Microcom's Space Newsfeed 28 November 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/2004/28November2004_1.html<br /><br />VOOM Satellite Service to Dramatically Increase Channel Capacity<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_2.html<br /><br />Earth Observation<br /><br />Routine Pollution Monitoring by Radarsat-1 Captures Terra Nova Oil Spill<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_3.html<br /><br />Navigation:<br /><br />u-blox Delivers its Millionth GPS Receiver<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_4.html<br /><br />Science:<br /><br />NASA Awards SDL US$ 40 M Contract to Build Next Generation IR Telescope<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_5.html<br /><br />Successful Huygens Test: Last Before Separation<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_6.html<br /><br />Technology:<br /><br />BAE Systems Microprocessor Guides Swift Mission<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_7.html<br /><br />Technology Transfer<br /><br />'Spacelift' for Vendée Globe Sailor<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_8.html<br /><br />Business:<br /><br />First Ever "Space Council" Paves Way for European Space Programme<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_9.html<br /><br />Integral Systems Sells Antenna Division<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_10.html<br /><br />L-3 Communications to Acquire Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_11.html<br /><br />Products and Services:<br /><br />Broadcom Announces Low Cost Digital Broadcast Chip Targeted at the Entry-level Set-Top Box Market<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_12.html<br /><br />Neo-Sky to Launch New Satellite Internet Service<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_13.html<br /><br />New Skies Provides Enhanced Flexibility for Mobile Communications Throughout Pacific and Atlantic Oceans<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_14.html<br /><br />WorldSpace Unveils Data-casting and Multicasting Capabilities<br />
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http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_1.html<br /><br />VOOM Satellite Service to Dramatically Increase Channel Capacity<br /><br />(22 November 2004) Rainbow Media Enterprises, a subsidiary of Cablevision Systems Corporation, has announced that its year-old VOOM satellite service will dramatically expand in March of next year from its current 39 high-definition channels to more than 70 high-definition channels covering the full continental U.S. (conus).<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_2.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Earth Observation<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Routine Pollution Monitoring by Radarsat-1 Captures Terra Nova Oil Spill<br /><br />(26 November 2004) As part of the Integrated Satellite Tracking of Polluters (ISTOP) program, operations staff at Radarsat International were executing routine procedures when they programmed the Canadian satellite Radarsat-1 to image the East coast of Canada in search of deliberate oil dumping by ships at sea. The Terra Nova oil platform is located within the surveillance area and as a result, the recent oil spill was detected.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_3.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Navigation<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />u-blox Delivers its Millionth GPS Receiver<br /><br />(22 November 2004) u-blox AG has announced the delivery of its millionth GPS receiver to Socket Communications, Inc., for Socket's new wireless GPS Nav Kit. The millionth GPS module, a TIM-LA, was presented personally by Nikolaos Papadopoulos, President of u-blox America, to Kevin Mills, President and CEO of Socket Communications in a commemorative celebration at Socket headquarters in Newark, California.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_4.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Science<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />NASA Awards SDL US$ 40 M Contract to Build Next Generation IR Telescope<br /><br />(23 November 2004) Teamed with NASA, the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) will be building the next generation infrared telescope to explore, survey and map the universe, in hopes of discovering new stars, galaxies and asteroids that may be on a collision course for Earth.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_5.html<br /><br />Successful Huygens Test: Last Before Separation<br /><br />(23 November 2004) ESA’s Huygens probe, now orbiting Saturn on board the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft, is in good health and successfully passed its sixteenth ‘In-Flight Checkout’ on 23 November 2004.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_6.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Technology<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />BAE Systems Microprocessor Guides Swift Mission<br /><br />(23 November 2004) BAE Systems' radiation-hardened RAD6000 computers were launched last week as part of NASA's Swift Mission from Kennedy Space Center, Florida.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_7.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Technology Transfer<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />'Spacelift' for Vendée Globe Sailor<br /><br />(22 November 2004) When Marc Thiercelin set out on the Vendée Globe, one of the world’s toughest sailing races, earlier this month, novel space technologies were used to give his six-year-old boat a ‘spacelift’. Lighter batteries, more efficient solar cells and an intelligent energy management system cut critical weight and optimised vital electricity systems. All three were originally developed for Europe's space programmes.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_8.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Business<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />First Ever "Space Council" Paves Way for European Space Programme<br /><br />(25 November 2004) The first ever European "Space Council" has been held in Brussels. This is a major political milestone for Europe in Space, offering ministers representing the 27 European Union (EU) and/or European Space Agency (ESA) Member States the first opportunity to jointly discuss the development of a coherent overall European space programme.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_9.html<br /><br />Integral Systems Sells Antenna Division<br /><br />(24 November 2004) Integral Systems, Inc. has signed an agreement to sell the intellectual property rights, inventory and certain other assets of its Antenna Systems Division located in Moncks Corner, South Carolina to LJT & Associates, Inc. (LJT), an engineering services company headquartered in Montgomery, Alabama.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_10.html<br /><br />L-3 Communications to Acquire Boeing Electron Dynamic Devices<br /><br />(22 November 2004) L-3 Communications has agreed to acquire the Electron Dynamic Devices (EDD) business of The Boeing Company. LLL expects EDD to generate sales of approximately US$ 90 million for the year ending December 31, 2005, and to be accretive to the company's results. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter 2005.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_11.html<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Products and Services<br /><br />**********************************************************************<br /><br />Broadcom Announces Low Cost Digital Broadcast Chip Targeted at the Entry-level Set-Top Box Market<br /><br />(22 November 2004) Broadcom Corporation, a leading provider of highly integrated semiconductor solutions enabling broadband communications, has announced a highly integrated digital broadcast satellite (DBS) decoder chip that enables system manufacturers to lower their development costs, allowing them to provide more competitive and cost-effective DBS set-top boxes for receiving basic digital program services.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_12.html<br /><br />Neo-Sky to Launch New Satellite Internet Service<br /><br />(23 November 2004) SES Astra and Neo-Sky, the broadband operator of Iberdrola, have reached an agreement to launch broadband Internet services via satellite.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_13.html<br /><br />New Skies Provides Enhanced Flexibility for Mobile Communications Throughout Pacific and Atlantic Oceans<br /><br />(23 November 2004) New Skies Satellites B.V. has announced a new service for Broadband Maritime, a telecommunications service provider offering broadband communications services for ships at sea, which allows their customer vessels to transition autonomously between the NSS-5 Pacific Ocean region and NSS-7 Atlantic Ocean region satellites.<br />
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/28November2004_14.html<br /><br />WorldSpace Unveils Data-casting and Multicasting Capabilities<br /><br />(22 November 2004) WorldSpace, Inc., the pioneer of direct satellite delivery for digital audio radio services (DARS), has successfully demonstrated Data-casting and IP Multicasting capabilities at the Global Military Satellite Communications Conference being held in London. The demonstrations were conducted using live data transmitted in near real time using the WorldSpace AfriStar satellite over the west beam.<br />
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