MICROCOM'S SPACE NEWSFEED 30 June 2002<br />Space Industry News from Around the World<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Brought to you by Microcom Systems Ltd, consultants in satellite communications since 1985. http://www.microcomsystems.co.uk<br /><br />Publishers of the Handbook of Satellite Services in Europe, the definitive guide to European satellite communications and broadcast services, providing extensive data on operators, services and service providers, satellites, technology, regulators and regulations in more than forty European countries. 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Century thinking for the Earth Observation, SatCom and Environment Industries that penetrate new markets using creative commercial Risk models and innovation.<br /><br />Visit us at http://www.BoltonAssociates.com and/or download our Power Point presentation http://www.microcomsystems.co.uk/ads/EOConsult.ppt [131Kb]<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />SATCOMS<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Coming to a Cinema Near You - Courtesy of ESA<br /><br />(25 June 2002) As part of an ESA-funded project, ten cinemas in Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK will be screening movies transmitted and played digitally rather than by the conventional analogue method.<br /><br />The advantage to the cinema-goer should be no blemishes on the moving image and greater and consistent clarity. Conventional film suffers from degradation, which increases with the number of times it is played. Movies stored digitally on the cinema's computer hard disc can be played indefinitely with no loss of quality.<br /><br />When digital cinema really takes off, film and distribution companies will also see a big advantage, as they will no longer need to make and deliver thousands of bulky reels of film to cinemas world-wide. Distribution will involve no more than relaying the movie via satellite from the distributor's to individual cinema's computers.<br /><br />Digital cinema is now becoming a reality, thanks to technological advances in digital compression, storage, delivery and digital projectors. ESA is supporting the take up of this new technology under its ARTES programme, which aims to encourage European and Canadian industry to exploit new ways of using satellite communications. The Agency is collaborating with two project teams which are working on different aspects of producing and transmitting files containing about 60 Gbytes or about 100 CDs-worth of information, enough for one feature length movie.<br /><br />Cast4All, a Belgian company, has developed a "multicast management platform" which allows the distributor to select and send a film digitally via satellite to specified receivers and to monitor the reception status of each site to ensure reliable delivery. Elsacom, an Italian company, is leading a team including UCI, Screen-Digest and Cinecittà, which is preparing and will be running the pilot service for five months in10 European cinemas this summer. As well as showing feature movies, the pilot will also demonstrate other possible uses of the digital cinema. These include being able to tailor adverts to local audiences and show alternative content such as live events which can be transmitted directly to cinemas via satellite, just like live TV. The advent of digital cinema opens up new and varied uses for our movie theatres.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Iridium Satellite Signs Asia Pacific Distribution Deals<br /><br />(25 June 2002) Iridium Satellite LLC has added three major Asia-Pacific Telcos to its global distribution network. The contracts with Singapore Telecommunications Ltd (SingTel), Telstra Corporation Limited (Telstra) and Telikom Papua New Guinea (Telikom PNG) significantly enhance the availability of Iridium's global voice and data services to government, industrial and individual users in the Asia Pacific region.<br /><br />The service partners, which will market and sell Iridium services through their global dealer networks, offer specific market expertise and expect the new remote capabilities afforded by Iridium to complement their existing portfolios of satellite-based services.<br /><br />* SingTel will deliver Iridium services to commercial shipping, forestry,<br /> aeronautical, energy, construction, mining and maritime customers<br /> throughout Asia.<br /><br />* Telstra strengthens rural and remote communications throughout Australia<br /> and is working with the Australian government to offer affordable rural<br /> telephony services.<br /><br />* Telikom PNG will reach 80% of New Guinea's population located in rural<br /> and remote areas, including potential customers: national disaster<br /> services, police and defence surveillance operations, health centres,<br /> mission stations and mining sites.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Kingston inmedia - Nigeria’s UK VSAT Gateway<br /><br />(24 June 2002) Kingston inmedia has been chosen by international VSAT service provider Virgin Technologies Limited (VTL) as its UK gateway for VSAT services.