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Intelsat General Due to Space Restrictions Worldwide Satellite Magazine December 2012 SatMagazine 2012YEAR IN REVIEW SatMagazine. December 2012, Vol. 5, #8 Publishing Operations Authors Silvano Payne Publisher + Writer Mike Antonovich, Contributing Editor Hartley G. Lesser Editorial Director Adrian Ballintine, NewSat Limited Pattie Waldt Executive Editor David Bettinger, iDirect Jill Durfee Sales Director, Editorial Assistant Andreas Blumenschein, WORK Microwave Donald McGee Production Manager Markus Bochenko, WORK Microwave Simon Payne Development Manager Julian Bott, ND SatCom Dan Makinster Technical Advisor Jan Einar Bringedal, Marlink Chris Forrester Senior Contributing Editor Michael Capocchi, Beam Communications Alan Gottlieb Senior Contributing Editor Erik Ceuppens, Astrium Services Bob Gough Senior Contributing Editor AJ Clark, Thermopylae Sciences + Technologies Jos Heyman Senior Contributing Editor Matt Desch, Iridium Giles Peeters Senior Contributing Editor Brian Donnelly, Norsat International Mike Antonovich Contributing Editor Chris Forrester, Senior Contributing Editor Richard Dutchik Contributing Editor Arnold Friedman, Space Systems/Loral Bert Sadtler Contributing Editor Bill Green, Hermes DatacommsWO Ofer Greenberger, ORBIT Communication Systems We reserve the right to edit all submitted materials to meet Stéphane Gounari, NSR France our content guidelines, as well as for grammar and spelling Jos Heyman, Senior Contributing Editor consistency. Articles may be moved to an alternative issue Günter Heinrichs, IFEN GmbH to accommodate publication space requirements or removed Chris Hudson, Intelsat General due to space restrictions. Submission of content does not Graham Hart-Ives, Telespazio VEGA UK constitute acceptance of said material by SatNews Publishers. Pradman Kaul, Hughes Edited materials may, or may not, be returned to author and/ or company for review prior to publication. The views expressed Christian Kneuer, HTN Communications in SatNews Publishers’ various publications do not necessarily Kai Koppenburg, WORK Microwave reflect the views or opinions of SatNews Publishers. Dragana Lazic-Mijanovic, Intorel All rights reserved. Hartley Lesser, Editorial Director Frank Linsalata, AGI All included imagery is courtesy of, and copyright to, the Tim Logue, Thales Alenia Space North America respective companies or named individuals. Michael Payne, Vislink Dan Poirier, SkyWave Mobile Communications Elliot Pulham, Space Foundation Bruce Rowe, ViaSat Bert Sadtler, Contributing Editor Ofer Shayo, Tvinci Patrick Shay, DeLorme Jamie Smith, EM Solutions Steve Spengler, Intelsat Scott Sprague, ABS Andrew Tafler, CPI Andrew Taylor, Pactel International William Wade, AsiaSat Pattie Waldt, Executive Editor Published monthly by SatNews Publishers 800 Siesta Way Sonoma, CA 95476 USA Phone: (707) 939-9306 Fax: (707) 838-9235 © 2012 SatNews Publishers 2 SatMagazine — December 2012 SatMagazine. December 2012, Vol. 5, #8 InfoBeam Putting The Program Into Practice (GVF + Intelsat) .................Page 12 Signed, Sealed + Delivered (Boeing + Orbital Sciences) ..........Page 12 Single Button Access (Hermes Datacomms) .............................Page 12 ITSO Mandate To Continue ........................................................Page 13 Reserving Propulsion (Sea Launch + AsiaSat) ..........................Page 14 Signing On For Strategic Product Development (Beam) ............Page 14 Bringing More To Brazil (SES) ....................................................Page 14 Vacuum Victory Milestone (Skybox Imaging) ............................Page 16 Switched On (COM DEV International) ......................................Page 16 GaNamic DTH Solutions (Advantech Wireless) ..........................Page 16 Analysis For Canada Welcome (Telesat) ....................................Page 16 Helping Pléiades 1B To Find Its Way (Arianespace) ..................Page 18 Grace In Space + A Major Meddling (Astrium) ..........................Page 19 No Power Cord Needed (SES + ESA) .........................................Page 20 Retired? Don’t Count On It (SSTL) .............................................Page 20 Gaining Even More Services (Globecomm) ................................Page 21 Stunning Satellite Views (NASA) ...............................................Page 21 Celebrating Capacity Cumulation (KVH Industries) ..................Page 22 Works Better Than A Trail Of Breadcrumbs ...............................Page 22 Just The Ticket For South Sudan (YahSat) ................................Page 23 No Separation Anxiety (Sea Launch AG) .................................Page 102 4 SatMagazine — December 2012 SatMagazine. December 2012, Vol. 5, #8 Features Forrester On SatBroadcasting™ Several issues