SAO LUIS, Brazil (AP) -- Smoke rose from a crater littered with twisted metal at Brazil's space center the day after a rocket explosion killed 21 people in the country's latest attempt to launch Latin America's first satellite.

An air force spokesman said Saturday that there were no injuries from the blast, contradicting earlier reports by Brazil's Defense Ministry that 20 people were wounded. All those who were near the rocket when it exploded on Friday were killed.

"Initial reports that there were injured were wrong, they came about through the confusion of the moment," said air forc ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (CNN) -- After two decades of development and delays, NASA early Monday launched a powerful infrared telescope to peer into the deepest reaches of space.

The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) -- the fourth in NASA's Great Observatories series of astronomical spacecraft -- lifted off at 1:35 a.m. EDT.

Others in the series are the Hubble Space Telescope, launched by the space shuttle in 1990; the Gamma Ray Observatory, launched in 1991; and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, launched in 1999.

Each of the Great Observatories observes different colors of lig ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (AP) -- The next crew of the international space station blasts off in a Russian Soyuz vehicle in just over two months, but they don't know how they will be returning to Earth.

"Some people might say you're unwise taking a one-way trip into space, but we always do have the Soyuz vehicle that we launch on to return in," Michael Foale, commander of the Expedition 8 mission, said at a news conference last week in Houston, monitored at Cape Canaveral.

Foale and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Kaleri will spend more than six months in space after their October 18 launch ...

Fire fighters tackling the blazes that have ravaged Portugal are doing so with the aid of a satellite data-link.

For the first time, ESA’s satellite Artemis has been used to support an emergency request under the International Charter on Space and Major Disasters.
Portugal’s civil protection unit (SNBPC) was able to receive information and groups of images that showed the scope of the fires. The data, transmitted from ESA’s Earth observation satellite, Envisat, via the Artemis data-relay spacecraft in geostationary orbit, were received in near real-time at the ESA data processing centre, ...

Arianespace has announced that the Ariane-5 launch, with SMART-1 and two commercial satellites on board, is postponed. A new launch date is expected to be announced soon.

ESA officials stated that the Ariane-5 launcher and the SMART-1 spacecraft are in perfect shape, ready for the new launch date.
ESA's SMART-1 spacecraft, Europe’s first probe to the Moon, will take around 16 months to reach its destination where it is expected to carry out a number of unprecedented studies of the Moon, and demonstrate innovate and key technologies for future deep space science missions.

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NEW DELHI, India (Reuters) -- India will send an unmanned mission to the moon by 2008, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee said on Friday, in what is seen as an effort to showcase the country's scientific capabilities.

"India is ready to take a big leap in science," Vajpayee said in his Independence Day anniversary address to the nation. "I am happy to announce that before 2008 India will send a mission to the moon."

"It will be called 'Chandrayan Pratham' (First Journey to the Moon)," he said.

The mission is expected to cost New Delhi about million.

A proposal to send a space ...

Garmin International, a unit of Garmin [Nasdaq: GRMN], has launched an integrated personal training system that offers a GPS sensor to provide users with data on speed, distance and pace for a variety of athletic applications.

The Forerunner 201, as the system is called, uses an integrated GPS sensor to measure training time, pace, distance, lap time, lap pace, lap distance and calories burned. Because the GPS sensor provides latitude, longitude and altitude data, the Forerunner 201 knows how far and how fast athletes have traveled -- and how steep of a slope they climbed on a particular r ...

Space Imaging has received a contract from the Southern Group of State Foresters (SGSF) to provide satellite imagery and other products in support of fire management planning and wildfire risk analysis in the organization's 13 states. The member states are Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Texas, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Oklahoma. The Texas Forest Service is administering the project on behalf of SGSF.

Space Imaging has developed a wildfire risk assessment methodology that employs remote sensing technologies. It is a well- ...

The Scientific and Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment or SCISAT is Canada's first new scientific satellite since 1971. The Pegasus rocket carrying the science mission was successfully dropped from the belly of the L-1011 aircraft approximately 50 miles off the coast of Monterey, California. The payload successfully separated from the launch vehicle at 10:20 p.m. EDT.

The major scientific goal of the mission is to measure and understand the chemical processes that control the distribution of ozone in the Earth's atmosphere, especially at high altitudes. The data that will be recorded as SCISA ...

Petah Tikva, Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks [Nasdaq: GILTF] notched slightly improved revenues for second quarter, reaching .1 million, up from .6 million in 2002. Gilat's operating loss for the second quarter hit .5 million, while the quarter's net loss totaled .2 million, or .79 a share. The results included million in accounting and restructuring charges.

The second quarter also ushered in a new management team and board of directors. Shlomo Rodav is the new chairman, while Oren Most is the new president and CEO. In addition, Erez Antebi is resigning as COO effective Sept. 15 an ...

High air pollution does more than just irritate your lungs, research confirms it also affects the way you look. By using ESA-provided pollution maps along with ultraviolet radiation data, cosmetics firm L’Oreal plans to investigate the future possibility of producing skincare products customised for local conditions.

Today the skin-ageing effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays are well known, but the harmful consequences of air pollution on our skin are less easily quantified outside of laboratories. Employing a 2800-strong team of scientists and support staff, L’Oreal has carried out field stud ...

Satellite Newspapers Worldwide, a Netherlands-based satellite distributor of digital newspaper editions, has signed a distribution agreement with the Chicago Tribune for the paper to be delivered via satellite to newspaper-vending machines around the world. These fully automated vending machines, marketed as Satellite Newspaper KiOSKS, currently print on customer demand the same-day editions of 125 newspapers from 51 countries.

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Boeing [NYSE: BA] will build and deliver a fourth Boeing 702 satellite for XM Satellite Radio [Nasdaq: XMSR], the Washington, D.C.-based satellite radio services provider. The satellite, designated XM-4, will be delivered in late 2005 for future launch to XM's orbital slot at 115 degrees West Longitude. Alcatel Space will provide the S-band digital audio radio service (DARS) payload for XM-4, which will also feature a bi-propellant back up to its xenon ion propulsion system (XIPS).

Separately, Boeing announced that it has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to provide ...

Globecomm Systems [Nasdaq: GCOM], a provider of end-to-end satellite-based communications solutions, has been awarded a contract from engineering, construction, and project management firm Bechtel in support of the U.S. government's Iraq infrastructure reconstruction program. Under the terms of the contract, Globecomm will implement an international gateway in Iraq to provide voice, fax and data services via satellite.

