13 December 2009Free ContentSpace Technology Optimises Windmill Efficiency
(7 December 2009) A French start-up company from ESA’s Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands has developed a small instrument to measure wind speed and direction from the ground up to heights of 200 metres – information that is vital when deciding where to build a wind turbine to produce electricity.
Virgin Galactic Unveils Spaceshiptwo, The World's First Manned Commercial Spaceship
(7 December 2009) SpaceShipTwo (SS2) and its mothership, VMS Eve (WhiteKnightTwo) herald a new era in commercial space flight with daily space tourism flights set to commence from Spaceport America in New Mexico after test program and all required US government licenses.
XMM-Newton Celebrates Decade Of Discovery
(9 December 2009) ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
First Stunning Images Captured By VISTA Telescope
(11 December 2009) A new UK-designed telescope, that can map the sky much faster and deeper than any other infrared telescope, has made its first release of stunning images.
DISH Network Adds Its 14 Millionth Customer
(10 December 2009) DISH Network L.L.C., the fastest growing pay-TV service in America, today announced that it recently passed the 14 million customer milestone.
SatcomsAfrica's STL Ghana Selects Gilat's SkyEdge II Broadband Satellite Network For Enterprise, Health Care And Financial Services Customers
(9 December 2009) Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. today announced that it has been chosen by STL Ghana to provide a SkyEdge II broadband satellite network that will serve its customers throughout West Africa.
EU Contract Extension For Avanti
(7 December 2009) Avanti Communications Group plc, the broadband satellite operator, is pleased to announce that it has received an extension worth Euro 250,000 for its EU funded SISTER project.
Globalstar Expands Distribution Of SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger To Argentina, Chile, And Paraguay
(10 December 2009) Globalstar, Inc., a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, governments and consumers and the leader in personal satellite messaging and emergency communications, today announced It has signed agreements with Globalstar independent gateway operator, TESACOM to launch distribution of the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger in Argentina, Chile, and Paraguay.
Hughes Awarded State Of New York Telecommunications Services Contract
(8 December 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (Hughes), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that it has been selected by the State of New York to provide a suite of managed services and connectivity under the Comprehensive Telecommunications Services contract, Group 77017, Award 20268.
iDirect Upgrades Orange Business Services' IP Satellite Network To Next-Generation DVB-S2 Standard
(7 December 2009) VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), today announced that Orange Business Services has expanded its satellite network to include a DVB-S2 broadband service based on iDirect's Evolution platform.
Iridium Activates 1,000th High-Bandwidth Maritime Satellite Terminal
(7 December 2009) Iridium Communications Inc. announces the activation of the 1,000th Iridium OpenPort marine satellite terminal aboard the Euronav tanker MV Fraternity.
Italy's South Tyrol Turns To Eutelsat's Tooway Service To Ensure Broadband Availability To All Homes And Businesses
(8 December 2009) The Tooway broadband service operated by the Skylogic affiliate of Eutelsat Communications has been selected by Brennercom, the principal telecom operator in the South Tyrol, to ensure there are no exclusions to the benefits of broadband across the Italian-German-speaking province.
KT Selects Harmonic For Dual Satellite And Terrestrial Distribution Of Primary And Backup Channels
(7 December 2009) Harmonic Inc. today announced that KT, a leading integrated telecommunications company in Korea, has deployed Harmonic's Ellipse 1000 contribution encoder, ProView 2900 integrated receiver/decoder (IRD) and network management solution for distribution of primary and backup broadcast channels to over 160 cable operators nationwide.
SatMAX Corp. Patented Satellite Communications Extender To Be Marketed To GSA
(7 December 2009) SatMAX Corp., a leading global provider of wireless, non-line-of-sight satellite communications products and services to the US$ 46 billion ground-based satellite communications industry, announced today a new reseller agreement with Portsmouth, NH-based GlobaFone.
SES Astra And Neterra Provide Contribution Services To Broadcasters In Bulgaria And The Balkan Region
(11 December 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Bulgarian telecom operator Neterra to offer contribution services to broadcasters in Bulgaria and the Balkan region.
SES Astra To Offer Astra2Connect In The Middle East
(10 December 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that it is further expanding its successful satellite-based broadband service Astra2Connect, and will offer the service in the Middle East as of next year.
SES World Skies And SatLink Expand Collaboration
(7 December 2009) SatLink Communications Ltd. and SES World Skies announced today the launch of a new DS3 fibre link connecting their teleport facilities.
SSTL Delivers GPS Receivers For Orbcomm’s New OG2 Satellites
(7 December 2009) Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has delivered eighteen SGR-10 GPS receivers to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) of the USA to provide on-board orbit determination for the Orbcomm Generation 2 (OG2) satellites.