<br /><br />Kingston inmedia's role is to provide UK gateway services using its C band platform on PanAmSat's PAS 1R satellite. Using Kingston as a gateway to the internet backbone and to carrier hotels like London Telehouse, Virgin Technologies Ltd are able to offer services to companies such as Gateway IP - a UK based communications company focused on the provision of wholesale communications services in Africa and the Middle East.<br /><br />Virgin Technologies VSAT network is boosting the Nigerian telecommunications infrastructure. This is important for ensuring communications access for Nigerian users in both urban and rural areas.<br /><br />Gateway IP is a leading independent international communications company in the emerging markets of Africa and the Middle East. Gateway IP's multi-purpose communications network connects major centres in Africa with communications hubs in the United States and Western Europe, enabling the company to provide low cost international voice and data services to major international telecommunications carriers, African PTT's, cellular operators and competitive fixed-line carriers. Gateway IP serves the needs of PTT's, Cellular providers and CLEC's throughout the continent. Through its South African subsidiary, FirstNet, Gateway IP also delivers electronic commerce and value-added network services to many of Africa's leading corporations.<br /><br />Virgin Technologies Limited (VTL) is a private limited liability Company incorporated in Nigeria, and has been issued a license to operate private VSAT links by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). VTL has considerable experience in the deployment, start-up, operation, management, and maintenance of communication satellite networks to various countries in Africa.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Norsat Announces Order From Dynamic Engineers<br /><br />(25 June 2002) Norsat International Inc has received an order from Dynamic Engineers Inc for up to 500 of its VSAT Ku band ODUs.<br /><br />Dynamic Engineers is a privately owned international electronic component distributor specialising in RF communication packages.<br /><br />Delivery of the Norsat ODUs, which will be used for broadband communication to remote locations, has begun and will continue over the next several months.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />EARTH OBSERVATION<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Canadian Space Agency Investing in Earth Application Programs<br /><br />(25 June 2002) The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has awarded twelve contracts, worth close to Cdn$ 2 million, to Canadian companies for developing leading-edge uses of space-based Earth Observation data and applications.<br /><br />These contracts have been awarded to Atlantis Scientific, AUG Signals Ltd, Dendron Resource Surveys, Hatfield Consultants, MIR Teledetection, Noetix Research, Paterson, Grant and Watson, EarthScan Ltd, PCI Geomatics, Tecsult, Vantage Point International and Viasat Geotechnologies.<br /><br />The projects, awarded through the Earth Observation Applications Development Program (EOADP), support leading-edge Canadian space companies that are also bearing their share of risks in developing and commercialising innovative processing systems and applications. These innovations will have a major impact in remote sensing, geospatial data, resource management, rural applications and mineral exploration.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />NAVIGATION<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Orbital Wins US$ 3.6 Million Transit Management System Contract in Lake Tahoe<br /><br />(27 June 2002) Orbital Sciences Corporation’s Transportation Management Systems (TMS) division has been awarded a US$ 3.6 million contract by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) to supply a public transit vehicle management system (VMS). Under the contract, Orbital will install in-vehicle components and control centre software for the South Lake Tahoe area's Coordinated Transit System that will assist in the vehicle fleet's on-time performance.<br /><br />Orbital's VMS will allow transit providers to track and co-ordinate buses, on-demand vehicles, ski and casino shuttles, and other mass transit vehicles, allowing riders to book rides from one of the many dedicated telephones or kiosks to be placed around South Lake Tahoe. The system will also enable passengers to know exactly when the next vehicle will arrive, helping to improve customer satisfaction and vehicle reliability. The TRPA partners, City of South Lake Tahoe, El Dorado County, Douglas County, Heavenly, Harvey's/Harrah's, Caesars Tahoe, Horizon Hotel and Casino, and Lakeside Inn and Casino, and the Tahoe Transportation District, will be able to offer convenient private and public transportation options under one seamless system.<br /><br />Orbital's Mobile Data Terminal (SmartMDT) will be installed in each transit vehicle to transmit the vehicle's location and relay text messages between the driver and dispatch. Orbital TMS will also install its ORBCAD-NT Computer Aided Dispatch and Automatic Vehicle Location (CAD/AVL) software system, integrated with a sophisticated scheduling system and traveller information system, to provide dynamic real-time service to the riding public.