20 December 2009Free ContentNASA Data Reveal Major Groundwater Loss In California's Heartland
(14 December 2009) New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region -- the Central Valley -- and its major mountain water source -- the Sierra Nevadas -- have lost nearly enough water combined to fill Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir.
PHARAO Atomic Clock Agreement Signed By ESA And CNES
(15 December 2009) Today at the Paris headquarters of the French space agency (CNES), Simonetta Di Pippo, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight, and Thierry Duquesne, CNES Director for Strategy, Programmes and International Relations, signed an agreement that paves the way for the launch of a high-accuracy atomic clock to be attached to the outside of the European Columbus laboratory onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
WildBlue Communications Acquisition Closes
(15 December 2009) ViaSat Inc. has completed the previously announced acquisition of privately-held WildBlue Communications Inc., the premier Ka-band satellite broadband service provider.
Astronomers Find World With Thick, Inhospitable Atmosphere And An Icy Heart
(16 December 2009) Astronomers have discovered the second super-Earth exoplanet [1] for which they have determined the mass and radius, giving vital clues about its structure.
South Korean Space Center Selects XCOR's Lynx For Suborbital Operations
(17 December 2009) The Yecheon Astro Space Center announced today that it has selected XCOR Aerospace as its preferred supplier of suborbital space launch services.
SatcomsAvionica satLINK Provides Iridium Communications On Boeing 787 Maiden Flight
(17 December 2009) Avionica is proud to announce that our satLINK Iridium Communications Gateway provided Iridium communications during the maiden voyage of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.
Commercial Fishing Vessels Switch To Iridium OpenPort For Reliable, Cost-Effective Voice And Data Communications
(15 December 2009) Iridium Communications Inc. reports that its Iridium OpenPort marine satellite system is winning an enthusiastic reception from commercial fishing fleets around the world.
Etisalat Secures Capacity On Intelsat 15 To Expand Broadband Services In The Middle East
(17 December 2009) Intelsat, S.A., the world’s leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced that Etisalat UAE has signed a multi-year capacity contract on Intelsat’s recently launched Intelsat 15 satellite (IS-15), located at 85º E.
Eutelsat Cements Relationship With Albania's Tring Communications For Broadcasting And Broadband Services
(16 December 2009) Tring Communications, a subsidiary of Albanian Satellite Communications (ASC), one of the leading television and telecommunications service providers in Albania, is strengthening its established relationship with Eutelsat Communications through the signature of a distribution contract for the Tooway consumer broadband service.
Inmarsat Activates 5,000th Fleetbroadband Terminal
(15 December 2009) Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, announced today that it has activated the 5,000th FleetBroadband terminal.
Iridium Signs Contract With RT Logic To Develop New Software-Defined Modem For Feeder Link Terminals
(16 December 2009) Iridium Communications Inc. has awarded a contract to Integral Systems Inc.'s subsidiary, RT Logic for the development of a software-defined modem (SDM) for the new feeder link terminals (FLT) to be deployed at Iridium ground stations.
Italy's Elettronica Industriale (Mediaset Group) Extends Leases With Eutelsat On The Atlantic Bird 3 Satellite for DTT Distribution
(18 December 2009) Elettronica Industriale, the network operator of the Mediaset Group has renewed its leases for capacity with Eutelsat Communications on the Atlantic Bird 3 satellite in order to secure channel distribution to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) transmitters across Italy.
Lockheed Martin Technology Positions Inmarsat To Enter Hand-Held Mobile Satellite Services Market
(17 December 2009) Lockheed Martin announced today that it has completed site acceptance testing over the Inmarsat-4 satellite network and delivered the Global Satellite Phone Service (GSPS) gateway in Subic Bay to Inmarsat.
MDA Contracted To Deliver The National Communications Satellite System Of Ukraine
(15 December 2009) MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today that it has signed a US$ 254 million dollar (US) contract to provide a communication satellite system to the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU).
