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Today's Topics:
1. WTA Names 2006 Top Op Rankings (Dishnut)
2. Cow Pies Power Ethanol Future (George Antunes)
3. Boeing Delta IV Launches Critical Military Weather Satellite
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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:58:46 -0800
From: Dishnut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] WTA Names 2006 Top Op Rankings
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from skyreport.com
WTA Names 2006 Top Op Rankings
The satellite communications trade group World Teleport Association
(WTA) unveiled its rankings of the top teleport operators of 2006 this
week. In three different categories, the group ranked the planet's top
companies by total revenues (Global Top 20), satellite-related revenues
(Independent Top 20) and year-over-year growth (Fast 20).
The Global Top 20 ranks companies based on revenues from all
satellite-related sources and includes independents, satellite carriers,
fiber carriers, and technology providers with total revenues exceeding
$7.8 billion. In order from largest to smallest - with individual
companies ranging from $100 million to $2 billion, the top five of the
2006 Global Top 20 are:
1. Intelsat (Bermuda); 2. SES Global (Luxembourg); 3. Eutelsat (France);
4. GlobeCast (France); and 5. Telesat Canada (Canada).
The Independent Top 20 ranks companies based on revenue from all
satellite-related sources, but excludes companies whose primary business
is satellite fleet operations. According to WTA these 20 companies have
focused on innovation and value delivery with total revenues exceeding
$1.6 billion. In order from largest to smallest - with individual
companies ranging from nearly a half billion dollars to under $20
million - the top five the 2006 Independent Top 20 are:
1. GlobeCast (France); 2. Stratos Global (USA); 3. Arqiva Satellite
Media Solutions (UK); 4. Globecomm Systems (USA); and 5. Caprock
Communications (USA).
The Fast 20 ranks all teleport-operating companies based on
year-over-year revenue growth in their most recent fiscal years.
Revenues of the Fast 20 are nearly $4.8 billion and average growth rates
of 70 percent. The top five of the 2006 Fast 20 are:
1. Skyport International (USA); 2. NewCom International (USA); 3. Arqiva
Satellite Media Solutions (UK); 4. ProTEL NEWS (USA); and 5. Intelsat
(Bermuda).
For a complete list of all the rankings, visit the World Teleport
Association http://www.worldteleport.org.
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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 10:13:34 -0600
From: George Antunes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] Cow Pies Power Ethanol Future
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Cow Pies Power Ethanol Future
Two companies look to bovine ?biowaste? as the solution to biofuel challenges.
Red Herring
November 2, 2006
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=19537&hed=Cow%20Pies%20Power%20Ethanol%20Future
Cows? farts have long been a contributor to global warming; now their
manure could be part of the solution.
Two biofuel companies this week announced they are building ethanol plants
powered by cow manure.
Panda Ethanol on Wednesday said its plant, near Muleshoe, Texas, will
produce 100 million gallons per year once it?s completed in about 18 months.
E3 Biofuels said Monday it is building a 25-million-gallon ethanol refinery
in Mead, Nebraska that will begin production in December.
How to extract energy from poop? The facility will gasify more than 1
billion pounds of the stuff each year, generating steam used to fuel the
ethanol-manufacturing process.
The Muleshoe plant will be Panda?s fourth cow-pie-powered ethanol project,
and will be tied with the company?s Hereford, Texas plant as the largest
biomass-fueled ethanol plant in the United States, according to a press
statement. It will also be one of the most fuel-efficient ethanol
refineries in the nation, the company said.
?This plant will significantly expand our ethanol production portfolio,
strengthen the economy of the Texas Panhandle, and enhance our nation?s
energy independence,? said Panda Ethanol CEO Todd Carter.
Closed-Loop Doo-Doo
While smaller, E3 Biofuels says its project is significant because it?s the
first ever ?closed-loop? ethanol plant.
A ?closed-loop system? is one in which everything is reused so there is no
waste, imitating nature, explained Ron Pernick, a principal at the research
firm Clean Edge. ?This is a case of humans applying that principal,? he said.
Aside from the refinery, the project will include a cattle feedlot, making
it easy and inexpensive to get the manure. Instead of using steam, E3 will
use the methane gas recaptured from the cow dung for energy.
