China Spacecom To Activate Iridium Satellite Gateway This Year

CONSTELLATIONS

by Staff Writers
Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 29, 2007
China Space Mobile Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd. (China Spacecom) has announced that it is planning to open an Iridium gateway earth station in 2007. Iridium Satellite LLC and China Spacecom have recently signed agreements under which Iridium will provide technical assistance for commercial activation and ongoing maintenance of the gateway. China Spacecom has been an Iridium service provider since December 2005.

The gateway, which will be located in Beijing, will support Iridium voice and data services throughout China and could be operational by the end of 2007.

"The gateway will make it possible for us to expand our range of Iridium voice and data services in China," said Tong Shirong, president of China Spacecom.

"There is a large demand for Iridium short-burst data links in water resources management, hydrological monitoring, weather data collection, fishing vessel tracking, heavy machinery automation, environmental protection and other industries, as well as voice and email communications with ships and aircraft on domestic and international routes."

"The China mobile satellite market is just emerging and will complement the tremendous growth of terrestrial mobile voice and data service," said Matt Desch, chairman and CEO, Iridium Satellite.

"This announcement is a great endorsement by a partner for our reliable and high quality network, and we also see the China market as an important opportunity for Iridium NEXT, our next generation constellation being planned for operation in six to seven years."

Iridium Satellite

Memory Foam Mattress Review

SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

CONSTELLATIONS

Avin International Installs Iridium Satellite Systems On Tanker Fleet

Bethesda MD (SPX) Mar 16, 2007
In a move to reduce monthly satellite communication costs, Avin International is installing Iridium satellite terminals on its fleet of 22 oil and product tankers. Navarino Telecom, a leading provider of satellite products and services in the Greek shipping market, is supplying and installing the Iridium satellite systems for the Avin ships under a service agreement with Stratos.

ROCKET SCIENCE Anomalous Behaviour Affects Firing Test Of Vega Zefiro 9 Motor Iowa State To Unveil The Most Realistic Virtual Reality Room In The World Boeing Announces Industry Team For Ares I Crew Launch Vehicle Upper Stage Production Space X Declares Falcon 1 Testing Complete And Ready For Commercial Orbital Transportation Services	LAUNCH PAD ISRO To Launch Foreign Satellite As Primary Payload First Time Arianespace Is Ready To Support The Mobile Satellite Services Industry's Future Development Next Ariane 5 Takes Shape Official Opening Of The Soyuz Launch Base Construction Site In French Guiana
SHUTTLE NEWS Shuttle Assessments And Repair Work Ongoing NASA Assigns Crew For Shuttle Mission To Install Japanese Lab Shuttle Atlantis Grounded by Fuel Tank Damage Marshall Communications And AMERICOM GOVERNMENT SERVICES Extend NASA Contract	STATION NEWS Next International Space Station Crew To Launch April 7 Soyuz TMA-9 Module Relocation Set For March 30 MDA To Implement Space Station Berthing Information Solution For Japan ISS Crew Work On Long-Dusration Space Flight Tests
SPACE TRAVEL NASA Medical Review Team Appointed New Mexico Voters Weigh Spaceport Tax Impost The First Soyuz Mission Forty Years On Researchers Uncover Protection Mechanism Of Radiation-Resistant Bacterium	DRAGON SPACE China To Pursue Space Instead Of Socialism China Outlines Space Program Till 2010 China To Launch New Direct Broadcast Satellite To Replace SinoSat-2 Russian Court Upholds Custody For Space Firm Chief Reshetin
ROBO SPACE Students Rack Up Wins At Local Robotics Competition Talking Bots Novel Salamander Robot Crawls Its Way Up The Evolutionary Ladder Look Ma, No Hands, No Humans	MARSDAILY Opportunity Begins Imaging Of Cape Of Good Hope China And Russia Plan Mars Mission First Steps To Mars International Partnerships Plan Continued Exploration Of Mars

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement