Satellite News

Hackers may have hijacked satellite TV signals in southern China, but maybe it was an ordinary satellite problem, according to various reports from Shanghai and Hong Kong.

TerreStar Global Ltd., an emerging mobile communications provider and a subsidiary of Motient Corporation (MNCP), has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with the Government of Bermuda to enable TerreStar to take the first steps toward constructing, operating and maintaining satellite operations facilities in Bermuda.

Globecomm Systems Inc. announced the closing of its previously announced acquisition of the GlobalSat division of Lyman Bros., Inc. effective 30 April 2007.

Andrew Corp., a supplier for communications equipment makers, said it plans to sell its satellite communications business and has received initial indications of interest from several possible buyers.

Integral Systems, Inc. , announced the successful demonstration of the ability of Integral Systems’ CCS-C (Command and Control System – Consolidated) satellite control system to support satellite operations using the TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) SLE (Space Link Extension) protocol.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science said that the proposed science and climate change research budget cuts would threaten satellites essential for such activities as weather forecasts, hurricane warnings, and studies of global climate change.

The inaugural flight of ISRO’s new Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) Mark-III is now expected in 2009.

Six people were injured when a train carrying space shuttle parts to Florida’s Kennedy Space Center derailed in Alabama, USA, yesterday. The train was carrying space shuttle reusable solid rocket motor segments from the ATK Launch Systems manufacturing site in Brigham City, Utah.