22 March 2009
SatcomsA Hybrid Rural Delivery Network For Broadband Stimulus AlphaStar & CTC Build Unique WiMAX 4G System
(12 March 2009) AlphaStar International, Inc. and Computers & Tele-Comm, Inc., (CTC) announced today a unique joint venture to provide very high speed WiMAX 4G services for any area anywhere across the entire USA.
A New Satellite Communications System To Be Synchronized By Spectracom
(16 March 2009) Spectracom, a company of the Orolia Group, has been selected by Globecomm Systems to supply key network synchronization subsystems for its new satellite communications system for a major international organization.
Arrowhead Awarded Over 200 MHz In X-Band Satellite Contracts For US Government
(17 March 2009) Arrowhead Global Solutions, the government services division of CapRock Communications, announced today that it has been awarded two multimillion dollar contracts to provide over 200 MHz of commercial X-band satellite services to two U.S. Government agencies.
Bantel Telecom Selects Hughes HN System To Provide Broadband Satellite Services In Latin America
(16 March 2009) Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES), the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced that the U.S. subsidiary of Telecomunicaciones Bantel C.A., a premier provider of satellite communications in Venezuela for over 18 years, has upgraded to the advanced Hughes HN System platform in providing Ku-band broadband services to Latin American markets.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Selects Orbcomm’s Satellite Network For Global OEM Heavy Equipment Telematics Application
(20 March 2009) Orbcomm Inc., a global satellite data communications company focused on providing Machine to Machine (M2M) solutions, today announced that Hyundai Heavy Industries’ Construction Equipment Division has selected Orbcomm’s satellite network to provide global communications for Hi-Mate, its telematics application for heavy equipment.
IPSTAR Lands In Japan
(19 March 2009) THAICOM Public Company Limited, Asia’s leading commercial satellite operator and the operator of the IPSTAR satellite broadband system, today disclosed that its subsidiary, IPSTAR Company Limited (Japan Branch) has received all necessary licenses by the Japanese Regulatory to operate the IPSTAR gateway and to provide the IPSTAR service in Japan.
NEWSKY: New Aeronautical Communication Network Presented For The First Time
(11 March 2009) At ATC Global 2009 (an international Air Traffic Control Exhibition and Conference), to be held in Amsterdam from 17–19 March 2009, the NEWSKY consortium will give a live demonstration of how aircraft, satellites and ground stations communicate with each other through an innovative data network using Internet technologies.
Stratos To Distribute New ViaSat Ruggedized BGAN Terminals
(19 March 2009) Stratos Global Corporation, the leading global provider of advanced mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions, today announced it has signed an agreement to become a global distributor of two new ViaSat ruggedized BGAN terminals.
TerreStar Reports Progress On Launch Preparations
(16 March 2009) TerreStar Corporation and its majority-owned subsidiary TerreStar Networks Inc. today provided an update on progress towards launching its 2 GHz mobile services satellite, TerreStar- 1.
BroadcastEutelsat Hot Bird Neighbourhood Consolidates Reach In Italy
(19 March 2009) Eutelsat Communications today announced that the results of its two-yearly survey on satellite television trends in Italy reconfirm the Group's Hot Bird neighbourhood as the beacon for multi-channel viewing in one of Europe's most avid television markets.
Eutelsat Participates In Live Satellite-Delivered 3D-HD Demonstrations
(19 March 2009) Eutelsat Communications) is taking part in a full satellite demonstration in Europe of the end-to-end 3D broadcasting chain at the Sat Expo Europe 2009 international conference and exhibition in Rome from 19-21 March.
ION Television HD Debuts On HD-Prime
(16 March 2009) Celebrating the 60th HD channel to join its HD-Prime delivery platform, SES Americom, an SES company, today announced ION Media Networks has signed a multiyear distribution agreement to launch its full suite of television networks in HD.
Mobision Selects Newtec For First Ever Middle East Commercial Mobile Television Offering
(19 March 2009) Newtec announced today that Mobision – part of independent Iraqi television network, AlsumariaTV – has selected the company’s Horizon HZ420 equipment for use in the Middle East’s first ever paid-for mobile television service for mobile phones and DVB-H compliant devices.
