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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, UDCast announced. UDCast will provide equipment and software while Newtec focuses on DVB-S2 satellite equipment, integration of all remote functionality in a single unit, and...

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 for range safety, was developed, tested and provided as part of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems’ role as the U.S. Air Force’s ICBM prime integrating contractor....

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 install antennas and other equipment to provide global broadband service for voice, fax, data and Internet access via Telenor Satellite Services’ Sealink maritime VSAT system....

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. The NASA-sponsored, one-year study to assess the programs in the agency’s astrophysics division found that while the division’s budget is near a historic high, cost...

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 maps were created using orthorectified Landsat-7 imagery acquired between 1999 and 2002 for NASA’s GeoCover program. ComputaMaps used proprietary algorithms to transform original false-color GeoCover...

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 Kwajalein Army Range informed SpaceX that several range personnel responsible for launch safety processes will not be available for a planned February demonstration launch, Musk...

Raytheon Co. has delivered the second of two advanced infrared sensor payloads to Northrop Grumman Space Technology for the missile-warning Space Tracking & Surveillance System Block 6 program, Raytheon announced Feb. 9. Block 6 satellites will demonstrate the key functions of a space-based sensor within the Ballistic Missile Defense System, passing missile tracking data to...

Iridium Satellite has appointed eight new value-added partners offering Iridium-based products and services for remote asset management and other machine-to-machine data applications, Iridium announced Feb. 9. Among new resellers are GeoTrac International, Implicit Solutions, IonEarth, Premier GPS and ROM Communications. New developers include BriarTek, CosComm International and SatTrans. “All of these companies are actively involved...

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Bruce Henoch has joined Stratos Global Corp. as vice president for legal and regulatory affairs, the company announced Feb. 7. Henoch comes to Stratos from the law firm of Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, where he was a shareholder in Telecommunications Group. Prior to that he worked with Comsat Corp., Telenor Satellite Services, the...