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August 31, 2016 A Protection Play By Walton De-Ice For Telespazio Telespazio joins a growing number of facilities in Europe that have recently added or upgraded Walton De-Icing systems.
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PerúSAT-1 Processed With Payload Partners The integration activity occurred in the Spaceport's S3B preparation facility, where PerúSAT-1 was installed inside the VESPA dispenser.
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Would You Repeat That, Please... Indoors... This new coaxial repeater system merges the ODU and IDU into one combined unit and removes the optical fiber interfaces.
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Smallsat Launches Are A Big Deal For Antrix India’s space agency is positioning PSLV as a reliable rocket for smallsat orbital injections.
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Inmarsat Selects Satcom Global As Global Xpress VAR For Maritime And Enterprise Markets Inmarsat’s powerful new Ka-band capabilities enables Satcom Global to diversify and enhance their service portfolio... Full Story
Fairview Microwave's Rigorous VNA Test Cables The braided stainless steel armoring surrounding the coax provides a rugged but flexible cable with a flex life exceeding 100,000 cycles.
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SSL Mustering The Musters For nbn Sky Muster II is a Ka-band, high-throughput broadband satellite that uses multiple spot beams.
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On The Show Floor... Driving In With A New Antenna The company is launching their all new EXPLORER 8120 at IBC2016 next week.
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ETL's New Lightweight Fiber Delivers Like An Athlete That Goes The Distance At Outdoor Broadcast Events ...works through an outdoor transmit fiber extender module, connected to an omnidirectional antenna that receives the wireless camera signals direct from the live events.
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NSSLGlobal Accelerates Teekay A new $4 million VSAT upgrade and contract extension has now been signed between the two firms.
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IBC 2016's Judges' Award Is Out Of This World And Goes To... NASA NASA has ensured that every moment of the space exploration program has been captured, firstly with film cameras and then video, including the globally viewed footage of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon in 1969.
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M-Three Satcom Can Assist In Three Critical Services At IBC M-Three Satcom provides excellent service for TV and Radio channels for distribution in DTH and for DTT and DAB contribution through Hot Bird—Eutelsat 13 East, E9A, E70B, E28A and others.
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August 30, 2016 On The Show Floor... SSPAs For 4K/8K Ultra HD Reveal From Advantech Wireless At IBC2016 They provide a 70 percent increase in linear transmit power, super high linearity and field proven reliability with a fraction of the size, weight and power.
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Solving The Riddles Of The Universe Via China's Micius Satellite The Micius was sending a green laser beam to the ground while the ground station was shooting a red laser to the satellite.
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Qualcomm Chats With Indian Powers-That-Be Regarding SATCOM Connectivity The system will have cellular and WiFi connectivity so people will be able to use phones and tablets to obtain access to the Internet.
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Panasonic Avionics Says No Missing Planes At Sea Ever Again The aerospace unit of Japan's Panasonic has developed a new, satellite-based tracking application that can ensure no planes ever go missing at sea again.
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Phasor's Game Changing Technology To Be In The Spotlight At SMM Hamburg Developments in Smart Shipping and Big Data are driving a technological revolution at sea enabling a vast array of cost savings and efficiency improving applications.
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A SpaceX Reusable To Boost SES-10 To GEO The SES-10 satellite will be launched via a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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Small Footprint & High Power Delivered By Teledyne Paradise Datacom Teledyne Paradise Datacom has added a new 500W solid state power amplifier (SSPA) to the firm's line of Compact Outdoor GaN SSPAs.
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A MOOC From EUMETSAT — Monitoring The Oceans Health The course is timed to coincide with the coming on stream of satellite data and products from the Sentinel-3A satellite.
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CPI's ASC Signal Division's Contract Sends Its Spira-Cone™ Antennas To Indonesia
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NASA's Chandra Discovers A Record Breaking Galaxy Cluster And A Baby Boom Of Stars “This galaxy cluster isn’t just remarkable for its distance, it’s also going through an amazing growth spurt unlike any we’ve ever seen.”
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Europe's Sentinel Sats Provide Amazing Mapped Ground Movement Of Italian Earthquake. “The InSAR data show that the earthquake has warped the Earth's surface by a maximum of 23cm..."
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August 29, 2016 On The Show Floor... Speedy Nexgen Broadcasting Datalink Solution To Be Demo'd By Advantech Wireless The new FLS-5000 from Advantech Wireless is the world’s first 500 Msym/S modulator system for broadcasting and broadband services in a single 1 RU unit.
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A Long March Sea Voyage The Long March 5 rocket will support the nation's efforts to place their manned space station into orbit as well as to empower unmanned flights to Mars.
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Boeing Conveys Mexsat System To Mexico Boeing designed, integrated and delivered the system.
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ULA Decides To Vent OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to closely survey the asteroid prior to obtaining a sample from the surface.
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GOES-3 Satellite Goes Dark And Cold After 21 Years In Antarctica
Over 14 days and 20 orbital adjustment maneuvers, the satellite was carefully nudged into a 'graveyard' orbit, safely removed from the other still-operating geostationary satellites
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Meet With Team NOORSAT At IBC Regarding Broadcast, Media, Data And Telecom Services The NOORSAT team will be available to meet at the show with those interested in learning more about the company's broadcast, media, data and telecom services.
