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http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_1.html<br /><br />Ciel Receives Provisional Authority to Broadcast From 129° West<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_2.html<br /><br />LiveTV Installs 100th In-flight Satellite TV System<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_3.html<br /><br />Microspace Communications Helps WCPE Classical Radio Expand Market Reach<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_4.html<br /><br />StarBand High-Speed Internet Connects with Canada<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_5.html<br /><br />Earth Observation<br /><br />Alcatel Delivers Key Radar Instrument For Cryosat Earth Ice Fields Observation Satellite<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_6.html<br /><br />Ball Aerospace Wins Global Precipitation Study Contract<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_7.html<br /><br />DigitalGlobe and Merrick and Company Extend Reseller Agreement to Service Mexico<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_8.html<br /><br />High Resolution Satellite Imagery Assists Hunt For Infectious 'Kissing Bugs'<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_9.html<br /><br />Orbimage Selected as NGA's Second NextView Provider<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_10.html<br /><br />Navigation:<br /><br />iSECUREtrac Signs Contract With Department of Homeland Security<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_11.html<br /><br />Poland Takes Part in Europe’s First Satellite Navigation System<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_12.html<br /><br />Military Space:<br /><br />U.S. Government Buys US$ 3.2 M of Norsat NewsLink Portable Terminals<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_13.html<br /><br />Science:<br /><br />Conjunction Over, Engineers Rouse Mars Express<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_14.html<br /><br />Genesis Mission Status Report<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_15.html<br /><br />Lockheed Martin to Formulate Solar Imaging Suite for Goes-R Satellites<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_16.html<br /><br />SMART-1 Celebrates First Year in Space<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_17.html<br /><br />Manned Space:<br /><br />SpaceShip One Completes First X Prize Flight<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_18.html<br /><br />Study Suggests Spaceflight May Decrease Human Immunity<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_19.html<br /><br />Virgin Group to Become World's First Commercial Space Tourism Operator<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_20.html<br /><br />Technology:<br /><br />Mars Drill Will Seek Knowledge and Resources<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_21.html<br /><br />NASA Explores Future Space With Advanced Concept Awards<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_22.html<br /><br />Launch Services:<br /><br />Atlas Launch Facilities Withstand Hurricanes<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_23.html<br /><br />NASA Chooses ILS Atlas V Launch Vehicle to Launch Solar Dynamics Observatory<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_24.html<br /><br />Launches:<br /><br />FSW 3-3<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_25.html<br /><br />Business:<br /><br />Aerojet Completes Sale of Former Atlantic Research Corporation In-Space Propulsion Business<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_26.html<br /><br />News Corporation Acquires Telecom Italia's Stake in Sky Italia<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_27.html<br /><br />Products and Services:<br /><br />Encore Introduces High-Performance Broadband VPN Router<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_28.html<br /><br />The Latest Development in Email: Xantic’s AMOS Connect Online<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_29.html<br /><br />Xantic Will Make 128 kb/s ISDN Available for Fleet 77<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_30.html<br /><br />People:<br /><br />Terayon Announces Resignation of Shlomo Rakib as President and CTO<br />
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http://www.satelliteonthenet.co.uk/bookshop.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Satcoms<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />1-2-3.TV: A First For Germany: Netting A Bargain By TV<br /><br />(29 September 2004) SES Astra and 1-2-3.TV GmbH have announce the launch of a new concept in home shopping. On 1-2-3.TV, it is the customers who decide the price of each product by making an offer for each item by telephone. If that offer is one of the highest received for the items being presented, the purchase then takes place.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_1.html<br /><br />Ciel Receives Provisional Authority to Broadcast From 129° West<br /><br />(27 September 2004) Ciel Satellite Group, a new Canadian owned and controlled communications satellite venture, has received provisional authority from Industry Canada to operate a broadcast satellite (BSS) at 129° West orbital location.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_2.html<br /><br />LiveTV Installs 100th In-flight Satellite TV System<br /><br />(28 September 2004) LiveTV, a wholly owned subsidiary of JetBlue Airways Corporation, and the world's largest provider of satellite delivered entertainment to commercial aircraft, has completed installation of the LiveTV in-flight satellite television system on its 100th aircraft, a WestJet 737-700 tail number 220.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_3.html<br /><br />Microspace Communications Helps WCPE Classical Radio Expand Market Reach<br /><br />(27 September 2004) Microspace Communications Corporation has announced a multi-year agreement with WCPE Radio to deliver programming via its Velocity satellite system. The pact covers approximately 75 satellite and Internet broadcasting sites, including 20 affiliate radio stations reaching more than 200,000 listeners US-wide.