22 February 2009
SatcomsEutelsat's Hot Bird 9 Satellite Goes Live
(17 February 2009) Eutelsat Communications announces the full entry into commercial service of its Hot Bird 9 satellite at 13 degrees East. Built by EADS Astrium and launched on 20 December 2008 by Arianespace, Eutelsat's new high-capacity broadcast satellite has a projected in-orbit life of more than 15 years.
JSAT Mobile Is Granted License To Offer BGAN And FleetBroadband Services In Japan
(18 February 2009) Stratos Global Corporation today announced that JSAT Mobile Communications Inc. has been granted a radio license by the Kanto Bureau of the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications.
NSSL And Telemar Join Forces On Maritime Broadband
(18 February 2009) NSSL and Telemar Scandinavia have announced a joint partnership for their Maritime Broadband Services, with NSSL’s Cruise IP and Telemar’s Seacall services now both using the same high-quality DVBS2-RCS broadband platform.
SES Astra Further Strengthens 23.5 Degrees East Orbital Position
(19 February 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that it has moved its Astra 1G satellite from 19.2 degrees East to 23.5 degrees East, where it joined Astra 3A and Astra 1E to serve Central Europe, the Benelux countries and German cable networks, as well as offering the high-speed broadband service Astra2Connect.
Spacenet Chosen By Boston Market To Deploy Advanced Satellite And Hybrid Network
(17 February 2009) Spacenet Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. and one of the world's leading providers of satellite networking solutions, announced today that it has signed a contract to provide an upgraded satellite and hybrid data network to over 500 Boston Market restaurant locations across the United States.
Thales Alenia Space Successfully Completes O3b Networks Preliminary Design Review For On-Time Delivery Of Satellite Constellation
(17 February 2009) O3b Networks the developer of a new fibre quality, satellite-based, global Internet backbone announced today that they have completed a Preliminary Design Review (PDR) of the Constellation Space Segment being built by Thales Alenia Space for O3b Networks, LLC.
TIBA – Telepuerto Internacional Buenos Aires Signs New Multi-Transponder, Multi-Year Agreement With SES New Skies For NSS-806 Satellite Capacity
(17 February 2009) SES New Skies, an SES company announces that TIBA – Telepuerto Internacional Buenos Aires, has signed a new multi-transponder, multi-year agreement for satellite capacity on the NSS-806 satellite at the orbital location of 319.5 degrees East.
Earth ObservationNPOESS' Primary Sensor Completes Vibration Tests; First VIIRS Flight Unit On Path To Thermal Vacuum Test
(18 February 2009) A primary operational and science instrument for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) has passed a key environmental test at Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) subcontractor, Raytheon Company.
Orbiting Carbon Observatory Aims To Boost Carbon Management Options
(19 February 2009) As the concentration of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere continues to rise, so also does public awareness, as well as efforts to find solutions to this global problem.
Scientists Find Black Gold Amidst Overlooked Data
(19 February 2009) About half of the oil in the ocean bubbles up naturally from the seafloor, with Earth giving it up freely like it was of no value.
The Earth Observatory Of Singapore Devoted To The Study Of Earth Sciences Officially Opens
(19 February 2009) The Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS) which aspires to be a leading world institution for understanding and addressing several of civilisation's most serious environmental threats – including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions and climate change – aims to provide invaluable research and data, with a focus on Southeast Asia, that could potentially save hundreds of thousands of lives.
NavigationSaving On Fuel And Safeguarding The Environment With Smart Driving
(16 February 2009) A new system is using satellite navigation data to help car drivers develop smart, smooth and safe driving techniques that can help save an average of 15-25% in fuel, as well as contribute to environmental protection.
TrackingImpeva Labs And Agility Deploy Remote Tracking And Management Solution For Iraq Troop Supply Truck Fleet
(16 February 2009) Impeva Labs, Inc., a global asset management firm, and Agility, a leading logistics provider, announced the successful deployment of an advanced service to track and monitor more than 365 trucks operating on 2,000-plus miles of remote roads across challenging terrain between depots in Dubai, Jordan and Iraq.
