Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) has signed a contract with London-based Avanti Communications Group plc for a new geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite. Read the rest of this entry »
The DIRECTV 12 communications satellite is now scheduled for launch from Baikonur on December 29th at 06:22 local time, 00:22 GMT, and 19:22 EST (December 28th). Read the rest of this entry »
ARINC Incorporated and Vizada Americas has announced the availability of Inmarsat Classic Aeronautical voice and data services using the Inmarsat I-4 satellite constellation. Read the rest of this entry »
The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has filed their comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to provide insight into factors the Commission should consider when evaluating benefits of spectrum being used for over-the-air television broadcasting or for wireless broadband. Read the rest of this entry »
COM DEV International Ltd. (TSX:CDV) has won a contract valued at approximately CDN$7 million to provide waveguide and coaxial switches for a commercial broadband communication satellite.Β Read the rest of this entry »
Chrisar Software Technologies (Chrisar), an IT company specializing in software systems engineering and signal processing in the marine environment, selected Applied Satellite Engineering (ASE) to develop a satellite data solution for a whale reporting program that uses the global satellite network operated by Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM). Read the rest of this entry »
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has photographed a flash of sunlight reflecting from a lake on Saturn’s moon, Titan, confirming the presence of liquid hydrocarbons on a part of the moon dotted with many lake-shaped basins. Read the rest of this entry »
ESA’s Council has given the go-ahead to proceed with the implementation of the ExoMars Program. This decision paves the way for two Mars exploration missions in cooperation with NASA in 2016 and 2018. Read the rest of this entry »
ESA will launch the Gaia satellite into space using the Soyuz-STB/Fregat launch vehicle from the Guiana Space Center (French Guiana) in 2012. Gaia, ESA’s nexgen star mapper, will be placed into the deep space beyond the lunar orbit. Read the rest of this entry »
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has completed site acceptance testing over the Inmarsat-4 satellite network and delivered the Global Satellite Phone Service (GSPS) gateway in Subic Bay to Inmarsat. Read the rest of this entry »
