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Satellite Industry News Bits July 23, 2010

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]

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]

Harwell Science and Innovation Campus

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’s BADR-5

Arabsat-5A

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]

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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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Satellite Industry News Bits June 11, 2010

Korean navy recovers what is believed to be debris from the Korea Space Launch Vehicle 1 that exploded shortly after liftoff Thursday, the country’s second major space setback in less than a year.
[Korea Times - 06/11/2010]

Thales Alenia Space gets contract from Eutelsat for satellite with forty Ku-band transponders to be launched during third quarter of 2012.
[Tech Watch - 06/11/2010]

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) ships Dish Network’s EchoStar 15 communications satellite to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan where it will be launched by International Launch Services.
[Satellite Today - 06/10/2010]

NASA has selected Orbital Sciences to launch the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spacecraft in December 2012 aboard a Pegasus XL rocket from Vandenberg U.S. Air Force Base.
[Satellite Today - 06/10/2010]

As sun emerges from one of its quietest periods ever during its 11 year cycle, it may spell trouble for a world increasingly reliant upon communications satellites and power grids.
[Houston Chronicle - 06/10/2010]

German satellite service provider Atrexx launches trio of C-band services for the Africa and Middle East markets.
[Satellite today - 06/10/2010]

PRISMA satellites “Mango” and “Tango”

Two PRISMA satellites to be launched next week feature Thales Alenia Space’s technology that determines the two satellites’ relative positions to within 1 centimeter, and relative attitudes to within 1 degree.
[SatNews - 06/10/2010]

Hughes Network Systems unveils broadband Internet satellite services for government and enterprise emergency networking solution.
[Satellite Today - 06/10/2010]

BBC World News signs renewal and expansion contract for satellite and teleport services with Intelsat S.A. to distribute programming to Asia-Pacific and Americas audiences.
[SatNews - 06/10/2010]

Azerbaijan government has contracted with Orbital Sciences to build the country’s first satellite, but questions are being asked about the country’s ability to pay, as unnamed source states that the finance ministry is delaying funding of the project.
[Eurasianet - 06/10/2010]

Telespazio’s orders for Orbit Technologies Ltd.’s high performance stabilized marine satellite communications systems to be installed on oil and gas industry platforms worldwide reach $1.1M.
[SatNews - 06/10/2010]

ND SatCom receives Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award 2010 in the Business Service Innovation category for its XWARP(r) solution, which provides IP applications / Cloud Computing over satellite.
[SatNews - 06/10/2010]

BSkyB gains $460.3M settlement in its lawsuit with system integrator Electronic Data Systems, a subsidiary of Hewlett Packard.
[Satellite Today - 06/10/2010]

Globecast is selected to deliver four major Latin American channels to cable headends throughout the United States via the AMC-1 satellite.
[SatNews - 06/10/2010]

Avanti signs long-term Hylas 1 capacity contract with unnamed triple-play consumer telecom service in the U.K. and Ireland.
[Satellite Today - 06/10/2010]

Barrett Xplore Inc. of Canada will lease Loral Space & Communications Inc. owned payload which will be hosted on the Viasat 1 broadband satellite that Loral is building for Viasat.
[TMCnet - 06/09/2010]

Iridium introduces new features for its Next generation of satellites, making laptop connections easier and providing extended SMS messaging for the Iridium 9555 satellite phones.
[Market Watch - 06/09/2010]

Orbit Alchut Technologies Ltd. and Telespazio SpA to supply satellite communications systems for marine oil and gas platforms using C-band capacity and 4m antennas to provide high reliability even during stormy weather.
[Globes Online - 06/09/2010]

Satellite Industry Association (SIA) releases 2010 State of the Satellite Industry Report, showing 11% growth from 2008 to 2009 in overall world satellite industry revenues.
[SatNews - 06/08/2010]

Andreas Georghiou, CEO of Spacenet, accepts a Circle of Excellence award from Washington SmartCEO in recognition of the company’s product innovation.
[SatNews - 06/08/2010]

Eutelsat makes four satellites available for broadcasts from South Africa of the World Cup football tournament.
[Tech Watch - 06/08/2010]

Integral Systems gets contract from a leading satellite service provider integrating an additional geostationary satellite into their existing Epoch Integrated Product Suite satellite management system.
[Market Watch - 06/08/2010]

German ship manager Phoenix Reederei reports drop in monthly satellite expenses of more than EURO1,000 since installing Iridium OpenPort satellite terminals on five of its vessels.
[Market Watch - 06/08/2010]

Inmarsat wins 41st annual royal Academy of Engineering MacRobert Award, Britain’s biggest prize for engineering innovation.
[PR Newswire - 06/08/2010]

European Space Agency reports successful completion of thermal-vacuum checks in India on the HYLAS 1 advanced broadband satellite being constructed for Avanti.
[Top 10 - 06/08/2010]

Industry experts advise relief agencies and governments to learn from the Haiti experience, where earthquake damage would have made emergency response nearly impossible without satellite communications.
[PR Newswire - 06/08/2010]

Skycasters submits proposal to the USDA RUS Broadband Initiatives Program in Washington, D.C. requesting a $5.1M grant to improve public safety and prompt economic recovery for 37M Americans.
[SatNews - 06/08/2010]

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden professes increased confidence that a resupply vehicle will be available after the Space Shuttle fleet is retired, on the heels of the successful launch of SpaceX Falcon 9 on June 4.
[Satellite Today - 06/08/2010]

Satcom Direct adds graphical weather to its existing FlightDeck Freedom satellite service for aircraft.
[SatNews - 06/08/2010]

FastSat

NASA successfully completes comprehensive pre-shipment review of the Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology Satellite, of FASTSAT, a microsatellite class spacecraft that will carry 6 experiment payloads to low-Earth orbit.
[SatNews - 06/08/2010]

TanDEM-X satellite

German Earth observation satellite TanDEM-X, part of project to “map the Earth in 3D” is readied for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
[SatNews - 06/08/2010]

Australian Satellite Communications (ASC) and Cobham announce launch of ReadyCONNECT, a portable, quick-deploy emergency response satellite communications solution.
[SatNews - 06/08/2010]

Arqiva provides Sky with 36MHz of W7 satellite capacity for duratioin of football World Cup in South Africa.
[SatNews - 06/08/2010]

NOORSAT selected by Al Jazeera network to provide satellite capacity to backup the FIFA world Cup 2010 coverage, including the use of the NOORSAT Bahrain teleport as an alternative transmission facility.
[SatNews - 06/08/2010]

SES ASTRA enters into distribution agreement with Polish data network operator NASK to offer its satellite-based broadband service to business customer in the Polish market.
[SatNews - 06/07/2010]

BSkyB pays Virgin Media £160m for its TV channels in deal where Virgin Media gets to offer its subscribers the premium BSkyB HD channels.
[Tech Watch - 06/07/2010]

