1 March 2009
SatcomsAlaska Airlines Trials Satellite-Based Inflight Wireless Internet Service
(26 February 2009) Alaska Airlines today will launch a customer trial of its new satellite-based wireless Internet service.
ITT Corporation Purchases SatMAX Repeater System
(25 February 2009) SatMAX Corporation, a leading global provider of wireless, non-line-of-sight satellite communications products and services, announced it has delivered its first order to ITT Corporation for three SatMAX 3-user Iridium satellite communications repeater systems.
L2 Consulting Services Inc. Completes 737NG Iridium Certification Project For Major Carrier
(23 February 2009) L2 Consulting Services, Inc. (L2) is pleased to announce that it successfully certified an International Communications Group (ICG) NxtLink series ICS-220A Iridium satellite communication system on a 737NG aircraft.
Mobile Broadband Network Goes Global
(25 February 2009) The era of global coverage for mobile broadband communications has arrived, following completion of Inmarsat's network-optimising satellite repositioning programme.
ND SatCom Joins With CETel GmbH For ‘Managed Services’ Activities
(26 February 2009) ND SatCom, an SES Astra company, will in the future co-ordinate with CETel GmbH for the provision of ‘Managed Services’.
Newtec’s FlexACM Boosts Inclined Orbit Throughput And Increases Service Availability For Skyvision
(26 February 2009) FlexACM provides IP throughput increase up to 137 % on inclined orbit satellite Newtec, a world-leading innovator in the satellite and communications industry, has today announced that SkyVision, a leading provider of turnkey broadband Internet solutions, has implemented Newtec’s FlexACM for use on a high speed IP point-topoint link on an inclined orbit satellite between Kenya and Austria.
Newtec's FlexACM Brings 100 % Link Availability For Horizon Satellite Solutions
(24 February 2009) Newtec, a world-leading innovator in the satellite and communications industry, has today announced that Horizon Satellite Solutions, headquartered in the United Arab Emirates, has selected FlexACM from Newtec - a solution capable of maintaining the service of satellite links at all times, in all weather conditions, and delivering highly increased IP throughput.
Ofcom Decides On Cancellation Of ICO-P Assignments
(27 February 2009) Ofcom represents the UK Government in the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and acts as the UK notifying administration under ITU procedures in relation to the international management of spectrum and orbit resources.
Orbcomm Services Now Authorized In The Republic Of Indonesia
(26 February 2009) Orbcomm Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on two-way Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, today announced that its two-way satellite data communications services are now authorized in the Republic of Indonesia, strengthening Orbcomm’s presence in the South Pacific.
Stratos Is First Inmarsat Distribution Partner To Reach 1,000 FleetBroadband Activations
(26 February 2009) Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has reached a milestone of 1,000 FleetBroadband activations.
BroadcastEutelsat Doubles Its Broadcasting Resources At 9 Degrees East With Deployment Of The Eurobird 9A Satellite
(24 February 2009) Eutelsat Communications today announces the entry into commercial service of its Eurobird 9A satellite at 9 degrees East.
Earth Observation4C Controls, Hydra Trading And Baynuna Aviation Service To Build The First High Resolution Satellite Space Center In Abu Dhabi
(24 February 2009) Abu Dhabi will soon feature on the ‘space map’ of the world with the setting up of the 4C GEOC Gulf Earth Observation Centre, the first space centre of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, to receive, analyze and utilize data from satellites orbiting the earth.
Ball Aerospace Completes OMPS Integration For NPP
(25 February 2009) Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. has successfully completed integration of the Ozone Mapping Profiler Suite (OMPS) for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Preparatory Project (NPP).
DigitalGlobe WorldView-2 Satellite Completes Successful Instrument Integration; Progresses To Environmental Testing
(24 February 2009) DigitalGlobe, a leading provider of high-resolution world imagery solutions, today announced that the WorldView-2 remote sensing instrument, provided by ITT Corporation’s Space Systems Division, has been integrated by Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. into the WorldView-2 spacecraft and system-level testing has commenced.
Eight Years In Orbit For Swedish Research Satellite
(23 February 2009) The Swedish atmospheric research and astronomy satellite Odin celebrates eight years in orbit (on Friday 20 February) and the value of its observations keeps increasing.
European Satellites Provide New Insight Into Ozone-Depleting Species
(25 February 2009) Using data from the satellite-based MIPAS and GOME-2 instruments, scientists have for the first time detected important bromine species in the atmosphere.
GeoEye-1 Satellite Attains Full Operational Capability Certification From The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
(20 February 2009) GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of satellite and aerial-based geospatial information, announced today that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) notified the Company that imagery from the GeoEye-1 satellite has been certified as meeting their stringent requirements for quality, accuracy and resolution.
