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December 23, 2018 Forrester Reports: IEEE Indicates SpaceX Starlink Constellation will Generate Hundreds of Fragments... Scottish Investor for SpaceX... The IEEE, in its ‘Spectrum’ report, has calculated the risks of an injury or death at 45 percent over a six year period of time. The IEEE is using data...
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Russian Military Payload Lifted to Orbit via Proton-M Rocket After entering orbit, the satellite will be tracked by ground-based equipment of the space units of the Russian aerospace forces...
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GOMX-5 Satellite Mission Contract Signed Between ESA and GOMSpace The mission will consist of two smallsats in the 20 kg. class with an improved platform for increased power handling and reliability. Further, the...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Wraps Up a Most Historic Year Aerojet Rocketdyne continued to make history during 2018. Here are some key successes...
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Navy Multi-Band Terminals $57 Million Contract Awarded to Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems NMT is a multi-band capable satellite communications terminal that provides protected and wideband communications. NMT supports extremely ...
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Award from Harris Electronic Systems DDC was one of only five distinguished recipients to be selected for this esteemed award, based upon having achieved and maintained a...
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SSL-Built Satellite for Indonesian Operator PSN Arrives at Cape Canaveral for Launch a high-performance, multi-mission satellite, it features a rideshare service and our next-generation solar electric propulsion system.
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ESA Provides a Warm Welcome Home to Horizon's Astronauts on a Frigid Earth The trio’s landing in the Kazakh steppe marked the successful conclusion of over six months in space during which Alexander
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The Design for a New Smallsat Launch Vehicle has been Completed by the ISRO On the launchpad, the SSLV will stand 34 meters (nearly 12 feet) tall, 10 meters (33 feet) shorter than the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)...
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Cloud Constellation Receives Funding Commitment from HCH Group Company ...SpaceBelt provides secure, dynamic network and cloud data storage services between any locations on Earth...
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Firefly Aerospace Enters Launch Agreement with Spaceflight Firefly CEO, Dr. Tom Markusic, said that Spaceflight has a proven expertise in payload aggregation and mission management. The firm's recent SSO-A...
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Pre-Christmas Gift ... Lockheed Martin's First U.S.A.F. GPS III Satellite is Launched by SpaceX's Falcon 9 Vespucci will be vectored to augment the current GPS constellation comprised of 31 operational spacecraft.
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December 20, 2018 U.S. Air Force Space Command Now In Charge of Commercial Satellite Communications Services and Procurement This transfer means AFSPC will oversee procurement of nearly all military and commercial SATCOM for the DoD,and will allow it to manage SATCOM...
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SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries Ready to Send a Time Capsule to the Moon in Early 2019 "We are proud to be the first non-governmental entity in the world to go to the moon.
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Forrester Reports: SES Upsizes Their Schuldschein Loan... Thales Alenia Space into Final Testing on O3b Satellites... The SES borrowing comprises a 150 million euros, 5.5-year floating tranche at Euribor 6 months plus 0.8 percent and a 250 million euros 7-year fixed...
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Wideband Satellite Op Centers and Management Contract Awarded by U.S. Army to Harris This contract leverages Harris’ 30-plus-year legacy of providing ground systems, on orbit assets and global communications networking to the Army...
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Two Teledyne e2v Image Sensors Set to Go to Work for NASA's New Horizons Mission The American space agency’s New Horizons probe remains on course for its daring flyby of Ultima Thule between December 29, 2018, and January 4,
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Sierra Nevada Corporation Gets the Go Sign with Advanced Propulsion Contract from DARPA “We see great opportunity to field more capable and flexible systems in a few short years, not only for OpFires, but for other applications as well.”
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Guam a Possible Launch Site for Virgin Orbit Guam has attracted Virgin Orbit’s interest because it is close to the equator. The Virgin Orbit website includes a graphic showing three launch sites: one...
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Another Postponement, This Time for the New Shepard Rocket Launch by Blue Origin Now, however, according to the company's Twitter account, even though the ground infrastructure issue was adjudicated, the company has...
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SSL Demos NexGen Solar-Electric Propulsion System Last week, SSL completed orbit raising of a multi-mission communications satellite known as Azerspace-2/Intelsat 38 using the firm's next-generation...
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World's Smallest Infrared Hyperspectral Camera Reaches Space Aboard a Smallsat The infrared hyperspectral imager on board the Reaktor Hello World smallsat is a small, lightweight, 2D-snapshot tunable spectral imager...