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On Thursday at 8:31 p.m. PDT (11:31 p.m. EDT), the Sea Launch Zenit-3SL rocket lifted the EchoStar IX/Telstar 13 satellite from the Odyssey Launch Platform in the Pacific Ocean. Sea Launch said the spacecraft successfully separated from the Block DM upper stage, placing the satellite, manufactured by Space Systems/Loral, into geosynchronous transfer orbit. All systems are operating nominally and the satellite will be positioned at the 121 degrees West Longitude orbital slot.

EchoStar Communications [Nasdaq: DISH] will operate the Ku- and Ka-band payloads as EchoStar IX; Loral Skynet, a sub ...

ESA PR 49-2003. High-level delegates from 30 countries and 22 international organisations agreed at the Earth Observation Summit, held last Thursday in Washington, to improve cooperation on Earth observation and to remove barriers to the exchange of information between countries and organisations.

ESA already carries out its Earth observation programmes in cooperation with other agencies or countries through mechanisms such as CEOS, the Committee of Earth Observation Satellites and IGOS-P, the Integrated Global Observing Strategy Partnership. Another good example of the way cooperation bet ...

ESA PR 50-2003. Europe’s first probe to the Moon, SMART-1, is about to begin a unique journey that will take it into orbit around our closest neighbour, powered only by an ion engine which Europe will be testing for the first time as main spacecraft propulsion.

The European Space Agency’s SMART-1 spacecraft was delivered to Kourou, French Guiana, on July 15 and is currently being prepared for launch atop an Ariane 5 during the night from August 28 to 29. The launch window will open at 20:04 local time (01:04 on August 29 morning CEST) and will remain open for 26 minutes.
The 367 kg spacec ...

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- An instrument aboard one of the two NASA rovers en route to Mars has malfunctioned, prompting worries it could harm the robot's information-gathering ability, a scientist said.

If left unfixed, the instrument could still determine the presence of iron-bearing minerals in the rocks and soil on the Martian surface, but not their relative abundance, Steve Squyres, of Cornell University, said Wednesday. Some of that information could be derived from the rover's other instruments, however.

Scientists hope that testing the minerals will help solve the riddle o ...

Multiple sensors on ESA’s Envisat environmental satellite have been used to peer beneath a vast pall of smoke above tropical Borneo and detect fire hotspots – known to add millions of tons of harmful greenhouse gases to the atmosphere.

Fires occur often during the dry season on the South East Asian island of Borneo, but it isn’t only the forests that burn. Lowland tropical peat swamps are formed from layers of woody debris too waterlogged to fully decompose. Slowly deposited over thousands of years, the carbon-rich peat strata have been known to reach a thickness of up to 20 metres.
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Trimble [Nasdaq: TRMB], a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based supplier of GPS products, reported second quarter revenues of approximately 8.1 million, versus 3.3 million in the second quarter of 2002. For the third quarter, the company expects revenues will be between 9.0 million and 2.0 million, which represents a 12 percent to 15 percent increase over the third quarter of 2002.

The company reported a net income of .1 million, or 26 cents per share, for the second quarter. This compares favorably with a net income of .3 million, or 15 cents per share, for the same quart ...

Braving remorseless July temperatures, more than 40 researchers from across Europe gathered at the hot, dry heart of Spain – a site selected because of the unique opportunity to have three consecutive acquisitions over the area by CHRIS, the high-resolution imager aboard ESA’s Proba.

The group was there to acquire a wealth of ground, air and space-derived data simultaneously and in so doing help develop the next generation of Earth Observation sensors.
Scientists from 11 institutions and five European countries gathered at the Barrax test site, a scientifically well-characterised agricul ...

Heads of space agencies, meeting this week in Monterey, California, confirmed their support for the International Space Station. ESA was represented at the meeting by its Director General, Jean-Jacques Dordain.

Present at the meeting, held to review the status of cooperation on the International Space Station, were the heads of space agencies from the United States, Canada, Japan, Russia and ESA. This meeting also marked 1000 days of permanent human presence aboard the International Space Station (ISS). To celebrate this significant milestone, agency heads spoke by telephone to Russian cos ...

1 Aug 2003

Telesat Canada, a satellite operating subsidiary of BCE [NYSE: BCE], posted C.4 million (US.9 million) in second quarter revenue and net earnings of C.2 million (US.2 million), compared with C.8 million (US.6 million) in revenue and net earnings of C.8 million (US million) in the second quarter of 2002.

During the quarter, Telesat Canada took over control of Mobile Satellite Venture's MSAT-2 satellite, decommissioned the Anik C1 satellite, leased an in-orbit satellite from PanAmSat [Nasdaq: SPOT] to be moved to Telesat's 111.1 degrees West Longitude orbital position to provid ...

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The first flights of the Student Parabolic Flight Campaign are taking place in Bordeaux this week. A team from Imperial College, London is on board, with their experiment, Imperial Aero, studying moth flight in weightlessness. The team report back on their experience... and that of the moths!

We were both anxious and very excited about the flight today. The moths had been through a lot, having travelled from the United Kingdom to Bordeaux, and to Brussels and back, so we hoped that they would be up to the challenge.

During the first few parabolas the moths cowered in the corners of t ...

The family restaurant chain Golden Corral, of Raleigh, North Carolina, is deploying satellite broadband services provided by Israel-based Gilat Satellite Networks' [Nasdaq: GILTF] Spacenet unit for its IP-based network that includes high-speed credit authorization, point-of-sale polling and web-based, back- office services.

An agreement between the companies calls for the service to begin immediately. The dial-up method currently used requires up to 28 seconds of wait time, but Golden Corral restaurants using Spacenet's service will be able to secure credit authorizations in less than seven ...

Winner of the French Legion d’Honneur and the Ordre National du Mérite, Jean-Jacques Dordain takes up the reins as head of the European Space Agency (ESA) at a crucial moment in the organisation’s history.

Jean-Jacques Dordain became Director-General of ESA following the departure of Antonio Rodotà in July 2003. Dordain’s career with ESA began in 1986 when he was appointed head of ESA’s Microgravity and Space Station Utilisation Department. He takes over as ESA head at a time when the Agency’s relationship with the EC is being redefined and in the midst of the Space Green Paper/White Paper ...

SPACE CENTER, Houston (AP) -- With tears in her eyes, the NASA manager who dismissed the possibility during Columbia's doomed flight that the shuttle had been seriously damaged by foam defended her decisions Tuesday and said no one should be blamed for the tragedy.