Orbcomm Reaches Settlement On Satellite Insurance Claim
(16 December 2009) Orbcomm Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, announced that Orbcomm Inc. and its satellite insurers settled any and all claims relating to the Coast Guard Demonstration satellite and five quick launch satellites.
Orbital Awarded New Contract For IS-23 Communications Satellite By Intelsat
(17 December 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world’s leading space technology companies, today announced that it has been selected by Intelsat, S.A., the leading provider of fixed satellite services, to design, build and deliver the Intelsat 23 (IS-23) commercial communications satellite.
SES Successful Bidder In Protostar 2 Auction
(17 December 2009) Global satellite operator SES S.A. announces that its SES Satellite Leasing business unit in the Isle of Man was selected as the successful bidder in yesterday’s public auction for the Protostar 2 satellite with a USD 185 million, all cash offer.
SpaceCom International Selects iDirect To Support GSM Mobile Backhaul Service In South And Central Asia
(15 December 2009) VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), today announced that SpaceCom International has introduced a GSM cellular backhaul service based on iDirect's satellite communications platform.
Vizada Networks Connects To Seacom Fibre Optic Cable
(14 December 2009) Vizada Networks, the leading independent satellite communications provider, has signed an agreement through its subsidiary in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, to connect to the Seacom submarine fibre optic cable which provides high-capacity bandwidth along the east coast of Africa.
BroadcastDigital+ Launches Five Additional HD Channels On Astra
(16 December 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that the Spanish pay-TV operator Digital+ has launched five additional HD channels on Astra.
THOR 6 To Begin Commercial Operations
(15 December 2009) Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS (TSBc) today announced that THOR 6 has completed all necessary in orbit and ground related testing for the THOR 6 spacecraft and will commence commercial service in late December.
Earth ObservationBoeing-Built GOES-14 Weather Satellite Accepted Into Service By NASA, NOAA
(17 December 2009) Boeing today announced that GOES-14 (formerly GOES-O), the second satellite in a series of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites built by Boeing for NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed on-orbit testing and been accepted into service.
DigitalGlobe's WorldView-2 Imagery To Be Made Available To All Customers On January 4, 2010
(17 December 2009) DigitalGlobe, a leading global provider of commercial high-resolution world imagery products and services for defence and intelligence, civil government, and commercial customers, announced today that its latest high-resolution satellite, WorldView-2, is expected to achieve full operational capability on January 4, 2010.
ESA And World Bank Move Towards Closer Collaboration
(15 December 2009) The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world.
EUSI And Space Imaging Middle East Announce WorldView Global Alliance With DigitalGlobe
(14 December 2009) Space Imaging Middle East (SIME), along with European Space Imaging (EUSI) and DigitalGlobe, Inc., are pleased to announce the preview of the WorldView Global Alliance at the Dubai Air Show, November 15-19, 2009.
Lockheed Martin Team Passes Critical Design Review For Solar Ultraviolet Imager For GOES-R Satellite Series
(17 December 2009) The Lockheed Martin team, awarded a contract by NASA in 2007 to design and build the agency's Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) for the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)-R Series, has met the requirements of a Critical Design Review.
NASA Calculates A Carbon Budget For The State Of California
(16 December 2009) While world organizations struggle to find a benchmark and tracking standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, NASA has been supporting California's new carbon emissions inventory report, using its satellite imaging data and computer models of the state's natural ecosystems.
NASA Data Reveal Major Groundwater Loss In California's Heartland
(14 December 2009) New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region -- the Central Valley -- and its major mountain water source -- the Sierra Nevadas -- have lost nearly enough water combined to fill Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir.
NASA Outlines Recent Breakthroughs In Greenhouse Gas Research
(15 December 2009) Researchers studying carbon dioxide, a leading greenhouse gas and a key driver of global climate change, now have a new tool at their disposal: daily global measurements of carbon dioxide in a key part of our atmosphere.
Northrop Grumman To Supply Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit For NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission
(16 December 2009) Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to supply a Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (Scalable SIRU) for NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission.