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Thales Alenia Space and European Space Agency Negotiate a New Tranche of a 130 Million Euros Contract both prime contractor support and the architecture and integration of security components and the POCPs, and on Leonardo for the Galileo Security Facility
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December 19, 2018 Acquisition of Globecomm Now Completed by Speedcast Globecomm has a multi-network infrastructure in over 100 countries and the acquisition strengthens Speedcast’s global leadership enhanced...
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Viasat's Network Encryptor is Upgraded for MILGOV Customers The upgraded KG-142 supports the shift to cloud-centered communications, providing added flexibility for customers and significantly reducing the size...
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Top FCC Rankings for Fourth Consecutive Year Earned by HughesNet® HughesNet service captured the top spot for both download and upload metrics, and consistently met or exceeded advertised speeds, delivering...
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Chapter 15 Bankruptcy in the U.S. Entered Into by Avanti Communications (Advanced TV Report) Chapter 15 is a section of the U.S. bankruptcy code that deals with jurisdiction and, under Chapter 15, a business based outside the U.S. can...
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Arianespace Launches the Airbus-Built CSO-1 Satellite for the French Armed Forces CSO will provide very high resolution geospatial information intelligence to the French Armed Forces as well as to the organization's partners...
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ISRO's GSLV-F11 Launch Vehicle Takes the GSAT-7A to Orbit GSLV-F11 is the 13th flight of India’s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) and its 7th flight with indigenous Cryogenic Upper Stage (CUS)...
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NexGen Gateway Ground Stations Contract Signed Between Celestia Technologies and ESA The three-year program will create a fully electronic scanning (eScan) ground station, capable of tracking and communicating simultaneously with...
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December 18, 2018 Blue Origin Scrubs Tuesday's Launch of New Shepard with Experiments to be Conducted in Microgravity is an essential program for researchers providing access to microgravity for technology development.
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We Are It Philippines' VIP Visitors Visit Boeing and SpaceX for Kacific1 Construction Milestone This next-generation satellite owned by Kacific will be the first to stream high-speed, low-cost broadband access throughout the Asia Pacific region...
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Lockheed Martin Space Receives $7Million AEHF Satellite Contract Adjustment from the DoD The contract modification is for Space Vehicle 5 Liquid Apogee Engine (LAE) 4-corners testing request for equitable adjustment. Work for this effort...
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Series A Funding Completed by ATLAS Space Operations This latest funding round provides ATLAS with an enhanced ability to accelerate its already rapid expansion of the Freedom™ Ground Network...
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Ovzon Signs On SSL to Manufacture The Company's First Satellite The total investment for the satellite (Ovzon-3) including manufacturing, launch, financing and insurance is estimated to approximately SEK 1.5...
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Syria Feels the Pressure ... Steps Up to Create a Satellite and Join Other Arab States According to Khatib, the creation of the satellite will be one of the ministry's main goals.
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Kratos Gets the Nod for C5ISR Development Kratos’ C5ISR Modular Systems business specializes in the rapid development, demonstration and fielding of affordable products, hardware...
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And Now... Another Launch Delay for Today, December 18, 2018 Unfavorable high-altitude wind conditions above the Spaceport launch site in French Guiana has resulted in a 24-hour delay for Arianespace’s Flight....Full Story
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser Spacecraft Passes NASA's Integration Review 4 Many critical parts of the orbital vehicle are already complete, built and being tested, including major structural components, thermal protection...
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Brazil's National Institute for Space Research Awards Spaceflight with Launch Contract The contract award is the culmination of a multi-year, highly competitive government procurement process among global launch providers...
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One Year After the Contract the Prometheus is Testing its Liquid Oxygen-Methane Engine aim is to be able to produce future liquid propellant engines at a unit cost which is 10 times less than the cost of building the Vulcain®2 type engine
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December 17, 2018 'Pop-Top' Nose Cone and Late Load Accessibility are Northrop Grumman's Features on NASA's Antares and Cygnus Along with the pop-top feature, this is the first fairing that was built in-house at Northrop Grumman’s large composites manufacturing facility in Iuka, MS.
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Gilat's SkyEdge II-c Platform Selected by Dish Mexico for B'band Services The broadband service will use Gilat’s highly efficient X-Architecture and DVB-S2X VSATs operating over Ka-band capacity from Hispasat’s recently...