Earth Observatione2v CCD Image Sensors Equipping The Thales Alenia Space Instrument For The CNES Pleiades Earth Observation Satellite Deliver Performance That Exceeds Expectations
(19 March 2009) The e2v CCD (Charge Coupled Device) image sensors developed under CNES contract and selected by Thales Alenia Space to equip the high-resolution (HR) optical imaging instrument, for integration into the CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) Pleiades Earth observation satellite (which includes two e2v device types for panchromatic and multispectral imaging), have delivered a performance that exceeds the original specification.
GeoEye Delivers GeoEye-1 Satellite Imagery Products To Google
(19 March 2009) GeoEye, Inc., a premier provider of satellite and aerial-based geospatial information, announced today it has started delivering high-resolution, color satellite imagery from its newest satellite to Google.
GeoEye Signs Reseller Contracts For Access To GeoEye-1 Earth-Imaging Satellite Imagery And Products
(18 March 2009) GeoEye, Inc. , a premier provider of satellite and aerial-based geospatial information, announced today it has signed agreements with several international resellers to provide high-resolution, satellite imagery and value-added products from its new GeoEye-1 Earth-imaging satellite to customers in China, Middle East, Turkey and Russia.
Infoterra To Map And Classify Oil Slicks Over Baffin Bay Greenland
(19 March 2009) Infoterra Ltd, a leader in the provision of geographic information products and services, has been appointed to undertake an oil slick mapping and interpretation project over Baffin Bay for Nunaoil, the National Oil Company of Greenland.
NavigationEuropean Commission Selects SES Astra For Navigation Service EGNOS
(16 March 2009) SES Astra, an SES company, announced today that it has been selected by the European Commission (EC) to provide services to the European navigation service EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service).
Space Systems/Loral Built Satellite To Host Government Payload
(16 March 2009) Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications and the world's leading provider of commercial satellites, today announced that it will add a government payload to Sirius 5, a satellite for SES, which is currently under construction at the spacecraft manufacturing facility in California.
Symmetricom Awarded US$ 4 Million Contract To Supply Timing For Next Generation Global Positioning System (GPS)
(17 March 2009) Symmetricom, Inc., a worldwide leader in precise time and frequency technologies that accelerate the deployment and enable the management of next generation networks, today announced the company has been awarded a contract from ITT Corporation Space Systems Division valued at a minimum of US$ 4 million, part of the building of GPS IIIA, the next generation Global Positioning System (GPS) Space System program.
TrackingFaria WatchDog LRIT System Now Certified For Operation On Iridium Satellite Network
(17 March 2009) Faria WatchDog, Inc. announces that its WatchDog 750 long-range identification and tracking (LRIT) ship terminal has successfully completed the compliance and test requirements for operation on the Iridium satellite network.
Military SpaceAmericom Government Services’ Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) Flies Through Critical Design Review
(19 March 2009) Satellite solutions provider Americom Government Services (AGS) and its partners Orbital Sciences Corporation and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) successfully completed the Space Segment Critical Design Review (CDR) for the Commercially Hosted Infrared Payload (CHIRP) program.
Globecomm Systems Awarded Multiple Contracts From Various Government Agencies Valued At US$ 3.3 Million
(19 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 received multiple contract awards from various Government agencies valued at US$ 3.3 million.
Harris Corporation Receives US$ 30 Million Satellite Communications Terminal Contract From U.S. Navy Construction Division
(19 March 2009) Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has been selected to supply additional Rugged Deployable Satellite Communications Terminals (RDSATs) to the U.S. Navy First Construction Division - the Seabees - under a two-year, US$ 30 million follow-on order.
Initial Production Order From U.S. Army For Next Generation Blue Force Tracking Terminals
(17 March 2009) U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps will use terminals to accelerate operational testing.
AstrophysicsNASA's Fermi Mission, Namibia's HESS Telescopes Explore A Blazar
(18 March 2009) An international team of astrophysicists using telescopes on the ground and in space have uncovered surprising changes in radiation emitted by an active galaxy.
