Satnews Weekly This Week's Satellite News   
October 27, 2009 — November 2, 2009

UPDATED: Ares I-X Flies — Successful Launch At Kennedy Space Center
Unlike yesterday's weather halted attempted launch of the Ares 1-X launch vehicle, and after a few delays due to circulating clouds, the rocket lifted off successfully this morning Full Story

Surfaceless Sub Comms Successfully Sail Thru With Lockheed Martin PDR
A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT]-led industry team recently completed a successful Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the U.S. Navy’s Communications at Speed and Depth (CSD) program, essential to providing real-time, two-way communications to submarines without having to surface to periscope depth. Full Story

Bolivia Gains A Satellite
The Bolivian government, China's Great Wall Industry Corporation, and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), have all signed an memorandum of understanding to construct and post a satellite in orbit. Full Story

First Class Service — Thomson's IPTV Technology Goes Sky High
Thomson [NYSE?: TMS], a worldwide leader of services to content creators, today announced that it has signed a long-term contract with LiveTV for the development of a live TV broadcast system for aircraft.? Full Story

Thales Alenia Space' Corot Continues Cruising...
Thales Alenia Space is well pleased with the decision by French space agency CNES, in agreement with its national partners, to extend the operation of the Corot satellite for an additional three years. Full Story

SatBroadcasting: Make The Mubai Move For Broadcast India
Broadcast India 2009 Exhibition & Conference will be held from October 29 through 31, 2009, in Hall V at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai. Full Story

Thrane & Thrane Filtering Finds Flight Folk With Happy Hailing
Thrane & Thrane has received Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) for its unique Iridium Filter. Full Story

Thales Alenia Space Taking Ball To Iridium NEXT
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. and Thales Alenia Space have agreed to work jointly on the nexgenn satellite constellation Iridium NEXT program. Full Story

Great Energy As First Anniversary Of NASA's Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope
It's been one year, and so NASA will conduct a news teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, October 28, to discuss the first-year science results from the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. Full Story

NSS-12 and THOR 6 Successfully Blast Off To Orbit Via Ariane 5
Arianespace has successfully launched the Ariane 5 ECA with its twin passengers, NSS-12 and THOR 6, from the Spaceport in French Guiana. More to follow after the captured video is processed for viewing... Full Story

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