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The Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corporation WorldView-1 satellite, built for DigitalGlobe, launched yesterday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, at 11:35 a.m. PDT aboard a Boeing Delta II rocket. The launch of the WorldView-1 satellite is poised to make a major contribution towards the advancement of the commercial, remote-sensing industry by providing higher collection capabilities, more frequent revisit time, and greater imaging flexibility.
Read MoreSES NEW SKIES, an SES company [Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG], is teaming with SeaMobile’s Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN) product group for extensive field tests of new, miniaturized VSAT antennas. The companies will test two new 60cm VSAT antennas.
Read MoreJean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Kiyoshi Isozaki, President and CEO of JSAT Corporation, signed a launch Service & Solutions contract for the JCSAT-12 satellite. This is the 24th Japanese contract for Arianespace.
Read MoreInternational Communications Group (ICG) has announced Dassault Falcon has selected ICG to provide Iridium satellite communication systems and handsets as optional equipment for the entire Falcon family of aircraft. Products available for installation include the ICS-100, ICS-200 and the CIS-100 Iridium Communications Systems transceivers.
Read MoreComtech Telecommunications Corp. [NASDAQ: CMTL] has informed all that the company’s subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., was just awarded a $5.3 million development contract by the U.S. Air Force for the High Data Rate Radio Frequency (HDR-RF) Ground Modem. The HDR-RF Ground Modem will provide high data rate capabilities on nextgen Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellites.
Read MoreThales Communications, Inc. has formed a new operating entity focused on broadening the company’s offerings to the U.S. Department of Defense. A wide range of C4ISR (part of the Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) domain technology, including optronics, will now be marketed and supported in the U.S. through an expansion of the Thales Communications organization.
Read MoreGlobecomm Systems Inc. [NASDAQ: GCOM-News] has been awarded a $2.5 million contract to provide tracking telemetry and control (TT&C) infrastructure in Asia. Globecomm will provide the customer with turnkey satellite infrastructure at two locations in Asia supporting the overall TT&C system.
Read MoreOrbital Data Net today has been awarded the satellite broadband contract for the State of Missouri. Under this agreement, Orbital Data Net, a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for WildBlue Enterprise Solutions and Encore Networks, will provide WildBlue high-speed Internet via satellite service and Encore Networks VSR family of VPN security routers to agencies throughout the State of Missouri.
Read MoreAs announced by the Russian government last week, Anatoly Perminov, director of Roscosmos, will lead the Russian State Commission through the investigation into the recent Proton mission anomaly during the JCSat-11 launch. The commission, usually comprising about one dozen members, is formed this time by 18 top Russian space and other industry professionals.
Read MoreAlaska Airlines has announced their plans to launch in-flight wireless Internet service next year based on the company Row 44's satellite-based broadband connectivity solution. The airline will test Row 44's system on a next-generation Boeing 737 aircraft in spring 2008 and, based on the trial's outcome, plans to equip its 114-aircraft fleet.
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