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Oerlikon Space has delivered the MIE spectrometer (MSP) for the European wind observation satellite ADM-Aeolus. Together with a second Oerlikon Space spectrometer, the MSP is the core element in the payload of the wind observation satellite, which the European Space Agency ESA plans to launch in 2009.
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.
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.
Read MoreTesting… testing… electrical power system, attitude determination and control system, telemetry, tracking and command and navigation payload… wow, they’re all working as they should and have been integrated properly into the satellite. That’s the word from the Global Positioning Wing who has successfully passed the Initial Integrated System Test on the first GPS Block IIF satellite at the Boeing Spacecraft Development Center in El Segundo, California.
Read MoreIntellectual Property Cores (IP cores) are blocks of logic or data used in creating a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for a product. These wee components should be entirely portable in that they should be easy to insert into any vendor technology or design methodology.
Read MoreClass K certification – no, this is not a substitute classification for a high school diploma, nor is it a special group of marathon runners… Class K certification is the highest reliability level prescribed by MIL-PRF-38534.
Read MoreNamed after Semyon Lavochkin who was this company’s head designer, NPO Lavochkin is a Russian satellite manufacturer who also engaged in aeronautical design and engineering and manufactures the Fregat space booster. The Russians have used this spacecraft as their landing stage for lunar missions such as Luna-16, as the braking stage to place Fobos-2 into orbit around Mars, and as an escape stage to launch units into interplanetary trajectories, such as the Venus and Mars Express probes.
Read MoreOne of the chores the crew of the Endeavour during the STS-118 mission was to deliver a variety of hardware components to the International Space Station (ISS). In fact, Boeing produced more than 740 light hardware components that include the Starboard 5 (SS) truss element. This component will increase the available power to the various systems aboard the ISS.
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