PO Box 72, 6th of October City 12568, Egypt Tel. (20-2) 840-0145; Fax (20-2) 840-0402 www.nilesat.com.eg Nilesat 101, 102 Broadcasting, data transmission, Internet access, multimedia. Orbital location of both is 7° W. Both carry 12 Ku-band transponders. 2013 and 2015 EOL, respectively. Service providers/users: ADD Universe, ERTU, Samacom, Showtime Arabia.
17F, The Lee Gardens 33 Hysan Ave. Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Tel. (852) 2500-0888; Fax (852) 2500-0895 www.asiasat.com AsiaSat 2 Broadband, broadcasting, telecommunications, VSAT. Orbital location is 100.5° E. Carries 24 C-band and nine Ku-band transponders. 2010 EOL. AsiaSat 3S Broadband, broadcasting, telecommunications, VSAT. Orbital location is 105.5° E. Carries 28 C-band and 16 Ku band transponders. 2014 EOL.
Air Force Aero Technologies of Australia F/A-18A (54) Aero Technologies of Australia F/A-18B (17) BAE Systems Hawk 127 (33) Boeing 707-320C (4) Boeing 737-700BBJ (2) Boeing C-17A (4) Bombardier Challenger CL604 (4) De Havilland Australia PC-9 (63) De Havilland Canada DHC-4 (10) General Dynamics F-111C (17) General Dynamics F-111G (7) General Dynamics RF-111C (4) Lockheed AP-3C (18) Lockheed C-130H (12)
Ray LaHood, Obama’s pick to head the Transportation Dept., got a warmer welcome at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee, which approved sending the nomination to the Senate for a confirmation vote.
Air Force Aero Vodochody L-39 (10) Aero Vodochody L-59 (47) Agusta AS-61A4 (2) Agusta CH-47D (15) Antonov An-74T-200 (1) Arab British Helicopter Co. SA342K (4) Arab British Helicopter Co. SA342L (79) Arab Organization for Indust. EMB-312 (54) Arab Organization for Indust. K-8E (70) Arab Organization for Indust. Mirage 2000EM (15) Beech 1900C (9) Boeing Helicopter AH-64D (35) Boeing Helicopter CH-47D (4)
NOAA-N Prime, the 16th and final edition in a series of polar-orbiting weather satellites that NASA has launched for more than three decades, is due for liftoff Feb. 2 from Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
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The next several years will see ongoing development and production of a wide variety of airborne defense electronics systems to meet both pressing active military needs and the demands of an evolving threat environment. For this reason, the electronic warfare segment of defense electronics will see perhaps some of the biggest advancements in this market segment.
The U.S. Air Force transported its second Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) satellite to Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., Jan. 20 via C-5 aircraft. The spacecraft will now undergo verification testing and encapsulation into the nose cone of a launch vehicle in preparation for liftoff. An Atlas V is scheduled to launch the satellite Mar. 9. Boeing is under contract to produce six WGS satellites. The first has been operational over the Pacific for more than a year.
Pacific Century Place Marunouchi 17/18F 1-11-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 100-6218, Japan Tel. (81-3) 5219-7777; Fax (81-3) 5219-7877 www.jsat.net Horizons-1 Telecommunications, VSAT networks. Orbital location is 127° W geosynchronous. 24 Ku-band transponders are jointly owned by JSAT and PanAmSat, while 24 C-band transponders are owned entirely by PanAmSat. 2018 EOL.
(B-SAT) Parkside-Yamamotokan 1-16-4, Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku Tokyo 151-0063, Japan Tel. (81-3) 5453-6521; Fax (81-3) 5453-6524 www.b-sat.co.jp BSAT-1a, BSAT-1b Direct-to-home TV broadcasting. Orbital location for both is 110° E. Each transmits on four Ku-band channels and carries eight transponders. 2009 EOL. BSAT-2a, BSAT-2c Direct-to-home TV broadcasting. Orbital location for both is 110° E. Each transmits on four Ku-band channels and carries eight transponders. 2013 EOL.
Konya Yolu 40. Km. Golbasi Ankara 06839, Turkey Tel. (90-312) 615-3000; Fax (90-312) 499-5115 www.turksat.com.tr Turksat 1C Broadcasting, business services, cable programming, direct-to-home TV broadcasting, Internet access, multimedia, telecommunications, VSAT networks. Orbital location is 42° E geosynchronous. Transmits on 16 channels in Ku-band. Spacebus-2000 model. Launched 1996.
The Pentagon isn’t planning to conduct its usual formal Fiscal 2010 budget presentation, which would normally take place Feb. 2. Government agencies and departments are required by law to transmit their budget plans to Congress on the first Monday in February. But the White House Office of Management and Budget waived that rule last April to give the new administration time to craft its own budget. The waiver applies to all federal agencies and departments. A Defense Dept.
William J. Lynn, 3rd, Obama’s choice for the No. 2 spot at the Pentagon, says he plans to review the draft Fiscal 2010 defense budget request as soon as possible. But that may take a while now that Lynn’s Senate confirmation has hit a snag—thanks in part to the man who nominated him. On his first full day in office, Obama signed an executive order toughening the rules for lobbying the administration by officials who leave government.
The U.S. Navy gave Pratt & Whitney a $4-million follow-on contract for flight management that covers engine readiness for the Naval Strike Air Warfare Center’s F100-powered F-16 Aggressor Sqdn., based at NAS Fallon, Nev. This addition to the April 2003 initial agreement covers one year with multiple extension options that could bring the potential value of the award to $27.5 million.
