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Week of
02
08 January , 2010
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digiGO! Debuts!
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digiGO! The Digital World is now available...
the publication is no longer an included attachment to SatNews
products. Full
Story
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Arianespace Adds Another
Accomplishment Ariane 5 Aloft
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Arianespace successfully launched
telecommunications satellites for Brazil and Vietnam on the
company's 24th consecutive mission success of Ariane 5 from
Europes Spaceport in French Guiana. Full
Story
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DIRECTV 11 Into Orbit Via Sea
Launch Zenit-3SL
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Sea Launch Company
successfully delivered the DIRECTV 11 broadcast satellite to orbit
from its ocean-based platform on the Equator, marking its 4th
successful launch of a DIRECTV satellite. Full
Story
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Boeing + Ball's Sensor Success
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The Space Based Space
Surveillance (SBSS) System Block 10 team, led by Boeing [NYSE: BA]
with Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. [NYSE: BLL] providing
the space vehicle, have completed the payload electronics,
high-speed gimbal, and testing of the space vehicle's visible
sensor. Full
Story
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A Moving Day For GIOVE-B
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The second experimental
satellite that's part of the Galileo constellation, GIOVE-B, is set
to start its journey into space from the Baikonur spaceport. Full
Story
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Russian Satellite
Now Operational
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Word has come from the
Russian Federal Space program that the new telecommunication
spacecraft Express-AM33 was successfully put into operation,
located at 96.5Ί E. Full
Story
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AMOS-3 Launch Is Delayed
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Due to the launcher arm at
Baikonur not reaching nominal separation distance from the launch
vehicle, the launch of the AMOS-3 satellite will be delayed. Full
Story
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A WIN-T For Expand
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Expand
Networks revealed General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4S) and the
United States Army have awarded the Warfighter Information Network
Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 23 TCP Performance Enhancing Proxy
(PEP) contract to Expand Networks. Full
Story
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World Teleport Assoc.'s PRODUCT
OF THE MONTH
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Through
the World Teleport Association's Uplink newsletter, the
organization's PRODUCT OF THE MONTH is the StellarMini e2v high
power Traveling Wave Tube (TWT) outdoor satellite uplink amplifier.
Full
Story
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Globecomm Garners More JIPM
"Juice"
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Globecomm Systems Inc.
[NASDAQ: GCOM] has notified all that the U.S. Army has exercised a
$5.5 million contract option for the continued production of the
Joint IP Modem (JIPM). Full
Story
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iDirect Gets To The Hub Of The
Matter
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iDirect, Inc. has
officially established a relationship with the iDirect Hub Owners
Group (iHOG), a global forum for owners of iDirects universal
satellite hubs. Full
Story
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digiGO! The Digital World...
Featuring digiBITZ (DirecTV, GizMac, CTC Media, DiGiCo + Neumann,
The NPD Group, OmniGlobe Networks, Sci Fi Channel) Aspyr Media
Avocent CBS Interactive DISH Network Fujitsu Microsoft +
AT&T NBC Universal SES ASTRA TV One
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digiBITZ (DirecTV, GizMac, CTC Media, DiGiCo + Neumann, The NPD
Group, OmniGlobe Networks, Sci Fi Channel) Aspyr Media Avocent
CBS Interactive DISH Network Fujitsu Microsoft + AT&T
NBC Universal SES ASTRA TV One Full
Story
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This Month's
Featured Satellite:
The Asian Telecom
Market: A Lot on their Plate
The US cellular industry in previous years trailed its
European and Asian counterparts in the race to introduce
technologies such as mobile digital TV, an application intended to
boost ARPU in the face of a nearly saturated cellular market. That
gap has been narrowed recently, however, (mobile TV has launched in
the USA) with new applications taking root and driven by pent up
demand from US consumers for a richer mobile experience. To
gauge trends in the telecom sector, it might be instructive to look
at developments in Asia and see what lessons can be learned from
its experience. Full
Story
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· Comtech Vipersat
Introduces CDM-570L Satellite Modem Router
Comtech
Vipersat Networks Inc. (CVNI) platform uses the Vipersat Management
System (VMS) software providing intelligent management of satellite
networks through port and system configuration, and alarm management of
the protocol, modem, RF equipment and IP broadband networking. CVNI
satellite IP networks rely on a high-performance satellite modem with
an imbedded IP Router to provide a seamless IP-based infrastructure for
satellite networking. This advanced system automates bandwidth
utilization while optimizing space segment efficiency. FULL STORY
Click
here For Past Executive Moves
View
the Video of the
AMC-8 Launch
Integrasys
Introduces Rugged Military Version of PDA Line-up Tool for VSAT Communications
IntegraSys
has introduced a new military version for its Satellite Terminal
Line-up Tool based on Itronix rugged PDA model Q100, specifically built
to operate under demanding environmental conditions in the battle
field. Full Story
Enterprise
Satellite Networks - Developmental and Consulting Services from
Application Technology Strategy, Inc.
Application
Technology Strategy, Inc. (ATSI) currently provides cutting-edge
methods that allow organizations to update enterprise IT architecture
and deploy services using advanced satellite communications
technologies. Recent innovations in broadband satellite terminal
equipment and launches of more advanced geostationary satellites now
make very small aperture terminal (VSAT) networks a viable means of
delivering the full range of IT services to multiple domestic and
international locations. FULL STORY
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