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_4.html<br /><br />StarBand High-Speed Internet Connects with Canada<br /><br />(28 September 2004) StarBand, America's first high-speed, two-way satellite Internet provider to residential and SOHO customers, has announced a distribution partnership with Ariza Technology, Inc. a leading consumer electronics wholesaler and distributor in Canada.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_5.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Earth Observation<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Alcatel Delivers Key Radar Instrument For Cryosat Earth Ice Fields Observation Satellite<br /><br />(29 September 2004) Alcatel Space has delivered the SIRAL (SAR/Interferometric Radar ALtimeter) instrument to EADS Astrium GmbH for integration on the CryoSat satellite, slated for a late March 2005 launch. The first mission of the Living Planet program started by the European Space Agency in 1999, CryoSat will study the Earth's ice fields.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_6.html<br /><br />Ball Aerospace Wins Global Precipitation Study Contract<br /><br />(28 September 2004) Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp., has been selected by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) for the first phase of a study to develop a satellite bus designed for the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission. The study will conclude in November, in anticipation of final selection by NASA in January 2005.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_7.html<br /><br />DigitalGlobe and Merrick and Company Extend Reseller Agreement to Service Mexico<br /><br />(29 September 2004) DigitalGlobe has announced that Merrick Advanced Photogrammetry of the Americas S. de R.L. de C.V. (MAPA) is now an authorised reseller of QuickBird high-resolution satellite imagery in Mexico. MAPA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Colorado-based Merrick & Company.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_8.html<br /><br />High Resolution Satellite Imagery Assists Hunt For Infectious 'Kissing Bugs'<br /><br />(28 September 2004) In the midst of crammed slums in the Nicaraguan district of Matagalpa, aid workers are hunting house-to-house for hidden killers, their search guided by high-resolution satellite imagery supplied through an ESA-backed project.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_9.html<br /><br />Orbimage Selected as NGA's Second NextView Provider<br /><br />(30 September 2004) Orbimage Inc has been awarded a major contract by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA, formerly the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, NIMA), valued at approximately US$ 500 million. NGA announced on September 30, 2004 that it has selected Orbimage as its NextView second vendor after a competitive selection process conducted over the last six months. The contract, awarded September 30, 2004, runs through September 30, 2008 and will provide Orbimage with both long-term revenue commitments as well as capital for the development of OrbView-5, Orbimage's next-generation high-resolution imaging satellite. The contract, known as NextView Orbimage, also assures NGA of greater
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_10.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Navigation<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />iSECUREtrac Signs Contract With Department of Homeland Security<br /><br />(27 September 2004) iSECUREtrac Corp, an industry leader in secure electronic wireless GPS tracking and monitoring solutions, has announced that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the largest investigative arm of the United States Department Homeland Security, has signed an agreement to utilize iSECUREtrac's GPS Monitoring Systems. iSECUREtrac's monitoring systems are currently used by U.S. Federal, City, County and State law enforcement agencies in 40 States and in the United Kingdom to monitor individuals that require some form of community supervision.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_11.html<br /><br />Poland Takes Part in Europe’s First Satellite Navigation System<br /><br />(28 September 2004) It is actually possible for everyone to know their co-ordinates to within an accuracy of 1 - 2 metres using the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). EGNOS is based on a network of reference stations all over Europe, and a new step towards implementing this network was the recent inauguration of facilities in Poland.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_12.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Military Space<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />U.S. Government Buys US$ 3.2 M of Norsat NewsLink Portable Terminals<br /><br />(28 September 2004) Norsat International Inc. has been awarded US$ 3.2 million in contracts from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) for Norsat NewsLink portable satellite terminals to be delivered over the next two months.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_13.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Science<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Conjunction Over, Engineers Rouse Mars Express<br /><br />(28 September 2004) For mission controllers, a solar conjunction means that a spacecraft, the Sun and the Earth are in alignment. On Monday, engineers at the European Space Agency successfully brought Mars Express out of a lengthy and long-planned nap as it travelled out of a conjunction and away from potential Sun-caused communications interference.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_14.html<br /><br />Genesis Mission Status Report<br /><br />(30 September 2004) The Genesis team is preparing to ship its samples of the sun from the mission's temporary clean room at the U.S. Army Proving Ground, Dugway, Utah, to NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_15.html<br /><br />Lockheed Martin to Formulate Solar Imaging Suite for Goes-R Satellites<br /><br />(27 September 2004) Lockheed Martin has been awarded a US$ 6 million NASA, 18-month contract to perform design and risk reduction for the agency's Solar Imaging Suite (SIS).