April 2013
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Eutelsat 3D satellite preparing for launch on May
The 3D satellite of Eutelsat Communication is now in its final stage for the scheduled launch aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket, which will blast off at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Built by Thales Alenia Space using the company’s Spacebus 4000 platform, Eutelsat 3D satellite weighs 5.4 tons and is designed to operate in orbit for a span of 15 years, The satellite will be...
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KSAT, DMCii aim for greater downlink capacity at... →
Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) and DMC International Imaging (DMCii) have signed a new agreement that will increase the volume and the speed at which KSAT delivers satellite imagery to DMCii…
Telesat Successfully Launched Anik G1
The powerful Anik G1 satellite of Telesat has been successfully launched by ILS Proton, Telesat announced. Anik G1, according to the statement released by the satellite services operator, will be located at 107.3 degrees West providing a range of communications services, including direct-to-home (DTH) video for Canada, X-band for government applications in the Americas and Pacific Ocean Region,...
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First ever Ecuadoran nanosatellite set for launch...
Ecuador will soon be joining the community of nations that operate satellites when Pegaso, its first ever nanosatellite, launches from a Chinese spaceport in two weeks time.
The “Pegaso” nanosatellite is a homegrown design built in Ecuador. Its onboard camera will broadcast live video images back to Earth.
“It’s not a satellite bought in another country,” President...
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University of Hawaii plans first ever satellite...
The University of Hawaii has enlisted the help of the Pacific Missile Range Facility of the U.S. Navy for the first ever launch of a satellite from the island of Kauai.
The Pacific Missile Range Facility has previously test-launched missiles on behalf of the U.S. military. But if the University of Hawaii pulls through with its plan, then the Kauai facility will get to host its first ever...
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Canada’s Radarsat-1 experiences anomaly, may not... →
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CET Teleport, MEASAT sign capacity deal on... →
Canada's First Earth Observation Satellite...
Canadian Space Agency (CSA) reports a technical anomaly on the nation’s first Earth Observation satellite, RADARSAT-1, just recently. Due to such malfunction, the spacecraft has to enter the ‘safe mode,’ a semi-dormant state by which the spacecraft conserves energy.
Fortunately, the dilemma shows no impact in the security of Canadian borders, coasts and northern territories for...
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Azercosmos says Azerspace-1 Ku-band satellite... →
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Turkey to launch military reconnaissance, Earth... →
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AsiaSat collaborates with GeoMetWatch to launch... →
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Thailand taps China BDS for weather forecasting,...
The dual-purpose BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will be serving its first non-Chinese customer, Thailand, for purposes of forecasting weather and preventing disasters.
A satellite receiving station, a peripheral system, and an industrial park will be built in Thailand. The project will cost 2 billion yuan (US$322 million.)
The Chinese-built dual purpose satellite will keep an eye on...
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Intelsat secures two future launch missions with... →
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Satmex 8 finishes post-launch maneuvers, moves to... →
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SSL’s Satmex 8 satellite carries out post-launch...
Space Systems/Loral is happy to announce that the Satmex 8 satellite, designed and built for Satélites Mexicanos, is functioning properly and successfully performed post-launch maneuvers after its launch on Tuesday. The spacecraft has already deployed its solar arrays right on schedule after its launch aboard a Proton Breeze M launch vehicle, which was provided for by the International Launch...
March 2013
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Harris, NOAA launch PATRON weather satellite tool →
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Intelsat extends capacity agreement with Lebanese... →
Cubesat Satellite Ready For The New Vega Launch
The tiny spacecraft, Cubesat Satellite, is a passenger for Vega’s upcoming Flight VV02. Such satellite is said to be getting the same “white glove” treatment as the launch’s two larger payloads, with Estonia’s ESTCube-1 student satellite now mission-ready at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
Built by students from Tartu University, Estonian Aviation Academy, Tallinn...
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ViviSat unveils hosted payload capability on MEV
ViviSat, a company that provides in-orbit service, has introduced its highly agile hosted payload capability that aims on increasing its life extension services. Using the Mission Extension Vehicle (MEV) produced by ATK, the vehicle’s primary mission is to dock with an orbiting satellite and serve as the propulsion and attitude control systems. With this, it will allow mission extension for...
Sat-Comm To Launch A New 75-Ka Portable...
In the CABSAT show last week in Dubai, the UK-based broadcast system integrator, Sat-Comm announced the upcoming launch of its new 75-Ka portable newsgathering Flyaway Antenna.
Sat-Comm’s new technology, 75-Ka terminal, will provide high-bandwidth Ka-Band satellite connectivity from remote locations. The antenna has a built-in satellite modem which broadcasters and other first responders...
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SpaceX Dragon spacecraft successfully docks at... →
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NASA wants Inmarsat satcom system aboard SOFIA...
NASA plans to install Inmarsat satellite communications technology aboard its Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy aircraft (SOFIA) this summer of 2013. Ball Aerospace will provide a custom AIRLINK conformal antenna system to the U.S. space agency.