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Capricorn Space Breaks Ground on First Site in Western Australia Once operational, this site will support the satellite industry by providing Ground Segment as a Service at a strategically important location in the...
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Hughes' Joint Venture with Al Yah Satellite Communications Provides a Swath of Satellite Services Through the collaboration, Yahsat will combine its unique position and knowledge as the leading provider of satellite broadband solutions within its...
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Rocket Lab Successfully Launches the 13-Smallsat ELaNa-19 Mission On Sunday, December 16, UTC, Rocket Lab’s Electron launch vehicle lifted off at 06:33 UTC (19:33 NZDT) from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1...
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Forrester Reports: Avanti Communications Chairman Steps Down... ISRO Finance's Uplink Dish for Bhutan... Walsh has been Chairman of Avanti since 2014. Alan Harper joined the board in March 2017 as a non-executive director, and was appointed Interim...
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NorthTelecom and Yahlive Renew Their Partnership The agreement will enable NorthTelecom to provide improved services to TV broadcasters for a more superior and well-rounded experience. This ...
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Aerospace Creates V.P. and Chief Technology Officer Position to Ensure this Man is on Their Team He also helped develop a technique to control satellite movement, without propellant, using high temperature super-conducting electromagnets.
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December 16, 2018 Lockheed Martin’s McCandless Lunar Lander Lands NASA Contract ... Again Lockheed Martin has built more interplanetary spacecraft than all other U.S. companies combined, including four successful Mars landers.
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U.S. Commercial Service Awards SSL with the Export Achievement Award SSL has worked with the U.S. Commercial Service and the ITA’s Advocacy Center on numerous global ventures throughout the years in...
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The 2019 Student Rocket Launch Payloads Call Issued by United Launch Alliance Teams can choose to compete for a chance to win up to $5,000 for their school or sponsoring nonprofit...
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Sierra Wireless Solar-Powered Satellite Asset Tracking Service Takes the Edge Off of Emergencies When power and cellular networks are out of service, Sierra Wireless’ satellite asset tracking service with Globalstar’s SmartOne Solar device provides...
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RUAG Space Works With Algae, the 'Lung of this Planet', to Regenerate Air in Long Term Space One of the top challenges of long-term human space flight is life support.
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Historic Flight for Virgin Galactic — VSS Unity and Two Astronauts Finally Arrive In Space This is this the first human spaceflight to be launched from American soil since the final Space Shuttle mission in 2011 as well as the first time that a...
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Experior Laboratories Celebrates 15 Year Anniversary with a $2 Million Makeover Including Literally Raising the Roof raised the roof to 33 feet for a 15-ton crane and two shakers that exert a maximum force of 80,000 pounds to test rockets, missile systems, satellites
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December 14, 2018 Harris' CEO Named Chairman of AIA Board of Governors as AIA's Centennial Anniversary Nears will remove barriers to innovation and promote STEM and other workforce elements, promote talent and build the best American workforce.
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Astroscale Knows How to Clean Up Space... in Technical Cooperation with ESA Regarding Space Debris Removal There are more than 750,000 pieces of debris larger than 1 cm in size in Earth orbit today; with potentially causing the end of a functioning satellite,
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December 13, 2018 NASA Selects Astrobotic to be Delivery Service to Moon for 10 Years This isn't your ordinary delivery service such as UPS, Federal Express and USPS, not quite. NASA needed a provider to make deliveries to the Moon,
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Critical Comms for Nevada to be Delivered by Harris for $180 Million Contract Harris will provide an end-to-end 126-site multicast/simulcast system, including a Voice, Interoperability, Data and Access (VIDA®) converged...
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NASA's OSIRIS-REx Discovers Water on Asteroid Bennu the finding does indicate that liquid water was present at some time on Bennu’s parent body, a much larger asteroid.
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Air Force Space Command Takes Responsibility of COMSATCOM Procurement for the DoD oversee procurement of nearly all military and commercial SATCOM for the DoD, and will allow it to manage SATCOM as an enterprise, integrating ...
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Forrester Reports: OneWeb to Save Millions — Perhaps Even More... In the process, OneWeb will save an estimated $500,000 per satellite (and it could be more) leading to Capex cost savings on the satellite building...
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Intelsat General and COMSAT to Offer Airborne Comms to U.S. Government and Coalition Partners FlexAir is unique as it is the first commercially available aeronautical service for 45 centimeter-performance equivalent Ku-band antennas that is...
