Cassini Captures Lakes On Titan For ESA
Newly assembled radar images from Cassini provide the best views of the hydrocarbon lakes and seas on Saturn's moon Titan. A new radar image reveals that Titan's south polar region also has lakes.
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Lagos, Nigeria, HQ For Important CommSummit For West Africa
Taking place in Lagos, Nigeria, from November 20th through the 21st, is the 3rd West Africa Satellite Communications Summit (WASCS3). The organizers of the summit, GVF, have announced the high-level support and participation of major commercial organisations from both the satellite communications industry, and the oil & gas, financial services, and enterprise & distribution vertical markets.
Read MoreEuropean Customers To Get Static From Globalstar
Globalstar, Inc. [NASDAQ:GSAT] has announced their subsidiary, Globalstar Europe, is launching Static IP (Internet Protocol) address and virtual private network or VPN capability for its satellite data customers throughout western Europe. The new services are possible due to enhancements at the Globalstar gateway ground station located in France.
Read MoreGeomatica Grows Under PCI Geomatics’ Auspices
PCI Geomatics has developed the Geocor ProPack, under the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) Earth Observation Application Development Program (EOADP). The Geocor ProPack will be made available through PCI Geomatics as an add-on module to the Geomatica 10 software suite.
Read MoreSatModem Successes For Comtech
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [NASDAQ: CMTL] subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., has received $2.6 million in orders for satellite communications equipment. The equipment will support an expansion project of a satellite-based cellular backhaul network to remote areas in Asia.
Read MoreHarmonic Brings More To Pentagon’s Headend
Harmonic Inc. [NASDAQ: HLIT] has announced that General Dynamics [NYSE: GD] is implementing Harmonic’s IP-based digital video and HFC broadband access solutions to upgrade the cable video system operated at the Pentagon. The project included an upgrade of the entire video headend and expansion of the transport infrastructure to support more standard definition (SD) and high definition (HD) video channels, as well as on-demand video applications.
Read MoreSurrey Space & Satellite Schooling Significant For Nigerians
From the Daily Trust in Abuja and the allAfrica.com news website we learn of a second Nigeria satellite plan. Named NX2, this space vehicle is going to be designed and manufactured by Nigerian engineers. In fact, it appears as though NX2 will launch with NigeriaSat-2 during Q4 of 2009.
Read MoreRigNet’s Righteous ReFi
RigNet, Inc. provides managed communications solutions for the upstream oil and gas industry and the company announced today the refinancing of its debt with Comerica Bank. This refinancing will continue the funding of the Company’s strong growth, reduces total borrowing costs as well as simplifies the debt structure.
Read MoreRussian Investigation Into JCSAT-11 Mishap Is Completed
The Russian State Commission investigating the unsuccessful launch last month of a Proton vehicle carrying the JCSAT-11 satellite has determined that a damaged pyro firing cable on the interstage truss prevented the activation of the pyro bolts that were to have separated the first and second stages of the rocket. Anatoly Perminov, head of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) and chairman of the 18-member investigative commission, announced the findings after meeting with government officials in Kazakhstan.
Read MoreDouble Dose of Monetary Infusion For Comtech
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [NASDAQ: CMTL] subsidiary Comtech PST Corp. has received $1.5 million of orders for high power amplifiers from a leading provider of aviation electronics and communication systems. These amplifiers are used as part of satellite communications systems which provide commercial mobile airborne-to-satellite-to-ground communications service.
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