TrackingexactEarth Signs Danish Maritime Safety Administration To Paid Trial Of Space-Based AIS Data Service
(16 December 2009) exactEarth Ltd., the data services subsidiary of Com Dev International Ltd., today announced that it has entered into an agreement to provide its space-based Automatic Identification System (S-AIS) service, exactAIS, to the Danish Maritime Safety Administration (DaMSA) on a paid trial basis.
Military SpaceDefense Information Technology Contracting Office Awards TeleCommunication Systems US$ 6 Million Managed Bandwidth Contract
(11 December 2009) TeleCommunication Systems, Inc., a leading provider of mission-critical wireless communications, today announced that it has received a three-year, US$ 5.9 Million contract incrementally funded at US$ 2 million from the Defense Information Technology Contracting Office (DITCO) to provide the U.S. Army Central Command (CENTCOM) with space segment for its Afghanistan operations.
QinetiQ Fits Satellite Comms System To Merlin Mk3 fleet
(16 December 2009) QinetiQ has successfully completed the integration of a beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) satellite communications system into each of the RAF’s fleet of 22 Mk3 Merlins in preparation for their possible deployment to Afghanistan.
AstrophysicsPHARAO Atomic Clock Agreement Signed By ESA And CNES
(15 December 2009) Today at the Paris headquarters of the French space agency (CNES), Simonetta Di Pippo, ESA Director of Human Spaceflight, and Thierry Duquesne, CNES Director for Strategy, Programmes and International Relations, signed an agreement that paves the way for the launch of a high-accuracy atomic clock to be attached to the outside of the European Columbus laboratory onboard the International Space Station (ISS).
AstronomyBAE Systems Space Computer Gives Wisdom To The WISE
(17 December 2009) A BAE Systems space computer has taken flight on a NASA satellite that is creating an infrared map of the universe.
CSIRO Astronomy And Space Science Formed
(1 December 2009) A new Division, CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science (CASS), has been formed today bringing together CSIRO's radio astronomy capabilities (the Australia Telescope National Facility), NASA Operations (including the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex), CSIRO Space Sciences and Technology; and the CSIRO Boeing Advisor.
NASA's WISE Eye On The Universe Begins All-Sky Survey Mission
(14 December 2009) NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, lifted off over the Pacific Ocean this morning on its way to map the entire sky in infrared light.
Significant Design, Mirror And Cryotest Progress Mark 2009 Milestones For Northrop Grumman-Built James Webb Space Telescope
(16 December 2009) NASA's James Webb Space Telescope reached some notable milestones in several important areas in 2009, making steady progress towards its expected 2014 launch date.
StarsClose-Up Photos Of Dying Star Show Our Sun's Fate
(15 December 2009) About 550 light-years from Earth, a star like our Sun is writhing in its death throes.
Theorists Propose A New Way To Shine -- And A New Kind Of Star
(14 December 2009) Dying, for stars, has just gotten more complicated.
Solar SystemNASA Partners With Saudi Arabia On Moon And Asteroid Research
(15 December 2009) NASA and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have signed a joint statement that allows for collaboration in lunar and asteroid science research.
MoonNASA Unveils Latest Results From Lunar Mission, Helps Prepare For Next Stage Of Scientific Discovery
(15 December 2009) NASA's current mission in orbit around the moon, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, or LRO, has been providing crucial insights about our nearest celestial neighbour since its launch in June.
MercuryMESSENGER Team Releases First Global Map Of Mercury
(15 December 2009) NASA's MESSENGER mission team and cartographic experts from the U. S. Geological Survey have created a critical tool for planning the first orbital observations of the planet Mercury – a global mosaic of the planet that will help scientists pinpoint craters, faults and other features for observation.
EarthColliding Auroras Produce An Explosion Of Light
(17 December 2009) A network of cameras deployed around the Arctic in support of NASA's THEMIS mission has made a startling discovery about the Northern Lights.
NASA's AIM Satellite And Models Are Unlocking The Secrets Of Mysterious 'Night-Shining' Clouds
(15 December 2009) NASA's Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) satellite has captured five complete polar seasons of noctilucent (NLC) or "night-shining" clouds with an unprecedented horizontal resolution of 3 miles by 3 miles.
