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February 28, 2017 Newtec is bigger and wider ... expands its HTS and DVB-S2X Wideband Hub product portfolio These terminals are installed via the Point&Play® smartphone app, provide easy and high accuracy pointing, with no need for additional tools...
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Satellite Interference Reduction Group's Workshop Alongside Satellite 2017 and CABSAT “Interference costs the satellite industry a great deal, especially in terms of the manpower needed to solve issues when they arise,”
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Number nine for Vega has Arianespace now engaging in launch readiness review... Sentinel-2B is the fourth satellite in the Copernicus program to be orbited by Arianespace...
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nbn's shift to SkyMuster II is underway in Australia The company is working with retail providers and delivery partners to help improve the installation process.
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Frontier testing 4K Ultra HD on the SES satellite distribution platform SES’s managed Ultra HD platform is delivered over dedicated satellite bandwidth...
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Paradigm's Swarm45 terminal now has Global Xpress worldwide coverage The lightweight Swarm45 can be setup and operational in under five minutes...
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China's Fengyun-4 delivers first round of imagery and data + Shijian-13 set to go in April The published images were obtained by the multi-channel scanning imagery radiometer and the atmospheric sounding interferometer...
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Conquer low-power measurement challenges with Keysight app notes Use familiar bench instruments to maximize the battery life of your devices.
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Constellation development and construction on GomSpace's agenda for Sky and Space Global The first delivery of satellites will be in 2018.
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February 27, 2017 Advantech Wireless brings into focus the evolution of satellite broadband Reviewed in the webinar was the current status of the broadband satellite marketplace as well as the evolution lead by the new generation of HTS...
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Space Coast facility opening for Aerojet Rocketdyne Coleman Aerospace The new facility’s Cape Canaveral Air Force Station location was previously used by the US Air Force for rocket processing.
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SSPI to honor SATCOM sensations One of these events will be an extraordinary evening of inspiration and learning...
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SES makes three executive board decisions... The extension of the Executive Committee reflects the growth of the firm's business...
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The Sky and Space Global nano trilogy is ready to launch The “Ready for Launch” designation follows the completion of the Integration and Verification testing phase at GomSpace.
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Sentinel-2B lofting prep in French Guiana Sentinel-2B will be the fifth satellite of Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring program to be launched.
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Women's Global Gathering event added to Space Symposium The inaugural Women's Global Gathering will provide a unique opportunity to hear about the accomplishments and opportunities for women in the space industry...
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And the winners are... World Teleport Association Announces Finalists for 2017 Teleport Awards “In the 22 years since we have been giving these awards, this group represents the most diverse, evolved and mature set of ..."
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Swedish sailors rescued, thanks to EPIRB from ACR Elecronics The ACR Electronics GlobalFix PRO EPIRB they were carrying in the vessel activated when the unit came into contact with water.
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Spacecom's 4 degrees West "Hot Spot" gains AMOS-7 satellite that is fully now fully operational Co-located with AMOS-3, AMOS-7 is replacing the AMOS-2 satellite that is reaching the end of life...
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Watch the Bird.i... and Airbus provide easy access to fresh Earth Observation imagery ... to serve the freshest possible images to its clients for mass consumption of instantaneously accessible ‘image views’.
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February 24, 2017 Conjecture dissipates — MDA is acquiring DigitalGlobe The combination will bring together complementary space-related capabilities, creating a stronger company that will be strongly positioned to capture growth...
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Advantech's C-Band Outdoor SSPA purchased by major satellite service provider offers built-in redundancy with soft failure mode, operates simultaneously on both polarizations or on a single polarization with double amount of power.
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From the eyes of a bird... rare drone view of tests of Aerojet Rocketdyne's RS-25 engine Drones are amazing, taking us places we'd never get to see on our own. NASA's drone captured imagery of Aerojet Rocketdyne's RS-25 engine...
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Airbus Defence and Space and ISAE-SUPAERO launch unique course in France respond to extensive training needs among space sector professionals in order to stimulate development of new applications and...