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Rad Hard & Packing Power Five different ranges of input voltage are offered, each tailored to popular satellite bus voltages.
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Russian Jamming Up The Works With POLE-21 Even a 20 watt transmitter is enough for Pole-21 to jam all signals...
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A Dragon's Big Pacific Splash Includes Rodents And Heart Muscles' Studies For NASA Samples will also be returned from two rodent-based investigations, the Mouse Epigenetics and Rodent Research-3-Eli Lilly experiments.
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NSR's Winning Recipe For Maritime Satcom Includes Some Interesting Ingredients ...maritime satcom markets will see the average amount of VSAT Mbps demand per vessel (at worst) nearly double over the next 10 years.
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Real-Time Info Access For DoD End-User From SES GS Via O3b Networks SES S.A. has been awarded this contract to provide an O3b Networks solution for the government customer.
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Quick Adaptation To Differing Transport Sources From 2wcom FlexDSR can receive and decode audio from a wide range of sources.
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Measurement Systems Weak Links Eliminator Keysight Technologies is now offering their free RF and Microwave Test Accessories catalog to help complete a company's or a project's test solutions needs.
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YahClick & iDirect Gather Their Expertise To Offer VNO Services Service Partners will also be able to commission, control and monitor their own remote sites, while designing and configuring their end to end IP network.
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Is Anyone Out There? A Star's Radio Signals Spike... Scientists Seek SETI's Help But astronomers have also asked SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) to take a closer look at whether they could be a message from ET.
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ISRO Successfully Tests Air-Breathing Scramjet Engine This is akin to "lighting a matchstick in a hurricane condition and sustaining the flame" for six seconds.
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August 26, 2016 United Launch Alliance Involved With NASA Again — Mars 2020 The Mars 2020 rover mission is part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program.
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Obtain Your SSPI Future Leaders Dinner Tickets Now... This event will occur on the first night of the NAB2016 New York Show.
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By 2020, 10.6 Million Fleet Management Systems Installed, According To Berg Insight Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.9 percent, this number is expected to reach 10.6 million by 2020.
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The SpaceNet Open Data Initiative Debuts SpaceNet is a collaboration between DigitalGlobe, CosmiQ Works, and NVIDIA and the imagery is now freely available as a public data set on Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS).
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The Future Of Satellite In Thailand Temasek leaders have made the appointment to introduce themselves and to talk about the Singapore-based investment company's long term investment plans for Thailand.
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Truck Tracking Technology Time L.J. Rogers has selected ORBCOMM Inc. to provide their asset tracking solution.
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Smallsat Market Sized Up The report covers all the major trends and technologies playing a key role in the smallsat market's growth over the forecast period.
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Future-Casting By Lockheed Martin At The University Of Colorado Boulder The $3 million sponsorship by Lockheed Martin, spread over four years, will establish new academic programs focused on radio frequency (RF) systems.
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August 25, 2016 High Density IP Networks Obtain The First Dual 40 Gigabit Probe From Bridge Technologies Network operators and digital media organisations will be provided with an analytics solution for thousands of streams and multiple technologies in real-time and in parallel.
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Satellite Industry Assessment Expertise Doubles Up Euroconsult and SATConsult will continue to operate as separate companies and will work in concert on a project-by-project basis.
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New Multi-channel Satellite Demodulator Launched By NovelSat Rack space requirements have been reduced and NS200X units can also be concatenated to support many more additional DVB-S2-to-IP streams
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A RockSTAR Enters Russia RockSTAR and RockFLEET are designed to deliver precise GPS coordinates over the Iridium network, supporting the safety of thousands of Russian remote workers and maritime vessels.
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Facebook Satellite Launch Set For September Third Facebook is a major client for this upcoming AMOS-6 satellite and has capacity booked through Eutelsat of Paris.
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ZA-Aerosat Has An Appointment For An ISS Launch The ZA-Aerosat was developed at Stellenbosch University's electronic systems laboratory by the university's engineers and CubeSpace, an incubation company.
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Space Systems Loral's Success...Sends Intelsat 36 Up And Opens Solar Array Panel Intelsat 36 will begin firing its main thruster later today in order to propel it toward its final geostationary orbit.
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Newtec's New Distributor's Digs In Dubai...Virtel Is Already Ready To Begin As the company already has a large supply of stock, Virtel will also now be able to supply Newtec equipment to Internet service providers, satellite operators and system integrators.
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Goonhilly Has A New Hire To Lead In Broadcast Services Development The Editor apologizes for an error regarding the location of Goonhilly Earth Station. Most certainly it is in the central western area of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England, UK.Full Story
August 24, 2016 SpeedCast Racks Up Another Feature... Addition Of Global Xpress Services For Global Government GX is the world’s first globally available mobile broadband service from a single operator to deliver seamless, secure, high-speed connectivity on land, at sea, and in the air from a single operator. Full Story
Arianespace Passes Readiness Milestone Launch Less Than A Day Away Today's readiness milestone, held prior to each Arianespace mission from the near-equatorial launch base, confirms the heavy-lift vehicle and its dual-satellite payload are flight-ready....
