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February 28, 2020 Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA) has New Board of Directors and Plans for DC Event MSUA is a nonprofit association dedicated to promoting satellite mobility...
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SES Networks and Orange to Work Together on Services for Central African Republic The system will power low-latency high-throughput solutions that can be...
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New Space Race ... U.S. Working on Nuclear Satellites that Can DRIVE Around in Space... But So is China The new technology, however, is different — it includes a small nuclear reactor mounted on a rocket.
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February 27, 2020 NSR Addresses the Butterfly Effect on Smallsats from Starlink's IPO or is it a Caterpillar? Much like the chaos theory where the butterfly spreading its wings at the Equator can create massive unstable weather systems such as tornados in ...
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REVISED: Forrester Reports: Finally, Some Good News for GEO Satellite Manufacturers this year, it seems that some optimists suggest there will be around 20 satellites ordered, but most will be happy to see 12 to 15 such order, which...
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Leonardo DRS Claims "Top Spot" for Supplying Commercial SATCOM to U.S. Federal Government The use of commercial satellites for customer communication needs has been a strength of the Leonardo DRS Global Enterprise Solutions (GES)...
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Historic Life Extension as Northrop Grumman Docks Mission Extension Vehicle with Intelsat 901 Satellite The company’s vision is to establish a fleet of satellite servicing vehicles that not only extend the life of satellites, but provide other services such as ...
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First Place Win for Collaboration of Dutch Companies With New Power System for SmallSats With launch cost steadily dropping, “small” satellites can afford to grow in size, allowing for more complex payloads ...
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Airbus Conducts Comprehensive Testing of Pléiades Neo There are tests and then there are tests ... such as tests that involve extreme temperatures and vacuum, vibration and acoustic noise, as well as ...
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Kacific Achieves the First Mobile Backhaul over Kacific1 in the Pacific Islands The 10-minute call between Kacific CEO Christian Patouraux in Singapore and a large mobile operator in the Melanesia region used the recently...
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AFRL, Masten Space Systems Inc., NASA, Collaborate on Successful Testing of Methane Engine The hot fire campaign started in July 2019 with four hot fire tests before the final test of 10 seconds of combustion.
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HawkEye 360's Advisory Board Delivers Broad Range of Expertise These new additions bring extensive experience working in defense and intelligence...
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Fastest L-Band in Industry ... Iridium Certus® 700's Upgrade Doubles the Speed With the upgrade to Iridium Certus 700, provided at no additional cost to Iridium Certus 350 subscribers, top download speeds have now doubled to 704 kbps.
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Successful Static Fire Test by Northrop Grumman of the OmegA Rocket's Second Stage Motor During this test, the second stage motor fired for full-duration...
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February 26, 2020 KULR Working with NASA on a PPR Battery Design Solution The company’s PPR design solution prevents cell to cell thermal runaway propagation and prevents the fire and explosion of a single cell thermal...
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Four BeiDou Satellites Join System to Provide Services China plans to launch more BDS satellites in March and May to complete the global network.
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Opinion: To Secure Satellites, Bolster Cybersecurity Standards in Space Hackers could also jam or spoof the signals from satellites, creating havoc for critical infrastructure. This includes electric grids, water networks, and ...
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NASA, New Zealand Partner to Collect Climate Data from Commercial Aircraft Air New Zealand will be the first passenger airline to partner with NASA to collect data for a science mission.
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ISRO Sets Date for GISAT-1 Launch Weighing in at about 2,275 kg., GISAT-1 is an Earth Observation (EO) satellite that would be placed in a geosynchronous transfer orbit by the...
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SpaceBridge Provides MILSATCOM Solution to South American Defense Entity The delivered network incorporates SpaceBridge’s ASAT™ VSAT platform for Satellite Broadband Multi-service applications, including WaveSwitch™...
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Success for PLD Space and the Firm's Full Rocket Engine Test PLD Space successfully achieved a full mission duration hot test of the flight engine. This allowed the company to validate the nominal engine...
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SES NSS-12 Satellite Capacity for NHK WORLD-JAPAN NHK, provides the latest news, NHK NEWSLINE, along with technology, lifestyle and entertainment programs, such as great gear, Dining with the...
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Mercury Systems' SSD is Launched into LEO As part of its commitment to expand the breadth of its space-qualified product portfolio for defense prime contractors and commercial satellite...
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ASU's Phoenix CubeSat Satellite Launched into Orbit Rogers said this phase is incredibly "stressful and tricky" because the team has such a short window of communication with the satellite.
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February 25, 2020 Iridium® Network at Work in Antarctica as President of Estonia Signs and Conducts Business ... managing state affairs in real-time from Antarctica and signing digital legally binding documents ... using the weather resilient Iridium Certus®...
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L3Harris Receives NAVWAR Contract Mod for ULV Hardware Units This modification provides for the exercise of firm-fixed-price options for Commercial Broadband Satellite Program Unit Level Variant (ULV)...
