15 November 2009Free ContentHylas Payload Shipped To India
(6 November 2009) Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, is steadily moving towards completion.
Climate Studies To Benefit From 12 Years Of Satellite Aerosol Data
(10 November 2009) Aerosols, very small particles suspended in the air, play an important role in the global climate balance and in regulating climate change.
Iridium Provides Data Links For Underwater Monitoring Systems Being Deployed By Fastwave For Chevron Offshore Gas Project In Australia
(11 November 2009) Fastwave Communications has received a contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to supply a water quality monitoring system for the Gorgon offshore gas project based on Iridium satellite data links provided by Iridium Communications Inc.
Exoplanets Clue To Sun's Curious Chemistry
(11 November 2009) A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing “lithium mystery” observed in the Sun to the presence of planetary systems.
Rosetta Bound For Outer Solar System After Final Earth Swingby
(13 November 2009) This morning, mission controllers confirmed that ESA’s comet chaser Rosetta had swung by Earth at 8:45 CET as planned, skimming past our planet to pick up a gravitational boost for an epic journey to rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014.
SatcomsARINC Completes Integration And Testing Of New Feature-Rich Broadband On First Boeing Business Jet
(11 November 2009) ARINC Incorporated today announced it has completed the first integration and testing of eXchange with Service by SKYLink on a Boeing Business Jet (BBJ), the world’s largest production business jet.
C-Com Signs Reseller Agreement With Telespazio Argentina
(10 November 2009) C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. the leading global provider of mobile auto-deploying satellite antenna systems announced today that it has signed an agreement with Telespazio Argentina S.A., a member of the Space Alliance between Finmeccanica and Thales to resell its iNetVu Mobile antenna systems in South America and other parts of the world.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives US$ 1.2 Million Order For Satellite Modems To Support Cellular Backhaul In Africa
(10 November 2009) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a US$ 1.2 million order for satellite modems.
CSC/DVS Signs Distribution Agreement For Intelsat’s Global Maritime Solution
(11 November 2009) Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced the signing of a multi-year distribution agreement with Corporate Satellite Communications (CSC/DVS) for Intelsat’s Network Broadband Global Maritime service.
GlobaFone Wins GSA Schedule 70 Contract
(10 November 2009) GlobaFone, a leading provider of global satellite communications systems, has been awarded GSA contract number GS-35F-0074W within the Schedule 70 program.
Hylas Payload Shipped To India
(6 November 2009) Hylas, a flexible, broadband Ka-band satellite, is steadily moving towards completion.
Intelsat's Satellite And Teleport Network To Provide Communications Infrastructure For Gilat Satcom's African Business
(10 November 2009) Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced that Gilat Satcom Ltd. signed multi-year renewal and expansion deals with Intelsat, securing capacity and teleport services that will increase and enhance Gilat Satcom's offerings for its domestic networks and broadband services to its customers in Africa.
Iridium Provides Data Links For Underwater Monitoring Systems Being Deployed By Fastwave For Chevron Offshore Gas Project In Australia
(11 November 2009) Fastwave Communications has received a contract from Chevron Australia Pty Ltd to supply a water quality monitoring system for the Gorgon offshore gas project based on Iridium satellite data links provided by Iridium Communications Inc.
More Contract Wins For Avanti
(9 November 2009) Avanti Communications Group plc, the broadband satellite operator, is pleased to announce three contract wins which will help it to deliver the government's required Universal Service Commitment under the Digital Britain project.
MPC Steamship Deploys FleetBroadband From Stratos
(11 November 2009) Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has successfully deployed the Inmarsat FleetBroadband mobile broadband satellite service for MPC Steamship, a fast-growing commercial shipping company managing 17 container vessels and bulk carriers.