"We were all trying to do the right thing. All along, we were basing our decisions on the best information that we had at the time," said Linda Ham, who led Columbia's mission management team.

"Nobody wanted to do any harm to anyone. Obviously, nobody wants to hurt the crew. These people are our friends. They're our neighbor ...

Scientists are celebrating the thousandth scientific publication from ESA's Infrared Space Observatory (ISO). ISO is fast becoming one of the world's most productive space missions, even though its operational life ended in 1998.

ISO was the world’s first space observatory able to see the sky in infrared light. Using its eyes, we have discovered many new phenomena that have radically changed our view of the Universe.
Everybody knows that when something is heated it glows. However things also glow with a light our eyes do not detect at room temperature, this is infrared light. Infrared tel ...

Is there life on other worlds or is planet Earth the only place in our Solar System where living organisms have evolved? ESA is inviting European and Canadian industry to participate in its exciting ExoMars mission in order to provide an answer to this age-old question.

On 9 July, the Aurora Programme Office issued an Invitation to Tender (ITT) for companies wishing to submit proposals for the detailed design of the ExoMars rover and its Pasteur payload of scientific instruments.
The deadline for submission of proposals is 13 October 2003, after which two companies will be selected to con ...

SpaceDev [OTC BB: SPDV.OB] of Poway, Calif., has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to explore the use of microsatellites in national missile defense. In January, SpaceDev launched CHIPSat, the smallest, high-performance low-cost satellite ever produced in the United States, according to the company. SpaceDev's microsats are operated over the Internet and are capable of pointing and tracking targets in space or on the ground. The new contract value is 0,000, and the total value of SpaceDev's microsatellite studies for MDA is over million this year.

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Expertise derived from working on the joint NASA-ESA Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moon Titan is now being applied to underground drilling machines. This is providing tunnelling engineers with an improved ability to virtually 'see' some 40 metres into solid rock and pinpoint obstacles ahead.

It's an old miners' expression: "There is darkness in front of the pick". Billions of years of geological history has laid down complex folds of strata, patterns of faulting and embedded irregular objects in the ground beneath our feet. The character of the earth can and often does change u ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -- A Lockheed Martin Atlas 5 rocket launched successfully from Florida with a new commercial communications satellite bound for high-Earth orbit.

The Rainbow 1 satellite, owned by Cablevision Systems Corp. and built by Lockheed Martin Corp., was headed for a stationary orbit 22,000 miles above Earth. It should begin providing direct-to-home service to North America later this year, according to Lockheed, which built the satellite as well as the rocket.

This was the third launch of an Atlas 5, which made its debut 11 months ago. It is one of two new hea ...

LORAL SPACE & COMMUNICATIONS LTD. COMMON STOCK TRADING
IN "PINK SHEETS" UNDER THE SYMBOL "LRLSQ"

NEW YORK - July 16, 2003 - Loral Space & Communications Ltd. today announced that the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) has assigned the ticker symbol "LRLSQ" to its common stock. Effective today, the common stock will be quoted on the Pink Sheets Electronic Quotation Service under this new symbol; information regarding such service is available at www.pinksheets.com. The company expects that its common stock will also be quoted on the Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board service (OT ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) -- Boeing Co. said this week it intends to focus its launch business for satellites on the U.S. government market only, abandoning commercial launches, as a slump continues with no recovery seen.

As a result, Boeing is eliminating all launches for the commercial sector that were expected over the next five years, said James Albaugh, chief executive of Boeing's Integrated Defense Systems business on a conference call.

Boeing has been talking to the U.S. government about getting higher prices for its satellite launches along with additional funds to keep two players lau ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- With much of what will be in the Columbia Accident Investigation Board report already publicly announced, NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe said the space shuttle fleet should be able to safely return to orbit no later than next April.

O'Keefe, meeting Tuesday with reporters, said that most of the issues to be addressed in the report have been openly reviewed by the board and that NASA is already taking action on the items.

"There is nothing that we have seen so far that will preclude" a return to space in six to nine months, O'Keefe said.

The administrator said th ...

The commercial appeal of new navigation technologies among equipment makers became apparent at a recent event at the European Space Agency’s Paris headquarters.

Navigation services are developing swiftly, so it is vital to keep in pace with international standards. Earlier this month in France, receiver manufacturers representatives met with European Space Agency (ESA) navigation experts to discuss technical aspects of the rollout of new services, equipment interoperability, ESA’s technical role in user support and the smooth transition as the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Serv ...

ND SatCom AG, a leading global supplier of satellite based broadband VSAT, broadcast and military communication network solutions, announces the launch of its redesigned and newly structured website at www.ndsatcom.com. Optimal loading speeds, fast and comfortable navigation, clear page layouts and a new corporate design allow visitors easy access to relevant information.

"A substantial amount of functionality and relevant content has been put together in order to increase the internet's and extranet's utility to our customers online. We plan to provide a constant stream of current informa ...

When gathering geospatial data in a remote and hostile location like a mountain glacier 16,000 feet above sea level, it pays to have a rugged, reliable mapping instrument that’s easy to use. That’s why the International Non-Traditional Teaching Initiative 2003 Expedition (INTI 2003) chose a new GPS/GIS receiver from Leica Geosystems for their recent expedition to Ecuador’s Nevado Cayembe to study glacial recession in the tropics.

As a major sponsor of INTI 2003, an all girls scientific mountaineering expedition in May-June 2003, Leica Geosystems supplied a GS20 professional data mapper, wh ...

Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB) announced today that the Company has received notice of allowance from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) granting a patent for automated status reporting of ready-mix concrete trucks. This new patent is Trimble's 50th relating to Global Positioning System (GPS) based fleet management.

The system allows fleet operators to improve operational efficiencies by performing automated status reporting of the ready-mix truck during its daily operations. The system automatically reports a variety of programmable events such as "leave plant," "arrive at job site," "po ...

Purchase of Satellites and Orbital Locations Adds Complete U.S. Coverage to Intelsat’s Global System; Increases Its Presence in the Cable Television and Broadcasting Market.

Intelsat, Ltd., a global satellite communications leader providing services in over 200 countries and territories, today announced that it has signed a US1.0 billion definitive asset purchase agreement with Loral Space & Communications Corporation for six satellites and the rights to their orbital locations. The proposed acquisition of the Loral assets would complement Intelsat’s global network, which includes capacity ...