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Satellite Mediaport Services Teleport ... They've Got EUTELSAT 8 West B Satellite's Back the two teleports are reliably ensuring superior quality broadcasts from the satellite across the Middle East and North Africa.
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Space & Satellite Professionals International's Space & Satellite Hall of Fame to Induct Three Members
Their achievements — not just in business success but in harnessing satellite technology and services — help to transform life on Earth for the better.”
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Ad Astra Completes Full Power Test of Their VASIMR™ Rocket Engine The test, conducted on January 20, involved operating the unit in hard vacuum and thermal steady-state at its full power rating of 120 kW. As part...
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Dual Directional Coupler Product Family Expanded by KRYTAR KRYTAR’s new dual directional coupler — the Model 510050010 — is a multi-purpose, stripline design that exhibits excellent coupling over the 10 to...
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Successful Final Qualification Test for NASA's Orion Launch Abort System Completed by Northrop Grumman The test was performed under cold operating conditions, to complement the earlier tests conducted at nominal and high-temperature conditions. In an...
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Space: New Japanese Spy Satellites In the late 1990s Japan, alarmed at the threat of attack by North Korea, began developing and launching military satellites.
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February 24, 2020 World Teleport Association Reveals the Finalists for the 2020 Teleport Awards for Excellence WTA selects its finalists from nominations submitted to the association by both members and non-members. Recipients are selected by a vote of the...
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SpaceX's Next Military Launch Cleared for Historic Rocket Landing Attempt ...high-stakes make-work designed to help the USAF fully certify SpaceX’s brand new Falcon Heavy rocket to launch expensive, verging on irreplaceable military satellites.
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New 'Better Satellite World's' Video Reveals Connections to the Most Remote of Rural Villages There are now more than 1.8 million Mexican residents who today for the first time have access to internet as a result of...
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HISPASAT Working with Claro Argentina to Provide Satellite Backhaul Services HISPASAT will provide its capacity to extend connectivity in Argentina, especially in the areas of the country where deploying terrestrial...
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Forrester Reports: Going Head to Head — SES and Intelsat In one FCC filing, Intelsat pulling no punches, said... mischaracterization of such report before a federal agency, is indefensible.
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More MILSATCOM Installations for Comtech Xicom TWTA Systems The versatility of Comtech Xicom Technology’s touch-screen amplifiers can be seen in this multi-amp system...
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Full, Mobile ISR Realized via Spacecom and Get SAT SATCOM Tech Enabled by AMOS-17’s powerful Ka-band HTS beams and extremely small terminals at both ends, the team created a small footprint, high capacity...
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Protected Tactical SATCOM Prototype to be Developed by Northrop Grumman for U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s acquisition approach emphasized collaboration with Northrop Grumman to define and accelerate a program...
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February 23, 2020 Exotrail Secures Contract with AAC Clyde Space Exotrail will provide propulsion systems for the two 6U cubesats that will be manufactured and delivered to orbit by AAC Clyde Space. The Eutelsat...
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Advantech and TXMission Reveal a Technology and Distribution Partnership The companies will together develop a comprehensive suite of SmallSat, Airborne and Comms-On-The-Move (COTM) communication products for...
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Ball Aerospace's Advanced Spectrometer Instrument Completes PDR for MethaneSAT MethaneSAT is expected to be launched in 2022 by MethaneSAT LLC, a subsidiary of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). The non-profit is...
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Space Force Wants $5B For Anti-Jam Satcoms PTS is not a satellite per se, instead it is envisioned as a payload that uses a highly jam-resistant signal called the Protected Tactical Waveform (PTW).
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Laser Comms a Reality from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems GA-ASI tested the ALCoS from an optical observatory located on Tenerife in the Canary Islands and closed link with Tesat’s LCT 135 terminal...
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Celestia Technologies Group UK Receives Millions for Antenna R&D from Scottish Enterprise CTG will use the R&D grant to develop a satellite antenna for aircraft to link with a communication satellite for the in-flight broadband sector, which is...
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Ka-Band Solid State Amplifiers Contract for IFC Received by Comtech Xicom Technology The company incorporated the latest Gallium Nitride (“GaN”) solid-state technology for use in a new cabin external application. The company has...
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Altitude Lowering Underway for ALE's Shooting Star Efforts ALE-1, the first satellite jointly developed by ALE and National University Corporation Tohoku University (Tohoku University) to try to create a...
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A Cosmic Jekyll and Hyde ... this volatile double, or binary, system in a dense collection of stars, the globular cluster Terzan 5, which is located about 19,000 light years from Earth
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February 20, 2020 Defense Contractors are Hiring for the Space Force: Here Are the Jobs! ... the release of the president’s budget request which finally delivers unto the Space Force big dollars to do big things. And by big, I mean big: $15.4 billion.
