21 February 2010Free ContentSES Adopts GVF Training As Part Of Industry Initiatives On Tackling RF Interference
(15 February 2010) SES, one of the premier satellite service providers of fixed satellite services, and the Global VSAT forum (GVF) announced today that SES has adopted GVF training in order to help prevent RF interference.
Innovative Space Drill Among Results Of ESA’s Networking/Partnering Initiative
(16 February 2010) Getting to another planet is hard enough, but getting under its surface can be really tough.
NASA's WISE Mission Releases Medley Of First Images
(17 February 2010) A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA released Wednesday from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
SwRI Announces Pioneering Program To Fly Next-Generation Suborbital Experiments With Crew
(18 February 2010) Southwest Research Institute announces a new initiative to build and fly experiments with SwRI payload specialists on next-generation suborbital vehicles.
ESA Chooses Three Scientific Missions For Further Study
(19 February 2010) Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun, have been chosen by ESA as candidates for two medium-class missions to be launched no earlier than 2017.
SatcomsInternational Communications Group And Dassault Falcon Jet Collaborate On Iridium Data And Voice Communications For Falcon
(19 February 2010) International Communications Group (ICG) has successfully integrated its NxtLink family of Datalink capable Iridium Communications Systems, the ICS-200, 220A and 400, with Dassault Falcon Jet's (DFJ's) EASy Integrated Avionics System for its Falcon 7X executive jet.
Satellite Broadband Potential Demonstrated Using Newtec Sat3play During NEREUS Workshop
(16 February 2010) Newtec announces today that European Commission representatives, led by director-general Fabio Colasanti, of the Directorate General for Information Society and Media (DG INFSO), and additional key representatives from European institutions and Regions, attended a workshop on satellite telecommunications entitled “Bringing Broadband to the Regions”.
SkyTrac To Provide SatCom And Flight Following To Aerospace Consortium FZE
(15 February 2010) SkyTrac is pleased to announce that it was selected by Dubai based Aerospace Consortium FZE to supply SatCom/flight following solutions for Aerospace’s fleet of Boeing-747, Ilyushin-76, Antonov-26, Antonov-72, Anotonov-74, MI 8T, MI 8MTV, Kamov 32, and Bell 412.
BroadcastNagravision To Secure SkyLife’s New HD DTH Service In Korea
(16 February 2010) Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company and the world's leading independent provider of content protection solutions, announces today that its NAGRA Media ACCESS conditional access system (CAS) was selected by SkyLife, the sole DTH pay TV service provider in Korea with 2.4 million subscribers to secure their new HD platform.
RAI Launches New Italian Channel ‘Yes Italia’ On AsiaSat 5
(17 February 2010) NewCo Rai International has launched a new Italian language channel “Yes Italia” to Asia.
Earth ObservationCryoSat To Observe Earth’s Ice Cover
(15 February 2010) The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated satellite ever to investigate the Earth’s ice fields and map ice thickness over water and land: lift-off scheduled for 25 February.
TrackingexactEarth Sells Satellite-Based AIS Data To Canadian Government
(16 February 2010) exactEarth Ltd., the data services subsidiary of Com Dev International Ltd., today announced that it has signed a US$ 1.4 million contract with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to provide space-based Automatic Identification System (S-AIS) data.
Military SpaceAir Force Selects Space Micro To Develop Software Defined Radio For Space
(15 February 2010) Space Micro Inc, an innovator of radiation hardened microelectronics for space applications, announced today that it has been awarded a US$ 100,000 by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract.
ATK Prepares To Ship The Operationally Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) Bus
(17 February 2010) Alliant Techsystems celebrated a major milestone today as it prepares to conduct final testing and ship the Operational Responsive Space-1 (ORS-1) satellite bus, after building it in just 16 months.
Second Missile Warning Satellite Achieves Key Testing Milestone At Lockheed Martin
(16 February 2010) Lockheed Martin announced today that it has achieved a key integrated test milestone on the second Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) spacecraft at its facilities in Sunnyvale, Calif.
U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Awards Marshall Communications Corporation Digital Video Broadcast Return Channel Via Satellite (DVB-RCS) Hub Maintenance Contracts
(18 February 2010) Marshall Communications Corporation (Marshall) announces that the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) has awarded Marshall two (2) contracts for maintenance and support on the DVB-RCS Hub located in Landstuhl, Germany and the Hub located at DISA’s Skyline, Falls Church facility.
ScienceESA Chooses Three Scientific Missions For Further Study
(19 February 2010) Dark energy, habitable planets around other stars, and the mysterious nature of our own Sun, have been chosen by ESA as candidates for two medium-class missions to be launched no earlier than 2017.
AstrophysicsDark Matter Detective Arrives At ESTEC
(16 February 2010) One of the most exciting scientific instruments ever built, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), arrived at ESA’s Test Centre in the Netherlands for testing before being launched on the Space Shuttle to the ISS this July.
AstronomyFirst Test Of The WSO-UV Mission
(15 February 2010) The first simultaneous demonstration of the co-ordinated control operation of the World Space Observatory Ultraviolet mission (WSO-UV) is being given by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and the Astronomy Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, terrestrial observatories of the new space telescope, together with GMV, leader of the industrial consortium developing the ground segment.
NASA's WISE Mission Releases Medley Of First Images
(17 February 2010) A diverse cast of cosmic characters is showcased in the first survey images NASA released Wednesday from its Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.
StarsNo Place To Hide: Missing Primitive Stars Outside Milky Way Uncovered
(17 February 2010) After years of successful concealment, the most primitive stars outside our Milky Way galaxy have finally been unmasked.
Red Dwarf/Red Giant Binary Found In Uk/China Collaboration
(16 February 2010) A binary pair of red stars, one giant one dwarf, has been discovered by a collaboration of astrophysicists from the University of Hertfordshire and The Chinese Academy of Sciences.
GalaxiesAncient Galaxies Come Together After Billions Of Years
(18 February 2010) Imagine finding a living dinosaur in your backyard.
Extreme Jets Take New Shape
(17 February 2010) Jets of particles streaming from black holes in far-away galaxies operate differently than previously thought, according to a study published today in Nature.
SupernovaNASA's Chandra Reveals Origin Of Key Cosmic Explosions
(17 February 2010) New findings from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory have provided a major advance in understanding a type of supernova critical for studying the dark energy that astronomers think pervades the universe.
NASA's Fermi Closes On Source Of Cosmic Rays
(16 February 2010) New images from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope show where supernova remnants emit radiation a billion times more energetic than visible light.
SunBAE Systems Computers Rocket To The Sun Aboard NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
(17 February 2010) Three BAE Systems space computers have taken flight on a NASA satellite to study the sun’s influence on Earth and near-Earth space.
Solar SystemInnovative Space Drill Among Results Of ESA’s Networking/Partnering Initiative
(16 February 2010) Getting to another planet is hard enough, but getting under its surface can be really tough.
MarsPhobos Flyby Season Starts Again
(16 February 2010) Today Mars Express began a series of flybys of Phobos, the largest moon of Mars.
CometsNASA's Stardust Burns For Comet, Less Than A Year Away
(18 February 2010) Just three days shy of one year before its planned flyby of comet Tempel 1, NASA's Stardust spacecraft has successfully performed a manoeuvre to adjust the time of its encounter by eight hours and 20 minutes.
Stardust-NExT Spacecraft Fires Engines To Delay Arrival At Comet
(18 February 2010) NASA’s Stardust-NExT (New Exploration of Tempel) spacecraft fired its engines for 22 minutes 53 seconds on Feb. 17 to purposely delay its arrival at comet Tempel 1 by 8 hours 21 minutes.
Manned SpaceSwRI Announces Pioneering Program To Fly Next-Generation Suborbital Experiments With Crew
(18 February 2010) Southwest Research Institute announces a new initiative to build and fly experiments with SwRI payload specialists on next-generation suborbital vehicles.
Manned Space - STS-130
STS-130 MCC Status Report #10
(12 February 2010) The doors leading to the final U.S. components of the International Space Station are due to open tonight when the crews of space shuttle Endeavour and the station begin internal outfitting of the Tranquility module and the cupola.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #11
(13 February 2010) Crew members on space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station got a first look inside the orbiting outpost’s newest module and room with a view Friday evening, but the shutters were still closed so the view will have to wait a while.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #12
(13 February 2010) All plans are go for the second spacewalk of shuttle mission STS-130 at 8:09 p.m. CST, resuming the integration of the International Space Station’s new Tranquility module.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #13
(14 February 2010) Endeavour astronauts Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick finished all tasks planned for the mission’s second spacewalk, integrating the new Tranquility node into the International Space Station despite a slightly shortened spacewalk.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #14
(14 February 2010) Astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour are preparing to relocate one of the new modules they just delivered to the International Space Station, and pressing ahead with activation and checkout of the new Tranquility node.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #15
(15 February 2010) The International Space Station’s new viewport is facing the Earth now, ready to provide a panoramic view of the planet below and approaching cargo ships.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #16
(15 February 2010) The International Space Station and shuttle Endeavour crews continue with robotics and hardware relocation activities today.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #17
(16 February 2010) With a port swap of the International Space Station’s new cupola and Pressurized Mating Adapter 3 completed today, astronauts continued outfitting the new Tranquility module and its observation deck and prepared for a third spacewalk.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #18
(16 February 2010) The third of three planned spacewalks for the astronauts of space shuttle Endeavour is on tap for tonight to complete installation of the International Space Station’s Tranquility module and unlock the shutters on the station’s new observation deck.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #19
(17 February 2010) Endeavour Pilot Terry Virts opened the windows one at a time early Wednesday, giving spacewalkers Robert Behnken and Nicholas Patrick an early look into the International Space Station’s room with a view that they had helped install.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #20
(17 February 2010) The astronauts and cosmonauts on space shuttle Endeavour and the International Space Station have started an extra day of joint docked operations to complete relocation of the station’s regenerative life support system into the new Tranquility module.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #21
(18 February 2010) After a chat with the president an hour after their wakeup call, it was back to the nuts-and-bolts work of spaceflight for the crews of Endeavour and the International Space Station.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #22
(18 February 2010) The last transfers are first on the agenda for the remaining hours before hatches are closed between the International Space Station and space shuttle Endeavour scheduled for approximately 1:30 a.m. Friday.
