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October 29, 2015 SSPI's Hall Of Fame Benefit Dinner Now Accepting Nominations For Satellite Hall Of Famers... Induction into the Hall of Fame will be based on a record of significant achievement in organizations that develop, operate and/or use satellite technology to achieve their mission.
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Redundancy + Resiliency Is A Good Thing From DEV Systemtechnik DEV Redundancy Switches were developed for professional use in satellite, cable headend and broadcast applications.
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New Tool To Assist Engineers With Their Ka-Band Design Performance Enters The Market From Keysight Technologies The M9393A delivers Keysight’s proven millimeter wave (mmWave) measurement technology in a PXI form factor for manufacturing and design validation of modems, transponders and sub-components for commercial and military satellite communications.
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With Thuraya + DigiGone Partnering Together, DigiMed Is The Result For SatHealth™ Comms The cutting-edge DigiMed kit allows crucial face-to-face consults to take place between patients and doctors through ‘real-time’ teleconferencing enabled by Thuraya’s portfolio of broadband terminals.
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Milestone Reached By Thales Alenia Space For Iridium NEXT Constellation Program “Iridium NEXT is a strategic program for Thales Alenia Space, and its success is a top priority for the company."—Jean-Loïc Galle, CEO, Thales Alenia Space.
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SSL Says Tanks A Lot To Orbital ATK The all-titanium PMDs assure long-term propellant compatibility throughout mission life.
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Prestigious Airbus Defence and Space Award Goes To COM DEV International The Best Performer Award recognizes COM DEV's top performance results from the most recent Airbus Defence and Space Supplier Evaluation.
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Moving On Up... New Executive Board Member @ SSTL "David has long been an advocate of British science and technology excellence, and a tireless ambassador for promoting and encouraging the growth of the UK space sector."—Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman, SSTL.
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October 28, 2015 By 2020, IoT Healthcare To Garner $163.24 Billion IoT-based solutions are further enabling companies to increase operational efficiency.
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Microsoft's MAPP To Incorporate Aeryon Labs' SkyRanger™ UAS By integrating aerial images from Aeryon sUAS with other cutting-edge hardware and software solutions, the MAPP program sets a new technological standard in policing.
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Keeping Track Of Sky Traffic... PrecisionHawk Works w/USDoT + FAA In Effort To Register UAVs The task force brings together a diverse group... to develop an augmented registration process for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
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Keysight Technologies To Give Away 1,000 Copies Of Their Updated Spectrum And Network Measurements Book... The first 1,000 names from companies in the electrical engineering community will be sent the book.
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PacTV Is Dishing Up Additional Downlink Capabilities “With the expansion of PacTV London’s downlink capabilities, we can now see more of the European Arc than ever before."—Nick Castaneda, V.P., Development, PacTV.
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I.D. Systems Identifies w/Industrial Internet of Things + Multi-Year Contract w/Knight Transportation ...new cellular-based VeriWise systems, which feature a range of enhancements, including easier installation, in-transit reporting and GPS mileage tracking.
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Some $13.6 Billion In Total Revenues Projected By NSR For Broadband Satellite Market By 2024 If the myriad technical, regulatory, and business challenges are met, NSR forecasts over 1.4 Tbps of demand for Non-GEO constellations across all broadband markets.
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Eutelsat Signs Up For Thales Alenia Space's All-Electric Satellite The baseline mission of the new satellite is to provide 75 Gbps of capacity across a network of 65 spotbeams that together provide quasi-complete coverage of Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Euroconsult's Latest Report Finds More Than $80 Billion To Be Invested By Governments In Space Key metrics such as public investment (funding) in space and government satellites to be launched are analyzed from different angles to provide a 360-degree view of government space programs.
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Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) To Feature Manson Brown Of NOAA At Upcoming Luncheon The luncheon will be held on November 4 and will focus on the recently released NOAA Commercial Space Policy.
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Scripps Interactive Network To Ramp Up Broadcast Content Via SES North American Neighborhood Satellites Scripps Networks Interactive is among the early movers to relocate to the platform, which enables programmers to reach more than 100 million U.S. television homes through virtually every cable TV, IPTV and direct-to-home provider across the region.
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More Power To Lockheed Martin, Courtesy Of Saft Saft will supply high-energy VL48E Li-ion cells with a 3.6V, 48Ah package to power the satellites.
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The Next GPS IIF-11 Satellite Is Nearing Launch Date + GPS IIF-12 Awaits In The Wings The GPS constellation provides precise positioning, navigation and timing services worldwide as a free service provided by the U.S. Air Force, seven days a week, 24-hours a day.