Satellite Industry News Bits May 7, 2010

FCC plans to reclassify broadband service as a telecommunications service in order to reassert its authority after U.S. Court of Appeals ruled against FCC in case brought by Comcast.
[cnet news - 05/07/2010]

Hughes engages Arianespace to launch its powerful Ka-band satellite Jupiter in the first half of 2012.
[SatNews - 05/07/2010]

SES closes acquisition of ProtoStar 2 satellite which it won at auction in December and renames it SES-7.
{Satellite Today - 05/07/2010]

Intelsat contracts ILS to launch Intelsat 22 in 2012.
[Satellite Today - 05/06/2010]

Globalstar announces timetable for upcoming launch of its 2G satellite constellation.
[SatNews - 05/06/2010]

SatMAX to provide satellite communications repeater system to Lockheed Martin for the Lockheed Martin Airdock in Akron OH.
[marketwire - 05/06/2010]

CapRock secures 60 month contract with Diamiemos Shipping Corporation of Greece for nine C-band shipboard terminals.
[SatNews - 05/06/2010]

Comtech subsidiary Xicom receives $3.4m contract from Navy for ruggedized Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers to be fitted to existing systems and provide improved Ka-band access to the new WGS satellites.
[Market Watch - 05/06/2010]

GeoEye signs multi-year multi-million dollar order with Russian reseller, ScanEx Research and Development Center for high-resolution satellite imagery.
[SatNews - 05/06/2010]

Australian government releases $25M National Broadband Network study which concludes the government’s objectives can be implemented within original $43B estimate, mixing fibre, wireless, and satellite technologies.
[Network World - 05/06/2010]

XTAR remembers William R. Schmidt, who passed away April 28.
[SatNews - 05/06/2010]

Eutelsat and Euro1080 enter exclusive partnership to enrich content of Eutelsat’s 3D channel, broadcast across Europe via EUROBIRD 9A.
[SatNews - 05/06/2010]

ORBCOMM commences construction of Gateway Earth Station in Hartebeesthoek, South Africa.
[SatNews - 05/06/2010]

Galaxy 15 before 2005 launch

“Zombiesat” Galaxy 15, owned by Intelsat, resists attempts by manufacturer Orbital Sciences to force it to shut down - Galaxy threatens to interfere with SES WORLDSKIES AMC-11 satellite around May 23.
[Space.com - 05/05/2010]
[Fox News - 05/03/2010]

Arqiva supplies Sky News with extensive Satellite News Gathering services to support coverage of the UK general election.
[SatNews - 05/05/2010]

Hughes’ large all Ka-band satellite Jupiter to be launched by Ariane 5 in deal backed by France’s Coface export-credit agency.
[Space News - 05/05/2010]

Globecomm Systems becomes most recent member of the Satellite Industry Association.
[SatNews - 05/05/2010]

Vizada Networks and Norwegian Defence Logistics Organisation expand existing co-operation with Framework Agreement for supply of commercial satellite capacity and services.
[SatNews - 05/04/2010]

Aerojet and Florida Turbine Technologies enter into strategic partnership to compete for R&D and production on NASA’s new hydrocarbon engine and advanced upper stage engine.
[SatNews - 05/04/2010]

NASA and DARPA ask for proposals to enhance small satellite experiments on the International Space Station.
[SatNews - 05/04/2010]

Slovak Telekom’s Magio TV launches satellite TV service on Spacecom’s AMOS-3 satellite.
[SatNews - 05/04/2010]

MTN Satellite Communications is selected by Singapore-based Goodwood Ship Management to provide ship-board C-band VSAT services.
[SatNews - 05/04/2010]

OHB-System AG is awarded contracts under Europeanization of Satellite-Based Reconnaissance program for operation of French and German ground stations.
[SatNews - 05/04/2010]

C-COM Satellite systems delivers initial quantity of iNetVu Mobile antenna systems to Malaysia based reseller Numix-Engineering SDN GHD for deployment by Post Malaysia for mobile post offices.
[SatNews - 05/04/2010]

NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites help NOAA track expanding oil spill in from exploded BP rig in Gulf of Mexico.
[SatNews - 05/03/2010]

Lockheed Martin delivers cutting-edge communications system module for second satellite in U.S. Navy’s UHF satellite MUOS program.
[SatNews - 05/03/2010]

Thales Alenia Space to build Apstar 7B for $148.7M.
[Satellite Today - 05/03/2010]

Singapore Telecommunications will launch Inmarsat IsatPhone Pro satellite phone to enhance communications in Afghanistan and Iraq.
[SatNews - 05/03/2010]

German radar satellite TanDEM-X proves its suitability in program for 3D mapping of earth from space.
[SatNews - 05/03./2010]

PAC Tel International announces successful implementation of large satellite IP trunk linking two French overseas territories of Wallis and Futuna to international IP backbone via Australia.
[SatNews - 05/03/2010]

Comtech EF Data gets $4.8M SATCOM equipment order from leading telecommunications service provider in Asia.
[SatNews - 05/03/2010]

Inmarsat introduces new class of SwiftBroadband service, SwiftBroadband 200, designed to extend cost effective Inmarsat services to smaller aircraft.
[SatNews - 05/03/2010]

Sirius XM satellite radio resists FCC plan to make it easier for wireless internet companies to use frequencies that Sirius believes could cause interference to its signals.
[Wall Street Journal - 05/03/2010]

GeoEye busily builds next satellite while waiting for major contract decision by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
[Washington Post - 05/03/2010]

ND SatCom, and SES ASTRA company, launches new global “Valued Partner Program” aimed at resellers of its satellite router brand SkyWAN.
[SatNews - 05/03/2010]

Cinedigm Digital Cinema plans to more than double its SatCinema network of satellite-enables theatre locations across U.S. by deploying additional 300 sites by end of 2010.
[SatNews - 05/03/2010]

RRSAT is appointed by Inmarsat as distribution partner for its Global Satellite Phone Services.
[PR Newswire - 05/03/2010]

Speculators think T-Mobile might become wholesale customer for nationwide satellite LTE network being funded by Harbinger Capital Partners.
[connected planet - 05/04/2010]

Satellite Industry News Bits April 30, 2010

Thales Alenia Space delivers man-like robot on mobile platform to European Space Agency following successful testing and qualification.
[SatNews - 04/30/2010]

Russia launches Soyuz-U space rocket carrying Progress M-05M space freighter on supply mission to International Space Station.
[brahmand.com- 04/30/2010]

Tauri Group study finds commercial launch prices have dropped 34% since 1999.
[Satellite Today - 04/30/2010]

XTAR’s Vice President of Government Services Bill Schmidt passes away April 28 following heart attack.
[Satellite Today - 04/30/2010]