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SPAWAR Turns To ViaSat To 'Pump Them Up'... US Navy's UHF Satellite Communications Network ... maintaining the long-term viability of proven UHF systems; ensuring Navy warfighters have ongoing support and access to proven communications technology when in the battlespace.
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Commercial Space Ventures "Take Off" — A Dentons Focus At present, United States Government review processes tied to the launch licensing framework—such as the Payload Review process—are limited to payloads launched from the United States.
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RigNet Throws Out A Net To Capture A Contract... Software As A Service For Offshore Fleet The end-to-end connectivity solution includes RigNet’s deployment of CrewWifi, a SaaS offering, over the existing managed services.
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L-3 Cincinnati Electronics How A Team Can Launch A Rocket On A Secret Mission The AFSPC-6 mission carried satellites for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) to identify and monitor potential threats in geosynchronous orbit...
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On The Show Floor... ETL Systems To Demo & Detail... Among the technologies on display will be ETL Systems’ new Hurricane series switch Matrix/Router.
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Double Deployment Delivery Success For Arianespace This mission was the 73rd successful Ariane 5 launch in a row.
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AMOS By Spacecom Heading To Chinese Ownership The deal is the latest in a string of Chinese acquisitions in Israel.
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Airbus Safran Launchers Broke A Weight Lifting Record With Ariane 5's Launch Today the rocket was the heaviest yet, and beat its existing payload record of more than 10.7 tonnes, set by the previous launch.
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NASA Says 'Hello Again, Where Were You?' To Its Sun Watching Stereo-B Satellite NASA never gave up, but still, when the satellite reappeared after a 22 month hiatus, or whatever, they were pleasantly surprised.
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Optus' Cell Coverage Succeeds In Remote Australia Such As Oodnadatta “The use of small cells allow for the efficient provision of telecommunications services in difficult and often costly locations."
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August 23, 2016 GOES-R Goes To Titusville GOES-R is projected to improve all sorts of weather forecasting.
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NOAA/NASA's Suomi Satellite Shoots It Out In Wyoming Currently 22,448 acres, the Maple Fire grew an additional 6,233 acres yesterday.
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The Hertz Is On For OHB The contract for satellite-side technology management is worth a total of around 10 million euros.
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Turkey Steps Up To Step Into Satellite Production Transportation, Maritime and Communication Minister Ahmet Arslan said Türksat is one of the world's top 20 satellite operators and their goal is to become one of the world's top-10 countries with 10 satellites by 2023.
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Honeywell Certifies...Inmarsat's NexGen GX Aviation JetWave™ Makes a Big Splash ...airlines, business aviation operators and leading aircraft companies can offer high-quality connectivity even at 40,000 feet, using a single network from a single provider. Full Story
August 22, 2016 C-COM Is Always inMotion To Bring A New Vu Of Their Products To IBC Both antennas works with the iNetVu® 7710 Controller to provide Cross-Pol performance, and acquisition is within minutes anytime, and anywhere.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Puts The Pedal To The Metal For NASA...Tests Engine That Will Go To Mars “As a nation of explorers, we constantly look beyond the horizon, and Mars is the most logical place for humanity to expand our knowledge of the solar system." Full Story
GomSpace And Swedish Space Going Small Future operational nanosatellite missions will depend on constellations of satellites and therefore require the ability to fly these satellite in an accurate formation...developed by NanoSpace.
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ISRO To Launch Four Sats in Three Months And Plans To Go To The Moon And The Sun The Indian Space Research Organization has ambitious goals with the launching of four key satellites and trips to the moon and the sun.
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Eight Years Past Its Projected Life NSRO Pulls The Plug On FORMOSAT-2 It was a good run, and a hard worker... lasting eight years past its projected lifetime.
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USAF's New Warfare ...Satellites Instead Of Bombers Or Fighters Burt said the Air Force is shifting to a new style of warfare that will integrate the service's entire arsenal, including space systems and computer attacks.
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China's Micius Satellite Touts 'Hack Proof' Communications But Tech Sector In Trouble? Quantum communications relies on the process of “entanglement,” what Einstein called “spooky action at a distance.”
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GEE What A Great Improvement In Communications For Nakilat's Service Vessels The installations were completed recently on eight Nakilat vessels, which will ensure continuous connectivity for their ships sailing global routes.
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Sky Deutschland Joins In The Game With First Ultra HD On SES' Satellite Sky Deutschland will show one game per each Bundesliga match day on Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD and selected games from the UEFA Champions League on Sky Sport UHD... Full Story
August 20, 2016 Major Maritime Moves By Satcom Global & Intellian Satcom Global has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Intellian.
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August 19, 2016 Statement From ULA... Delta IV Tears Through The Midnight Sky And Launches Strategic Command Satellites Night launches are beautiful when all goes well, and all went well for the AFSPC-6 mission tonight.
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Farming Facilitation With Imagery In India This private satellite data analytics company aims to build a 15 year archive of satellite images over the Indian subcontinent.
