31 January 2010Free ContentCongo Receives Help From Space After Volcano Eruption
(22 January 2010) On 2 January, Mount Nyamulagira in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted, spewing lava from its southern flank and raising concerns that the 100 000 people in the town of Sake could be under threat.
Iridium Provides Satellite Data Links For Management And Recovery Solutions For Remote Communication Network Sites
(26 January 2010) Proactive Communications is deploying a new automated remote management (ARM) system that uses satellite data links provided by Iridium Communications Inc. for out-of-band backup access to remote communication network sites.
Technology-Testing Proba-2 Opens New Eye On The Sun
(26 January 2010) Packed with novel devices and science instruments, Proba-2 is demonstrating technologies for future ESA missions while providing new views of our Sun.
CryoSat-2 Undergoes Surgery
(29 January 2010) The task of preparing a satellite for launch does not always go according to plan, as the launch campaign team in Baikonur has just experienced.
Orbcomm Satellite AIS Proves To Be Effective In Maritime Search And Rescue Operations
(29 January 2010) Orbcomm Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications and leading provider of space-based Automatic Identification System (AIS) services, announced that Orbcomm AIS data was used to help rescue two yachters in distress and in detecting low power search and rescue transponders from space.
SatcomsA Perfect Fit: Microspace Taps SES World Skies To Help Global Clothing Retailer Extend Hit Campaign To Europe
(27 January 2010) Turning ambitions into reality, SES World Skies, a division of SES S.A., today announced a new DVB service deal with Microspace aimed at delivering a global retailer’s successful digital signage campaign to clothing stores throughout Europe.
AsiaSat 2 Renamed AMOS-5i At 17ºE
(28 January 2010) Asia's leading satellite operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) announced that Spacecom, the operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, has signed a contract for the exclusive use of AsiaSat 2, an AsiaSat satellite formerly located at 100.5 degrees East, and has now been relocated to 17 degrees East and renamed AMOS-5i.
C-COM Mobile Antennas Deployed For Breast Cancer Screening
(27 January 2010) The C-COM Satellite Systems Inc. iNetVu antenna has been deployed the first time for mobile breast cancer screening in rural New Zealand.
Eutelsat KabelKiosk Digital Cable Platform Launches First HD Channels Following Agreement With RTL Group To Add RTL HD And VOX HD
(22 January 2010) KabelKiosk, the digital channel platform for cable operators provided by the German subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications, announce the immediate launch of a new HDTV offer with the addition into the platform of the RTL HD and VOX HD channels of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland.
Eutelsat Statement On W2 Satellite
(28 January 2010) Eutelsat Communications confirms that a technical anomaly occurred in the evening of January 27 on the W2 satellite located at 16 degrees East.
First Call Made Using Inmarsat's New Global Handheld
(26 January 2010) Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, announced today that the first call has been made using its global handheld service, IsatPhone Pro, which is on track for launch in June 2010.
Gwent Police Leads The Way With New Incident Command Unit From Excelerate Technology
(28 January 2010) Gwent Police has unveiled what is almost certainly the most advanced mobile Incident Command Unit (ICU) to be ordered by the UK’s police service to date.
Hughes Surpasses Major Milestone: 500,000 Subscribers To HughesNet High-Speed Satellite Internet Access Service
(25 January 2010) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that it has surpassed 500,000 North American subscribers to its HughesNet service.
IDMI Adds To The List Of International Groups Choosing Newtec’s FlexACM
(26 January 2010) Newtec announces today that Beirut-headquartered IDMI has chosen Newtec’s unique award winning FlexACM technology to boost capacity and availability on key satellite IP trunking links between Greece and ten customer sites in the Middle East.
Integral Systems Supplies Next-Generation Modems For Iridium's Feeder Link Earth Terminal
(28 January 2010) Integral Systems, Inc., announced today that its subsidiary, RT Logic, has been awarded a contract by Iridium Communications Inc., to supply two Telemetrix 400XR Modulator/Receiver (T400XR) modems.
Iridium Provides Satellite Data Links For Management And Recovery Solutions For Remote Communication Network Sites
(26 January 2010) Proactive Communications is deploying a new automated remote management (ARM) system that uses satellite data links provided by Iridium Communications Inc. for out-of-band backup access to remote communication network sites.
