-via TVTechnology.com
"Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology says it has developed “the world’s first Wi-Fi prototype” for TV band white spaces based on IEEE’s 802.11af draft specification... more
-via WindsorStar.com
"Defence Minister Peter MacKay will give Sapphire, Canada's first military satellite, the official send-off Thursday at the David Florida Laboratory, where it underwent final tests before a planned launch in December... more
-via PCMag.com
"The Federal Communications Commission today approved a plan that will allow AT&T to use spectrum in the Wireless Communication Services (WCS) band and further its 4G LTE network rollout... more
-via Space.com
"Astronauts on the International Space Station have transformed their high-flying laboratory into a new kind of launch pad for tiny satellites in a bid to boost student interest and access to space... more
-via NextGov.com
"The Air Force has connected part of its satellite communications system to a defensewide security tool that blocks classified data leaks, Pentagon officials said... more
-via TheEngineer.co.uk
"A team at Astrium is leading the development of thruster technology that runs on the same propellant as British Black Arrow rockets — and that being used by the Bloodhound land-speed record team — as a replacement for the more dangerous hydrazine, which could be banned under incoming EU law... more
-via WashingtonPost.com
"In late September, a key NOAA weather satellite for monitoring storms over the Eastern U.S. and Atlantic ocean failed. But yesterday, NOAA announced its engineers had restored the satellite - known as GOES-13 - to full operation... more
-via BroadcastEngineering.com
"The Red Bull Stratos, the 120,000ft skydive from the edge of space, was a mission that transcended human limits. Riedel Communications provided the entire communications solution for this project, integrating both wireless and wired digital intercom systems... more
-via BDlive.co.za
"MICRO-satellite manufacturer SunSpace will not retain its existing shape when its "core capabilities" are absorbed into the South African National Space Agency (Sansa), according to Sansa CEO Sandile Malinga… more
-via Newstaar.com
"In their continued effort engage youth in science education, NASA has released another free interactive educational video game based on real science and NASA mission objectives. The latest release is based on The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) Program… more
-via DenverPost.com
"NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver visited Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Jefferson County on Monday for a progress update on the next mission to Mars — Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, a.k.a. MAVEN — as well as the heat shield for Orion, the next human-carrying space mission… more
-via Itp.net
"UAE-based mobile satellite services operator, Thuraya Telecommunications Company, yesterday launched its Thuraya XT-Hotspot product… more
-via ZDnet.com
"After probing the moon, Chinese satellite Chang'e II left the lunar orbit and began to explore asteroid No. 4179 which is 7 million km away from Earth. The country also set out plans to send retrievable rovers to the moon by 2017.… more
-via PressTV.ir
"European satellite provider Eutelsat SA is set to pull the plug on several satellite channels and radio stations broadcast from Iran. The company has ordered media services company, Arqiva, to take the Iranian satellite channels off one of its Hot Bird frequencies… more
-via Rbr.com
"Cable and satellite companies have been trying to get regulators to intercede on their behalf when it comes to retransmission consent – and the National Association of Broadcasters took their arguments and answered them one by one in a filing with the FCC… more
-via Upi.com
"India's newest cruise missile, the BrahMos, is using the latest Russian cruise missile satellite navigation technology, Russian defense sources said… more
-via SpaceDaily.com
"The two Galileo satellites and their upper stage have been enclosed within their protective fairing, and moved to join the Soyuz rocket on the launch pad... more
-via betanews.com
"Launched with Android 2.1 Eclair in January 2010 the HTC-built Google Nexus One is more than two years old, but that is not stopping NASA from re-launching the smartphone... into space this time around... more
-via IntelsatGeneral.com
"Comparing Ku-band and Ka-band satellite capacity is a high interest topic right now in the satellite industry. In fact, a previous story we wrote on this topic is one of the best read pages on SATCOM Frontier… more
-via PopSci.com
"The latest wrinkle in the Apple Maps fiasco has nothing to do with the iOS6 app being faulty, and everything to do with the app being too good... more
-via Phys.org
"The Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking system, or Cospas-SARSAT, is celebrating the 30th anniversary of this first life-saving rescue in the United States, which occurred October 10, 1982... more
-via TaklingPointsMemo.com
"A future of routine commercial cargo deliveries to humans living in outer space came just a bit closer to reality on Wednesday when SpaceX successfully joined its unmanned Dragon cargo capsule to the International Space Station orbiting some 250 miles above the Earth at a speed of over 17,000 miles per hour... more
-via AviationWeek.com
"EADS Astrium gave us a tour of their Earth-observation clean room in Toulouse Oct. 8, where the company's medium-resolution Spot 7 satellite is undergoing integration ahead of environmental testing next year... more
-via PopularMechanics.com
"SpaceX's Dragon capsule is on its way to the ISS, but not before losing one of the nine Merlin engines during the first stage of the Falcon 9 rocket... more
-via Space.com
"The European Space Agency (ESA) faces the uncomfortable choice of either actively removing its dead Envisat satellite from low Earth orbit or risk being held liable if Envisat damages another satellite, a member of the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) said... more
-via GeekWire.com
"Orbital debris, also known as space junk, is a problem that many people in government and the commercial space industry are hoping to solve — clearing the Earth’s orbit of old satellites and other equipment... more
-via DailyFinance.com
"When Liberty Media hosts its annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday, investors may do a double-take when they see Sirius XM Radio's Mel Karmazin take the stage... more
-via EconomicTimes.com