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Globalstar's New SPOT Mapping Platform's Terrain Info and Weather Overlays ...gives adventurers and lone workers enhanced location insights, including ... terrain to aid navigation, and, for the first time, weather forecast overlays.
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China’s First Rival to SpaceX Starlink Satellites Completes Key Test ... paving the way for more internet-beaming satellites that can complement 5G base stations on the ground, according to private Chinese aerospace ...
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General Raymond, Chief of Space Ops, Signs Vision for SATCOM Enterprise The Enterprise SATCOM Vision outlines the new Service’s vision to evolve SATCOM into a single enterprise that can continue to deliver effects to...
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Russia Launches MILSATCOM Satellite All of the rocket’s pre-launch operations and its liftoff proceeded in the normal mode. The ground-based equipment of the Russian orbital ...
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New Dual Band SSPA Debuts from Teledyne Paradise Datacom Both S- and L-band frequencies have been the industry’s bands of choice for positioning and tracking applications such as global positioning systems...
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SES is not a Happy Camper with Intelsat Over C-Band Submission to the FCC SES reaffirms the company's steadfast support for the Commission’s objectives to ensure global leadership in 5G and the firm stands ready...
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Michigan Wants to Become Next Site for Space Launch Facility "The job growth will be dramatic. So, if you look at the space industry as it grows today, I believe it's an industry worth $438 billion."
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After 118,052 Orbits, the USAF's DMSP Flight 14 is Now Decommissioned End of Life (EOL) procedures were accomplished by operators at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite...
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Satcube Introduces a New Satellite Terminal for Intelsat FlexMove The partnership enables on-the-spot portable broadband access and an outstanding service offering based on Intelsat EpicNG satellites for Satcube...
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February 19, 2020 GVF's 'Satellite and the Cloud 2020' London Event The Satellite & the Cloud conference, a new addition to the GVF-C21 events portfolio, encompasses four key themes...
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ERT and Hughes to Expand and Upgrade National Weather Service ERT and subcontractor Hughes will provide the NWS with the network services needed to gather and report local weather tracking and forecasting...
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Forrester Reports: Intelsat Urged to Reject Spectrum Auction Proposal + Replacing IS-29e The Appaloosa letter says the FCC’s terms are “manifestly unfair to Intelsat” and that if the FCC does not come up with a better proposal, then Intelsat...
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Space Adventures and SpaceX to Fly Citizens to Space This mission will provide as many as four individuals with the opportunity to break the world altitude record for private citizen spaceflight and to see...
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Scottish Spaceport Set for Blast-off After £2 Million Boost Unst in Shetland, the most northerly inhabited island in the UK, has been selected as the ideal spot to construct a commercial satellite launch pad as...
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Ball Aerospace's GEM of an Air Quality Sensor is on Board KARI's Satellite GEMS will make hourly measurements of key constituents that make up air pollution, including ozone and nitrogen dioxide, which will improve early warnings for....
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Panasonic Avionics and Nelco Ltd. Offer Connectivity to India's Vistara's Five-Star Aviation Experience As a result of this agreement, Panasonic, and its subsidiary ITC Global, now offer connectivity to both aircraft and maritime vessels operating within India.
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Aussies' Prime Minister Attends the Launch of Australian Space Agency Headquarters ... at the International Astronautical Congress held in Adelaide in September 2017 that a national agency would be established, and now it has been.
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China Launches Four to Orbit These satellites were launched by a Long March-2D carrier rocket at 5:07 a.m. (Beijing Time) and they will be used mainly for a new...
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February 18, 2020 ISRO to Launch an Unprecedented 10 Earth Imaging Satellites On a quick look, such a preponderance of the EO launches is unprecedented and includes new categories such as the first Geo Imaging Satellite, GISAT-1.
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Another First for Gilat — ESA Terminal Achieves In-Flight Connectivity over NGSO The demonstration showed high performance and instantaneous Ka-band switchovers between and operating on Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite and...
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SES' New Chief Financial Officer ... He Brings 30 Years of Financial Expertise He is most recently the CFO of Aperam, a global leader in the stainless, electrical and specialty steel industry, a role he has held since 2014.
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New Satellite Manufacturing Facility is Opened by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Together with existing facilities, Mitsubishi Electric's combined annual capacity will increase to 18 satellites, up from 10 at present, which will...
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Financial Inflow of 3.1 Million Euros for Kleos Space S.A. These funds will allow Kleos to repay extant Evolution Equities convertible notes for the development and launch of the firm's second cluster of...
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Inmarsat's New Saudi Arabian Partners Provide Connectivity Solutions on Land, Sea and Air ... and high-capacity broadband, Global Xpress, services in Saudi Arabia, enabling Saudi-based businesses to deploy these services for the first time.
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Induction into Space Technology Hall of Fame® Event During the Space Foundation's 36th Space Symposium The induction ceremonies will be part of the 36th Space Symposium, to be held March 30 – April 2 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA...