<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_16.html<br /><br />SMART-1 Celebrates First Year in Space<br /><br />(27 September 2004) One year after its launch on 27 September 2003, the SMART-1 spacecraft is in excellent health and preparing for the manoeuvres that will bring it into orbit around the Moon mid-November.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_17.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Manned Space<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />SpaceShip One Completes First X Prize Flight<br /><br />(29 September 2004) Scaled Composite's SpaceShip One experimental manned spacecraft has completed the first of two flight which must exceed 100 km in altitude to qualify for the Ansari X Prize. The next flight is scheduled for October 4.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_18.html<br /><br />Study Suggests Spaceflight May Decrease Human Immunity<br /><br />(29 September 2004) A NASA-funded study has found the human body's ability to fight off disease may be decreased by spaceflight. The effect may even linger after an astronaut's return to Earth following long flights.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_19.html<br /><br />Virgin Group to Become World's First Commercial Space Tourism Operator<br /><br />(27 September 2004) Sir Richard Branson announced that Virgin Group has entered into an agreement to license the technology to develop the world's first privately funded spaceships dedicated to carrying commercial passengers on space flights.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_20.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Technology<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Mars Drill Will Seek Knowledge and Resources<br /><br />(29 September 2004) It will be drilling for information first, then for resources, though oil is not likely to be among exploration targets.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_21.html<br /><br />NASA Explores Future Space With Advanced Concept Awards<br /><br />(28 September 2004) The NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) has announced its 2004 Phase 1 awards. Twelve proposals to boldly go beyond the frontiers of space exploration were selected for a six-month study period beginning in October 2004.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_22.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Launch Services<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Atlas Launch Facilities Withstand Hurricanes<br /><br />(28 September 2004) International Launch Services (ILS) and Lockheed Martin are preparing for the final Atlas mission of the year, having come through a series of hurricanes with launch facilities relatively unscathed.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_23.html<br /><br />NASA Chooses ILS Atlas V Launch Vehicle to Launch Solar Dynamics Observatory<br /><br />(30 September 2004) A mission to study solar influences on space weather will ride into orbit on an Atlas V launch vehicle, under a contract announced today between NASA and International Launch Services (ILS).<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_24.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Launches<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />FSW 3-3<br /><br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_25.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Business<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Aerojet Completes Sale of Former Atlantic Research Corporation In-Space Propulsion Business<br /><br />(1 October 2004) Aerojet-General Corporation has completed the sale of the former Atlantic Research Corporation (ARC) in-space propulsion (ISP) business to American Pacific Corporation for US$ 3.5 million in cash and the assumption of certain liabilities.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_26.html<br /><br />News Corporation Acquires Telecom Italia's Stake in Sky Italia<br /><br />(28 September 2004) News Corporation has acquired Telecom Italia S.p.A.'s 19.9% stake in Sky Italia S.r.l., the satellite pay TV platform in Italy. News Corporation paid EUR 88 million for the stake, bringing News Corporation companies to hold 100% of Sky Italia.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_27.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Products and Services<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Encore Introduces High-Performance Broadband VPN Router<br /><br />(28 September 2004) Encore Networks is to introduce the VSR-1200, a high-performance Virtual Private Network (VPN) router at Italy's SatExpo Conference and Expo. The new product is designed to deliver high throughput and encryption, simultaneously, over combined broadband satellite and terrestrial networks.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_28.html<br /><br />The Latest Development in Email: Xantic’s AMOS Connect Online<br /><br />(28 September 2004) At the SMM exhibition in Hamburg, Xantic will display a new web-based tool making it easier for ship managers to manage vessel mailboxes from the office. It can be used anywhere Internet is within reach and no special software is required. P&O Nedlloyd and many other ship managers have already expressed their satisfaction with this latest email development.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_29.html<br /><br />Xantic Will Make 128 kb/s ISDN Available for Fleet 77<br /><br />(27 September 2004) Xantic has introduced a new 128 kb/s ISDN channel for Fleet 77 terminals. Existing terminals only need a software upgrade in order to have access to 128k ISDN speed.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/3October2004_30.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />People<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Terayon Announces Resignation of Shlomo Rakib as President and CTO<br /><br />(30 September 2004) Terayon Communication Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:TERN), a leading provider of broadband access, delivery and management platforms, has announced that Shlomo Rakib has resigned his position as Terayon's President and Chief Technical Officer effective October 1, 2004. Rakib will continue to serve as a member of the Terayon Board of Directors and will be available to provide ongoing assistance with strategic and technical matters.<br />
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