Hamilton Sundstrand Spectrometers To Measure Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide On NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory Mission
(23 February 2009) Hamilton Sundstrand spectrometers will enable scientists to measure carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations throughout Earth's atmosphere during NASA's upcoming Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) mission.
Northrop Grumman Delivers Cryocooler For Advanced Baseline Imager Sensor
(27 February2009) Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered the final flight module cooler assemblies for the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) sensor to ITT Corporation.
South Africa Gives The Green Light To Remote Sensing Software By Werum
(26 February 2009) The Satellite Application Centre of South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has just ordered Werum's remote sensing software DIMS-EO (Data and Information Management System for Earth Observation).
TrackingOuterlink Partners With The Department Of Homeland Security For Satellite Tracking Data
(22 February 2009) Outerlink Corporation, a leading provider of satellite-based mobile asset management solutions, announced today it has teamed with the DHS AMOC at March AFB in Riverside, CA, to provide satellite tracking data from all commercial satellite tracking systems in domestic use today.
Military SpaceRaytheon To Produce GPS-Related Advanced Anti-Jamming Antenna System
(26 February 2009) A subsidiary of Raytheon Company has received a U.S. Air Force contract for initial production of the GPSAdvanced Digital Antenna Production system.
Northrop Grumman Completes Engineering Thermal Vacuum Testing Of The SBIRS GEO-2 Payload
(27 February 2009) Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed thermal vacuum testing of the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO-2) payload for the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS), a key process that exercised the payload in a complete test-like-you-fly sequence to prove both performance and functionality.
AstronomyWorld Economic Recession Won't Jeopardise The Square Kilometre Array
(26 February 2009) The opportunities, benefits and challenges of building the world's biggest radio telescope - the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) - were in the spotlight at the SKA Forum 2009 in Cape Town this week.
Black HolesA Newtonian System That Mimics The Baldness Of Rotating Black Holes
(23 February 2009) The rotating black hole has been described as one of nature's most perfect objects.
QuasarsColours Of Quasars Reveal A Dusty Universe
(26 February 2009) The vast expanses of intergalactic space appear to be filled with a haze of tiny, smoke-like "dust" particles that dim the light from distant objects and subtly change their colours, according to a team of astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II).
MoonAstrobotic Technology And Carnegie Mellon Researchers Show Small Robots Can Prepare Lunar Surface For NASA Outpost
(25 February 2009) Small robots the size of riding mowers could prepare a safe landing site for NASA’s Moon outpost, according to a NASA-sponsored study prepared by Astrobotic Technology Inc. with technical assistance from Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute.
Boeing Submits Proposal For Altair Lunar Lander Study Contract
(27 February 2009) The Boeing Company, through its Space Exploration division, submitted a proposal to NASA today for Altair lunar lander design support.
VenusWatching Venus Glow In The Dark
(24 February 2009) ESA’s Venus Express spacecraft has observed an eerie glow in the night-time atmosphere of Venus.
SaturnCassini Maps Global Pattern Of Titan's Dunes
(26 February 2009) Titan's vast dune fields, which may act like weather vanes to determine general wind direction on Saturn's biggest moon, have been mapped by scientists who compiled four years of radar data collected by the Cassini spacecraft.
AsteroidsUA Scientists Find Asteroids Are Missing, And Possibly Why
(25 February 2009) University of Arizona scientists have uncovered a curious case of missing asteroids.
Manned SpaceFinal European Crewmembers Announced For Human Mars Mission Simulation
(26 February 2009) ESA has announced the European prime and backup crewmembers for the 105-day Mars500 study.
NASA Awards Contract For Constellation Spacesuit For The Moon
(27 February 2009) NASA has awarded an interim letter contract to Oceaneering International Inc. of Houston to begin work on the design, development and production of a new spacesuit system for the Constellation Program.
NASA Defers Setting Next Shuttle Launch Date
(20 February 2009) During a thorough review of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight, NASA managers decided Friday that more data and possible testing are required before launching the STS-119 mission to the International Space Station.
Segment Of Ares I-X Test Rocket Arrives At Kennedy
(20 February 2009) The last newly manufactured section of the Ares I-X test rocket arrived at the Assembly and Refurbishment Facility of NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Friday.
Space Shuttle Program Completes New Plan For Next Launch
(25 February 2009) NASA's Space Shuttle Program has established a plan that could support shuttle Discovery's launch to the International Space Station, tentatively targeted for March 12.
SpaceX Manufactured Heat Shield Material Passes High Temperature Tests Simulating Reentry Heating Conditions Of Dragon Spacecraft
(23 February 2009) Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announces the passing of a significant technical milestone in the development of its Dragon spacecraft with the successful arc jet testing of PICA-X high performance heat shield material.
TechnologyNew MIT Rocket Aims For Cheaper Nudges In Space
(24 February 2009) Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the correct path.