To Record US 1.1 Billion Second Quarter Charge

Revised Assessment Not Expected to Have a Material Impact on the Company’s Cash Flow Outlook

CHICAGO, July 15, 2003 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] announced today that as a result of continued weakness in the commercial space launch market, higher mission and launch costs on its Delta IV program, and cost growth in its satellite businesses, the company will recognize pre-tax charges of approximately US 1.1 billion, or US 0.87 per share, when it announces second quarter results on July 23.

Approximately US 835 million, or US 0.66 per sh ...

Boeing [NYSE:BA] and Hughes Electronics Corporation agreed to a purchase price adjustment stemming from the October 2000 Boeing acquisition of Hughes’ satellite manufacturing operations.

Under the terms of the agreement, Hughes will pay an aggregate US 360 million in cash to Boeing as partial refund on the original US 3.75 billion purchase price for the Hughes satellite manufacturing operations, renamed Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS). These payments are expected to have no material impact on the company’s 2003 earnings.

The agreement settles all outstanding purchase price adjustment dis ...

The contracts for the first Galileo satellites were signed on Friday 11 July at ESTEC, the European Space Agency’s research and technology centre.

"Galileo is taking shape with every passing day. These first contracts are symbolic of Europe’s collective resolve to develop the first civil global satellite navigation system", stated Claudio Mastracci, ESA Director of Application Programmes.

The contracts are for two experimental satellites, forerunners of the system’s in-orbit validation phase with one to be launched during the second semester of 2005, so as to secure the frequencies rese ...

Newest GEO Communications Satellite Based on the Company's STAR Platform Successfully Completes In-Orbit Check-out

Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB) announced today that it has made the final in-orbit delivery of the BSAT-2c satellite to its customer, Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) of Japan. Based on the company's STAR platform, BSAT-2c is the third in a series of three geostationary (GEO) communications satellites that Orbital built for B-SAT since 1999. The BSAT-2c satellite was launched into orbit aboard an Ariane 5 rocket on June 11, 2003. Following the launch, ...

Globalstar, the world's most widely-used handheld satellite phone service, today introduced a new flexible pricing plan tailored for seasonal users throughout the United States. Customers who need satellite phone service for only a portion of the year, such as summer construction and fishing industries or winter recreation facilities, can now suspend service during parts of the year when the phones are not needed.

The company's new pricing plan, called the Flexline 750, provides customers with 750 minutes of calling time per month for 9.95. Unlike most other wireless call plans, the Flexlin ...

End-to-end solution will enable its subsidiary Shanghai Telecom to offer fully integrated voice, data and multimedia services

Paris, July 9, 2003 - China Telecom has awarded its first commercial Next Generation Network (NGN) contract to Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA), the world's largest telecom infrastructure vendor. The contract was awarded by China Telecom's subsidiary Shanghai Telecom to Alcatel Shanghai Bell, Alcatel's flagship Chinese company and the leading Chinese telecom technology vendor. This follows China Telecom's successful NGN trial with Alcatel Shanghai Bell in 2002. ...

Italy's leading Internet via Satellite provider to expand servicefollowing the contract with Telecom Italia

SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company (Luxembourg and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges: SESG), and Netsystem, Italy's leading Internet via Satellite provider, are pleased to announce that Netsystem has entered into a new long-term agreement for the use of a second transponder on the ASTRA satellite system at 19.2° East. This follows a separate agreement between Netsystem and Telecom Italia to offer residential satellite Internet services in Italy under the Telecom Italia brandname "AliceSat". Acc ...

Eutelsat combines two-way satellite broadband with Wi-Fi for wireless Internet access at an altitude of over 1,800 metres at Alpe d'Huez.

Eutelsat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, is bringing new broadband solutions to Alpe d’Huez for the 100th anniversary of the Tour de France as the event arrives in the Alpine resort on July 13 after one of the legendary climbs by Armstrong, Ulrich, Virenque and others. Eutelsat has set up broadband Internet access at three sites in Alpe d'Huez, at an altitude of 1,800 metres. The three sites are connected to Wi-Fi hot spots for wireless I ...

Der deutsche Raumfahrtmanager Günter Stamerjohanns soll Vorsitzender des europäischen Industriekonsortiums Galileo Industries werden. Mit dem rund 3,5 Mrd. Euro teuren Galileo-Satellitennetz wollen die Europäer bis 2008 ein eigenes Navigationsnetz neben dem US-Netz GPS aufbauen.


Wie die FTD aus Branchenkreisen erfuhr, laufen derzeit auf Gesellschafterebene des Konsortiums die Schlussgespräche zur Bestellung Stamerjohanns. Der 53-jährige Manager ist seit 1995 Chef des deutsch-russischen Raketenunternehmens Eurockot. Zuvor war er für verschiedene Raumfahrtprojekte auf europäischer und inte ...

IfEN ist Teil der Delegation bei den bayerisch-russischen Wirtschaftsgesprächen in Moskau

Poing - Eine kleine Poinger Firma wittert große Geschäfte: Um Kooperationsmöglichkeiten mit russischen Unternehmen auszuloten, führt derzeit ein Vertreter der Firma IfEN Gespräche in Russland. Die Poinger arbeiten am Aufbau des europäischen Satelliten-Navigationssystems Galileo mit, und weil das eine Wachstumsbranche ist, ist IfEN Teil der Delegation des bayerischen Wirtschaftsministeriums, die noch bis heute in Moskau weilt.


IfEN wurde erst vor fünf Jahren gegründet, beschäftigt derzeit 16 Mita ...

- New service helps multinational corporations detect and respond to unwanted network intrusions at a much lower cost than in-house solutions -

Equant (NYSE: ENT) (Euronext Paris: EQU), a recognized industry leader in data and IP services for multinational businesses, has expanded its security services portfolio with the launch of its managed intrusion detection service.

Equant Intrusion Detection, available worldwide, monitors all network segment traffic flows, enabling the customer to capture and react to intrusions by external hackers and those from inside corporate networks. It dete ...

Serbian Network RTV Pink Selects GlobeCast’s HOTBIRD DTH Platform to Distribute Three-Channel Bouquet in Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East

Serbian Channels Pink Plus, Extra and Radio Pink launch GlobeCast's Seventh HOTBIRD Platform

GlobeCast, a world leader in satellite transmission, announced today that Serbian television and radio channels Pink Plus, Extra and Radio Pink have joined the growing channel lineup available on GlobeCast's HOTBIRD digital direct-to-home Platform at 13°E across the European continent, Northern Africa and the Middle East. RTV Pink will now have acce ...