AstronomyJames Webb Space Telescope Sunshield Passes Preliminary Design Review, Moves Into Detailed Design Phase
(16 March 2009) NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) took a step forward as the sunshield's membrane management subsystem, built by Northrop Grumman Corporation, passed a preliminary design audit.
Technical First Light For Gregor. Largest European Solar Telescope Starts Test Operations
(16 March 2009) The top part of the Gregor telescope with the wedge-shaped primary focus field stop to the left and the secondary mirror in the background to the right.
SunJoint ESA/NASA Mission Using SPICE To Explore The Center Of The Solar System
(20 March 2009) An imaging coronal spectrograph called SPICE (Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment), designed by scientists and engineers at Southwest Research Institute in Boulder has been selected by ESA and NASA for the European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission to explore the innermost regions of the solar system from the closest distances to the Sun ever attempted.
NASA And ESA Select Science Investigations For Solar Orbiter
(20 March 2009) NASA and the European Space Agency have selected 10 proposals for science instruments to fly aboard a spacecraft that will study the sun from a unique vantage point in space.
NASA Awards Contracts For Science Instruments On Solar Mission
(19 March 2009) NASA has selected three teams to design and build science instruments for a proposed European-led solar mission.
Scientists Find Giant Solar Twists
(19 March 2009) Scientists have, for the first time, detected giant twisting waves in the lower atmosphere of the Sun, shedding light on the mystery of the Sun’s corona (the region around the Sun, extending more than one million kilometres from its surface) having a vastly higher temperature than its surface. MarsMars Express Zeros In On Erosion Features
(19 March 2009) Mars Express has uncovered geological evidence suggesting that some depositional process, revealed by erosion, has been at work on large scales in the equatorial regions of the planet.
One Mars Rover Sees A Distant Goal; The Other Takes A New Route
(18 March 2009) On a plain that stretches for miles in every direction, the panoramic camera on NASA's Mars rover Opportunity has caught a first glimpse on the horizon of the uplifted rim of the big crater that has been Opportunity's long-term destination for six months.
Extra-Solar PlanetsFinding Twin Earths: Harder Than We Thought
(19 March 2009) Does a twin Earth exist somewhere in our galaxy?
ExobiologyNASA Scientists Find Clues To A Secret Of Life
(17 March 2009) NASA scientists analyzing the dust of meteorites have discovered new clues to a long-standing mystery about how life works on its most basic, molecular level.
Manned SpaceATK Awards US$ 257 Million Contract To United Space Alliance For Ares I And Ares 1-X Programs
(18 March 2009) Alliant Techsystems announced that it awarded United Space Alliance (USA) a US$ 257 Million contract to perform subcontractor support to ATK for the NASA's Ares I and Ares 1-X programs through the Design, Development, Test and Engineering (DDT&E) phase.
ATK Delivers Final Hardware For Ares I-X Test Flight To Kennedy Space Center
(19 March 2009) The train carrying Alliant Techsystems' four Ares I-X motor segments arrived today at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, bringing together all of the final hardware required for the upcoming test flight this summer.
Aurora Flight Sciences Wins NASA Contract For Charged Particle Spectrometer For Manned Space Vehicles
(18 March 2009) Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the company has been awarded a NASA Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to develop a compact charged particle spectrometer for use in manned space vehicles.
Final Hardware For Test Of NASA's New Rocket Arrives In Florida
(19 March 2009) After a seven-day, 2,917-mile journey, a train carrying the four motor segments for the Ares I-X rocket arrived Thursday at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Lockheed Martin Establishes Altair Program Office In Texas
(17 March 2009) Lockheed Martin announced it has located its Altair program office in Houston, Texas, in its bid to provide support for the next-generation human lunar lander system for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Manned Space - STS-119
NASA's Shuttle Discovery Launches To Fully Power Space Station
(15 March 2009) Space shuttle Discovery and its seven-member crew lifted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center at 7:43 p.m. EDT Sunday to deliver the final set of power-generating solar array wings and a new crewmember to the International Space Station.
STS-119 Launches On Mission To Ready Station For Larger Crew
(15 March 2009) Space Shuttle Discovery lifted off today on a mission to deliver the International Space Station's (ISS) final set of solar array wings that will help fully power science experiments and support an expanded crew of six.