Launch ServicesILS And AsiaSat Announce Proton Launch Of The AsiaSat 5 Satellite In Third Quarter 2009
(24 February 2009) International Launch Services (ILS) and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (AsiaSat) announced a contract today for the launch of AsiaSat 5 satellite on an ILS Proton.
MEASAT-3a Secures June 2009 Launch
(27 February 2009) MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“MEASAT”) announced today that it has received confirmation from Intelsat Corporation that the MEASAT-3a satellite has been scheduled for launch in June 2009.
NASA's Kepler Telescope To Launch Aboard Delta II Rocket
(26 February 2009) Launch of NASA's Kepler telescope is targeted for no earlier than Friday, March 6, from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
Launch Services - Orbiting Carbon Observatory Orbital Set To Launch Orbiting Carbon Observatory Earth Science Satellite Aboard Taurus Rocket For NASA
(23 February 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation today announced that it is in final preparations to launch the company-built Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) satellite for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
NASA's Launch Of Carbon-Seeking Satellite Is Unsuccessful
(24 February 2009) NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite failed to reach orbit after its 4:55 a.m. EST liftoff Tuesday from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base.
Orbital’s Launch Of Taurus Rocket Is Unsuccessful
(24 February 2009) Orbital Sciences Corporation announced today that the launch of its Taurus XL rocket, which lifted off at 4:55 a.m. (EST) from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA., carrying the company-built Orbiting Carbon Observatory satellite for NASA, did not achieve orbit.
NASA Names Chairman For Orbiting Carbon Observatory Investigation
(25 February 2009) NASA's Rick Obenschain, deputy director at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., will lead the investigation board for the unsuccessful launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory on Feb. 24.
Launch Services - Telstar 11N
Countdown Underway For Launch Of Telstar 11N Satellite
(25 February 2009) Preparations are underway at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan for the launch of the Telstar 11N communications satellite on February 26 at 10:30 am Pacific Time (18:30 GMT), in a two-hour launch window.
Land Launch Success For Telstar 11N Satellite
(26 February 2009) The Land Launch Zenit-3SLB system today successfully inserted Telesat’s Telstar 11N communications satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit from the Zenit launch site at the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan.
Space Systems/Loral-Built Telstar 11N Satellite On Track With Post Launch Manoeuvres
(27 February 2009) Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and the leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that the Telstar 11N satellite built for Telesat, one of the world's leading fixed satellite services operators, is performing post launch manoeuvres according to plan.
Telesat Successfully Launches Telstar 11N Satellite
(27 February 2009) Telesat, the world's fourth largest fixed satellite services operator, has successfully launched its state-of-the-art Telstar 11N satellite.
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BusinessCapRock Communications Expands Its Presence In Asia Pacific
(23 February 2009) CapRock Communications, a global provider of satellite communications to remote environments, has further expanded its presence in Asia Pacific by opening a new regional office in Singapore.
Elbit Systems Completes Acquisition Of Shiron Satellite Communications For US$ 16 Million
(24 February 2009) Elbit Systems Ltd. announced, further to its announcement on January 8, 2008, that its wholly owned Israeli subsidiary, Elbit Systems Land and C4I-Tadiran Ltd. (ESLC-T) acquired all of the shares of Shiron Satellite Communications (1996) Ltd., a privately-owned Israeli company, for a purchase price of US$ 16 million.
Integral Systems Inc. Acquires satID Intellectual Property And Other Assets
(24 February 2009) Integral Systems Inc. (Integral) announced today that it has purchased the intellectual property and other assets relating to the satID product line from U.K.-based QinetiQ Group PLC.
Stratos Expands Asia-Pacific Customer Support With New Hong Kong Service Center
(23 February 2009) Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has expanded its Asia-Pacific customer-support infrastructure with the opening of its new Hong Kong Customer Support Center.
Products and ServicesNew Afghanistan Satellite Service Provides The Only One Hop Satellite Connection Between Afghanistan And The USA
(24 February 2009) Afghanistan Satellite is a new Afghanistan to USA communications service offered by Hawaii Pacific Teleport.
Spacenet Introduces New Levels Of Customized Network Support For Enterprise Customers
(23 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 availability of its new Enhanced Support Program, a comprehensive family of customer support and network management services.
PeopleSkyTerra Appoints Marc Montagner As Executive Vice President Of Strategy, Development And Distribution
(25 February 2009) SkyTerra today announced that Marc Montagner was appointed Executive Vice President, Strategy, Development and Distribution.
XipLink Appoints Technology Industry Veteran Warren Brown As Senior Vice President of Marketing
(25 February 2009) Xiplink, the technology leader for standards based wireless bandwidth optimization software and appliances, today announced it has named Warren Brown as the company’s new senior vice president of marketing.
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