WBMSAT Satellite Industry News Bits for 07/23/2010
Courtesy of Bill McDonald…
Telecommunications Systems is issued U.S. patent on secure satellite communications over satellite phone network.
[Market Watch – 07/25/2010]
Orbital Sciences is hurt by failure of Galaxy 15 and NASA Orion cancellation, even as it reports 25 percent increase in second quarter revenues over 2009.
[Satellite Today – 07/23/2010]
BFI changes name to Encompass Digital Media, uniting BFI’s Andrita Media Center and Crawford Communications, acquired by BFI in January.
[Satellite Today – 07/23/2010]
Hiltron Communcations wins contract from German broadcast integrator Wellen & Noethen to provide satellite receive system as part of a large IPTV head-end installation.
[Satellite Today – 07/23/2010]
Telenor revenues increase 6.1% in second quarter, driven by HDTV growth.
[Satellite today – 07/23/1020]
Astrium creates subsidiary Spot Infoterra Hellas to provide geo-information products and services in Greece.
[Satellite Today – 07/23/2010]
U.S. Army selects ViaSat as winner of Blue Force Tracking 2 program contract, awarding it a $477M contract.
[Satellite Today – 07/22/2010]
Boeing discovers technical glitch that delays launch of SkyTerra-1 launch for newly named LightSquared.
[Satellite Today – 07/22/2010]
Italian satellite broadcaster Sky Italia receives permission from European Commision to bid on digital free-to-air (FTA) frequencies in Italy.
[Satellite Today – 07/22/2010]
Hughes is contracted by natural gas company Black Elk Energy to provide maritime broadband solution.
[Satellite Today – 07/22/2010]
Fox seeks second digital satellite broadcast license in Japan, to use for National Geographic channel.
[Hollywood Reporter – 07/22/2010]
Surrey Satellite Technolgy starts building small satellite for Republic of Kazakhstan.
[Satellite Today – 07/22/2010]
Boeing is hired by Iridium as the exclusive operations and maintenance provider for its next-generation satellite constellation, continue to operate its current satellite network, and oversee the transition from one to the next.
[Business Journals – 07/22/2010]
Astrium is selected by the Science and Technology Facilities Council to develop an Earth Observation Hub at the new International Space Innovation Center in Harwell, Oxfordshire, U.K.
[SatNews – 07/22/2010]
Globecomm Systems subsidiary Cachendo secures one-year contract to provide IT support services to the U.S. Agency for International Development.
[CBR Online – 07/22/2010]
Arabsat-5A and BADR-5 satellites are handed over to Arabsat by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space as part of in-orbit delivery contract, and enter commercial service.
[SatNews – 07/22/2010]
Coming to DirecTV after 20 years at PepsiCo, new Chief Executive learns satellite TV business from the top down while facing challenges of the internet and a possible Comcast-NBC Universal merger.
[LA Times – 07/22/2010]
VIH Helicopters, formerly Vancouver Island Helicopters, will equip its diverse fleet of Sikorsky, Kamov, Eurocopter, and Bell helicopters with SkyTrac’s next generation ISAT-200 system.
[SatNews – 07/22/2010]
FCC changes definition of broadband Internet to 4 Mbps download speed and 1 Mbps upload speed, meaning roughly 24 million people do not have access to traditional broadband Internet – but some 7 million of those are within range of satellite networks.
[i4u – 07/22/2010]
SES ASTRA signs agreement with Hungarian IT services provider RG Networks to market its satellite-based broadband service ASTRA2Connect to business and private customers in Hungary.
[SatNews – 07/22/2010]
LightSquared, the former SkyTerra, signs 7-year, $1.2B deal with Nokia Siemens to build, operate, and maintain a 4G LTE network using combinaton satellite and cell phone network to provide data services.
[IB Times – 07/21/2010]
German manufacturer OHB Technology acquired Thales Alenia Space Antwerp in Belgium from Thales Alenia Space France.
[Satellite Today – 07/21/2010]
OnAir to install SwiftBroadband service on Emirates’ entire A380 aircraft fleet.
[Satellite Today – 07/21/2010]
Cisco’s IRIS space-router technology passes U.S. Department of Defense satellite-orbit test for use of next-generation satellite based IP services and communications from space.
[Satellite Today – 07/21/2010]
Harris is awarded $130M contract to provide ground antenna system for National oceanic and Atmospheric Administration program that will enable receipt and processing of weather data 40 times faster than today.