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ESOA & GVF With SSPI To Present Second Annual Global Satshow In November This two-day conference will be held at a 5,000+ square meter exhibition center and will be packed with more than 200 exhibitors.
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Advantech Wireless Sending SOTM Modem To NATO Aligned Nation The AMT-83L possesses a much higher data rate...
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UltiSat Into ISR For Lockheed Martin & US Army UltiSat will support the SS-AISR program in AISR data collection, ground-based processing, exploitation, and dissemination for missions worldwide.
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WTA Awards The Moosburg Teleport With Full Certification To achieve Full Certification under WTA’s program, a teleport operator completes a +170-item questionnaire and submits it to WTA.
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The Cloud Is In Space & Is Engaged In Belt Tightening Four of the world's leading aerospace manufacturers have provided Letters of Technical Confidence.
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Gridiron Prep For PSSI Global PSSI is now able to transmit 10 channels on a single satellite transponder.
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Complete AFSPC-6 Immersion For Orbital ATK Orbital ATK designed, manufactured, integrated and tested the GSSAP satellites at their state-of-the art manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia.
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Rocketdyne's Engines Tackle Roll, Pitch And Yaw At AFSPC-6's Launch The RS-68A is the world’s most powerful liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen engine.
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US Air Force's Statement Regarding Successful Launch Of AFSPC-6 The satellites join a GSSAP constellation currently supporting U.S. Strategic Command space surveillance operations
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August 18, 2016 Reliable, Viable, Verifiable—SpeedCast's New Government Comms Work SpeedCast has just signed a partnership agreement with Airbus Defence and Space to offer military-grade satellite communication services to the Australia and New Zealand governments.
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SES Takes The Gold At Olympics In Most Maximum Capacity Category “SES has provided capacity for the Olympics since 2000, and we are pleased that the capacity demand for Rio Olympics far exceeds the previous editions."
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Globalstar Is A Star...Supports Communications During Louisiana Floods “We have driven through neighborhoods where you can see that water was up to the roof..."
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August 17, 2016 Industry Investments Presented In Depth At Space Foundation's Recent Boutique Forum Space Foundation offered a venue that was able to present a number of panels and discussions that could only be described as intensely interesting and informative.
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No Sitting On This SOFA As NSR Produces Financial Analysis NSR’s upcoming Satellite Operator Financial Analysis, 6th Edition (SOFA6) offers readers the financial metrics of satellite operators across the globe.
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Russia's Aist-2D Satellite Gets Some New Guidance The new GNC system aims to control vehicle orientation and to compensate on-board rotating micro-accelerations in the low frequency spectrum.
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A Winning IoT Combo For ORBCOMM The offerings winning this recognition include the company's PT 7000 and the ORBCOMMconnect multi-network management portal.
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Coax Bi-Directional Amplifiers Make Their Entrance From Fairview Microwave These bi-directional amplifiers are designed for use in commercial and military applications and will support any signal type and modulation format.
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Global Telesat Communications Wins 'Votes' To Supply Mobile Satellite Services In African State Elections
further evidence that our expanding global footprint is firmly establishing us as a premier provider of satellite-based communications products and services across the world.
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Keysight's Free Satellite Earth Station Performance App This free offering from Keysight Technologies reveals how to perform precision validation, maintenance and repair of satellite Earth stations using the company's FieldFox handheld analyzer.
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Moving On Up... Davison To Executive Director & Eddings To Executive Team At AQYR AQYR develops, designs, manufactures, and supports compact, auto-acquisition Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSAT) and accessory products for commercial and military markets.
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DISA Global Opens New Facility And Never Closes... Ever Vigilant About Cyber Warfare “When you see this building, you may not see airplanes, but you are going to see a facility that is right smack dab in the middle of this cyber-war."
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UK Orders Third Zephyr S... The Wind Beneath Its Wings Carries It For Weeks Replacing one conventional UAV with just one Zephyr would save 2,000 tons of fuel each year.
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NASA College Students Successfully Launch RockSat-X On A Doggie Rocket Just because these college students are intelligent doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor and are having fun while engaged in a scientific experiment.
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Arianespace's Sixth In 2016...An Epic Launch As VA232 Sends Off Doubles The satellite’s Ku-band spot beams are to provide broadband services for Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, while a Ku-band wide beam provides broadcast coverage of Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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August 16, 2016 To Globecomm's Cloud Go The Pest Eradicators This move will take advantage of newer technologies to offer its customers a better solution for their enterprise communications.
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Marlink And IDG's Innovative Tracking With Smalltrack ... have completed trials of the new Smalltrack portable tracking system on a fixed wing aircraft operated by Scandinavian Air Ambulance and a helicopter operated by Scandinavian MediCopter in Sweden.
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Airbus Defence And Space's UK-DMC2... It's No Disaster To Celebrates Seven Years Of Disaster Monitoring
When combined with weather data, locust forecasts can be created and used to focus the application of pesticides, which in turn can help prevent the spread of locust swarms.
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CGS' New MicroWave Imager Weather Forecaster Now With Super Powers The scientific information provided with extremely high radiometric accuracy will lead to an outstanding improvement of weather forecasts and ..."