Convention Chairman and former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing presented the latest draft of a new EU constitution at the European Council in Thessaloniki on 20 June 2003. The document, which forms the basis of a new Treaty re-shaping the EU before the admission of 10 new members in 2004, includes, for the first time, specific references to Space. In doing so it opens the door to the extension of European space activities into a number of critical policy areas, including European defence.
A field of endeavour that is inherently extraterritorial, space presents key opportunities for ...

The Thales Group and Galileo Industries SA (Brussels, Munich and Rome) have signed a memorandum of Understanding whereby Thales becomes a major (12%) equity partner of Galileo Industries SA.

Thales Group will reinforce the overall expertise of Galileo Industries in the user segment and in Security for this infrastructure, and in the implementation of applications.

Galileo Industries SA has been established for the construction of the Galileo System (space and terrestrial networks).

Europe's navigation programme, Galileo, is making good progress. After the closure of its Shareholding ...

The Columbia Accident Investigation Board released its fourth interim recommendation Tuesday, urging NASA to beef up its surveillance of space shuttles during launch and liftoff.

Specifically, the board calls for NASA to improve its ground-based imaging capabilities at the Kennedy Space Center and to consider using chase aircraft to film future shuttle flights as they lift off and speed toward orbit.

During the launch of the Columbia STS 107 mission, which ended on Feb. 1 when the shuttle broke up during landing with seven astronauts aboard, two ground-based cameras provided usable data ...

Bremen - Bei ihrer Arbeit im All müssen Astronauten alle Systeme an Bord der Internationalen Raumstation ISS selbständig bedienen und warten können. Die notwendigen Kenntnisse für das Weltraumlabor Columbus erlernen sie von speziell geschulten EADS SPACE Transportation Mitarbeitern, den Columbus-Instruktoren. Fünf der acht Astronauten-Ausbilder werden ab dem 1. Juli ihre Arbeit im European Astronaut Centre (EAC) in Köln fortsetzen, einer Einrichtung der europäischen Weltraumorganisation ESA. Der bisherige Arbeitsplatz von Kirsten Bischoff, Norbert Brauer, Laurent Hirschmann, Michael Markus und ...

Orbital Imaging Corp.'s OrbView-3 high-resolution Earth imaging satellite was successfully launched into space Thursday at 3:05 p.m. (EDT) aboard an air-launched Pegasus rocket provided by Orbital Sciences [NYSE: ORB] from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.

The Pegasus rocket was carried aloft attached to Orbital's "Stargazer" L-1011 aircraft to approximately 39,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean, where it was released horizontally into a free fall for 5 seconds before its first stage motor ignited. Approximately 10 minutes after the rocket ignition at 2:55 p.m. (EDT), the OrbView-3 sate ...

Government and Military Edition

Department of Defense Utilizes Iridium Extensively in Iraq

From morale calls home to troop movement coordination, the DoD utilized Iridium services extensively prior to and during the Iraq war.

The Iridium satellite communications system utilizes a constellation of 66 low earth orbit satellites to provide seamless global communications. The DoD, operating its own ground station, leverages the secure communications capabilities of the Iridium system throughout the armed services and supporting agencies. The handsets support DoD approved encryption and ...

The European satellite communications industry today reached a landmark of cooperation at Le Bourget air show in France. The accord regards collaboration on large space platform AlphaBus.

The two major satellite manufacturers Alcatel Space and Astrium, made the announcement jointly from the European Space Agency (ESA) pavilion of the Paris event.
Pascale Sourisse, chairman and CEO of Alcatel Space, and Antoine Bouvier, chairman and CEO of Astrium, both explained that the agreement was crucial for the survival of the European satellite telecommunications sector.

According to Claudio M ...

GiTy now able to offer high-speed Internet access and business video applications via satellite throughout the region

Germantown, Maryland, USA, 19 June 2003 ... Hughes Network Systems, Inc. (HNS), the world's leading provider of broadband satellite solutions, which it markets under the DIRECWAY® brand, announced today it has provided leading Czech telecommunications provider, GiTy, with a DIRECWAY broadband satellite network, including a central operations center (NOC) and hub.

Currently offering satellite services using HNS' PES™ VSAT network hub and remote terminals, GiTy is now abl ...

The Supervisory Board of the Galileo's Joint Undertaking has decided today to design Mr Rainer GROHE as Executive Director. "This is a new step ahead for the project Galileo" said Loyola de Palacio, vice-president in charge of Transport and Energy. "The Joint Undertaking can now start immediately its work to build the system and develop one of the main European technological projects". The Executive Director of the Joint Undertaking is the person primarily responsible for the success of Galileo, the European satellite positioning and navigation system. Galileo, a project developed in co-operat ...

New Service Provides Tailored Market Applications and Expands Iridium's Capabilities

ARLINGTON, Va. – June 5, 2003 – Iridium Satellite LLC, provider of global satellite voice and data communications, today announced that it is launching Short Burst Data capabilities targeted at vertical market applications such as the Oil, Gas, Rail, Maritime, Aeronautical, and utility industries as well as applications in the Government and Military sectors.

The Iridium Short Burst Data service is designed for applications that send and receive short data messages ranging from one to 1960 bytes in size, ...

“When blind people take a taxi, they will be able to give directions to the taxi driver!” says Jose Luis Fernandez Coya. The man speaking really knows what he is talking about: he is blind but also heads the R&D department of ONCE, the National Organization of Spanish Blind people.

This association has always been looking for helpful innovations and has just developed a system based on GPS to guide blind people. The system called “Tormes”, named after a famous Spanish 16th century story, is a computer with a Braille keyboard and satellite navigation technology that gives verbal directions. ...

A new technique for monitoring goods in transit is being demonstrated in Rome on 23 May. The system called EGNOS TRAN enables enhanced satellite positioning data to be received on handheld devices.

Fleet owners, transport customers and local authorities can use the system to accurately track and continuously monitor the movement of dangerous or valuable goods in real time. Direct communication between transport vehicles and the fleet management service centre means that custom-tailored alarms and notifications are launched in the case of deviation from scheduled routes or anomalous events. ...

Telemedicine can potentially play an important role in improving health services. Ways in which satellites can help to improve these services was the subject of a symposium that took place in Italy last weekend.

The symposium was organised by ESA at ESRIN, the European Space Research Institute just outside Rome. Participants came from a variety of backgrounds including central and local government, health services and hospitals, the military, academia and the space sector; all participants had one thing in common – an interest in encouraging the use of telemedicine.

The benefits of expa ...

After several years of initial definition, detailed design, production and deployment activities, the EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) system started its first signal transmission tests in April.

