earth stations from ViaSat Inc. for the previously announced high-capacity KA-SAT Ka-band satellite system.
ViaSat And Innotech Aviation Complete First Ku-Band High-Speed Broadband Service Installation On The Global Express XRS
(20 October 2009) ViaSat Inc and Innotech Aviation, a newly appointed ViaSat airborne terminal reseller, have successfully completed the first installation of ViaSat’s high-speed broadband terminal on a Bombardier Global Express XRS aircraft.
BroadcastNHK World TV Chooses AsiaSat 3S To Enhance Distribution In Asia Pacific
(20 October 2009) Asia’s leading satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) today announced that Japan International Broadcasting Inc. (JIB), a subsidiary of NHK Japan Broadcasting Corporation has signed a contract to deliver a free to air English language news and information channel, NHK World TV, through AsiaSat’s C-band full transponder MCPC (Multiple Channels per Carrier) platform on AsiaSat 3S.
TV3 Renews Commitment To MEASAT-3
(19 October 2009) MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) announced today it had signed an agreement Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad (“TV3”) to extend its contract for the distribution of the TV3 channel on the MEASAT-3 satellite for a further five years.
Earth ObservationBAE Systems Equipment Controls, Powers Worldview-2 Satellite Mission
(15 October 2009) ,BAE Systems equipment is governing command and control functions and providing electric power aboard DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite.
Ball Aerospace-Built Worldview-2 Satellite Reveals First Images
(22 October 2009) The first images taken by the WorldView-2 remote-sensing satellite designed and built by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for DigitalGlobe were released on October 20 - just 11 days after the satellite's successful launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Com Dev Begins Work On US$ 12 Million Civil Space Program
(20 October 2009) Com Dev International Ltd., a leading manufacturer of space hardware subsystems, today announced that it has been appointed to begin major subsystem development and manufacturing work for a civil space satellite.
NASA Satellite Laser Marks Two Billion 'Served'
(20 October 2009) An Earth observing satellite that provides new insight into the role that clouds and atmospheric aerosols play in regulating weather, climate, and air quality has hit its target two billion times.
PCI Geomatics Delivers An Automated Image Processing System To COTESA In Support Of MGCP Requirements
(15 October 2009) PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, is pleased to announce that it has successfully delivered an operational automated system for the orthorectification, pansharpening and mosaicking of large volumes of satellite imagery to COTESA, a privately held GIS company based in Valladolid, Spain.
RapidEye Extends Their U.S. Distributor Network With Spatial Energy
(20 October 2009) RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today they have entered into a new strategic partnership agreement with Spatial Energy to be one of their U.S. distributors providing RapidEye with access to the energy business.
NavigationL-3 Telemetry-West To Provide Satellite Test Software Solution For Lockheed Martin’s GPS III C3 M Program
(22 October 2009) L-3 Telemetry-West (L-3 TW), a division of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (LMSSC) to supply a Command, Control, Communications, and Monitor (C3M) system used in factory testing on the GPS III Program.
TrackingU.S. Coast Guard Approves Iridium-Based CLS Thorium Terminal For Long-Range Identification And Tracking
(16 October 2009) Collecte Localisation Satellites (CLS) and Iridium Communications Inc. announce that the U.S. Coast Guard has type-approved the CLS Thorium terminal for Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT).
Military SpaceLockheed Martin Team Conducts Major Compatibility Test Of First Mobile User Objective System Satellite
(19 October 2009) Lockheed Martin has demonstrated the interface compatibility of the first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite's dual legacy and next-generation Ultra High Frequency (UHF) communications payloads with ground user test terminals.
Overwatch Shipboard Satellite Communications Solutions Selected For Yahsat System
(16 October 2009) Overwatch, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced that its Communications Systems business has been selected by Astrium Limited of the United Kingdom to provide satellite communications (SATCOM) solutions in support of Yahsat.
Rockwell Collins Awarded US$ 52.3 Million Contract To Provide AEHF Satellite Communications Terminals To Canadian Department Of National Defense
(21 October 2009) Rockwell Collins has been selected to provide Extended Data Rate (XDR) International Partners Variant (IPV) Single Channel Anti-jam Manportable (SCAMP) terminals to the Canadian Department of National Defense (DND) for use with the U.S. Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellites.
Ultralife Corporation Receives US$ 20 Million SATCOM-On-The-Move System Order
(20 October 2009) Ultralife Corporation has received an order valued at approximately US$ 20 million for its SATCOM-On-The-Move systems from a U.S. defense contractor under its Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for use in a variety of military vehicles unrelated to the MRAP All Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) program.
MoonTeams Win At NASA National Lunar Robotics Competition
(19 October 2009) Nineteen teams pushed their robot competitors to the limit, and three teams claimed a total of US$ 750,000 in NASA prizes at this year's Regolith Excavation Challenge on Oct. 18.
CometsLast Visit Home For ESA’s Comet Chaser
(20 October 2009) ESA's Rosetta comet chaser will swing by Earth on 13 November to pick up orbital energy and begin the final leg of its 10-year journey to the outer Solar System.
Extra-Solar PlanetsAstronomers Do It Again: Find Organic Molecules Around Gas Planet
(20 October 2009) Peering far beyond our solar system, NASA researchers have detected the basic chemistry for life in a second hot gas planet, advancing astronomers toward the goal of being able to characterize planets where life could exist.
32 New Exoplanets Found
(19 October 2009) Today, at an international ESO/CAUP exoplanet conference in Porto, the team who built the High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher, better known as HARPS, the spectrograph for ESO's 3.6-metre telescope, reports on the incredible discovery of some 32 new exoplanets, cementing HARPS's position as the world’s foremost exoplanet hunter.
