8 March 2009
SatcomsComtech Telecommunications Corp. Wins US$ 1.7 Million In Equipment Orders To Support Satellite-Based Cellular Backhaul
(5 March 2009) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced today that its Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., won US$ 1.7 million in equipment orders from a service provider who will utilize the equipment to support satellite-based cellular backhaul network expansions in South America.
Detecon Al Saudia Contracts Pre-launch Capacity On The Intelsat-15 Satellite
(3 March 2009) Intelsat Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, announced that Detecon Al Saudia Co. Ltd. (DETASAD) signed a multi-year contract for Ku-band capacity on Intelsat’s new satellite, IS-15 which will be located at 85ºE when it is launched later this year.
DETASAD Contracts NSS-12 Satellite Capacity For The Middle East With SES New Skies
(3 March 2009) SES New Skies, an SES Company, announced today at Satellite MENA that DETECON Al Saudia Co. Ltd. (DETASAD) has contracted 36 MHz of capacity on the upcoming NSS-12 satellite.
Globecomm Systems Awarded Service Contract Renewal Valued At US$ 1.9 Million
(3 March 2009) Globecomm Systems Inc., a leading provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services on a global basis, today announced that the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Globecomm Systems Maryland (GSM), has been awarded a service contract renewal valued at US$ 1.9 million.
ICO Response To OfCom Announcement Regarding International Telecommunications Union Registration
(27 February 2009) ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (ICO) today announced that it takes strong exception to the press statement by the UK Office of Communications (OfCom) regarding OfCom’s intent to write to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) on March 17, 2009 to “instruct that the ICO-P assignments currently recorded in the ITU Master Register be cancelled.”
Mobil Satellite Technologies Awarded Satellite Internet Equipment And Services Contract By The Commonwealth Of Virginia
(2 March 2009) Mobil Satellite Technologies, a leading provider of commercial satellite services, announced today that they have been awarded a contract by the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) to provide Mobile and Fixed Satellite Internet Equipment and Service to State Agencies, Institutions and Other Public Bodies.
OmniGlobe Networks EMEA Receives Newtec’s MENOS Certification
(2 March 2009) OmniGlobe Networks EMEA, a leading supplier of communications equipment and systems for satellite and terrestrial transmissions, announces that following its recent strategic alliance with Sat-Comm Ltd, it has qualified as a certified digital satellite news gathering (DSNG) supplier for the ASBU-MENOS network.
Pak Datacom Limited Installs iDirect Hub In Pakistan's Financial Capital
(4 March 2009) VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a subsidiary of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), today announced that Pak Datacom Ltd. (Pak Datacom), a subsidiary of Telecom Foundation and the leading satellite network operator in Pakistan and Bangladesh, has deployed a Series 15000 Universal Satellite Hub in Karachi, Pakistan.
Satconsult Ltd. Signs Multi-Year Contract With O3b Networks Ltd.
(3 March 2009) O3b Networks the developer of a new fibre quality, satellite-based, global Internet backbone announced today that Satconsult Ltd. of Ghana has signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar contract for high speed, low latency IP trunking from O3b Networks.
Spacenet Satellite And Hybrid Network Supports Retail Applications And Business Continuity At 500 Cumberland Farms Stores And Gas Stations
(3 March 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 data network to approximately 500 Cumberland Farms locations across the United States.
SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger Initiates Rescue For Off-Road Desert Motorcycle Accident
(3 March 2009) SPOT LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. and a leader in personal satellite messaging and emergency communications, today announced that the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger successfully notified emergency rescue authorities of a severely injured off-road motorcyclist in California's Mojave Desert.
BroadcastGlobeCast Chosen By SPE Networks - Asia For Launch Of AXN HD On MEASAT-3 HD Bouquet
(2 March 2009) SPE Networks – Asia (SPENA), GlobeCast and MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn Bhd (MEASAT) announced today the signing of an agreement to distribute the AXN HD channel in the Asia-Pacific Region, starting with the Korean market from 1 March 2009.
Iraqi Media Network Modernises Infrastructure With Harris Corporation ONE Solution For Integrated Broadcasting
(3 March 2009) Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract to provide an integrated large-scale broadcast solution to the Iraqi Media Network (IMN) as part of a major facility upgrade.
