WBMSAT News Bits 09/22/2014
Featured Article
Blue Origin’s BE-4 Engine Model. Photo: Via Satellite
United Launch Alliance (ULA) has selected Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin to build the Blue Engine 4 (BE-4) to replace the Russian-built RD-180.
[Via Satellite – 09/18/2014]
Industry Reports
New ReportnReports Global mobile satellite services report projects that market segment to grow at a CAGR of 7.39% to 2018.
[WhaTech – 09/19/2014]
NSR sees mobile video as key satellite opportunity, with mobile subscriptions on track to outpace human population soon according to Ericsson.
[Via Satellite – 09/15/2014]
HTS revenues to overtake FSS in battleground applications per NSR’s Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 1th edition.
[Satellite Markets & Research – 09/12/2014]
iDirect white paper discusses how satellite operators, infrastructure providers and small cell manufacturers are working together to help mobile operators expand their reach.
[telecoms – iDirect October 2013 whitepaper]
Launch Activity
Ariane 6 Credit: CNES artist’s concept – Space News
Next generation Ariane rocket expected to take priority over International Space Station as European space ministers meet in Zurich.
[Space News – 09/22/2014]
ORS-4 launch, first flight of experimental low-cost launch system for small satellites and based in Hawaii, delayed to early next year.
[Space News – 09/19/2014]
Atlas V launches from Cape Canaveral carrying the secretive CLIO satellite built by Lockheed-Martin.
[ABC News – 09/16/2014]
Satellite Construction
Lockheed Martin successfully mates large system and propulsion modules of NOAA’s GOES-R next-gen weather satellite.
[Via Satellite – 09/19/2014]
MDA to build satellite communications subsystem for ESA’s Columbus module on the international space station.
[Market Watch – 09/18/2014]
CBERS 4 at China Academy of Space Technology’s (CAST) facility. Photo: AEB – Via Satellite
China Academy of Space Technology completes Final Design Review of the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite 4 (CBERS 4).
[Via Satelllite – 09/18/2014]
Qatari Es’hail 2 satellite will include AMSAT-DL Phase 4 ameteur radion transponders.
[eHam.net – 09/18/2014]
Orbital Sciences selected by Yahsat to build Al Yah 3 communications satellite.
[Satellite Spotlight – 09/15/2014]
SGDC satellite. Photo: AEB – Via Satellite
Brazil orders hybrid satellite from Thales Alenia Space.
[Via Satellite – 09/16/2014]
Artist’s concept of Es’hail 2 satellite – Arabian Business
Japanese firm Mitsubishi selected to build new Qatar satellite.
[Arabian Business – 09/13/2014]
Canadian Manufacturing file photo – Canadian Manufacturing
MDA subsidiary Space Systems/Loral wins contract to build Hispasat 1F satellite.
[Canadian Manufacturing – 09/12/2014]
Satellite Operations
FCC greenlights Iridium plan for deorbiting its 1st-generation constellation.
[Space News – 09/17/2014]
All six of Orbcomm’s OG2 satellites enter commercial service.
[Via Satellite – 09/15/2014]
Satellite Technology
Israeli startup hopes to stop satellites from getting lost in space.
[Haaretz – 09/21/2014]
Future SES satellites to focus heavily on in-flight connectivity.
[Via Satellite – 09/116/2014]
Ground Systems Technology
Paradigm Communictions and Skyware Technologies successfully complete factory acceptance testing of Global Xpress terminals.
[SatNews – 09/17/2014]
NBN Co’s Walumla ground station. Photo: NBN Co – Via Satellite
NBN of Australia nears completion of satellite ground station network.
[Via Satellite – 09/17/2014]
European Broadcasters embrace revolutionary low-cost satellite flyaway system from ATCi.
[The Street – 09/15/2014]
Government, Military & Defense
U.S. Air Force Space Command general excited but cautious on new ULA-Blue Origin partnership.
[Space News – 09/22/2014]
U.S. Air Force selects Harris Corporation for hosted payload solutions contract.
[Satellite Spotlight – 09/19/2014]
Using technology similar to that of average smarthones, the U.S. Navy’s MUOS satellites provide long-distance military communications to manpack terminals.
[TMCnet – 09/18/2014]
United States Rep. Jim Bridenstine calls for the NOAA to make use of commercial weather data to mitigate risk from both pending and potential future weather data gaps.
[Via Satellite – 09/17/2014]
Fireball spotted over U.S. likely part of a Russian spy satellite.
[The Blaze – 09/17/20147]
German satellite communications company Stellar has servers hacked by government security agencies according to Snowden leaked documents.
[softpedia – 09/15/2014]
Space.com image
DARPA wants to test satellite repair droids in orbit.
[Space.com – 09/12/2014]
Regulatory
U.N. body to discuss radio frequency spectrum for satellite tracking of airplanes.
[Yonhap News – 09/17/2014]
The Senate commerce committee releases a version of the satellite distant-signal reauthorization bill that eliminates the “Local Choice” proposal, and broadcasters appear to drop opposition.