[Pr Newswire – 07/20/2010]
BT is upgrading its EMEA satellite network infrastructure to iDirect’s Evolution platform, allowing more efficient operations of its satellite network for finance, oil and gas, and government customers.
[PR Newswire – 07/20/2010]
Globalstar is encouraged by FCC proceedings to make wireless spectrum available for mobile broadband networks using mobile satellite services spectrum.
[Market Watch – 07/19/2010]
WBMSAT Satellite Industry News Bits for 07/16/2010
Courtesy of Bill McDonald…
Globecomm Systems announces signing of $8.7M contract to provide mobile and fixed Ka band systems for unnamed Asia Pacific government customer.
[Satellite Spotlight – 07/16/2010]
Astrium Services subsidiary Paradigm Secure Communications of Britain to test Cisco internet router (IRIS) aboard Intelsat 14.
[Space News – 07/16/2010]
First Korean geostationary Communication, Ocean, and Meteorogical (COMS) satellite begins trial operation.
[Korea IT Times – 07/16/2010]
FCC moves to open way for satellite companies’ mobile frequency spectrum to be used by networks that rely on ground-based towers rather than requiring that customers’ handsets be able to communicate with satellites.
[Business Week – 07/15/2007]
Eutelsat and ictQATAR select Space Systems/Loral to build joint venture high performance satellite.
[Trading Markets – 07/15/2010]
SES WORLD SKIES signs long-term capacity agreement to deliver the Hope Channel to audiences across the Pacific basin.
[SatNews – 07/15/2010]
Japanese government tries to help Japanese satellite manufacturers win contracts in emerging markets long dominated by U.S.and European companies.
[Asahi – 07/15/2010]
TeleCommunication Systems wins $6.1M worldwide satellite systems order from U.S. Army under the Army’s $5B WWSS Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract vehicle supporting the Warfighter Information Network.
[Market Watch – 07/14/2010]
Custom command access satellite network for Yahsat to be launched by CapRock.
[TMCnet – 07/14/2010]
Globalstar moves headquarters to Louisiana; expected to create hundreds of new jobs there.
[The Gov Monitor – 07/14/2010]
NASA’s first data-relay satellite, TDRS 1, to be retired after 27 years.
[Space.com – 07/13/2010]
Cartosat-2B, remote-sensing satellite successfully launched by India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, expected to become operational in a week.
[SatNews – 07/13/2010]
EXPLORER 325, new entry-level ‘on -the-move’ BGAN terminal from Thrane & Thrane, receives Inmarsat Type Approval.
[SatNews – 07/13/2010]
Gilat Satellite Networks is selected to provide broadband satellite networks for homeland security applications in Asia.
[SatNews – 07/13/2010]
U.S. Army funds another $25.4M procurement of SNAP deployable satellite systems and maintenance from TeleCommunications Systems.
[Market Watch – 07/12/2010]
Sea Launch signs a launch agreement with AsiaSat for launch of a geosynchronous satellite.
[SatNews – 07/12/2010]
Research and Markets offers new book "Satellite Communications Systems, Techniques and Technology, 5th Edition," published by John Wiley and Sons, covering entire field of satellite communications engineering.
[Business Wire – 07/12/2010]
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launches five satellites aboard polar satellite launch vehicle including student picosat weighing less than 1 kg.
[India Today – 07/12/2010]
Russian Proton-M rocket with Briz-M booster carries EchoStar 15 aloft in 200th launch from Baikonur launch pad.
[The Voice of Russia – 07/11/2010]
India is losing satellites due to failure of imported components, including recent partial failure of INSAT-4B, and previous failures of Chandrayaan in 2009 and INSAT-2D in 1997.
[Hindustan Times – 07/11/2010]
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Total Eclipse
Has it been a month since the last post? I reckon it has. Spent three weeks sleeping in a tent in North Collins, N.Y. During that time, when we didn’t get a chance to read a newspaper, there was a total solar eclipse. Thanks to today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), we see what it was like from Easter Island…
As the New Moon’s shadow slid across the southern Pacific on July 11, people gathered along the white, sandy Anakena Beach on the north side of Easter Island to watch a total solar eclipse. The experience was captured in this tantalizing composite image, constructed from a sequence of 50 consecutive exposures. At their center is the totally eclipsed Sun surrounded by a shimmering solar corona. From the well chosen viewpoint, palm trees appear in silhouette against a darkened sky and the faint light reflected in the water. Of course, towering above the onlookers, at the boundaries of land, ocean, and sky are Moai, the island’s mysterious monolithic statues.