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Astrosat's eXude Flood Monitoring System Takes Another Win @ Copernicus Masters
The eXude system provides an advanced flood-monitoring tool that makes use of the latest in SAR and radar altimetry data-processing techniques for flood identification and mapping, including urban areas.
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DigitalGlobe's First... Mapbox Commercial Mapping Platform Purchases 30 cm WorldView-3 Imagery “By partnering with DigitalGlobe, we are enabling more efficient management and a richer knowledge of timber assets, allowing for the optimization and preservation of valuable forest resources.”
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Intelescope Solutions Takes A Hike + Enlists DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data For Forestry Management Intelescope’s clients, which include forestry land owners, managers and consultants, timber REITs, TIMOs, and pension and hedge funds, are keenly interested to...
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October 27, 2015 TUESDAY UPDATE: MILSATCOM On Display @ MILCOM 2015 — Even More Satnews Publishers Booth Visits... In session from October 26 through 28, MILCOM 2015 brings the technology and associated imperatives to the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida.
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LISA Pathfinder Basic Assembly Is Compelted By Arianespace For December Flight Vega is now ready to receive its LISA Pathfinder payload for the December 2 launch, which is designated Flight VV06 in Arianespace's launcher family numbering system.
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Raytheon Selects Advantech Wireless + Transcends Expectations w/ Advantech Transcend™ 800 ...for point-to-point Microwave communications as part of Raytheon’s on going microwave development infrastructure.
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AsiaSat 4 Delivers A Bouquet For GPS... 14 TV Channels A Potpourri Of Programs With these new services, AsiaSat 4 has significantly expanded its television offerings to viewers across the country.
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Gilat Is High On Efficiency w/ X-Architecture For High-Throughput Satellites (HTS) In a Single Platform SDN-based architecture enables satellite operators to dynamically support multiple fixed and mobility applications and business models from a single platform.
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SES...Gee That's Great...GEE Keeps Adding To Their Repertoire For Airline Passengers + Doubles Capacity GEE is ushering in the next generation of inflight entertainment and connectivity that is already reshaping the passenger experience and the industry as a whole
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Wolfspeed + Lockhead Martin Work To Make A Clean Sweep... Amp Up The Space Fence + Track 500,000 Objects Space Fence will accurately track the estimated 500,000 objects—such as spent rocket boosters, stray hardware, and other debris—that are floating in the same space as the satellites and the ISS.
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ORBCOMM Attains A Goal = Morsviazsputnik Provides SkyWave IDP Service + Opens Russian Federation For Heavy Equipment OEM SkyWave’s IDP service offers enhanced reliability and the ability to deliver up to 37 times more data than other satellite-based M2M services in the market.
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October 26, 2015 Ariane Flight VA227 Engages In Heavy Lifting...Begins Final Assembly To Install Arabsat-6B + GSAT-15 Designated Flight VA227, the upcoming mission is scheduled for a November 10 liftoff from the Spaceport's ELA-3 launch zone.
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Flight To Ground Connectivity Solutions Planned By Panasonic Avionics + Teledyne Controls The agreement provides an opportunity for real time flight data transmission.
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Comtech EF Data... LPOD Block Up Converter Product Line Expands = Two New Models LPOD and the LPOD-R offer unique and powerful features, such as built-in data logging and Advanced FSK.
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Colloquium Champions Expertise On Space + Regulatory Issues—Publisher Payne + Retired General Petraeus ‘This is the 4th year we’ve run this conference and it’s grown every year, from 60 our first year to more than 120 attendees last year."—Chris Stott, Chairman and CEO, ManSat.
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IsoTropic Aims High w/ A Successful Hunter...First Teleport To Light-Up + Close Link w/Eutelsat 115WB Hunter Beam The satellite is the first all-electric spacecraft for Eutelsat Communications, providing coverage from Alaska and Canada down to South America, with unique coverage over the Galapagos and Easter Island.
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NASA Calls On American Industry For Redirection "We're eager to hear from American companies on their ideas for a spacecraft design that could accommodate our advanced solar electric propulsion requirements and robotic technologies."—Robert Lightfoot, Associate Administrator, NASA.
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Quantis' New Leader In Business Maritime Division, OpenSea™ Has Experience In Maritime Companies This represents the entrance in the maritime sector of Quantis, following the company´s strategy of addressing growth and innovative sectors in the satellite markert.
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China Plans A Meteorological Satellite Launch During 2016 This observatory satellite—FengYun-3 (FY-3)—is designed to establish ground-based data processing as well as a verification system.
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Sim Debuts From GL Communications To Analyze Mobile Data Traffic Currently, PacketLoad supports HTTP traffic simulation with the base requirements such as port number, server IP address, and pre-canned HTTP traffic file.
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Landmark Version Of BenchVue Debuts From Keysight Technologies BenchVue advances the way engineers interact with their instruments and their entire bench from initial connection to completing their analysis.
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European Satellite Navigation Competition Awards Maritime Rescue Drone As The Overall Winner The multicopter uses thermal cameras and the European positioning service EGNOS to quickly locate people in the water and transmit an alarm to rescue teams along with precise information.
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JAXA's Feasibility Study Proves Electric Thruster Looks Promising...As Satellite Industry Heats Up “Without this technology, we will not be able to compete in the market,”
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AsiaSat To Bring B4U Channels To APAC Via Satellite Content Delivery This new Hindi language movie channel will further expand the B4U offerings on this platform, giving Asian audiences more choice for quality Bollywood films and movies.
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Harris Loops Into U.S. Army Comms With Five Year Antenna Contract “The HF full-loop antenna provides a combination of high bandwidth and signal efficiency that makes it ideal for on-the-move applications.”Chris Young, President, Harris Communication Systems.
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Moog Ships Satellite Dispenser For ORBCOMM's Upcoming 2Gen Launch The Dispenser protects the entire payload “stack” from launch vehicle vibrations and shock using a Moog SoftRide vibration isolation system.
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Space Systems/Loral Gets Psyched Assisting w/NASA's Next Discovery Mission...Psyche, A Massive Metal Asteroid ...Psyche, a massive asteroid made of iron and nickel, believed to be the only place in the solar system where a metal planetary core can be studied.
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Risky Business... World Space Risk Forum + Euroconsult Partner To Create Platform For Global Space Risk Community "These trends result in new opportunities, but at the expense of new risks for space projects."
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Globalstar's Tiny STX3 Chipset Does A Yeoman's Job As Ovinto + SABIC Monitor Hazardous Chemicals In European Trains “When materials are being transported across Europe it is critical that the location of assets be always known, but also whether those assets and their contents face risks."
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Globecast Is Happy Camper After Successful Run Selects NovelSat NS3 For International Satellite Video Distribution
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Communications & Power Industries Awarded $9.7M For Aegis Radar Systems CPI Econco Division has previously provided rebuilt power grid devices for Aegis radar systems and has twice been awarded the U.S. Navy Aegis Excellence Award for Outstanding Performance on the program.
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China's Long March 2D Rocket Pushes The Tianhui-1C Satellite To Orbit Tianhui-1C is the third satellite in the Tianhui-1 series.
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October 23, 2015 Advantech Wireless Transcend™s Caribbean Comms Without Interruptions Or Degradations “Advantech Wireless Transcend™ 800 has the best system gain on the microwave radio market."—Bojan Skulic, Terrestrial Microwave Communications Manager, Advantech Wireless.
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Comtech EF Data BUC'ing Up LPOD Product Expansion The LPOD product family expansion provides additional options for flexible, reliable and field-proven RF signal transmission and reception.
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AFCEA Offers An Expo Preview Of MILCOM 2015 A showcase of some of MILCOM 2015's innovations that will be on display...
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Carrier Monitoring Solutions From ETL Systems Head Into SatSignature's Satellite Monitoring Service ETL’s LS series monitoring switch range offers 8x1, 16x1 and 32x1 switching options and is suitable for Ka-band applications.
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October 22, 2015 Airbus Defence and Space... Telstar 12 VANTAGE Passes Tests Now Onto Japan It will provide greater flexibility in network design, improved efficiencies and lower costs per bit, especially over the North Sea and the Mediterranean.
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TCS SNAPs To It For The U.S. Army TCS SNAP VSAT systems provide multimedia communications capabilities, which convey encrypted voice, video and data.
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L-3 Narda-MITEQ Gives The OK To Link Microtek ...Exclusive UK Rep For Product Range The effect of the new agreement is to expand Link Microtek’s portfolio to encompass the rest of the MITEQ product range,
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Ka-Band Capability From CPI ASC Signal Is Introduced To The Orange Teleport in France The SRT system provides Orange Teleport with the ability to track the Ka-band satellite to within 1/1000th of a degree/
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Bringing Their Specialized Antennas To The 2015 ITC/USA Event Is Haigh-Farr Haigh-Farr will display a broad array of antenna based product offerings covering UHF to K-band frequency designs for the most demanding environments.
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Space-Based ADS-B Will Be Deployed By Curaçao Via Aireon's Air Traffic Surveillance System Through the agreement, DC-ANSP will have 100 percent air traffic surveillance in 2018 of the Curaçao FIR.
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OSIRIS-REx Becomes A Viable Entity... Lockheed Martin Completes Their Build Of The Spacecraft... Testing Up Next OSIRIS-REx is scheduled to ship from Lockheed Martin’s facility to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center next May, where it will undergo final preparations for launch.