Poland's Cyfrowy Polsat Pay-TV Platform Increases Capacity On Eutelsat's Hot Bird 9 Satellite
(4 March 2009) Eutelsat Communications and Cyfrowy Polsat, the leading pay-TV satellite platform in Poland, today announce the signature of a new contract for an additional transponder on Eutelsat's Hot Bird 9 satellite to support the continued expansion of digital entertainment services, including new HDTV channels for Polish satellite television homes.
SES Astra Expands Co-operation With Globecast To African Market
(3 March 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, is expanding its successful co-operation with GlobeCast by signing a long-term agreement for the use of one transponder on Astra 4A.
Tata Sky Ensures Quality Of DTH Offering With Wohler Audio Monitoring Systems
(3 March 2009) Wohler Technologies Inc., today announced that Tata Sky, a joint venture between the TATA Group and STAR, is using a range of Wohler monitoring systems to support direct-to-home (DTH) satellite television service that delivers 170 channels to more than three million connections across India.
Thuraya Showcases World’s Fastest Mobile Satellite Streaming Service For Broadcast Media At CABSAT MENA 2009
(2 March 2009) Thuraya Telecommunications, the market leader in mobile satellite communications, is participating in this week’s CABSAT MENA 2009, where it is showcasing the world’s first satellite solution offering streaming speeds of up to 384kbps.
Earth ObservationGOCE: Orbiting On The Edge
(6 March 2009) Orbiting on the edge of space at just 268 km, GOCE would have a mere eight days before sinking dangerously low if its ion propulsion should fail.
NASA, Cisco Partnering For Climate Change Monitoring Platform
(3 March 2009) NASA and Cisco Inc. announced Tuesday a partnership to develop an online collaborative global monitoring platform called the "Planetary Skin" to capture, collect, analyze and report data on environmental conditions around the world.
Scientists Expose 'Buried' Fault That Caused Deadly 2003 Quake
(4 March 2009) Using satellite radar data, NASA-funded scientists have observed, for the first time, the healing of subtle, natural surface scars from an earthquake that occurred on a "buried" fault several miles below the surface--a fault whose fractures are not easily observed at Earth's surface.
SSTL Delivers On Russian KANOPUS Missions
(6 March 2009) Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) has delivered to the customer, FSUE NPP VNIIEM, the first two suites of equipment for the KANOPUS-type satellite platforms.
SSTL Signs €30 Million Satellite Imager Contract For Climate Modelling
(3 March 2009) British satellite manufacture, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), has signed a 30M€ contract with Astrium GmbH, Germany for the supply of a Multi-Spectral Imager (MSI) for the European Space Agency’s (ESA) EarthCARE mission.
Three ESA Earth Science Missions Move To Next Phase
(2 March 2009) ESA has announced three candidate Earth Explorer mission concepts to progress to the next phase of consolidation.
TrackingCLS Endorses SkyWave LRIT Solution For European LRIT Compliance
(5 March 2009) Collecte Localisation Satellites ('CLS'), a provider of satellite-based environmental data collection, and location and ocean observation services, today announces its intention to support the SkyWave DMR-800LRIT and SkyWave IsatM2M system for its Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) solution.
Iridium-Based Tracking Allows First Opportunity For Fans To 'Watch' All Racers Online; Iridium Voice Service Provides Extra Layer Of Safety For Participants
(4 March 2009) The same satellite technology being used to track vehicles, postal packages, airplanes, containers and supplies is now a mandated requirement for mushers participating in the 2009 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Petroproduccion Selects Fleet Management Solutions (FMS) GPS And All-Satellite Tracking To Improve Operations And Safety
(3 March 2009) Petroproduccion is a subsidiary of the state-owned PetroEcuador.
SARS Corp. Supports SkyWave's Long Range Identification Tracking System
(5 March 2009) SARS Corp. ("SARS"), a provider of technologies dedicated to the satellite-based management of fixed and mobile assets, together with its marketing partner, Securewest International, Inc. ("Securewest International") a leader in maritime security and emergency response, today announced its agreement to integrate the SkyWave Mobile Communication Inc.("SkyWave") Long Range Identification Tracking ("LRIT") solution with the SARS asset tracking and management systems.
