-via TheHindu.com
"A woman posing as a senior scientist breached the high security Indian Space Research Organisation with a fake ID card but was quickly arrested, police said on Monday. Police said the 44-year-old woman has been identified as Jula N Shyam, a native of Ahmedabad. She has been sent to jail till October 6 on charges of criminal trespass and other offenses...more
-via AviationWeek.com
"An independent review panel has concluded that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) oversight of its weather satellite programs is “dysfunctional,” leaving the execution of its GOES-R and Joint Polar Satellite System programs an “extremely challenging” proposition...more
-via En.Ria.Ru
"Russia’s first satellite manufactured and operated by a private firm will be launched next year, Dauria Aerospace head Mikhail Kokorich told RBK daily. The DX1-class 50-kg satellite will be designed to “fine-tune a satellite platform, monitor the movement of ships in the world’s oceans and test a variety of payloads,” he said...more
-via Businessweek.com
"The Federal Communications Commission said it initially approved Philip Falcone’s LightSquared Inc. without knowing the wireless service would interfere with global positioning system signals, because GPS- gear makers didn’t complain... more
-via USNews.com
"There won't be drones buzzing high over the Super Bowl in New Orleans this February, after all. But city officials say they could use drones at other high profile events, including Mardis Gras... more
-via Sportsvideo.org
"It has been a little less than two weeks since the sports-production community descended on Amsterdam for IBC2012, arguably the broadcast-technology conference that has the most-global feel: unlike the NAB Show, it isn’t dominated by khaki pants and polo shirts. Even better for attendees, it features more actual working prototypes than concepts... more
-via Gigaom.com
"It has been five years since American Airlines first launched Wi-Fi on its domestic flights in the U.S. and, frankly, since that time, Wi-Fi on airplanes is still stuck on the runway. It’s expensive, slow and based on GoGo data, less than 10 percent of flyers even attempt to use the service, even if someone else is paying for it... more
-via AviationWeek.com
"The U.S. Air Force has reviewed the candidates for the Orbital/Suborbital Program-3 contract and determined that all bidders will be eligible to compete, according to Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center. The “competitive range” review took place last week, she says. Air Force officials declined to say how many bidders have offered options for the OSP-3 contract... more
-via Phys.org
"NASA's Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) mission has successfully completed a Mission Concept Review, a major evaluation milestone of the engineering plan to execute the build and launch of a space communications laser system. The LCRD payload is scheduled for launch onboard a Loral commercial satellite in 2017... more
-via TechnoBuffalo.com
"Good news for travelers who need to stay connected en route: According to an internal company email acquired by The Verge, JetBlue is reportedly planning to unveil high-speed wireless Internet access early next year... more
-via Businessweek.com
"China has added two more satellites to a global navigation network that will eventually compete with America's Global Positioning System... more
-via Mashable.com
"Humans can only dream of having the power of Thor, the Norse-inspired superhero who can whirl and throw his hammer at blinding speeds. A NASA-funded plan envisions rockets using a similar idea to hurl tiny satellites toward other planets...more
-via Firstpost.com
"India’s first human space flight would be delayed further for want of requisite technologies and capabilities, a top space official admitted Monday...more
-via TheHill.com
"The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) on Monday moved to delay its lawsuit challenging the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) order requiring TV stations to put political advertising data online. The group told a federal court that it needs more time to decide whether to drop the case entirely...more
-via BizJournals.com
"Dish Network Corp. is fighting Federal Communications Commission pressure to change the frequencies Dish would use for a wireless broadband network it wants to launch. The battle over the frequency shift comes amid Dish wait for an FCC’s verdict on letting the Douglas County-based company change the use of 40 megahertz of satellite broadcast spectrum it spent $2.9 billion buying last year...more
-via Business-Standard.com
"The launch of Indian communication satellite GSAT-10 has been put off after the European space consortium Arianespace which was to orbit it, found a snag in the Ariane V rocket in the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana, ISRO Chairman K Radhakrishnan said today. Arianespace was scheduled to launch GSAT-10 along with ASTRA 2F spacecraft, built by the Astrium division of EADS for Luxembourg-based SES, in the early hours of September 22...more
-via Mashable.com
"With a simple click of the heels, a pair of GPS shoes may make it easier to find your way home.Created by British designer Dominic Wilcox, the “No Place Like Home GPS Shoes” are programmed to guide you back to your abode “no matter where you are in the world...more
-via TurkishWeekly.net
"Up until now aerial drones have been used mostly by the U.S. military overseas to kill terror leaders and provide surveillance, but a burgeoning new industry is developing, eager to put non-military unmanned aerial vehicles in the skies over America and turn an enormous profit... more
-via Businessweek.com
"Over the next year a dozen or so tiny, homemade satellites will be launched into space. They’ll conduct experiments in low earth orbit—about 140 to 600 miles up, roughly as high as the International Space Station. After three months, they’ll drift toward earth and reenter the atmosphere, incinerating into memories. Sandy Antunes is the champion of these so-called picosatellites, which usually weigh less than 2.2 pounds... more
-via Al-Shorfa.com
"The Iraqi Ministry of Science and Technology intends to launch the first Iraqi experimental satellite before the end of next year, in collaboration with an Italian university. The ministry said the satellite will be used for educational and research purposes... more
-via Wired.com
"The skies over Libya were clogged with U.S. Predator drones during last year’s war. But just because the war officially ended in October didn’t mean the drones went home...more
-via Phys.org
"Myanmar is looking at launching a small Earth-observation satellite with Japanese aid, a company official said Thursday, as the country comes in from the cold after decades of isolation...more
-via Army-Technology.com