WBMSAT Satellite Industry News Bits 07/09/2010
(We missed you last week – many project hours followed by July 4th weekend)
GSA releases final request for proposals for $5B contract that will enable civilian and defense agencies to purchase much needed commercial satellite communications.
[Washington Technology – 07/08/2010]
Comtech Telecommunications receives $22.2M order under IDIQ contract with U.S. Army to provide mobile satellite data communications transceivers.
[SatNews – 07/08/2010]
Globecomm Systems expands wireless managed services to the Caribbean.
[Market Watch – 07/08/2010]
Komatsu Ltd. enters multi-year agreement with ORBCOMM Inc. continuing use of wireless data services for heavy equipment telematics applications.
[ForConstructionPros – 07/08/2010]
Newtec Azimuth modulators employed by Overon as it deploys 15 DSNG and flyaway stations in South Africa and two fixed fully redundant C-band stations in Johannesburg.
[SatNews – 07/08/2010]
Harris Corporation receives orders totaling $99M to supply C4I systems to a military customer in Asia.
[SatNews – 07/08/2010]
SES ASTRA signs agreement with Netherlands-based Dance TV HD to deliver its program to HD bouquets throughout Europe.
[SatNews – 07/08/2010]
Frustrating Zombie satellite – Galaxy 15 adrift without control – approaches two more spacecraft this month as it drifts along a stable and predictable path.
[msnbc – 07/08/2010]
Thuraya’s XT satellite phone employs highest codec rate to ensure highest audio quality.
[SatNews – 07/08/2010]
Talia, a major supplier of satellite Internet wor Africa, the Middle East, and Europe, announces successful launch of Arabsat’s newest satellite, Arabsat 5A, on July 2nd.
[SatNews – 07/08/2010]
NASA’s twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory spacecraft allow Naval Research Laboratory scientists to see April 3 coronal mass ejection from sun that could be related to failure of Galaxy 15 control communications.
[Business Wire – 07/08/2010]
RigNet enters into multi-year contract with Seahawk Drilling, a drilling services company in the Gulf of Mexico, to provide managed remote communications connecting Seahawk’s fleet to its Houston headquarters.
[Satellite Today – 07/08/2010]
AST Australia is awarded long-term contract to supply the two-year old Clough/Helix Joint Venture’s Normand Clough a complete maritime communication solution.
[SatNews – 07/08/2010]
Harmonic encoders and decoders deployed by South African Broadcasting Corporation to facilitate live broadcast of the 2010 FIFA World Cup from 10 South Africa stadiums.
[SatNews – 07/08/2010]
U.S. Air Force awards Integral Systems $14.2M contract modification for its commercial off-the-shelf satellite telemetry and command contract.
[Market Watch – 07/07/2010]
ARINC deploys three new GLOBALink remote ground stations to support aviation data link communications services in New Zealand.
[SatNews – 07/07/2010]
Vizada offers shipping customers full range of Vizada Solutions with Iridium OpenPort service through direct interconnection with Iridium network.
[SatNews – 07/07/2010]
Miranda infrastructure, monitoring, and branding equipment installed by Magyar Televisio, Hungary’s state broadcaster, at its new state-of-the-art television headquarters in Obuda, on the outskirts of Budapest.
[SatNews – 07/07/2010]
Newtec shows DualFlow technology, allowing broadcasters to migrate cost-effectively from traditional ASI to IP-based satellite operation, for first time at IBC.
[SatNews – 07/07/2010]
Astrium and the European Space Agency plan development of Next Generation Launcher for upcoming satellite launches.
[SatNews – 07/07/2010]
Korea’s first geostationary satellite, the Communication, Ocean and Meteorological Satellite-1 (COMS-1) successfully reaches desired orbit.
[Korea Times – 07/06/2010]
Space Systems Loral is awarded contract to build new spacecraft for HISPASAT group, the seventh largest satellite operator in the world and the leading operator in broadcasting and distribution of content in Spanish and Portuguese.
[SatNews – 07/06/2010]
U.S. Air Force plans surveillance satellites to take on dangerous space trash.