STS-130 MCC Status Report #23
(19 February 2010) Hatches between Endeavour and the International Space Station were closed at 2:08 a.m. CST.
Astronauts Enter Space Station’s New Node-3
(13 February 2010) Astronauts of the Space Shuttle Endeavour and ISS opened the hatches between Node-1 and Node-3 at 03:17 CET (02:17 GMT) this morning and entered their new module.
The Cupola Opens Its Seven Eyelids
(17 February 2010) Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have opened the shutters on the seven Cupola windows this morning, providing them with the first view of Earth from their new observation deck.
Space TourismConcrete Phase Of Runway Begins At Spaceport America
(15 February 2010) The first batch of concrete was poured Thursday, February 11, marking the start of the final concrete finish phase of the runway construction at Spaceport America, the world's first purposebuilt commercial spaceport.
TechnologyESA’s High Power RF Laboratory Transferring To Spain
(16 February 2010) ESA’s Laboratory tasked with investigating high power radio frequency phenomena is moving from ESTEC in the Netherlands to Valencia in Spain.
Launch ServicesSpace Systems/Loral Delivers Dish Network's EchoStar XIV Satellite To Launch Base
(19 February 2010) Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), the leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it shipped a communications satellite built for DISH Network L.L.C., the fastest-growing pay-TV provider in America, to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it will be launched aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).
Thales Alenia Space Shipped The Second ComSatBw Satellite To Kourou
(18 February 2010) Thales Alenia Space announced today that it has shipped to the Kourou spaceport the second ComSatBw satellite, which will be launched on March 24 by an Ariane 5 ECA.
BusinessCentral European Media Enterprises Agrees To Acquire bTV, The Leading TV Channel In Bulgaria, For US$ 400 Million
(18 February 2010) Central European Media Enterprises Ltd. ("CME") announced today that it has entered into an agreement with News Corporation to acquire bTV, the free-to-air commercial television channel in Bulgaria, as well as the bTV Cinema and bTV Comedy cable channels and 74% of Radio Company C.J. OOD which operates several radio stations (the bTV Group).
Products and ServicesBusinessCom Launches DVB-S2 And SCPC IO Satellite Internet Service
(18 February 2010) BusinessCom, a global satellite telecommunications service provider, has launched the Advantage IP VSAT service, based on Ku-band IO satellites, providing coverage to more than 18 countries in the Middle East and parts of CIS and Asia, including Iraq and Afghanistan.
Delta Wave Communications Introduces Their Inmarsat Fleetbroadband 150 Flyaway Kit
(18 February 2010) Delta Wave Communications, Inc. is pleased to announce their new Inmarsat FleetBroadband (FB) 150 portable kitted solution.
SkyTrac Systems To Release Next Generation Software SkyWeb V 3.0
(16 February 2010) SkyTrac Systems is pleased to announce that it will release the next generation of its software—SkyWeb V 3.0—at Heli Expo 2010 in Houston Texas.
SPOT Announces Shipment Of New SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger
(18 February 2010) Spot LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. and a leader in personal satellite messaging communications today announced it has begun shipping the new SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger to customers and retail partners.
TrainingSES Adopts GVF Training As Part Of Industry Initiatives On Tackling RF Interference
(15 February 2010) SES, one of the premier satellite service providers of fixed satellite services, and the Global VSAT forum (GVF) announced today that SES has adopted GVF training in order to help prevent RF interference.
PeopleGlobalstar Announces Executive Management Changes
(12 February 2010) Globalstar, Inc., a leading provider of mobile satellite voice and data services to businesses, government, and consumers, announced restructuring changes to its executive management and employee staff designed to flatten the firm's organizational structure, improve the Company's decision-making efficiencies and reduce costs.
NewSat Limited Appoints New Directors To The Board
(18 February 2010) NewSat Limited, Australia's largest independent satellite communications company, recorded its maiden positive EBITDA for the first half of the 2010 financial year and wishes to advise the market of the appointment of 2 new directors, ratified by the Board of Directors and effective today, further progressing the companies development and growth.
TerreStar Promotes Epstein And Loiacono
(16 February 2010) TerreStar Corporation today announced that Jeffrey W. Epstein has added Chief Executive Officer duties to his position at TerreStar Corporation and its subsidiaries, and will assume the title of President & CEO, effective immediately.
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