Hall-Of-Fame astronaut Story Musgrave says U.S. Space Program is now hampered by Administration’s fear to act; opposite attitude of 60’s when space program drove most technologically innovative decade in history.
[SatNews - 04/29/2010]

RADARSAT images show spread of oil spill in Gulf of Mexico cause by oil rig explosion.
[SatNews - 04/29/2010]

Socialist Republic of Viet Nam hosts joint XXXVIII session of Board and meeting of Operations Committee of Intersputnik; host H.E. Mr. Le Nam Thang is elected Chairman of Board and of the joint session.
[SatNews - 04/29/2010]

Integral Systems announces seven year extended interference detection and geolocation maintenance contract with Sky Perfect JSAT.
[MarketWatch - 04/29/2010]

Orbital Sciences gets contract from U.S. Naval Research Laboratory for spacecraft and airborne system support services worth around $95m over 5 years.
[SatNews - 04/29/2010]

Iridium establishes a Government Advisory Board comprised of former senior U.S. government officials and business leaders to provide counsel to the company as it continues to enhance suite of products and services for government agencies.
[SatNews - 04/29/2010]

Lockheed Martin delivers cutting-edge communications system module for second satellite in U.S. Navy’s Mobile user Objective System (MUOS) program.
[PR Newswire - 04/29/2010]

International Space University and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics join in strategic partnership to further educational opportunities internationally and enhance health of future aerospace workforce.
[SatNews - 04/29/2010]

Norwegian satellite AIS Sat-1 to be launched from India on May 9 will be used by maritime authorities as additional means of ensuring safety at sea in the High North.
[SatNews - 04/29/2010]

Global Gateway Media & Communications broadcasts Ex-Mayor of NY Ed Koch’s speech in Los Angeles through Speedia Media’s satellite broadcast network in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America.
[MarketWatch - 04/29/2010]

NASA delays launch of one of its three remaining space shuttle launches until November to allow upgrade of magnet in Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer program.
[SatNews - 04/29/2010]

Vizada Networks introduces redeveloped Global Field Support Program, created in close co-operation with Global VSAT Forum to improve quality of customer support through training.
[SatNews - 04/29/2010]

Air Force X-37 Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2, launched from Vandenberg April 22, achieves controlled flight at more than Mach 20 at assumed elevation of 36,000 feet, but disappears 9 minutes after launch.
[R&D Magazine - 04/28/2010]

McMurdo Sound, Antarctica

Newtec’s FlexACM® DVB-S2 Elevation IP modems will support the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) in climate research, as well as increase bandwidth for communication.
[SatNews - 04/28/2010]

Integral Systems acquires Sophia Wireless, getting industry-leading technology in high-power, high-frequency Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Upconverters (BUCs) for satellite and radar communications.
[MarketWatch - 04/28/2010]

Swedish Microwave debuts new X-Band products, including professional PLL LNB’s.
[SatNews - 04/28/2010]

Australia’s hosted payload on Intelsat IS-22 satellite is a full UHV payload that will also benefit the USA.
[Defense Industry Daily - 04/28/2010]

SES ASTRA and Samsung join forces to promote 3DTV.
[SatNews - 04/28/2010]

Gilat will Provide SkyEdge II broadband satellite communications network to Kazakhstan based telecommunication operator.
[TMCnet - 04/28/2010]

Thrane & Thrane rebrands AeroSB products as AVIATOR, intending new brand to become synonymous with power of Inmarsat SwiftBroadband and at leading edge of that terminal technology.
[SatNews - 04/28/2010]

DirecTV is first provider to offer national distribution in High Definition (HD) of Spanish-language channels Univision and TeleFutura.
[MarketWatch - 04/28/2010]

Hughes and Avanti expand partnership in Europe as Hughes maneuvers to better compete with ViaSat, planning 48 gateway Earth stations for Hylas 1 satellite.
[Space News - 04/28/2010]

Russia Space Forces launches military communications satellite from Plesetsk Cosmodrome aboard Kosmos 2463 light booster.
[Aviation Week - 04/28/2010]

Sky Vision Global Networks launches new local hub in Nairobi, Kenya, to support company’s satellite based virtual private network solution.
[SatNews - 04/28/2010]

Ericsson equips Indian DTH operator Tata Sky with head-end upgrade enabling it to launch HD channels and increase SD offerings.
[SatNews - 04/28/2010]

Brightpoint announces global supply chain solutions agreement with Inmarsat; will provide fully integrated solution for fulfillment and distribution of IsatPhone Pro.
[MarketWatch - 04/27/2010]

A third launch contract has been awarded to United Launch Alliance to loft an advanced military targeting and communications satellite for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center.
[Florida Today - 04/27/2010]

Orbital Sciences successfully launches first Minotaur IV rocket in support of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 program.
[SatNews - 04/27/2010]

Global Gateway expands into radio with its agreement with All Patriots Media Network, broadcasting Los Angeles programs from four stations around U.S.
[MarketWatch - 04/27/2010]

Caprock Government Solutions announces expansion of satellite and terrestrial infrastructure to include bandwidth-on-demand to more than 35 major Department of Defense locations, and direct connections at 24 critical Defense Information Systems Network access points.
[SatNews - 04/27/2010]

GE Satellite is selected by NASA to provide Ku-band satellite connectivity for its ground breaking science mission to study atmospheric and environmental conditions across the Pacific via Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.
[SatNews - 04/27/2010]

World Teleport Association announces results of elections for Board of Directors for fiscal year beginning April 1 2010.
[SatNews - 04/27/2010]

In-flight acceptance of Helios IIB satellite is completed by Astrium on behalf of the French Defence Procurement Agency under delegation from French space agency.
[SatNews - 04/27/2010]

Thuraya further develops growth in key vertical markets across Saudi Arabia with Al Farhan partnership.
[SatNews - 04/27/2010]

Blue Sky Network’s GPS-base aviation tracking devices to be used by Peruvian Air Force for search and rescue operations.
[SatNews - 04/27/2010]

Images from European Space Agency’s Planck space observatory give astronomers way to understand complex physics shaping dust and gas in our Galaxy.
[SatNews - 04/27/2010]

GOES-15, final spacecraft in latest series of NOAA geostationary satellites, takes its first infrared photo of Earth.
[SatNews - 04/27/2010]

Japan to launch “space yacht” Ikaros, to be propelled by solar particles.
[SatNews - 04/27/2010]

International Launch Services places SES-1 satellite into orbit aboard Proton-M rocket deployed from Baikonur Spaceport in Kazakhstan.
[UPI - 04/26/2010]

Gilat to provide SkyEdge communications network to Kazakhstan customer ASTEL.
[MarketWatch - 04/26/2010]

Comtech Telecommunications receives $1.2m order for AN/TRC-170 modem upgrade kits and extended warranty coverage from major contractor under U.S. Army Commoon Hardware Software-3 contract.
[MarketWatch - 04/26/2010]

