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Week of

17 — 23 May , 2008

digiGO! Debuts!

digiGO! The Digital World is now available... the publication is no longer an included attachment to SatNews products. Full Story

Arianespace Adds Another Accomplishment — Ariane 5 Aloft

Arianespace successfully launched telecommunications satellites for Brazil and Vietnam on the company's 24th consecutive mission success of Ariane 5 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Full Story

DIRECTV 11 Into Orbit Via Sea Launch Zenit-3SL

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

Boeing + Ball's Sensor Success

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

A Moving Day For GIOVE-B

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

Russian Satellite Now Operational

Word has come from the Russian Federal Space program that the new telecommunication spacecraft Express-AM33 was successfully put into operation, located at 96.5º E. Full Story

AMOS-3 Launch Is Delayed

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

A WIN-T For Expand

Expand Networks revealed General Dynamics C4 Systems (GDC4S) and the United States Army have awarded the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2–3 TCP Performance Enhancing Proxy (PEP) contract to Expand Networks. Full Story

World Teleport Assoc.'s PRODUCT OF THE MONTH

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

Globecomm Garners More JIPM "Juice"

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

iDirect Gets To The Hub Of The Matter

iDirect, Inc. has officially established a relationship with the iDirect Hub Owners Group (iHOG), a global forum for owners of iDirect’s universal satellite hubs. Full Story

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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

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

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

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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