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Arianespace's Double Celebration ... Successful Launches for Japan and Korea and a 40th Anniversary In one month, Arianespace has launched a total of 38 satellites. Three more launches are scheduled in March from the space centers in French Guiana ...
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Lockheed Martin’s Most Advanced Mobile Communications Satellite Launches ... advanced mobile satellite communications are necessary as the world consumes more and more data in the transition to 5G.
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February 17, 2020 Arianespace Readies for Tuesday's Heavy-Lift Launch of Japan and Korea's Satellites This mission is described as 'dedicated to space applications for telecommunications and environment monitoring, Arianespace once again contributes to the improvement of life on Earth'.
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MDA's Terminal Between Earth and ISS to Improve Communications, Almost Instant Experiment Results As a result, UK and European scientists and researchers will be able to see results of their ISS science experiments almost instantaneously.
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A Russian Satellite is Probably Stalking a U.S. Spy Satellite in Orbit Back in 2017 Russia said its “inspection satellites” were for checking up on Russian satellites to closely examine damage or equipment failure with the intention of using ...
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Is Iran Using Space Launches To Develop Long-Range Missiles? Michael Elleman ... at the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank in London, agrees that technologies and components of satellite launchers are similar to long-range ballistic missiles.
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Israel Homeland Security ... Expect More Powerful GPS Signals GPS IIIF satellites will boast regional military protection capabilities, which allow them to deliver regionally-limited high-power M-Code signals.
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Blue Origin Opens Huntsville Engine Factory ...at the core of every successful launch vehicle program are the engines that power those vehicles to space.
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Japan Offers Malaysia New Frontier in Space Exploration Japan is ready to take Malaysia to a new frontier in space exploration and technology, via collaborative initiatives. Full Story
SpaceX's Successful Starlink Launch ... Number Five in a Series Each of Starlink's large dinner table-size satellites weighs over 500 pounds, the largest single satellite constellation in orbit.
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New Online Store of Septentrio's GPS/GNSS Module Receivers This web shop is accessible via the Septentrio website, offering customers multi-constellation, multi-frequency, GNSS technology, which provides...
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Four BeiDou BDS Now in Operation The 50th and the 51st BDS satellites, launched on November 23, 2019, are operating in MEO and were developed by the Innovation Academy for ...
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Intersputnik Delivers $300K to Upgrade the Isatcom VSAT Network This loan will help Isatcom implement a project to update the existing satellite network, offer advanced telecommunications satellite services in...
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February 16, 2020 Iran’s Satellite Carriers Have No Military Aspect ... Reports Defense Minister “The satellite carriers have nothing to do with the subject of missiles, and constitute a completely non-defensive and non-military issue,”c
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It's a Go! Northrop Grumman and NASA Launch Cygnus Resupply Mission to Space Station Understanding how fires spread in space is vital for developing flame-resistant materials and fire prevention measures, but it is difficult to perform flame growth and prevention ...
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ICEYE US Acquires a CEO In addition, he will be focused on evaluating ICEYE satellite manufacturing in the US. The ICEYE US, Inc subsidiary is evaluating locations for...
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Virgin Galactic Makes a Vital Move to Commercial Headquarters This captive carry flight provided an opportunity for engineers to evaluate VSS Unity for more than three hours at high altitude and cold temperatures...
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A Win for ACR Electronics' ResQLink™ GPS + GNSS Beacon Product The ACR Electronics PLB with a digital display providing live status and GPS coordinates was announced by the National Marine Manufacturers...
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The GEO-3 Payload Aboard the EUTELSAT 5 West B Satellite Enters Service EUTELSAT 5 West B is hosting the Eutelsat-procured EGNOS payload under a 15-year agreement that was signed in 2017 with the European ...
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Forrester Reports: A Robust Eutelsat Response, Fransat Challenges and Arqiva's Portfolio Extension Eutelsat delivered a robust response, stressing that that it is achieving “industry leading” level of profitability with an EBITDA margin of 78 percent...
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Rocket Lab's Announcement ... Selected by NASA to Launch Pathfinder Mission to the Moon After launch, Rocket Lab’s high performance configurable satellite bus platform, Photon, will deliver CAPSTONE on a ballistic lunar transfer.
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NASA Announces ... Awards CAPSTONE CubeSat Contract to Rocket Lab “This is true from the perspective of CAPSTONE’s development timeline, operational objectives, navigation demonstration and its quickly procured commercial launch aboard a small rocket.”
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February 13, 2020 WTA Certification Program's Tier 4 Certification of Cyta’s Makarios Cyprus Teleport Cyta’s Makarios Teleport enjoys a privileged geographical location in Cyprus with optimal conditions for satellite communications. It has extensive infrastructure and ...
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SMC's $253+ Million to Northrop Grumman for Anti-jam Communications to Warfighters and More A payload development award has been assigned to Northrop Grumman and AEHF-5 to Space Operations Command...