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February 23, 2017 On the show floor... C-COM reveals at the D.C. show... The firm will be occupying Booth #1319 and these are some of the new solutions that will be available for attendee viewing...
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Progress MS-05 heads for ISS aboard the final Soyuz-U The first three stages of Soyuz-U delivered the cargo spacecraft into LEO just short of eight minutes and forty-nine seconds...
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LiDAR enhancements continue at LizardTech with a new SDK LizardTech continues to enhance LiDAR and raster compression capacity across its image asset handling platform...
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This team effort by Inmarsat and iDirect enhances Global Xpress In conjunction with VT iDirect, Inmarsat’s over-the-air tests of iDirect’s next-generation DVB-S2X technology achieved a forward channel throughput rate of 330 Mbps...
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ST Electronics SAR satellite in development To be named TeLEOS-2, the new satellite will build upon the successful completion and launch of TeLEOS-1...
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Gilat's new terminal addresses the SATCOM needs of UAS The BlackRay 72Ka combines high performance and throughput with a minimal footprint.
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Test firings of Aerojet Rocketdyne's AR1 propulsion system go great Preparations for the staged-combustion testing started at Stennis last summer...
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Backhauling work for NovelSat in Asia The initial deal includes approximately 30 NovelSat NS3000 Professional High-Data Rate Satellite Modems...
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Kymeta the Car and the Satellite Connect (Toyota and Intelsat Meet in the Air) A car's antenna and a satellite shake hands... kind of.
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A BIG DEAL with a BIG SAT for CAHORS DIGITAL The BIG SAT’s ease of assembly and its compact design make it simple to install and use.
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hiSky's Smartellite locates satellites anywhere, while in the palm of your hand using advanced phased array beam steering antennas to automatically locate satellites at any location in the palm of your hand.
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Crystal makes it clear...a new COO who is Over The Top with service solutions "I saw on a daily basis how critical the kind of solutions Crystal provides are to broadcasters, especially as they look to add OTT distribution capabilities..."
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Steps to the stratosphere initiated with World View's new HQ he newly constructed facility will house the company’s stratospheric balloon manufacturing, stratocraft assembly, Stratollite and Voyager development activities...
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February 22, 2017 Mobile LTE Reaps Thailand's Second Satellite Business License The license period of 15 years starts from the January 23, 2017 to January 22, 2032.
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SATCOM Boost to be Derived from US UAVs (Drones Driving Business Opportunities) The study finds that the government and military accounted for 87.2 percent of the total US spending on satellite services.
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ETL Systems Has a Colombian Contract (The Furtherance of RF Tech for Teleport) ETL designed a system that easily expands into a 32×192 L-band matrix system...
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The Business Decisions of Teleport Operators Examined in New WTA Report... This report explores how Teleports manage their balancing act.
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Combo of SES and Globestar a Boon to TRTWORLD The international Turkish news platform, TRT World, started broadcasting in January...
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CETel Beefs Up Their iDirect Network for Africa CETel is now using several transponders for their iDirect services via two C-band satellites that cover all of Africa.
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Globalstar Monitors and Safeguards Oil Workers In Tunisia (This SPOT is for Safety) they use SPOT handheld devices since 2013 as its only means of safeguarding staff carrying out operations in southern Tunisia’s vast desert.
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India Revs Up for Heaviest Launch Vehicle (After ISRO's Record Breaking Launch of 104 Satellites) After sending 104 satellites in a single mission and setting a world record, they are keeping the momentum going with the testing of this rocket.
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February 21, 2017 Boeing Builds for SKY Perfect JSAT and Kacific Broadband Satellites (Going the Condo Route) JCSAT-18 is a High Throughput Satellite (HTS) based on the Boeing 702 platform.
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Sentinel-2B Prep'd for Flight (Arianespace Ensures Satellite Stays on Schedule) Vega has undergone this buildup on the pad during activity at the Spaceport’s ZLV launch site...
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Smallsat Network to be Integrated Into $1 Smartphone (Sky and Space Global and SocialEco Have a Plan...) SocialEco and Sky and Space Global are to initially explore potential markets, products and commercial opportunities...
