15 March 2009SatcomsCom Dev Awarded Contracts On European Commercial Program
(13 March 2009) Com Dev International Ltd., a leading manufacturer of space hardware subsystems, today announced it has been awarded a number of contracts and authorizations to proceed (ATPs) for work on a large European commercial satellite program.
Eutelsat Commissions New W3C Satellite From Thales Alenia Space
(12 March 2009) Eutelsat Communications), one of the world’s leading satellite operators, today announced that Thales Alenia Space has been commissioned to build the W3C satellite.
Global Vision Networks Selects International Datacasting Corporation For Hoyts Digital Cinema Satellite Distribution Network In Asia-Pacific Region
(9 March 2009) International Datacasting Corporation, a global leader in providing advanced solutions for the distribution of broadband multimedia content via satellite, announced today that the Company, in partnership with its Australian-based distributor OmniCast, received an order from Global Vision Networks for the provision of a new digital cinema broadband distribution network for Hoyts Cinemas in Australia and New Zealand.
Iridium Provides Update On Satellite Constellation
(9 March 2009) Iridium is pleased to announce that on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, the company completed the replacement of the operational Iridium satellite lost in the collision three weeks ago with a non-operational Russian satellite.
Orbcomm Announces Regulatory Authorizations In Greece, Albania And Latvia
(9 March 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 Greece, Albania, and Latvia.
Orange Business Services Deploys Customized Satellite Communication System For Bourbon Marine Services Vessels
(11 March 2009) Bourbon, a French marine services group, has chosen Orange Business Services for the modernization of the communications system for its fleet of 150 vessels.
SES To Move Astra 2C Satellite To 31.5 Degrees East To Support Development Of New Orbital Position
(10 March 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that it will be moving the Astra 2C satellite from its current orbital position at 28.2 degrees East to 31.5 degrees East to take over the mission of Astra 5A which is no longer in service.
Thales Alenia Space To Co-Operate With JSC-ISS Of Russia For Telkom-3 Satellite
(11 March 2009) Thales Alenia Space announces a contract with JSC "ISS - Reshetnev Company" (formerly NPO-PM) to supply the Telkom-3 communications satellite payload.
BroadcastAstra Extends Digital Reach In Germany
(12 March 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that it has confirms its leading role in digitalisation and increased the number of digital TV homes reached by the Astra satellite system in Germany by 1.35 million (13.9 percent) to 11.1 million.
Dish Network Lights Up More National HD Channels
(12 March 2009) Today, Dish Network launched the high definition feeds of Showtime Showcase HD, SHO2 HD, The Movie Channel HD and BET J, expanding its national HD count to up to 128 channels.
Unique Broadband Systems Ltd. Contributes To Successful DVB-SH Live Mobile TV Demonstrations During The Mobile World Congress
(12 March 2009) Unique Broadband Systems Ltd (UBS), a world leader in the development of COFDM technology and applications, played a key role in the successful deployment of a pilot network utilizing Digital Video Broadcasting equipment based on the new DVB-SH standard.
Zcom Networks Announces Plans To Launch Satellite And IP TV Broadcast Of "Z Channel"
(10 March 2009) Zcom Networks, Inc. announced today that it is launching "Z Channel" -- a new Satellite and IP TV broadcasting station in Los Angeles, California.
Earth ObservationGAF And Partners Start Satellite Based Environmental Monitoring For Saudi Arabia
(10 March 2009) A group of Saudi Arabian and European partners has commenced a project to implement and provide satellite based environmental information products and services to the Presidency of Meteorology and Environment (PME) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
GOCE Satellite Launch – Mapping The Earth’s Gravity As Never Before
(9 March 2009) ESA is about to launch the most sophisticated of Earth Observation satellites to investigate the Earth’s gravitational field with unprecedented resolution and accuracy.
NASA's Next Climate-Research Satellite One Step Closer To Orbit
(12 March 2009) The Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor (APS), an advanced scientific instrument that will be launched on the Glory satellite, has successfully completed environmental testing and was officially turned over to NASA on March 11 by the Raytheon Company, Waltham, Mass., which built the instrument.
Raytheon Ships Sensor That Will Study Aerosols From Space
(12 March 2009) Raytheon Company has shipped its Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor to Orbital Sciences' facilities in Dulles, Va., where it will be integrated with NASA's Glory spacecraft and readied for launch.