Satlynx And Arabsat Deliver Critical Satellite Network For Central Bank Of Iraq
(8 November 2009) Satlynx, a GE company and leading provider of satellite telecommunications, has teamed up with Arabsat the largest Middle-East satellite operator, to deliver a fully redundant satellite network that will provide the foundations of a new extensive communications platform for the Central Bank of Iraq.
West Midlands Ambulance Service Demonstrates Capabilities Of New Mobile Emergency Operations Centre
(12 November 2009) West Midlands Ambulance Service Trust has added a new rapid response incident command vehicle to its fleet.
BroadcastClear Channel Satellite Adds Oklahoma News Network (ONN) To The X-Digital System
(11 November 2009) Clear Channel Satellite, a division of CC Media Holdings, Inc., announced today the addition of Oklahoma News Network (ONN) to the X-Digital system.
MYtv Selects Intelsat Capacity For Its DTH Launch In The Ukraine
(10 November 2009) Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced that MYtv has chosen Intelsat for a multi-year capacity contract to deliver its MYtv DTH platform to subscribers throughout the Ukraine over the Thor 6 satellite located at 1º W.
RRsat Chosen By Kidsco To Transmit Channel Over Australia
(9 November 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 it has been chosen by KidsCo, a joint venture channel owned by leading media companies NBC Universal, Corus Entertainment Inc. (Nelvana) and Cookie Jar Group, to provide playout to Australia.
Earth ObservationClimate Studies To Benefit From 12 Years Of Satellite Aerosol Data
(10 November 2009) Aerosols, very small particles suspended in the air, play an important role in the global climate balance and in regulating climate change.
exactEarth Signs First Major Agreement To Provide Space-Based AIS Data
(10 November 2009) exactEarth Ltd., a subsidiary of Com Dev International Ltd., today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with a non-government entity to provide its exactAIS service.
Harris Corporation Completes Major Review For GOES-R Satellite Ground Segment Contract
(9 November 2009) Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, successfully completed the first milestone in a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) program that will process 40 times more data than is possible today, and deliver weather images to more than 10,000 direct users.
RapidEye To Provide Imagery For USGS
(10 November 2009) RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that they have penned a contract with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to image a substantial portion of the state of Colorado.
NavigationTopcon Announces New Partnership With Aerotec, LLC
(10 November 2009) Aerotec, LLC has created an electric power transmission right-of-way vegetation management application to run on Topcon's GRS-1 hand-held GPS receiver.
Topcon IP-S2 Demonstration At Rocket City Geospatial Conference
(10 November 2009) Topcon Positioning Systems' (TPS) new IP-S2 3D mobile mapping system will be on display for a special ‘Ride & Drive' exhibit at the Rocket City Geospatial Conference on Tuesday, November 17.
Topcon To Provide 90 Additional GPS Reference Stations For The Japanese CORS GEONET
(10 November 2009) Topcon has received an order for 90 GPS receivers from the Geographical Survey Institute (GSI), an affiliate of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT).
Military SpaceCom Dev USA Awarded US Government Satellite Contract
(11 November 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 provide passive microwave equipment for a US Government space program.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives US$ 7.6 Million Of Movement Tracking System Orders
(12 November 2009) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received orders totalling US$ 7.6 million under its Movement Tracking System, or MTS contract, with the U.S. Army.
General Dynamics Achieves Satellite Ground System Milestone For U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System
(9 November 2009) A team led by General Dynamics C4 Systems has successfully completed the second of three incremental ground segment tests for the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), the U.S. military's next-generation narrowband satellite communications system.
Gilat Chosen By Asian Government Defense Agency To Provide A Turnkey Broadband Communications Solution
(10 November 2009) Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. today announced that it has received a multi-million dollar contract from a government defense agency in Asia, to deliver a turnkey broadband communications solution.
