Author: JJ McCoy

SATELLITE 2007 Conference And Exhibition To Be Held Feb. 19-22
Register today for SATELLITE 2007, the premier global event for satellite-enabled communications. Experience the largest exhibit show floor in the satellite communications marketplace, cutting-edge conference sessions and more than 11...
T-VIPs Wins Russian Space Deal
Norwegian technology company T-VIPs will provide its TVG420 IP Video Gateway to the DLR, the German Aerospace Center, T-VIPs announced. The system will be used to send video from the...
Newtec, UDCast To Develop Mobile TV Distribution System
Newtec is partnering with UDCast to present a mobile TV system for distribution of digital video broadcasting–handheld signals via satellite for commercial deployments beginning in the third quarter of 2007,...
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates GPS Range-Tracking System
Northrop Grumman Corp. demonstrated a GPS range-tracking system developed for the Minuteman-3 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the company announced Feb. 9. The system, one of two independent tracking systems required...
APTS Lobbies Congress To Mandate Satellite Carriage
[2/13/07] Representatives from public television stations nationwide will urge Congress this week to mandate satellite carriage of local stations’ digital signals, the Association of Public Television Stations (APTS) announced Feb...
Telenor Teams With Telemar For Marine Communications
Telenor Satellite Services has teamed with Telemar Scandinavia AB to deliver broadband maritime communications aboard 27 vessels managed by Wallenius Marine AB, Telenor announced Feb. 12. Telemar will deliver and...
Study: NASA Squeezing Out Small Science Missions
By focusing on large missions such as the Hubble and James Webb space telescopes, NASA’s astrophysics program is squeezing out smaller missions, the U.S. National Research Council said Feb. 7....
ComputaMaps Releases BrightEarth Global Mosaic
South Africa-based ComputaMaps has released BrightEarth, a natural-color image mosaic covering 95 percent of the Earth’s land surface at a resolution of 14.5 meters, the company announced Feb. 9. The...
SpaceX Launch Delayed Until March
The launch of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)’s Falcon 1 rocket has been delayed until no earlier than March 9, CEO Elon Musk said on the company’s Web site. The...