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AsiaSat Launches A Ginormous Footprint... The First Ultra-HD 4K-SAT Channel On AsiaSat 4 ...will be available free-to-air (FTA) across more than 50 countries ...spanning from New Zealand to Pakistan and part of the Middle East.
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The Second Launch Of O-STATES Is Successfully Performed By SSC The research is being carried out using a two stage rocket (S31 /Improved Orion).
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Moving On Up... DigitalGlobe Appoints Dr. Mason To Board Of Directors Dr. Mason is a nationally recognized expert in intelligence capabilities, operations research, and systems integration, and he has published more than 35 papers in peer-reviewed journals and symposia.
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NASA/ESA's Hubble Looks Back... Reveals The Faintest + Earliest = 250 Tiny Galaxies 600-900 Million Years Old Some of these galaxies formed just 600 million years after the big bang and are fainter than any other galaxy yet uncovered by Hubble.
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NASA First Time In 40 Years SLS Clears Critical Design Review Of Rocket To Mars... NASA's First Rocket Since Saturn V SLS will be the most powerful rocket ever built and, with the agency’s Orion spacecraft, will launch America into a new era of exploration to destinations beyond Earth’s orbit.
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NSR’s UAS Satcom & Imaging Markets, 2nd Edition... Analysis + Forecasts Of The Big + Little Ones Building on a decade of data and analysis from NSR’s popular Government & Military as well Satellite-Based Earth Observation reports...
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SIA's Statement Re: The FCC's Adoption Of Spectrum Frontiers Rulemaking “The future deployment of 5G provides an opportunity for consumers to continue to enjoy the unparalleled benefits of satellite technology.
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October 21, 2015 An Exclusive Deal With L-3 Narda-MITEQ Has Been Garnered By Link Microtek The effect of the new agreement is to expand Link Microtek’s portfolio to encompass the rest of the MITEQ product range.
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A FLUID HUB Milestone For SES Platform Services “To have so many customers choosing the solution so soon after launch and for UHD content reinforces how vital the service is to the broadcasting market.”—Sophie Lersch, Chief Product Officer for Services, SES Platform Services.
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Cobham SATCOM Brings SATCOM Tech To Assist With South Carolina Flooding The company sent its Chevrolet Suburban demo unit, with a brand new, cutting-edge EXPLORER 8100 VSAT satellite system installed to provide high-speed broadband Internet and voice calling over satellite.
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Capacity Acquired By STN with SES' For Astra Access Within this huge European neighborhood, there already exists more than 900 TV channels with over 30 percent in HD.
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Arianespace Competitive Improvement Plan Results In Ground Service Contract Extensions By systematically reviewing all specifications, Arianespace was able to ensure maximum technical and organizational efficiency for all services, while maintaining the quality, reliability and availability of ground facilities.
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NSR Publishes Their Financial Analysis Of 2014 and H1 2015... NSR assessed operator financial health by examining issues at a macro level, analyzed industry-wide metrics, while also digging into individual operator metrics.
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Lockheed Martin's Super Hercules To Gain Cobham SATCOM AVIATOR Support The satellite communication system will support the air traffic management and data link component of the Block 8.1 upgrade program.
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Telenor Connexion Expands Business Development Team With Appointment ... His Focus Is Asia-Pacific “Expanding our footprint in Asia-Pacific reflects our commitment to this region and allows us to better serve existing and new customers with our advanced IoT solutions.
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Hughes' JUPITER System Has Aeronautical Support Added... And Global Eagle Entertainment Embraces The HT Aero Modem This newest version of Hughes’ HT Aero Modem incorporates significant technological advances that will enable GEE to deliver industry-leading aeronautical services on any Ku-band satellite.
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Munich Start-up Company Gets Up + Goes... Wins Big Earth Observation Copernicus Masters w/Building Radar The Building Radar online platform, which already contains more than a million construction projects and over 200,000 company profiles, uses a custom-developed algorithm to identify new building projects around the world
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October 20, 2015 EMC's Newest Hires... A Team Plan To Enhance Global Delivery Of Critical Communications + Content
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Inmarsat Is Driving Comms For Land Rover Experience Tour “The Land Rover Experience Tour will demonstrate the reliability and robustness Inmarsat’s services."—Greg Ewert, President, Inmarsat Enterprise.
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Delivering QoS To Customers — Kratos + WTA Offer A Webinar That Reveals How To Do Such Faster + Smarter Find out how a Service Quality Management (SQM) approach can help you predict and resolve service issues to keep revenue streams flowing and SLAs intact.