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ISRO Aims to Launch Heavier Sats... Tests Cryogenic Engine termed the test as a phenomenal achievement in the shortest time. Full Story
China Will Improve Throughput with Launch Of New Communications Satellite (and Supporting CAST) An increase in satellite throughput will provide better access to the Internet on planes and high-speed trains...
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Thaicom May Pull Plug on Thaicom 9 Launch (Due to Government's Possible Demands) the current license fee of 5.75 percent is already quite high when compared with neighboring countries at over 1 percent.
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CNES and Roscosmos Cooperation for BepiColombo (is Instrumental) The mission was initially scheduled for launch in 2014.
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Harris' Smallest, Lightest and Fastest Wideband Manpack Radio System (This Falcon Flies)
Allows warfighters to use wideband HF to transmit data files beyond-line-of-sight
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India Can Develop a Space Station (the Sooner the Better Says ISRO) "We have all the capabilities to set up a space station. The day the country takes the decision, we will 'ok' the project.
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February 20, 2017 Moving on Up... Schneider Named by Aerojet Rocketdyne as New Q&MA Vice President Schneider joined Aerojet Rocketdyne in July 1988 and has served in a variety of leadership positions over the last 28 years...
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Maritime Broadband Delivery to Statu Shipping by Marlink Marlink and Ozsay Satellite Communications have already migrated six Statu Shipping vessels to the Sealink service...
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Hughes India Hoping to Help India with SATCOM Internet Services No private player has previously been approved by the Indian government to establish a SATCOM policy for the nation.
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Harris' $189M Contract with UAE (Bonus—Establishes Harris as 'Best-in-Breed') ...this furthers Harris' position that is now established as a best-in-breed battlefield systems integrator for global customers.
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Sí! Advantech Wireless' Transcend™ 800 Microwave Radio Selected by Promexar in Mexico they deliver improved video and IP-based centric and networking equipment in order to meet their specific needs in security and quality.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne's New Leader He'll Head the New Space Business Unit While there, he received the USAF Roland Obenland Engineering Memorial Award for top engineering performance.
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Britain Begins... Preparing Legislation to Launch Their Own Satellites (Ultimate Do It Yourself) "We have never launched a spaceflight before from this country."
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February 19, 2017 SpaceX Launches as Falcon Flies and a Successful 'Spot-On' Return... Dragon Heads to ISS "Baby came back," Space CEO Elon Musk wrote on Instagram after the successful landing. Full Story
Building the ESM for the Orion Spacecraft is a Win for Airbus Defence and Space The ESM is a key element of Orion, the next-generation spacecraft that will take astronauts beyond LEO for the first time since the end of the Apollo program.
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Russia and Uruguay Warn About Risks of Arms' Race in Space Russia and Uruguay adopted a joint statement on Thursday warning about risks of an arms race in outer space...
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DLR Enlists Airbus... France and Germany's MERLIN Mission Measures Methane ...will be the first to use an “active” LIDAR instrument with on-board light source (the laser) that measures at night and through thin cirrus clouds.
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The Purchase of DigitalGlobe is a Distinct Possibility... and MDA is the Suitor The takeover value would be in the area of $2 to $3 billion...
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An ESA and ISRO Concordance Collaboration is definitely in the card for the agencies...
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Falcon 9 Transports NASA's SAGEIII and Thales Alenia Hexapod Pointing System to ISS... Measure Earth's Gases Hexapod is a pointing system that can compensate for the instability of the Space Station and guarantee a finely-tuned...
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February 18, 2017 Iridium's Next Date for Second Launch of NEXT Satellites... Then Six Launches Every Two Months This marks a major milestone for the Iridium NEXT program as the testing and validation phase is ahead of schedule and the satellites are working well.
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VSAT Comms Extended Throughout Saudi Arabia by Marlink for PETSE PETSE will now have an even stronger presence as a full VSAT service provider...
