27 December 2009Free ContentKVH's Mini-VSAT Broadband Service Officially Approved By U.S. Government
(21 December 2009) KVH Industries, Inc., today announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted permanent "Earth Station onboard - Vessel" or ESV license authority for KVH's mini-VSAT Broadband satellite communications service.
Silicon Technology Offers Extended X-Ray Vision Of High-Energy Cosmos
(21 December 2009) As elements of the integrated circuits running our computers, phones and electronics, silicon wafers are everywhere.
Orbital Receives Contract For HYLAS 2 Commercial Communications Satellite From Avanti
(21 December 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that it has signed a contract with London-based Avanti Communications Group plc for a new geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite.
ESA Member States Give Green Light To Exomars Programme
(18 December 2009) ESA's Council yesterday gave the go-ahead to proceed with the implementation of the ExoMars Programme.
Whale Reporting System Uses Iridium Data Links
(22 December 2009) Chrisar Software Technologies (Chrisar), an IT company specializing in software systems engineering and signal processing in the marine environment, chose Applied Satellite Engineering (ASE) to develop a satellite data solution for a whale reporting program that uses the global satellite network operated by Iridium Communications Inc.
SatcomsCom Dev Wins Contract On Commercial Broadband Satellite
(22 December 2009) Com Dev International Ltd. today announced that it has won a contract valued at approximately CDN$7 million to provide waveguide and coaxial switches for a commercial broadband communication satellite.
Orbital And Thales Alenia Space Receive Contract For OverHorizon Commercial Communications Satellite
(23 December 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that it has signed a contract for a new geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite contract with OverHorizon, with offices in the U.S., Sweden and Cyprus.
Orbital Receives Contract For HYLAS 2 Commercial Communications Satellite From Avanti
(21 December 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that it has signed a contract with London-based Avanti Communications Group plc for a new geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite.
Thales Alenia Space And Orbital Receive Contract For Overhorizon Commercial Communication Satellite
(23 December 2009) Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has signed a new geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite contract with OverHorizon with offices in the USA, Sweden and Cyprus.
Whale Reporting System Uses Iridium Data Links
(22 December 2009) Chrisar Software Technologies (Chrisar), an IT company specializing in software systems engineering and signal processing in the marine environment, chose Applied Satellite Engineering (ASE) to develop a satellite data solution for a whale reporting program that uses the global satellite network operated by Iridium Communications Inc.
TrackingexactEarth And DaMSA Ink Deal For Space-Based AIS Data Service
(22 December 2009) exactEarth, the data services subsidiary of Com Dev International, 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 SpaceCom Dev To Provide Equipment For Military Satellite
(23 December 2009) Com Dev International Ltd., a leading manufacturer of space hardware subsystems, today announced that it has been awarded follow-on contracts totaling more than CDN$7 million to provide passive microwave equipment for a military communications satellite.
Orbital Awarded Phase 2 Contract For "System F6" Satellite Program By DARPA
(18 December 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation, a world leader in smaller-sized civil government and national security satellites, announced today that it has been awarded a Phase 2 contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Arlington, VA, to develop the final design for “System F6” (Future Fast, Flexible, Fractionated, Free-Flying Spacecraft).
SatMAX Receives Antenna Order From ITT
(21 December 2009) SatMAX Corp., a leading global provider of wireless, non-line-of-sight satellite communications products and services to the US$ 46 billion groundbased satellite communications industry, announced that it has delivered an order for additional satellite communications antennae to defense industry giant ITT Corporation.
AstronomyNASA Flight Tests Unique Jumbo Jet; Plane's Airborne Telescope Will Be Used To Unlock Secrets Of The Cosmos
(18 December 2009) A NASA jumbo jet that will help scientists unlock the origins of the universe with infrared observations reached a milestone Friday when doors covering the plane's telescope were fully opened in flight.
Silicon Technology Offers Extended X-Ray Vision Of High-Energy Cosmos
(21 December 2009) As elements of the integrated circuits running our computers, phones and electronics, silicon wafers are everywhere.
StarsStellar Mosh Pit, Complete With Crashing Stars, Resolves A Mystery
(23 December 2009) For almost 50 years, astronomers have puzzled over the youthful appearance of stars known as blue stragglers.
MoonNASA Awards Propulsion System Contract For Moon-Bound Mission
(21 December 2009) NASA has selected Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, Calif., to receive a contract for the propulsion system for the Lunar Atmosphere Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE) spacecraft.
MarsESA Member States Give Green Light To Exomars Programme
(18 December 2009) ESA's Council yesterday gave the go-ahead to proceed with the implementation of the ExoMars Programme.
SaturnCaltech Scientists Discover Fog On Titan
(18 December 2009) Saturn's largest moon, Titan, looks to be the only place in the solar system—aside from our home planet, Earth—with copious quantities of liquid (largely, liquid methane and ethane) sitting on its surface.
Manned SpaceCrew Lifts Off From Kazakhstan To Begin Science And Construction Work Aboard The International Space Station
(20 December 2009) NASA astronaut T.J. Creamer, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kotov and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Soichi Noguchi safely launched aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the International Space Station on Sunday.
Launch ServicesArianespace Delivers Helios 2B Into Sun-Synchronous Polar Orbit On Ariane 5's Seventh Flight Of 2009
(18 December 2009) Arianespace wrapped up another successful year of operations with today’s orbiting of the French Helios 2B military observation satellite, which was lofted on the seventh Ariane 5 launch in 2009.
Goes-P Satellite Arrives At Kennedy For Final Prelaunch Testing
(18 December 2009) The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES, developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), called GOES-P, arrived on Thursday, Dec. 17, on a C-17 military cargo aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility from its manufacturing plant in El Segundo, Calif.
Mission Accomplished For Arianespace - Helios 2B Is Now In Orbit: 7th Ariane 5 Launch In 2009, 35th Success In A Row
(18 December 2009) Arianespace has successfully launched the Helios 2B observation satellite.
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BusinessGlobalstar Acquires SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger And M2M Device Manufacturer Axonn
(21 December 2009) Globalstar, Inc., a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, governments and consumers, today announced that it and its wholly owned subsidiary, Spot LLC, have acquired substantially all of the assets of Axonn, L.L.C. (Axonn).
Products and ServicesARINC And Vizada Launch Inmarsat Classic Aeronautical Services Over New I-4 Satellites
(21 December 2009) ARINC Incorporated and Vizada Americas today announced the availability of Inmarsat Classic Aeronautical voice and data services using the next-generation Inmarsat I-4 satellite constellation.
KVH's Mini-VSAT Broadband Service Officially Approved By U.S. Government
(21 December 2009) KVH Industries, Inc., today announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted permanent "Earth Station onboard - Vessel" or ESV license authority for KVH's mini-VSAT Broadband satellite communications service.
EventsWater Cycle Conference Makes A Big Splash
(21 December 2009) Earth has a limited amount of water that recycles itself in what is called the ‘water cycle’.
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