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According To NSR's New Report, A Key Growth Market For Satellite Companies Continues To Be M2M/IoT "Satellite M2M usage remains strong and growing overall at 6.9 percent CAGR for active terminal."—Alan Crisp, NSR Analyst + report author.
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SES' Commitment To Disaster Response Efforts Is Reaffirmed The emergency.lu deployment kit—designed by SES’ subsidiary SES Techcom Services and HITE—will also continue to play a major part in relief efforts.
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ND SatCom's SKYWAN 5G To Be Incorporated Into RUAG Defence Comms Solution This new solution connects all available technologies accessible today, including radio channels, TETRA, 3G/4G/LTE, WLAN, Line of Sight and now, satellite communication.
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Gilat Is Bringing Their HTS-Optimized Offerings To The China Satellite Conference At the event, Gilat will showcase its SkyEdge II-c family of products, which supports the new architecture and addresses a wide range of markets.
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Airbus Group Plans CEO Change ...a man with a very remarkable track record of building and growing businesses throughout four continents... Full Story
Comtech's MTTS Tactical Troposcatter Solution...Despite Mountains...Provides High Bandwidth Datalink @ NATO Exercise The troposcatter system was selected to create a non-satellite link between two locations, over a path that precluded the use of Line-of-Sight (LOS) communications due to blockage by an intermediate mountain.
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Boeing... Robots Assist w/Ribbon Cutting Of Advanced Research Center in Missouri New labs and capabilities in Missouri include the Non-Destructive Test Lab, the Human Systems Integration Center, a Polymer Synthesis Lab, and...
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Inmarsat + Lufthansa Group Sign Contract = A Decade Of Inflight Connectivity Services
...follows the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announced between Inmarsat and Lufthansa last month, formalizes not only a 10-year strategic partnership between Lufthansa Group and Inmarsat, but also...
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Iridium Passes Milestone... Completes First Iridium Certus(SM) Broadband Call For Voice and Data Communications
it has successfully conducted the first ever voice and data ground test call over the next-generation Iridium Certus broadband network
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SSL Is Aboard For Azercosmos' Azerspace-2 Satellite Build The satellite design is based on the SSL 1300 satellite platform that provides the flexibility for a broad range of applications and technology advances.
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October 19, 2015 Arianespace' Next Liftoff To Feature Arabsat-6B + The ISRO's GSAT-15 — Getting Prep'd This will be Arianespace' 10th overall mission in 2015 and sixth launch of Ariane 5 this year.
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Turksat 4B Travels Safely To Orbit This satellite will provide telecommunication and direct TV broadcasting services over a wide geographic region...
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The 32nd Space Symposium Now Offers Significant Discounts For Event Registration Prior To January 22, 2016 The 32nd Space Symposium will be held April 11-14, 2016, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado., USA.
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Arabsat's 8th Satellite TV Broadcasting Forum's Fans Include King Of Morocco + Minister Of Communication There will be many events and seminars attended by international experts in the field of TV satellite broadcasting , as well as sessions for direct dialogue with the participants.
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Chinese Long March Long March 3B/G2 Rocket Advances APSTAR-9 To Orbit APSTAR-9 is equipped with 32 C- and 14 Ku-band transponders.
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Thales' Watchkeeper UAS Melds Flight Mission Within Civil Airspace, A First Using Watchkeeper, this aviation first will help develop the necessary operational and regulatory conditions to support a growing need for unmanned aircraft system to be used in commercial, search and rescue, homeland security tasks, critical infrastructure and border protection.
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NASA Awards Contract To 11 Companies Worth $400M... Aerospace Systems Research, Technology Development
The multiple-award, indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract begins November 11 allows NASA to spend as much as $400 million during five years cumulatively on all 11 contracts.
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Now Reporting For Duty Is The European Space Agency's First Smallsat "This is the first of many ESA nanosatellite missions."—Roger Walker, overseeing the CubeSat project, ESA.
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Test Solutions + Design Will Be The Focus Of Keysight Technologies' Presence @ MILCOM 2015 MILCOM 2015 is being held at the Tampa Convention Center.
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Metatron Global Funding Delivers Dollars + Joins Deep Space Industries On Asteroid Mining Quest “DSI is not your usual company. Our business plan is not your usual business plan. It takes a special kind of investor to step up and support what we are doing."
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TeleCommunication Systems SNAPS To Attention w/U.S. Army's $91 Million Order For SNAP VSAT Systems “DoD needed an experienced and capable systems integrator for sustainment of SNAP VSAT terminals..."
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Nanobeak + Nano Mobile Healthcare Breathe Easier As The Newest Space Foundation Certification Program Partners "Our proprietary chemical sensing technology utilized for early disease detection is firmly grounded in the science and technology of NASA and the Space Foundation."