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />TECHNOLOGY<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />NASA Selects Teams for Development of Next-Generation Ion Engine and Advanced Technology<br /><br />(26 June 2002) NASA's Office of Space Science has announced the selection of a team for the development of an advanced ion propulsion system - an alternative to conventional chemical propulsion that could revolutionise the way we send science missions into the solar system. A second team was selected to develop advanced ion optics, which are critical components of ion engines.<br /><br />The agency's Glenn Research Center in Cleveland was selected to lead development of the NASA Evolutionary Xenon Thruster (NEXT) system, which will use xenon gas and electrical power to drive future spacecraft. Additionally, a team led by Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices Inc of Torrance, California was selected to pursue development, fabrication and testing of carbon-based ion optics, critical components of high-power ion thrusters that have traditionally limited thruster lifetime.<br /><br />The NEXT Project is a proposed two-part endeavour. The first phase is a one-year effort to design, build and test initial versions of ion thrusters, propellant feed systems and power processing units, which convert solar array power into forms useful for the ion engine. At the end of Phase 1, NASA may exercise a Phase 2 option to complete hardware development and integrate components into a full-scale system.<br /><br />The total potential value of the Glenn award over the next three and one-half years is approximately US$ 21 million. The total value of the Boeing team award is approximately US$ 4 million. Total NASA funding for NEXT system development activities is approximately US$ 27 million.<br /><br />An ion thruster converts electrical power and xenon gas into a high-velocity flow of positively charged ions. Metal grids that exert an electrostatic force accelerate these ions, much the same way bits of lint are pulled to a statically charged comb, but with a dramatically different effect. The accelerated ions leave the thruster at speeds of up to 143,000 km/hr, propelling the spacecraft forward. The result: fuel efficiency that exceeds conventional chemical engines by as much as a factor of 10.<br /><br />The new ion thruster development program builds on the success of the Deep Space 1 mission, a NASA probe launched in 1998 to validate advanced flight technologies. Deep Space 1 was powered by an ion thruster just 30 cm in diameter, which accelerated the spacecraft to a velocity of 12,700 km/hr over a 20-month period.<br /><br />Deep Space 1 made history during its close fly-by of Comet Borrelly in September 2001, when it returned the clearest images and best scientific data ever gathered about a comet. The success of Deep Space 1 was a first step in the exploitation of high-power ion propulsion for a broad class of future space missions, including possible planetary visits. The NEXT ion engine will be capable of carrying significantly more payload and have a longer lifetime than the Deep Space 1 ion engine.<br /><br />The In-Space Propulsion Program seeks to develop advanced propulsion technologies that can enable or greatly enhance near and mid-term NASA science missions by significantly reducing cost, mass, and/or travel times.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />XCOR EZ-Rocket Performs Touch-and-Go<br /><br />(25 June 2002) XCOR Aerospace’s rocket engine test-bed, the XCOR EZ-Rocket, has successfully performed a "touch-and-go" manoeuvre at XCOR’s test facility at the Mojave Airport in Mojave, California. The "touch-and-go" manoeuvre was the first time ever for a rocket-powered aeroplane.<br /><br />The EZ-Rocket took off at 7:40 am and as XCOR test pilot Dick Rutan flew over the Mojave Airport he shut down both engines in flight. Rutan then brought the plane in to a power-off landing on runway 30, touched down and rolled along the runway for several hundred feet. Rutan reignited the engines and took off, completing the "touch-and-go". The tenth flight of the EZ-Rocket lasted 7 minutes 47 seconds and reached an altitude of 5,850 ft.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />LAUNCH SERVICES<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Shuttle Cracks Delay Launches<br /><br />(24 June 2002) Shuttle launches are temporarily on hold following the discovery of small cracks in metal liners which direct fuel flow in the main engine propellant lines on the space shuttles Atlantis and Discovery. The metal liners fit inside flexible cryogenic propellant pipes and are designed to help the propellant flow efficiently past ridged areas in the pipes which make the pipes easily bendable.<br /><br />The next shuttle launch, the shuttle Columbia (STS-107) was scheduled for July 19, but this will now be delayed a few weeks until a detailed inspection has been carried out. The inspection will require the removal of the orbiter’s three main engines. So far no cracks have been reported on Columbia.<br /><br />Three cracks were discovered in one flow liner each on Atlantis and Discovery. The cracks measured a few millimetres in length. No cause has yet been reported.<br /><br />Endeavour has yet to be inspected, having only just returned from a trip to the International Space Station.