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http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_1.html<br /><br />Quake Global Delivers New Satellite Communicators<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_2.html<br /><br />RSCC and PlanetSky Sign Long-Term Capacity Contract on Express-AM22<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_3.html<br /><br />Service for Customers Maintained on Galaxy 10R Following Propulsion System Failure<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_4.html<br /><br />Earth Observation<br /><br />NASA Extends TRMM Operations Through 2004 Hurricane Season<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_5.html<br /><br />Navigation:<br /><br />Trimble Adds Precision to Harvesting Operations<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_6.html<br /><br />Military Space:<br /><br />Dataline Delivers Portable Communications Unit That Can Be Carried in a Backpack<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_7.html<br /><br />Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Critical Space Missile Warning Payload To USAF<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_8.html<br /><br />Raytheon Team Submits Updated MUOS Proposal<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_9.html<br /><br />Science:<br /><br />Aura Post-Launch Status Report<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_10.html<br /><br />Instrument Aboard Hubble Space Telescope Suspends Operation<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_11.html<br /><br />NASA Selects Proposals To Study Global Carbon Cycling<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_12.html<br /><br />Manned Space:<br /><br />ESA Looking for Female Volunteers for 2005 Bed-Rest Study<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_13.html<br /><br />Technology:<br /><br />Human-Like Space Robot Goes Mobile With Leg, Wheels<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_14.html<br /><br />NASA Signs Agreement with Department of Energy<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_15.html<br /><br />In Orbit:<br /><br />Frost & Sullivan's Reveals Lockheed Martin A2100 to Have Fewest Insurance Claims<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_16.html<br /><br />Launches:<br /><br />Messenger<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_17.html<br /><br />Amazonas<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_18.html<br /><br />Business:<br /><br />ATK Board Authorises Repurchase of up to Two Million Shares of Common Stock<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_19.html<br /><br />California Amplifier to Change Name to CalAmp Corp<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_20.html<br /><br />ITOS Signs Merger Agreement with Satellite Phone Source<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_21.html<br /><br />Pegasus Satellite Reaches Agreements with DirecTV, NRTC and Creditors<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_22.html<br /><br />Products and Services:<br /><br />Global Locate Announces Stingray, Industry Smallest A-GPS System-in-Package<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_23.html<br /><br />IATA to Sell Aviation Geospatial Products Derived from Satellite Imagery<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_24.html<br /><br />iDirect Technologies Awarded FIPS 140-2 Certification for Networking Solution<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_25.html<br /><br />Space Imaging Introduces Resourcesat-1 Satellite Imagery Products to Commercial Markets<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_26.html<br /><br />Xantic First to Offer 9.6 kb/s Fax Channel on Inmarsat Fleet 77 and 55<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_27.html<br /><br />People:<br /><br />Loral Names Patrick K. Brant President of Loral Skynet<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_28.html<br /><br />Sirius Satellite Radio Names Doug Kaplan SVP<br />
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http://www.satelliteonthenet.co.uk/bookshop.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Satcoms<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Gilat, ViaSat, and EMS Choose SkyStream Data-Over-Satellite Solutions<br /><br />(3 August 2004) Leading VSAT systems providers have integrated SkyStream's data-over-satellite solutions in over 60 percent of the DVB-RCS VSAT (very small aperture terminal) hub systems deployed today.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_1.html<br /><br />Quake Global Delivers New Satellite Communicators<br /><br />(2 August 2004) Quake Global Inc has delivered its new Q1200-SG satellite communicators to Caterpillar. These satellite communicators are one component of a technology attachment used on multiple Cat construction and mining machines, which provide essential machine data. <br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_2.html<br /><br />RSCC and PlanetSky Sign Long-Term Capacity Contract on Express-AM22<br /><br />(5 August 2004) The Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and PlanetSky Ltd. have signed a long-term agreement for the use of capacity on the new RSCC Express-AM22 satellite at 53° E. Over a period of time, PlanetSky will obtain a total capacity of several transponders on Express-AM series satellites.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_3.html<br /><br />Service for Customers Maintained on Galaxy 10R Following Propulsion System Failure<br /><br />(5 August 2004) There will be no material effect on services, revenues or operations, following the failure of the XIPS propulsion system on PanAmSat's Galaxy 10R satellite.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_4.