[Fast Company – 07/06/2010]
Launch of Space-Based Space Surveillance spacecraft delayed pending resolution of test anomaly with another Minotaur IV launch vehicle in factory.
[SatNews – 07/06/2010]
NASA gives gamers taste of lunar adventure, releasing Moonbase Alpha, a new, free online video game.
[SatNews – 07/06/2010]
Bentley Walker, a major satellite operator headquartered in the UK, purchases two iDirect 5IF hubs to expand services via Eutelsat SkyLogic’s teleports in Turin and Cagliari, Italy.
[SatNews – 07/06/2010]
Globalstar announces opening of 90-day launch window for first group of six Globalstar 2G satellites in upgrade of its low-earth-orbit satellite constellation.
[SatNews – 07/06/2010]
International Launch Services schedules launch of EchoStar XV satellite for July 11 (July 10, 2:40 PM EST in U.S.).
[SatNews – 07/06/2010]
Two payloads for next Arian 5 mission, both built by Thales Alenia Space, one for Nilesat, and one for RascomStar-QAF, arrive at French Guiana.
[SatNews – 07/05/2010]
Following two-month delay, India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is ready for July 12th launch from spaceport at Sriharitkota in Andhra Pradesh.
[SatNews – 07/05/2010]
Orbital Sciences receives two separate orders from NASA to launch scientific satellites on its industry-leading small rockets, Pegasus XL and Taurus XL.
[SatNews – 07/01/2010]
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See That Rocket?
Nice setting: a calm evening along the coast in French Guiana. Suddenly, there’s a huge clap and a rocket appears on the horizon. Awesome.
That’s what it’s like in the Department of French Guiana. Here’s the official story…
After its 6:41 p.m. liftoff from the Spaceport, the vehicle’s cryogenic upper stage was injected with the following provisional orbital parameters:
– Perigee: 249.9 km. for a target of 249.7 km.
– Apogee: 35,972 km. for a target of 35,958 km.
– Inclination: 2.00 deg. for a target of 2.00 deg.During tonight’s launch, the Arabsat-5A satellite was deployed first during the flight sequence, being released from atop Ariane 5’s payload “stack” at 26 min. into the mission. Produced by Astrium and Thales Alenia Space on a turnkey contract for the Arabsat telecommunications operator, the satellite had a mass at liftoff of about 4,940 kg.
Arabsat-5A carries 24 Ku-band transponders and 28 C-band transponders for telecommunications and TV broadcasting services over the Middle East and Africa. Astrium provided the Eurostar 3000 spacecraft platform and was responsible for satellite integration, while Thales Alenia Space supplied the payload.
This mission marked another milestone in Arianespace’s 25-year relationship with the Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat telecommunications operator, which began with the launch of Arabsat 1A in 1985 on an Ariane 3 vehicle. A total of seven Arabsat satellites have been launched by Arianespace during the past 25 years.
The COMS satellite passenger was separated from Ariane 5 at 32 min. into tonight’s flight, completing this second heavy-lift mission of 2010. The multi-purpose COMS spacecraft for South Korea’s KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) is fitted with three payloads for meteorological observation, ocean surveillance and experimental broadband multimedia communications services.
Liftoff mass of the COMS Astrium-built Eurostar 3000 platform was 2,460 kg., and its communications payload came from the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in Korea. COMS continues a collaboration that started with Arianespace’s launch of the Kitsat A and Kitsat B scientific microsats in 1992 and 1993 for Korea’s Satellite Technology Research Center (SaTReC), and was followed by the 1999 launch of the KOREASAT 3 communications satellite for Korea Telecom.
Yeah, the video!
WBMSAT Satellite Industry News Bits for 06/25/2010
Courtesy of Bill McDonald…
Arianespace postpones launch of ArabSat-5A and the follow-on Coms satellite as an anomaly occurs in the Ariane 5’s launcher subsystem during final countdown.
[Satellite today – 06/28/2010]
U.S. Air Force announces that U.S. Strategic Command has operationally accepted command and control of its third Wideband Global SATCOM satellite, WGS-3.
[SatNews – 06/25/2010]
Satellite firm Intellectual Ventures, having bought many patents of satellite technology from Motorola and Teledesic, sells some to Thales Alenia Space on the heels of the Thales deal with Iridium to build the next generation of its satellites.
[Wall Street Journal – 06/25/2010]
Harris wins five year $140m contract to redesign satellite ground system for NASA.
