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The second satellite for Arianespace’s upcoming dual-passenger mission has now completed its fueling at Europe’s Spaceport and is ready for integration on the Ariane 5 GS launcher. Optus D2 was “topped off” in the S5B hall, which is one of three primary clean room zones within the state-of-the-art S5 satellite preparation facility at the Spaceport.
Read MoreThe H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13) successfully lifted-off from the Tanegashima Space Center at 10:31 a.m. on September 14th (Japan Standard Time, JST) with the Lunar Orbit Explorer KAGUYA (SELENE) aboard. Separation of KAGUYA was confirmed at approximately 45 minutes and 34 seconds after the liftoff.
Read MoreThe Boeing Company successfully assembled and integrated all flight hardware onto the first Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF satellite. GPS IIF will bring new capabilities to the GPS constellation.
Read MoreBased on Global Positioning Systems (GPS) tracking technology, the newly developed Mobile Asset Information Acquisition (MAIA) system from QinetiQ delivers a highly flexible, worldwide service on multiple assets to single or multiple terminals. This is also the first solution in this sector to be announced following QinetiQ becoming a Value Added Developer (VAD) for Iridium’s satellite communications infrastructure earlier this summer.
Read MoreOn behalf of the German Federal Office For Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB), Rheinmetall Defence live fire tested their Corect guidance module with great success. Two test rockets were guided to a target 20 km away using the company’s new, satellite-supported flight path guidance modules.
Read MoreiDirect, Inc., a company of Vision Technologies Systems [VT Systems], has three innovations on display at the IBC2007 Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam. First up is their Series 12000 universal 4-slot hub. This compact 4-slot hub chassis delivers functionality comparable to iDirect’s larger hub solutions, such as integrated IP (Internet Protocol) routing, TCP/IP acceleration, encryption and Group QoS (Quality of Service).
Read MoreND SatCom, an SES ASTRA company, is exhibiting at IBC in Amsterdam (booths 1.351 and OE320 and they’ve gleefully announced they have sold more than 200 SkyRAY series antenna subsystems. ND SatCom integrates members of the SkyRAY series in both satellite news gathering (SNG) vehicles and mobile communication vans for broadcast, government and enterprise customers.
Read MoreThe President and CEO of JSAT Corporation, Kiyoshi Isozaki, reported the failure of the attempted launch of its JCSAT-11 communications satellite and an in-depth investigation Is underway to determine the cause. He added, “This satellite was launched as a successor to an in-orbit backup satellite.
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Read MoreIn a communication system, transmission lines are usually the most common failure point. Cables and antennas are constantly exposed to the elements and they degrade over time. Mix in poorly tightened connectors or seals, and intermittent outages all the way to utter failure could be the result. Agilent Technologies [NYSE: A] to the rescue.
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