?This plant will make ethanol more than twice as energy-efficient as any
other method of producing ethanol or gasoline,? said CEO Dennis Langley.
?This is the new low-cost alternative for meeting America?s energy needs
with domestically produced ethanol. E3 Biofuels? system enables America to
take a giant leap from the oilfields of the Mideast to the cornfields of
the Midwest.?
By helping to power ethanol plants, cows could be helping to solve one of
the major challenges of the fuel?the large amount of energy needed to make it.
Mr. Pernick called the announcements ?a very important development.?
?Whenever you create energy, you need to use energy to get your end
product, and one of the issues of biofuel refining has been the fossil fuel
inputs and cost to produce ethanol,? he said. ?We need to see how it
unfolds and how much energy they can capture, but it?s certainly
interesting that they are creating energy on-site.?
Cow Pie Byproducts
The idea makes extra sense because the main co-product with ethanol,
distillers grain, is used as cattle feed, he said, so refineries are
already located near their cow customers.
?You start to get a very nice closed-loop system, where you can offset all
or a portion of the energy needs using the cows, and then the distillers
grain provides feedstock for the cows,? Mr. Pernick said.
Aside from producing cheaper energy, cow-manure-powered plants could also
help ranchers get rid of the manure. Cow manure is a ?huge waste issue?
that causes significant problems in water runoff, Mr. Pernick said. Not to
mention manure-borne illnesses if other animals end up eating it.
The seriousness of getting rid of all the waste is both good and bad for
ethanol producers that want to use manure for power. ?All of these
biorefineries have to be sure they are using the best state-of-the-art
technology to make sure they are capturing everything and not leaving
residue or sludge,? he said.
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George Antunes, Political Science Dept
University of Houston; Houston, TX 77204
Voice: 713-743-3923 Fax: 713-743-3927
antunes at uh dot edu
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Message: 3
Date: Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:18:22 -0800
From: Dishnut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Medianews] Boeing Delta IV Launches Critical Military
Weather Satellite
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[I got to see part of the Delta 4 as it flew south down the southern
California coast this morning, but due to a deck of clouds it made
viewing difficult]
Boeing release
Boeing Delta IV Launches Critical Military Weather Satellite
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 04, 2006 -- A Boeing [NYSE: BA] Delta IV rocket today
carried a Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) satellite into
orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The launch was the second
West Coast mission completed for the U.S. Air Force Evolved Expendable
Launch Vehicle (EELV) program.
Liftoff of the Delta IV Medium occurred at 5:53 a.m. Pacific time from
Space Launch Complex (SLC) 6. The DMSP-17 payload was successfully
deployed approximately 18 minutes later.
"The DMSP constellation has the critical job of providing specialized
weather data to aid the U.S. military in planning operations at sea, on
land and in the air," said Dan Collins, vice president of Boeing Launch
Systems. "The Delta team is proud to contribute to this important
capability for national defense with this first launch of a DMSP
satellite aboard a Delta rocket."
This was the seventh Delta IV launch since the configuration began
flying in November 2002 and the third of the Medium configuration. This
was the first direct injection mission for Delta IV.
"With this second successful launch of a Delta IV from the West Coast
this year, and the third Delta IV mission in 2006, we are seeing this
new launch vehicle family being put through its paces and building a
record of reliability," Collins added. "I'm very pleased with the
vehicle performance and the dedication to mission success demonstrated
by the Delta team."
The Delta IV for the DMSP-17 mission comprised a common booster core and
first stage powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RS-68 engine. The
second stage was powered by a Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne RL10B-2 engine
with an extendible nozzle. A four-meter-diameter composite fairing
topped the stack and encapsulated the payload.
SLC-6 is the West Coast launch site for the Boeing Delta IV family of
launch vehicles that provides the Air Force the strategic capability to
launch national security satellites to polar, Sun-synchronous and
high-inclination orbits. It can support all five configurations of the
Delta IV family.
Major suppliers for the Delta IV family are Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne,
Canoga Park, Calif., for first and second stage engines; Alliant
Techsystems (ATK), Minneapolis, Minn., for composite and propulsion
technologies, and L-3 Communications Corp., New York, N.Y., for the
guidance computer.
The next Delta launch will be of a GPS navigation satellite aboard a
Delta II from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., in mid-November.
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