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Final Testing of NASA's TDRS-M Satellite has Started The network consists of TDRS satellites that transmit data to and from ground stations on Earth for NASA missions and expendable launch vehicles.
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The Wernher von Braun Memorial Award to be Presented to ESA's Professor Wörner by NSS This award recognizes Wörner as an effective leader of the European Space Agency and the contributions of ESA to the world space community.
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US DoD to Help Ensure Sky and Space Global's Smallsats' Safety... This agreement provides for space situational awareness services as well as real-time info to ensure...
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February 16, 2017 Polish Firm to Have First Smallsats Ready for Orbit by 2018 The company was founded in 2016 and totally owned by Polish concerns
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Agribusiness, GPS and Satellites — NSR Examines... With limited cellular coverage pointing to a seemingly perfect fit for satellite in rural areas, what role will satellite play in the growth of the ‘digital farm’?
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Blanketing the South Indian Ocean is NSSLGlobal's New Ku-Band VSAT Coverage The new beam significantly extends the reach of NSSLGlobal's VSAT network in an important international shipping route...
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SES and Gilat Service Underserved Ships at Sea... More Accessible Connectivity offering affordable equipment, bandwidth, installation and network management pricing for operators of even the smallest of fishing boats and yachts.
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Harris Brings Battlefield Techniques to IDEX... Keeping Soldiers Connected These solutions meet urgent security challenges associated with intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) issues and provide opportunities for modernizing force structures
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Israel Launches Two Nano Satellites... Part of ISRO's Launch of 104 The Israeli satellites, designed to aid medical and environmental research,
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February 15, 2017 Es’hailSat Signs Total TR Medya to Exclusively Resell Products and Services in Turkey Es’hailSat has signed a contract to give Total TR Medya exclusive rights to resell its products and services to end users in the Republic of Turkey.
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Indian Space Research Organization's Successful Launch... Multiplied by 104! A child wants one of the red balloons and the balloon man must not get the strings tangled or let the whole bundle of balloons fly away.
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Internet of Things Services Using Space Capabilities... A Funding Opportunity IoT is already used in many parts of daily life: human-centered applications related to...
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Inmarsat Fleet Xpress Integration by Satlink Satellite Communications Based in Cyprus, Satlink supply, service, integrate and install satellite communications equipment on-board.
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On the Show Floor... RF-Design Brings Their Latest Advances... The company invites attendees to explore the firm's new and innovative products...
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Arabsat and ONT It's Good to Have a Tunisian Broadcast Platform on Badr-4 Rohde and Schwartz were chosen for the installation and commissioning of the platform as they posses the best technical specifications.
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Rocket Lab Milestone Successfully Completed — Electron Arrives at Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 Over the coming weeks, a series of tests and checkouts will be conducted at the site before the rocket, named It’s a Test, is signed-off to fly.
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Kubos and Pumpkin No Small Feat in Small Sat Cooperative Agreement ...Win-Win for all Parties partnering with Kubos will bring even more innovation, speed, stability and cost savings to the satellite industry
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February 14, 2017 Arianespace Incoming and Outgoing... Receives Two New Sats and Successfully Launches VA235 This is Arianespace's second launch of 2017, and first launch of Ariane 5 this year to send off SKY Brasil-1 and Telkom 3S.
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Airbus Safran Launchers' Ariane 5's 77th Successful Launch The launch performance achieved by this Ariane 5 ECA was 10,450 kg in GTO...
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Galileo Signal Falsification May be a Problem of the Past The method still needs to be tested and validated before it can be made available to the general public.
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Bringing HD Video via SATCOM to Rotary Aircraft is a Hughes DISD Tech Advancement This new advancement in SATCOM technology integrates the Hughes HM200 airborne modem and two lightweight antennas mounted on top...
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SES HD+ Now Has More Than Two Million Subs That's 15 percent more than in 2015...
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Electric Propulsion for OBH's SmallGeo Satellite Platform “Electra” is based on the SmallGEO program developed with the European Space Agency (ESA) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
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Orbital ATK's New Involvement with USAF's STPSat-6 The multipurpose satellite will operationally demonstrate advanced communication capabilities, collect space weather data and...
