8 February 2009
SatcomsAdvantech Satellite Networks And O3b Networks Announce Technology Partnership For Cellular Backhaul, Maritime And Defence Sectors
(6 February 2009) Advantech Satellite Networks announces it has entered into a technology partnership with O3b Networks, Ltd, a newly established satellite operator headquartered in Jersey, Channel Islands.
Astrium And Thales Alenia Space Partners Of Arabsat For Two More Satellites
(4 February 2009) Arabsat has selected the consortium of Astrium and Thales Alenia Space to build and deliver in orbit two new satellites, Arabsat 5C and Arabsat 6B.
Avanti Contract Win In France
(4 February 2009) Avanti Communications Group plc, the broadband satellite operator, has signed a contract to supply wholesale broadband services to Parabolica S.A. of France. Parabolica is a major supplier of satellite systems throughout Europe.
Avanti Contract Win In Spain
(3 February 2009) Avanti Communications Group plc, the broadband satellite operator, has signed a contract to supply wholesale broadband services to Digisat Media S.A of Spain.
CapRock Communications Selects SES New Skies’ NSS-7
(2 February 2009) SES New Skies, an SES company announces that CapRock Communications, a global provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, has contracted 18 MHz of C-Band capacity on the NSS-7 satellite at 338 degrees East.
Gazprom And Thales Alenia Space Signed The Contract For Manufacturing 2 Yamal-400 Communications Satellites
(5 February 2009) Today in Gazprom headquarters, Dmitry Sevastiyanov, Director General of Gazprom Space Systems, and Reynald Seznec, CEO of Thales Alenia Space, signed the contract for manufacturing and delivering two Yamal-400 new generation communications satellites.
International Datacasting Corporation Selected By Arqiva As Technology Partner For Major European Digital Cinema Network
(5 February 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 received an initial order from Arqiva Satellite & Media for infrastructure to support its development of a new pan-European digital cinema satellite network.
Nepal Telecom Chooses Gilat SkyEdge Satellite Network For Cellular Backhaul, Telephony, And Broadband Data Connectivity Nationwide
(3 February 2009) Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. today announced it has been selected by Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL), a leading telecommunications consultancy and engineering company, to provide Nepal Telecom (Nepal Doorsanchar Nigam Ltd.) with a SkyEdge broadband satellite communications network covering hundreds of sites.
Quake Global To Provide Satellite Modems for PeopleNet’s Dual-Mode Wireless-Satellite Communications Solution
(2 February 2009) Quake Global, Inc., a leading manufacturer of satellite modems for the trucking and heavy equipment industries, announced today that PeopleNet has chosen Quake Global to provide satellite communicators for its new Dual-Mode asset tracking, communication, and management system.
Spacenet Helps H-E-B Deliver Disaster Relief Assistance To Hurricane-Stricken Communities
(2 February 2009) Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. and one of the world's leading providers of satellite networking solutions, announced that H-E-B, one of the nations largest independently owned food retailers, deployed Spacenet's high-performance Connexstar satellite services to provide an emergency communication network in support of disaster-relief efforts during severe weather conditions.
Stratos Successfully Deploys FleetBroadband For Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement
(2 February 2009) Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has successfully completed an Inmarsat FleetBroadband field trial with Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement.
BroadcastCiel-2 Satellite Now Operational
(5 February 2009) The Ciel Satellite Group today announced that its first communications satellite, Ciel-2, has completed all in-orbit testing and has now entered commercial service at the 129 degrees West Longitude orbital position.
International News Channel France 24 Chooses AsiaSat 2 for Asia
(2 February 2009) Asia's leading satellite operator, Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) and leading international news channel France 24 announced today the signing of a contract to distribute France 24’s English language 24-hour international news channel across the Asia-Pacific region through AsiaSat 2’s powerful C-band platform at SatLink Communications.