"Thales Alenia Space has been awarded a contract by the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) to conduct a study on France's Armed Forces future military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) system, dubbed Comsat NG. Under the deal, the company will conduct a one-year review of MILSATCOM capacity required in orbit, acquisition procedures and collaboration schemes, before submitting the analysis to DGA... more
-via Flightglobal.com
"The in-flight connectivity market is growing rapidly, and operators now have myriad options for the systems they can install on their aircraft to give passengers in-flight wi-fi. As passengers start bringing more types of personal electronic devices on board, airlines are choosing to install wi-fi regardless of whether it comes packaged with an embedded IFE system or not... more
-via DefenseSystems.com
"Troops operating in all domains turn to satellite communications (SATCOM) and secure wireless for tactical communications. Responding to an increasing need for instantly accessible, high-speed and secure communications, the Defense Department is evaluating and deploying a variety of new systems in space, on the ground and even in the air......more
-via WashingtonPost.com
"South Korea said Tuesday it will launch a rocket next month carrying an observation satellite, its third attempt to put a satellite fired from its own territory into orbit. The announcement by South Korea’s Science Ministry came five months after North Korea drew international condemnation for its own rocket launch......more
-via GulfNews.com
"Abu Dhabi: Increased awareness and installing GPS (Global Positioning System) devices in waste collection trucks to track them have minimised number of illegal waste dumping in the emirate, the Centre of Waste Management — Abu Dhabi said on Monday.....more
-via Phys.org
"Later this month, Europe's newest meteorology satellite, MetOp-B, will blast into space from Baikonur Cosmodrome. For mission control teams at ESA, liftoff marks the start of 72 hours of intense focus during the mission's critical launch and early orbit phase.....more
-via Reuters.com
"The state-controlled satellite company in Egypt, whose president has repeatedly pleaded to the Syrian Government to stand down, stopped broadcasting from Wednesday three Syrian state channels on its Nilesat system, a company source said.....more
-via EconomicTimes.com
"China plans to send as many as eight satellites into the space before 2020 to provide ocean and land data and supervise the marine environment, a senior official has said.....more
-via WashingtonPost.com
"Antonio Tajani — speaking at the official opening of the new Galileo system’s headquarters in the Czech capital, Prague on Thursday — said that two satellites will be launched next month, and from next year four more will go up every six months until a network of 30 is completed......more
-via ABCNews.com
" What could you do with your own, do-it-yourself satellite? Such things now exist—and at prices as low as $8,000, including the blast-off into space.....more
-via TheJakartaPost.com
"Having failed to launch its Telkom-3 Satellite with a Russian company in August, state-run telecommunications company PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Telkom) says it is seeking a partnership with another company......more
-via Wired.com
"The U.S. has a vast constellation of spy satellites in orbit. But these surveillance spacecraft have traditionally only been able to gaze down on a few small areas of the planet at a time, like flashlights probing the dark. And this, only with careful advance planning by human operators on the ground......more
-via AMEInfo.com
"The United Arab Emirates (UAE) represented by the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) held a coordination meeting with a delegation from Kazakhstan at the TRA headquarters in Dubai from 26-30 August 2012. A number of technical issues with regard to coordinating satellite frequencies were discussed between the two sides......more
-via NewScientist.com
"It was September 1940. Four teenagers were walking a dog when they stumbled into a cave holding Palaeolithic paintings, a depiction of a time long forgotten. To this day these images, the famous Lascaux cave paintings remain enigmatic, with some historians suggesting that they were created deep underground as a kind of message for the future......more
-via SatelliteCommunicationAustralia.blogspot.com
"As a politically and geologically stable country, with low rain fall and mild temperatures, Australia provides the perfect location to house Teleports and satellite infrastructure. In fact, many military organizations rely on the ground facilities in Australia for their mission critical communications in volatile regions like Middle East, where terrestrial networks simply won't do.....more
-via JapanTimes.co.jp
"Takushi Tanaka can't wait for a microsatellite his project team developed for a unique mission to be released from the international space station in September.....more
-via Venezuela-US.org
"Jorge Arreaza, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, announced Thursday that Venezuela will launch its second satellite, called the Miranda satellite, from China late next month. The satellite, which will help guarantee national security and defense, is assembled by a team of Venezuelan scientists working in Beijing.....more
-via Phys.org
"In space, there are no brakes. Active satellites and spacecraft achieve controlled movement with thrusters. Retired satellites, on the other hand, no longer controlled from Earth, tumble in their orbits through space while traveling at high speed. A spacecraft seeking to rendezvous with such a satellite must perform a delicate dance to safely approach and synchronize movements.....more
-via NYTimes.com
"Let’s send a mission to Mars, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced a couple of weeks ago, just as his government was fending off corruption charges and the country was still recovering from the biggest blackout since the invention of electricity.....more
-via BNA.com
"The National Association of Broadcasters has until Oct. 4 to outline arguments against a Federal Communications Commission rule requiring TV stations to disclose information online about political ad purchases, a federal judge has ruled....more
-via NRL.navy.mil
"U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's Tactical Satellite-4 successfully completes three weeks of intense testing, June 28, as part of the Navy's annual Trident Warrior Experiment 2012 (TW12). TacSat-4 is a Navy-led Joint mission that provides Ultra High Frequency (UHF) satellite communications (SATCOM).....more
-via TVNewsCheck.com
"The FAA has begun writing licensing regulations and safety requirements that would allow unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) to be used for purposes including newsgathering by 2015. They would be a less costly and potentially more capable replacements for manned helicopters.....more
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