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Earth Observation<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />NASA Extends TRMM Operations Through 2004 Hurricane Season<br /><br />(5 August 2004) NASA will extend operation of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) through the end of 2004, in light of a recent request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The extension, to be undertaken jointly with NASA's TRMM partner, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), will provide data during another storm season in the U.S. and Asia.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_5.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Navigation<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Trimble Adds Precision to Harvesting Operations<br /><br />(3 August 2004) Trimble's AgGPS Autopilot system is now available for combines. The automated steering system uses Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to guide agriculture vehicles in consistent rows for tilling, spraying, applying fertilisers, and now harvesting.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_6.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Military Space<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Dataline Delivers Portable Communications Unit That Can Be Carried in a Backpack<br /><br />(3 August 2004) Dataline, a Norfolk-based information technology systems integrator for the commercial and government sectors, is deploying a leading edge portable satellite communications unit, called JEMPRS, that allows real-time communication between the warfighters and commanders anywhere in the world. The new lightweight units can be carried in a backpack and are now being used world-wide in the fight against terrorism.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_7.html<br /><br />Lockheed Martin Team Delivers Critical Space Missile Warning Payload To USAF<br /><br />(6 August 2004) Lockheed Martin has delivered the first space payload for the Space-Based Infrared System High (SBIRS High) program. The payload was delivered for integration with a host satellite and eventual launch into a highly elliptical orbit (HEO) around the earth. The HEO payload's primary mission is to scan for ballistic missile launches; adjunct missions include detecting and reporting other infrared events of military interest.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_8.html<br /><br />Raytheon Team Submits Updated MUOS Proposal<br /><br />(5 August 2004) The Raytheon Company and its team have submitted an updated Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) proposal to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), San Diego, California.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_9.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Science<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Aura Post-Launch Status Report<br /><br />(4 August 2004) Activation of the Aura spacecraft, launched July 15, is continuing, with the mission going very well so far.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_10.html<br /><br />Instrument Aboard Hubble Space Telescope Suspends Operation<br /><br />(6 August 2004) One of four science instruments aboard NASA's Hubble's Space Telescope suspended operations earlier this week, and engineers are now looking into possible recovery options.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_11.html<br /><br />NASA Selects Proposals To Study Global Carbon Cycling<br /><br />(4 August 2004) NASA, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy, recently awarded 59 research grants to study changes in the distribution and cycling of carbon among land, ocean, and atmospheric reservoirs, with emphasis on North America. These new research activities are funded as part of the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (CCSP).<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_12.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Manned Space<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />ESA Looking for Female Volunteers for 2005 Bed-Rest Study<br /><br />(3 August 2004) In preparation for a 60-day Female Bed-Rest Study, which starts in January/February 2005, an official call for candidates to participate as test subjects has been issued. The study is a joint venture between the European Space Agency (ESA), the French space agency (CNES), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). It will be carried out by MEDES, the French Institute for Space Medicine and Physiology, in its clinical research facility at the Rangueil hospital in Toulouse, France.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_13.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Technology<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Human-Like Space Robot Goes Mobile With Leg, Wheels<br /><br />(6 August 2004) Human-like hands, fingers and even television camera eyes have been hallmarks of NASA's Robonaut, but recent work seeks to give the nimble robot legs, or at least a leg, and even wheels.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_14.html<br /><br />NASA Signs Agreement with Department of Energy<br /><br />(5 August 2004) NASA and the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration - Naval Reactors (NR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will lead to the development, design, delivery, and operational support of civilian space nuclear reactors within NASA's Project Prometheus.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_15.