World Communications Center signs blanket P.O. agreement with NASA for satellite communications equipment and services that connect via the Inmarsat and Iridium networks.
[Business Wire - 04/26/2010]

United Launch Alliance gets contract modification to perform launch services for the Advanced Extremely High Frequency-3 satellite aboard expendable Atlas 5.
[SatNews - 04/26/2010]

ProTECTS Alliance gains momentum in efforts to drive two-way satellite tracking and messaging technologies.
[SatNews - 04/26/2010]

Intellian Technologies completes characterization of Eutelsat on its 60cm maritime satellite VSAT system.
[SatNews - 04/26/2010]

European Union Satellite Centre signs multiyear enterprise license agreement with ESRI Espana, giving agency greater access to latest geographic information system technology, training, and consulting services.
[SatNews - 04/26/2010]

European Spacer Agency gets funding for Alphasat from EU’s Risk-sharing Finance Facility.
[SatNews - 04/26/2010]

SES experiences first quarter revenue drop due to ASTRA 3B delays and AMC-16 anomaly.
[Satellite Today - 04/26/2010]

Satellite radio provide Sirius XM to release free application for Motorola Android, and Google Nexus One smartphones.
[Satellite Today - 04/26/2010]

Monopoly is not a bad word for digital Signage in Central and Eastern Europe.
[NSR Briefing - April 2010]

Galaxy 15 failure casts doubt on hosted payload model; recent and impending satellite failures signal need to provide creative mechanism for managing risks.
[NSR Briefing - April 2010]

Boeing-built U.S. Air Force “miniature space shuttle” X-37B is succesfully launched amid a cloud of secrecy about its mission.
[Seattle Post Intelligencer - 04/23/2010]

CenturyTel (CenturyLink after merging with Embarq in 2009), the country’s fifth-largest local phone company, to buy Qwest, the third largest, in stock swap worth $10.6 billion.
[FierceTelecom - 04/23/2010]

BT announces the completion of its first satellite terminal in Antarctica, at one of the world’s coldest, driest, and windiest locations.
[SatNews - 04/23/2010]

Iridium extends relationship with KDDI of Japan, making it an authorized service provider of Iridium’s OpenPort High-bandwidth maritime satellite communication service.
[SatNews - 04/23/2010]

MTN Satellite Communications, in partnership with ERZIA Technologies, opens new European satellite teleport in Santander, Spain.
[SatNews - 04/23/2010]

Stratos Global is providing world-renowned adventurer Ray Zhab’s “Running Tunisia” expedition with Inmarsat BGANmobile broadband satellite service.
[SatNews - 04/23/2010]

Two Cobham businesses honored in 2010 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in the categories of Internatikon Trade and Innovation.
[SatNews - 04/23/2010]

Satelllite Today to bring live webcast of the SES-1 launch Saturday, April 24.
[Satellite Today - 04/23/2010]

Harris Corporation is providing NEXIO AMP advance media platform to German national public television broadcaster Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen to support HD migration and centralization of ZDF’s playout center in Mainz.
[SatNews - 04/23/2010]

SES ASTRA will launch 3D demo channel on ASTRA May 4.
[SatNews - 04/23/2010]

European Commission announces financing of Alphasat telecommunications satellite to be launched in 2012, a joint effort of the European Space Agency and Inmarsat to extend high-speed voice and data to remote European areas, Africa, and the Middle East.
[UPI - 04/22/2010]

U.S. Army modifications to VSAT terminals to increase security of battlefield communications will include a change from hardware key exchanges to software key exchanges.
[Defense Systems - 04/22/2010]

First images of the sun returned by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Satellite please research scientists.
[IndyPosted - 04/22/2010]

Schlumberger looks for buyer for its satellite unit GCS, provider of satellite antennas and specialised communications for oil rigs, tankers, and other hard-to-reach sites.
[Reuters - 04/21/2010]

Expand Networks’ advanced WAN optimization technology supports satellite communications services for Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California.
[SatNews - 04/21/2010]

Gateway Communications increases presence in West Africa with signature of two deals in Guinea.
[TMCnet - 04/21/2010]

Global Satellite Engineering has partnership with Ocens data services, with Ocens using GSE’s SatCollect software to reduce in-bound call expenditures.
[SatNews -04/21/2010]

Flexible commercial satellite services acquisition joint effort of GSA and DISA holds great promise, according to director of satellite communications, teleport, and services at DISA.
[Defense Systems - 04/21/2010]

Caprock launches latest value-added service offering, Crew Infotainment, reaching remote employhees across energy, maritime, and government services industries.
[SatNews - 04/21/2010]

KVH doubles their mini-VSAT Broadband network’s bandwidth in the North Pacific Ocean Region.
[SatNews - 04/21/2010]

ARINC Incorporated announces that three major Asia Pacific carriers have selected the company’s GLOBALinkSM data link services for airline communications and flight operations.
[SatNews - 04/21/2010]

Barcelona Moon Team, a multidisciplinary joint venture in Spain, announces entry into Google Lunar X Prize competition challenging engineers across the globe to build and launch to the moon a privately funded spacecraft capable of exploration.
[SatNews - 04/21/2010]

Lockheed Martin gets $10 million task award to provide satellite and tactical communications for U.S. Marine Corps.
[CBS News - 04/20/2010]

Chinese villages in the Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Yushu stricken by the 7.1 magnitude quake all have contact to the outside world restored, with fixed-line and mobile service being restored, and some 234 satellite phones serving the regioin.
[China Daily - 04/19/2010]

Iridium and Quake Global partner to enhance new generation of intelligent industrial satellite transceivers.
[Market Watch - 04/19/2010]

SES ASTRA signs capacity agreement with South African pay-TV operator On Digital Media for three transponders on ASTRA-4A.
[SatNews - 04/19/2010]

ViaSat wins $6.6 million MIDS-LVT add-on order to its $21.5 million Multifunctional Information Distribution System - Low Volume Terminals.
[Satellite Today - 04/20/2010]

U.S. Navy’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command selects Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp for next generation ocean altimetry satellite GFO-2.
[SatNews - 04/19/2010]

Vizada unveils its mobile satellite communications offering for Asia-Pacific military customers at the Defense Services Asia trade show.
[SatNews - 04/19/2010]

Satellite operators Artel, Caprock, and Globecomm file complaints with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and called for a congressional and regulatory inquiry over alleged unfair business practices.
[Satellite Today - 04/19/2010]

Raytheon wins DigitalGlobe contract to provide enhance constellation-collection management system.
[Satellite Today - 04/19/2010]

SeaMobile Europe wins connectivity services contract for AG2R Transat maritime race
[Satellite Today - 04/19/2010]

Heard On The Grapevine - Galaxy 15 update - Last week it was reported that Galaxy 15 was drifting with the payload on with no control over the satellite because of failed command receivers.  Information obtained this week reveals that it was the Upllink/Downlink Unit that failed June 9 due to Solar flare activity, causing an inability to process uplinked commands.  Different failure mode, same result, with adjacent satellites at risk of massive interference if approached by Galaxy 15.