U.S. Coast Guard Selects Stratos Government Services To Deploy FleetBroadband On Up To 50 Vessels
(7 December 2009) Stratos Government Services Inc. (SGSI), a global integrator of commercial satellite solutions for the U.S. Dept. of Defense, federal and state government agencies, today announced it has been selected by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to deploy Inmarsat's FleetBroadband mobile broadband satellite service on up to 50 USCG vessels.
Vizada Customizes Mobile Satellite Live Streaming Service For Mediacorp
(10 December 2009) Vizada, the leading independent satellite communications provider, has developed a mobile satellite service to enable reporters with MediaCorp to perform high-quality live broadcasting from remote areas.BroadcastDISH Network Adds Its 14 Millionth Customer
(10 December 2009) DISH Network L.L.C., the fastest growing pay-TV service in America, today announced that it recently passed the 14 million customer milestone.
Viasat And Sanoma To Launch New Sports Channel In Finland
(7 December 2009) Modern Times Group MTG AB (publ.) (‘MTG’ or ‘the Group’), the international entertainment broadcasting group, today announced that it has entered into a strategic co-operation with the Sanoma Group to launch a localised premium sports channel in Finland.
Earth ObservationGeneral Dynamics-Built Landsat Data Continuity Mission Spacecraft Passes Critical Design Review
(8 December 2009) General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems successfully completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) spacecraft which is scheduled for launch in December 2012.
GeoEye Announces The Start Of GeoEye-1 Commercial Operations For Its Regional Affiliate In Saudi Arabia
(8 December 2009) GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of satellite and aerial-based geospatial information and services, announced today its Regional Affiliate, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) began directly downlinking high-resolution satellite imagery from the GeoEye-1 Earth-imaging satellite.
Malaysia Will Task TerraSAR-X Satellite Directly
(7 December 2009) Infoterra and its Malaysian partner IMS have now installed a TerraSAR-X Virtual Ground Station at the Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency (MRSA) in Kuala Lumpur.
NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission Passes Major Review
(8 December 2009) NASA's effort to deploy the first satellite mission to advance global precipitation observations from space moved closer to this goal when agency officials approved critical elements for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission on Dec. 2.
Military SpaceHughes Expands High-Speed Satellite Internet Access For U.S. Troops In Middle East And Central Asia
(7 December 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that it has expanded provision of high-speed satellite Internet access for U.S. troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
AstrophysicsCosmic Rays Hunted Down
(7 December 2009) A thin rain of charged particles continually bombards our atmosphere from outer space.
Magnetic Power Revealed In Gamma-Ray Burst Jet
(9 December 2009) A specialized camera on a telescope operated by U.K. astronomers from Liverpool has made the first measurement of magnetic fields in the afterglow of a gamma-ray burst (GRB).
AstronomyFirst Stunning Images Captured By VISTA Telescope
(11 December 2009) A new UK-designed telescope, that can map the sky much faster and deeper than any other infrared telescope, has made its first release of stunning images.
Lockheed Martin Cryostat To Fly On NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer Mission
(9 December 2009) NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) - scheduled for launch on Dec. 11, 2009 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. - will scan the entire sky in infrared light, picking up the glow of hundreds of millions of objects and producing millions of images.
XMM-Newton Celebrates Decade Of Discovery
(9 December 2009) ESA’s XMM-Newton X-ray observatory is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
StarsA Faint Star Orbiting The Big Dipper's Alcor Discovered
(9 December 2009) Next time you spy the Big Dipper, keep in mind that there is another star, invisible to the unaided eye, contributing to this constellation.
Brightness Variations Of Sun-like Stars: The Mystery Deepens
(7 December 2009) An extensive study made with ESO’s Very Large Telescope deepens a long-standing mystery in the study of stars similar to the Sun.
Black HolesDistance To Black Hole No Longer A Secret
(7 December 2009) An international team of astronomers has accurately measured the distance from Earth to a black hole for the first time.
Scientists Observe Super-Massive Black Holes Using Keck Observatory In Hawaii
(10 December 2009) An international team of scientists has observed four super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies, which may provide new information on how these central black hole systems operate.
Suzaku Catches Retreat Of A Black Hole's Disk
(10 December 2009) Studies of one of the galaxy's most active black-hole binaries reveal a dramatic change that will help scientists better understand how these systems expel fast-moving particle jets.
SupernovaThe First Observations Of The Explosion Of A Star Around 200 Times The Size Of Our Sun Reveals A New Type Of Supernova
(3 December 2009) What happens when a really gargantuan star – one hundreds of times bigger than our sun – blows up?
SaturnSaturnian Satellite Iapetus Is Coated With Foreign Dust
(10 December 2009) Iapetus is often called Saturn's most bizarre moon, due to its starkly contrasting hemispheres -- one black as coal, the other white as snow.
Saturn's Mysterious Hexagon Emerges From Winter Darkness
(9 December 2009) After waiting years for the sun to illuminate Saturn's north pole again, cameras aboard NASA's Cassini spacecraft have captured the most detailed images yet of the intriguing hexagon shape crowning the planet.