Globecomm Systems Awarded US$ 17.7 Million U.S. Government Agency Contract To Provide Global SATCOM On-The-Move Communications
(10 November 2009) Globecomm Systems Inc., a leading global provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services, announced today that the Company has been awarded a contract from a U.S. Government Agency under the Commercial SATCOM Terminal Program (CSTP) which is part of the Project Manager (PM) Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) and Program Executive Office: Command, Control and Communications Tactical (PEO C3T) under the World Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) Program to provide global SATCOM On-The Move (OTM) communications.
ScienceESA Spacecraft May Help Unravel Cosmic Mystery
(12 November 2009) When Europe's comet chaser Rosetta swings by Earth tomorrow for a critical gravity assist, tracking data will be collected to precisely measure the satellite's change in orbital energy.
Galaxies'Dropouts' Pinpoint Earliest Galaxies
(6 November 2009) Astronomers, conducting the broadest survey to date of galaxies from about 800 million years after the Big Bang, have found 22 early galaxies and confirmed the age of one by its characteristic hydrogen signature at 787 million years post Big Bang.
Black HolesSwift, XMM-Newton Satellites Tune Into A Middleweight Black Hole
(10 November 2009) While astronomers have studied lightweight and heavyweight black holes for decades, the evidence for black holes with intermediate masses has been much harder to come by.
SunA Bubbling Ball Of Gas
(11 November 2009) The Sun is a bubbling mass.
MoonDevelopment Of The ESMO Student Moon Satellite Gets Under Way
(6 November 2009) ESA's Education Office has awarded a contract to Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd of the UK to manage the development and testing of the first European student mission to the Moon.
Shooting For The Moon: ANSYS Sponsors Astrobotic Technology
(9 November 2009) ANSYS, Inc., a global innovator of simulation software and technologies designed to optimize product development processes, today announced that it has become an official sponsor of Astrobotic Technology Inc.’s Tranquility Trek mission, which involves developing a rocket-launched robot as part of the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition.
MarsNASA To Begin Attempts To Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover
(12 November 2009) NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.
AsteroidsAsteroid Explorer "HAYABUSA" Ion Engine Anomaly
(9 November 2009) On November 4th (Wed., Japan Standard Time), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency identified that one of the main ion engines (Thruster D) aboard the Asteroid Explorer "HAYABUSA" had autonomously stopped detecting a high neutralizer voltage owing to degradation.
CometsRosetta Approach On Schedule
(6 November 2009) After the trajectory correction manoeuvre on 22 October, Rosetta has lined up on a near-perfect Earth approach path.
Rosetta Bound For Outer Solar System After Final Earth Swingby
(13 November 2009) This morning, mission controllers confirmed that ESA’s comet chaser Rosetta had swung by Earth at 8:45 CET as planned, skimming past our planet to pick up a gravitational boost for an epic journey to rendezvous with comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014.
Extra-Solar PlanetsExoplanets Clue To Sun's Curious Chemistry
(11 November 2009) A ground-breaking census of 500 stars, 70 of which are known to host planets, has successfully linked the long-standing “lithium mystery” observed in the Sun to the presence of planetary systems.
Manned SpaceAerojet Awarded NASA Contract For Unique LOX-Hydrogen Deep Throttling Injector Development
(12 November 2009) Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced today that it has been awarded a NASA MSFC contract to continue the innovative multi-circuit liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen injector development.
Emcore Corporation Awarded Solar Panel Manufacturing Contract From Dutch Space
(12 November 2009) Emcore Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fibre optic and solar power markets, announced today that the Company has been awarded a contract by Dutch Space of Leiden, The Netherlands to manufacture, test, and deliver the solar panels to power the Cygnus spacecraft being developed by Orbital Sciences Corporation for NASA's Commercial Resupply Service (CRS) project.
Inventors To Compete For US$ 400,000 In NASA Astronaut Glove Challenge
(12 November 2009) Reporters and the public are invited to attend the 2009 Astronaut Glove Challenge on Nov. 19 at the Astronaut Hall of Fame in Titusville, Fla., near NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Kinesix Software Plays Vital Role In Recent Test Launch For Moon/Mars Mission
(9 November 2009) Kinesix Software is pleased to announce that its Sammi graphical user interface (GUI) software was used by Aerospace Corporation for the October 28 launch of Ares I-X.