Thaicom To Transmit Next Step Programs Seven TV Channels Valued At US$ 6.68 million
(3 February 2009) Thaicom Public Company Limited, Asia’s leading commercial satellite operator and the operator of the IPstar satellite broadband system, today revealed the Company has signed a contract with Real Metro Company Limited for capacity on the Thaicom-5 satellite platform to transmit its seven television channels under the production and operation of Next Step Company Limited “Next Step”, its subsidiary.
Earth ObservationCom Dev Awarded Contract To Continue Work On The Radarsat Constellation
(5 February 2009) Com Dev International Ltd. today announced that it has been awarded a Cdn$ 5.4 million contract to begin work on Phase B of the Canadian Space Agency's Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM).
GeoEye Announces The Start Of Commercial Operations For Its GeoEye-1 Earth-Imaging Satellite
(5 February 2009) GeoEye, Inc. , a premier provider of satellite and aerial-based geospatial information, announced today the start of commercial operations for its new GeoEye-1 Earth-imaging satellite.
MDA Delivers RapidEye Information Solution
(4 February 2009) MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today it has successfully delivered the RapidEye information solution to its customer, RapidEye AG in Germany, thereby enabling commencement of commercial operations.
NASA Carbon Mission To Improve Future Climate Change Predictions
(5 February 2009) Recent years have seen an increase in record-setting events related to climate change.
Raytheon Submits Final Proposal For NOAA's Environmental Satellite Ground Segment
(6 February 2009) Raytheon Company has submitted its final proposal for the development of the ground segment for NOAA's (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R series, known as GOES-R.
With Testing Completed, RapidEye Is “Open For Business”
(4 February 2009) RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate their own satellite constellation, announced today that their system has successfully completed all post-launch testing and calibration activities, and is now ready to take on commercial operations.
NavigationNorthrop Grumman Prototype Ground Control System Successfully Controls GPS Test Satellite
(2 February 2009) Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated command and control of a Global Positioning System (GPS) IIR-M satellite using its Next Generation Operational Control Segment (OCX) engineering model.
TrackingIron Dog Racers Safer With Iridium-Enabled Tracking Technology
(6 February 2009) Competitors in the gruelling Tesoro Iron Dog snowmobile race will be in sight at all times during their 1,971 mile competition across the Alaskan wilderness, thanks to an Iridium-enabled tracking system supplied by World Communication Center (WCC).
Modootel Endorses SkyWave LRIT System
(2 February 2009) Modootel Ltd., a key supplier of satellite communication equipment and services in South Korea, today announces their support of SkyWave DMR-800LRIT terminal and the SkyWave Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system.
Military SpaceBoeing Ships 2nd Wideband Global SATCOM Satellite To Launch Site
(4 February 2009) Boeing today announced that it has shipped the second in a series of new, high-capacity military communications satellites to Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida, where it will be readied for a March launch.
Boeing SBSS System Progressing Toward 1st Launch
(5 February 2009) The Boeing Company has successfully completed initial satellite testing and has demonstrated end-to-end mission functionality of the ground and space systems of the integrated Space Based Space Surveillance (SBSS) system.
Communications And Power Industries Receives US$ 13 Million In Follow-On Orders To Support WIN-T Military Communications Program
(5 February 2009) Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI) has received an approximately US$ 13 million follow-on award from General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies to support Increment One of the U.S. Army's Warfighter Information Network Tactical (WIN-T) program.
Upgraded Early Warning Radar In Greenland Achieves Satellite Tracking In Record Time
(4 February 2009) Raytheon Company's Upgraded Early Warning Radar (UEWR) at Thule Air Base, Greenland, has achieved a significant milestone on its path toward operational status, successfully tracking its first satellite in an operational space surveillance mission configuration.
AstrophysicsNorthrop Grumman Cryocooler Technology Achieves New Breakthrough, Enabling Improved Data For Future Astrophysics Missions
(4 February 2009) Cryocooler technology developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation will enable significant improvements in data collection by the next generation of astrophysics missions, such as the International X-ray Observatory (IXO).
