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How to Send a Press Release
Relevance Score: 3.390 2009-03-20 00:48:32
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New DOD Satellite System
Relevance Score: 2.374 2010-02-05 16:27:16
The Army's planned satellite frequency changeover from Ku to the Ka-band may seem insignificant; however, this small change represents a multibillion dollar transition. Since 2000 the U.S. Department of Defense has been in the process of purchasing and deploying the new military Wideband Global Satellite Communication satellites previously known as the wideband gapfiller satellite system, a high-capacity communication satellite for the sole purpose of augmenting the X-band communications now provided by the Defense Satellite Communications System. In the interim, the government has been renting commercial Ku satellite bands at a heavy price. Lt. Gen. Steven W. Boutelle (ret.), the Army's former chief information officer, recently told a conference that a lack of military satellite capacity resulted in the DoD spending one billion dollars in 2007 on commercial satellite leases. The Ka-band changeover represents a huge step by the Defense Department in their investment in a DoD-only satellite network. This new satellite network will save American taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars a year as well as provide more bandwidth and flexibility to its military users where ever they find themselves. The Ka-band allows improved network communications for more reliable and more mobile communication systems on the battlefield in Iraq and Afghanistan. Communication is critical to U.S. Department of Defense operations and the move to the Ka frequency highlights a large step in achieving DoD satellite self-sufficiency, increased networking capabilities and a move towards more fiscally responsible spending.
UASO Constellation-1 'GO' For January 20th 6pm Launch
Relevance Score: 2.364 2010-01-20 21:53:22
The UASO's Constellation-1 mission has been given the green light for its January 20th 6pm EST launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) Complex 40 located at Cape Canaveral, FL. Constellation-1 is the result of hundreds of man hours contributed towards designing and planning the first virtual satellite system which shall serve as a commercial and military GPS, telecommunications, and tracking satellite system. The launch vehicle, the Titan-34D selected for this mission shall carry the Boeing BSS 702 satellite designed for the Constellation satellite constellation.
China’s GNSS Program, Compass - Beidou 2, Launches New GEO Satellite
Relevance Score: 2.268 2010-01-17 12:09:36
China successfully launched another Compass satellite into geostationary orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern Sichuan province at about 0:12 a.m. Beijing Time on Sunday (January 17). It was the third satellite in the second-generation Beidou program that China has launched for its GNSS system, following a middle earth orbit (MEO) spacecraft sent up April 14, 2007 and a GEO spacecraft last April 18 Program officials reasserted plans to complete an initial regional system by 2012 and a complete 35-satellite constellation by 2020, according to Xinhua News Agency. The new satellite was boosted by a Chang Zheng (Long March-3C) carrier rocket into a geostationary orbit.
India has got a spy in the sky
Relevance Score: 2.260 2010-02-10 17:45:59
India is going to put up an eye in the sky to boost its military intelligence. The spycraft, called the Communication-Centric Intelligence Satellite (CCI-Sat), will be operational by 2014 and will keep a watch on the trouble spots in the neighbourhood, especially China and Pakistan. Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the CCI-Sat is India’s first original spy satellite. It will be launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation within the next four years. The CCI-Sat is capable of picking images and supporting communication (conversation between two satellite phones, for instance), besides surveillance. “The satellite will orbit Earth at an altitude of 500km and will cover hostile regions in India’s neighbourhood by passing on the surveillance data to the intelligence,” said G Bhoopathy, the director of the Defence Electronic Research Laboratory (DLRL), the lab that is working on the satellite. India, with its Technology Experiment Satellite (TES), is already among the nations that have spy satellites. These include the US, Russia and Japan. TES, which was launched in 2001, helped the US army with high-resolution images during the 9/11 counter against the Taliban. Besides TES, ISRO’s Cartosat series of satellites and the Radar Imaging Satellite (Risat-2) can also be used for surveillance and espionage. But the CCI-Sat is the first 100% spy satellite of India.