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'We Will Not Stop'... Means 'Go!' To Global Commercial Space Industry At 12th Annual ISPCS
There is an emerging need to look outside the space community to the next tier of collaborators.
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August 15, 2016 Jakarta Assembly For Alpha Satcom Alpha Satcom, working with PT Paradise Communications, now adds iForte to their growing list of global customers.
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JCSAT-16 Post Launch Maneuvers Are All Good The satellite deployed its solar arrays on schedule following the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.
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NASA''s Sat Shots Of Louisiana... Anything But 'Big Easy' Feast or famine—flood or drought—sometimes it seems as though nature only works in the extremes.
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Dual Intelsat Satellites Can Count On Arianespace Steadfastness For Upcoming Spatial Traverse The upper portion of Ariane 5's dual-passenger configuration is now complete.
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Globecomm's Scardino To Board Of Director's Position For SSPI's Northeast Chapter SSPI is the satellite industry’s oldest and largest trade association for industry professionals and has local chapters worldwide.
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London Has The Honors For This Year's Global MilSatCom Conference Sponsored by SMi Group and Northern Sky Research (NSR), this event has been described as the best networking event by past attendees for those involved in MILSATCOM market segments.
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NASA's Newest... Ixion Initiative Team Tests Converting Rockets Into Habitats For Humanity In Space ...will demonstrate a revolutionary, low-cost concept via the conversion of a Centaur rocket upper stage which will be attached to the International Space Station
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx To Tame An Astroid The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is traveling to Bennu, a carbonaceous asteroid whose regolith may record the earliest history of our solar system.
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August 14, 2016 Advantech Wireless Passes The BUC... Increases In Sales Of GaN Technology SSPA And BUCs These units are specifically designed for maritime applications, where bandwidth demand has grown well beyond initial expectations ...
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Lockheed Martin's Hot New Cool Solution ... Improved Microcryocooler Is Smaller & Faster "We can cool an IR sensor in three minutes, versus the 12 to 15 minutes of current systems. That's crucial when lives are on the line."
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On The Show Floor... SatService & LP Technologies To Present Their New Remote Spectrum Analyzer SatService GmbH will present LPT’s newest spectrum analyzer, the LPT-3000RX4, a 4gen remote spectrum analyzer, at IBC2016.
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NSR... Are Satellites The Stars In The Satellite Ecosystem? That may be well and good, but there's no value to the satellite if it doesn't have a ground terminal.
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Training UAE Space Industry Future Leaders Is A Lockheed Martin Calling This program is for early career professionals across the UAE aerospace industry and will run for the next four months and will include training in the UAE and in the United States.
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Propulsion Evolution For Smallsats En Route From Aerojet Rocketdyne Additionally, the use of AF-M315E will result in a safer, more efficient and higher performance alternative relative to traditional hydrazine propellant.
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A Cold, Cold Day For ORBCOMM Northern Refrigerated is using ORBCOMM’s cold chain telematics systems to track, monitor and control their refrigerated trailers.
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Changing The World With 'Magic Material'—China's Spacecraft & Rockets To Benefit Aerogel has been widely used in space missions by the United States, Russia and Europe and China has now developed their own aerogel products.
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FAA Approves Moon Express' Plans ...Transport Its Passengers To The Ultimate Dead End The going rate is determined, rather like weighing produce at the green grocer, is $3 million per kilo (or 2.20 pounds).
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SpaceX Is Spot On! Launches JCSAT-16 And Lands Falcon 9, Again... But What To Do With The 'Empties'? Now, what to do with the 'empties', the stockpile of recovered rockets?
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August 12, 2016 University Of Massachusetts Lowell's Students Win NASA Grant... Will Build Space Hauc Satellite SPACE HAUC will circle Earth about every 90 minutes at 17,000 miles per hour.
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August 11, 2016 Gigabits Galore Examined By NSR In Their New Global Satellite Capacity & Supply & Demand Report Overall, the trend is undeniable that the satellite industry is now reaching the point where HTS is the norm.
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There's Expanded Sensor Support In Geomatic's New Service Pack Release Another important addition in the service pack is a new tie-point visualization interface.
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Prepping For The Push Continues For Arianespace Flight VA232 This will be the company's sixth launch to be performed in 2016.
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A GL Communication's Specialty— Stream Studies The challenge for modern day IP networks is to provide a good Quality of Service (QoS) for all the different kinds of streams.
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A Martian Experience... In Hawaii Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are now seeking crewmembers for a new series of NASA-funded long duration space exploration analog studies.
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Kudos To Kubos & ISIS—A Spatial Linux Fusion Kubos also provides a downloadable SDK and a suite of tools.
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Thuraya Delivering Improved Comms To Vietnam VNPT will introduce Thuraya’s XT-Lite handsets and maritime communication solution SF2500 for Vietnamese consumers, government agencies and enterprise customers.
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Brodowski Joins Orbital ATK's Space Systems Group He has more than 30 years of experience in programs and technology that closely align with Orbital ATK’s research and development portfolio.
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On The Show Floor... Crystal Insight To Debut... This technology will address the growing need for smaller and local TV stations to make content available for streaming and Video on Demand (VoD).