Leading Maritime Communications Provider Contracts For Capacity On Telesat’s New Telstar 11N Satellite
(25 January 2010) Telesat, the world’s fourth largest fixed satellite services operator, announced today that Harris Corporation, a leading provider of VSAT systems and managed satellite services for domestic and international customers, has signed a multi-year agreement for Atlantic Ocean Region capacity on Telesat’s new Telstar 11N satellite.
Newtec’s FlexACM Doubles Capacity For Gateway Communications On Their Africa IPJetDirect Service
(28 January 2010) Newtec announces today that its unique award winning FlexACM technology – which on average doubles satellite link capacity – is the system behind Gateway Communications’ flagship continent-wide Internet backbone service, Africa IPJetDirect.
Orbitnet Contracts For Capacity On Telstar 18 Bringing Advanced Broadband Services To Developing Countries In Asia
(28 January 2010) Telesat, the world’s fourth largest fixed satellite services operator, announced today that Orbitnet LLC of Mongolia (Orbitnet) has signed a multi-year agreement for Ku-band capacity on Telesat’s Telstar 18 satellite.
Rockwell Collins Awarded Three-Year Support Contract For Teleport At Ramstein Air Base In Germany
(19 January 2010) Rockwell Collins, through its recent acquisition of DataPath, Inc.*, has been awarded a three-year, US$ 9.1 million contract to provide maintenance and field service support for the Ramstein Air Base satellite communications teleport operated by the U.S. Air Force.
SeCureSystem: First Service Contract
(21 January 2010) A satellite-based container monitoring system developed by Astrium is for the first time to be integrated in the regular transport operations of a logistics company.
BroadcastEurovision Chooses SatLink For Asian Broadcast Services: SatLink Providing HD & SD Turnaround Services For Eurovision In Asia
(25 January 2010) SatLink Communications Ltd. announced today that it has signed a long-term agreement with Eurovision to provide turnaround services for contribution feeds to and from Asia.
RRSat Has Launched A New Platform For The Iberian Market On Hispasat Satellite
(27 January 2010) RRsat Global Communications Network Ltd., a rapidly growing provider of comprehensive content management and global distribution services to the television and radio broadcasting industries, announced today that it has launched a new platform for the distribution of Spanish and Portuguese language content into European markets over the Hispasat 1D satellite.
SES Astra Signs Capacity Agreement With Rai
(26 January 2010) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that it has signed a capacity agreement with Rai.
Earth ObservationCongo Receives Help From Space After Volcano Eruption
(22 January 2010) On 2 January, Mount Nyamulagira in the Democratic Republic of Congo erupted, spewing lava from its southern flank and raising concerns that the 100 000 people in the town of Sake could be under threat.
Eyes In Space Map Changing Congo Rainforests
(29 January 2010) British company DMCii is using satellites to acquire new images of the Congo rainforests from space, validating a system that can map the vast Congo Basin every year to measure changes in its forest cover.
RapidEye Successfully Completes Important Imaging Campaign In Afghanistan
(26 January 2010) RapidEye, the only geospatial solutions provider to own and operate a constellation of five identical Earth Observation satellites, announced today that it has completed a baseline image campaign covering the Helmand river basin in Afghanistan.
NavigationMajor Galileo Contracts Signed
(27 January 2010) Yesterday, Mr René Oosterlinck, ESA’s Director of the Galileo Programme and Navigation-related Activities, signed the first three contracts for the Galileo full operational capability phase.
Thales Alenia Space: Contract Signed For The Galileo System Support Service
(26 January 2010) Thales Alenia Space announced today the signing of the contract to provide ESA Galileo system Support Services, lasting from 2010 till 2016.
TrackingOrbcomm Satellite AIS Proves To Be Effective In Maritime Search And Rescue Operations
(29 January 2010) Orbcomm Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications and leading provider of space-based Automatic Identification System (AIS) services, announced that Orbcomm AIS data was used to help rescue two yachters in distress and in detecting low power search and rescue transponders from space.
Military SpaceHughes Successfully Demonstrates Spaceway 3 Advanced Capabilities At DOD Coalition Warrior Demonstration
(27 January 2010) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that its satellite-based broadband capabilities were successfully demonstrated during the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID), according to the newly-released CWID Final Report.
