Satellite News

This week, ESA opened a new Space Weather Coordination Centre to gather up-to-date information on our Sun. It is the first such data coordination centre opened under the Agency’s Space Situational Awareness Programme.

Related Post:Intersputnik leases Eutelsat W7 transpondersT-HT selects Eutelsat’s 16 degrees east neighbourhood for Pay-TVSerbia Broadband takes capacity on Eutelsat W2Digiturk renews satellite capacity with EutelsatFrench satellite pay-TV platform to launch on 10 DecemberCANAL+ to reach TPS subscribers via HotbirdIntelsat and Panasonic to offer broadband service for planesMultiChoice Africa leases 20 transponders on Eutelsat’s W7Zemanta

According to spaceweather.com, a coronal mass…Read more

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said it was now using a sophisticated forecast model that substantially improves predictions of space weather impacts on Earth.Other Posts:Integral Systems Cites Record Results For Third QuarterGround control segments for Amos-5, Telkom-3 by ISS-ReshetnevSS/L to build S-band satellite fore S2MILS to launch Inmarsat satellite on Proton next springOrbcomm Inc. results Q2 2010Digital TV 101: Analyze and Compare The PricesFirst H-IIB successfully launches first HTVInternational Datacasting Names VP For Sales, Marketing

A strong-to-severe (Kp=8) geomagnetic storm is in progress following the impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME) at approximately 1215 UTC on 26 September.Other Posts:Dish Network Piracy – What You MissSpaceway 3 takes up commercial serviceRaytheon completes software specification review for GPS OCXMDA receives first payment forSatellite TV 101: Challenge Your Customer’s FeedbackThuraya To Provide Portable Satellite Terminals For U.N.Political Television SatisfiesDirect TV Or Dish Network?

Observations from NASA’s twin Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft have allowed U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists to see recent solar activity that may have produced the first casualty of the new solar cycle #24. A coronal mass ejection from 3 April 2010 apparently resulted in a critical failure on the Galaxy 15 communications satellite (a.k.a. Zombiesat).
Other Posts:Smallsat company wants big piece of Galileo cakeAsiaSat, Indiasign To Launch Platform On AsiaSat 2Satellite Television – Making the Best of Your Sports BarRaytheon started NPOESS communications upgrade in AntarcticaHispasat upgrades to SAT Corporation’s MonicsNetDelta II Set to Launch GeoEye-1 on 4 SeptemberApposite Technologies Announces Gigabit-Speed WAN EmulatorShuttle Discovery crew returns home after successful mission

Although its peak is still four years away, a new active period of Earth-threatening solar storms will be the weakest since 1928, predicts an international panel of experts led by NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center and funded by NASA. Despite the prediction, Earth is still vulnerable to a severe solar storm.