Manned SpaceAstronaut Balancing Act: Training To Help Explorers Adapt To A Return To Gravity
(9 December 2009) Astronauts returning from challenging long-duration missions face one more challenge when they get back to Earth -- standing up and walking.
Space TourismVirgin Galactic Unveils Spaceshiptwo, The World's First Manned Commercial Spaceship
(7 December 2009) SpaceShipTwo (SS2) and its mothership, VMS Eve (WhiteKnightTwo) herald a new era in commercial space flight with daily space tourism flights set to commence from Spaceport America in New Mexico after test program and all required US government licenses.
Technology TransferSpace Technology Optimises Windmill Efficiency
(7 December 2009) A French start-up company from ESA’s Business Incubation Centre in the Netherlands has developed a small instrument to measure wind speed and direction from the ground up to heights of 200 metres – information that is vital when deciding where to build a wind turbine to produce electricity.
Launch ServicesATK Successfully Ground Tests New CASTOR 30 Upper Stage Solid Rocket Motor
(10 December 2009) Alliant Techsystems successfully tested its newly developed CASTOR 30 upper stage solid rocket motor today at the U.S. Air Force's Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) in Tennessee.
Boeing's 3rd WGS Satellite Sends 1st Signals From Space
(6 December 2009) Boeing has acquired the first on-orbit signals from the third of six Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellites.
NASA's WISE Set To Blast Off And Map The Skies
(9 December 2009) The countdown clock is ticking, with just days to go before the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, rockets into space on a mission to map the entire sky in infrared light.
Ready For Lift-Off: Ariane 5 Is In The Launch Zone With Its Helios 2B Military Satellite Payload
(8 December 2009) Arianespace has rolled out its seventh Ariane 5 for launch in 2009, preparing the final mission of this year for a daytime lift-off tomorrow at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Second Stage Rocket Motor Of Orbital's Taurus II Launcher Successfully Ground Tested
(10 December 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that Alliant Techsystems and the U.S. Air Force’s Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) successfully ground tested the second stage rocket motor of the company’s Taurus II launch vehicle at AEDC in Tennessee.
United Launch Alliance Successfully Launches 36th Mission In 36 Months
(5 December 2009) Launching its 36th successful mission in 36 months, a United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket delivered the Air Force's third Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-3) satellite into orbit at 8:47 p.m. EST, today.
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BusinessInternational Datacasting Corporation Completes Acquisition Of Logic Innovations Audio And Video Product Lines
(7 December 2009) International Datacasting Corporation, a global leader in providing advanced solutions for the distribution of broadband multimedia content, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of select product lines and related technology from San Diego-based Logic Innovations, LLC.
Russian Space Agency Set To Take-Off In UK
(11 December 2009) Collaborations between UK and Russian space scientists and engineers could be on the horizon following a visit to the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC’s) Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, by the Russian Federal State Unitary Enterprise “Centre for Ground-Based Space Infrastructure” (TsENKI) and representatives of the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos.
Products and ServicesGlobalstar Expands Coverage Into Parts Of Western Asia And Deep Ocean Trans-Atlantic Region
(10 December 2009) Globalstar, Inc., a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, governments and consumers, today announced it has completed installation of network upgrades designed to enhance the overall customer messaging capacity and the data receiver sensitivity of the Globalstar Simplex data network.
New Afghanistan Satellite Service Provides The Only One Hop Satellite Connection Between Afghanistan And The USA
(7 December 2009) Afghanistan Satellite is a new Afghanistan to USA communications service offered by Hawaii Pacific Teleport.
VSAT-Light - Cost Effective Fibre Optic Solution For VSAT Terminals
(30 November 2009) Foxcom announced today the release of its VSAT-Light line of products.
EventsCNES–ESA Symposium To Highlight Growing Potential Of Small Satellites
(9 December 2009) They originated as purely experimental devices, but small satellites are now taking on a growing number of operational roles alongside their full-sized counterparts.
ESA Relay Satellite System To Spark European And Canadian Leadership
(4 December 2009) More than a hundred senior managers and experts from European space industry, national agencies and ESA packed a Geneva conference room earlier this week to learn about the commercial opportunities offered by ESA's planned data relay satellite system.
Space Agencies Join Forces To Systematically Observe Climate Variables
(11 December 2009) Over 30 000 people from 190 nations are gathered at the two-week UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
PeopleICO Global Communications Announces Leadership Changes
(8 December 2009) ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (“ICO Global” or the “Company”) announced today that Benjamin G. Wolff has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company effective immediately, and Chief Executive Officer effective December 31, 2009.
XipLink Appoints Leading Industry Executive Bruce Bednarski As Senior VP Of Business Development
(7 December 2009) Today XipLink, the technology leader in wireless optimization, announced that Bruce Bednarski has joined the company as senior vice president of business development.
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