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PerúSAT-1 Passes Milestone And Fit For Flight The plans were for it to be equipped with a revolutionary silicon carbide optical instrument system to image Earth at 70 cm. resolution...
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August 10, 2016 Seafarer Terminal Operation Course Offered By GVF & Intellian This course is delivered online, in a self-paced, interactive format.
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Cobham & TRX Systems Automate LMR Test Data Geo-Referencing, Cloud Storage & 3D Visualization The uniting of the technologies has resulted in an automated solution that simplifies and reduces the time required for indoor Land Mobile Radio (LMR) testing.
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NSR's EO Market Report'll Be Here Before You Know It... NSR’s EO8 report offers analysis of seven different vertical markets across five regions for four different instrument resolutions and two types of imagery (optical, SAR).
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Gaofen-3 Going For The "Looks" The launch was empowered by a Long March 4C rocket at 6:55 a.m. Beijing time, according to the center.
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Angara Acknowledgement By Kari For KOMPSAT-6 Launch The launch will be conducted from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome that's located in northwestern Russia.
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Antwerp Space Is All JUICEd Up Antwerp Space is responsible for designing, integrating and testing the complete Communication Subsystem.
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Surrey Satellite Technology US Is NanoRacks'ing With New Contract The satellite platform can weigh as much as 100 kilograms, accommodating payloads of up to 45 kilograms in mass in multiple configurations.
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Yahsat's YahClick Upsurge In Pakistan YahClick has already been connecting individuals and businesses across urban and rural areas.
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An October Surprise Suspension For Mitsubishi & JAXA The launch of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 6 with the H-II Transfer Vehicle has had to be postponed from the original departure from Earth date of October 1st.
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On The Show Floor — Spacepath Communications BUCkles Down For IBC2016 This unit will be showcased at the firm's stand along with their range of HPAs that were introduced earlier this year.
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Keysight Technologies Uncovers Those Elusive Signals The Keysight Technologies application note Measuring Agile Signals and Dynamic Signal Environments provides two case studies.
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SES & MX1 Bring Bobbles.tv Bubbling Into A New Global TV Platform For Expats Subscription-based service will allow expats to choose from DTH, OTT or both packages.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne & Sierra Nevada Corporation Go Far Out, Dude, To Build The Ultimate Habitation System will be built and tested in order to establish confidence that the designs will function as expected in the harsh environments of space.
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August 9, 2016 To The Moon With Lockheed Martin's SkyFire SkyFire will capture high quality images with a lighter and much simpler unit.
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Interplanetary Mining Mission Making Impressive Headway The spacecraft will fly to and rendezvous with a near-Earth asteroid and investigate the object to determine if there is any value as a source of space resources.
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SBIRS Ground System Is Well Grounded & Ready To Proceed Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Command began dedicated operational testing at the Mission Control Station at Buckley Air Force Base.
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All Set To Scrutinize The Wind This instrument has been years in the making—Aeolus will be the first satellite to probe wind activity across the globe.
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Inmarsat Government Back In The Saddle Again Inmarsat Government will support the US Navy’s requirement to acquire worldwide commercial telecommunication services.
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SKYTRAC Systems Goes Into The Wilds For Universal Helicopters To Transmit Flight Data Because their services extend into Canada's High Arctic, UHNL required a solution that could transmit timely and accurate flight data back to a centrally located operations team...
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Advantech Wireless' New Blu Gen Gains Ground Goes Ultra HD TV Transmission Over Satellite The SapphireBlu Series of GaN based SSPAs have enabled Ultra HD TV transmissions for some of the largest and most popular sporting events.
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Turns On NASA's Juno's Power...Opens & Closes Louvers
Just like louvers in Earthly homes' windows these four thermal louvers open and close to regulate the temperature of the spacecraft...
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Tempers Remain Calm As USAF Awards ULA Exclusive Contracts Over SpaceX No dueling swords were drawn when the news became known that United Launch Alliance was awarded the two Delta 4 Heavy missions over their rival SpaceX.
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August 8, 2016 A WINS For SpeedCast SpeedCast’s global service and operational network and WINS’ strong establishment in the European market will enable SpeedCast to rapidly grow their business.
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Move To March For JPSS-1 Launch Due to recent test of the flight and ground systems, the January launch date became an unrealistic date to meet.
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Having A Ball With XTAR This demonstration was conducted at Aberdeen Proving Ground with the US Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP), Support to Special Operations Forces.
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Signed, Sealed, Shipped & Delivered — SBIRS GEO Flight 3 Dismounts At Cape Canaveral SBIRS GEO satellite (GEO Flight 3) is now settled in at Cape Canaveral AFS after delivery was completed on August 2nd by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and the US Air Force for the October launch.
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The Vandenberg Venue Is NEXT This delivery definitely marks a major milestone for Iridium NEXT.
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Spain Not Playing Fair... Illegal Digital Compensation To Detriment Of Satellite, Cable & IPTV Spain provided no evidence, such as an independent cost study, showing that the aid was proportionate.
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Tiantong-01 Taken To GEO This is the nation's first, indigenous, mobile telecoms satellite.
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Viking Satcom Whets Folks' Appetites For Motorized Feeds The antenna is the most visible part of the satellite communication system...