Numerex And Savi To Launch GlobalTag Combining GPS, RFID And Satellite Communications
(17 February 2009) Numerex Corp. and Savi, a Lockheed Martin company, today announced their technology partnership to co-develop what would be the first asset and shipment monitoring device that combines Global Satellite Positioning, active Radio Frequency Identification and Satellite Communications.
Military SpaceAmericom Government Services Delivers Broadband DAMA Satellite Terminal To U.S. Navy Command Ship
(17 February 2009) Satellite solutions provider Americom Government Services (AGS) announced the U.S. Navy has accepted the in-motion satellite terminal installed on board the Seventh Fleet Command ship, the USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19).
Boeing Delivers 1st Communications Payload To MUOS Prime Contractor
(17 February 2009) The Boeing Company has delivered the first Legacy Communications payload and the first digital channelizer to Lockheed Martin in support of the U.S. Navy's new Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) communications system.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Its Next-Generation BFT-HC Transceiver And Advanced Ground Station Technology
(17 February 2009) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation recently filed patents for two key components of its next-generation Blue Force Tracking-High Capacity (BFT-HC) network.
EMS Awarded US$ 35.7 Million To Proceed With Work On B-2 Bomber’s Satellite Communications Upgrade
(18 February 2009) EMS Technologies, Inc. announced today that Northrop Grumman Corp. has directed to EMS its latest B-2 award, valued at US$ 35.7 million, for continued concept advanced development work for the new extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications system for the B-2 stealth bomber.
Lockheed Martin-Built DSCS Satellites Achieve Historic Milestone
(17 February 2009) A U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team announced today that the Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III constellation has surpassed 200 years of on-orbit operations, the longest total operational experience of any U.S. military communications satellite constellation.
AstrophysicsCosmologists Aim To Observe First Moments Of Universe
(16 February 2009) During the next decade, a delicate measurement of primordial light could reveal convincing evidence for the popular cosmic inflation theory, which proposes that a random, microscopic density fluctuation in the fabric of space and time gave birth to the universe in a hot big bang approximately 13.7 billion years ago.
NASA's Fermi Telescope Sees Most Extreme Gamma-Ray Blast Yet
(19 February 2009) The first gamma-ray burst to be seen in high-resolution from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is one for the record books.
AstronomyATK Begins Building Advanced Support Structure For NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
(16 February 2009) Alliant Techsystems has started to assemble the Primary Mirror Backplane Support Structure, or spine, of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) at its Magna, Utah, facility.
StarsHundred Metre Virtual Telescope Captures Unique Detailed Colour Image
(18 February 2009) A team of French astronomers has captured one of the sharpest colour images ever made.
New Stars From Old Gas Surprise Astronomers
(18 February 2009) Evidence of star birth within a cloud of primordial gas has given astronomers a glimpse of a previously unknown mode of galaxy formation.
GalaxiesClemson Astronomers Study Mysterious Antimatter In The Milky Way
(16 February 2009) NASA has awarded Clemson astronomers US$ 244,000 to use data from several space-based gamma-ray telescopes to study a mysterious emission coming from the central regions of the Milky Way galaxy.
New Recipe For Dwarf Galaxies: Start With Leftover Gas
(18 February 2009) There is more than one way to make a dwarf galaxy, and NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer has found a new recipe.
Solar SystemDiamond-like Films On Board NASA Satellite
(17 February 2009) Diamond-like carbon films created at Sandia National Laboratories are helping probe the far boundaries of the solar system as part of a NASA mission to study how the sun’s solar wind interacts with the interstellar medium – the matter that exists between the stars within a galaxy.
NASA And ESA Prioritise Outer Planet Missions
(18 February 2009) At a meeting in Washington last week, NASA and ESA officials decided to first pursue a mission to study Jupiter and its four largest moons, and plan for another mission to visit Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and Enceladus.
MoonNASA Mission To Seek Water Ice On Moon Heads To Florida For Launch
(17 February 2009) NASA's Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite, known as LCROSS, is enroute from Northrop Grumman's facility in Redondo Beach, Calif., to NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for a spring launch.
New High-Res Map Suggests Little Water Inside Moon
(14 February 2009) The most detailed map of the Moon ever created has revealed never-before-seen craters at the lunar poles.