Satellite Internet for Military Customers in Somalia
Relevance Score: 2.252 2010-01-07 17:17:00
TS2 Satellite Technologies company is introducing new satellite link products to the Defense Market in Somalia. The most popular satellite service in Somalia is a broadband two-way satellite transfer system (VSAT), which provides quality access to the internet in even the least accessible areas. It not only provides an internet connection but also a wide range of additional services. 'We provide secure and encrypted satellite connections particularly for the military sector, for any military units, literally in any part of the world, on the national firing ground and during all international trainings.' - said Marcin Frąckiewicz, CEO of TS2. He also added: 'We have mobile and stationary solutions dedicated to work in difficult conditions'. TS2 provides in Somalia following services: two way internet broadband access, VSAT Private Network, broadcasting services, SCPC/SCPC, SCPC/DVB, MESH services, STAR/DAMA, VSAT Mini Hub Solution, VNO and many more. TS2 provides in Somalia also new mobile services. BGAN deliver seamless network coverage across most of the world's landmass. Users are able to get broadband wherever they go, not just in major cities or airports. BGAN is currently accessible in Somalia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, North and South America. http://www.ts2.pl/en/Satellite-Internet/Somalia
Russia Launches New Military Satellite Into Space
Relevance Score: 2.247 2010-01-30 21:48:43
Russia launched a new military satellite with a Proton-M rocket into space on Thursday for improving the space communication facilities. Alexei Zolotukhin, a spokesman for the Space Forces reported that it was a Raduga-series satellite and it was sent from Bajkonur space centre in Kazakhstan. It is reported that Russia operates a constellation of about 60-70 military satellites with reconnaissance, missile early warning and other capabilities.
Iran Fed Up with Italians And Russians — Will Launch Their Own ComSat.
Relevance Score: 2.186 2009-11-23 16:46:38
Iran plans to launch a communications satellite by late 2011 with no outside help, a top Iranian official informed last Friday, after Italy and Russia declined to launch the satellite it into orbit. This move reflected Tehran's frustration with the two countries as it tries to push ahead with an ambitious space program, which has worried world powers as the same rocket technology used to launch satellites can also be used for military purposes. Israeli media claim the new Iranian satellite, named Misbah, or Lantern in Farsi, is a spy satellite. Iran says the satellite, which is to be launched into a low-earth orbit, is to assist in data communication. Telecommunications Minister Reza Taqipour touted the decision to launch the satellite as a show of Iran's progress in space technology. "Our capability to launch a satellite has increased ... we hope to launch Mesbah satellite-2 ourselves" by the end of 2011, Taqipour said, according to the semi-official Fars news agency. Earlier this month, the head of Iran's Aero Space Industries, Gen. Mahdi Farahi, informed Tehran would use Italy to launch Mesbah after waiting for years in vain for Russia to accomplish the task. But Italy's Carlo Gavazzi Space company promptly denied the report, saying it does not have the capabilities to put Misbah in orbit. Iran launched a domestically made satellite — called Omid, or Hope in Farsi — using an Iranian rocket for the first time in February. In 2005, its first satellite was launched by Russia, which has been a partner in transferring space technology to Iran along with North Korea and China.
GD Modernises WIN-T for US
Relevance Score: 2.182 2009-06-09 19:26:31
The satellite ground terminal arm of General Dynamics has been contracted to modernise the WIN-T (warfighter information network-tactical) programme, which includes the US military's satellite communication system. The $119m contract to General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies is for support services and new earth terminals that brings the total value of the project to $378m for 956 satellite transportable terminals (STTs) and 17 unit hub SATCOM trucks (UHSTs). According to the new contract, GD SATCOM Technologies will supply 293 STTs, six UHSTs, and 534 Ka-band upgrade kits and spares. The cutting-edge STT terminals will allow network operation over Ku or Ka-band satellite frequencies and more modern capacity. Both the STTs and UHSTs are interoperable with SATCOM units currently being used by the US Army.
Russian Zenit Rocket Puts Malaysian Satellite Into Orbit
Relevance Score: 2.182 2009-07-01 09:32:22
A Russian Zenit-3SLB carrier rocket launched from the Baikonur space center put Malaysia's Measat-3a communications satellite into orbit on Monday, a Federal Space Agency Roscosmos official said. "The Russian carrier successfully put the foreign satellite into transfer orbit. Control over the satellite has been transferred to the client, who is responsible for putting the apparatus into geostationary orbit," the official said. Measat-3a carries 12 Ku-band and 12 C-band active transponders along with three antennas, and has a service life of 15 years. The satellite will serve C-band markets throughout the Asia Pacific region with a global beam, while Ku-band beams will serve direct-to-home broadcasting markets in Malaysia and Indonesia. The Zenit-3SLB is a modernized three-stage version of the Zenit-3SL, which was previously used at Sea Launch's floating platform in the Pacific Ocean.