<br /><br />The liners themselves are not pressurised and only help direct the flow of cryogenic propellant. NASA is concerned that debris from the cracked liners may enter an engine while operational, leading to catastrophic failure.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />LAUNCHES<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />NOAA-M Polar Orbiter<br /><br />Launched: 24 June 2002<br />Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California<br />Launcher: Titan 2<br />Orbit: LEO, apogee: 833 km, perigee: 833 km: inclination: 98.7° (sun synchronous)<br />International Number: 2002-032A<br />Name: NOAA-M<br />Owner: NASA and NOAA<br />Contractor: Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company<br /><br />NOAA-M is a meteorological satellite and is the latest in the Advanced TIROS-N (ATN) satellite series. It is the third Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES). A constellation consists of two POES satellites circling the Earth in nearly north-south orbits. As the Earth rotates, the entire globe, one swath at a time rolls into view of the satellites' instruments. The instruments are continually sensing the entire depth of the atmosphere and report on the following weather generating factors:<br /><br />* Atmosphere Temperatures and Moisture Soundings<br />* Sea-surface Temperatures<br />* Land-surface Temperatures<br />* Cloud Cover and Heights<br />* Precipitable Moisture<br />* Total Ozone<br />* Clear Radiance<br />* Incoming and Radiated Heat<br /><br />Together these data comprise irreplaceable inputs to the numerical weather forecast model and are vital to medium and long-range forecasting. Separately or in combination, the data are utilised to produce sea-surface temperature maps, ice condition charts, snow cover analysis, vegetation maps and other forecasting and management tools.<br /><br />Additionally, NOAA-M carries an enhanced complement of microwave instruments for the generation of temperature, moisture, surface, and hydrological products in cloudy regions where visible and infrared instruments have decreased capability. NOAA-M also carries search and rescue instruments that are used internationally for locating ships, aircraft, and people in distress.<br /><br />Following the launch and a comprehensive on-orbit verification period that lasts 45 days, NASA will turn operational control of the satellites over to NOAA. NOAA will operate the satellites from the Satellite Operations Control Center in Suitland, Maryland, along with the other environmental satellites that it operates.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Progress-46 (8P)<br /><br />Launched: 26 June 2002<br />Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan<br />Launcher: Soyuz-U<br />Orbit: LEO, apogee: 226 km, perigee: 226 km: inclination: 51.6°<br />International Number: 2002-033A<br />Name: Progress M-46 (8P)<br /><br />Unmanned supply vessel for the International Space Station, carrying several tons of fuel, equipment and supplies to the space station. It is scheduled to dock with the ISS early Saturday.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Launch Schedule<br /><br />delayed: EchoStar 8 on a Proton K from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan: delayed indefinitely - spacecraft problems<br />delayed: Spacehab research laboratory (Freestar) on the Shuttle Columbia (STS-107) from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida: delayed following discovery of cracks in fuel line liner<br />July 3: Contour on a Delta 2 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida: delayed from July 1; may be further delayed - possible contamination found on solar array panel<br />July 5: N-Star c, Stellat 5 on an Ariane 5 from CSG Kourou, French Guiana <br />August: MSG-1 on an Ariane from CSG Kourou, French Guiana <br />August 1: Data Relay Test Satellite W on an H-2A from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan <br />August 6: Hot Bird 6 on an Atlas 5 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida: maiden flight of Atlas 5<br />August 11: GPS 2R-8 on a Delta 2 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida <br />August 14: GALEX on a Pegasus XL from Canaveral Spaceport, Florida <br />August 15: Astra 1K on a Proton from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan <br />August 22: ISS 9A/BA, ITS S1 on the Shuttle Atlantis (STS-112) from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida: under review<br />August 31: Eutelsat W5 on a Delta 4 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida: first EELV launch<br />August 31: Kypros Sat 1 on an Ariane from CSG Kourou, French Guiana <br />September: classified NRO satellite on an Atlas 2AS from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California <br />September 10: Progress M-47 (9P) on a Soyuz-U from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan <br />September 18: Hispasat 1D on an Atlas 2AS from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida <br />September 22: Orbview 3 on a Pegasus XL from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California <br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />PRODUCTS AND SERVICES<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Infineon Introduces Highest Integrated Silicon Tuner for Digital Satellite Broadcasting<br /><br />(25 June 2002) Infineon Technologies has introduced TUA6120, the highest integrated Silicon Tuner for all global satellite broadcast standards. The chip reduces the number of active external components to zero and simplifies the design of RF front-end systems to a "plug and play" solution. TUA6120 further expands Infineon's multimedia portfolio targeted for set-top-boxes, integrated digital TVs, PC card receivers and other portable devices.