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2Gen SBAS Research Project Involves Geoscience Australia and Lockheed Martin This innovative research project aims to demonstrate how a second-generation, Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) testbed can...
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Marlink's Sealink Links Fastest Marine Internet... Individualized High Speed Zones "In fact, Internet connection is so important these days that it’s almost a disaster if it fails...”
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Arianespace is One Busy Place... More Arriving on Same Day of Scheduled Launch Thales Alenia Space services the broad range of satellites for different missions, while simultaneously launching for different customers.
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Advantech Wireless' New AMT-83L Military-Grade Satellite Modem to Show Off at Satellite 2017 This is the first worldwide satellite modem to be certified with MIL-STD-188-165A by DISA.
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Thales Alenia Space's Telkom 3S Launches Bringing HD TV and Internet Services to Indonesia In a turnkey contract for the Indonesian operator Telkom Indonesia, Thales Alenia Space's responsibilities include...
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Airbus' SKY Brasil-1 Satellite Successfully Soars Airbus Defence and Space can count another successful launch today of their SKY Brasil-1 telecommunications satellite ...
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Geoscience Australia and Lockheed Martin Collaborate with Second-Gen Satellite-Based Augmentation System Users must be confident in the position solutions calculated by GNSS receivers.
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February 13, 2017 Network Management Suite from Kratos To Assist Cyprus Teleport The network management suite will help Cyta scale its international operations by automating network functions and managing customer services...
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Laser Comms Scheduling for BridgeSat from Orbit Logic Orbit Logic will use their product as the core scheduling engine for the BridgeSat solution...
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SpaceKnow Garners Additional Millions in Series A Financing... SpaceKnow is now the leading provider of targeted industrial and geographical intelligence ...
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China to Launch Satellite to Detect Lighted Structures at Night... Photos Clearer than US Satellites A professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said that images taken by Luojia-1A will be clearer than those by US-developed satellites.
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Es’hailSat Nets Sponsorship of Qatar Total Open 2017... Live MENA Broadcast in HD broadcast experience includes the Olympics, FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro Championship, Champions League, English Premier League...
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Berg Insight Has Insight in the Rapidly Growing M2M/IoT mHealth Market estimates that remotely monitored patients will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 47.9 percent to reach 50.2 million by 2021.
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BlueTide Communications Brings Ku-Band VSAT to the Aussies and More the shipping industry moves from L-band to VSAT to meet demand for onboard connectivity
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GL Enhances ED-137 Radio Emulator for Air Traffic Management "It has the capability of generating more than 500 simultaneous calls on a core i7 system.”
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Indonesia Engineers Master Micro-Satellites in Order to Develop Their Own ...the archipelagic country, which consists of 17,000 islands, could be fully independent of foreign satellites in the future...
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Test Fires on Historic Shuttle Pad... Prepares for Saturday's Launch This will be the first launch from pad 39A since the orbiter Atlantis blasted off on the shuttle program’s final flight in July 2011.
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Harris Dials In... $403M Contract with Defense Logistics Agency to Support Harris' Radios The contract is a continuation and expansion of previous contracts with the DLA and will provide support to additional Harris radio families.
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Ball's Contract with NASA/NOAA's Suomi National Polar Orbiting Partnership Satellite is Extended satellite has significantly impacted everyday safety around the world – largely invisible to the general public and indispensable to the scientific communities
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February 10, 2017 Boeing Awards MT Aerospace Additional Contracts for Most Powerful Super Heavy Launch Vehicle SLS is the most powerful super heavy lift launch vehicle for manned and unmanned missions to the moon, Mars and the depths of outer space.
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February 9, 2017 On the Show Floor... WORK Working CABSAT 2017 WORK Microwave will showcase their new compact IF converter design and A-Series all-IP platform for the first time to the Middle East market.
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Skyline Reaching New Heights Once Again with DataMiner With a growth of 35 percent in sales in 2016, and effectively tripling sales over the course of the last three years, the company further strengthens...