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Eutelsat to Deliver Capacity to AfricaXP This capacity will enable AfricaXP to extend the reach of its DTH free-to-air (FTA) TV platform, Premium.Free. Currently broadcast in West Africa, the ...
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Lockheed Martin's AEHF-6 to Launch in March via United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 AEHF satellites provide global, survivable, protected communications capabilities for strategic command and tactical warfighters operating on...
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President Trump Issues Executive Order Regarding GPS Because of the widespread adoption of PNT services, the disruption or manipulation of these services has the potential to adversely affect the...
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L3Harris Awarded Millions for AI Tool Development by the USAF The L3Harris tool creates sample images used to train search algorithms to identify hard-to-find objects in the data, which will help make it easier for the...
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$90 Million for Astranis to Support the Launch of the Company's First Satellite The $120 billion market is growing quickly – demand for internet is rising 40% per year, every year – but until now, there has been no practical...
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Forrester Reports: February 21 is D-Day for the FCC's C-Band Decisions Prior to that assemblage, the participants and stakeholders have until February 21 to make their comments. There will be an enforced ‘quiet period’...
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GVF in London Presents ... Satellite & the Cloud 2020 the satellite communications industry and the Cloud-based services sector share an increasing awareness of the reciprocal benefits that result from exploring the synergies ...
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February 12, 2020 SpaceWorks Releases 2020 Nano/Microsatellite Market Forecast As for 2020, SpaceWorks analysts project between 298 - 369 nano/microsatellites (1 - 50 kg) will launch globally as the industry seeks to rebound from a down-year in 2019.
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Spaceflight Industries Strikes Deal to Sell Rideshare Launch Business; Will Focus on BlackSky Satellites Since its founding in 2010, Spaceflight Inc. has handled launch logistics for 271 satellites on 29 rockets. It’s planning more than 10 missions in 2020 across five different launch vehicles.
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Spaceflight Industries Sells Their Rideshare Launch Business he company engaged in this acquisition for the following reasons, according to Blake. The biggest, most obvious benefit is growth. The commercial...
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NewSpace Networks Raises $200 Million for Edge Computing Via Space Connectivity NewSpace is focused on four areas: affordability, efficiency, scalability, and adaptability to multiple market segments... He co-authored more than 20 U.S. and international patents ...
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Kleos Scouting Mission Satellites En Route to India for Upcoming Launch Used with other data sources, Kleos’ independent geolocation data will assist the detection of hidden maritime activity, such as piracy, drug and people smuggling and illegal fishing.
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GomSpace's Team of U of Arizona, FreeFall Aerospace, and Rincon Research Support a Cat Working with UA and GomSpace they’ll be able to help realize the full potential of small low-cost spacecraft by dramatically increasing their data return capability.
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Gilmour Space Receives Millions in Funding for Australian Government Flight-Ready Cryotanks The project is a $12.5 million investment by the consortium with support from the Federal Government in order to design, develop and manufacture...
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Azercosmos and Infostellar Enter into Ground Station Partnership ... integrating the StellarStation platform with the Ground Station will create an excellent condition for organizations to get secure access to the satellites that pass over their coverage area.
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February 11, 2020 Florida... Air Force: Space Coast Bases Will Change Names to Reflect Space Force Names of these bases will be changed to reflect their connections to the military's newly minted Space Force branch...
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Orbital Micro Systems Appoints COO ... He is Also Co-Founder He will lead business development and productization of the company’s advanced weather data solutions...
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Northrop Grumman Scrubs Antares' CRS-13 Launch Moments Before Launch ... officials say every single mission helps advance space exploration including understanding of Mars.
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Comtech EF Data's Satellite Modem Supplies SATCOM to Support Columbian Airports Comtech EF Data’s CDM-425 Advanced Satellite Modem and LPOD C-Band Block Up Converter (“BUC”) will be deployed to support the backup...
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Euroconsult and Innovitech's AIxSPACE Event to Help Overcome 'Human Limitations by Vastness of Space' AIxSPACE will address five key areas of the space industry currently working symbiotically with AI and look to provide an in-depth analysis of the ...
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ST Engineering Launches GEOEARTH ... Immediate One-Stop Access to Satellite Imagery Data "... useful insights specific to their use cases in a timely manner by providing instant access to a wide selection of such imagery and ... intuitive analytics tools at their fingertips anywhere, anytime."
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COLD CONNECT ... Silicon Valley Satellite Startup Installs Ground Station in Antarctica The hardware for the antennae must be robust: They will face temperatures ranging down to -60°C (-76°F) and winds gusting at speeds of 200 mph.
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Hurling Satellites Into Space Seems Crazy—but Might Just Work But clearly, we can't keep using chemical rockets to put satellites in orbit. They're too expensive, and the fuel is heavy—which means you need even more fuel to carry the fuel.
