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Integral Systems Announces Agreement With SUIRG National Harbor MD (SPX) Mar 16, 2010 
Integral Systems has announced that its Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) business unit has entered into an arrangement with the Satellite Users Interference Reduction Group to offer discount rates on annual subscriptions for SATCOM NetOps Services to SUIRG membership.
"SUIRG welcomes the IS3 SATCOM NetOps subscription service as a valuable opportunity for mid-size satellite operato ... read moreSES Astra Expands European Sat TV Reach 
Betzdorf, Luxembourg (SPX) Mar 19, 2010SES ASTRA has significantly increased its reach and grown the number of digital and High Definition TV households on the ASTRA satellite system. SES ASTRA is now broadcasting to 125 million TV homes across Europe and North Africa, three million more than the year before. For the first time, satellite reaches more households than cable in Europe, with 77 million satellite and 71 million cab ... more
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Vietnam says parched Red River at record low
China to be world's third biggest wind power producer: media Cost-cutting NASA eyes three cheap space missions Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Russia in secret plan to save Earth from asteroid: official Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax French carbon tax ruled illegal Brazil's Lula signs law cutting CO2 emissions 2009 a 'benign' year of natural disasters: German re-insurer Greenpeace Spain demands Denmark release its director 
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Ariane Chair Says Existing Launch Services Meet Industry Needs
Paris, France (SPX) Mar 18, 2010The push by certain telecommunications operators for additional players in the space lift marketplace could work to the satellite industry's own detriment, generating an overcapacity situation and potentially creating launch services quality issues. This was the conclusion of several participants in a panel discussion on the launch sector's future, which was organized as part of the Satell ... more Boeing Announces New Names For 702 Satellite Series 
El Segundo CA (SPX) Mar 17, 2010Boeing has announced that it will begin marketing the Boeing 702 satellite under two names: the Boeing 702HP for the high-power version, and the Boeing 702MP for the medium-power version. "In 2009, we announced a medium-power variation of the very successful Boeing 702 high-power satellite - a variation that was the result of more than four years of research and development," said Craig Co ... more Third ATV Named After Edoardo Amaldi 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 17, 2010Production of the Automated Transfer Vehicles is gearing up. After the flawless flight of the first ATV, Jules Verne, the second, Johannes Kepler, is being completed for launch later this year. Now the third ATV has been named after the Italian physicist and space pioneer Edoardo Amaldi. Europe's ATV space freighter proved its maturity in 2008, when Jules Verne completed a demonstration fl ... more Integral Systems Launches New Business Unit 
Harbor MD (SPX) Mar 16, 2010Integral Systems has announced at the Satellite 2010 Conference that it is launching a new services business unit - Integral Systems Service Solutions (IS3) - to provide SATCOM Network Operations (NetOps) services as part of a broader planned Global Managed Network Services offering. Scheduled to commence full operations in late 2010, IS3 harnesses the core capabilities of Integral Systems ... more |
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A Lesson From Space: Capillarity In Action
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 10, 2010In space, many things work differently, but not always. Take the movement of liquid in fine tubes. Gravity has something to do with this capillary action, but what? Students using ESA's 'Take Your Classroom into Space' kit can now find out. Back in 2008, ESA invited European educators to come up with ideas that use the International Space Station (ISS) to illustrate the effects of weightle ... more New Investment Fund Backs Space Technologies Finding Uses On Earth 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 09, 2010For years, ESA has been bringing space technologies down to Earth through its Technology Transfer Programme and Business Incubation initiatives. Now, the Agency will strengthen these initiatives by supporting new businesses using space innovations through a dedicated venture capital fund. The Open Sky Technologies Fund (OSTF) is an early-stage venture capital fund aimed at nurturing the mo ... more How ESA Got Its Tweet Back 
Cologne, France (ESA) Mar 09, 2010On Friday, Esa Alanen and family visited the European Astronaut Centre in Cologne, as guests of ESA, to say thanks for relinquishing the Twitter name www.twitter.com/esa. When ESA went to open its Twitter account last year, the name was already taken. The ESA web team was stuck - 'European Space Agency' is too long for the Twitter character limit and no other name would do. It was time for ... more Orbital To Buy GD Satellite Business 
Dulles VA (SPX) Mar 05, 2010Orbital Sciences has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the spacecraft development and manufacturing business of General Dynamics subsidiary, GD Advanced Information Systems. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in approximately four weeks. Houlihan Lokey advised Orbital in conjunction with this transaction. The acquisition will enhance ... more |
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