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TECHNOLOGY
SpaceDev
TO DEVELOP SEALS FOR NASA
SpaceDev Inc. has been awarded a contract to develop next-generation seal
technologies for instrument covers for
NASA, SpaceDev announced.
Under the six-month Phase 1
Small Business Innovative Research,
SpaceDev will perform feasibility studies for seals capable of repetitive use
while maintaining integrity in abrasive
environments. These technologies are
intended to enhance performance and
enable increased mission capabilities
for future lunar operations such as rovers, robotic systems, on-site resource
utilization and science experiments.
BY THE NUMBERS
Satellite Radio Growth Projections*
40.00
30.00
20.00
10.00
Sat Radio
Merged
0.00
2008 2009 2010 2015 2020
*For the combined two companies (XM and Sirius) individually, compared with projections based on economics models
SOURCE: BRIDGE RATINGS LLC
SERVICES
Global Satellite USA,
ACG Marine
TO PROVIDE MARITIME SERVICE
Global Satellite USA has partnered with
ACG Marine to provide DStar maritime
broadband in the United States, Global
Satellite announced.
This service will provide high-speed
Internet access to vessels via monthly
or annual contracts on shared or dedi-
cated bandwidth.
CONTRACTS
AeroAstro
AWARDED ASSET TRACKING DEAL
AeroAstro, a business unit of Radyne Corp., received a $1.2 million order from Glo-
balstar for additional sensor enabled notification system (SENS) systems, Radyne
announced.
SENS, a digital signal processing infrastructure component, is installed at Global-
star ground stations to receive and decode asset tracking and monitoring data from
field transmitters. As part of the order, AeroAstro will provide
Globalstar with the hardware and software, including asset tracking satellite downlink
decoder racks and spares kits.
Globalstar will use the components to expand its Simplex data network.
vice providers. The new service offers
customers secure connectivity to offices
on land over a private terrestrial network.
SingTel
LAUNCHES MARITIME
BROADBAND SERVICE
Sing Tel is launching a global maritime
satellite broadband service, the com-
pany announced.
Sing Tel, which has been providing
regional VSAT services for more than
two years, will extend the reach of its
service to cover all major shipping
routes around the globe through strategic alliances with global satellite ser-
Spacenet
EXTENDS SERVICES
TO ALASKA, HAWAII
Spacenet Inc. introduced its commercial
grade broadband and digital voice ser-
vices to Alaska and Hawaii, the company
announced.
Spacenet is extending the service mar-
kets in response to customer and reseller
demand for business-class satellite com-
munications, the company said.
Com Dev
TO PROVIDE EQUIPMENT FOR KA-SAT
Com Dev International Ltd. received a $4.7
million Canadian dollar ($4.6 million) authorization to proceed to supply EADS Astrium
with multiplexer and switch equipment for
the Eutelsat Ka-Sat communications satellite, Com Dev announced.
Scheduled for launch in mid-2010, Ka-
Sat will be the first fully dedicated Ka-band
satellite for the European market.
DataPath
WINS U.S. ARMY CONTRACT
DataPath Inc. has been awarded a $6.6 mil-
lion contract to support DataPath terminals