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February 10, 2020 Aussie Space Incubator Seeks Global Startups “Since launching the program we have supported 10 companies to build out their minimum viable product, raise funds and develop partnerships with both research and industry in Australia,”
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Customized RUAG Dispenser for OneWeb's Satellites RUAG Space built the satellite dispenser, which functions as an interface between the Soyuz rocket and satellites. The dispenser is tailored to the...
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Briefs: Iran Fails / NASA's CHEOPS First / Boeing Starliner Iran - NASA - Boeing
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Orbit Logic Dealt Into DARPA's Blackjack Team Orbit Logic is contributing software and engineering services for both ground software and flight software portions of SSCI’s Pit Boss solution...
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Japan Launches Government Satellite The H2A rocket, operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), lifted off from the...
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Partnership for Laser Comms Improvement Between BridgeComm and Cailabs This agreement with BridgeComm is a new confirmation of the market interest for our solutions and a new milestone on the U.S. market for Cailabs...
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Lockheed Martin Delivers GPS III to Cape Canaveral for April Launch On February 5, the third Lockheed Martin-built GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV03) was shipped to Cape Canaveral from the company's GPS III...
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Swedish Space Corporation and Geo-Insights' MoU for APAC Ground Station Services The agreement will provide new possibilities for SSC and GI to serve their existing and future customers in APAC, currently the fastest growing space...
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Alba Orbital Introduces Turn-Key Ground Station System The AlbaConnect service provides secure satellite access and an affordable turn-key solution to satellite communications optimized for...
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Building the U.S. Space Force In broad terms, the Space Force must ensure the U.S. continues its superiority in space. Getting there, however, demands that the Space Force...
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Forrester Reports: Doubts Remain for the C-Band Alliance That dark scenario was lifted a little on Thursday, February 6, when FCC Chairman Ajit Pai delivered positive news for the Alliance. While Pai’s...
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February 9, 2020 Satellite Service Provider Earnings Preview Released by Morgan Stanley Research The report indicates the names under pressure Year-to-Date (ytd), with GOGO -19%, GSAT -3% and VSAT -11%: the company believes the group...
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NSR Publishes Their Optical Satellite Communications, 2nd Edition, Analysis and Report A handful of terminal manufacturers are eyeing this market, from aerospace incumbents with volume production capabilities to newer, leaner ...
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Two Spacecraft Controlled by a Single Dish Late on January 30, the 35-meter New Norcia dish in Western Australia ‘spoke’ to Mars Express and the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO)...
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Oilfield Satellite Intelligence Service Drills Into the Market DirtWork Alert enables Sourcewater clients to see new Permian Basin oilfield development on the ground as soon as it happens, predicting new...
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SES Networks Facilitates Comms for European Fisheries Control Agency The managed connectivity solution delivered by SES Networks also enables high-performance connectivity to support daily operations aboard...
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It's a First ... Viasat and fuboTV's Partnership Enables Airlines to Provide Free Live Sports, Entertainment and News Participating airlines that take advantage of the Viasat/fuboTV technology partnership will be able to give their passengers—whether fuboTV subscribers or not—free access to fubo Sports Network
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ULA's Sunday Launch to the Sun with NASA and ESA's Solar Orbiter Mission Together, both spacecraft will provide a never-before-seen global view of the sun.
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February 7, 2020 Briefs: FCC Pay Out / Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Launch Date / SpaceX Spin Off FCC - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries - SpaceX
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Space Development Agency Director Dr. Derek Tournear's Keynote at SmallSat Symposium 2020 In a fireside chat with Northrop Grumman Fellow, Professor Andrew Kwas, Dr. Tournear discussed his goals as SDA Director and how the agency fits ...
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Arianespace's Successful Launch of 34 Satellites for OneWeb to Ensure Internet for All A year after orbiting the first six OneWeb satellites, Arianespace has launched another batch, involving 34 satellites this time, to help its customers offer global internet access to all.
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February 6, 2020 Spacecom's AMOS-17 Capacity Now Being Provided for PanAcess' Nigerian Broadcasting PanAccess’ growing broadcast bouquet, originating in Germany, consists of dozens of channels and is broadcast free-to-air from the satellite located at ...
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SES to Deliver O3b mPOWER Connectivity to Princess Cruises SES is enabling global, high-performance connectivity to Princess Cruises using their hybrid MEO and GEO network. The combination of the globally...
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Best Company Award Received by Yahsat Yahsat was conferred the coveted prize for Best Company of the Year in the Establishments category, while two of its talented employees collected...
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The AST Group Rolls Out a New Iridium Certus Package AST's Optima Package offers no upfront cost, flexible Iridium Certus airtime plans and inclusive hardware terminals. This AST package will enable a...
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Dan Jablonsky, CEO, Maxar Technologies, Delivers the Opening Keynote at SmallSat Symposium 2020 The keynote came on the heels of several news announcements that Maxar made over the past few days. They announced two new contracts...