"The Department of Space (DoS) has projected demand for 794 transponders in the 12th plan (2012-2017) from the operational transponder capacity of 187 from INSAT-GSAT satellites as of March-end this year... more
-via MacWorld.com
"FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski detailed plans on Thursday to free up more wireless spectrum that carriers say they need to offer high-speed mobile services... more
-via Phys.org
"Researchers hope the satellite, measuring 10 centimetres (four inches) cubed and launched from the International Space Station on Friday, will become the first orbiter to transmit an LED message across the night sky... more
-via Stripes.com
"The U.S. military apparently is bringing GPS-guided Excalibur shells to South Korea to improve its ability to counter North Korean artillery batteries... more
-via Guardian.co.uk
" This week, the International Space Station (ISS) made its latest move in a long-running game of cat and mouse with pieces of space debris. For years now, the ISS has been dodging collisions... more
-via Rferl.org
"A U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) statement says the jamming may be connected with demonstrations and mass arrests on October 3 as Iranians protested the plummeting value of Iran's rial currency... more
-via Monitor.co.ug
"The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has adjusted the digital migration standard specification in order to ease the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting... more
-via CNet.com
"The startup that won't give up recently filed a new proposal to the FCC to revive its plan for building a nationwide 4G LTE network to compete with AT&T and Verizon Wireless... more
-via BBC.co.uk
"UK engineers are developing a system to harpoon rogue or redundant satellites and pull them out of the sky.It is a response to the ever growing problem of orbital junk - old pieces of hardware that continue to circle the Earth and which now pose a collision threat to operational spacecraft... more
-via NextGov.com
"The Army has won Pentagon approval for limited production and fielding of a long-range broadband tactical communications system, which will help equip brigades from the 10th Mountain Division slated for deployment to Afghanistan in 2013... more
-via TheRegister.co.uk
"Dish, the US satellite provider, has switched on its home domestic broadband service, but while Americans embrace satellite Europeans don't seem interested in talking to their birds... more
-via FirstPost.com
"Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Monday pushed its heaviest communication satellite GSAT-10 further towards the geostationary orbit by firing the liquid apogee motor on board the 3.4-tonne spacecraft... more
-via Wired.com
"Satellite radio seemed like a good idea a decade ago. That was before drivers had a wide array of alternatives to commercial-clogged AM and FM bands... more
-via GigaOm.com
"HughesNet has turns on its residential broadband service, offering 15 Mbps speeds in rural America where the quality of broadband connections have always suffered. Hughes isn’t the only one though...more
-via FloridaToday.com
"While SpaceX’s prepares to launch the first commercial cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, planned at 8:35 p.m. Sunday, NASA’s other commercial cargo partner took a long-awaited step forward today...more
-via News.CNET.com
"The magazine's editors name the most innovative products, from the Lytro camera to Microsoft's Surface tablet, and give props, too, to bright minds like SpaceX's Elon Musk...more
-via GMANetwork.com
"A Chinese defense ministry executive on Thursday defended China's use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, over an area disputed by China and the Philippines...more
-via Gizmodo.com
"This sort of seems like piling on. Google just added a bunch of new high res images to its maps. That means its overhead satellite data should be even more up to date, and its 45-degree Flyover-like images will be more abundant...more
-via NationalPost.com
"Colin Franklin remembers the challenge of starting from scratch to build the Alouette-1 satellite which launched Canada as a space-faring nation 50 years ago. When it went into orbit in 1962, Canada became the third country in the world, after the then-Soviet Union and the United States, to have a satellite in space...more
-via PCWorld.com
"The U.S. Federal Communications Commission needs to be a “cop on the beat” to ensure mobile and broadband competition across the country, the agency’s chairman said Tuesday...more
-via KoreaTimes.co.kr
"PSK Telecom, Korea’s largest mobile carrier, has changed the landscape for the long-term evolution (LTE) services market by seeking ways to upgrade its technology...more
-via SacBee.com
"VT iDirect, Inc. (iDirect), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that Telefonica del Peru, a subsidiary of Telefonica Latinoamerica, one of Latin America's largest telecommunications operators, has launched a new VSAT service based on the iDirect Evolution platform...more
-via Wired.com
"The Government Accountability Office is warning Congress that its push for drones to become commonplace in U.S. airspace fails to take into account concerns surrounding privacy, security and even GPS jamming and spoofing...more
-via HeraldTribune.com
"If another hurricane threatens the eastern U.S. this year, the federal government will have to use more airplane reconnaissance trips to ensure an accurate forecast...more
-via Dawn.com
"Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) is in the process of acquiring the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) in collaboration with China, which will give a boost to its satellite communication technology...more
-via Examiner.com
"According to SpaceX, the company conducted the first test of its Grasshopper reusable rocket prototype at its test facility in McGregor, Texas. The rocket rose six feet in the air and the landed again in an apparent successful test on Friday, Sept 21...more
-via News.NationalGeographic.com
"While the American Civil Liberties Union and the Obama Administration duked it out in court last week over the U.S. military’s use of lethal drone strikes in the war on terror, NASA launched its own drone mission in the ongoing battle to understand and predict deadly storms...more
-via FierceWireless.com
"Dish Network and Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) continue to spar over proposals to shift Dish's MSS S-band spectrum by 5 MHz, with Dish accusing Sprint of glossing over critical issues related to its spectrum and LTE deployment plans.more
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