ATK's 100th Flight Set Of Solid Rocket Motors Launches NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery
(15 March 2009) Alliant Techsystems' Reusable Solid Rocket Motors (RSRM) passed a major milestone as they successfully powered NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery and its crew during this morning's launch.
Hamilton Sundstrand Equipment Playing Key Role In STS-119 Mission
(16 March 2009) Hamilton Sundstrand equipment is playing a key role in NASA's STS-119 mission to the International Space Station.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #01
(15 March 2009) Space shuttle Discovery blasted off Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center on the first shuttle flight of the year, lighting up the skies along the Eastern seaboard on a mission to deliver a fourth and final set of U.S. solar arrays that will put the International Space Station into full-power status.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #02
(16 March 2009) The astronauts on board space shuttle Discovery plan a day of orbiter inspection on their way to deliver a new set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #03
(16 March 2009) Space Shuttle Discovery's first full day in space focused on an up close inspection of its wing leading edge panels using the robotic arm and Orbiter Boom Sensor System extension.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #04
(17 March 2009) The astronauts on space shuttle Discovery are primed for rendezvous and docking operations that will link their ship to the International Space Station this afternoon and deliver a new crew member.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #05
(17 March 2009) The space shuttle Discovery docked with the International Space Station at 4:20 p.m. CDT, delivering the final truss segment and pair of U.S. solar arrays and a new crewmember to take up residence aboard the growing orbital scientific complex.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #06
(18 March 2009) The last set of American solar power panels for the International Space Station start the last leg of their journey today when the astronauts on space shuttle Discovery position the new S6 truss element for installation.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #07
(18 March 2009) A busy day in orbit for the crews of Space Shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station has set the stage for another station assembly task - the installation of the final truss segment and American solar power panels.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #08
(19 March 2009) A big power boost for the International Space Station comes today with the installation of the last set of U.S. solar arrays during the first spacewalk of this flight of space shuttle Discovery.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #09
(19 March 2009) The International Space Station's 335-foot-long truss, or backbone, is complete after astronauts aboard space shuttle Discovery and the station teamed with Mission Control to install the final 45-foot-long segment to the farthest starboard point of the station.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #10
(20 March 2009) The International Space Station's new solar array wings will spread today, doubling the electric power available to conduct world-class science research in the laboratory modules supplied by countries from around the world.
STS-119 MCC Status Report #11
(20 March 2009) The International Space Station has its final pair of solar panels stretching 240 feet tip to tip after a lessons-learned flawless deploy earlier Friday.
Space TourismSpace Adventures' Orbital Spaceflight Client Charles Simonyi Outlines Mission Activities As He Readies For Launch To The International Space Station
(19 March 2009) In preparation for his March 26 launch, Charles Simonyi has outlined the mission objectives he hopes to achieve during his second visit to the International Space Station (ISS).
TechnologyRevolutionary GOCE Spacecraft Benefits From Qinetiq Precision
(16 March 2009) Ion thrusters provide cruise control for ESA gravity mission to be launched today.
Launch ServicesA New Ariane 5 Takes Shape To Launch The World’s Largest Commercial Telecommunications Satellite
(17 March 2009) The assembly of another new Ariane 5 is now underway at the Spaceport in French Guiana as parallel preparations advance for two upcoming missions with Arianespace’s workhorse heavy-lift launcher.
ILS And SES Announce Three New Proton Launches
(18 March 2009) International Launch Services (ILS) and SES today announced three new launch assignments under the Multi Launch Agreement that was signed in June 2007 between ILS and SES Satellite Leasing Limited, SES’ satellite procurement and leasing company in the Isle of Man.
NASA Awards Launch Services Contract For Four Missions
(16 March 2009) NASA has selected United Launch Services of Littleton, Colo., for the launch of two Science Mission Directorate and two Space Operations Mission Directorate payloads under the NASA Launch Services contract.
United Launch Alliance Atlas V Awarded Four NASA Rocket Launch Missions
(16 March 2009) NASA has awarded United Launch Alliance (ULA) four science and communications missions set to launch in the first half of the next decade.
