Trouble detected in satellite
Trouble detected in satellite Daichi during operation check (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ Japan's space agency said Saturday some troubles were detected in a land-observation satellite the previous day after it was deployed from a domestically made H-2A rocket earlier this week, though posing no serious effect on its operation.
Japan Launches Daichi Satellite Into Space (Los Angeles Times)
Japan launched a rocket carrying an advanced land-observation satellite into space Tuesday, in a boost for a space program that has worked to overcome a spotty record.
Satellite TV customers lose local stations (The Salt Lake Tribune)
Satellite TV customers throughout Utah were unable to watch Salt Lake City's local stations Thursday night. Don Kauffman, assignment editor at KUTV Channel 2, said he fielded about 30 calls from customers of either DirecTV or DISH Network from Parowan to Ogden. Marc Lumpkin, spokesman for DISH Network, said the outage lasted from about 6 to 10 p.m. The problem was being
Silvermead Satellite ISP Vanishes (ISPreview)
Two readers have reported that a second broadband satellite ISP, Silvermead , may also be in trouble. The service apparently became unresponsive last Friday and remains so today, with phones, e-mail and even the website seeming to be offline.
XM Satellite Radio leads in electronics sites traffic (InternetRetailer.com)
XM Satellite Radio posted the sharpest year-to-year gain in the number of unique visitors to hardware manufacturers’ sites in December, with visits increasing 114% to 3 million from 1.4 million, according to Nielsen/NetRatings.
2006 Spring and Fall Satellite Series Excellent in Management and Leadership (SpaceRef)
2006 Spring and Fall Satellite Series Excellent in Management and Leadership - SpaceRef
Lockheed gets $2 billion US satellite deal (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Lockheed Martin Corp has won a $2 billion, 10-year contract to build the backbone of a space-based U.S. Air Force network that would boost greatly communications links to forces worldwide, the Pentagon announced Friday.
Computer glitch hits new satellite (Irish Examiner)
A computer glitch partially shut down a Japanese satellite that launched earlier this week, a space agency spokesman said today.