AstronomyGMTO Corporation Founders' Agreement
(6 February 2009) The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) Corporation is pleased to announce that nine astronomical research organizations from three continents have signed the Founders’ Agreement to construct and operate the 25-meter Giant Magellan Telescope at Las Campanas Observatory in the Andes Mountains of Chile.
Nanotechnology Makes Supertelescopes Much More Sensitive
(2 February 2009) Nanotechnologist ir. Chris Lodewijk has succeeded in significantly increasing the sensitivity of the new supertelescopes in Chile.
Space Engineers From India Work With University Of Leicester For First National Astronomy Satellite
(4 February 2009) India's first national Astronomy satellite- Astrosat- is to have key components assembled by the University of Leicester.
StarsAstronomers Spot Cosmic Dust Fountain
(5 February 2009) Space dust annoys astronomers just as much as the household variety when it interferes with their observations of distant stars. And yet space dust also poses one of the great mysteries of astronomy.
Subaru Head Count of Low-mass Stars in W3 Main
(29 January 2009) The number of stars in the Universe is staggering. Because there are billions of stars in each galaxy and there are billions of galaxies, the total number is hard to comprehend.
GalaxiesInfant Galaxies - Small And Hyperactive
(5 February 2009) Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy detect that stars were forming at record speeds in the small core region of an infant galaxy
Black HolesAstronomers Discover Link Between Supermassive Black Holes And Galaxy Formation
(2 February 2009) A pair of astronomers from Texas and Germany have used a telescope at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory together with Hubble Space Telescope and many other telescopes around the world to uncover new evidence that the largest, most massive galaxies in the universe and the supermassive black holes at their hearts grew together over time.
MoonAstronomers Will Train MMT Telescope On Moon During 2009 Impact
(6 February 2009) Astronomers will use the powerful University of Arizona/Smithsonian MMT Observatory on Mount Hopkins, Ariz., to search for lunar water ice when NASA fires a 2-ton rocket into a polar crater on the moon later this year.
NASA Selects Teams For Moon Impact Observation Campaign
(2 February 2009) NASA has selected four teams to observe the impact of the Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, with the lunar surface during the mission's search for water ice on the moon.
MarsNASA And Google Launch Virtual Exploration Of Mars
(2 February 2009) NASA and Google announced Monday the release of a new Mars mode in Google Earth that brings to everyone's desktop a high-resolution, three-dimensional view of the Red Planet.
North Wales Company On Mission To Mars
(2 February 2009) From its world-class laboratories at St Asaph's Technium OpTIC, LML is using its laser micromachining expertise to produce a critical element which will help to measure the wind speed and direction on the dusty red planet.
SaturnRadio Astronomers Detect Water Maser Emission From The Saturnian System
(5 February 2009) The presence of water has long been seen as a key condition for life in planetary environments.
AsteroidsPowerful New Technique To Measure Asteroids' Sizes And Shapes
(4 February 2009) A team of French and Italian astronomers have devised a new method for measuring the size and shape of asteroids that are too small or too far away for traditional techniques, increasing the number of asteroids that can be measured by a factor of several hundred.
Extra-Solar PlanetsCOROT Discovers Smallest Exoplanet Yet, With A Surface To Walk On
(3 February 2009) COROT has found the smallest terrestrial planet ever detected outside the Solar System.
Manned SpaceShuttle Discovery Launch Now No Earlier Than Feb. 19
(3 February 2009) During a review of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight, NASA managers decided Tuesday to plan a launch no earlier than Feb. 19.
TechnologyNASA And Caltech Test Steep-Terrain Rover
(4 February 2009) Engineers from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and students at the California Institute of Technology have designed and tested a versatile, low-mass robot that can rappel off cliffs, travel nimbly over steep and rocky terrain, and explore deep craters.