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />In Orbit<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Frost & Sullivan's Reveals Lockheed Martin A2100 to Have Fewest Insurance Claims<br /><br />(3 August 2004) According to Frost & Sullivan's latest research service, 2004 GEO Satellite Reliability Analysis, Lockheed Martin's A2100 fleet reported the lowest percentage of insurance claims among the major commercially available satellite buses during the years 1998-2001.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_16.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Launches<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Messenger<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_17.html<br /><br />Amazonas<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_18.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Business<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />ATK Board Authorises Repurchase of up to Two Million Shares of Common Stock<br /><br />(5 August 2004) ATK's board of directors has authorised the repurchase of up to two million shares of the company's common stock. The authorisation extends through March 31, 2006, and replaces a prior authorisation.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_19.html<br /><br />California Amplifier to Change Name to CalAmp Corp<br /><br />(4 August 2004) As part of redefining its strategic focus, California Amplifier, Inc. is changing its corporate name to CalAmp Corp. Its recently acquired subsidiary, Vytek, will also operate under the CalAmp name.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_20.html<br /><br />ITOS Signs Merger Agreement with Satellite Phone Source<br /><br />(5 August 2004) ITOS Inc has entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares in Satellite Phone Source. All interim officers and directors of ITOS will resign immediately and Stan F. Wilson Jr. will be appointed chairman, president and CEO, while Marc J. Caparrelli is to be appointed secretary/treasurer.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_21.html<br /><br />Pegasus Satellite Reaches Agreements with DirecTV, NRTC and Creditors<br /><br />(2 August 2004) The agreements provide for the sale of satellite assets to DirecTV and the sale of television stations to Pegasus Communications.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_22.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Products and Services<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Global Locate Announces Stingray, Industry Smallest A-GPS System-in-Package<br /><br />(2 August 2004) Global Locate Inc., a leading provider of Assisted GPS (A-GPS) products, has introduced Stingray, a single package A-GPS system-in-package (SIP). Stingray incorporates Global Locate IndoorGPS baseband and RF technology, along with passive components, in the smallest form factor available in the market today.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_23.html<br /><br />IATA to Sell Aviation Geospatial Products Derived from Satellite Imagery<br /><br />(2 August 2004) Space Imaging has signed an exclusive agreement with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), of Montreal, Canada, to sell a new family of aviation geospatial products derived from Space Imaging's Ikonos satellite, and the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) and Landsat satellites. The agreement was signed July 23, 2004.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_24.html<br /><br />iDirect Technologies Awarded FIPS 140-2 Certification for Networking Solution<br /><br />(2 August 2004) iDirect Technologies has announced FIPS 140-2 Certification from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on their hub and remote satellite networking solutions. With this certification, iDirect is the only integrated, FIPS compliant, satellite network encryption solution available today.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_25.html<br /><br />Space Imaging Introduces Resourcesat-1 Satellite Imagery Products to Commercial Markets<br /><br />(6 August 2004) Space Imaging has announced that imagery from India's Resourcesat-1 satellite is now available to the commercial marketplace. Space Imaging has the exclusive world-wide rights to sell data from Resourcesat-1 outside of India. Imagery from Resourcesat-1 is available in 5-meter, 23-meter and 56-meter resolutions and is ideal for mapping, urban development, environmental monitoring, agricultural monitoring, land use planning, coastal monitoring, disaster assessment and risk management. Imagery from the satellite is comparative to imagery from the Landsat satellites.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_26.html<br /><br />Xantic First to Offer 9.6 kb/s Fax Channel on Inmarsat Fleet 77 and 55<br /><br />(5 August 2004) Xantic has become the first company to make the new 9.6 kb/s fax channel available on Fleet 77 and 55. Its Land Earth Stations in Holland (Burum) and Australia (Perth) have both been upgraded in order to provide global coverage.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_27.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />People<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Loral Names Patrick K. Brant President of Loral Skynet<br /><br />(6 August 2004) Loral Space and Communications has announced that Patrick K. Brant has been named president of subsidiary Loral Skynet. Mr. Brant succeeds Terry Hart.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/8August2004_28.html<br /><br />Sirius Satellite Radio Names Doug Kaplan SVP<br /><br />(3 August 2004) Sirius has promoted Doug Kaplan to Senior Vice President, Business Affairs and Business Development, Entertainment and Sports. Kaplan will report to Scott Greenstein, Sirius' President, Entertainment and Sports.<br />
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