NASA Shows Quiet Sun Means Cooling Of Earth's Upper Atmosphere
(16 December 2009) New measurements from a NASA satellite show a dramatic cooling in the upper atmosphere that correlates with the declining phase of the current solar cycle.
SaturnGlint Of Sunlight Confirms Liquid In Northern Lake District Of Titan
(17 December 2009) NASA's Cassini Spacecraft has captured the first flash of sunlight reflected off a lake on Saturn's moon Titan, confirming the presence of liquid on the part of the moon dotted with many large, lake-shaped basins.
Kraken Mare: A Reflecting Surface Of A Lake On Saturn's Moon Titan
(17 December 2009) There are more and more signs that lakes exist on Saturn's moon Titan, filled with liquid hydrocarbons.
Kuiper BeltHubble Finds Smallest Kuiper Belt Object Ever Seen
(16 December 2009) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered the smallest object ever seen in visible light in the Kuiper Belt, a vast ring of icy debris that is encircling the outer rim of the solar system just beyond Neptune.
CometsKansas Scientists Probe Mysterious Possible Comet Strikes On Earth
(14 December 2009) It's the stuff of a Hollywood disaster epic: A comet plunges from outer space into the Earth's atmosphere, splitting the sky with a devastating shock wave that flattens forests and shakes the countryside.
Extra-Solar PlanetsAstronomers Find World With Thick, Inhospitable Atmosphere And An Icy Heart
(16 December 2009) Astronomers have discovered the second super-Earth exoplanet [1] for which they have determined the mass and radius, giving vital clues about its structure.
First Super-Earths Discovered Around Sun-Like Stars
(14 December 2009) Two nearby stars have been found to harbour "super-Earths"― rocky planets larger than the Earth but smaller than ice giants such as Uranus and Neptune.
NASA Transfers Kepler Mission Management To Ames Research Center
(16 December 2009) NASA today transferred management of all operations for the Kepler Mission from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., to NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
New Planet Discoveries Suggest Low-Mass Planets Are Common Around Nearby Stars
(14 December 2009) An international team of planet hunters has discovered as many as six low-mass planets around two nearby Sun-like stars, including two "super-Earths" with masses 5 and 7.5 times the mass of Earth.
Waterworld Discovered Transiting A Nearby Star
(16 December 2009) Astronomers announced today that they have discovered a "super-Earth" orbiting a red dwarf star only 40 light-years from Earth.
Manned SpaceATK Successfully Tests Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor
(16 December 2009) Alliant Techsystems performed a ground test of a full-scale attitude control motor (ACM) for the launch abort system (LAS) of NASA's Orion crew exploration vehicle.
NASA Buys Additional Space Shuttle Reusable Solid Rocket Motors
(15 December 2009) NASA has purchased two reusable solid rocket motors from ATK Launch Systems Inc. of Brigham City, Utah, to provide a "launch on need" rescue capability for the final planned space shuttle mission, targeted for September 2010.
Northrop Grumman Advanced Composite Mate Joint Passes Stringent Tests For NASA's Composite Crew Module Demonstration Program
(17 December 2009) An innovative method for joining composite structures implemented by Northrop Grumman Corporation has passed a series of intensive structural tests, paving the way for the use of composites in future spacecraft.
Orion Launch Abort System Attitude Control Motor Test-Fired
(16 December 2009) NASA and its industry partners celebrated a test-firing of a critical safety component of the Orion crew exploration vehicle, the space agency's next generation of spacecraft designed to take astronauts to the moon, Mars and beyond.
Wind River Selected For NASA Ares Next-Generation Launch Vehicles
(16 December 2009) Wind River today announced that NASA has selected Wind River VxWorks 653 as the real-time operating system for the flight and command computers in the Ares I and Ares V next-generation launch vehicles.
Space TourismSouth Korean Space Center Selects XCOR's Lynx For Suborbital Operations
(17 December 2009) The Yecheon Astro Space Center announced today that it has selected XCOR Aerospace as its preferred supplier of suborbital space launch services.