[Zacks – 06/25/2010]
Thales Alenia wins contract to build W6A satellite for Eutelsat.
[marisys – 06/25/2010]
NASA has selected Orbital Sciences to launch the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) mission in February 2013 aboard a Taurus XL 3110 rocket from Vandenberg’s U.S. Air Force Base, California.
[Satellite Today – 06/24/2010]
Boaters can now watch the the 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer games in 3D while on the water, thanks to the TracVision(r) HD7 from KVH.
[SatNews – 06/24/2010]
Anticipation of the peak of the solar 11 year cycle coming in 2013 sparks predictions of serious consequences to electronics and communications systems, including satellite communications.
[msnbc – 06/24/2010]
CapRock Communications signs three-year contract with BW to deploy its SeaAccess service onboard its fleet of approximately 100 vessels that include Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs) and Liquefied Petroleum Gas Carriers (LPGCs).
[SatNews – 06/24/2010]
Astrium is awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop key technologies for new re-ignitable upper stages for new launchers.
[SatNews – 06/24/2010]
FCC takes steps to free spectrum from within S band currently available only for mobile satellite companies to build mobile applications to complement their satellite services, so it can be used by mobile broadband companies.
[BroadbandBreakfast – 06/24/2010]
Vietnam Telecom International picks Gilat’s Skyedge II for broadband satellite network.
[Sat PR News – 06/24.2010]
CASBAA concludes 10th annual forum in Singapore, as attendees attest to a vibrant Asian satellite industry.
[Market Watch – 06/24/2010]
First attempt to launch South Korea’s first weather satellite is delayed as pressure problems develop in the launch vehicle.
[Korea Times – 06/24/2010]
June 19, During the International Economical Forum in St. Petersburg, Roscosmos and Arianespace signed a contract which cover 10 additional missions of Russian Soyuz-ST rocket from Guiana Space Center (CSG).
[SatNews – 06/23/2010]
Spacenet introduces new emergency communications service by satellite with pay as you use service options.
[Market Watch – 06/23/2010]
OmniAccess S.L., a leading communications provider to super- and mega-yacht owners, has completed the launch of its Balearic Teleport and successfully upgraded its maritime broadband satellite network to iDirect’s Evolution platform.
[SatNews – 06/23/2010]
Israel launches spy satellite Ofek 9.
[Al Jazeera – 06/23/2010]
CapRock Government Solutions announces the award of four multimillion dollar contracts to provide managed network services and more than 400MHz of commercial satellite capacity to four separate U.S. Government agencies.
[SatNews – 06/23/2010]
Annual Ham Field Day on weekend of June 26-27 gives public chance to meet and talk with ham radio enthusiasts showing off the newest digital and satellite capabilities and voice communications, as well as historic Morse code.
[The Press News – 06/23/2010]
GlobeCast Australia has announces that GlobeCam — a specialist provider of live, miniature camera technology in the world today — has conducted successful trials of 3D coverage for V8 Supercars Television.
[Satnews – 06/23/2010]
Telecommunications experts from the UN World Food Programme (WFP) and Télécoms Sans Frontières (TSF) are establishing emergency communications centers equipped with satellite-based phone, internet and radio lines along borders of Kyrgyzstan.
[UN Dispatch – 06/23/2010]
New iPhone application developed by Skobbler, teaming up with Apple and OpenStreetMap, will ensure that satellite navigation will become cost effective and easily used by most iPhone users.
[SatNews – 06/22/2010]
Integral Systems Europe (ISE) has been awarded a satellite ground station contract from British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) for Harlequin 1, Sky’s state-of-the-art broadcast facility.
[Satellite Today – 06/22/2010]
Iridium expands reach with South African license.
[Market Watch – 06/22/2010]
EchoStar launches DishHD, a premier satellite pay-TV service, in Taiwan.
[Satellite Today – 06/22/2010]
Polaris Wireless and Globecomm Systems partnership will allow U.S. wireless operators to quickly, easily and cost-effectively meet Federal Communications Commission E911 Phase II requirements.
[TMCnet – 06/22/2010]
SES WORLD SKIES announces its SES-1 satellite has entered commercial service at the orbital location of 101 degrees West.
[SatNews – 06/21/2010]
DIY Friday: iPhone 4 Antenna Fix
Holding the new iPhone 4 can cause interference between the GSM and WiFi antennae, so naturally the Net is abuzz with this "problem." Hey, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this one out.
