A Zenit-3SL launch vehicle exploded during the attempted launch of a broadband communications satellite. The payload, an NSS-8 satellite, was a Boeing 702 spacecraft that carried 56 C-band and 36 Ku-band transponders. It was intended to replace the existing NSS-703 satellite as the centerpiece of NEW SKIES' strategic Indian Ocean contribution to SES' global communications network.
NSS-8 was to support a wide range of functions, including corporate communications, government and military networks, broadband Internet services and broadcast applications, to countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent and Asia. It was designed for a 15-year lifespan.
Sea Launch partners will be conducting an independent investigation to review relevant data, determine root cause and develop recommendations for corrective actions. In accordance with established procedures, Sea Launch is establishing a Failure Review Oversight Board to review the partners' findings, conclusions and recommendations. Kirk Pysher, VP and chief systems engineer for Sea Launch, will lead this board.
This eBook provides both new and veteran shooters an in-depth understanding of the technology that lies between the camera lens and the recording medium and how to maximize a camera's performance.
File-based technologies have replaced video tape methods for a majority of production and broadcast operations. The worlds of AV and IT are coalescing to create new methods and workflows for media
Video compression, editing and displays is an in-depth tutorial on MPEG compression technology, editing MPEG content and evaluating color video monitors written by long-time video expert, trainer and writer Steve Mullen, Ph. D.
2012 will be the year of mobile DTV. That’s the view of Erik Moreno, who along with Salil Dalvi, senior VP for Mobile Platform Development at NBC Universal, is co-general manager of the Mobile Content Venture.
Hear snippets of podcast interviews done throughout 2011 with Pat McDonough of The Nielsen Company, Glen Friedman of Ideas & Solutions!, Danny Wilson of Pixelmetrix and Greg Herman of Watch TV. Pictured is Danny Wilson, Pixelmetrix.