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EXOLAUNCH at SmallSat Symposium Announces Plans to Launch Four Spire Global Smallsats on Indian PSLV Launch Vehicle Exolaunch is integrating the Spire smallsats into EXOpod, which is a deployer that is large enough to contain 12 single cubesats. Plus...
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Intuitive Machines and Axiom Space Plan an 'Add On' to the International Space Station Axiom plans to launch a node module, research and manufacturing facility, crew habitat and glass-paneled Earth observatory to form the “Axiom Segment” of the ISS.
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Space and Missile Systems Commander Shares His Perspectives at the SmallSat Symposium 2020 General Thompson gave the industry insight into the Department of Defense (DoD) goals for working with the commercial space industry...
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The Olympus Line of SSPAs Introduced by Advantech Wireless Technologies Delivered as factory-integrated systems up to 1.8kW in C-, X- or Ku-band, the Olympus systems are based on Advantech SapphireBlu Series...
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Forrester Reports: Chapter 11 for Intelsat?? The unconfirmed report is reasonable in that Intelsat’s management would be derelict were they not to consider all their options in the fall-out of a...
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Eutelsat Downgraded by Investment Bank Analyst Sami Kassab, in a 27-page report, reminds investors that Eutelsat’s share price has fallen 25 percent of the past 12 months...
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Firefly Aerospace Executes a Launch Services Agreement with SATLANTIS Starting in 2022, SATLANTIS will use the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle to deploy a constellation of satellites with breakthrough high-resolution...
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February 5, 2020 Accion Systems Raises $11 Million in Series B Funding The new capital will be used to ramp up production of Accion’s next-generation propulsion product and to expand hiring...
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New Rocket Planned for Sea Launch Floating Platform With its less fueling, the Soyuz-7 will be able to deliver almost the same payload as the Soyuz-5 puts into low orbit, thanks to the floating...
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SAMPLR Robotic Arm for NASA's Lunar Lander to be Manufactured by Maxar The arm, which will be built in Pasadena, California, will be used to explore Earth’s Moon by acquiring samples and determining the geotechnical...
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C-COM's Transportable Antenna System Successfully Completes Telesat Phase 1 LEO Satellite Testing The iNetVu® FLY-74 has been tracking Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO satellite over a six-month period. Full-duplex throughput data rates of up to...
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ESA and CGI to Work Together on Space-Based 5G Solutions ESA and CGI will focus on applications for rural communities, logistics and transport, public services, healthcare, environment and energy, creative...
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Firefly Aerospace Will Launch SATLANTIS' Constellation of Satellites ... will use the Firefly Alpha launch vehicle to deploy a constellation of satellites with breakthrough high-resolution multispectral cameras with four bands of 80 cm native resolution.
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Gene Kranz to be Honored @ the 36th Space Symposium Gene Kranz headed NASA’s Mission Control during some of the most dangerous and most-watched missions of the Apollo era, including the...
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Preliminary Design Review Successfully Passed by L3Harris for USAF Experimental Satellite Navigation Program NTS-3 is an experimental program examining ways to improve the resiliency of the military’s positioning, navigation and timing capabilities...
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SpaceX Selected by NASA to Launch PACE The PACE mission represents the nation’s next great investment in understanding and protecting the home planet. The mission will provide...
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SSTL Enters the Implementation Phase for the Lunar Pathfinder Mission The Lunar Pathfinder spacecraft is designed to provide affordable communications services to lunar missions via S-band and UHF links to...
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February 4, 2020 Now Ready for Launch... 34 OneWeb Satellites to Depart for Orbit from Baikonur The satellites, which arrived in two shipments that included one last week, have been tested and have now been fitted into the dispenser of the...
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SmallSat Symposium Conversation with Christopher Richins, CEO and Founder, RBC Signals RBC Signals is a leading provider of real-time space communication technologies and services to both commercial and government spacecraft ...
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BAE Systems Receives $212 Million Award from NAWCAD for C5ISR Systems The company will design, acquire, integrate, and test radio systems for newly constructed Guided Missile Destroyers (DDG) and other U.S. Navy ...
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Northrop Grumman's MEV-1 Arrives on Station to Rescue Intelsat 901 MEV-1’s task is to rescue the Intelsat craft and extend the life of I-901 by about five years. The overall mission is that MEV-1 will then detach itself ...
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Viasat Working Diligently to Top Their Record Breaking 2019 Performance Having achieved a series of key milestones over the course of the last year, 2020 may prove to be another record-breaking period for Viasat as the...
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Lockheed Martin's First Smallsat Enables Space Mesh Networking Pony Express 1, an example of rapid prototyping, was developed, built and integrated in nine months, and was funded completely by Lockheed Martin...
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SSTL and NOC Demo Polar Sea Ice Detection via Smallsat Instrument By exploiting the way that GNSS signals are used as radar sources it is believed that the ice edges can be detected with a higher resolution than...