Launch Services - GOCE
GOCE Ready For Launch
(16 March 2009) The Russian State Commission has given the go-ahead for GOCE to be launched today at 15:21 CET from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
Launch Of ESA’s Gravity Mapping Satellite Delayed
(16 March 2009) This afternoon, ESA’s Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite was due to be launched by a Russian Rockot vehicle from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia.
Astrium-Built GOCE Platform Now Surfs For Climate Research
(17 March 2009) The gravitational field ‘surfer’ GOCE (Gravity-Field and Steady-State Ocean Circulation Explorer), built under prime contractorship Thales Alenia Space, has been successfully launched into space from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia.
ESA Launches First Earth Explorer Mission GOCE
(17 March 2009) This afternoon, the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) satellite developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) was lofted into a near-Sun-synchronous, low Earth orbit by a Rockot launcher lifting off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia.
SciSys Software Team Celebrate Launch Of Europe’s Gravity Monitoring Satellite Mission
(17 March 2009) The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the most sophisticated mission ever to investigate the Earth's gravitational field and to map the reference shape of our planet - the geoid - with unprecedented resolution and accuracy.
Successful Launch For ESA's GOCE Satellite Built By Thales Alenia Space
(17 March 2009) The GOCE (Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer) satellite was successfully launched today from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia.
Successful Launch For GOCE
(17 March 2009) European satellite will investigate Earth's gravity field with unprecedented accuracy.
GOCE: Critical Operations Ongoing
(18 March 2009) After lift-off 17 March, ESA's GOCE spacecraft is performing very well, having achieved an extremely accurate injection altitude just 1.5 km lower than planned.
GOCE Completes Early Orbit Phase
(20 March 2009) ESA's GOCE satellite was formally declared ready for work at 01:00 CET on 20 March.
LaunchesSpace Shuttle Discovery ISS-28-15A
GOCE
BusinessCourt Approves WorldSpace, Inc. Asset Sale
(20 March 2009) WorldSpace, Inc. announced that the United States Bankruptcy Court in Delaware yesterday approved the sale of substantially all of the assets related to the satellite radio business of it and its U.S. subsidiaries, WorldSpace Systems Corporation and AfriSpace, Inc. to Yenura Pte. Ltd. (“Yenura”).
Surrey Moves Ahead With New Research Chair In Space Engineering
(16 March 2009) The University of Surrey, world-renowned as a pioneer of small satellites in Britain, has announced a prestigious new Research Chair in Space Engineering within the Surrey Space Centre.
XipLink Enhances Its Sales Effort In EMEA With Diem
(19 March 2009) Today at SatExpo in Rome, XipLink announced Diem Technologies as the latest addition to its global network of Value Added Distributors.
Products and ServicesFujitsu IP-9500 MPEG-4 AVC Encoder Now Features DVB-S And DVB-S2 Modulation Capabilities
(16 March 2009) Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative computer products and broadcast solutions, announced today that the Fujitsu IP-9500e MPEG-4 AVC codec now features Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite (DVB-S) and Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite-Second Generation (DVB-S2) modulation functionality to transmit HD signals over satellite links.
Globecomm Systems Introduces 1.2m Ka-Band Auto-Explorer Terminal For WGS Satellites
(18 March 2009) Globecomm Systems Inc, a leading provider of communications infrastructure solutions and services on a global basis, announced today the introduction of a Ka-band version of its 1.2m Auto-Explorer satellite terminal specifically designed for operation with the US Department of Defense Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) system.
Wegener Shows New VSAT Solutions At Satellite 2009
(19 March 2009) Wegener Corporation, a leading provider of equipment for television, audio and data distribution networks worldwide, today announced that it will promote new products and methods to localize file-based workflows for private networks, service providers, content providers, radio broadcasters, international and government markets at Satellite 2009, which runs March 24-27 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
PeopleEMS Technologies Announces Executive Appointments
(16 March 2009) EMS Technologies, Inc., today announced two key management appointments in its corporate office and in its SATCOM division that position the Company to maximize synergies and operational efficiencies.
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