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The ESA's HERA Planetary Defense Mission is Being Lead by GMV HERA’s role will be to characterize the asteroids after the impact and obtain data to develop strategies to handle an eventual impact on Earth.
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Blue Canyon Technologies Supports Multiple Missions on Spaceflight Industries' SSO-A Launch The Spaceflight SSO-A SmallSat Express mission launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Monday, December 3rd. Of the 64 spacecraft
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New Launch Date Set by United Launch Alliance for NROL-71 Mission The mission will lift off on aDelta IV Heavy launch vehicle from...
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December 12, 2018 SKY Perfect JSAT and KSAT Selected by Axelspace for the First Japanese EO Smallsat Ground Station Services SKY Perfect JSAT and KSAT will support this satellite program with KSATLite, a global ground network as a service, optimized for smallsats as...
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Blue Canyon Technnologies' Bus Supports the Recently Launched Harris HSAT Smallsat BCT’s 6U spacecraft bus is a state-of-the-art, high-performance smallsat platform that maximizes available payload volume...
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Harris Makes a Big $125 Million Commitment to Florida with Plans for R&D The company pays an average salary of $95,000 in Florida and has about 375 openings in the state, primarily in engineering.
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Adelaide to Become the Home of the Australian Space Agency The Australian Space Agency will be headquartered atLot Fourteen, a former hospital being transformed into an innovation district in the CBD of ...
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RigNet Passes the Popcorn as They Keep Remote Crews Entertained with CrewFlix™ This is further supported by the 714 percent growth in usage of RigNet’s CrewHotspot™ service between ...
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat 3,000 Mile as Satcom Global and OCENS Connect Athletes in 'World's Toughest Row' row from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antiguto takes around 50 days with extreme weather and waves of up to 50 feet in height.
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GVF's Newly-Elected Directors Will Take Association into Their Third Decade of Operation and Achievement The election results come as GVF is already into its third decade of operation.
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NSR's Alan Crisp Offers His Perspective in 'Land Mobile Via Satellite, 6th Edition' Flat panel antennas driving vehicle connectivity contribute to this rapid growth of equipment revenues, and new form factors and products hitting...
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Forrester Reports: Liquid Telecom Investing in Egypt The investment is being made into Telecom Egypt, and was announced at a signing ceremony in Sharm el-Sheikhn at the Africa 2018 Forum...
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The Switch® and Eutelsat Enable Participants to Switch On Maximum Content Delivery The partnership will provide The Switch's user community of more than 800 of the world's leading content producers and distributors the ability to...
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Peraton Joins the Satellite Industry Association As a next generation national security company, Peraton’s Communications sector provides assured connectivity and communications...
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December 11, 2018 Royal Australian Air Force's Mission 1 Smallsat Effort Heads to Orbit The M1 and later M2 missions are being funded by the air force and conducted in partnership with the University of NSW Canberra, with the...
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a.i. Solutions Awarded by NASA as Large Business Prime Contractor of the Year This award recognizes the high quality of the company’s ongoing work at KSC, where a.i. solutions’ engineers and technicians provide support to...
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Vespucci, Lockheed Martin's First GPS III Satellite for the U.S.A.F. is Encapsulated into the SpaceX Payload Fairing Encapsulation of the satellite within its payload fairing serves to protect it against the impact of dynamic pressure and aerodynamic heating during its...
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NanoRacks Delivers Smallsats, Research and Medical Science to the ISS Since Dragon arrived on Saturday, December 8, the NanoRacks Operations Team has been working around the clock to run customer payloads with the astronaut...
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How SAS' Agreement with GlobalSat Group Enables Pearls to Provide Connectivity to Latin Americans Pearls will provide connectivity to Latin Americans.
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Kratos Celebrates Their First Year of Constellations Podcasts, and Asks "How Are We Doing?" Including Constellation special event podcasts, more than 40 episodes were produced in the past year. Constellations brings together key space ...
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Milestone Reached by Viasat — 1K Aircraft Now Flying with the Company's IFC System Viasat installed more than 400 of their latest IFC equipment on commercial aircraft in 2018, with more than half of those installs occurring in the second...
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Satellite Internet Access Expanded for Ecuador via Hughes 63 West Operating over the Hughes 63 West High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) payload, its broadband coverage reaches more than 90 percent of the...
