WBMSAT Satellite Industry News Bits 11/18/2011
Sony negotiating with U.S. broadcasters to provide content for system to stream directly to PlayStation consoles, BluRay video players, and television sets, competing directly with cable and satellite TV providers.
[NZ Herald – 11/19/2011]
Global VSAT Forum’s “White Paper for National Regulators on Satellite Services in the Ka band” is centerpiece of global campaign launched by international satellite industry to assure continued unfettered access to Ka-band spectrum.
[SatNews – 11/18/2011]
Eutelsat “categorically refutes” allegations that it is generating interference to its own satellite to prevent reception in Iran of international Farsi satellite channels.
[MENAFN – 11/18/2011]
Shenzhou 8 ends highly successful mission for China’s human spaceflight program, returning to a landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Nov. 17.
[Space Daily – 11/18/2011]
Thales Alenia and ISS Reshetnev sign agreement intended to lead to joint venture to build communications satellites.
[Space News – 11/18/2011]
Panasonic Avionics signs billion-dollar in-flight deal with Etihad Airways to provide in-flight entertainment systems and in-flight connectivity, including broadband Internet, for Etihad’s entire long-haul fleet.
[Satellite Today – 11/18/2011]
U.S. government report reveals attacks by hackers on at least two occasions, targeting command-and-control systems of U.S. Earth observation satellites; China internally reveals it is developing capabilities to cripple an enemy satellite network.
[DailyTech – 11/17/2011]
SES plans acquisitions in Eastern Europe and Asia, and will reduce number of satellites over the U.S. to address a glut of capacity, moving to markets such as Latin America and Asia.
[Business Week – 11/17/2011]
The fourth of six Wideband Global SATCOM satellites arrives at Kennedy Space Center for January launch.
[Florida Today – 11/17/2011]
SpaceX Dragon Capsule is successfully mated to the trunk that will carry unpressurized cargo to the International Space Station.
[SatNews – 11/17/2011]
Cubesates Yahtzee and Farkle, predominantly created by Utah State University students, circumnavigate earth every 90 minutes – experiments under global scrutiny.
[USU Statesman – 11/17/2011]
NASA’s new Mars rover, “Curiosity,” will be launched on November 25 from Cape Canaveral on an Atlas V rocket.
[SatNews – 11/17/2011]
Harris Corporation delivers two unfurlable mesh reflectors to Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Sunnyvale CA for DoD’s first Mobile User Objective System satellite.
[Market Watch – 11/17/2011]
Harris gets 5-year contract to maintain ground system for Defense Meteorological Satellites Program.
[SatNews – 11/17/2011]
MIL-SAT Communications selects Cobham’s Sea Tel 2.4m marine stabilized antenna to fulfil recently-awarded U.S. Navy contract.
[Defence Professionals – 11/17/2011]
Orange Business Services is certified as Silver Partner in Inmarsat’s Connect Accreditation Program.
[SatNews – 11/17/2011]
ITT Exelis and Chronos Technology team up to develop product offerings for Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Interference, Detection, and Mitigation (IDM) market.
[SatNews – 11/17/2011}
The two main providers of consumer satellite broadband in the U.S., Hughes and ViaSat, both reported zero growth in subscribers in 3rd quarter 2011.
[Space News – 11/17/2011]
KVH TracVision M1, world’s smallest maritime satellite TV antenna, receives NMEA Industry Award for best marine entertainment product for third consecutive year.
[SatNews – 11/17/2011]
Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited responds to N8 billion fraud allegation leveled by a group called Nigeria Unites Against Corruption Initiative.
[All Africa – 11/17/2011]
Orbital Sciences Corporation announces completion of in-orbit-testing of Intelsat 18, and hand-over to customer, Intelsat S.A. for commercial service initiation.