Samsung puts 3D TV health warning on its Australian web site, Worries include epileptic seizure or stroke, convulsions, involuntary movement, motion sickness, nausea, lightheadedness, dizziness, disorientation, and altered vision.
[samsung.com 3D TV warning]

NSR to host free webinar “SATELlite-Based Earth Observation (EO): Ready for Phase 4 of Growth?”
[NSR Webinar Registration]

NSR Industry Briefing - Growing the Government and Military COTM Market - Easier Said Than Done.
{NSR Industry Briefing]

Last week’s issue of WBMSAT News Bits included a headline about the problem with Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 satellite no longer responding to commands from the ground. Galaxy 12 was moved in place in order to offload customers from Galaxy 15. This author was reluctant to read between the lines and make unsubstantiated assumptions, but other sources now confirm that none of Galaxy 15’s command receivers appear to be working, and the payload remains on. What happens when a satellite does not receive and respond to ground commands to keep in on station? The satellite begins to go into inclined orbit and drift away from its assigned orbital slot. What happens when it drifts close to an adjacent satellite in the orbital arc with its transponders turned on? Interference problems like you wouldn’t believe. This is one that will be closely watched by the entire industry because of the potential impact to other satellite communication providers.

                           This week’s headlines

South Africa, Brazil, and India agree to joint satellite programme at trilateral summit.
[EngineeringNews.co.za - 04/16/2010]

KVH debuts CG-5100 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) solution well-suited for applications already having GPS but needing full IMU capability.
[SatNews - 04/15/2010]

India’s cryogenic rocket satellite launch fails after apparent successful take-off as control of the cryogenic rocket motors fails.
[BBC News - 04/15/2010]

EUMETSAT’s Meteosat-9 meteorological satellite observes ash from volcanic eruption in Iceland.
[SatNews - 04/15/2010]

NOAA’s GOES-13 satellite renamed GOES-EAST, residing at prime orbital slot to observe potentially life-threatening weather along Eastern U.S., Atlantic Ocean, and Gulf of Mexico.
[SatNews - 04/15/2010]

U.S. Marine Corps networking plans driven by tactical, satellite based technologies.
[Signal Online - 04/15/2010]

Vizada, with Inmarsat, to launch test program to validate readiness of Inmarsat’s IsatPhone Pro for market.
[SatNews - 04/15/2010]

Stratos gets advance orders for 1,000 of Inmarsat’s new handheld IsatPhone Pro.
[Satellite Spotlight - 04/15/2010]

RapidEye enters contract with Metria of Sweden for Metria to be distributor of RapidEye satellite imagery in the Scandinavian, Baltic, and Icelandic data markets.
[SatNews - 04/15/2010]

Vizada launches SkyFile Video powered by ClipWay application, software that can be downloaded and installed on any computer and used to send video images over a mobile satellite terminal.
[SatNews - 04/15/2010]

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov confirms plans to launch a Soyuz carrier rocket from the Kourou space center in French Guiana later this year.
[Space Daily - 04/14/2010]

Intelsat expands African satellite infrastructure and is offering new satellite capacity to the region on Intelsat 25 and Intelsat New Dawn.
[Satellite Spotlight - 04/14/2010]

Lockheed Martin completes work on first U.S. Air Force advanced EHF satellite, readying it for Mid-2010 launch.
[PR Newswire - 04/14/2010]

PSSI and Ericsson provide technology and satellite transmission services enabling NASCAR Media Group to provide multiple streams of live HD content from races to its 75 million fans.
[SatNews - 04/14/2010]

Intelsat launches IntelsatONE, a global, terrestrial architecture consisting of an IP/MPLS-based network, fiber, teleports, and points of presence powered by Cisco Systems.
[Satellite Today - 04/14/2010]

Nagravision and SkyLife of South Korea expand their relationship to collaborate on 3D television.
[SatNews - 04/14/2010]

Eutelsat teams with Russia’s General Satellite Corporation and the Marinsky Theatre for April 15th  3D TVsatellite transmission of classical ballet performed by leading Russian dancers.
[SatNews - 04/14/2010]

Newtec introduces at NAB its DualFlow technology that allows users to easily migrate to satellite IP-based operations by interfacing modems with networks using either ASI or IP, or both at once.
[SatNews - 04/14/2010]

CPI introduces enhanced version of its Ku-band High Power SSPB, a fully integrated unit that is one of the lightest and smallest on the market.
[SatNews - 04/14/2010]

Ericcson signs 3D TV, HD deals with ESPN, Tata Sky.
[Satellite Today - 04/14/2010]

Move by FCC under its National Broadband Plan (NBBP) to release 500 MHz of additional spectrum for broadband service applauded by satellite operators Harbinger and Globalstar, opposed by Verizon and AT&T.
[Fierce Broadband Wireless - 04/14/2010]

Increasing demand for bandwidth coupled with finite limit of available orbital slots drives wider acceptance among satellite operators of dual-use satellite platforms.
[PR Newswire - 04/14/2010]

ESA’s CryoSat-2, launched April 8, has had excellent performance, delivering its first data just hours after ground controllers switched on the satellite’s sophisticated radar instrument for the first time.
[esa news - 04/13/2010

Globecomm Systems launches at NAB their Tempo Enterprise Media Platform, a hosted terrestrial service allows enterprises with a single platform to deliver interactive training, employee communications, and digital display to global audiences.
[SatNews - 04/13/2010]

Ethiopa’s national telecom operator, ETC, chooses Gilat for backhaul solution to extend range of cellular services to remote regions.
[Market Watch - 04/13/2010]

NASA - Chrysler agreement seeks to use technologies originally developed for human spaceflight to enhance future vehicles, and adapt advanced automotive technology for use in space.
[SatNews - 04/13/2010]

VELOCITY Broadcasting of Pittsburgh, PA, becomes largest global, private HD broadcasting network through agreement with Global Vision Networks, expanding throuigh satellite distribution to more than 200 network sites across 3 continents.
[SatNews - 04/13/2010]

Goodrich Corporation continues its celebration of 50 years  of working in advanced space programs at the National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, CO.
[SatNews - 04/13/2010]

Xicom Technology announces at NAB new lightweight, high power, antenna-mounted traveling wave tube amplifiers to expand capabilities of broadcasters and teleport operators.
[SatNews - 04/13/2010]

Raytheon successfully completes major satellite communications system upgrade in Antartica for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Satellite System program, providing better performance and higher data rates.
[PR Newswire - 04/13/2010]

ACS Angola contracts with Eutelsat for capacity on W7 to expand satellite resources to support high growth of data communications in the region.
[PR Newswire - 04/13/2010]

