WBMSAT News Bits 07/24/09

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Satellite Industry News Bits July 24, 2009

India prepared to design and develop its heaviest communications satellite GSAT-11 to provide advanced telecom services from 2011-2012.
[The Economic Times - 07/24/2009]

MDA signs $3.9m contract with Canadian Space Agency to develop mission concept for Polar Communications and Weather mission to place two satellites in highly elliptical orbit.
[Satellite Today - 07/24/2009]

SSTL's UK-DMC2 satellite successfully passes pre-launch tests; is integrated with Dnepr launch vehicle at Baikonur in readiness for launch Wednesday, July 29.
[SatNews - 07/23/2009]

Optus D3 telecommunications satellite undergoing pre-launch checkout at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana for an August launch on Ariane 5.
[SatNews - 07/23/2009]

Satellite ground systems provider Integral systems Europe is selected to provide advanced network monitoring and management systems to Norwegian Navy and Netherlands Navy frigates.
[Trading Markets - 07/23/2009]

The Department of Homeland Security Office of Detention and Removal selects Fleet Management Solutions Iridium-based vehicle tracking and mobile resource management systems for deployment in effort to optimize efficiency.
[SatNews - 07/23/2009]

SES AMERICOM-NEW SKIES announces that MTN Satellite Services has signed multi-year capacity agreement on NSS-12 to meet maritime demands for broadband and content.
[SatNews - 07/23/2009]

Small Satellite conference to be held in Logan, Utah in August will focus on expanding applications of small satellites and their developing technologies.
[SatNews - 07/23/2009]

Arianespace signs to launch Avanti Communications HYLAS satellite in first half of 2010.
[SatNews - 07/23/2009]

KVH offers introductory Inmarsat FleetBroadband airtime plans from $59/month and other hardware and airtime packages that include option for free TracPhone FB150 antenna.
[SatNews - 07/23/2009]

TerreStar completes testing of satellite phone system over the recently launched TS-1 satellite using hybrid cell/satellite phone.
[intomobile - 07/22/2009]

Canadian and Japanese robotic arms help upgrade the International Space Station.
[IEEE Spectrum - 07/22/2009]

Advantech Wireless Broadband wins $14.4m contract which could eventually grow to over $from leading Latin American telecommunications service provider for VSAT network.
[MarketWire - 07/22/2009]

Qwest and DirecTV extend their satellite TV partnership, with Qwest agreeing to sell DirecTV satellite services for five more years.
[Wall Street Journal - 07/21/2009]

Raytheon awarded $82m contract to upgrade Indian GPS navigation system for civil aviation over Indian airspace and adjoining regions.
[Satellite Today - 07/21/2009]

SPOT introduces next generation lighter, smaller satellite GPS messenger.
[TMCnet - 07/21/2009]

SES Astra announces deal with ProSiebenSat1 Media of Germany to provide 3 HD channels in Germany as part of SES's HD+ service.
[Satellite Today - 07/21/2009]

ESA aards Thales Alenia Space a contract to develop an experiment re-entry test-bed spacecraft to demonstrate re-entry technologies for complex atmospheric entry vehicles.
[Satellite Today - 07/21/2009]

Americom Government Services completes acquisition of AOS Inc., a secure network mobility and communications provider.
[WashingtonBusinessJournal - 07/20/2009]

The UAE's first Earth observation satellite, DubaiSat-1, built in South Korea, is ready for launch on Saturday, July 25, from Baikonur, Kasakhstan on a Russian rocket.
[7 Days Paper - 07/20/2009]

ILS wins contract to launch Telstar 14R in mid 2011.
[Satellite Today - 07/20/2009]

Telespazio wins $250m euro contract to build Gokturk satellite system for the Turkish Undersecretariat For Defense Industries.
[Satellite Today - 07/20/2009]

Satellite text messaging communicator, working on Iridium network, unveiled by Solara.
[slipperybrick - 07/20/2009]

DigitalGlobe launches Web-based Crisis Event service, to provide pre- and post-event satellite imagery to aid in emergency planning, response, and recovery.
[Satellite Today - 07/20/2009]

General Dynamics offers satellite base station to provide military radio communications with the satellite communications-enabled AN/PRC-112G combat search and rescue military radio.
[Military & Aerospace Electronics - 07/19/2009]

Dish Network settles with 46 states in deceptive practice charges by paying nearly $6m, without admitting any wrongdoing.
[CED Magazine - 07/17/2009]

Milsat Magazine interviews satellite industry leader and Society of Satellite Professionals International Hall of Fame inductee, Globecomm Systems CEO David Hershberg.
[Milsat Magazine - July 2009]

An analysis of the history and development of U.S. Navigational Satellites is presented by Jos Heyman, Tiros space Information.
[MilsatMagazine - July 2009]

Demand for commercial satellite capacity to enable the Warfighter, despite the availability and launch of military satellite bandwidth, is driven by flashpoints around the globe.
[MilsatMagazine - July 2009]

First responders could be provided expanded cellular connectivity by using Unmanned Arial Vehicles to expand picocell bubble coverage.
[MilsatMagazine - July 2009]

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