US Army Deploys Expand Networks Accelerators With DTECH Labs
(27 January 2010) Expand Networks, the largest supplier of WAN Optimization products to US Government and Military agencies, today announced that its market-leading WAN Optimization technology is supporting the PEOC3T and the United States Army to improve the performance of critical applications and communications over low bandwidth – high latency satellite links.
SciencePlasma Experiment Celebrates Its Anniversary On Board ISS
(27 January 2010) On 27th January 2010 the 25th series of experiments studying complex plasmas will start on board the international space station ISS.
AstronomyNorthrop Grumman Provides Microelectronics For ESA Spacecraft Exploring The Universe
(29 January 2010) Northrop Grumman Corporation's monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) are flying aboard two state-of-the-art European Space Agency (ESA) space telescopes.
StarsAstronomers Discover Cool Stars In Nearby Space
(29 January 2010) An international team, led by astronomers at the University of Hertfordshire have discovered what may be the coolest sub-stellar body ever found outside our own solar system.
GalaxiesDiscovery Of New Stellar Streams In The Andromeda Galaxy Shows Galaxy Formation Through Mergers
(22 January 2010) A team of astronomers from Tohoku University, University of Tokyo, NAOJ, University of California Santa Cruz, and other universities (Note 1) have discovered new stellar streams in a vast region surrounding the disk of Andromeda, in its so-called stellar halo.
Black HolesBlack Hole Hunters Set New Distance Record
(27 January 2010) Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have detected, in another galaxy, a stellar-mass black hole much farther away than any other previously known.
Newborn Black Holes May Add Power To Many Exploding Stars
(27 January 2010) Astronomers studying two exploding stars, or supernovae, have found evidence the blasts received an extra boost from newborn black holes.
SupernovaAn Exploding Star Shoots Out Material At Close To The Speed Of Light
(29 January 2010) An international team of scientists, including Dr. Jonathan Granot from the University of Hertfordshire in the UK, have studied a supernova explosion (known as SN 2007gr) of a star and have found long-sought evidence that certain types of supernovae produce “relativistic” jets of particles, travelling at more than half the speed of light.
SunQinetiQ's Proba-2 Satellite Captures Its First Image Of The Sun
(27 January 2010) The first images of the Sun captured by the Proba-2 satellite constructed by Verhaert Space, a QinetiQ company, were unveiled Tuesday at a European Space Agency (ESA) event to mark the satellite's successful commissioning.
Technology-Testing Proba-2 Opens New Eye On The Sun
(26 January 2010) Packed with novel devices and science instruments, Proba-2 is demonstrating technologies for future ESA missions while providing new views of our Sun.
MoonNASA Adds Israeli Technical Expertise To Lunar Science Research At Ames
(27 January 2010) NASA and the Israel Space Agency have signed a joint statement that recognizes the Israel Network for Lunar Science and Exploration, or INLSE, as an affiliate partner with the NASA Lunar Science Institute at the agency’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, Calif.
MarsAuspicious Orbit Marks Run-Up To Phobos Flyby
(29 January 2010) On 26 January, Mars Express completed its 7777th orbit around the Red Planet, an auspicious milestone as the satellite is readied for the closest-ever flyby of Phobos, scheduled for just a few weeks from now.
Now A Stationary Research Platform, NASA's Mars Rover Spirit Starts A New Chapter In Red Planet Scientific Studies
(26 January 2010) After six years of unprecedented exploration of the Red Planet, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit no longer will be a fully mobile robot.
AsteroidsNASA's WISE Eye Spies Near-Earth Asteroid
(25 January 2010) NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, has spotted its first never-before-seen near-Earth asteroid, the first of hundreds it is expected to find during its mission to map the whole sky in infrared light.
Manned SpaceAlternate Space Capsule Concept Passes Tests
(25 January 2010) A NASA team looking into design concepts for future space capsules has successfully demonstrated that an all-composite structure is a feasible alternative to traditional metal capsules for carrying astronauts into space and returning them safely to Earth.
Integral Systems Helps NASA Modernize Space Network
(26 January 2010) Integral Systems, Inc., announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, RT Logic has been awarded a contract by Honeywell Technologies Solutions Inc. (HTSI) to supply narrowband and wideband modems for NASA's Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) User Services Subsystem Replacement (USSR) program.