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A Business Inauguration For IEC Telecom In Turkey IEC Telecom Group decided to establish a business presence in Turkey.
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A Rail Excursion For Two Chinese Rockets In Prep For Human Spaceflight Launch Tiangong-2, the country’s second space lab, will launch in mid-September and will be visited soon after by a crewed Shenzhou spacecraft carrying two astronauts.
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Gilat Technology Underscores Avanti's Capacity Contract For UK Backhaul Advancements Gilat's MEC-enabled SkyEdge II-c Capricorn enables Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) to deliver true LTE-over-satellite performance.
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Ku- Connectivity For Maritime Finds DH-INTERCOM & SpeedCast Partnering Together DHI has partnered with SpeedCast International (ASX: SDA) in order to leverage that firm's global satellite infrastructure.
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Colorado Space Heroes Hall Of Fame Honorees Named... The Space Foundation created the Colorado Space Heroes Hall of Fame to celebrate the contributions of the honorees and to highlight Colorado’s role as as a hub for all things space.
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Digital Ship To Examine The Latest In Maritime Technologies Both of these targeted half day sessions have been designed to provide a snapshot of the latest developments in maritime technology.
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NASA's Mini Satellite Named A Nordic New Dawn As Testing Begins ...any satellite has been built to make sure it can withstand intense vibrations, the extremes of hot and cold, and even the magnetic fields of space.
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SSC And Millennium Space Systems Think Big To Launch Smallsat Recent growth in new, smallsat and constellation-based space applications throughout the world has driven the need for a new approach to ground segment operations.
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August 5, 2016 Rio Olympics Coverage Via SiriusXM Satellite Radio Service Included in this offering will be live, play-by-play coverage of Olympic events, including daily news, commentary and highlights from Rio Report and other programming.
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Static Sequestartion & Comms Improvements Inhabit The Latest General Dynamics Missions Systems Work For US Navy The ALE also improves communications among US and coalition forces and can supplement satellite communications (SATCOM) when such networks are overloaded or unavailable.
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Celliboost Gets A Boost As A Start Up That Has Taken Off... Mobile Broadband Coverage In Rugged Terrain ...standalone mobile system that uses ordinary mobile infrastructure for fast transmission of large-volume landline-quality high-resolution data, audio, and video communications.
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August 4, 2016 An Expanse Of Platform For Surrey Satellite Technology This platform amplification follows the recent announcement by Surrey of the firm's contract award for the VESTA nanosatellite mission.
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Air Force Releases An RFP For An EELV GPS III is expected to provide improved anti-jamming capabilities as well as improved accuracy for precision, navigation, and timing.
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Sova Sails Successfully A prototype of this first solar powered unit—called Sova—with a wingspan of 9 meters (30 feet) successfully completed a 48-hour non-stop flight.
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Tracking Through The Traverse, An ORBCOMM Specialty For Barnes Transportation Barnes expects to complete deployment of ORBCOMM’s solution by year end.
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Space Foundation Applauds USG's "Pathways For Success" For US Commercial Space Companies A major milestone has been achieved.
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SkySat-3 Successfully Orbits Thanks To Going Green HPGP technology provides both increased performance over monopropellant hydrazine and a more cost effective solution than a similarly-sized hydrazine propulsion system
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First Capacity Customer Acquired For The Latest Thaicom Satellite The satellite capacity will enable IPM to move their existing four million satellite dishes to Thaicom’s 78.5 degrees East position.
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The Switch Is On For Fairview Microwave's SPDT Pin Diodes Fairview offers a comprehensive selection of 23 different models of SPDT PIN diode switches.
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On The Show Floor At IBC2016... Hiltron's SORBAS To Settle In Hiltron's SORBAS family of products makes its European exhibition debut at IBC2016.
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Navarino's Addition Of Fleet Xpress Keeps Fleets Afloat... Communications On Over 1,200 Vessels
“Fleet Xpress is the first global maritime high-speed broadband service from a single network operator."
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SIA Reveals Herculean Task To Deliver Live Satellite Coverage Of 2016 Summer Olympics Live satellite coverage of the Olympics is a Herculean task that will provide 6,755 hours of American programming to a worldwide audience of 3.5 billion. Full Story
AsiaSat Settles In For Long Broadcasting Hours Of The Olympics "Broadcasting this live global event via satellite is the most cost effective way to ensure the highest quality viewing experience."
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August 3, 2016 A Terminal Belief For Advantech Wireless The company has successfully delivery and upgraded an end-to-end advanced VSAT network solution to an undisclosed National Police Force in this nation.
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SSPI's Future Leaders Dinner Has A Place Setting For You This important event will occur on the first night of the 2016 NAB New York Show, Wednesday, November 9th.Full Story
Aerojet Rocketdyne Isn't Dreaming... Selected To Supply Power To SNC'S Dream Chaser We have been instrumental in efficiently and effectively managing power on the station for decades.
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The Smallsat Story From ReportLinker The market for small satellite is driven by a number of factors...
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Another Arianespace Achievement Should Be Of Delight To Intelsat Both of the satellites advanced through their pre-flight preparations at the Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's Crucial Component Construction Commitment Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is going to construct a new facility that will double the satellite component production for the company.
