6 December 2009Free ContentHerschel Takes A Peek At The Ingredients Of The Galaxies
(25 November 2009) The European Space Agency has today released spectacular new observations from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument.
SES Orders Four New Satellites From Astrium
(30 November 2009) Global satellite operator SES S.A. and Astrium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS, announced today that SES has ordered four multi-mission satellites from Astrium to provide replacement as well as incremental capacity for its SES Astra and SES World Skies divisions.
CapRock Announces CommandAccess, Industry's First Military-Grade Commercial Satellite Subscription Service
(30 November 2009) CapRock Government Solutions announced today that it is in the final stages of development of its new commercial off-the-shelf communications service, CommandAccess.
SpaceX Hosts Preliminary Training For NASA ISS Astronauts In Preparation For Dragon Spacecraft Rendezvous And Station Berthing
(3 December 2009) Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently conducted its first Dragon spacecraft operations training for a group of NASA astronauts and personnel at its corporate headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.
Atlantis Leaves Columbus With A Radio Eye On Earth’s Sea Traffic
(4 December 2009) The recent Shuttle mission to the International Space Station has brought ESA’s Columbus module a step nearer to beginning an ambitious experiment to track global maritime traffic from space.
SatcomsComtech Telecommunications Corp. Wins US$ 1.6 Million Of Orders To Manufacture High-Power Amplifiers For Satellite Terminals
(3 December 2009) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., has received orders totaling US$ 1.6M for ruggedized, solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs).
Hughes Achieves Major Milestone - Over Two Million Broadband Satellite Terminals Shipped
(30 November 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that it has shipped an aggregate of over 2.1 million satellite terminals as of Q3 2009, continuing the company's leadership of the global very small aperture terminal (VSAT) market which began in the mid-80s when Hughes shipped the first VSAT network to Wal-Mart.
Koreasat-6 Payload Left Thales Alenia Space Plant In Toulouse To Orbital In Dulles, Virginia, For Final Assembly
(27 November 2009) Koreasat-6 satellite prime contractor Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has shipped the payload to Orbital Sciences Corporation for final integration aboard their STAR platform.
KVH Industries Contracts For Telstar 11N Capacity
(1 December 2009) Telesat, the world’s fourth largest fixed satellite services operator, announced today that KVH Industries, Inc. (KVH), a global leader in mobile satellite communications antennas and systems, has entered into a multi-year agreement to utilize the African coverage of Telesat’s Telstar 11N satellite.
SES Orders Four New Satellites From Astrium
(30 November 2009) Global satellite operator SES S.A. and Astrium, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EADS, announced today that SES has ordered four multi-mission satellites from Astrium to provide replacement as well as incremental capacity for its SES Astra and SES World Skies divisions.
Spanish Contract Win For Avanti
(4 December 2009) Avanti Communications Group plc, the broadband satellite operator, has signed a Euro 663,000, five year contract with Satconexion of Spain for broadband services on HYLAS 1, Avanti's satellite launching in 2010.
Terrestar Corporation, EB (Elektrobit) And Flextronics Agree On Manufacturing Services For Terrestar GENUS, The First Satellite-Terrestrial Smartphone
(2 December 2009) Elektrobit Inc, a subsidiary of EB, Elektrobit Corporation, a leading developer of cutting-edge embedded technology solutions for automotive and wireless industries, and mobile communications provider TerreStar Corporation, have expanded their relationship to include EB's provision of turnkey product delivery services to TerreStar for the TerreStar GENUS Smartphone, an EB design.
Vizada And Inmarsat Preview Latest Maritime Satcoms Developments At Marintec 2009
(1 December, 2009) New developments in maritime satellite communications that will deliver significant advantages to Asia-Pacific ship owners, shipping companies and crew are being previewed at Marintec 2009 by Vizada and Inmarsat.
Vizada And Météo-France Renew Contract On Digital Weather Service
(4 December 2009) Vizada, the leading independent satellite communications provider, and Météo-France, an internationally-recognized meteorological center, have renewed their agreement to provide professional digital weather information and software to the maritime community.
Wegener Receives US$ 534,000 Order For Background Music Network
(1 December 2009) Wegener Corporation, a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced it has received an order for US$ 534,000 to upgrade an existing background music network.
Zakher Marine Upgrades Vessels To FleetBroadband 150 And AmosConnect From Stratos
(30 November 2009) Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it is upgrading Zakher Marine International Inc. (ZMI) vessels to Inmarsat's FleetBroadband 150 (FB150) mobile broadband satellite service.
BroadcastORF Launches Second HD Channel On Astra
(3 December 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that the Austrian public broadcaster ORF will start broadcasting its second HD channel on Astra.
Thaicom Inks 10 Years Contract With Nation Channel
(26 November 2009) Thaicom Public Company Limited, Asia’s leading commercial satellite operator and the operator of the IPSTAR satellite broadband system, today announced Nation Broadcasting Corporation Public Company Limited (“NBC”) which is one of most popular channel in Thailand, “Nation Channel” has chosen the Thaicom 5 satellite to broadcast its channel on a free-to-air basis on the Ku-band beam.
