WBMSAT Satellite Industry News Bits 11/04/2011
Recently launched Eutelsat satellites Atlantic Bird 7 and W3C will provide capacity to support growth in fast developing markets.
[Broadband TV News – 11/04/2011]
Astrium selected by DIRECTV to design and manufacture high power DIRECTV 15, with 30 Ku-, 24 Ka-, and 18 Reverse-band transponders.
[4-traders -11/04/2011]
Launch of NigComSat-1R on December 19 in China may be jeopardised unless Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited comes up with N1.8 billion by November 5.
[This Day Live – 11/04/2011]
United Continental selects Panasonic Avionics to provide Wi-Fi connectivity on more than 300 United Airlines and Continental Airlines mainline aircraft beginning in 2012.
[Market Watch – 11/04/2011]
New House of Representatives legislation to reform U.S. satellite export controls, removing satellites and related components from U.S. Munitions List, gets strong endorsement from Satellite Industry Association.
[Satellite Today – 11/03/2011]
Chinese spacecraft successfully dock in orbit, moving China closer to manning its own space station in about a decade.
[R&D Magazine – 11/03/2011]
ViaSat-1 reaches destined orbit following successful completion of all maneuvers, to begin in-orbit testing.
SatNews – 11/03/2011]
Inmarsat subsidiaries Stratos Government Services and Segovia are awarded Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract by DITCO for U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command’s Next Generation Wideband commercial satellite communications infrastructure and service.
[Sacramento Bee – 11/03/2011]
SES fleet extension program through 2014 to increase global capacity by 23% over year-end 2010, with 85% of capacity dedicated to highly dynamic emerging markets including Asia, Latin America, Middle East, and Africa; SES-7 and SES-8 represent $400 million program for South Asia and Asia-Pacific region.
[SatNews – 11/03/2011]
Spacecom satellite AMOS-5, to be launched December 11, is transported to Baikonur Spaceport.
[SatNews – 11/03/2011]
Next Soyuz launch from Kourou, set for mid-December, to carry six satellites, including Astrium Pleiades1 Very High Resolution Earth observation satellite, Chilean satellite SSOT, and the four satellites of the Elisa constellation.
[SatNews – 11/03/2011]
GMV is awarded Euro 3 million contract to provide control center of new Spanish satellite Paz, due for launch at end of next year.
[SatNews – 11/03/2011]
JITC certification of Thales Joint Tactical Radio System Enhance Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio allows users access to ultra high frequency SATCOM IW on their fielded radios via software upgrade.
[SatNews – 11/03/2011]
Thuraya and Al Aan TV provide media feeds for starving Somalia.
[SatNews – 11/03/2011]
International Conference on Student Small Satellites CSSS2012 will bring together young engineers and scientists in telecommunications, electronic devices and systems for small satellites around the world.
[SatNews – 11/03/2011]
Congressional Budget Office urges U.S. Department of Defense to abandon current GPS network upgrade plan and focus on upgrading GPS receivers; endorses Iridium’s satellite constellation as potential alternative.
[Satellite Today – 11/02/2011]
Small Business Committee Republicans ask FCC to withhold LightSquared approval.
[Nextgov – 10/31/2011]
Cobham announces two six-year contracts for ground antennas worth up to $72.7M with U.S. Navy and Thales, following acquisition of antenna manufacturer Trivec-Avant.
[Space News – 11/03/2011]
Though Inmarsat’s overall business has been flat, the company will have record-breaking year in revenue and profit on cash coming in from LightSquared.
[Space News – 11/03/2011]
Federal government will conduct first nationwide test of Emergency Alert System Wednesday, Nov. 9, at 1 P.M., interrupting television, radio, cable, and satellite shows for up to 3 1/2 minutes.
[The Advertiser – 11/03/2011]
NSR report expects satellite capacity leasing revenues will reach US$17.2 billion by 2020, up from US$10 billion in 2010, as satellite operators continue to buck global economic malaise.
[Market Watch – 11/02/2011]
China may be tinkering with U.S. satellites, and experts say other countries are likely doing the same – some say that technological Cold War is well underway.
[Discovery News – 11/01/2011]
Satellite communications evolved from use of C-band to use of Ku-band to address demand for more bandwidth – Ka-band high throughput satellites are the next step in the evolution, promising a revolution in satellite services.
[Voice & Data – 11/01/2011]
Canadian satellite hardware and services provider MDA reports core business doing well, but puts innovative satellite-servicing project on hold while waiting for U.S. government contract.
[Space News – 11/01/2011]
Fleet Management Solutions is selected by U.S. Justice Department Federal Bureau of Prisons to equip fleet vehicles and mobile assets with Fleet Director Global Iridium-base asset tracking system.
[Sacramento Bee – 11/01/2011]
Boeing to manufacture and test its Crew Space Transportation spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center’s Orbiter Processing Facility-3, as NASA and Space Florida partner for exclusive use of the facility, with Space Florida leasing it to Boeing.
[SatNews – 11/01/2011]
China plans to launch 20 carrier rockets with 25 satellites into space by end of the year.
[SatNews – 10/31/2011]
Space X’s and Tesla’s Elon Musk recognized as Innovator of the Year in Technology by Wall Street Journal Magazine.
[SatNews – 10/31/2011]
Arianespace signs for launch of Optus 10 in 2013.
[SatNews – 10/31/2011]
Intelsat signs capacity agreements with Turner Broadcasting for Latin American coverage.
[Satellite Today – 10/31/2011]
United Arab Emirates re-opens negotiations with France regarding acquisition of military surveillance satellite to monitor Iranian activity.
[SatNews – 10/31/2011]
MBC group picks Eutelsat’s Atlantic Bird 7 to support HDTV roll-out across Middle East and North Africa.
[Market Watch – 10/31/2011]
NGA selects Harhttp://www.reallyrocketscience.com/wp-admin/post.php?post=2125&action=editris to participate in mentor-protégé program with Spatial Data Integratoins, designated as women- and minority-owned small business in geospatial industry.
[SatNews – 10/31/2011]
Soyuz-U rocket with Progress M-13M cargo spacecraft successfully launches from Baikonur with supplies for International Space Station.
[SatNEws – 10/30/2011]
Satellites built by Utah State University students successfully launched aboard rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
[HJ News – 10/29/2011]
Turkmenistan to launch satellite to escape Russian dependency.
[Euraisanet – 10/29/2011]
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