Brilliant Scotchtape solution from Kit Eaton, and costs almost nothing, via Fast Company…
- Get about an inch of scotch tape off the reel (that’s Sellotape if you’re in the U.K.).
- Cut it carefully so that you make a rectangle something over a half-inch long and just tall enough to exceed the iPhone 4’s height (about 0.4 inches should do it).
- Align the piece of tape so that it’s covering a section of the lower left metal side of the iPhone 4, some below the thin black plastic line and some above.
- Stick it around the phone’s metal edge, making sure that all of the back of the edge’s metal strip is covered–you may even be able to leave the front uncovered, as it’s the back where your hand will rest. The main thing is to ensure that it’s unlikely that your palm will touch the metal on both sides of the black plastic line.
Result: Your iPhone 4’s twin antennas are now insulated against skin short-circuiting in the "problem corner". You don’t even have to use scotch tape–make a statement and do it in bright red electrician’s tape, if you feel better for it.
It’s about time the geniuses at 3M got some attention.
Oh, and the new iPhone? It’s lovely; held one yesterday.
WBMSAT Satellite Industry News Bits for 06/18/2010
Courtesy of Bill McDonald…
TSF deploys emergency telecoms team to Kyrgyzstan to provide emergency communications services to humanitarian community in support of relief operations.
[SatNews – 06/18/2010]
FCC announces it will focus on using satellite services to spread mobile wireless access to more Americans.
[Washington Post – 06/18/2010]
BSkyB announces that Sky Sports News will be removed from free to view service FreeView to become a pay TV only channel.
[TechWatch – 06/18/2010]
SatCom Global launches Horizon, incorporating state of the are compression technology and designed to optimize voice and data management, dramatically cutting cost of satellite communications for users in maritime, oil and gas, construction, government, emergency, and first responder markets.
[SatNews – 06/18/2010]
BT and RRsat enter 5 year strategic network alliance to combine RRsat’s content management and global distribution services over satellite, fiber, and IP with BT’s global media network.
[Satellite Today – 06/18/2010]
Wavestream introduces rugged, outdoor 600W C-band solid state amplifier 757C-o for broadcast satellite communications systems.
[SatNews – 06/18/2010]
Following successful debut flight of Falcon 9 launcher, SpaceX wins hotly contested contract to put next-generation Iridium communications satellites into orbit.
[Aviation Week – 06/17/2010]
Sky Sports gets rights for Euro 2010.
[TechWatch – 06/17/2010]
SES ASTRA satellite Astra B, launched May 21, is now operational.
[TechWatch – 06/17/2010]
Satworx, a provider of satellite phone communications, offers a new lightweight IsatPhone Pro at a reduced price.
[TMCnet Satellite Spotlight – 06/17/2010]
NASA chooses General Dynamics C4 Systems to upgrade TDRSS satellite communications ground system and network.
[Military Aerospace – 06/17/2010]
SkyWave, a global provider of M2M satellite solutions for trucking, rail, and maritime markets,
introduces jamming detection and other new security features including detection of antenna cut.
[Wireless Developer Network – 06/17/2010]
New KVH TracVision HD7 employed by boaters to receive DirecTV HD signals for 2010 boating season.
[MarketWatch – 06/17/2010]
Arabsat announces that launch of 5A by Arianespace will take place on June 23, Arabsat’s second launch this month.
[SatNews – 06/16/2010]
Integral Systems subsidiary SAT Corporation receives contract to upgrade CHINA SATCOM’s satellite signal monitoring and interference detection system.
[Market Watch – 06/16/2010]
Murdoch’s News Corp makes move on UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB.
[Tech Watch – 06/16/2010]
BBC World signs deal with intelsat renewing satellite and teleport services throughout Asia and the Americas.
[TechWatch – 06/16/2010]
iDirect launches ReadyCONNECT, a portable emergency response satellite communications system developed by global satellite equipment leader Cobham Satcom and partner Australian Satellite Communications.
[SatNews – 06/16/2010]
Space Data’s test of high altitude balloons with radio communications for border patrol, more cost-effective than satellite technology, receives rave reviews but then – no contract to show for it.
[Fox News – 06/16/2020]
iDirect Government Technologies releases new line of software packages for its SatManage network management system.