TechnologyNASA And Spaceward Foundation Award Prize Money For Successful Wireless Power Demonstration
(9 November 2009) NASA has awarded US$ 900,000 in prize money to a Seattle company that successfully demonstrated new wireless energy beaming technology which could one day be used to help power a "space elevator."
Seeing Stars, Proba-2 Platform Passes Its First Health Check
(11 November 2009) Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health.
Launch ServicesArianespace's First Two Soyuz Launchers On Their Way To French Guiana
(7 November 2009) The first two Soyuz launchers have left Russia for the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana (northern part of South America).
Assembly Of Soyuz’ Mobile Gantry Is Now Underway At The Spaceport
(12 November 2009) The new Soyuz operating base in French Guiana is entering final preparations for Arianespace’s inauguration of commercial missions next year, with the facility’s launch pad undergoing final outfitting and acceptance, and assembly now underway for its mobile gantry.
International Launch Services And Sirius XM Radio Announce Contract For Launch Of The XM-5 Satellite In 2010
(10 November 2009) International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, and Sirius XM Radio, America's satellite radio company, today announced a contract for the launch of the XM-5 satellite on an ILS Proton.
Lockheed Martin Ready For Launch Of Intelsat 14 Spacecraft
(11 November 2009) Lockheed Martin is in the final stages of preparation for Saturday’s launch of a commercial telecommunications satellite for Intelsat, the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, aboard an Atlas V booster provided by United Launch Alliance.
Shipment Of First Two Soyuz To French Guiana Readies Arianespace For The Growth Of Its Launch Vehicle Family
(7 November 2009) This evening’s shipment of the first two Soyuz vehicles from Russia to the Spaceport in French Guiana brings Arianespace one step closer to the next major expansion of its growing commercial launcher family.
LaunchesPoisk Mini Research Module 2BusinessInternational Datacasting Corporation Plans To Acquire Logic Innovations Digital Video And Data Broadcast Product Lines
(9 November 2009) International Datacasting Corporation ("IDC"), a leader in advanced solutions for satellite distribution of broadband multimedia content, announced today that it has entered into a non-binding term sheet to acquire select product lines and related technology from San Diego-based Logic Innovations, LLC ("Logic Innovations").
Sea Launch Secures Financing For Continued Operations
(11 November 2009) Sea Launch Company, LLC, a leading provider of launch services to the commercial satellite industry, has received interim approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware on its motion to secure up to US$ 12.5 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing from Space Launch Services, LLC.
XipLink Enhances Its Sales Effort In Africa By Announcing STS Communications As A Value Added Distributor
(10 November 2009) Today at the Africa Com conference in Cape Town, South Africa, XipLink, the technology leader in wireless optimization announced STS Communications (PTY) Ltd. as the latest addition to its global network of Value Added Distributors.
EventsMoscow Hosts 10th Meeting Of Intersputnik Operations Committee
(11 November 2009) Attended by the delegations of Intersputnik Signatories, the 10th meeting of the Operations Committee was held in Moscow on November 10-11, 2009 on the invitation of the Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) – Intersputnik Signatory from Russia.
PeopleEMS Technologies Announces Management Change
(11 November 2009) EMS Technologies, Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors and Paul B. Domorski have agreed that Mr. Domorski is leaving the position of President and Chief Executive Officer, which he has held since 2006.
Former Air Force Commander Joins SpaceX
(9 November 2009) Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) announces that Colonel Scott Henderson has joined the company.
Stephen Gibson Appointed Commercial Director Of SSTL
(11 November 2009) Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has appointed Stephen Gibson Commercial Director effective 1st November with responsibility for contracts, sub-contracts, regulatory and insurance activities.
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