WBMSAT News Bits 02/03/2012

WBMSAT Satellite Industry News Bits February 3, 2012

Global Industry Analysts releases report calling for satellites related products and services to reach J.S. $219.6 billion by 2015.
[San Francisco Chronicle - 02/03/2012]

Iran launches its third satellite.
[TG Daily - 02/03/2012]

NewSat signs a 15-year $US180 million contract with MEASAT to supply capacity on its Jabiru-1 satellite; is close to funding new satellites.
[Sydney Morning Herald - 02/03/2012]

Vislink to launch its new Advent Mantis "MSAT" Man Portable Data Terminal, a highly portable tri-band satellite antenna system specifically designed for rapid deployment in hostile environments, at CABSAT 2012.
[SatNews - 02/03/2012]

NASA is seeking proposals for flight demonstrations of small satellite technologies with the goal of increasing the technical capabilities and range of uses for this emerging category of spacecraft.
[Sacramento Bee - 02/02/2012]

SpaceX successfully test fires SuperDraco rocket engine - these engines "will power a revolutionary launch escape system that will make Dragon the safest spacecraft in history and enable it to land propulsively on Earth or another planet with pinpoint accuracy.”
[SatNews - 02/02/2012]

Telesat proposes $40 million investment in Artic Infrastructure to expand broadband services in the North.
[Broadcaster Magazine - 02/02/2012]

XTAR joins as new member of the Satellite Industry Association.
[Space Ref - 02/02/2012]

The European Commission issues contract worth some 255m euros (Ł210m; $330m) to a German-UK consortium to provide eight more spacecraft for its Galileo satellite-navigation network.
[BBC - 02/02/2012]

Viasat collaborated with Radisys to develop an entirely new ATCA-based Satellite Modem Termination System to support communications with ViaSat 1 and keep up with advancements in satellite technology.
[Market Watch - 02/02/2012]

SES and French Internet provider France-Telecom-Orange announce expansion of SES' ASTRA2Connect with higher speeds of up to 10 Mbps.
[SatNews - 02/02/2012]

Inmarsat selects Metaswitch to expand and enrich FleetBroadband maritime communications service, allowing simultaneous calls.
[SatNews - 02/02/2012]

Mercury Computer Systems to deliver integrated ATCA(R)-based signal processing subsystem to support next generation mobile satellite system.
[Market Watch - 02/02/2012]

UniTek awarded contract by ViaSat to support the rollout of ViaSat's Exede satellite broadband service.
[Market Watch - 02/02/2012]

European Commission selects OHB AG of Germany over Astrium to build eight more Galileo positioning, navigation, and timing satellites.
[Space News - 02/01/2012]

Eutelsat's Tooway(TM) satellite service set to boost broadband in France for SFR affiliate, NomoTech.
[Market Watch - 02/01/2012]

KVH announces major upgrade to its mini-VSAT maritime broadband network, overlaying global C-band satellite coverage atop its Ku-band footprint for first of its kind dual-band maritime satellite network covering 95% of the earth's surface.
[Market Watch - 02/01/2012]

SatLink launches platforms on Amos 5 Pan-African C-band, and Sub-Saharan Ku-band.
[Broadband TV News - 02/01/2012]

Blue Sky Network selected as Premium Portal Provider for iridium Extreme(TM) satellite phone.
[Market Watch - 02/01/2012]

Satworx teams up with Yukon Quest to provide the 1,000 mile Alaskan dog race event with a communication solution.
[Market Watch - 02/01/2012]

Globalstar customer experience improved mobile voice and data performance as recently launched second-generation satellites come on line.
[Market Watch - 02/01/2012]

Roscosmos identifies cause of the crash of Russian "Meridian" satellite in December as failure of one of the rocket engines.
[CRI English - 03/31/2012]

SES is relocating SES-3 from its location over North America to provide coverage of the Middle East and South Asia regions.
[Business Wire - 01/31/2012]

According to ambitious Turkish government road map for the country’s multiple satellite programs through 2020, a total of 17 Turkish satellites will come into orbit from 2012 to 2020.
[SatNews - 01/30/2012]

Eutelsat's satellites break the barrier of 4,000 TV channels.
[Market Watch - 01/30/20012]

FCC opens up LightSquared's embattled wireless plans for public comment.
WireLess Industry News - 01/30/2012

LightSquared asks FCC to exempt GPS receivers from protection.
[NextGov - 01/30/2012]

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