[SatNews – 06/16/2010]
Battle lines being drawn between Virgin Media and BSKYB over 3D TV.
[TechWatch – 06/15/2010]
DirecTV teams with NCC Media, the ad-sales company owned by Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cox Communications, to bring the satellite operator to the spot-advertising market and provide ability to expand an ad’s coverage in 25 select markets.
[Multichannel News – 06/15/2010]
Microsoft working on 3D technology using special lens on TV screen that would not require users to wear glasses.
[TechWatch – 06/15/2010]
Hughes Network Systems receives contract from state of Oregon to provide broadband satellite internet services to state agencies, local governments, and school districts.
[Business Week – 06/14/2020]
U.S. Navy and Lockheed Martin complete testing of first satellite for next generation of tactical
communications, under the Mobile User Objective System program.
[UPI – 06/15/2010]
Arianespace announces agreement with Lockheed Martin to launch VINASAT-2 satellite for Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group in 2012.
[SatNews – 06/15/2010]
SpeedCast signs multi-year agreement for capacity on North and Central American beams of Telesat’s Telstar 11N satellite.
[SatNews – 06/14/2010]
Swedish Space Corporation indicates that the Swedish Prisma satellites have been successfully launched aboard a Dnepr launcher from Yasny,Russia.
[SatNews – 06/15/2010]
Aerojet announces an agreement with NEC corporation to jointly supply HAYABUSA-derived ion propulsion systems for the U.S. and Japanese aerospace markets.
[SatNews – 06-15-2010]
SpaceX to launch Taiwanese earth observation satellite in 2013.
[Satellite Today]
C-Com Satellite Systems receives $1M worth of new orders for its iNetVu mobile antenna systems from China.
[SatNews – 06/15/2010]
Space Systems/Loral contracts to build DirecTV 14.
[Satellite Today – 06/14/2010]
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announces orders received aggregating $12 million, including Ka-band amplifiers for satellite broadband services, DTH services and strategic airborne communications.
[Market Watch – 06/14/2020]
Thaicom Pcl shares jump after Thailand’s government announces plans to buy Temasek Holdings Pte’s stake in the satellite monopoly for national security reasons following anti-government protests.
[Business Week – 06/14/2010]
Microspace introduces Velocity Microburst, allowing Velocity satellite data users to acquire occasional "bursts" of additional bandwidth for short term needs.
[PRWeb – 06/14/2010]
ATCi designs and delivers low-cost complete Fly Away Broadcast System designed for broadcasting sporting events to smaller communities in Latin America and Africa.
[SatNews – 06/14/2010]
Vizada is selected by ARINC to help fulfill Department of Defense contract for international broadband services.
[SatNews – 06/14/2010]
PolarSat completes VSATPlus3 network testing for Chinese gas market.
[Satellite Today – 06/14/2010]
Orbit Technologies receives additional orders from large satellite communications companies in Brazil for its OrSat satellite communications systems to be installed on offshore Oil and Gas platforms.
[SatNews – 06/14/2010]
GlobeCast Australia wins major delivery deal with Event Cinemas that offers 3D HD coverage of more than a dozen sporting events over the next month, in a first for Australian cinema audiences.
[SatNews – 06/14/2010]
Ottawa may lift telecom restrictions relating to foreign ownership of companies in the Canadian telecom industry, including satellite communications companies.
[Montreal Gazette – 06/12/2010]
California teenager rescued from crippled sailboat by French fishing vessel describes her three days adrift after the mast was broken during a storm, knocking out her satellite communications.
[Fox News – 06/12/2010]
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HFS: Buzz Aldrin!
NASA won a Webby Award, which second-man-on-the-moon Buzz Aldrin accepted on their behalf. I love their approach: no more that five words. You’ve got to choose your words carefully, as Buzz did: "Humanity. Colonization. Phobos. Monolith. Mars!"
And Jake from CollegeHumor.com’s "Jake and Amir," who changed his speech when he realized who he was standing next to offstage: "Holy f*cking sh*t, Buzz Aldrin!"
I think space is cool again, thanks to the general public’s curiosity and fascination with space. Let’s not forget the "we could use the money elsewhere" critics, as they’ve got a valid point.
Then there’s the British metal band Iron Maiden, who opened a new tour in Texas. Yeah, they paid a visit to Johnson Space Center and got to play with the Space Shuttle Simulator.
Check out this podcast about this simulator…