EchoStar Satellite Services announces that Minnesota-based Pace International has joined its VIP-TV Reseller Program.
[SatNews - 04/13/2010]

SES WORLDSKIES signs long-term multi-transponder deal with Puerto Rico Telephone to deliver its CLARO TV DTH offering to homes across Puerto Rico.
[SatNews - 04/13/2010]

GSA and CISA lay out their strategy under their joint Future Commercial Satellite Communications Acquisition (FCSA) program, with draft request for proposals for $3.5 billion in commercial satellite services between 2011 and 2015.
[Defense Systems - 04/12/2010]

India charges that Chinese anti-satellite program is a global threat.
[Space Daily - 04/12/2010]

GlobeCast signs contract with Argentine broadcaster Pramer allowing Pramer to base its playout and origination facilities at GlobeCast’s Sunrise, Florida technical operations center.
[SatNews - 04/12/2010]

Integral Systems announces on-schedule handover of satellite bus operations for the third Wideband Global SATCOM Space Vehicle to the Command and Control System - Consolidated baseline.
[Market Watch - 04/12/2010]

While other industries were slammed by recession, the global space business grew 7% in 2009 over 2008, to $261 billion, and 40% over the past 5 years.
[Reuters - 04/12/2010]

DG FastChannel and Univision partner to provide High Definition commercial content during broadcast of 2010 FIFA World Cup, which is expected to be viewed by up to 95% of U.S. Hispanic households.
[Market Watch - 04/12/2010]

Russia had no part in the Indian cryogenic engine program according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
[Space Daily - 04/12/2010]

NASA engineers at Goddard Space Flight Center find and patent a way to improve reception of GPS signals.
[Space Daily - 04/12/2010]

China aims to capture 20% of the world’s space business by 2015, according to the country’s only satellite launch contractor.
[Space Daily - 04/12/2010]

Avanti sells new capacity and services on its first satellite, HYLAS 1, to longstanding partner in Eastern Europe MPB.
[SatNews - 04/12/2010]

TeleCommunication Systems receives additional $7.1 million in revenue from U.S. Army for maintenance of internet and satellite-based communications systems deployed outside the country.
[Baltimore Sun - 04/10/5010]

NSR releases report “Hosted Payloads on Commercial Satellites,” the “first ever” market study which analyzes and quantifies the business case for hosted payloads, covering the entire gamut of the satellite industry.
[NSR - April, 2010]

NSR states that “Broadband Satellite Markets Did Not Falter in Face of 2009 Economic Crisis - Sector Revenues to Increase by 135% in Coming Ten Years.”
[NSR - April, 2010]

Gilat is engaged to deliver its SkyEdge II-based satelli8te network technology to support a border security program of an undisclosed Latin American country.
[UPI - 04/02/2010]

European Space Policy Institute to release fourth volume in series of publications evaluating how to achieve sustainable use of space by means of respecting fairness and responsibility.
[SatNews - 04/02/2010]

Fourth annual Military Satellites Summit April 27 - 28 in Tysons Corner, VA, is announced by the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement.
[dBusinessNews - 04/02/2010]

Ocean Systems Engineering will provide a wide variety of services and support relating to satellite communications to the Marine Corps under $13.1 million order.
[Washington Technology - 04/02/2010]

ARINC becomes Distribution Partner for SwiftBroadband service from Inmarsat.
[SatNews - 04/01/2010].

Gantry for Russian Soyuz rocket at Arianespace facility in French Guiana takes shape.
[SatNews - 04/01/2010]

Bolivia signs contract with China for a $300 million communications satellite.
[Reuters - 04/01/2010]

Integral Systems gets support services contract in Asia for $3+ million.
[SatNews - 04/01/2010]

DirecTV to have four 3D channels beginning in June - ESPN, N3D, a 3D pay-per-view channel, and one on-demand 3D channel.
[SatNews - 04/01/2010]

China Satellite Communications profit jumps 26.9% in 2009.
[TMCnet - 04/01/2010]

Harris comes to 2010 NAB as market leader in Mobile TV, with more than 40 sales of ATSC Mobile DTV systems confirmed to date.
[SatNews - 04/01/2010]

Sencore to introduce its first DVB-S2 modulator.
[SatNews - 04/01/2010]

Scientists funded by Astrium unveil 30 Kg nanosatellite engineered to clear more than 5,000 tons of debris in low-Earth orbit.
[Satellite Today - 04/01/2010]

Frost & Sullivan report finds inadequate satellite bandwidth impacts world VSAT market by increasing service revenues, while causing a dip in sales of equipment or hardware.
[PR Newswire - 04/01/2010]

SpaceX activates International Space Station (ISS) communications system for the Dragon spacecraft, which is to begin ISS resupply missions starting in 2011.
[Space Travel - 03/31/2010]

Shaw Direct contracts with Telesat to acquire capacity on a new satellite to be available in late 2012.
[CNN Money - 03/31/2010]

Comtech Systems gets $34.5 million contract for telecommunications transmission equipment from a North African government.
[CNN Money - 03/31/2010]

Boeing explores collaboration with Indian Space Research Organization in area of communications satellites.
[Space Daily - 03/31/2010]

Astrium is commissioned by European Space Agency to build Sentinel-2B optical satellite.
[SatNews - 03/31/2010]

DigitalGlobe announces its content library contains more than one billion square kilometers of earth imagery, 33% of which is less than one year old.
[SatNews - 03/31/2010]

India’s GSLV rocket, powered by home-made cryogenic engine for the first time, is slated to launch the GSAT-4 experimental satellite April 15th.
[Space Travel - 03/31/2010]

Russia increases security for train rollout of Soyuz rocket for launch to the International Space Station, in aftermath of suicide bomb attacks.
[Space Daily - 03/31/2010]

Documents filed by FCC indicate that Harbinger Capital Partners intends to use its recent acquisition of satellite communications company Skyterra to build out a 4G network, competing withy cellular carriers.
[Business Week - 03/30/2010]

India is developing winged reusable rocket for launching objects into space.
[Space Travel - 03/30/2010]

Singapore to have first locally-built satellite in space by middle of this year - a 120 kg micro-satellite called the X-Sat
[Space Daily - 03/30/2010]

Avanti wins government contract extension in Northern Ireland.
[Satellite Today - 03/30/2010]

CryoSat-2 satellite to be launched April 8 in program led by UK  to monitor changes in ice cover at the poles.
[Phys-Org - 03/30/2010]

NASA awards contracts to eight aerospace firms for Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition III spacecraft and related services.
[SatNews - 03/30/2010]

Norsat wins network service contract worth $1.7 million from military group based in Europe.
[SatNews - 03/30/2010]

Teal Group Corp. revises upward its Worldwide Mission Model of future space payloads, indicating there are 2,229 space payloads proposed for launch to Earth or Lunar orbits, or deep space trajectories, from 2010 - 2029.
SatNews - 03/30/2010]