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Fife, Scotland, is the Site for Skyrora's Eco Liquid Fuel Rocket Engine Ground Testing The test firings allowed Skyrora to assess its innovative 3D-printed 3.5kN LEO engine, which will be used to power the final upper stage of it...
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The Satcoms Innovation Group's Newest Member ... ViaLite Communications
... a varied, global user base that uses its products over a diverse range of applications. Their RF products are used in industries such as satcom, broadcast and government and defense. Full Story
SMC's Successful Mission Deploys Aerospace Rogue CubeSats from ISS The plan involves the two satellites using their short-wave infrared sensors to create a baseline for processing cloud backgrounds and inform future low Earth orbit satellites.
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February 3, 2020 A SmallSat Symposium Conversation with Dave Gallaher of Orbital Micro Systems One of OMS’ most significant value propositions is the management and validation of quickly growing volumes of EO data being beamed down from...
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Intelsat's Intelsat 40e Satellite to be Built by Maxar Based on Maxar’s proven 1300-class satellite platform and Intelsat Epic, Intelsat 40e will provide Intelsat customers across North and Central...
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$100 Million Euros Garnered by Kinéis for the IoT Smallsats This new French global connectivity provider, which already has eight operational satellites, has now become the first IoT satellite connectivity...
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Get SAT and Hellas Sat Demo Enhanced Capabilities on Hellas Sat's Network Using Get SAT's MilliSAT-W terminal installed at Hellas Sat’s Kofinou, Cyprus, Earth Station and the Hellas Sat 4 Ku-Band satellite located at 39°E...
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ResponsiveAccess' "One Stop Shop" for Smallsat Launches Present @ Smallsat Symposium 2020 Responsive Access, part of a growing number of space sector start-up firms emerging throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK, is focused on...
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RUAG Space Provides Key Products to Enable the Mission of the Sun Explorer Solar Orbiter
Due to its extreme proximity to the Sun, Solar Orbiter’s heat shield will be exposed to 13 times more solar radiation than on Earth.
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Northrop Grumman Expands Their Satellite Build Facilities These facilities enable the site to meet projected business growth and increased customer demand for high-quality, flight-proven satellites for...
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Maxar to Build a SPIDER on the Restore-L Spacecraft for NASA The award is valued at $142 million and follows a successful ground demonstration in 2017 and a review in August 2018 that validated Maxar’s ...
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The NSR View: Goldilocks and SpaceX Smallsat Rideshare SpaceX’s Smallsat Rideshare Program announced in late 2019 seems to have set the bar for lowest market prices in its class, but does it represent ...
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In Support of NASA's Artemis Program, Aerojet Rocketdyne Delivers Four RL 10 Engines to Stennis Space Center A single RL10 engine will provide nearly 25,000 pounds of thrust and serve as the main propulsion for the Interim Cryogenic Propulsion Stage (ICPS)...
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U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and Blue Origin Establishing New Rocket Engine Test Facility AFRL and Blue Origin signed a 15-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement on December 11, 2019, to develop a test facility...
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Viasat's Battlefield Awareness Targeting System Receives USAF Contract BATS-D is the world’s first and only handheld Link 16 radio and bridges a critical gap between air and ground forces by providing warfighters at the...
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Space Flight Laboratory and Kepler Communications Collaborate on Fully Operational Nanosatellite Constellation
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C-COM Satellite Systems Executive Participating in SmallSat Symposium 2020 The company manufactures their iNetVu® brand in Driveaway (vehicle mount), Flyaway (transportable), Manpack (backpack) and FMA (fixed motorized) format...
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February 1, 2020 Geeks Without Frontiers Launches FOR WOMENKIND Infosite The FOR WOMENKIND short film features astronaut Jessica Meir, who was a member of the first all-female spacewalk at ISS.
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GMV's New CEO of GMV Syncromatics company that under his guidance grew from 30 to 400 employees with a research office in Cambridge, a product development department in Silicon Valley, a display factory in Dresden and ...
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Rocket Lab Successfully Sends NRO's Top Secret Satellite to Orbit via the Electron Launch Vehicle The CEO of Rocket Lab, Peter Beck, using the firm's Twitter account, confirmed that the NRO payload was successfully released into orbit and ...
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Keysight Delivers Advanced Performance Validation Capabilities for Expanding SATCOM Market Keysight’s new channel emulation capabilities address a rapidly expanding satellite market projected to generate more than $2 billion by 2030...
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Momentus Awarded SBIR Contract by U.S. Air Force Momentus raised $40 Million of equity funding, including a $25.5 Million Series A in 2019. Momentus has created new patent-pending and proprietary...
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JAXA's SAR Satellite Tech to Assist the UN A signed, three-year agreement will enhance the access of FAO member states and other users to JAXA data sets and more "ground-truthing"...
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Vice Commander for USAF Space Operations Command Named + Promoted Space Operations Command is responsible for the organization, training, equipping, command and control, and employment of space forces to...
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