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Forrester Reports: GSAT-11 Arrives in GEO ISRO says that four orbit-raising maneuvers were carried out over the recent weekend, following the launch by an Ariane rocket on December 5...
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SpacePath Communications' Business Development Manager ... He Did the Tango Bringing a wealth of industry experience to SpacePath, John previously worked for Thales Electron Devices (TWT) as sales manager and at...
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Earth-i's Satellites Help Severn Trent to Fix Water Leaks During the UK’s hot summer, Earth-i conducted analysis on imagery captured by British built satellites orbiting at 650 km. above the Earth...
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Globalstar's SPOT Trace Being Used by NATO as an IoT Solution Research teams from theNATO STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE), based in La Spezia, Italy, are embedding low-cost...
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December 10, 2018 EUMTSAT's Ultimate "Makeover" Incorporates the Latest Technology in the Satellite Control Center “Any screen in the new control center can be used to monitor any ground segment facility, for example, the back-up control center at Fucino, Italy,..."
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UPDATED: Axelspace Garners Series B Funding With this critical step, Axelspace moves closer to the realization of the new generation Earth Observation (EO) infrastructure AxelGlobe, which will...
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Speedcast International to Deliver VSAT Services to Top Operator's Various Production Platforms Their customer required a communications solution that could be delivered across production platforms, drilling rigs and FPSOs in multiple countries...
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China's Chang'e-4 Mission Successfully Launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center A Long March-3B rocket, carrying the probe including a lander and a rover, blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's...
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SSL-Manufactured SkySats 14 and 15 Imagery Being Received by Planet SkySats 14 and 15 were launched on December 3 from Vandenberg Air Force Base on Spaceflight’s first Sun Synchronous dedicated rideshare...
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World's Smallest HD Camera from Medigus Incorporated by NASA into VIPIR2 The micro ScoutCam 8.0 HD, custom designed for NASA, features one module consisting of both HD camera and illumination and serves as the...
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XipLink Acquires Sevis Systems' Base Station Assets With the Sevis 6000 circuit-based product, which will be renamed the XS-S6000 series, XipLink will now offer standards-based optimization of voice...
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Viasat's Airborne Modem Passes Military Certification to Operate on Wideband Global SATCOM Network modem rapidly delivers solutions that integrate into a hybrid adaptive network architecture for rapidly evolving in-flight mission and communications needs.
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December 9, 2018 UPDATED: Inmarsat Selects Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' H-3 Launch Vehicle for their Satellite Launch Inmarsat’s sixth-generation fleet will be the first to feature dual-payload satellites; each supporting L- and Ka-band (Global Xpress) services.
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Ball Aerospace Delivers TEMPO to NASA The TEMPO instrument will provide hourly daylight measurements of ozone, nitrogen dioxide and other key elements of air pollution across...
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ABI Research Publishes New Market Data Report on the Dual-Band, Precision GNSS Market Dual-band GNSS can mitigate the so-called multi-path interference effects which are especially present in areas with a high density of buildings, such as...
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Northrop Grumman Names Lucy C. Ryan as Corporate Vice President of Communications She will report to Kathy J. Warden, the company's CEO and President and she will also serve as a member of the company's Corporate Policy...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Preparing Power Pushers for ULA Delta IV Heavy NRO Payload Launch The upcoming NRO mission marks the tenth operational launch of the Delta IV Heavy and the 38th overall for the Delta IV family, which debuted in...
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Intelsat's Regional V.P. North America ... He'll Be Driving Their Strategy in North America responsible for the development and implementation of sales and go-to-market strategies for the company’s network, mobility and media customers
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China Launches SaudiSat-5a and -5B to Orbit The SaudiSat-5A and SaudiSat-5B remote sensing satellites have been developed and manufactured at the King Abdulla City for Science and Technology...
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December 7, 2018 Deal of Fortune: Why Harris Corp. and L3 Technologies are Going All In on $33.5 Billion Merger The combined company — L3 Harris Technologies Inc. — is expected to generate net revenue of approximately $16 billion for calendar-year 2018.
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December 6, 2018 ManSat's New VP of Sales and Marketing She Heads Up New California Office and a New CFO/Finance Director The satellite firm ManSat Group has opened a new fourth office, this one is in California as it continues its plan for international growth.
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Student-Built ESEO Smallsat Attains Space The joint Surrey and AMSAT-UK payload transmits key information to the ground — such as vital power, temperature and speed — and is designed...