Manned SpaceFrom Charité Into Space: Thermolab Experiment Starts On The ISS
(15 October 2009) New sensor facilitates measurement of internal body temperature
Mitsubishi Electric To Supply PLS Components For Orbital Sciences Corporation For NASA International Space Station Re-supply Programs
(22 October 2009) Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, announced today it has agreed with Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital) to supply Proximity Link System (PLS) components that will guide Orbital's Cygnus Spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) on nine re-supply missions for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
NASA's Ares I-X Rocket Arrives At Launch Pad In Florida
(20 October 2009) For the first time in more than a quarter century, a new vehicle is sitting at Launch Pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Roll Out Of Ares I-X Marks Major Milestone For ATK And NASA
(20 October 2009) Alliant Techsystems and NASA made history today as the Ares I-X rocket rolled to the launch pad, marking the first time in more than 25 years a new vehicle has left the Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center.
Volunteers Wanted For Simulated 520-Day Mars Mission
(20 October 2009) Starting in 2010, an international crew of six will simulate a 520-day round-trip to Mars, including a 30-day stay on the Martian surface.
TechnologyNASA Selects 18 University Proposals For Steckler Space Grants
(21 October 2009) NASA has chosen 18 proposals from universities around the country to receive up to US$ 70,000 for Phase One of the NASA Ralph Steckler Space Grant Colonization Research and Technology Development Opportunity.
Technology TransferMore Efficient Solar Power With Space Technology
(16 October 2009) A new system from an Italian company uses weather satellite data to estimate the potential of solar cell power plants and monitor their performance.
Launch ServicesFinal Look At ESA’s SMOS And Proba-2 satellites
(21 October 2009) As preparations for the launch of SMOS and Proba-2 continue on schedule, the engineers and technicians at the Russian launch site say goodbye as both satellites are encapsulated within the half-shells of the Rockot fairing.
Nation's Newest USAF Environmental Satellite Launched
(18 October 2009) The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) F-18 Block 5D-3 spacecraft, built under contract for the U.S. Air Force by Lockheed Martin, was launched this morning from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. at 9:12 am PDT.
Payload Installation Is Underway For Arianespace’s Sixth Ariane 5 Mission Of 2009
(20 October 2009) Payload integration of Arianespace’s sixth Ariane 5 for launch in 2009 has begun at the Spaceport, with the mission’s lower payload – Thor 6 for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting – now installed atop the heavy-lift vehicle.
Payload Integration Is Completed With NSS-12 And Thor 6 For Ariane 5’s Next Mission
(22 October 2009) The Ariane 5 for Arianespace’s October 29 mission is now complete following the installation of its second payload – the NSS-12 satellite for telecommunications operator SES World Skies.
SpaceX Successfully Completes First Stage 9-Engine Rocket Firing
(21 October 2009) Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) successfully conducted two static firings of the first stage, nine engine cluster for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
United Launch Alliance 600th Atlas Mission Successfully Launches DMSP F18
(18 October 2009) Adding to the Atlas rocket program's accomplished five decade legacy, a United Launch Alliance Atlas V successfully launched the U.S. Air Force's Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F18 (DMSP F18) mission from Space Launch Complex-3 here at 9:12 a.m. PDT, today.
LaunchesDMSP 5D-3 F18
BusinessBAE Systems Opens New Melbourne, Florida Office To Serve The Space Coast
(20 October 2009) BAE Systems has relocated its Space Coast Operations from Satellite Beach to Melbourne and begun hiring additional employees.
NASA And Starfighters Make Agreement On Shuttle Runway Use
(22 October 2009) NASA and Starfighters, Inc., of Tarpon Springs, Fla., are partnering to use the space shuttle runway at Kennedy Space Center to help support the development of the commercial space industry.
Products and ServicesAvago Technologies Introduces Industry’s First DC-80 GHz Travelling Wave Amplifier For Microwave Radio Systems And Satellite VSAT Applications
(21 October 2009) Avago Technologies, a leading supplier of analogue interface components for communications, industrial and consumer applications, today introduced the industry’s first ultra broadband travelling wave amplifier (TWA) for high-speed digital communications applications that operate in the 30KHz to 80GHz frequency band.
Satcom Direct Launches SD Flight Tracker
(19 October 2009) Satcom Direct, a leading innovator of satellite voice, fax, datalink, and Internet communications solutions, announces the launch of SD Flight Tracker, a global flight tracking solution that provides live aircraft position and satellite system status, expanding the functionality of Satcom Direct's FlightDeck Freedom service.
Vizada Puts Sea Crew At The Helm With New Prepaid Communications Service
(21 October 2009) Vizada, the leading independent satellite communications provider, has launched SkyFile Mail 7.5 – the latest update to its email service for crew members to use on board ship.
EventsThe Ambitions Of Europe In Space
(19 October 2009) A conference on ‘The Ambitions of Europe in Space’ on 15 and 16 October brought together members of the European Parliament, Council, European Commission, agencies, industry, research entities, operators, financing institutions as well as interested people from the media and public.
PeopleOrbit Fortifies Global Market position; Appoints William Thompson New Marine Satcom Sales Director For The Americas
(20 October 2009) Orbit Technologies, a recognized world leader in the development of advanced solutions for stabilized mobile satellite communications and tracking antennas announces the appointment of William (Bill) Thompson as its new Marine Satcom Sales Director for the Americas.
PCI Geomatics Announces Key Executive Appointment In USA
(20 October 2009) PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Hollis to the position of President and CEO of PCI Geomatics Corporation (USA).
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