Olson's Observations (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
Just read this quote in an article in the Economist and had to share it: “Truth and technology will triumph over bullshit and bureaucracy.” - Rene Anselmo: Spaceflight privatization pioneer and founder of PanAmSat. Awesome.
NASA SpaceFlight.com (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
A Sea Launch Zenit 3SL is set to carry Galaxy 18 - a new Fixed Satellite Service (FSS) satellite for the PanAmSat Corporation - into a geosynchronous transfer orbit from its equatorial launch site in the Pacific ocean. Launch is targeting the opening of a two hour launch window at 2:43am PDT. NASASpaceflight.com is covering the launch as a live event, with background, images, live updates and free...
Orbitcast (Free subscription) | 05/02/2008
The founder of Sirius Satellite Radio, Martine Rothblatt, was profiled recently by the Associated Press in a rare interview. Martine Rothblatt explained to the AP that her 1980 MBA thesis at UCLA was essentially the blueprint for her first company, PanAmSat, which created a satellite-based vehicle tracking system. Rothblatt then wanted to create the radio equivalent to cable television, a "cable on...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/18/2007
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CapRock Communications, a premier global satellite communications provider, has named Tom Eaton – a technology industry veteran
Examiner (Free subscription) | 10/08/2007
They've ruined missiles, silenced communications satellites and forced nuclear power plants to shut down. Pacemakers, consumer gadgets and even a critical part of a space shuttle have fallen victim.
Population Statistic (Free subscription) | 10/06/2007
Who knew that metal grew stubble? The tendency of tin to develop tiny splinters, or “whiskers”, is threatening the structural integrity and functionality of electronic equipment great and small. Typically measuring under a millimeter long, tin whiskers look like errant strands of static-charged hair, erupting in every direction from tin-based materials like solder. Their cause is [...]
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/06/2007
By The Associated Press Some recent failures caused by tin whiskers: - 1986: Malfunctions in radar equipment for U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jets.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/05/2007
They've ruined missiles, silenced communications satellites and forced nuclear power plants to shut down. Pacemakers, consumer gadgets and even a critical part of a space shuttle have fallen victim.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/09/2007
PEMBROKE, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Intelsat, Ltd., the world's leading provider of fixed satellite services, today reported results for the three and six
