WBMSAT Satellite Industry News Bits 09/23/2011
First global map of salinity of ocean surface produced from data collected by NASA’s Aquarius, aboard the Aquarius/SAC-D satellite/observatory.
[SatNews – 09/23/2011]
RRsat expands backup and disaster recovery with Spacecom, acting as Spacecom’s remote and mirror Earth station for telemetry monitoring, tracking, and commanding (TT&C) and In-Orbit Testing (IOT).
[SatNews – 09/23/2011]
U.S. Department of Defense tracks NASA’s Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite as its orbit decays, expecting to predict when – and possibly where – it will re-enter the atmosphere.
[SatNews – 09/22/2011]
SES-2 satellite built by Orbital, with CHIRP hosted payload, successfully launched from French Guiana.
[Market Watch – 09/22/2011]
Japan launches new military Information Gathering Satellite known as Optical-4, with primary mission to provide early warning of impending hostile launches (prompted by 1998 North Korean missile launch).
[SatNewqs – 09/22/2011]
Two vessels receive Inmarsat-sponsored award recognizing extraordinary courage and seamanship for their rescue of a party of 64 students from sinking Canadian tall ship Concordia.
[SatNews – 09/22/2011]
Eutelsat’s ATLANTIC BIRD 7 satellite set for September 24 launch.
[Market Watch – 09/22/2011]
Defense Department’s 1000 lb., $150M 10-channel high power UHF satellite set to launch September 27 from Kodiak, Alaska – expected to free troops in the field from carrying heavy radio equipment and fiddling with antennas.
[Stars and Stripes – 09/22/2011]
Sea Launch, now 95% owned by Russian aerospace giant Rocket & Space Corp. Energia and headquartered in Switzerland, set to launch its first rocket Friday in over two years – ATLANTIC BIRD(TM) 7 for Eutelsat.
[LA Times – 09/22/2011]
Virgin Galactic unveils new $8M Final Assembly, Integration and Test Hangar (FAITH) at Mojave Air and Space Port for final stages of production of WhiteKnightTwo and SpaceShipTwo.
[SatNews – 09/22/2011]
Thrane & Thrane to manufacture broadband terminals for Inmarsat’s Global Xpress network.
[Reuters – 09/22/2011]
India seeks to disable satellite phones at the border to fight terrorism.
[ars technica – 09/22/2011]
Ariane 5 lifts off from French Guiana with Arabsat 5C and SES-2 one day after being delayed by local strike by French Guiana workers.
[xinhuanet – 09/21/2011]
China receives first contract in Europe to build communications satellite for Belarus and launch from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
[Satellite Today – 09/21/2011]
South Africa’s one and only satellite, Sumbandila, out of contact with its Mission Control and not downloading any images since being hit by blast of solar radiation in July.
[SatNews – 09/21/2011]
LightSquared claims filter developed by high-precision GPS receiver manufacturer Javad GNSS will fix problem of potential interference by LightSquared planned LTE network, can be adapted for receivers already in the market, and won’t make devices more expensive for consumers.
[Wireless Week – 09/21/2011]
Following successful trial on one of its LNG tankers, MOL LNG Transport Co. Ltd. is adding the KVH TracPhone V7 satellite communications system and mini-VSAT Broadband service to three of its LNG tankers.
[SatNews – 09/21/2011]
MTN Satellite Communications and Sensory International partner to deliver global VSAT services and connectivity to superyachts.
[Market Watch – 09/21/2011]
Harris opens new and totally advanced center for manufacturing of tactical radios and assured communication systems.
[SatNews – 09/21/2011]
General Dynamics receives FCC license for its Coms-on-the-Move terminals enabling continuous access to private- and government-owned communications satellites while on-the-move in vehicles.
[PR Newswire – 09/21/2011]
UtiliSat joins Satellite Industry Association as Associate Member.
[space ref – 09/21/2011]
Eutelsat and MultiChoice Africa Announce Winners of the First DStv Eutelsat Star Awards in competition by over 800 students from across Africa.
[Sacramento Bee – 09/21/2011]
Gilat subsidiary Spacenet gets renewal contract valued at up to $27M from U.S. retail giant for critical network solutions and potential store expansion.
[Market Watch – 09/21/2011]
NASA expects 26 of heaviest metal parts of a 20-year-old research satellite, which should break into more than 100 pieces as it enters the atmosphere this week, to reach Earth – but no one knows where.
[R&D Magazine – 09/20/2011]
Russia’s Proton-M carrier rocket successfully launched with a military purpose spacecraft aboard.
[SatNews – 09/20/2011]
Satmex signs multi-year multi-transponder lease agreement with Telefonica subsidiary Media Networks Latin America.
[SatNews – 09/20/2011]
Ratheon fields first AEHF satellite communications terminals to U.S. armed forces tactical units.
[Space Daily – 09/20/2011]
NewSat Jabiru-1 contracts reach $279M with latest $40.2M contract with Quicklink Communications.
[Satellite Today – 09/20/2011]
Marlink and Sea Tel team up to provide satellite communications for third Kaisei expedition seeking viable solutions to problems associated with marine debris in North Pacific Gyre.
[Maritime Executive – 09/20/2011]
Vizada and ARINC renew partnership to deliver mobile satellite services to commercial, government aviation customers.
[Military & Aerospace – 09/20/2011]
Gilat to supply VSATs for e-Education program in Latin American country.
[Satellite Spotlight – 09/20/2011]
Zhongxing-1A satellite carried aloft by Long March-3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province, China.
[SatNews – 09/19/2011]
Senate Appropriations Committee approves $500M in funding for commercial spaceflight as part of NASA’s 2012 budget.
[Satellite Today – 09/19/2011]
LightSquared CEO claims U.S. politicians using company as a pinata after being denied opportunity to testify at U.S. House Armed Service Committee hearing.
[Satellite Today – 09/19/2011]
Military communications satellite launched by China.
[Spaceflight Now – 09/18/2011]
Component crunch slows delivery of Ka-band communications satellites as only two companies manufacturing Ka-band TWTs, L-3 and Thales, are unable to keep up with demand.
[Space News – 09/16/2011]
Low-cost Disaster Warning Dissemination System conceived by India Space Research Organization can reach general public in local languages with early warnings of potential weather dangers using satellite-based Direct-to-home television broadcasts.
[Microwaves&RF – September 2011]
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