This system is Europe’s first venture into satellite navigation and by early next year will deliver the first European Satellite Navigation service. It will augment the two military satellite navigation systems now operating, the US GPS and Russian GLONASS, making them suitable for many mass market applications such as car navigation, bus and truck fleet management, but al ...

The European Space Agency is now able to finalise the conditions for participation in the Galileo navigation programme and to approve the Galileo Joint Undertaking foundation act to be soon signed by ESA and the European Union.

The agreement reached among ESA member states today clears the way for the official launch of the legal entity which will have the task of coordinating ESA and EU involvement in Galileo, the European initiative to develop a global satellite navigation system.

"This is a great day for Europe in general and its space community in particular. Conscious of the econom ...

For Galileo Industry Day presentations:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/partners/private_infoday_en.htm

For new brochure:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/documents/brochure_en.htm

The final agenda of the GALILEO Industry Day can be downloaded here:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/doc/galileo_industry_day_agenda.pdf

Over 500 industry leaders from all across the world are expected to be present at the briefing session on the GALILEO satellite radionavigation programme which the European Commission has organised for 18 March 2003. The meeting, which will be inaugurated by Commission Vice-President Loyola de Palacio, will enable investors to be informed about the development of the programme, the stages leading to the choice of the future concession-holder and the various services that satellite radionavigation can provide.

This seminar is intended for all potential investors in and users of GALILEO. They ...

The new m.traction Traffic Info solution from the Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group (Siemens mobile) now allows mobile operators to provide their customers with traffic information via SMS, WAP or MMS (Multimedia Messaging). Whereas traditional services of this type involve customers having to enter their location by hand, m.traction Traffic Info can automatically determine where the user is and output information for the surrounding area. Moreover, the traffic situation can be queried both for specific streets and entire travel routes.

m.traction Traffic Info provides ope ...

ASTRA reach in digital satellite reception increased to 2.4 million homes in these markets

In 2002, ASTRA digital satellite reception grew by 780,000 homes to a total of 2.4 million in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. This increase took ASTRA's reach to 96% of the 2.5 million digital satellite households. A further 13.4 million households are equipped for analogue ASTRA reception adding up to a regional total of 15.8 million ASTRA satellite households. In addition, there are 23.9 million TV households receiving ASTRA via cable. Together this means that ASTRA now offers broadcasters and mul ...

Ongoing Developments and Zero Satellite Attrition for 2002 Could Extend Constellation Life Well Into 2014

Iridium Satellite LLC, provider of global satellite voice and data communications, today announced that, based on current studies, the satellite constellation life span could extend an additional four years beyond previous studies released in December of 2001.

After implementing operational improvements that remove dependency upon high-wear items, successfully deploying seven additional spare satellites last year and completing another year in 2002 with zero satellite failures, curre ...

Automated asset tracking and remote meter reading

Globalstar, the world's most widely-used handheld satellite phone service, today announced commercial availability of a new, very-low-cost data monitoring and acquisition service for asset tracking and sensory telemetry monitoring.

The new service, which uses palm-size simplex modems developed in cooperation with AeroAstro, Inc., is now available across eastern regions of the U.S. and Canada, and will be introduced across virtually all continental regions in these two countries by the end of March. Globalstar is also already working to ex ...

...for OSGi terminals.

New standard promises to significantly reduce implementation costs of off-board navigation for vehicle manufacturers and telematics service providers.


Webraska, the worldwide provider of LBS (Location-Based Services), Telematics applications and enabling TCP/IP server-based platforms, has delivered the first Pure Java™ version of its off-board turn-by-turn navigation application to ACUNIA, a pioneer in the emerging automotive telematics industry.

"Generating revenues from in-car services is something of a holy grail for vehicle manufacturers", says Barry Glick ...

The Norwegian Space Centre (NSC), the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Natural Resources Canada, announced a long-term agreement to continue their collaboration in radar-based Earth observation.

With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding among the three organizations and the signing of agreements between the major commercial partners in Canada and Norway, a seamless transition between the RADARSAT-1 and RADARSAT-2 programs for Norway is assured.

"By signing this agreement with Norway, the Government of Canada is reaffirming its commitment to supporting the Canadian space industry a ...

Now more than 1000 schools have signed up to the broadband educational content provider Espresso Broadband Ltd. The company uses satellite technology to deliver content for both pupils and teachers across England and Wales.

The Rosetta Primary, a 600 pupil school in Newham, England represents a milestone in the use of satellite applications in school education in Britain. It is the 1000th school to subscribe to Espresso Broadband Ltd. The company was initially partly funded by ESA under a project called "Espresso for Schools" in the period 1999-2000.

Unlike other educational content pro ...

Every car manufacturer, equipment supplier and service operator knows that telematics end-users are indifferent to the choice of technologies used to deliver mobility services. Customers just want good services, quickly, easily and at a low cost. Today's reality, however, is that competing standards, lack of interoperability, the resulting high cost and lack of stable services have hampered the success of the telematics industry. The Global Telematics Protocol (GTP) developed by the Telematics Forum aims to change this, opening the door for low-cost, mass-market telematics.

The Telematics ...

Between 24 and 26 February, a number of trial flights into Dakar using the EGNOS (European Global Navigation Overlay Service) Test Bed system were carried out to show how the planned provision of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) services over Central Africa could be implemented.

ASECNA (Agence pour la sécurité de la navigation aérienne en Afrique et à Madagascar) has worked with the European Space Agency, the European Commission and various other European partners to make these trials possible.

The Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI) States have adopted a three-phase strategy to impl ...

The 1st Euro-Mediterranean Global Satellite Navigation Systems (GNSS) Seminar, organised by the European Commission, was held in Cairo on 16-17 February. This was the first of a series of actions planned to strengthen the Euro-Mediterranean partnership and its regional transport policy through GNSS.

The seminar successfully increased the awareness of decision makers, service providers and product manufacturers of the potential of GALILEO and EGNOS for the Mediterranean region. It provided the opportunity to identify key priorities and common interests in the GNSS sector for the MEDA partne ...

To refine telemedicine via satellite development in line with key healthcare priorities, the European Space Agency (ESA) is organising a telemedicine symposium, ‘Telemedicine via Satellite in the Information Society’, to be held at ESRIN, Frascati, Italy, from 23 to 24 May, 2003.

Telemedicine and Satellite Communications (satcom)

Telemedicine means enabling effective, improved transfer of medical information through the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). The diffusion and implementation of telemedicine depends upon the availability, quality and speed of the infor ...