Earth ObservationBall Aerospace Selected For Second NASA GMI Microwave Imager
(30 November 2009) Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has been selected by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to build a second Global Precipitation Measurement Microwave Imager (GMI) in support of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission.
Key NPOESS Sensor Ready For Delivery; Testing On VIIRS Completed
(30 November 2009) A critical sensor for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environment Satellite System (NPOESS) has successfully completed all testing at Northrop Grumman Corporation's subcontractor, Raytheon Company, and is ready for delivery.
Rolta Partners With Infoterra France For Pixel Factory Image Processing Technology
(3 December 2009) Infoterra France, an EADS Astrium subsidiary and a leading provider of geo-information products and services has signed an agreement with Rolta India Limited, an Indian multinational organization which provides innovative enterprise-level solutions and services for Geospatial Information Systems for Defense & Homeland Security, Government, and Infrastructure segments, besides offering Enterprise Design & Operations Solutions (EDOS), and Enterprise Information Technology Solutions (EITS), worldwide.
Sailors Braving Treacherous Waters For Science
(1 December 2009) Scientists working to validate data from ESA’s water mission SMOS, launched in November, will get help from skippers competing in the SolOceans around-the-world single-handed race.
SMOS Completes Early Orbit Phase
(4 December 2009) ESA’s SMOS satellite has recently completed its first phase of life in orbit – the Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP), which means that all the systems are working as they should and the satellite is ready for full commissioning.
Sri Lanka Signs Agreement With SSTL For Space Capability
(16 November 2009) The Director General of the Sri Lankan Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, Priyantha Kariyapperuma and Professor Sir Martin Sweeting of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), signed a landmark agreement today.
NavigationGalileo Satellite Engineering Model Platform Integration Tests Completed
(3 December 2009) The platform-level integration tests on the engineering model of the Galileo in-orbit validation satellites have been completed at the Thales Alenia Space facility in Rome.
TrackingAtlantis Leaves Columbus With A Radio Eye On Earth’s Sea Traffic
(4 December 2009) The recent Shuttle mission to the International Space Station has brought ESA’s Columbus module a step nearer to beginning an ambitious experiment to track global maritime traffic from space.
Military SpaceITT Wins US$ 9.7 Million Contract To Produce "Netted Iridium" Tactical Radio Handsets
(2 December 2009) Iridium Communications Inc. and ITT Corporation today announced that ITT has received a contract from the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division to supply 1,450 Iridium-based handheld tactical satellite communication devices for use by U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Planetsky To Provide Broadband Services To Greek Army In Afghanistan
(26 November 2009) Cyprus based Planetsky Ltd, in collaboration with their Greek business partner Epikinonia, is selected by the Greek government to provide Afghanistan based troops with broadband data and voice services.
GalaxiesHerschel Takes A Peek At The Ingredients Of The Galaxies
(25 November 2009) The European Space Agency has today released spectacular new observations from the Herschel Space Observatory, including the UK-led SPIRE instrument.
Black HolesBlack Hole Caught Zapping Galaxy Into Existence?
(30 November 2009) Which come first, the supermassive black holes that frantically devour matter or the enormous galaxies where they reside?
MarsNew Study Adds To Finding Of Ancient Life Signs In Mars Meteorite
(30 November 2009) Using more advanced analytical instruments now available, a Johnson Space Center research team has re-examined the 1996 finding that a meteorite contains strong evidence that life may have existed on ancient Mars.
SaturnCaltech Scientists Explain Puzzling Lake Asymmetry On Titan
(29 November 2009) Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) suggest that the eccentricity of Saturn's orbit around the sun may be responsible for the unusually uneven distribution of methane and ethane lakes over the northern and southern polar regions of the planet's largest moon, Titan.
AsteroidsDawn Enters Asteroid Belt -- For Good
(28 November 2009) NASA's Dawn spacecraft re-entered our solar system's asteroid belt on Nov. 13, and this time it will stay there.
Extra-Solar PlanetsTeam Using Subaru Telescope Makes Major Discovery
(3 December 2009) An international team of scientists that includes an astronomer from Princeton University has made the first direct observation of a planet-like object orbiting a star similar to the sun.
MicrogravityA Perfect Flight Of The TEXUS 47 Research Rocket Rounds Out The Double Programme
(29 November 2009) The launch of the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) TEXUS 47 rocket on 29 November 2009 at 10:00 from Esrange in Kiruna, northern Sweden, and the successful recovery of its payload was the auspicious conclusion of this years TEXUS (Technologische Experimente unter Schwerelosigkeit – technological experiments under weightless conditions) research programme.
Rocket Test Will Carry Purdue Experiment
(1 December 2009) Purdue University researchers are designing and building an experiment that will operate during a test flight of a new type of reusable rocket to be launched by aerospace company Blue Origin LLC.
Manned SpaceESA Astronaut Frank De Winne Safely Back On Earth
(1 December 2009) The Soyuz TMA-15 re-entry module landed safely in Kazakhstan at 13.15 local time (08.15 CET), bringing ESA astronaut Frank De Winne, Russian cosmonaut Roman Romanenko and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Robert Thirsk back to Earth.
