Microcom's Space Newsfeed 29 August 2004<br />Space Industry News from Around the World<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Web resources from Microcom Systems:<br /><br />Satellite Industry Links: the largest satellite and space industry directory on the web
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http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_1.html<br /><br />Asiana Airlines Selects Connexion by Boeing for In-Flight Connectivity<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_2.html<br /><br />iPass Wi-Fi Network Gets Its Wings With Connexion by Boeing<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_3.html<br /><br />Loral's Telstar 18 Satellite Enters Full Commercial Service Over Asia<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_4.html<br /><br />ND SatCom Equips Dogan Media Group with SNG Fleet for Turkey<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_5.html<br /><br />Radyne ComStream Awarded Contract for Alabama Public HDTV Network<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_6.html<br /><br />Navigation:<br /><br />SiRF Powers Navman's Latest Integrated GPS Pocket PC Navigation Device<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_7.html<br /><br />Military Space:<br /><br />SpaceDev Awarded Contract Expansion by DARPA<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_8.html<br /><br />Science:<br /><br />Mars Odyssey Begins Overtime After Successful Mission<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_9.html<br /><br />Manned Space:<br /><br />Mars Holiday, a Pricey Bonecruncher<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_10.html<br /><br />Radar Test During Messenger Launch May Help "Return to Flight"<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_11.html<br /><br />Business:<br /><br />DirecTV Completes Acquisition of Pegasus Satellite Television Assets<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_12.html<br /><br />DirecTV-Pegasus-NRTC Settlement Approved by Bankruptcy Court<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_13.html<br /><br />Products and Services:<br /><br />Eagle Broadband Renames Non-Line-of-Sight Satellite Communications System<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_14.html<br /><br />New Broadband Internet Solution for Commercial Aircraft<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_15.html<br /><br />Events:<br /><br />Scientists Meet to Review Envisat Results After Two and a Half Years of Operations<br />
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http://www.satelliteonthenet.co.uk/bookshop.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Satcoms<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />AFRTS Broadcasts First Stateside Channel with Americom Government Services<br /><br />(23 August 2004) Americom Government Services, Inc. (AGS) has been awarded through its GSA schedule a contract with the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (AFRTS). The initiative involves launching a new Pentagon Channel that is broadcast to Pentagon employees, military and federal personnel, and interested consumers in the United States.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_1.html<br /><br />Asiana Airlines Selects Connexion by Boeing for In-Flight Connectivity<br /><br />(26 August 2004) Asiana Airlines, one of the newest members of the Star Alliance, has selected Connexion by Boeing as its provider of high-speed Internet-based communications onboard its long-haul fleet.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_2.html<br /><br />iPass Wi-Fi Network Gets Its Wings With Connexion by Boeing<br /><br />(23 August 2004) Connexion by Boeing and iPass Inc have announced an agreement to deliver iPass enterprise customers secure in-flight Wi-Fi Internet connectivity. Through the agreement iPass users will have access to the Connexion by Boeing mobile Internet service through the iPass Global Broadband Roaming network.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_3.html<br /><br />Loral's Telstar 18 Satellite Enters Full Commercial Service Over Asia<br /><br />(23 August 2004) Loral Space & Communications has announced that Telstar 18, a powerful and flexible satellite designed to provide communication services across Asia, has completed its in-orbit testing and is now fully operational.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_4.html<br /><br />ND SatCom Equips Dogan Media Group with SNG Fleet for Turkey<br /><br />(24 August 2004) ND SatCom has been awarded a multi million Euro contract to equip the Turkish Dogan Media Group with a new SNG fleet consisting of a total of 7 Mercedes Sprinter vehicles. This major contract is a breakthrough in Turkey for ND SatCom's broadcast solutions.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_5.html<br /><br />Radyne ComStream Awarded Contract for Alabama Public HDTV Network<br /><br />(26 August 2004) Radyne ComStream's Armer Division has been selected by Alabama Public TV to provide and install a digital satellite distribution system for state-wide satellite transmission of HDTV and SDTV PBS programming.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_6.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Navigation<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />SiRF Powers Navman's Latest Integrated GPS Pocket PC Navigation Device<br /><br />(23 August 2004) SiRF Technology, Inc's SiRFstarIIe/LP GPS technology provides the location platform for Navman's sleek new PiN (Personal Interactive Navigation) device. The PiN is among a growing crop of personal Pocket PC products unveiled this year offering navigation as the principal function - a development that has expanded the functionality of PDAs from the office to the car.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_7.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Military Space<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />SpaceDev Awarded Contract Expansion by DARPA<br /><br />(24 August 2004) SpaceDev has been awarded a small expansion to its existing contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), to examine satellite orbits that can be used to rapidly deploy and initialise microsatellites over precise geographical areas of interest.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_8.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Science<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Mars Odyssey Begins Overtime After Successful Mission<br /><br />(25 August 2004) NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter begins working overtime today after completing a prime mission that discovered vast supplies of frozen water, ran a safety check for future astronauts, and mapped surface textures and minerals all over Mars, among other feats.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_9.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Manned Space<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Mars Holiday, a Pricey Bonecruncher<br /><br />(23 August 2004) A space traveller’s dream of one day holidaying on Mars might sound appealing, but it would be a one-way-trip.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_10.html<br /><br />Radar Test During Messenger Launch May Help "Return to Flight"<br /><br />(25 August 2004) Radar tracking data gathered during the Delta II launch of the Messenger spacecraft earlier this month has provided promising results that may benefit NASA's Space Shuttle Program and Discovery's Return to Flight.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_11.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Business<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />DirecTV Completes Acquisition of Pegasus Satellite Television Assets<br /><br />(27 August 2004) Following the approval of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in Portland, Maine, DirecTV, Inc., has completed the acquisition of the primary direct broadcast satellite assets of Pegasus Satellite Television, Inc., which includes the rights to all DirecTV subscribers activated through Pegasus.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_12.html<br /><br />DirecTV-Pegasus-NRTC Settlement Approved by Bankruptcy Court<br /><br />(26 August 2004) The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) has announced that its final settlement of legal disputes Pegasus Satellite Television had brought against NRTC has been approved by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_13.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Products and Services<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Eagle Broadband Renames Non-Line-of-Sight Satellite Communications System<br /><br />(25 August 2004) Eagle Broadband, Inc has renamed its Orb' Phone Exchange non-line-of-sight satellite communications repeater system to the Satellite Media Access Extender or SatMAX. Eagle Broadband has also received certification for additional SatMAX models and is launching a suite of turnkey, application-specific SatMAX Solution Bundles.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_14.html<br /><br />New Broadband Internet Solution for Commercial Aircraft<br /><br />(24 August 2004) Building on its successful SkyLink satellite broadband solution for business aircraft, ARINC Incorporated is to roll out a high-capacity satellite broadband system for commercial airlines. ARINC plans to demonstrate its new Commercial SkyLink system for attendees at the World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) conference in Seattle, September 21-24.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/29August2004_15.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Events<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Scientists Meet to Review Envisat Results After Two and a Half Years of Operations<br /><br />(23 August 2004) From 6 to 10 September in Salzburg, Austria, over 700 scientists from 50 countries world-wide will meet to review and discuss the early results of the European Space Agency's Envisat satellite mission.<br />
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