The No. 2 bus is a familiar sight to Toulouse commuters, but it looks slightly different today. That's due to some unusual passengers.

European Space Agency engineers are riding the bus through the French city, along with test hardware and a GPS antenna fitted to the vehicle's roof. It's a day-long experiment to assess how an ESA-developed high-precision satellite navigation system known as EGNOS could be applied to urban public transportation.

"SEMVAT, the local bus company involved, will carry out normal service during the test," said Félix Torán-Martí, EGNOS System and Analysis Engin ...

A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket stands ready at Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., for its launch on Jan. 29.

Liftoff is scheduled during a 14-minute window that opens at 1:06 p.m. EST. The mission will place two satellites — GPS IIR-8 for the U.S. Air Force Space Command, and a secondary payload, XSS-10 for the Air Force Research Laboratory — into orbit.

The launch team successfully completed the Flight Readiness Review over the weekend and will proceed with the Launch Readiness Review tomorrow.

The Air Force and Boeing launch team will use a two-st ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has joined forces with a team led by SES Astra (Lux) on a SATMODE development contract totalling EUR 49 million.

SATMODE is a satellite return link system providing ‘always-on’ connectivity between digital TV set top boxes - the interactive version of commercial satellite TV receivers - and content providers. This interactive terminal should add less than EUR 50 to the actual cost of a commercial set top box and antenna providing the possibility of real time interactivity and more.

On 27 January in Paris the contract was signed between Claudio Mastracci, ...

...To Support Interactive Tv Applications For Set Top Boxes

SES ASTRA, an SES GLOBAL company (Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG, Frankfurt Stock Exchange: SDSL) announces together with partners CANAL SATELLITE, CANAL+TECHNOLOGIES, NEWTEC, STMicroelectronics, and THOMSON, an agreement to develop a low cost satellite-based response channel for direct-to-home set-top-boxes.

The EUR 49 million project will be funded both by the consortium and by the European Space Agency (ESA), through a contract under its ARTES program, which supports the development of advanced-technologies related to both t ...

Infineon is introducing a complete and easy-to-integrate Bluetooth Communication Gateway (BCG), a solution comprising hardware and software specifically designed for automotive infotainment systems. Integrated into a car radio, for example, the BCG enables hands-free calling without car kit and additional wiring. Priced at about US in quantities of 100,000, the just 30 x 50 mm2 measuring BCG meets the requirements of infotainment system manufacturers worldwide for an easy-to-integrate and cost-effective solution offering the flexibility to adapt new Bluetooth applications. The board offers mic ...

Laser-Scan and Intergraph create new interactive demonstration to show their solutions working together

Laser-Scan and Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions have created a new interactive demonstration to show the capability of Radius Topology when working with GeoMedia WebMap Professional 5.0. The demonstration gives users the chance to see exactly how Radius Topology can be used to enhance spatial queries with advanced spatial relationship management. The demonstration can be accessed via the Radius Topology website, visitors can request their free username and password at http://ww ...

On 21 January 2003, European Research Commissioner Philippe Busquin unveiled the Commission's much-anticipated Green Paper on EU Space Policy. This key document, prepared in co-operation with the European Space Agency (ESA) , tackles key issues ranging from the EU's independent access to space to international competition to the environment and security. With its publication, the Commission aims to launch a broad consultation to include all stakeholders, including national and international organisations, the European space industry, the scientific community and the general public. The consult ...

ESA Telecom has decided to improve the way it does business, following the launch of its innovative User Support Office (USO).

The USO functions as a single point of contact for all companies, especially small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), who wish to work with ESA in the fast-moving satellite communications sector.

"The USO is a new development for ESA," said USO coordinator Andrea Cotellessa. "It has been set up around the requirements of start-ups and SMEs who may never have worked with the Agency before, but have some promising ideas to take further."

With demand for new m ...

The future of a programme such as Galileo, the strategic importance of which has been stressed on many occasions by the European Council, must not be delayed by the problems now being encountered by the European Space Agency. As stressed by Loyola de Palacio, Commission Vice-President: "Fortunately, since the decision taken in March by the EU Council, the Commission has endeavoured to do its utmost to ensure the rapid start-up of activities, which will enable us to meet the deadlines, in particular concerning the commercial launching of Galileo services in 2008".

The European Commission ...

The South West Regional Authority in Ireland has secured funding from ESA to carry out trials that will provide high bandwidth broadband Internet access via satellite to remote areas of the country.

An Tánaiste Deputy Mary Harney T.D., Irish Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, launched the South West Broadband Initiative on Friday, 17th January 2003 in Cork, S. Ireland. The launch was also attended by Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament, alongside representatives from the South West Regional Authority.

The Initiative, in cooperation with Cork County Council and Kerr ...

Following the joint document on 'New Opportunities for a Euro-Russian Space Partnership' and in the run-up to a major workshop in Moscow, a new website has been launched aimed at keeping readers informed of ongoing developments in European-Russian co-operation in space, providing news, research results, and links to other sources of information

The new website, called ‘Europe/Russia co-operation in space’, is the result of the combined efforts of the European Commission, the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Rosaviakosmos) and the European Space Agency (ESA) . It represents the realisatio ...

Today in Brussels, European Research Commissioner, Philippe Busquin, introduced the Green Paper on EU Space Policy. The Paper, prepared in co-operation with the European Space Agency (ESA), looks into Europe’s assets and weaknesses in this sector.

As a basis for a broad consultation, the report tackles key issues such as the EU’s independent access to space, scientific excellence in this field, the industrial and technological base, relevant markets, human resources, the legal and institutional framework, international co-operation and environmental and security aspects.

The Green Paper ...

State Minister Otto Wiesheu and Helmut Wilke, CEO of Sun Microsystems Germany, inaugurate the new Satellite Application Center at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich on January 20, 2003.

The incubator was created with essential support from DLR and 3.5 Million Euro financial subsidies from the Bavarian State High-Tech-Programme.

The incubator´s task is to patronize young and innovative start-up companies to develop new products and services for satellite navigation and terrestrial applications.

(Source: MercatorPark, http://www.mercatorpark.de)

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New financing expected to accelerate emergence from Chapter 11

Globalstar, the world’s most popular handheld satellite phone service, and New Valley Corporation [NASDAQ:NVAL] today announced an agreement under which New Valley will provide Globalstar with debtor-in-possession (“DIP”) financing as the first step toward assuming majority ownership of a new, reorganized Globalstar company. Subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware, the agreement calls for New Valley to make a total investment of US 55 million in Globalstar.
Under the ter ...