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Vishay's Capacity for a New Capacitor That Meets MIL-PRF-3906/33 Specs This device is the industry's first such capacitor qualified to the MIL-PRF-39006/33 specification to offer capacitance from 15 μF to 680 μF...
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Swedish Space Corporation Taps American Aerospace Veteran for Satellite Management Services He will lead the business operations and customer relationships in North and Latin America for National Security, Civil and Commercial Space.
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Ninth Telecom Forum Hosted by Arabsat Upcoming in Tunis Arabsat holds its Telecom forum on a yearly basis to strengthen the firm's professional and operational association with valued customers.
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Christenson Transportation Truckin' On with ORBCOMM Christenson is using ORBCOMM’s end-to-end telematics system, which is self-powered with solar recharging technology...
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25 Years Ago... Solar Probe Ulysses' Gravity Boost by Jupiter was Launched Into a Third Dimension Ulysses got a gravity assist by Jupiter to leave the ecliptic plane to explore the "never seen before" poles of the Sun. Full Story
NASA's OCO-3 To Embed a Surrey Satellite Technology US GPS Receiver Surrey’s SGR-20 is a single frequency, multiple antenna GPS receiver...
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Gilat and Airbus to Develop Electronically Steerable Antenna for ESA...Funded by Clean Sky 2 EC’s Horizon 2020 Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (CSJU) selects Gilat to build a fully integrated ESA aero terminal for satellite communication
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SSL Selected by DARPA to Develop a Sort of Space Service Station for Satellites... RSGS Program ...will have the capability to perform multiple servicing missions for both planned and urgent customer needs...
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Stars are Brighter in Africa ... African Students Win DStv Eutelsat Star Awards "The Jury engaged in intense discussions to award the most realistic and creative proposals that deserve to stand out on the African stage.":
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DARPA's Selection of SSL to Service Geosynchronous Satellites... New Rules of the Road "...RSGS robotics promise a new era in which satellite upgrades and enhancements at GEO are no longer just a dream.”
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DigitalGlobe's EO Has AI ... The Eye Has a Brain Deep learning and AI are turning millions of satellite images of Earth into usable data, helping insurers and aid groups alike to do their jobs.
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ULA's Atlas V on Adjusted Schedule to Launch NROL-79 This is an adjusted launch date as in January ULA stated the NROL-79 mission would be delayed saying....
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Israel Aerospace Industries Unveils Export Version of Heron TP It is designed to operate at very long range, using an integral satellite link and is and is capable of operating in extreme weather conditions.
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February 8, 2017 Paradigm's Swarm45 Ka-Band Terminal Gets Telenor's Blessing... Opens Market Opportunities “We are pleased that the Swarm45 terminal, the smallest terminal yet, has been approved to operate on THOR 7."
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Curtiss-Wright has Got the COTS Italy’s ELV SpA Needs for the New Mid-Size Vega-C Curtiss-Wright’s cost-effective COTS electronics systems approach was selected to support this challenging performance/cost target.
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SSPI Honors Four as Satellite Hall of Fame Inductees “The 2017 inductees uphold the proud tradition of the Satellite Hall of Fame,” said SSPI executive director Robert Bell.
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Flood of Non-Indigenous Satellites Will Generate Half of the Revenue for Upcoming ISRO Launch The space agency has earned more than $100 million by launching foreign satellites.
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SolAero Technologies is Building Up for More Satellite Solar Panels Biz This commitment includes the construction of a new 40,000 square foot facility at its headquarters in Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Thuraya Opening Up in the US The new office brings the American team together, helping to serve a range of customers...
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Shuttle Tanker Fleet Sails Into Upgraded Comms with Marlink The increased Sealink VSAT capacity is already live across the Teekay shuttle tanker fleet.
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GEE Now They Cruise and Provide Live Foreign Language Programs Colors has become a Hindi-language cultural main stay and is a part of Viacom 18 Media, one of India’s fastest-growing entertainment networks.
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Turkey's Arkas Line Goes Orange Eleven vessels and 25 land-based sites are connected by the Orange Business Services hybrid network...