SES WORLD SKIES hosts Defense Information Systems Network connection point at Manassas VA media port, enhancing U.S. government access to WORLD SKIES bandwidth and global connectivity.
[SatNews - 03/30/2010]

SatMAX, a leading provider of non-line of sight satellite communications  equipment signs letter of intent to grant exclusive domestic marketing rights to AvStar Aviation Group.
[CNN Money - 03/29/2010]

U.S. Air Force could transfer some Atlas and Delta rocket missions from Florida to California and assign U.S. military payloads to specific boosters closer to launch in effort in improve efficiencies in launch manifests.
[Space Flight Now - 03/29/2010]

Northrup Grumman stops some work on next generation of U.S. weather satellites as officials decide how to proceed under Obama administration’s decision to terminate and divide program among three government agencies.
[Spaceflight Now - 03/29/2010]

Russia Eyes bigger slice of international space market, planning to build a new space center.
[Space Daily - 03/29/2010]

AT&T and Verizon Wireless criticize FCC decision to require SkyTerra to seek FCC approval before leasing capacity to the two largest wireless providers.
[Business Week - 03/29/2010]

Globe Wireless enters agreement to supply and install two FleetBroadband satellite terminals per ship aboard approximately 350 Anlo Eastern Ship Management vessels.
[SatNews - 03/29/2010]

KVH Industries TracPhone and miniVSAT broadband systems to be installed on vessels of DSD Shipping of Norway.
[SatNews - 03/29/2010]

Arianespace Ariane 5 launch postponed several days to allow replacement of part in a launcher subsystem that caused an anomaly.
[SatNews - 03/28/2010]

Cape Canaveral new $500 million rocket launch tower unused, with Ares 1 rocket and entire Constellation program cancelled by the Obama administration.
[Space Travel - 03/28/2010]

Space shuttle Discovery to launch April 5 for 13 day mission in fourth-to-last shuttle launch.
[Discover Magazine - 03/28/2010]

U.S., Air Force responds to Iridium’s call to put hosted payloads, experiments, and sensors on the company’s next-generation satellites.
[Space Flight Now - 03/27/2010]

Air Force flight tests validate two-and-a-half year effort , successfully accessing the high-capacity Ka-band portion of the new WGS satellites from airborne 707 test bed.
[U.S. Air Force web site - 03/26/2010]

Satellites use in U.S. FCC’s broadband plan a big unknown.
[Aviation Week - 03/26/2010]

DirecTV may lose stations in fight over retransmission-consent fees.
[Contact Music - 03/26/2010]

Alliant Techsystems and Lockheed partner to develop smaller less expensive launch vehicles for smaller satellites.
[Wall Street Journal - 03/26/2010]

The 50th Ariane 5 was rolled out March 25 for March 26 launch with a mixed civilian and military telecommunications satellite payload.
[SatNews - 03/25/2010]

ViaSat receives approximately $21.5 million order for Multifunctional Information Distribution System – Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT) from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), MIDS Program Office (MPO).
[SatNews - 03/25/2010]

Comtech EF Data wins $2.5 million order for satellite communications equipment for new satellite network of an Asian Pacific enterprise.
[TMCnet - 03/25/2010]

EchoStar Europe secures the ‘Best Hybrid Broadcast-IP Video Delivery Solution or Service’ award at the IPTV World Series Awards in London.
[SatNews - 03/25/2010]

Comtech AeroAstro is awarded $39.7 million contract to develop and deliver spacecraft bus to U.S. Navy for the Joint Milli-Arcsecond Pathfinder Survey mission.
[Market Watch - 03/25/2010]

Eutelsat welcomes launch of UK Space Agency and government recognition of satellite broadband for bridgint the “Digital Divide.”
[RealWire - 03/25/2010]

Secure World Foundation has released a budget analysis that examines an array of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) space security programs as outlined in its Fiscal Year 2011 budget request.
[SatNews - 03/25/2010]

Measat-3a will distribute Discovery HD channel in Asia.
[Satellite Today - 03/25/2010]

KVH opens subsidiary based in Singapore to support growing demand for KVH’s miniVSAT satellite broadband and TracVision satellite TV services.
[The Maritime Executive - 03/25/2010]

Satcom Direct receives FAA certification for Inmarsat Satellite Communications Training Course to count toward requirements for Inspection Authorization renewal.
[SatNews - 03/25/2010]

European Union foregn ministers call on Iran to cease censorship and jamming of satellite broadcasts coming from Europe.
[Satellite Today - 03/25/2010]

KVH and Viasat receive authorization to operate the mini-VSAT service in the Indian Ocean region.
[SatNews - 03/25/2010]

Comtech EF Data receives $1 million order to provide C-band satellite communications equipment to a U.S. government agency.
[TMCnet - 03/24/2010]

High-level panel of space leaders and economic experts will meet in Colorado Springs to address impact on the overall information infrastructure and financial climate as the space industry becomes more international and more diversified.
[SatNews - 03/24/2010]

Sea&Space Exploration, a Brussels-based consulting company, and Global VSAT Forum release report at Satellite 2010 stating that global consumber and enterprise demand for satellite communications has strong potential to exceed historical trends.
[Satellite Today - 03/24/2010]

Hughes Network Systems and Vizada reach agreement expanding Hughes Europe’s portfolio of managed network services for European enterprises.
[SatNews - 03/24/2010]

Air Force to add high-speed satellite communications link to Global Hawk UAV.
[Military & Aerospace - 03/24/2010]

Innovative Solutions & Support announce receipt of FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for the Class 3 Electronic Charts and XM Satellite Weather upgrade to cockpit system of Eclipse Aerospace EA500 Very Light Jet.
[SatNews - 03/24/2010]

Twentieth Century Fox and SmartJob sign non-exclusive agreement for satellite distribution of digital cinema content to theatres in Europe.
[SatNews - 03/24/2010]

Spacecom, Israeli operator of AMOS satellite fleet, is selected by  Germany’s Da Vinci Media GmbH to distribut Da Vinci Learning Channel in Eastern and Central Europe.
[SatNews - 03/24/2010]

Canadian broadcaster’s get leverage  under new framework laid out by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to allow blockage of cable and satellite re-broadcast of local channels in absence of compensation.
[Montreal Gazette - 03/23/2010]

Comtech EF Data wins the World Teleport Association’s Teleport Technology of the Year award for its CDM-625 Advance Satellite Modem.
[CNN Money - 03/23/2010]

ORBCOMM launches web-based subscriber portal at CTIA Wireless 2010.
[PR Newswire - 03/23/2010]

Satellite communications set up for Abu Dhabi motor rally.
[Thaindian News - 03/23/2010]

Sierra Wireless and ORBCOMM announce new M2M portal that gives ORBCOMM’s customers ability to seamlessly track and manage equipment worldwide, even over ocean.
[SatNews - 03/23/2010]