NASA Gives 'Go' For Feb. 7 As Final Space Shuttle Night Launch
(27 January 2010) Space shuttle Endeavour is set to begin a 13-day flight to the International Space Station with a Feb. 7 launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
TechnologyACT Announces Additional Flight Heritage With Products On-Orbit
(26 January 2010) Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT) announced today that its Constant Conductance Heat Pipes (CCHP's) have been successfully operating in a commercial satellite on-orbit for over 2400 hours combined.
Emcore Corporation Awarded Solar Panel Manufacturing Contract From ATK Space Systems
(27 January 2010) Emcore Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components, systems and subsystems for the fibre optic and solar power markets, announced today that the Company has been awarded a contract by ATK Space Systems of Goleta, California to manufacture, test, and deliver solar panels for ATK's UltraFlex solar arrays.
Lockheed Martin Space Vehicle Integration Laboratory Achieves Initial Operational Capability
(25 January 2010) Lockheed Martin announced today that its new Space Vehicle Integration Laboratory (SVIL) has achieved initial operational capability and is supporting the company's satellite development program activity.
Raydiance Partners With NASA Ames To Develop Advanced Microfluidics Technology For Space Applications
(25 January 2010) Raydiance Corporation, developer of the world’s first commercial-grade ultrafast laser, today announced it has partnered with the Small Spacecraft Division in the Engineering Directorate at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., to develop advanced microfluidics devices for space-based biological experiments.
Launch ServicesArianespace To Launch The First Ten Satellites In The Galileo Constellation
(26 January 2010) Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and René Oosterlinck, Director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), today signed the launch contract for the first ten FOC (Full Operational Capability) satellites in Europe’s planned Galileo satellite positioning system at ESTEC (European Space Research & Technology Center) in Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
Arianespace Wins ESA Contract For Vega Qualification Campaign And Combined Testing Support
(28 January 2010) Today in Rome, Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Markus Bertschi, Launcher Programmes Department Head at the European Space Agency (ESA), signed a contract defining Arianespace’s support services for the qualification campaign and combined testing of the Vega light launcher.
CryoSat-2 Undergoes Surgery
(29 January 2010) The task of preparing a satellite for launch does not always go according to plan, as the launch campaign team in Baikonur has just experienced.
Globalstar Prepares For Summertime Launch And Proudly Displays Second-Generation Satellites At Thales Alenia Space Facility In Rome
(27 January 2010) Globalstar, Inc., a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, governments and consumers, today displayed the first of the Company’s new second-generation constellation satellites nearing completion at the Thales Alenia Space satellite manufacturing facility in Rome, Italy.
GOES-P Proceeds Toward Launch
(26 January 2010) The GOES-P spacecraft continues being processed at the Astrotech Facility in Titusville, Fla.
NASA Cues Up University CubeSats For Glory Launch This Fall
(26 January 2010) NASA will launch small research satellites for several universities as part of the agency's Educational Launch of Nanosatellite, or ELaNA, mission.
SpaceX And Spacecom Sign Contract For Falcon 9 Geosynchronous Transfer Mission
(27 January 2010) Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Space Communication Ltd. (Spacecom) of Ramat-Gan Israel, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, have signed an agreement for launch of a communication satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 as early as December 2012.
Successful Static Testing Of Solid Propellant Booster Rocket Stage S200 For GSLV Mk III Launch Vehicle
(24 January 2010) Indian Space Research Organisation successfully conducted the static test of its largest solid booster S200 at Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota today (January 24, 2010).
LaunchesRaduga 1M-2
BusinessElbit Systems Signs Agreement To Purchase Balance Of Azimuth Technologies' Shares
(25 January 2010) Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today, further to its announcement on November 12, 2008, that on January 24, 2010 a merger agreement was signed with Azimuth Technologies Ltd. ("Azimuth") under which it will acquire the balance of Azimuth's shares.
Slovenia Becomes Sixth ESA European Co-Operating State
(25 January 2010) Slovenia becomes the sixth European country to sign the European Co-Operating State Agreement with ESA.
Products and ServicesInfosat Communications LP Launches A Two Way Broadband Satellite Internet Solution
(27 January 2010)Infosat Communications LP is excited to announce a new product, HSe Powered by Hughes to the satellite broadband market.
SkyBitz Further Strengthens Market Leadership With New Remote Asset Management & Tracking Solution
(26 January 2010) SkyBitz, the leading remote asset tracking and information management solutions provider, today announced the launch of its newest asset management solution based on its patented Global Locating System (GLS) technology.
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