<br /><br />The Silicon Tuner TUA6120, single-chip RF-to-Baseband satellite receiver, uses Direct Conversion Architecture and eliminates the need for image-reject filtering as well as Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) filters. Benefits of the single chip Silicon Tuner are the reduced Bill-of-Material, reduced board space required due to small package size, suitability for 8-PSK and QPSK modulation, as well as low power consumption (less than 0.8 W).<br /><br />The TUA6120 will be available in the very small leadless package (P-VQFN-48) for tuner module, dual-tuner, on-board, as well as portable/mobile receiver applications for one-way or two-way satellite systems. The chip can be used for all applications, such as DVB-S (Digital Video Broadcasting - Satellite), ISDB (Integrated Services Video Broadcasting, Japan) and DSS (Direct Satellite Systems, US). The chip also simplifies the equipment manufacturing process in that a single-chip solution may be purchased and easily plugged into a module, NIM (Network Interface Module) or on-board solution.<br /><br />First silicon of the TUA6120 has been sampled and engineering samples plus evaluation board will be available by July 2002. Volume production for the chip is planned for Q4/2002. An Infineon reference design will be available by September 2002.<br /><br />Pricing for the TUA6120 will be below Euro 1.8 / US$ 1.65 per unit for high volume production.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Integral Systems' Skylight Ground Station Generates NASA Earth Science Products<br /><br />(24 June 2002) Integral Systems Inc’s Skylight Direct Broadcast Ground Terminal now automatically produces NASA science products such as fire detection maps, atmospheric profiles, and volcano alerts.<br /><br />Skylight is an end-to-end system that includes an antenna, data capture hardware and software, data processing to create and analyse calibrated Earth images, and archiving and distribution of the images for users. It now incorporates the most recently released NASA science algorithms for a variety of "Level 2" science data products. The highly automated system tracks, downlinks, and processes data from numerous remote sensing spacecraft including the two NASA Earth Observation System (EOS) satellites, Terra and Aqua. Skylight has always produced and archived calibrated and geo- corrected images; now, with the very recent release of the more advanced science algorithms, it also automatically produces fire detection maps, volcano eruption alerts, atmospheric profiles, and a variety of other data products. As with all of its data products, Skylight's Level 2 data sets can be searched for, distributed, and analysed entirely through a sophisticated web interface. The complete system can be delivered in 60 days from receipt of order.<br /><br />Skylight incorporates the powerful and very widely used ERDAS analysis package so that users can create their own added-value data products. The product enjoys a multimission capability, so that support for satellites such as Landsat and Radarsat can be included as options. Archive access is via a web interface, so that Skylight nodes all over the world can see each others' archives and share data.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />PEOPLE<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />XM Names Joseph Euteneuer as CFO<br /><br />(27 June 2002) XM Satellite Radio has named Joseph J Euteneuer, a seasoned telecommunications corporate financial executive, as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President. Euteneuer comes to XM after 15 years as a top executive at Comcast, a leading cable TV operator, where he held a number of financial and operating executive roles. Euteneuer will oversee all of XM's financial operations as the company continues to expand its service.<br /><br />Euteneuer was a top executive at Comcast, a leading cable operator with more than 8.5 million subscribers and majority owner of such content providers as QVC and E! Entertainment TV. Most recently, he served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of a majority-controlled subsidiary of Comcast, Broadnet Europe, and prior to that assignment served as Comcast Corporation's Corporate Controller. During his tenure, Comcast subscribers grew from 1.3 million in 1988 to 8.5 million in 2001 and revenue grew from US$ 500 million in 1988 to US$ 9.7 billion in 2001.<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Press releases should be sent to: newsfeed@microcomsystems.co.uk<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Microcom makes no charge for this service and makes no payments for the use of material. Microcom makes no warranties about the quality of this free service and accepts no liability for mistakes and errors. 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