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August 2, 2016 Trimble Takes AXIO-NET The philosophies of both firms are highly complimentary.
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Applauding Space Foundation's Educational Milestone During the past school year, the Space Foundation served more than 15,000 students and teachers with standards-based, hands-on STEM programs.
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PseudoSat — Atmosat — Whichever Name You Prefer, Russia Has Successfully Tested One The testing was completed by the Foundation for Advanced Research Projects (FPI), which is an agency for defense technologies research and the Research and Production Enterprise Taiber.
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A CyberMove By Raytheon The beneficiaries of the new Raytheon venue will be the Department of Defense (DoD), particularly the US Army Cyber Command after relocation to Fort Gordon.
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ILS's First Contract With Korea Aerospace Research Institute To Launch Angara 1.2 & KOMPSAT-6 KOMPSAT-6 will be mounted with a SAR with sub-meter resolution, which is a follow-on satellite of KOMPSAT-5.
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Vector Space System's Driving Force With An Iceye Payload They have just managed a successful launch of their P-20 rocket, a sub-scale test vehicle for the Vector 1, in advance of orbital launches in 2018.
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AST Aggrandizes The Offshore Reach Of GSM Satellite communications can be used when GSM signals become unstable or lost completely.
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NorthTelecom's New Senior Sales Director APAC Is A Veteran In Information & Technology
He has worked in companies such as ABS, SpeedCast, iDirect and C2SAT and recently was a Senior Consultant for the customers in the Oil & Gas industries.
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Houston We Have A Problem... US Military's MUOS 5 Fails To Reach Orbit On June 29 attempts to raise the satellite's orbit were halted leaving the spacecraft in a highly elliptical, rather than circular orbit.
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August 1, 2016 AsiaSat And Digital Magic Magically Create Informative Content For 4K-SAT Channel "Initial content viewing among youth has suggested that this is a meaningful attempt to broaden public interest and knowledge in space and communications.”
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SKY PerfecTV!'s Audience Readies For 4K HDR's Intense Perfect Programming
4K HDR broadcasts have a wider dynamic range, especially in the contrast between light and dark imagery, that provides more true-to-life depictions.
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UrtheCast & OmniEarth Are Farming A Partnership UrtheCast Corp. has signed a strategic partnership with OmniEarth, Inc. in support of UrtheCast's planned UrtheDaily Constellation.
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SpaceX Obtains NASA's Blessing For Second ISS Mission This is the fourth and final guaranteed order NASA will assign under the Commercial Crew Transportation Capability (CCtCap) contracts.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne... Stand Back As The RS-25 Powerful Beast Of An Engine Roars Into Life...Again Four RS-25 engines will fly at the bottom of the SLS core stage with each operating at 109 percent power level, as opposed to three on the space shuttle operating at 104.5 percent power level
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POGO Pumps Up Air Force Satellite Control Network Operational acceptance was the final step in the installation of the antenna at Thule AB.
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Dynamic MEASAT Neighborhood Adds BBC Content Just signed by the company is an agreement with Globecast Asia and BBC Worldwide to distribute four BBC channels via the MEASAT-3 satellite.
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A Moving Correction For Australia's GPS Coordinates Australia currently moves north by about seven centimeters each year due to normal tectonic motion.
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For A Search Engine Activation Agreement, Iran & Russia To Build Satellite An initial agreement with Russian to work with Iranian industries to build the remote-sensing satellite, under the title of National Remote-Sensing Satellite, has been signed.
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An Elemental Egress Upcoming By ISRO INSAT-3DR is scheduled for a late August launch.
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On The Show Floor... 2wcom Systems Streaming Into IBC2016 Among the products offered for attendees is the company's FlexDSR Dual Channel Satellite System...
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A Double Celebration...Prime Solar Shines At Boeing's Spectrolab's 60th Anniversary “As space has become more accessible to private companies and countries, competition to provide the highest-powered spacecraft at the lowest cost has intensified.
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Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group Acquires SkyMesh... Steps Into Outback, Matey NBN Co plans to launch its second Sky Muster satellite from the French Guiana Space Centre in South America on October 5 this year. Full Story
A Sounding Move By Japan For Smallsat Launches The SS-520 sounding rocket is expected to slash launch expenses to a tenth of those for the agency's major vehicles.
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Alpha Satcom's Holmdel Achievement This specially designed antenna/feed combination was required to operate from 10.7 to 12.5 GHz Receive and 12.75 to 14.5 GHz Transmit.
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Apax Partners Corrals Telemar Group The company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Telemar Group from that firm's current shareholders.
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MBC Signs And Arabsat Scores Again With Saudi Football MBC PRO SPORTS channels resume broadcast on Arabsat with Saudi Super Cup between Al Ahli and Al Hilal
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SES' Complete And Neat And Tidy Acquisition Of O3b SES issues a statement regarding O3b...
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Whatever Floats Your Boat... European Maritime Safety Agency's Contract With LuxSpace & ORBCOMM AIS data and is responsible for: maritime safety, pollution-by-ship monitoring and ship security for the European Union and its Member States
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