ago in SatMagazine, we wrote that Ultra-HDTV (U-HDTV) is Page 24 coming... “and fast”... were the precise words used in that column. Well, it seems we were wrong. Ultra-HDTV (U-HDTV), at least in its 4K version is, in terms of satellite time, now just around the corner. by Chris Forrester, Senior Contributing Editor NSR Analysis: EO Concentration + Commercial Revenues DigitalGlobe and GeoEye are due to complete their merger in 2013. Page 30 Separately, both companies were already the two biggest Earth Observation (EO) players, and the resulting entity will enjoy a very comfortable position. by Stéphane Gounari, Senior Analyst, NSR France Antonovich On SatBroadcasting™: Is “OTT” Truly “Over-The-Top”? Has the 3DTV wave crested? From what I saw at the IBC show and at Page 32 SATCON 2012, I’d say so. NOBODY was talking about 3DTV. The buzz was about the far more lifelike images produced by the 4K (twice the number of pixels as today’s HDTV) technology on display. by Mike Antonovich, Contributing Editor Ku- Vs. Ka-Band—Pondering Performance All of the new Ka-band satellite systems entering the market have prompted Page 34 fevered comparisons between the Ku-band platforms—there has been, and continues to be, much debate about which of the two technologies provide better service to customers. by Chris Hudson, Senior Solutions Architect Engineer, Intelsat General Event: Waikiki, Capacity, Capability... + Satellites... All @ PTC’13 All of the new Ka-band satellite systems entering the market have prompted Page 38 fevered comparisons between the Ku-band platforms—there has been, and continues to be, much debate about which of the two technologies provide better service to customers. by Tim Logue, Sr. Director, Thales Alenia Space North America Pulham’s View: Passion Wears A Pocket Protector If there’s one thing that makes the space industry profoundly different from Page 40 most other industries you can think of, it is the passion that each and every one of us brings to our job, day in and day out. by Elliot Pulham, CEO, Space Foundation Futron Analysis: 2012 Space Competitiveness Index Exploring the vast unknowns of space is an ancient human aspiration. The Page 42 same impulse that led nomadic tribes to seek out what was beyond the next mountaintop, and civilizations to traverse the oceans in search of new lands, today animates governments, enterprises, entrepreneurs, scientists, and citizens alike to pursue frontiers beyond our planet. 6 SatMagazine — December 2012 SatMagazine. December 2012, Vol. 5, #8 Features Gottlieb On Maritime + Commercial Aviation Markets—2012 Review The battle for control of the maritime and aviation markets is no longer just Page 48 a skirmish. It’s now apparent that Intelsat means business in its attempt to wrestle maritime and aviation market dominance from Inmarsat—and Intelsat is fighting back. by Alan Gottlieb, Senior Contributing Editor SatNav: GNSS, Apps + Sims The origins of satellite navigation date back to the late 1950s, when the U.S. Page 52 Navy began to develop the Navy Navigation Satellite System (better known as TRANSIT), which became known as the world’s first global navigation satellite system (GNSS). by Andreas Blumenschein + Markus Bochenko WORK Microwave + Günter Heinrichs, IFEN GmbH Sadtler On Careers: Take ‘Em Or Leave ‘Em For 2012 Best Practice Recruiting should include an original approach, the focus on Page 56 building trust with the talent, the determination to hire the best candidate and an opportunity for the employer to be favorably represented in the marketplace. by Bert Sadtler, Contributing Editor Heyman On Launches: 2012 Year In Review At the time of this writing it is predicted that by November 1, 2012 we will Page 58 witness 142 spacecraft involved in 78 launches. This tally includes seven satellites deployed from the International Space Station. As to their purpose, an analysis is provided in the two tables on the following page. by Jos Heyman, Senior Contributing Editor SatBroadcasting™: Moving To A More User-Centric TV Experience Over-The-Top Television (OTT TV) continues to work its way into the Page 62 broadcasting world—by storm. For satellite broadcasters, such brings a number of questions to the forefront... by Ofer Shayo, Co-Founder + CEO, Tvinci Survey: The Size + Health Of The United Kingdom’s Space Industry The 2012 Size and Health of the United Kingdom’s (UK) Space Industry Page 64 survey represents the latest incarnation of the key biennial barometer of the UK space industry. The UK Space Agency contracted Oxford Economics to conduct this edition, covering the years 2009/10 and 2010/11; Oxford Economics also conducted the 2010 survey. 2012: YEAR IN REVIEW, Roundtable Index Welcome to SatMagazine’s annual YEAR IN REVIEW issue. 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