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France Uses A Sword To Fight A Flood... Major Training Exercise Uses MASA's SWORD An estimated 500 representatives from 15 French companies took part in a two-day training exercise based on the occurrence of two weeks' of major flooding in the streets of Paris.
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Furuno Welcomes Aboard Iridium® Mobile Satellite Communications Products and Services “We are excited that Furuno—recognized as a global leader in maritime navigation and communications gear—has joined Iridium’s ecosystem of partners.” Full Story
October 18, 2015 A VANTAGE For Telesat... Airbus Defence & Space Ships New Satellite To The Launch Site In Japan Telesat’s newest satellite will have a launch mass of 4,800 kg, spacecraft power of 11 kW and more than a 15-year design life.
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October 17, 2015 Now Operational Is Spaceflight's Third Operational Ground Station, This Time In New Zealand “Bringing the ground station online in New Zealand is another step in executing on our vision to add more capacity across more continents..."—Jason Andrews, CEO, Spaceflight.
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Telenor's 2015 Nordic IoT Challenge Finalists... A Wearable Stress Coach, Mining Exploration + Crop Productivity For Farmers Proposals ran the gamut from IoT innovation in industrial sectors to wearables and from medical devices to smart city developments.
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Inmarsat's Nautilus Life @ Sea Photography Competition... Appreciation For Hard Work In A Stark Environment Aims to give seafarers the chance to show their often hidden working lives to the wider public—giving a taste of both the good and the bad aspects of life at sea.
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GAO Reports On SSA's Core Efforts + Planned Budgets According to DoD, a potential of 375 sensors and systems—satellites, ground-based radars, and optical telescopes—are available to contribute to SSA across the government and commercial sectors.
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Space + Missile Systems Center's New Directorate Brings Together Launch Systems Directorate + Rocket Systems Launch Program The new directorate's mission is to be the "guardian of assured access: launching when and where the nation needs it."
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U.S.A.F. Awards NROL-47 + SBIRS GEO-4 Missions Launch Services To United Launch Alliance The launch service contracts include launch vehicle production, mission integration and launch operations for the NROL-47 and SBIRS GEO-4 missions, which are both scheduled to launch in FY 2018.
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Being Checked Out By Arianespace Is The Airbus Defence & Space-Built LISA Pathfinder The satellite's technology package was developed by European companies, research institutes and ESA; while a disturbance reduction system was provided by the U.S. NASA space agency.
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The Promise + Mentor Award Recipients Announced By The Society Of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) The three recipients will be honored on November 10 in New York City at SSPI’s 10th Annual Future Leaders Dinner.
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Military Sea-Borne Comms To Be Positively Influenced By Norsat International Due to ARSTRAT’s WGS certification timing requirements, Norsat expects to begin delivery on the MarineLink terminals in Q4 2016.
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ORBCOMM + SpaceX Getting Prep'd For Launch Headway—Eleven OG2 Satellites Send Off Planned “We are excited to launch our eleven OG2 satellites aboard SpaceX’s newly upgraded Falcon 9 rocket."—Marc Eisenberg, CEO, ORBCOMM.
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Moving On Up... The International Astronautical Federation Names A New President... Based on the IAF Constitution, which was adopted in its revised version at last year’s IAC in Toronto, the IAF elects its Incoming President every three years.
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Moving On Up... Inmarsat Names New Vice President Of Inflight Services.... The focus will be on developing the aviation cabin business for Inmarsat, working with airlines to jointly commercialize the services.
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A Tropospheric Introduction By Advantech Wireless' With Their New GaN SSPA/SSPB “Tropo applications have certain advantages for strategic communication links, either for Military users, or for remote access in isolated areas with no satellite access."—Cristi Damian, V.P.l, Business Development, Advantech Wireless.
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October 16, 2015 The Grand GOES Gambit — Forty Years Of Ongoing Service, Courtesy Of NOAA The NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite and the future JPSS constellation will work in tandem with GOES-R to provide vital information in the face of severe weather events.
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October 15, 2015 Global Fishing Fleets Gain M2M + VSAT Services From Globecomm + MariConnect Onboard services delivered include Internet, email, VOIP and video news and entertainment.
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Harris Tunes In + Provides $10 Million Worth Of Wideband Tactical Radios For Southeast Asia Nation Another purchase of a line of products that delivers turnkey, end-to-end solutions.
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A Battery Of Batteries For Boeing From Saft Saft’s Li-ion technology and solutions have long been used to withstand extremely demanding missions with GEO and MEO global positioning satellites.
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Yahsat's Brazilian Plans Bring Newtec In As A Team Member "We are extending our service offering and ensuring a high level of customer experience for all."—David Murphy, Chief Commercial Officer, Yahsat.