SOFIA is a modified Boeing 747SP jumbo jet. Its 100 inch diameter reflecting telescope is capable of viewing the visible, infrared and...
The World's First Phonesat
Having launched by the United Kingdom Space Agency just last February 25, the nanosatellite STRaND-1 (the Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator) is said to be successfully working.
The world’s first “phonesat’s” core is a Google Nexus One Smartphone with Android OS. It, in order to control itself, also combines its Google Nexus One Android-powered...
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SpaceX successfully launches Falcon 9 to... →
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Europe to coordinate surveillance, tracking of... →
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Lockheed Martin’s next-generation weather...
The new Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R series (GOES-R) currently being produced by Lockheed Martin could help provide earlier warnings of a severe weather, this according to NOAA. The weather satellite will be able to detect lightning inside storm clouds, which can lead to better tornado detection. The national average time of warning U.S residents of a tornado is 14...
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Bloomberg, Optima collaborate to deliver content... →
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New X2nSat satellite broadband service leverages... →
February 2013
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ISRO successfully sends Indo-French SARAL, six... →
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Vietnam to launch third Earth observation...
The Vietnamese Government has approved the launch of its third satellite that will join the satellite fleet of Vinasat-1 and Vinasat-2 in orbit. The first remote sensing satellite, called VNREDSat-1A, will be launched aboard the Vega spacecraft of Arianespace from the European Guiana Space Center in South America. The news has been confirmed by Bui Trong Tuyen, the Vietnamese Deputy Director of...
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Spanish satellite Amazonas 3 starts in-orbit tests →
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Arabsat Badr-7 satellite gets EMC Ka-band hosted... →
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Armageddon (the Bruce Willis movie) got it right,...
An expert on asteroid threats cited the Bruce Willis movie Armageddon when presenting a solution to possible repeats of the recent Russian meteorite explosion.
The plan proposed by Professor Bong Wie, director of Iowa State University’s Asteroid Deflection Research Center, is simple and familiar: Drive a nuclear device deep into the asteroid and then blow up the entire thing to kingdom...
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NASA reveals SpaceX Dragon’s launch date to...
For the third time around, Space Exploration Technologies Corporation has been chosen by NASA to launch the next commercial cargo resupply mission which will take place on the 1st of March. SpaceX will be using its Dragon capsule to carry out the mission. The spacecraft is expected to arrive at the Space Station on March 2, where it will proceed on providing 1,200 pounds of payload, including...
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GOA warns about critical coverage gap of polar... →
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DSI says approaching asteroid worth $195 million
A shame Deep Space Industries is not yet ready to mine space rocks. The asteroid currently approaching Earth is potentially worth $195 billion.
According to scientists, the 50-meter-wide Asteroid DA14 will not hit the Earth. But it will still pass within 27,680 kilometers of the our planet through the gap in between the orbits of geosynchronous GPS satellites and those of communications and...
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Orbital Sciences announces Landsat satellite’s...
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) satellite has been successfully sent into space, Virginia-based satellite manufacturer Orbital Sciences confirmed. The satellite was launched by an Atlas V rocket from the Vandenberg Air Force Base on Monday. Orbital designed, built and tested the LDCM satellite under a contract from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). The satellite, which was...
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British scientists to send first “smartphone... →
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Azerbaijan successfully sends first... →
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Clyde Space announces Scotland’s first satellite... →
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China modernizes agricultural system with... →
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Yahsat, truIT join forces to offer YahClick... →
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NASA sends new tracking and data relay satellite... →
January 2013
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Japanese CubeSat successful in studying optical...
FITSAT-1, the small Japanese cubesat that has been going around the Earth since the October 2012, has finally accomplished its task of examining various optical communication techniques for satellites. Weighing less than three pounds, the satellite spotted from the ground with the use of its power light-emitting diodes (LEDs). The FITSAT-1 was engineered by the Fukuoka Institute of Technology...
South Korea Launched Their First Satellite
Just this Wednesday, South Korea launched their very first satellite up in the air. A few failed attempts were conducted and finally, this time it was a huge success. The observation satellite, Korean Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) is designed to collect and study weather data, measure radiation in space, and test how efficiently indigenous devices installed on the spacecraft operate in space.
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ViaSat increases Ku-band capacity on mobile... →
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RuSat debuts new VSAT satellite broadband solution... →
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IDT, CoBank offer satellite service leases to...
A partnership between satellite AMR/AMI management system provider Informational Data Technologies (IDT) and agricultural cooperative bank CoBank initiated a new leasing program for the IDT Harmony Water Management System satellite service.
Qualified rural water utilities will be able to lease satellite-based Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) / Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) systems. The IDT...
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Search and rescue payload of Galileo Navigation... →
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NASA’s TDRS-K ready for launch on January 30th...
NASA released a statement that their latest Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-K) is finally ready to be launched on Wednesday, January 30th. The Atlas rocket designated to carry the TDRS-K satellite into space will take-off from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Launch Complex 41 at 8:48 pm EST, the commencement of the 40-minute launch window. The TDRS-K is the first of three...