Northrop Grumman Ships LCROSS To NASA's Kennedy Space Center
(17 February 2009) Northrop Grumman Corporation shipped the Lunar CRater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) to NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida.
MarsAsteroid Spacecraft Dawn: A Change In Course Near Our Neighbour, Mars
(13 February 2009) On 18 February 2009 the gravity of Mars, our neighbouring planet, will move the spacecraft Dawn onto the correct path for its onward flight to the asteroid Vesta.
Aurora Awarded Contract By NASA To Study Balloon Launches From The Surface Of Mars
(17 February 2009) NASA has awarded Aurora Flight Sciences and its partner Vertigo Inc, a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to develop an innovative autonomous balloon launcher to operate from the surface of Mars.
CometsNASA's Swift Spies Comet Lulin
(20 February 2009) Astronomers using the NASA Swift Satellite are tracking a spectacular comet as it closes in on Earth and sheds gas and dust from its vaporised ice.
MicrogravitySweet Potato Takes A Ride On Space Shuttle - Study Shows Roots Can Regenerate In Microgravity
(17 February 2009) Because of the distinct lack of grocery stores in outer space, scientists are looking for ways to provide food for long-term space missions.
Manned SpaceAerojet Fires Advanced Development Roll Control Thruster Targeted For Ares I Application
(19 February 2009) Aerojet, a GenCorp company, announced today that the company completed a hot firing test sequence of a new roll control thruster being developed as a candidate for NASA's Ares I launch vehicle.
Boeing Submits Proposals To NASA For Ares V Rocket Design Support
(18 February 2009) The Boeing Company today announced that its Space Exploration division has submitted proposals to NASA for the Ares V Phase 1 Design Support Contracts.
NASA Awards Construction Contract For Rocket Engine Testing
(19 February 2009) NASA signed a contract Thursday with American Tank and Vessel Inc. of Mobile, Ala., for the installation of a test cell diffuser and associated systems in the A-3 test stand at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi.
Second ATV Named After Johannes Kepler
(19 February 2009) ESA's second Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) has been named Johannes Kepler after the German astronomer and mathematician.
Space TourismCost Of Space Travel Drops 50%
(17 February 2009) Before the first suborbital space ship has even flown its first flight, the cost of commercial "space" travel available to the general public has already dropped by more than fifty percent.
Simonyi Makes History As First Private Explorer To Return To Space
(14 February 2009) Space Adventures, Ltd., the only company that provides human space missions to the world marketplace, announced today that its seventh orbital client, Charles Simonyi, Ph.D., has begun training for his upcoming mission to the International Space Station (ISS).
TechnologyMDA Plays Significant Role In Planning Future Global Space Explorations
(17 February 2009) MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd., a provider of essential information solutions, announced today it has been selected to deliver concept design solutions to support planning of Canada's potential participation in global space exploration.
Launch ServicesFAA Office Of Commercial Space Transportation Approves Consolidation Of Space Florida's Launch Site Operators License
(17 February 2009) Space Florida's efforts to secure licenses for two launch sites has been significantly streamlined by quick approval by the FAA's Office of Commercial Space Transportation of Space Florida's request to consolidate FAA Launch Site Operator license applications.
Installation Of The Soyuz Launch System Begins At Europe’s Spaceport
(19 February 2009) Construction of Soyuz’ new French Guiana operating site has reached a major milestone with the installation start-up for its launch system – which will support and service the vehicle when it is erected for liftoff.
NASA Selects Orbital's Pegasus Rocket To Launch NuSTAR Space Science Satellite
(18 February 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation, one of the world's leading space technology companies, today announced that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will once again rely on the company to provide both the satellite and launch vehicle for an important upcoming space science mission that utilises highly productive and cost effective smaller space systems.
NASA's Kepler Mission To Seek Other Earths
(19 February 2009) NASA's Kepler spacecraft is ready to be moved to the launch pad today and will soon begin a journey to search for worlds that could potentially host life.
Planck Follows Herschel To Launch Site
(20 February 2009) Planck, ESA’s microwave observatory that will study the relic radiation of the Big Bang, was shipped from Liège, Belgium, to Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 18 February.