Satellite Imaging Corporation Using GeoEye-1 Satellite Sensor To Acquire Stereo Imagery
(9 March 2009) Since February 5, 2009, Satellite Imaging Corporation (SIC) received orders from various customers to acquire new GeoEye-1 mono and stereo satellite imagery with image resolution of 0.5 meter supporting county tax mapping, engineering/ construction, mining, land development and natural resources management.
Satellite Spies On Tree-Eating Bugs
(10 March 2009) More than 150 years after a small Eurasian tree named tamarisk or saltcedar started taking over river banks throughout the U.S. Southwest, saltcedar leaf beetles were unleashed to defoliate the exotic invader.
TerraSar-X Performance Confirmed By US National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)
(12 March 2009) The superb accuracy defined in the TerraSAR-X data product specifications has now been confirmed by the Civil and Commercial Applications Project (CCAP) Group within the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA).
NavigationLockheed Martin GPS III Team Progressing On-Schedule In Preliminary Design Review Stage
(9 March 2009) The Lockheed Martin team developing the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) spacecraft, known as GPS III, is progressing on-schedule, achieving key milestones in the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) phase with the U.S. Air Force.
TriaGnoSys To Demonstrate Power Of Integrating Satellite And Air-Ground Technology For Future Of Air Traffic Control
(9 March 2009) TriaGnoSys, a member of the Newsky consortium, will be displaying the next generation of air traffic control services at ATC Global 2009 in Amsterdam, 17-19 March.
TrackingEMS Satamatics Announces Germanischer Lloyd Class Society Type Approval For Latest LRIT Solution
(9 March 2009) Responding to new maritime-compliance rules, EMS Satamatics today announced the successful Type Approval by Germanischer Lloyd of the SAT-201i-Long Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) solution.
Military SpaceBoeing And US Army Collaborate On Space And Missile Defense Research
(12 March 2009) The Boeing Company and the U.S. Army's Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT) have launched a joint research-and-development effort to co-ordinate and fuse multiple types of sensor data in a secure environment for Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) and space situational awareness concept exploration.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Launches Next-Generation Blue Force Tracking High Capacity (BFT-HC) Solution
(9 March 2009) Comtech Telecommunications Corp. today announced that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, launched its next-generation Blue Force Tracking High Capacity (BFT-HC) solution for satellite-enhanced asset tracking and secure mobile data communications.
EDA To Establish A European Satellite Communications Procurement Cell
(6 March 2009) The European Defence Agency is preparing the establishment of a Procurement Cell to co-ordinate the EU Member States’ orders of commercial satellite communications services.
New EDA Project On Space-Based Earth Surveillance System
(5 March 2009) The EDA Steering Board has agreed to approve a project for the next generation European military earth observation satellites.
QinetiQ North America To Support Air Force Space Operations
(9 March 2009) The Air Force Space and Missile System Center has awarded QinetiQ North America's Mission Solutions Group a Blanket Purchase Agreement for space operations technical support worth up to US$ 250M.
Raytheon Completes Ground Segment Test For The Air Force Weather Agency
(10 March 2009) Raytheon Company, Northrop Grumman Corp. and the NPOESS (National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System) Integrated Program Office recently deployed and successfully demonstrated the ground segment's interface data processing segment to the Air Force Weather Agency at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.
ScienceExposure Experiments Installed Outside International Space Station
(11 March 2009) A suite of ESA experiments, some of which could help understand how life originated on Earth, was installed on the outside of the Russian segment of the International Space Station during a spacewalk yesterday.
AstrophysicsNASA's Fermi Telescope Reveals Best-Ever View Of The Gamma-Ray Sky
(11 March 2009) A new map combining nearly three months of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is giving astronomers an unprecedented look at the high-energy cosmos.
AstronomyCorning To Supply Secondary Mirror Substrate For The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
(11 March 2009) Corning Incorporated today announced that it will manufacture the secondary mirror substrate for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST).
StarsCarbon-And Oxygen-Rich Stardust Sheds New Light On Origin Of Elements Of Life
(12 March 2009) Using NASA's Spitzer Telescope, an international research team has found evidence that some stars in the center of the Milky Way galaxy have both carbon and oxygen in the dust that surrounds them, a rare combination in galactic dust.
Galactic Dust Bunnies Found To Contain Carbon After All
(12 March 2009) Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have found evidence suggesting that stars rich in carbon complex molecules may form at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
GalaxiesHubble And ESO’s VLT Provide Unique 3D Views Of Remote Galaxies
(10 March 2009) Astronomers have obtained exceptional 3D views of distant galaxies, seen when the Universe was half its current age, by combining the twin strengths of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s acute eye, and the capacity of ESO’s Very Large Telescope to probe the motions of gas in tiny objects.