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Dr. 'Buzz' Aldrin Becomes The New Chancellor Of The International Space University (ISU) "I am honored to be the new Chancellor of ISU and following in Arthur C Clarke's footsteps.”—Dr. 'Buz' Aldrin, Chancellor, ISU.
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Northrop Grumman Makes Structural Changes, Building A Stronger Foundation... Shifts In Leadership "These changes align more closely with the evolving missions of our customers in the global security markets we serve."
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October 14, 2015 Q3 For C-COM Satellite Systems Is Financially Beneficial This is the Company’s 14th consecutive quarterly dividend and their 18th consecutive profitable quarter.
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Hughes To Support Florida Air Nat'l Guard With B'band Net Hughes will provide proven products and services from the HughesON suite and install Wi-Fi access points and the broadband circuit and more...
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The Space Data Association Membership Continues To Increase... DLR Is Now The Latest Member “DLR is carrying out valuable work in the exploration of Earth and the Solar System."—Mark Rawlins, Chairman, Space Data Association.
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Subject Concentrations Now Targeted For The Upcoming GVF Oil & Gas Connectivity Event In Kuala Lumpur "I have for this year identified some 25 themes as key to the dialogue during the two days of discussions."—Martin Jarrold, Chief of International Program Development, GVF, + Chairman of the GVF-EMP Oil & Gas Connectivity Series.
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Comms Champions Complete Crisis Connectivity Charter Embodying a commitment from the satellite community to enhance connectivity in humanitarian emergencies, the Charter formalizes terms and protocols designed to accelerate the ability of emergency response teams to access satellite-based communications when local networks are affected, destroyed or overloaded after a disaster.
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Thuraya Signs On With Commitment To The New Crisis Connectivity Charter "Our purpose at Thuraya is to save and improve lives, and this shapes how we think as a business."—Samer Halawi, CEO, Thuraya.
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Moving On Up... OneWeb's New CEO Is Appointed... The appointment follows the successful $500 million funding round from a group of leading international companies...
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Broadpeak Appoints North American Head Of Sales + Business Development ... His Expertise = North American Pay-TV Bringing solutions to the US and Canada such as cloud PVR, multicast ABR, and software-defined networks that support the world's largest pay-TV market.
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NSR's Analysts Answer Questions Regarding Small (Sexy) Satellite Constellations...Why Now? For Research Director Jose Del Rosario, the satellite industry is “sexy” again.
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HISPASAT + United Nations Unite To Share Satellite Capacity + Restore Communications In Emergencies + Disasters Just twelve hours after a disaster each operator's Point of Contact coordinates the first meeting of all operators and the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster.
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TeleCommunication Systems' Major Contract $223.4 Million From U.S. Army... VSAT Equipment + Support Will Be A Group Effort The order has a total value of $223.4 million, if all options are exercised through September 2020.
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Smallsats To Receive Venture Class Launch Services From NASA — Three Companies Selected... “VCLS is intended to help open the door for future dedicated opportunities to launch CubeSats and other small satellites and science missions.” —Jim Norman, Director, Launch Services, NASA.
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Contract Rec'd By Firefly From NASA To Demo A CubeSat Launch "We have worked tirelessly during the last 18 months to develop Firefly Alpha, a vehicle that will be different from anything that has come before it."—Dr. Thomas Markusic, CEO, Firefly.
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Thales Alenia Space Is Shaping The Future Of Satellites... Using Printing Of The 3D Kind These two parts, featuring an innovative bio-design, have just passed their vibration acceptance tests, demonstrating perfectly reproducible dynamic behavior.
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October 13, 2015 Orbital ATK Has A Module Completion For Cygnus "We remain solidly on schedule to meet our CRS cargo requirements for NASA."—Frank Culbertson, President, Space Systems Group, Orbital ATK.
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Harris Falcon Swoops Into EMEA The radios will provide users with increased situational awareness and support high-bandwidth voice, video and data communications.
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New Satellite Broadband Solution For German Communities Via Eutelsat Broadband + EUSANET "The KA-SAT satellite is the ideal solution for those requiring high-speed broadband access out of the range of ADSL services.”—Udo Neukirchen, Managing Director, Eutelsat Germany.
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Thales Alenia Space Has Opened A New Cannes Production Facility This production facility, intended for the integration and testing of optical observation instruments, complements the existing facilities in Cannes dedicated to optical observation programs.
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Nexgen Upgrades For Globalstar Gateway Ground Stations To Be Implemented By Squire Technologies The agreement represents the final significant ground network infrastructure component for Globalstar's next-generation of advanced IP-based satellite voice and data services.