EchoStar plans Dish Network market expansions in North America.
[Satellite Today - 03/23/2010

Surrey Satellite Technology welcomes British government program including launch of the UK’s first national space agency.
[SatNews - 03/23/2010]

SkyTerra stockholders approver merger with Harbinger Capital Partners.
[Satellite Today - 03/23/2010]

Thales Alenia Spaces negotiates with European Space Agency for contract to build Meteosat Third Generation satellites.
[Satellite Today - 03/23/2010]

Thrane & Thrane SwiftBroadband receives Inmarsat type approval and parts manufacturer approval from U.S. FAA.
[Satellite Today - 03/23/2010]

RapidEye enters reseller partnership with Harris.
[Satellite Today - 03/23/2010]

SatMAX announces record-breaking number of inquiries about its non-line of sight satellite equipment following second purchase order from U.S. Navy.
[TMCnet - 03/22/2010]

TerreStar to highlight satellite capability in standard mobile devices at CTIA Wireless 2010.
[Market Watch - 03/22/2010]

Higher bandwidth availability and networking requirements in Military Satellite Communications (MilSatCom) create new opportunities for advanced electronic components.
[Business Wire - 03/22/2010]

Eutelsat Communications has revealed it will be upgrading its satellite broadband service Tooway to offer download speeds of ‘up to’ 10Mbps by the end of 2010.
[Network World - 03/22/2010]

Bankruptcy court approves second round of financing for Sea Launch.
[Satellite Today - 03/22/2010]

Intelsat signes agreement with Turkish operator Turksat to provide satellite capacity serving Middle East region.
[Satellite Today - 03/22/2010]

Eutelsat Communications announces the successful completion of the UK-built communications module for its high-speed broadband communications satellite, KA-SAT.
[SatNews - 03/21/2010]

London-based environmental campaigner travelling world in biofuel-driven bus runs into legal trouble in India for using a satellite phone in the country.
[Simple Thoughts - 03/21/2010]

Leaders from 5 largest MSS companies debate form and function of mobile satellite industry at Satellite 2010, and praise the U.S. FCC’s broadband plan.
[Satellite Today Satellite 2010 - March 2010]

OverHorizon has selected Arianespaace to launch into orbit their OHO-1 satellite.
{SatNews - 03/21/2010]

WBMSAT PS - Satellite Communications Consulting Services

Satellite Industry News Bits March 5, 2010

Orbital Sciences reaches agreement to acquire spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamic’s subsidiary GD Advanced Information Systems.
[SatNews - 03/05/2010]

Air Force accepts WGS-3 from Boeing.
[UPI - 03/05/2010]

RRsat Global Communications Network signs agreement with ISG Media of India to provide fiber connectivity, playout and distribution for satellite broadcast in Europe and North America.
[SatNews - 03/05/2010]

SatMAX and TLC  Engineering offer SatMAX repeaters to aid Chile.
[CNN Money - 03/05/2010]

GlobecCast’s new Content Acquisition and Distribution division signs agreement with Chinese content provider ZN Animation to deliver content to Video on Demand viewers throughout Europe.
[SatNews - 03/05/2010]

GOES-P satellite, NASA and NOAA’s environmental satellite completing the N -O series,  is successfully launched from Cape Canaveral.
[NASA web site - 03/04/2010]

OmniGlobe Networks EMEA signs Letter of Intent to acquire entire issued share capital and assets of privately-held Sat-Comm Ltd.
[SatNews - 03/04/2010]

Telesat expresses support for Canadian government’s commitment to remove foreign ownership restrictions on Canadian satellite operators.
[SatNews - 03/04/2010]

Iridium provides satellite voice and data communications for 2010 Iditarod sled dog race.
[Market Watch - 03/04/2010]

European Satellite Operators Association representative takes part in  Commercial Satellite Critical Infrastructure Protection workshop with experts working on critical national security and emergency programmes from the European Commission, the US Department of State, and Department of Defense and others.
[SatNews - 03/04/2010]

TiVo wins court ruling against Dish Network and EchoStar for patent infringement with Digital Video Recorder software.
[Business Week - 03/04/2010]

Global VSAT Forum called upon to expand reach of the GVF VSAT Installation & Maintenance Training Programme.
[SatNews - 03/04/2010]

Texas senator proposes bill to extend space shuttle program.
[Space.com - 03/04/2010]

U.S. Air Force investigates electrical mini-thrusters for possible use in satellite propulsion.
[PHYSORG - 03/03/2010]

Secretary of State Clinton delivers satellite phones in Chile following earthquake and tsumani.
[Kaiser Family Foundation - 03/03/2010]

Gilat is chosen by Satcom Systems to deliver SkyEdge II network for broadband internet connectivity in Africa.
[Market Watch - 03/03/2010]

iDirect announces launch of Talia Home by Talia Limited, providing consumer-focused internet and telephone communications service in MENA, using iDirect Evolution technology.
[SatNews - 03/03/2010]

Tachyon Networks announces availability of new end-to-en d fixed and mobile broadband satellit solutions for Southwest Asia using ultra-small aperture terminals.
[SatNews - 03/03/2010].

Earth’s day is shortened by earthquake in Chile.
[Time - 03/02/2010]

UN and Iridium rush satellite phones to Chili to help restore vital communications links.
[PC World - 03/02/2010]

MTN supplies satellite communications system for Oasis Of The Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship.
[Space Daily - 03/02/2010]

Upstar Comunicacoes selects Eutelsat to broadcast ZAP, the new satellite TV bouquet of Angola.
[PR Newswire - 03/02/2010]

New satellite mobile broadband service OverHorizon, based in Arlington, VA, selects Arianespace to launch its first satellite.
[Space News Examiner - 03/01/2010]

Millions of tons of water ice found at North Pole of Moon.
[Space.com - 03/01/2010]

Russia launches 3 navigation satellites.
[Space Daily - 03/01/2010]

NASA announces plans to launch small cube-shaped satellites for educational and not-for-profit organizations.
[Space Daily - 03/01/2010]

SES WORLD SKIES announces plans to join leading broadcaster, programmers, TV makers, and technology providers in series of extensive tests aimed at accelerating delivery of 3DTV.
[SatNews - 03/01/2010]

Soldiers provide communications support in Haiti, working with a variety of networks and satellite links.
[DVIDS - 03/01/2010]

SatMAX receives 2nd U.S. Navy order for its satellite communications repeater system.
[CNN Money - 03/01/2010]

EchoStar to purchase SatMex.
[Multichannel News - 02/28/2010]

TRA grants Al Yah Satellite Communications Company a Satellite Services License.
[WAM - 02/28/2010]

Antarctic satellite broadband project wins funding under Australian Space Research Program.
[Computer World - 03/01/2010]