Hubble Provides New Evidence For Dark Matter Around Small Galaxies
(12 March 2009) NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a strong new line of evidence that galaxies are embedded in halos of dark matter.
MarsHiRISE Camera Captures Subtle Colours Of Mars' Tiny Moon Deimos
(9 March 2009) The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, or HiRISE, run from The University of Arizona, has produced new images that show subtle color differences across the smooth surface of Deimos, the smaller and outer tiny moon of Mars.
Mars Odyssey Mission Status Report - Spacecraft Reboots Successfully
(11 March 2009) NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter properly followed commands today to shut down and restart, a strategy by its engineers to clear any memory flaws accumulated in more than five years since Odyssey's last reboot.
SaturnCassini-Huygens Mission Status Report - Cassini Swaps Thrusters
(12 March 2009) Early this morning the Cassini spacecraft relayed information that it had successfully swapped to a backup set of propulsion thrusters late Wednesday.
Extra-Solar PlanetsKeck And Kepler Team Up To Find Other Earths
10 March 2009) For nearly a decade, Cal-Berkeley astronomer Geoff Marcy and his colleagues have been using the W. M. Keck telescopes to discover giant planets orbiting distant stars.
MicrogravityAstrogenetix To Conduct MRSA Research On Shuttle Mission
(11 March 2009) Astrogenetix, Inc., a subsidiary of the Astrotech Corporation, today announced it is conducting novel pharmaceutical research aboard Shuttle Discovery (STS-119) on NASA mission 15A scheduled to launch this evening and destined for the International Space Station (ISS).
CombiMatrix Receives New Contract From NASA
(12 March 2009) CombiMatrix Corporation announced today that it has received a four year contract for US$ 858,298 from NASA's Ames Research Center to design and test a microfluidic system that incorporates CombiMatrix's semiconductor micro-array as part of an integrated genetic analysis platform that can be deployed in satellites.
Space Research May Help Explain Salmonella Illness
(11 March 2009) Salmonella bacteria research from two recent NASA space missions discovered key elements of the bacteria's disease-causing potential that hold promise for improving ways to fight food-borne infections on Earth.
Manned SpaceATK And NASA Conduct Successful Ground Test Of Ares I Igniter
(10 March 2009) Alliant Techsystems successfully conducted the first test firing of the igniter that will be used on NASA's Ares I first stage.
Boeing Hardware To Bring International Space Station To Full Potential
(9 March 2009) Space Shuttle Discovery is preparing to deliver the Starboard 6 (S6) truss segment built by Boeing -- along with the segment's solar array wings and batteries -- to the International Space Station (ISS) later this week.
Brooks Instrument Sends Its Quantim Coriolis Mass Flow Controller Into Space
(8 March 2009) Delivering saline solution to a clinic for medical needs … sounds simple enough, right?
Final Piece Of NASA's Next-Generation Rocket Heads To Launch Site
(13 March 2009) The final pieces of the Ares I-X flight test rocket left the Alliant Tech Systems manufacturing facility in Promontory, Utah, Thursday and began a 2,917-mile journey to its launch site at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Glenn Engineers Prepare For Final Electrical Power System Delivery To International Space Station
(9 March 2009) When space shuttle Discovery makes the journey to the International Space Station, its crew will deliver and install space station's final truss segment and set of solar array wings, crowning two decades of NASA's Glenn Research Center involvement with station's electrical power system.
NASA's Ares I Rocket First Stage Igniter Successfully Tested
(10 March 2009) NASA has completed a successful test firing of the igniter that will be used to start the Ares I rocket first stage motor.
Technology TransferElectronic Nose Sniffs Hazards
(9 March 2009) An advanced sensor technique and data processing used to monitor air conditioning inside space stations is now being used in an innovative fire protection system for Stockholm’s metro system.
Launch ServicesILS Announces Proton Launch Of The ViaSat-1 Satellite In First Half 2011
(11 March 2009) International Launch Services (ILS) announced a contract today for the launch of the ViaSat-1 satellite on an ILS Proton.
SpaceX Falcon 9 Upper Stage Engine Successfully Completes Full Mission Duration Firing
(10 March 2009) Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) successfully conducted a full mission duration firing of its new Merlin Vacuum engine on March 7, at SpaceX’s Test Facility in McGregor, Texas.