[SatNews – 11/16/2011]
ViaSat conducts demonstration for U.S. armed services, (during a rainstorm), unveiling industry’s highest performance mobile broadband system using ultra-small 12-inch Ka-band tracking antenna, achieving 4 MBPS forward and 6 MBPS return link bit rates, with simultaneous encrypted HD video backhaul, video conferencing, IP phone communications, and http web browsing.
[SatNews – 11/16/2011]
Arianespace signs to launch a new DirecTV Latin America service-providing satellite.
[Satellite Today – 11/16/2011]
U.S. Army uses SNAP satellite terminals in its most recent Network Integration Evaluation, seeking to ensure that new technologies and network improvements work hand-in-hand with presently fielded systems.
[Tech Zone – 11/16/2011]
China completes second successful docking of unmanned spacecraft Shenzhou-8 with prototyupe space lab Tiangong-1.
[SatNews – 11/16/2011]
European Union states protest removal from EUY Budget of next-generation nuclear reactor and an Earth observation satellite considered vital for Europe.
[SatNews – 11/16/2011]
Satworx selected to provide satellite communications for renowned storm chasing team TVN for daring missions requiring driving within 1,000 feet of a tornado.
[Market Watch – 11/16/2011]
Global VSAT Forum works with Ethiopian government for easing of VSAT market rules, permitting authorized companies to use VSAT services in support of famine-relief efforts.
[SatNews – 11/15/2011]
DARPA’s Airborne Launch Assist Space Access program seeks to reduce cost, time, and weather constraints of satellite launches, launching 100 pound satellites for 1/3 the cost.
[SatNews – 11/15/2011]
Yahlive and telecom operator du sign agreement for du to establish uplink services to Yahlive’s Y1A satellite.
[TradeArabia – 11/15/2011]
BGAN from Stratos provides satellite communications for balloon expedition over Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro.
[Sacramento Bee – 11/15/2011]
ORBIT to showcase OrBand, a revolutionary, compact maritime VSAT system, at METS 2011.
[Market Watch – 11/15/2011]
DeLorme announces retail availability of inReach two-way satellite communicator for affordable communications with emergency responders, family, friends, or colleagues using Iridium.
[PR Newswire – 11/15/2011]
Pleasant Software smartphone app iFlares calculates when and where reflected sunlight by polished antennas of Iridium satellites can be seen from any location on Earth.
[prMac – 11/15/2011]
Satellite Phone Solutions launches new social media forum for mobile satellite community.
[PR Web – 11/15/2011]
Global Industry Analysts report indicates increased demand for satellite transponders.
[Satellite Spotlight – 11/14/2011]
Canada invests in U.S. Wideband Global satellite communications system.
[Nextgov – 11/14/2011]
New Zealand may join U.S. global satellite network.
[The Press – 11/14/2011]
O3b raises $137 million for construction of four additional satellites to boost capacity and redundancy over emerging markets.
[SatNews – 11/14/2011]
AsiaSat selects Space Systems/Loral to build AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8.
[Space Mart – 11/14/2011]
XTAR LLC is awarded Future COMSATCOM Services Acquisition Schedule-70 Special Identification Number for transponded services, making it easier for government users to acquire X-band capacity from XTAR.
[SatNews – 11/14/2011]
Gilat signs collaboration agreements with Russian Rostelecom Group subsidiary RTComm to provide network equipment and Ka-band end-user terminals for RTComm’s future constellation of multi spot-beam satellites.
[Globes – 11/14/2011]
Hughes to showcase tactical satellite solutions at Global MilSatCom 2011.
[Sacramento Bee – 11/14/2011]
Satcom 1 promotes recently-launched individual satellite airtime billing solution for charters, fractionals, airlines, and business jet operators.
[Arabian Aerospace – 11/13/2011]
Asianet Satellite Communications to switch off analogue cable TV service and become India’s first multi-system operator to offer only digital cable.
[Indiantelevision – 11/12/2011]
Loral Space and Communications expects to spin off its Space Systems/Loral satellite manufacturing division in early 2012, contingent upon equitable treatment of largest shareholder.
[Space News – 11/11/2011]
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