TechnologyNASA And Contractor Team Develop One Fast Satellite
(11 December 2009) NASA has partnered with Dynetics and the Von Braun Center for Science and Innovation, or VCSI, both in Huntsville, Ala., to successfully complete environmental testing of the Fast, Affordable Science and Technology Satellite, or FASTSAT- HSV01.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Powered X-51A Hypersonic Vehicle Completes First Captive Carry Flight
(11 December 2009) The U.S. Air Force X-51A WaveRider vehicle yesterday successfully made its first captive carry flight under the wing of a B-52 carry aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
Russian JSC ‘Information Satellite Systems Reshetnev Company’ Uses Dassault Systèmes PLM In Satellite Design
(15 December 2009) Dassault Systemes (DS), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions and one of the leading enterprises in the Russian Space Industry JSC Information Satellite Systems (ISS) Reshetnev Company have announced today that they successfully implemented an integrated CATIA and ENOVIA solution improving the collaboration between key functions within the organization to speed the design of telecommunications and navigation satellites.
Launch ServicesArianespace To Launch Gaia; European Space Agency Mission Will Observe A Billion Stars In Our Galaxy
(16 December 2009) Gaia is a successor to the Hipparcos satellite launched by Arianespace in 1989.
ATK Propulsion And Composite Technologies Key To Successful Delta II Launch
(14 December 2009) Alliant Techsystems played a key role in the successful launch of United Launch Alliance's Delta II rocket today from Space Launch Complex 2 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., carrying the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite for NASA.
Ball Aerospace-Built WISE Satellite Launches From Vandenberg
(14 December 2009) Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. announced today that the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite built for NASA successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., at 6:09:33 a.m. on board a Boeing Delta II rocket.
LaunchesUragan M / Glonass M21/M22/M23
WISE (Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer)
Yaogan 8, Hope 1
ReportsGlobal Space Market To Grow Significantly Despite The Economic Downturn, Says Frost & Sullivan
(15 December 2009) Despite the global financial crisis, revenue-generating opportunities across the entire space value chain are expected to increase over the medium to long terms.
BusinessDynetics Announces Purchase Of Orion Propulsion
(15 December 2009) Dynetics announced today it has purchased Orion Propulsion, Inc. (OPI), a Huntsville aerospace company that specializes in spacecraft and rocket propulsion design and fabrication, testing services, ground support equipment and launch operations support.
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Opens Innovations Research Facility At University Of Alabama In Huntsville
(11 December 2009) Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne celebrated the opening of the new PoWeR Innovations Research facility on the campus of University of Alabama in Huntsville, Ala, on Dec. 9.
The Kudelski Group Further Extends Its Security Offering With The Acquisition Of Medialive
(16 December 2009) The Kudelski Group the world's leading independent provider of value-added content protection solutions, has acquired Medialive, a company based in Montrouge (Paris), France.
WildBlue Communications Acquisition Closes
(15 December 2009) ViaSat Inc. has completed the previously announced acquisition of privately-held WildBlue Communications Inc., the premier Ka-band satellite broadband service provider.
Products and ServicesCobham SATCOM HGA-7001 Antenna System Certified On Airbus A320 Family
(10 December 2009) Cobham SATCOM, the leading manufacturer of Inmarsat satellite communications equipment, announced that the HGA-7001 High Gain Antenna subsystem has been certified on the Airbus A320 (Single Aisle) family of airframes.
Cobham SATCOM SwiftBroadband Type Approved By Inmarsat
(16 December 2009) Cobham SATCOM, the leading manufacturer of Inmarsat satellite communications equipment, announced that it received full Inmarsat Type Approval for all Inmarsat SBB services.
Parallel Launches SatManage V
(11 December 2009) Parallel announced today that it has launched the latest version of its award winning network management software suite SatManage.
PeopleNASA Names New Deputy Associate Administrator For Exploration
(18 December 2009) Laurie Leshin has been named the new deputy associate administrator of the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, effective in January.
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