Thales Alenia Space España Wins ESA Contract For Launcher Telemetry Acquisition Via Satellite Kit
(6 March 2009) Thales Alenia Space announced today that its Spanish subsidiary, Thales Alenia Space España, has won a 3.8 million Euros contract from the Directorate of Technical and Quality Management of the European Space Agency (ESA) for the development and qualification of an avionics kit to provide Launcher Telemetry Acquisition via Satellite (LTAS).
Launch Services - GOCEESA's Gravity Satellite Moves To Launch Pad
(11 March 2009) With lift-off just five days away, ESA's GOCE spacecraft – encased in the protective half-shells of the launcher fairing – has been transported from the cleanroom and installed in the launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
Ground Operations Ready For GOCE Launch
(12 March 2009) A complex mesh of ground stations, network systems and people ensures communication between ESA's Main Control Room and spacecraft in orbit.
Launch Services - Herschel, Planck
Ariane 5 Is Ready For The Integration Of Its Dual Space Science Payload
(10 March 2009) Arianespace has taken delivery of its second Ariane 5 ECA for launch in 2009, receiving the heavy-lift vehicle for installation of two spacecraft that will study the universe’s origins.
Arianespace Postpones Its Next Ariane 5 Launch At The Customer's Request
(13 March 2009) Arianespace’s upcoming Ariane 5 launch with the Herschel and Planck spacecraft has been postponed at the customer’s request, allowing time for additional checks on the ground segment of these two European space science payloads.
Herschel And Planck Launch Postponed
(13 March 2009) In order to carry out additional checks on the ground segment of the Herschel and Planck programmes, Arianespace and ESA have jointly agreed to postpone the launch initially planned for next April 16.
Planck Launch Campaign Update
(13 March 2009) Preparations for Planck’s launch continue at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
In OrbitIntegral Systems, Inc., Awarded Contract Modification To Continue Polar Ground System Modernization For NOAA
(9 March 2009) Integral Systems, Inc., has been awarded a US$ 1.1 million contract option to complete the modernization of the Polar Acquisition and Control Subsystem (PACS) command, control, and communications (C3) ground system for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
BusinessHarmonic Completes Acquisition Of Scopus Video Networks
(12 March 2009) Harmonic Inc. a leading provider of broadcast and on-demand video delivery solutions, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Scopus Video Networks Ltd. for US$ 5.62 per share in cash, which represents an enterprise value of approximately US$ 50 million, net of Scopus’ cash and short-term investments.
Spot Image Opens A New Subsidiary In Brazil
(5 March 2009) Spot Image announces the opening of a new subsidiary, Spot Image Brasil, in Sao Paulo.
Uplogix Names Transcendent Global Networks LLC As Channel Partner
(11 March 2009) Uplogix, the leading provider of secure remote management solutions announced today that Transcendent Global Networks LLC has been named a channel partner with a focus on the Satellite and Energy Markets.
Products and ServicesPCI Geomatics Releases ProLines GeoImaging Server
(9 March 2009) PCI Geomatics, a world leading developer of products and solutions for the geo-imaging market, today announced the release of a new cost effective system for automated satellite image processing and job scheduling.
Swe-Dish Expands Portable Satellite Terminal Line With Cost-Effective, User-Friendly FA120KS Fly-Away
(10 March 2009) Swe-Dish Satellite Systems AB, a DataPath company specializing in compact, quick-to-air and easy-to-use mobile satellite communications equipment, is expanding its innovative line of products with the availability of the FA120KS Fly-Away terminal.
Swe-Dish Launches High-Capacity Satellite Communications On-The-Move Terminal
(9 March 2009) Swe-Dish Satellite Systems AB, a DataPath company specializing in compact, quick-to-air and easy-to-use mobile satellite communications (SATCOM) equipment, announces a new SATCOM on-the-move terminal that is a result of a successful integration of Swe-Dish's leading satellite terminal technology and Saab's leading stabilized platform technology.
PeopleNASA Dryden Director Kevin Petersen To Retire In April
(10 March 2009) Kevin L. Petersen, director of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, announced he plans to retire from NASA effective April 3.
Newtec Appoints Martin De Prycker To Strategic Committee
(13 March 2009) Newtec announced today that it has appointed, Martin De Prycker, the former CEO of Barco as an external member of its strategic committee.
SkyTerra Appoints Gary Epstein As Executive Vice President Of Law And Regulation
(9 March 2009) SkyTerra today announced that Gary Epstein has been appointed as Executive Vice President of Law and Regulation and will be responsible for the legal, legislative and regulatory strategy at SkyTerra.
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