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Romantis Secures Services on Intelsat Ensuring Occasional Use to Russian Broadcasters Transitioning to Intelsat EpicNG enables Romantis to deliver higher performance to smaller antennas, broader coverage Full Story
Inmarsat and Actility Aim to Bring the Internet of Things to the World with LoRaWAN™ ... brings IoT solutions anywhere, to any business, with LoRaWAN-based connectivity on the ground and satellite connectivity as the network backbone.
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Harris Imager Captures Higher Resolution Imagery Aboard the Himawari-9 Satellite The AHI leverages similar technology used for the Harris-built Advanced Baseline Imager onboard...
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Fueled for Flight — SKY Brasil-1 and Telkom 3S This flight will be the initial Ariane 5 mission in 2017 and the second of as many as 12 Arianespace launches during the year...
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Thaicom Appoints New Chief Strategy Officer... He Will Lead in Company's Asian Brand Growth
“The satellite industry is on the verge of change and so we have to develop our business and operations expertly to stay competitive."
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A Proper Grounding for Virgin Galactic to be Provided by Kongsberg KSAT will provide telemetry downlink services and contribute to the successful operation of the LauncherOne orbital smallsat launch system.
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Airbus and ENGIE Ineo Help France Plan Controlling Future Military Air Operations It will be rolled out on around 60 sites in mainland France.
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Globecomm Introduces Metered VSAT Separate Solutions at Sea ...the ship's main business can have one plan while the crew can access a separate bundle ...
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AsiaSat Wants More Occasional with Globecast “There is a trend to deliver bigger and better coverage of large events each year."
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Inmarsat's Milestone... Successful Testing of Satellite Infrastructure for European Aviation Network
rigorous performance tests to verify the SAS’s capabilities to serve as a reliable gateway between Inmarsat’s S-band satellite and the Internet.
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Space Data Association Sees Triple... Three New Members ... are the latest companies to join, thereby contributing to space flight safety for themselves, other SDA members, and the entire industry.
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February 6, 2017 Intelsat EpicNG To Improve Broadband Services For Europe and Africa Quantis will incorporate services from two Intelsat Intelsat EpicNG satellites...
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Angola's First Satellite Could Launch During Q3 of this Year The minister said that both the satellite and the control center are ready for this first mission...
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WorldView-4 Is Up and Capturing WorldView-4, launched on November 11, 2016, becomes the fifth active satellite in DigitalGlobe’s constellation.
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NASA and Students' to Send Small Sat to Measure Radiation Impacts on Astronauts Officials from NASA will come up and review our design, every nut and bolt.
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Boeing and US Air Force are in a Good Position with a Five Year Agreement for Global Positioning Systems Collectively, Boeing GPS satellites have accrued more than 550 years of on-orbit operation.
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United Launch Alliance Trims Back Employees to be Competitive with SpaceX and Others ...the largest space launch contractor to the federal government, is seeking voluntary departures to trim an unspecified number of positions.
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Cloud Free Mosaic Land Masses Presented By MDA Information Systems All the land masses of the Earth, except for portions of Antarctica, were acquired with new Landsat 8 imagery...
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OHB Commits to Junior Professorship to Ensure Secure Space Communications is a good fit for OHB’s portfolio, such as the versatile SmallGEO satellite platform...
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Thales Alenia Space... Heading to Kourou Next Month for Brazilian Satellite Interests Thales Alenia Space signed the SGDC contract with Visiona (a joint venture between Embraer and Telebras) at the end of 2013.
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NASA and Germany to Study Farming Satellite for Fresh Food in Martian and Lunar Greenhouses ... and the experimental farm will include microorganisms to produce synthetic urine, which will then be converted into fertilizer.
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Gilat's Broadband Consumer VSATs Provide Internet with Tricolor TV and Eutelsat Networks
NLE is planning to offer Gilat's Scorpio VSAT, an innovative VSAT-in-a-Box
February 3, 2017 Addvalue and Inmarsat Sign Memorandum of Understanding for a First... LEO On-Demand Communications ...Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites have only been available when the satellite is within sight of an Earth station, making connectivity limited until now...