Pre-Launch Inspections Underway With The Herschel Telescope Payload For Ariane 5's Next Launch
(18 February 2009) The Herschel space telescope has completed what could be called the “blue phase” of its pre-launch preparations for Arianespace’s next Ariane 5 mission, with the spacecraft’s mirror inspected for cleanliness using ultraviolet light.
Rockot Lift Off Preparations Continue At Plesetsk
(16 February 2009) At Plesetsk Cosmodrome, preparations are under way for the upcoming launch of a Russia-made Rockot launch vehicle with the GOCE earth observation satellite for European Space Agency.
Snecma And Snecma Propulsion Solide To Provide Propulsion Systems For New Batch Of 35 Ariane 5 ECA Launchers
(16 February 2009) On January 30 at European Space Agency headquarters in Paris, Snecma (Safran Group) and Astrium Space Transportation signed the propulsion contract for the 35 Ariane 5 ECA launchers that Arianespace has ordered from Astrium (“PB” batch).
Space Activities At Esrange Space Centre 2009
(16 February 2009) The year of 2009 will be completely loaded with interesting space missions at Esrange Space Centre - Swedish Space Corporation’s (SSC) operational facility for rocket and balloon launches, testing of new aerospace vehicles as well as control and operations of satellites.
Thales Alenia Space Delivers Two Deep Space Observatories To Launch Site
(19 February 2009) The Herschel and Planck satellites, built by Thales Alenia Space as prime contractor for the European Space Agency, have arrived at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, for final preparations leading up to an Ariane 5 launch on April 16.
The Herschel Space Telescope Is Readied For Arianespace's Upcoming Ariane 5 Flight
(16 February 2009) The European-built Herschel telescope has begun pre-launch processing at the Spaceport in French Guiana as preparations for Arianespace’s second Ariane 5 launch of 2009 shift into full gear.
BusinessSpacehab Announces Corporate Name Change To Astrotech
(19 February 2009) Spacehab, Incorporated, a leading provider of commercial space services, announced today that it is changing its corporate name to Astrotech Corporation.
Products and ServicesATCi’s Three Cent-a-Minute GSM Satellite Backhaul Services Now Offered To Africa, Middle East And Latin American Countries
(16 February 2009) Antenna Technology Communications Inc., a provider of commercial satellite communications systems, today announced at the GSMA Mobile World Congress Conference taking place in Barcelona that it will be offering its advanced cellular communications satellite systems specifically designed for applications in countries across the Middle East, Latin America and Africa 2nd quarter 2009.
EB Introduces Sleek Satellite-Terrestrial Reference Design Devices For The European Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) Market
(16 February 2009) Leveraging its advanced knowledge and device development capabilities in multi-radio technologies, EB, Elektrobit Corporation a developer of cutting-edge embedded technology solutions for automotive and wireless industries, introduced today two reference design devices for the European Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) market.
KVH And ViaSat Expand Mini-VSAT Broadband Coverage To Persian Gulf
(17 February 2009) Crews on commercial oil and gas, shipping, and government vessels in the Persian Gulf now have access to affordable broadband Internet and crystal-clear telephone service throughout the region with the recent expansion of the mini-VSAT Broadband service from KVH Industries.
SkyTrac Systems Launches Next Gen System At Heli Expo 2009
(19 February 2009) SkyTrac Systems would like to announce the launch the ISAT-200, its next generation full featured SatCom transceiver, at Heli Expo 2009 in Anaheim California.
Stratos Introduces StratosNet Accelerator To Help Customers Reduce Airtime Costs
(17 February 2009) - Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced the commercial availability of StratosNet Accelerator, a free Internet-optimisation application that helps customers reduce airtime costs required to operate BGAN, FleetBroadband and SwiftBroadband mobile satellite services.
PeopleASRC Aerospace Hires Director For Huntsville Operations
(19 February 2009) ASRC Aerospace Corporation, an information technology and aerospace engineering company and NASA contractor, has named Dr. Judy Mobley as its director of Huntsville operations.
Integral Systems, Inc. Appoints Levi A. Royster As VP Of Information Technology & Information Security
(18 February 2009) Integral Systems, Inc. announced that it has hired Levi A. Royster to serve as vice president of information technology and information security.
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