Military SpaceIntelsat General Awarded Contract By The London Satellite Exchange Ltd. To Provide Bandwidth For UAV Operations In Afghanistan
(2 March 2009) Intelsat General Corp., an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Intelsat Ltd., has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract to provide bandwidth to The London Satellite Exchange Ltd., a subsidiary of Astrium Services, itself a unit of European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), to support unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance operations in Afghanistan.
Raytheon Completes Testing Of Advanced Missile Warning Sensor
(2 March 2009) Raytheon Company has completed performance testing of an infrared missile-warning sensor that monitors an entire hemisphere from a single telescope.
AstrophysicsSwift Satellite Records Early Phase Of Gamma Ray Burst
(2 March 2009) UK astronomers, using a telescope aboard the NASA Swift Satellite, have captured information from the early stages of a gamma ray burst - the most violent and luminous explosions occurring in the Universe since the Big Bang.
PulsarsGeriatric Pulsar Still Kicking
(26 February 2009) The oldest isolated pulsar ever detected in X-rays has been found with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Solar SystemAurora Flight Sciences Wins NASA Contract For Multi-Robot Planetary Exploration
(2 March 2009) Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the company, MIT's Manned Vehicle Laboratory (MVL), and the MIT Humans and Automation Laboratory (HAL) recently won a NASA Small-Business Technology Transfer Research proposal to develop a software system that performs command and control of a diverse team of mobile robots, operating in a variety of control modes, to perform multi-agent planetary exploration.
MoonNRL Astronomers Selected For NASA's Lunar Science Institute
(4 March 2009) NASA has selected seven academic and research teams as initial members of the agency's Lunar Science Institute (NLSI), and Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) researchers will play a substantial role on one of the teams.
MarsMars Odyssey Mission Status Report - Flight Team To Check Status Of Backup System
(4 March 2009) The team operating NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter plans a procedure next week to address a long-known, potential vulnerability of accumulated memory corruption.
NASA's Mars Rover Spirit Faces Circuitous Route
(5 March 2009) Loose soil piled against the northern edge of a low plateau called "Home Plate" has blocked NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit from taking the shortest route toward its southward destinations for the upcoming Martian summer and following winter.
SaturnNewfound Moon May Be Source Of Outer Saturn Ring
(3 March 2009) NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found within Saturn's G ring an embedded moonlet that appears as a faint, moving pinprick of light.Scientists believe it is a main source of the G ring and its single ring arc.
PlutoThe Lower Atmosphere Of Pluto Revealed
(2 March 2009) Using ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have gained valuable new insights about the atmosphere of the dwarf planet Pluto.
Extra-Solar PlanetsSearch For Earth-Like Planets Includes LANL Star Analysis
(6 March 2009) The Kepler space telescope is set to launch today from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at about 8:50 p.m. MST, and a group of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory will be watching with keen interest.
Manned SpaceATK And NASA Team Complete Successful Ares I Parachute Drop Test
(2 March 2009) Alliant Techsystems , the prime contractor for the first stage of the Ares I launch vehicle, along with NASA, the U.S. Army, and the United Space Alliance (USA), successfully conducted the second in a series of four Ares I drogue parachute drop tests.
NASA Announces Change For Return Of Station Crew Members
(3 March 2009) The International Space Station Program has announced a change in how two future crew members will return home.
NASA Gives 'Go' For Space Shuttle Launch On March 11
(6 March 2009) NASA managers completed a review Friday of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected the official launch date for the STS-119 mission.
NASA Successfully Tests Parachute For Ares Rocket
(2 March 2009) NASA and industry engineers successfully completed the second drop test of a drogue parachute for the Ares I rocket.
Preparing For A Journey To Mars: Crew Locked For 105 Days In Simulator
(5 March 2009) On 31 March, a crew of six, including a French pilot and a German engineer, will embark on a 105-day simulated Mars mission.
TechnologyBoeing CubeSat Completes 10,000th Orbit, Advances NanoSat Technologies
(4 March 2009) The Boeing demonstration picosatellite CubeSat TestBed 1 (CSTB1) today surpassed 10,000 Earth orbits since its launch on April 17, 2007.
Hypersonic Flow Made Visible By DLR Researchers
(26 February 2009) Even after decades of space exploration, we still do not know how the extreme temperatures experienced by spacecraft during re-entry influence their aerodynamic performance.