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SpaceX Launches Again, Transporting Supplies and Experiments Including Crystals and Dental Glue to the ISS represents a diverse combination of science and technology research that includes crystals, barley, and dental glue, among other things.
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OneWeb's Greg Wyler Named SSPI UK's Space & Satellite Personality of the Year The Board of SSPI UK Chapter voted Mr. Wyler winner of this annual award for his contribution to the UK space and satellite sector and his recognition...
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VORAGO Technologies CMOS Silicon Dies Live on Spaceflight's SmallSat Express Mission In the first phase of the experiment, the same nine HARDSIL CMOS die were sent to the International Space Station where they have been...
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The Harris HSAT Smallsat Orbiting and Communicating in Good Order Harris Satellite (HSAT) is a briefcase-size 6U smallsat that provides an affordable solution for defense and commercial customers with very high-speed...
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Fleet Space Technologies' Centauri Launches... This Startup Started a Marathon of Launches in Just a Month
Just one satellite has the ability to cover 90 per cent of the Earth.
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ATLAS Space Operations Makes Contact with FalconSat-6 Smallsat The FalconSat-6 will serve the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Department of Astronautics, as a key component of the Academy’s capstone course for...
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December 5, 2018 NSSLGlobal Acquires Station 711 from MX1 NSSLGlobal will — as part of the acquisition — take over all activities of Station 711, including smart@sea, crewtalk and Station 711's Customer...Full Story
Contract for High-Power RF Amplifiers to be Fulfilled by Comtech PST These amplifiers are used as part of satellite communications systems which provide commercial mobile airborne-to-satellite-to-ground...
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NovelSat Names Gary Drutin as the Firm's New CEO Mr. Drutin joined NovelSat earlier this year as Chief Business Officer. He has served as CEO of FST Biometrics, Chief Customer Officer for Allot, and...
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Wednesday Arianespace's New Updates Regarding Launch of Their Workhorse Carrying Two Satellites ArianeGroup coordinates an industrial network of more than 600 companies in 13 European countries, and more than 350 Small and Medium Enterprises.
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SSPI's Better Satellite World Recognizes the Crisis Connectivity Charter with Industry Award When activated by the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC), the Charter will foster more efficient coordination between the satellite ...
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Klokan's MapTiler API Wins the Airbus Multi-Data Challenge MapTiler provides ads-free personalized maps and can run both online a...
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RUAG Space USA Passes Muster and Begins Production on a Very Large Piece of U.S.-Made Hardware The process involved many participants, and understandably, it is critical to pass every test to ensure safe transport into space.
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U.S.A.F. Academy Cadets' FalconSAT-6 Smallsat Leverages Zero-G's Weightless Lab for Testing ZERO-G Weightless Lab provides a unique opportunity allowing researchers to conduct hands-on testing at a level matching NASA’s...
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National Reconnaissance Office Readies for Friday's Launch of ULA's Delta IV Heavy Rocket Delta IV Heavy is the nation’s proven heavy lifter, delivering high-priority missions for the National Reconnaissance Office, U.S. Air Force and NASA.
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December 4, 2018 SSL's Robotic Arm on NASA's InSight Lander Gets a Grip on Mars Its job places the lander’s instruments onto the dusty Martian surface, for future landers when offloading payloads onto the surface of the Moon.
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IEC Telecom Expands with New Office in Denmark The new company, located close to Kastrup airport, will primarily focus on the maritime market; however, the company will also provide satellite...
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Forrester Reports: Russia Plans Mega-IoT-Constellation The ‘Marathon’ constellation will likely comprise hundreds of craft and will operate alongside Russia’s Glonass GPS system and as part of Russia’s...
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Statement from SSTL Confirms Successful Launch of KazSTSAT
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Statement from Spaceflight, the Mission Manager, Launches 64 Satellites on First Dedicated Rideshare Mission Spaceflight launched 15 MicroSats and 49 CubeSats from government and commercial entities including universities, startups, and a middle school.
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The SSPI's 2018 Better Satellite Award Bestowed Upon Kacific Once launched in 2019, Kacific’s first satellite, Kacific-1, will help connect more hospitals, clinics, schools, libraries, post offices, police stations and...
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Thales Alenia Space to Develop EO Radar Satellites for Korean Aerospace Industry Korean Aerospace Industries leads a consortium including South Korea’s Hanwha System and Thales Alenia Space. All three companies have been...