Wegen finanzieller Probleme will sich das universitätsnahe Trierer Institut für Telematik auflösen. Das Institut habe ein Defizit von 380.000 Euro aus 2001 im vergangenen Jahr nicht ausgleichen können, teilte Institutssprecher Hans-Joachim Allgaier am Montag mit. Wegen der schlechten Wirtschaftslage blieben seit Monaten Aufträge aus. Zudem habe das Land Rheinland-Pfalz als Hauptgeldgeber den Förderhahn zugedreht. Von der Schließung des vor fünf Jahren als Verein gegründeten Instituts seien 40 Mitarbeiter betroffen. Das Institut hatte sich noch im Oktober 2002 für den Betrieb der geplanten Top ...

Geko 101 and Geko 201 deliver compact, lightweight GPS products for outdoor fun
geko 101 and 201

OLATHE, Kan./PR Newswire — Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today unveiled a new line of lightweight, easy-to-use GPS products that are both colorful and affordable. The company showed off its Geko 101 and Geko 201 devices today at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The Geko name is inspired by the multiple species of small, sleek Gecko lizards that inhabit various parts of the world. As pets, Gecko lizards are known for their low maintenance and ...

As already indicated in previous information to the press from both Arianespace and ESA, a final decision on the launch of ESA’s Rosetta mission will be known on Tuesday 14 January.

The following day, Wednesday 15 January at 8:30 hrs (doors open at 08h15), Prof. David Southwood, Director of Science at ESA, will meet the press to take stock of the status of this mission, one of the most complex and ambitious space science missions ever undertaken.

You are cordially invited to attend this press conference at ESA's Head Office in Paris or to follow it remotely in one of the ESA Establishme ...

The 1st Euro-Mediterranean GNSS Seminar will be held at the Ministry of Civil Aviation in Cairo, Egypt on 16-17 February 2003.

More information you can find here: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/doc/galileo_meda_announcement_12_02.pdf

(Source: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/index_en.htm)

A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta II rocket successfully launched the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite (ICESat) and the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer Satellite (CHIPSat) today in a dual primary payload mission for NASA.

The Delta II lifted off at 4:45 p.m. PST from Space Launch Complex 2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., delivering both satellites to circular polar orbits.

ICESat was deployed first at one-hour and four minutes into flight, followed by CHIPSat that was deployed 19 minutes and 20 seconds later. A Delta II 7320-10 launch vehicle with a Reduced Height Dual Pa ...

.. With New System/Monitor Package

World's Leading Mobile Navigation System with Monitor will be Available for ,000

Alpine Electronics, the world leader in mobile navigation equipment, today announced that it will offer a new in-vehicle navigation package that pairs its award-winning NVE-N852A DVD-based PowerNav™ system with a high-resolution 5.8-inch widescreen monitor for ,000 this Spring. Alpine's PowerNav system features Smart Map Pro version 1.3 DVD-ROM software, delivering expanded routing coverage of the Continental U.S. and Canada, as well as a new split-screen display and in ...

Motorola and FID Collaborate to Bring Exciting Multimedia Features to New Cell Phones Via J2ME™ Technology

Vibrant multimedia showcases the newest phone's music and color display capabilities

First International Digital, Inc. (FID), a leading digital multimedia software developer and Motorola, Inc., a global communications giant, today announced the availability of multimedia capabilities and content for its latest line of cell phones. The offerings demonstrate the power of Motorola's implementation of J2ME™ technology across its handsets, in cooperation with innovative third party solut ...

Telenor Mobil regrets the decision from the Norwegian Post and Telecommunications Authority (PT) regarding the arbitration case between Telenor and Teletopia, which concerns access to connect an own SMS switch to Telenor Mobil's network. This represents a distinctively Norwegian price regulation of SMS-services. Telenor will consider filing a complaint to the Ministry of Communication over the decision.

In the decision, PT determines a price of NOK 0,30 per SMS-message. Such a price determination would imply an indirect price regulation of SMS-messages. Telenor Mobil will maintain that a re ...

European Space Imaging to Access and Sell Imagery from IKONOS Satellite

MUNICH, January 10, 2003 – European Space Imaging announced today new operations and technical partnerships with DLR and GAF. As part of this partnership DLR will operate the new IKONOS ground receiving station. DLR will also be the prime technology partner in the development of hosting and electronic delivery technology for European Space Imaging’s archive of high-resolution IKONOS imagery and products. GAF’s long-term expertise in remote sensing and GIS solutions, as well as its leading role in bringing IRS imagery ...

Eutelsat Satellites Used for Broadband Communications and Real-Time Transmission of Data on Volcanic Activity on Stromboli

Eutelsat partners with Alltel to install satellite networks for Italy’s Civil Protection Agency

Eutelsat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, together with Italian service provider Alltel have installed a network of satellite terminals for Italy’s Civil Protection Agency on Stromboli which is experiencing strong volcanic activity.

The satellite installations have been set up to ensure civil protection workers on the island of Stromboli have immediate a ...

Geko 101 and Geko 201 deliver compact, lightweight GPS products for outdoor fun
geko 101 and 201

OLATHE, Kan./PR Newswire — Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. (Nasdaq: GRMN), today unveiled a new line of lightweight, easy-to-use GPS products that are both colorful and affordable. The company showed off its Geko 101 and Geko 201 devices today at the 2003 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

The Geko name is inspired by the multiple species of small, sleek Gecko lizards that inhabit various parts of the world. As pets, Gecko lizards are known for their low maintenance and ...

Scion Sound Processing and Satellite Radio Offerings Enable Toyota to Meet Expectations of Scion's Target Gen Y Consumers

Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and Pioneer Automotive Electronics Sales, Inc., announced at the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show that the two highly anticipated Scion vehicles, the xA and xB, will be available with Pioneer XM Satellite Radio capability when they launch in June 2003. As the branded audio partner for Scion, Pioneer's single CD/MP3 players and 6-disc in-dash CD/MP3 players will deliver DSP-based Scion Sound Processing technology and Satellite Radio Control a ...

The future of the entertainment electronics company Grundig is secure. The previous main shareholder Prof. Dr. Anton Kathrein and Felix Chen, Chairman of the Board of the Taiwanese Sampo company, signed the corresponding contracts for take-over the majority of shares of the Nuremberg-based company on the 8th of January 2003.

This agreement was preceded by extremely intensive discussions during the past weeks between the board of Grundig and representatives from Sampo. Under the terms