Northrop Grumman Selected By AFRL To Develop Wireless Spacecraft Technology
(3 March 2009) Radios are wireless. Telephones are wireless. Computers are wireless.
Launch ServicesBall Aerospace-Built Kepler Spacecraft Launches From Cape Canaveral
(6 March 2009) The Ball Aerospace-built Kepler spacecraft carrying the largest camera ever sent by NASA beyond Earth's orbit, successfully launched aboard a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., at 10:49 pm EST, on Friday, March 6, 2009.
Boeing Ships Next-Generation Weather Satellite GOES-O To Launch Site
(4 March 2009) Boeing and NASA announced today that the second of three next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) has shipped from Boeing's satellite manufacturing facility in El Segundo, Calif., to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, where it will undergo final preparations for launch this spring.
GOES-O Satellite Arrives At Kennedy For Final Pre-Launch Testing
(3 March 2009) The latest Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES, developed by NASA for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, called GOES-O, arrived Tuesday on a C-17 military cargo aircraft at the Kennedy Space Center's Shuttle Landing Facility from its manufacturing plant in El Segundo, Calif.
Herschel Spruced Up After Arrival In Kourou
(5 March 2009) Following Herschel’s arrival at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the spacecraft has been unpacked and inspected.
NASA Announces Mishap Board Members For OCO Investigation
(3 March 2009) NASA has selected the members of the board that will investigate the unsuccessful launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory, or OCO, on Feb. 24.
NASA's Kepler Mission Rockets To Space In Search Of Other Earths
(7 March 2009) NASA's Kepler mission successfully launched into space from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II at 10:49 p.m. EST, Friday.
NASA's Kepler Mission Set For Launch
(5 March 2009) NASA's Kepler mission to seek other Earth-like planets is undergoing final preparations for lift-off Friday, March 6, from Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
The Planck Spacecraft Continues Its Integration And Checkout For Arianespace's Upcoming Ariane 5 Mission
(2 March 2009) Payload preparations for Ariane 5’s next launch are progressing at the Spaceport in French Guiana for a scheduled April 16 lift-off with a dual-passenger space science payload.
The Third Ariane 5 For Launch In 2009 Is Delivered To French Guiana
(5 March 2009) Arianespace is keeping up its Ariane 5 mission pace with this week's delivery of the third heavy-lift vehicle to be launched in 2009 from the Spaceport in French Guiana.
ULA Marks Delta II 20-Year Anniversary With Successful NASA Kepler Launch
(7 March 2009) A United Launch Alliance Delta II successfully launched the NASA Kepler spacecraft at 10:50 p.m. EST today from Space Launch Complex-17B.
LaunchesKepler (Discovery 10)
BusinessCourt Rules In Favour Of ICO On Nearly All Post-Trial Motions
(2 March 2009) ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Limited (ICO) announced today that the Los Angeles Superior Court overseeing ICO's litigation against The Boeing Company and its satellite subsidiary ("BSSI," and, collectively, "Boeing") has denied nearly all of Boeing's post-trial motions.
Globecomm Systems Acquires Mach6
(2 March 2009) Globecomm Systems Inc., a leading provider of satellite-based communications infrastructure solutions and services on a global basis, announced today that the Company has acquired privately held Mach6, a satellite services provider headquartered in the Netherlands.
XipLink Adds ProLogix Distribution As Value Added Distributor
(4 March 2009) Today at CabSat, XipLink announced Prologix as the latest addition to its global network of Value Added Distributors.
Products and ServicesXipLink Announces XipStick Portable Optimizer
(2 March 2009) Xiplink, the leading provider of standards based wireless bandwidth optimization software and appliances, today announced the latest addition to its family of wireless optimizers, the XipStick.
EventsOffshore Communications Added To Access Intelligence’s Satellite Group Portfolio
(2 March 2009) Access Intelligence, LLC, a full service b-to-b information and marketing solutions provider and producer of the Satellite Conference and Exhibition and Via Satellite magazine, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Offshore Communications.
PeopleIntegral Systems, Inc., Appoints R. Miller Adams As General Counsel
(2 March 2009) Integral Systems, Inc. announced today that it has appointed R. Miller Adams as General Counsel.
Rob Peckham Joins SpaceX As New VP Of Business Development
(4 March 2009) Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) announces Rob Peckham has joined the company as Vice President of Business Development.
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