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Security Missions in Mali, Niger and Somalia Receive Airbus Defence and Space SATCOM Support Led on behalf of the European Union, these missions aim to support the efforts of the respective governments to strengthen their stability...
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GEE, MTN-TV Sets a New Record for Live Event Telecasts to Cruise Ships MTN-TV delivered nearly 700 events and 2,627 hours of live televised sports...
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A Technology Showcase by ETL Systems at Convergence India 2017 Among the new technologies on display will be an indoor unit from the StingRay RF over fiber range...
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NASA's New Horizons Getting Its Burn On The radio signals carrying the data traveled over 3.5 billion miles (5.6 billion kilometers) and took more than five hours to reach Earth at the speed of light.
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Annual Award Recipients Named by the National Space Club and Foundation The Awards will be presented at the 60th Annual Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner...
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Panasonic Avionics Under Investigation by US DOJ and SEC This probe was confirmed on February 2 by the company's Osaka, Japan, parent company...
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February 2, 2017 A Thermal Design Game Changer for Smallsats Vivek Dwivedi, a technologist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has teamed with a couple of researchers...
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GaN Gains for Advantech Wireless The Advantech Wireless solution is designed for the most stringent environmental military standards...
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Intelsat... Critical Reliable Space Communications Means Keeping World 'Always On' So much of our regular daily lives relies on space communications, bank ATMs and gas stations, air traffic safety, smartphones and GPS...
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From Maritime SATCOM Support to Football and HDTV, SES Makes Waves, Goals and Designs on HDTV SES helps to meet the growing demand for maritime, sports and HDTV connectivity across a wide range of sectors...
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Over the Indian Ocean, Meteosat-8 Now Rules... The Meteosat-8 satellite belongs to the second generation of Meteosats and is much more capable than the first generation Meteosat-7...
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Debris Cleanup Test for JAXA Cargo Craft Has Cable Difficulties The Kounotori6 cargo transporter was initially scheduled to stretch the 700 meter long cable the same day, but was unable to do so...
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Inmarsat Has the Wind Behind Their Sails as Fleet Xpress Wins SMART4SEA Excellence Award “Securing the 2017 SMART4SEA Excellence Award 2017 rewards the hard work that went into the years of ground-breaking innovative development..."
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SoftBank To Market OneWeb Services Across the Globe The role follows SoftBank’s $1 billion investment in the OneWeb satellite project in December of 2016, part of a $1.2 billion funding round.
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Fourth Annual Connectivity Event from GVF-EMP Offers Preliminary Speaker Lineup The event, the fourth in the Connectivity series, will investigate the universal connectivity ecosystem...
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Giglio Group Launches an Italian First... Radiovision and New Trade Agreements Since 2012, RTL 102.5 is the first Italian radio by number of listeners (6.9 million for the first half 2016 - by Audiradio data)
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Advantech's Multimillion Dollar Contract Outfits a NATO Nation with Military SATCOM Terminals These advanced systems are the smallest fully integrated units on the market today
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NSR Reports a Resurgence of MILSATCOM Capabilities Spirited by Japan's DCN-2 Satellite players in the military and government satellite markets should ask is, "Are we finally going to see a ‘pivot to Asia’?
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SolAero Technologies Stretches Its Solar Panels and Grows into a New Facility and Jobs ...this facility will contain the world’s only vertically-integrated, end-to-end satellite solar panel production capability.
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February 1, 2017 Incoming Inertial Sensors Launch by SBG Systems The Ellipse has been greatly improved, showing unmatched performance in attitude measurement while adding Galileo constellation to its GNSS receiver.
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MBRSC Submits Request to Host the 71st International Aeronautical Congress If MBRSC were to win, the UAE would become the first Arab and Muslim country to host the conference.
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University of Nottingham Boosts Satellite Navigation Position Accuracy Anywhere on the Globe The service, to be developed at prototype level, will benefit safety-critical industries such as aviation and maritime navigation...
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