LDRA Wins US$ 1 Million Contract In China’s Manned Spacecraft Programme
(30 November 2009) The China Manned Spacecraft Programme (CMSP) selected LDRA, the leading provider of automated software verification tools, and the LDRA tool suite to analyse complex safety-critical applications related to the Tiangong 1 spacecraft.
SpaceX Hosts Preliminary Training For NASA ISS Astronauts In Preparation For Dragon Spacecraft Rendezvous And Station Berthing
(3 December 2009) Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) recently conducted its first Dragon spacecraft operations training for a group of NASA astronauts and personnel at its corporate headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.
TechnologyDeep Space Maintenance Deep In Australia's Bush
(1 December 2009) ESA's giant 35m ground stations require regular maintenance and periodic mid-life upgrades to keep them working in tip-top condition, communicating with the Agency's growing fleet of spacecraft millions of kilometres from home.
NASA Uses Twin Processes To Develop New Tank Dome Technology
(1 December 2009) NASA has partnered with Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., and MT Aerospace in Augsburg, Germany, to successfully manufacture the first full-scale friction stir welded and spun formed tank dome designed for use in large liquid propellant tanks.
Northrop Grumman To Work With U.S. Air Force On Designing "Plug And Play" Capability For Future Spacecraft
(2 December 2009) Northrop Grumman Corporation will help the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) design a spacecraft "bus" with plug-and-play capability to reduce cost and schedule in developing future space systems.
Launch Services3rd Boeing WGS Satellite Set To Launch From Cape Canaveral
(30 November 2009) Boeing announced today that the third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite it has built for the U.S. Air Force has completed prelaunch testing.
Ariane 5 Is Readied For Its Launch Of The Helios 2B Reconnaissance Satellite
(2 December 2009) Arianespace’s wrap-up Ariane 5 flight of 2009 has entered final preparations for its lift-off next week with France’s Helios 2B military observation satellite.
Boeing Ships High-Definition Broadcasting Satellite DirecTV 12 To Launch Site
(1 December 2009) Boeing announced today that DirecTV 12 was shipped Nov. 25 from Boeing's satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo to the Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facility in Kazakhstan.
TacSat-4 Spacecraft Complete And Awaiting Launch
(1 December 2009) Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) engineers have completed all environmental and performance testing on the TacSat-4 COMMx payload.
Launch Services - Intelsat 15
Intelsat 15 Launch Successful; Offers Fresh Capacity Serving The Middle East, Indian Ocean Region And Russia
(30 November 2009) Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced today that a Zenit-3SLB vehicle successfully launched the Intelsat 15 satellite (IS-15) from the Land Launch facilities at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan.
Land Launch Successfully Deploys Intelsat 15 Satellite To Orbit
(30 November 2009) The Land Launch team today successfully completed the launch of the Intelsat 15 communications satellite for Intelsat, Ltd., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services.
Orbital-Built Intelsat 15 Communications Satellite Successfully Launched
(1 December 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, announced today that the Intelsat 15 (IS-15) satellite, built by the company for Intelsat, Ltd., was successfully launched into orbit aboard a Land Launch Zenit-3 rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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BusinessHarper Government Invests In Micro-Satellite Technology
(30 November 2009) Com Dev International Ltd. will benefit from an investment of Cdn$ 5.2 million to create world-class micro-satellite system technology, products and services.
TeleCommunication Systems Executes Definitive Agreement To Acquire Networks In Motion, Inc.
(1 December 2009) TeleCommunication Systems Inc., a leading provider of mission-critical wireless communications, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Networks In Motion, Inc., a privately held provider of wireless navigation solutions for GPS-enabled mobile phones headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, for an aggregate of US$ 170 million.
Products and ServicesCapRock Announces CommandAccess, Industry's First Military-Grade Commercial Satellite Subscription Service
(30 November 2009) CapRock Government Solutions announced today that it is in the final stages of development of its new commercial off-the-shelf communications service, CommandAccess.
Globecomm Commences X-Band Services Offering
(3 December 2009) Globecomm Systems Inc., a leading global provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services, announced today the introduction of an operational commercial X-band service offering to US Military and Coalition Forces operating in Southwest Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
Latest Version Of Stratos Dashboard Provides Even Greater Control Of Mobile Broadband Costs
(1 December 2009) Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced the commercial availability of the latest version of its Stratos Dashboard application.
SkyWave Launches Integrated Glonass/GPS SatelliteTerminal
(3 December 2009) SkyWave Mobile Communications (“SkyWave”), a global provider of two-way satellite communication equipment and services, today announced the availability of GLONASS navigation capability in its DMR-800L satellite data communication terminal.
SPOT Expands Satellite Messenger Coverage In Africa
(30 November 2009) Spot LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. and a leader in personal satellite messaging and emergency communications, today announced it has expanded coverage in Africa for the SPOT Satellite Messenger products.
PeopleCom Dev Names David Lizius President Of Com Dev Canada
(30 November 2009) Com Dev International Ltd. today announced that David Lizius has been appointed President of Com Dev Canada, the Ottawa-based division responsible for the Company's Canadian government business.
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