WBMSAT News Bits 03/13/09

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Satellite Industry News Bits March 13, 2009

Inmarsat reports 20% jump in revenue, representative of strong earnings being reported by the world's largest satellite-services companies, apparently unaffected by current economic climate.
[Wall Street Journal - 03/13/2009]

North Korea notifies international agencies that it plans to launch a satellite between April 4 and April 8; U.S. and south Korea say there are signs North Korea may test a missile capable of reaching Alaska.
[Bloomberg - 03/12/2009]
Japan warns North Korea, saying it can legally shoot down any threatening object if it falls toward its territory.
[New York Times - 03/13/2009]

Five years since last its reboot, Odyssey's backup systems are restored by a restart, and other systems may also be restored.
[SatNews - 03/13/2009]

Arianespace and European Space Agency elect to postpone launch of Herschel and Planck satellites to perform additional ground segment checks.
[SatNews - 03/13/2009]

Astronauts evacuate International Space Station as a piece of space debris is expected to pass close to the station.
[SatNews - 03/12/2009]

The U.S. Air Force will launch the second Wideband Global Satellite Communications satellite aboard an Atlas V rocket on March 14.
[Patrick AFB News - 03/12/2009]

Iridium places backup satellite in service for satellite lost in collision with Russian satellite over Siberia in February.
[msnbc - 03/12/2009]

W3C satellite commissioned by Eutelsat, to be built by Thales Alenia Space, a rapid satellite order following the decision in January not to integrate W2M into its fleet due to a major anomaly which occurred during its transfer to its operating orbit position.
[SatNews - 03/12/2009]

Networkfleet, Inc uses high-resolution satellite and hybrid maps to observe vehicles in a real-world setting with 3-D Earth imagery.
[SatNews - 03/12/2009]

SpaceX completes full mission firing of Merlin vacuum engine.
[Satellite today - 03/12/2009]

Financially struggling Sirius XM Radio plans to stream its subscription radio service to the iPhone and iPod Touch devices from Apple this spring.
[CED Magazine - 03/12/2009]

AsiaSat will deregister from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and terminate its reporting obligations.
[Satellite Today - 03/12/2009]

The Society of Satellite Professionals International will induct five new members into its Satellite Hall of Fame on March 25.
[SatNews - 03/11/2009]

SES Astra will move Astra 2C satellite from 28.2 degrees East to 31.5 degrees East to take over mission of Astra 5A, which is no longer in service.
[Satellite Today - 03/11/2009]

France's Orange Business Services deploys customized satellite communications system for Bourbon marine services group vessels.
[Businesswire - 03/11/2009]

Thales Alenia Space gets contract with JSC "Iss - Reshetnev Company" to build payload for Telkom-3 communications satellite for Indonesian operator PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia TdK.
[SatNews - 03/11/2009]

International Launch Services gets contract to launch the ViaSat-1 satellite, to be highest capacity North American satellite with 10 times capacity of other Ka band satellites, under construction by Space Systems Loral, on an ILS Proton in the first half of 2011.
[SatNews - 03/11/2009]

SWE-DISH and Saab announce new on-the-move satellite solution designed for both land and marine applications with close to world-wide coverage using Ku band for up to 10 Mbps broadband communications.
[Satellite TMCnet - 03/10/2009]

The European Defence Agency announces plan to set up procurement cell to coordinate EU member states' orders of commercial satellite communications services to improve access at competitive prices.
[DefenseNews - 03/09/2009]

NASA's planet-hunting telescope, Kepler, was launched into space Friday night, March 6, on a mission to search for planets similar to Earth in the far reaches of the Milky Way.
[R&D - 03/09/2009]

Satellite and cable TV providers seek to increase profit margins by promoting pay-per-view pornography.
[AdvertisingAge - 03/09/2009]

Connecticut satellite and cable TV providers pursue customers who may lose signal as switch from analog to digital TV broadcasting takes place there.
[Harford Courant - 03/08/2009]

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