Launch ServicesArianespace And Thales Alenia Space Announce Launch Contract With Russian Operator Gazprom For Two Satellites
(6 February 2009) Arianespace has been chosen to launch the two communications satellites, Yamal-401 and Yamal-402 within the scope of a contract between Thales Alenia Space and Russian operator Gazprom.
Arianespace Orders 35 Ariane 5 ECA Launchers From Astrium
(2 February 2009) On Friday, January 30 at the European Space Agency headquarters in Paris, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Arianespace, and Alain Charmeau, Chief Executive Officer of Astrium Space Transportation, signed a contract for the production of 35 Ariane 5 ECA launchers (designated the “PB” batch).
Arianespace To Launch Hispasat 1E
(3 February 2009) Spanish operator Hispasat has chosen Arianespace to launch its new communications satellite, Hispasat 1E.
Ariane 5 Is Ready For Launch With Its Payload Of The Hot Bird 10, NSS-9 And Spirale Satellites
(4 February 2009) Arianespace’s first Ariane 5 for launch in 2009 is now complete following the full installation of its multi-satellite payload, keeping preparations on schedule for a February 12 evening liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
March Launch Planned For ESA's Gravity Mission
(4 February 2009) ESA is now gearing up to return to Russia to oversee preparations for the launch of its GOCE satellite – now envisaged for launch on 16 March 2009.
NOAA-N Prime Environmental Satellite Successfully Launched
(6 February 2009) A new environmental satellite that will improve weather forecasting and monitor environmental events around the world soared into space this morning after a picture-perfect launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.
Orbital Preparing For Launch Of NSS-9 Communications Satellite For SES New Skies
(5 February 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, announced today that it is in final preparations for the launch of the NSS-9 commercial communications satellite for its customer SES New Skies of The Hague, The Netherlands.
The Multi-Passenger Payload “Stack” For Ariane 5's Upcoming Mission Begins To Take Shape
(30 January 2009) Arianespace today initiated the payload “stack” build-up for its first Ariane 5 mission of 2009, which will orbit two large telecommunications satellites and a pair of auxiliary passengers on February 12 from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
ULA Delta II Celebrates 20th Anniversary With Successful NOAA-N Prime Launch
(6 February 2009) A United Launch Alliance Delta II successfully launched the NASA NOAA-N Prime spacecraft at 2:22 a.m. PST, today.
In OrbitIntegral Systems, Inc. Announces Expansion Of Relationship With Japan's Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation
(4 February 2009) Integral Systems, Inc. announced today that Japan's Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) has selected Integral Systems to deliver a turnkey satellite control system for the BSAT-3b and BSAT-3c satellites, scheduled for launch in 2010 and 2011, respectively.
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Business4C Controls Inc Announces Major Milestones in Growth Strategy and Expansion Plan
(2 February 2009) 4C Controls Inc., today announced the formation of three important strategic operating unit companies which will further support the Company’s growth strategy and expansion plans to become a full spectrum provider of turnkey integrated solutions for sophisticated high-technology systems, including but not limited to, civil and homeland security and defence.
Products and ServicesEutelsat And Its Partners Launch Satellite Broadband In France For 35 Euros Per Month
(2 February 2009) Eutelsat Communications and its first partners, Numeo and Sat2Way, today announced the immediate launch in France of broadband access at no more than 35 euros a month, equipment included.
Xicom Technology Announces New Lightweight 1250 Watt C-Band And Ku-Band Amplifiers For Satellite Communications
(28 January 2009) Xicom Technology, a technology leader of high power amplifier products for satellite communication (SATCOM) announced a new lightweight high power travelling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) for domestic and international satellite communications.
PeopleCapRock Appoints Philip Harlow As Chief Technology Officer
(3 February 2009) CapRock Communications, a global provider of satellite communications to remote and harsh environments, today announced it has selected Philip Harlow as chief technology officer.
ICO Announces Leadership Changes
(6 February 2009) ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited today announced that J. Timothy Bryan, chief executive officer and board member of ICO Global and its subsidiaries, has resigned from his officer and board positions with the Company.
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