http://www.satellitetoday.com Satellite Today en-us 2012 Thu, 9 Feb 2012 7:11:40 EST In June, Kazakhstan’s National Space Agency, KazCosmos, announced that it had lost contact with the nation’s first communications satellite, Kazsat 1. News coverage of this event to date has been minimal at best. Built by Moscow-based Khrunichev Space Center and launched in mid-2006, the... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/multimedia/23879.html Fri, 1 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The impact of widespread satellite broadband deployments on previously unserved and underserved regions of the world has been substantial and represents a real win-win for the user and service provider alike. But in the case of certain satellite broadband services in Burma there is a dark cloud overhead. The... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/multimedia/23233.html Sun, 1 Jun 2008 0:00:00 EDT Thousands of e-mails honoring the life and works of Sir Arthur C. Clarke, who passed away on March 19 in a hospital near his home in Colombo, Sri Lanka, have poured into the web site of the Arthur C. Clarke Foundation (www.clarkefoundation.org). One such tribute, by letter from SSPI board chairman Dom Stasi... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/multimedia/22876.html Thu, 1 May 2008 0:00:00 EDT Situational awareness cannot be taken for granted, and anything that adversely impacts the performance of GPS signals and satellite navigation equipment needs to be watched closely. In mid-April, the U.S. Air Force Research Lab Space Vehicles Directorate will launch the Communication/Navigation Outage... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/multimedia/22446.html Tue, 1 Apr 2008 0:00:00 EDT A team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is using the agency’s first software-defined radio (SDR) system in deep space to communicate with spacecraft studying Mars. The system, dubbed Electra, is a fully redundant UHF relay solution aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which was... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/multimedia/22056.html Fri, 1 Feb 2008 0:00:00 EST The time is right for NASA to transform its TV channel — NASA TV —- into something more international, more engaging and more likely to attract a larger audience. In effect, NASA TV should be put to rest and in its place should be — The Space Channel. Credit Sputnik for this proposal. On... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/multimedia/21596.html Sat, 1 Dec 2007 0:00:00 EST When it comes to health care, satellites play an increasingly important role. The scope of this activity is enormous and growing, as innovative professionals seek out new and better ways to improve lives, and in many instances, save lives via improved emergency medical response. This involves an ongoing... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/multimedia/19077.html Mon, 1 Oct 2007 0:00:00 EDT Recent advances in minimally invasive robotic telesurgery — now being performed via satellite — are taking on greater significance now that space agencies are planning flights to the moon and perhaps Mars that will last considerably longer than missions conducted today. NASA is conducting robotic... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/multimedia/18647.html Wed, 1 Aug 2007 0:00:00 EDT High-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) is a 3G mobile broadband solution that absolutely thrills the growing ranks of users who find their download speeds improved by a factor of four or five. For satellite service providers, HSDPA is opening some new doors — while perhaps closing others. HSDPA... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/multimedia/17875.html Fri, 1 Jun 2007 0:00:00 EDT The National Guard Empowerment Act of 2007 was introduced in both the House and Senate (S 430 & HR 718) at the end of January. There are several important provisions to this legislation, including the fact that it seeks to give the National Guard Bureau (NGB) the ability to identify and validate... http://www.satellitetoday.com/via/multimedia/17296.html Sun, 1 Apr 2007 0:00:00 EDT