[The Hill – 09/15/2014]
Aeronautical
Flight path of Globalstar’s ADS-B test flight. Photo: Globalstar – Via Satellite
Globalstar, in collaboration with ADS-B Technologies, completes a four-day 7,000-mile flight test of a dual-link Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system.
[Via Satellite – 09/19/2014]
CPI provides novel quad-band radome to support successful flight demonstrations of ViaSat, Inc.’s first integrated Ku-band and Ka-band airborne satellite terminal.
[pcb007 – 09/19/2014]
UK inflight entertainment solutions brand roKKi and Inmarsat launch first low-cost inflight connectivity service in the Asia-Pacific region.
[Hispanic Business – 09/18/2014]
Virgin Atlantic to offer new Gogo satellite-Internet service as it becomes the first European customer for a new in-glight connectivity system being sold by Gogo.
[The Wall Street Journal – 09/17/2014]
Gogo wins bidding to provide in-flight connectivity services for Vietnam Airlines, expected to be the first Gogo commercial airline to use Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Ka-band technology.
[TMCnet – 09/17/2014].
Panasonic Avionics providing in-flight connectivity for Spain-based Air Europa.
[Via Satellite – 09/16/2014]
Hawaiian Airlines to be first commercial airline to install new Inmarsat communications system.
[Pacific Business News – 09/16/2014]
Maritime
VSAT provider OmniAccess has partnered with US antenna manufacturer Phasor to launch what they claim is the world’s first maritime Ku-band digital phased array antenna.
[Digital Ship – 09/19/2014]
GVF launches maritime satellite communications glossary of terms.
[MarineLink -09/18/2014]
MTN delivers yachts the first dual Ku/Ka-band ultra-high speed satellite solution to further enhance its powerful Maestro service.
[PR News wire – 09/17/2014]
Mobile
Global connectivity for smartphones and tablets is today a reality with the ITU to boost communication capacity and emergency communication solutions for small island developing states.
[Satellite Spotlight – 09/16/2014]
Global connectivity for smartphones and tablets is today a reality with the worldwide launch of IsatHub from Inmarsat.
[4GWE – 09/16/2014]
Video
Eutelsat and Cisco partner on cloud video via satellite.
[Via Satellite – 09/16/2014]
Space
Artist’s concept of the MAVEN spacecraft provided by NASA – R&D Magazine
NASA’s Maven spacecraft enters Mars orbit.
[R&D Magazine – 09/22/2014]
SpaceX breaks ground on Texas spaceport.
[Space News – 09/22/2014]
Inmarsat is helping to extend global awareness of the international celebration of science and technology, World Space Week 2014.
[WebWire – 09/22/2014]
SpaceX supply load for space station includes first 3-D printer bound for orbit.
[R&D Magazine – 09/22/2014]
NASA awards a $4.2 billion contract to Boeing and a $2.6 billion contract to SpaceX to build rockets and spacecraft capable of taking astronauts into orbit.
[Nextgov – 09/17/2014]
Capacity Agreements
Globecast, KTsat choose AsiaSat to broadcast the 2014 Asian Games.
[Via Satellite – 09/19/2014]
Telmex wins contract to provide satellite communications network to the country’s Health Secretary.
[TMCnet – 09/19/2014]
Bentley Walker purchases capacity on Yamal 402 satellite to be used for services in Africa.
[Via Satellite – 09/17/2014]
Eutelsat inks contract with Nilesat on Eutelsat 8 West B satellite.
[Reuters – 09/15/2014]
Onlime has entered an agreement with Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) for capacity on the upcoming Yamal 402 satellite.
[Via Satellite – 09/15/2014]
SES signs capacity deal for Astra 3B with EuroSkyPark.
[telecompaper – 09/13/2014]
Market Strategy & Revenues
Aireon to offer satellite tracking free to help search for missing planes.
[Reuters – 09/22/2014]
Singtel extends Glopbal Xpress VAR relationship with Inmarsat.
[twst.com – 09/22/2014]
Inmarsat and Thales condlude GX Aviation reseller agreement.
[Satellite Spotlight – 09/22/2014]
Thales Alenia steps up efforts to sell Earth-observation satellites abroad.
[Space News – 09/19/2014]
ViaSat eyes urban markets, touts aviation broadband service.
[Space News – 09/19/2014]
Globalstar makes satellite communications available to everyone throughout EMENA with the lowest-cost pre-paid service in the industry.
[FIS – 09/17/2014]
Airbus Defence and Space to sell suite of assets including its commercial satellite communications services division.
[Space News – 09/16/2014]
Apllied Satellite Technology joins the VT iDirect Distribution Program.
[SatNews – 09/16/2014]
Rockwell Collins Satellite Communications Systems, recently acquired by Atlanta-based private investment group, re-emerges as well-known Datapath brand.
[PR Newswire – 09/15/2014]
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