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ISRO Finally Launched Country's Heaviest Satellite Gsat-11 From Arianespace ISRO needed to recall the satellite as a precaution measure especially after the failure of the Gsat-6A mission around the same time.
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December 3, 2018 Orbital Micro Systems and NanoAvionics Partner to Rideshare on Smallsat Mission OMS is on track to launch multiple weather observation satellites in 2019. This mission will carry a humidity and precipitation monitoring sensor that ...
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Canadians Collaborate as ABB Measurement and Analytics Business Unit Manufactures GHGSat's Optical Sensor Counting more than 30 years of experience into the traditional government space market, ABB has provided key hardware contribution to sensors...
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Advantech Wireless Technologies, of Baylin Technologies, is Moving in Canada This new facility is a short 15 minute drive from the company's current location and the move will be completed by the end of the 2018 calendar...
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Vietnam Set to Launch a Dragon ... MicroDragon a Smallsat Set for January Launch The Vietnamese satellite, weighing 50 kilograms, will be launched into orbit along with six other satellites aboard Japan’s Epsilon rocket, from the ...
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Wednesday is the Scheduled Launch Date for South Korea's Chollian-2A Satellite The Ministry of Science and ICT said on Sunday that the meteorological satellite Chollian-2A will be launched from the space center in French Guiana at...
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SpaceX's Launch is Biggest Ever from the U.S. of a Single Rideshare ... 64 Smallsats from 17 Countries Spaceflight SSO-A: SmallSat Express mission is the largest single rideshare mission from a U.S.-based launch vehicle to-date.
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Smallsats from Scotland Aim to Revolutionize Work in Space The two ‘first of a kind’ 5 kg. satellites, which were designed and built by Spire Global, are unique due to their function, tiny size, low cost and quick ...
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Chinese Company Reveals First Satellite of Many in Plan to Offer Free Worldwide Wi-Fi aims to launch next year, another 10 launched by 2020, and constellation will have 272 satellites and connect to the internet in remote regions by 2026
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Broadband Services Distribution via Eutelsat's KA-SAT for MASMOVIL Group Launched in 2010, KA-SAT is a powerful satellite delivering broadband services across Europe, notably Spain, through 82 spotbeams connected to...
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Blue Gets to Red ...Blue Canyon Technologies' Good Attitude Control Enables CubeSats to Relay Data from the Red Planet provided the precision pointing the MarCO reflect-array high-gain antennas towards Earth relaying InSight's data during entry, descent, and landing on Mars.
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U.S.A.F.'s Team Vandenberg Ready to Support ULA's Delta IV NRO Payload Launch Colonel Bob Reeves, 30th Space Vice Wing commander, will be the space launch commander and he said Team V has put in a lot of hard work for this...
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Smallsats to Launch from Australia's Eyre Peninsula via the Southern Launch Company Called the Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex, the 1,190 hectare site sits at the bottom of Eyre Peninsula, about 35 minutes’ drive from the ...
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Statement from HawkEye 360's Successful Launch of First Three Satellites “The successful launch of our Pathfinder satellites is the biggest moment in our company’s young history, I am extremely proud of what our 30-person team..."
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December 2, 2018 Space Foundation Fondly Remembers Former President George H. W. Bush "President Bush was also an extraordinary point of light for many in the space community."
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Thales Alenia Space's Stratobus™ is a Feasibile Commodity as it Passes Muster concluded that the system is feasible and thus enables the beginning of development
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Two Informative Papers Published by Aerospace Corporation — the New Game Changer Series The company is pleased to offer the Game Changer series at a time when the space industry is undergoing rapid change. This new series provides...
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Kepler's on the CASE with their Second Smallsat Launch via the ISRO's PSLV-C43 Rocket Kepler’s latest satellite within the company’s network will be used to deliver service to early customers. The first satellite was launched in January...
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Forrester Reports: Tax Break for Eutelsat According to a report in French business newspaper Les Echos, this new tax regime could help Eutelsat save 20 million euros – 30 million euros per...
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Aireon's New VP of Customer Affairs ... He Comes at One of the Company's Most Important Moments “We are at the precipice of one of the most important moments in our company’s history, and we believe that Peter brings a fresh perspective and"
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December 1, 2018 UPDATE: A New Launch Date Set by ULA for the Delta IV Heavy's Launch of the NROL-71 Satellite The NRO systems play a crucial role in providing global communications, precision navigation, early warning of missile launches and potential military...
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