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Harris Radios + Battle Management Systems Making Their Way To Southeast Asian Nation The radio systems will provide secure voice and data between fixed and tactical command posts and forward-deployed units.
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Airbus Defence & Space Licking Their CHEOPS With Completed Milestone One of the main objectives of CHEOPS is to determine the radii of planets with masses that are already known as a result of studies using ground-based observatories.
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Partners To Receive Nexgen Developer Kits From Iridium Iridium will continue to work closely with each of the manufacturers to provide technical support and testing services throughout the development process.
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Spaceflight's Good News For Kiwis... New Zealand Ground Station Open Joins Other Stations In Alaska + Washington ...operators can more rapidly access the data their satellites collect via Spaceflight’s network of ground stations.
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Telenor Group's Changes... New International Footprint ... Stepping Into New Shoes For Executive Management Team "Telenor provides Internet to almost 200 million subscribers and new customer needs are emerging."
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NSSLGlobal Provides British Royal Navy + Royal Fleet Auxiliary w/WiFi... Enables BYOD Access
for the first time allow crew to use their personal devices to connect with friends and family through Internet services and applications.
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October 12, 2015 Comtech EF Data's New Position, VP Of Market Development, Goes To A Mobile Backhaul Veteran Swardh will lead Comtech EF Data’s market development, business development and product marketing functions for the 2G/3G/LTE mobile backhaul market.
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Advantech Wireless' Latin America Military Client Engages In Multi-Million-Dollar Purchase Of 1.2-meter Engage™ Class VSAT the award-winning Adaptive Satellite Access Technology (A-SAT-IITM) allows the same modem to operate in 3 different access wave forms and achieve the most efficient bandwidth utilization possible.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Subsystems Critical Design Review Passes Muster = Depends On Safety Of Astronauts In Deep Space These two major subsystems that Aerojet Rocketdyne is building for Lockheed Martin and NASA are critical for ensuring astronaut safety and mission success.
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Intelsat's Satellites Sit Between A Rock + A Hard Place As Russian Military Satellites Are A Bit Too Cozy The Russian satellite was manipulated so that at times it was as close as 6.2 miles or 10 kilometers to the Intelsat's sats.
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A New Managing Director Of Euroconsult USA... She Has A Long History Of Satellite, Space + Government Markets Her work, primarily in the U.S., Africa, and Asia, has included valuation, due diligence, feasibility analysis, and sector and regulatory structure assessment.
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The Data Challenges Of Raster Imagery + LIDAR Tackled In LizardTech®'s New Survey “The survey provides high-level insights into how raster imagery and LiDAR data sets are used, compressed, accessed and stored.”—Robert Parker, Product Manager, LizardTech.
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Marlink Gains An Additional Three-Year VSAT Services Contract With Polarcus “Sealink VSAT has become integral to operational efficiency and crew welfare on board Polarcus’ seismic fleet."—Tore Morten Olsen, Head of Maritime SATCOM, Airbus Defence and Space.
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Comms Management For Maritime Handled Via VoIP + BYOD Capabilities Just Released By Satcom Global "IPSignature 4 provides managers with a reliable and secure tool for managing vessel communications."—Ian Robinson, CEO, Satcom Global.
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Aireon's MOA With Airservices Australia To Bring ADS-B Into Airplay... The Aireon ADS-B solution will facilitate smooth transition with neighboring Flight Information Regions (FIR) while also lowering ground infrastructure costs, reducing costs to airlines and improving airspace safety.
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Optical Class Spacecraft Structure For James Webb Telescope Completed By Northrop Grumman "The spacecraft structure provides state of the art capabilities to support the James Webb Space Telescope's first light mission."—Andy Cohen, Manager, Webb Telescope Spacecraft, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.
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The OCSD CubeSat Is On Orbit + Fully Operational—Confirmation Rec'd By NASA + The Aerospace Corporation "Technology demonstration missions like OCSD are driving exploration."—Steve Jurczyk, Associate Administrator, Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD), NASA.
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Season's 18 Vessels At Sea Select KVH's Mini-VSAT Broadband 2.0 Maritime Communications Solution "...they can provide us with a level of quality that addresses all of the factors that are so critical to ship owning and ship management today.”
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Globalstar Europe's MOOtivation In locations across the globe, STX3 equipped devices are tracking high value assets ranging from ships to hazardous cargo containers, as well as truck fleets and livestock.
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Cobham SATCOM Takes Nine Voice Line Capabilities To Greater Altitudes "The new service will provide many benefits to our customers, particularly business travelers..."—Kim Gram, Vice President, Aeronautical Business Unit, Cobham SATCOM.
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Gilat Refocuses Their Company For Growth Markets In order to take full advantage of the listed opportunities, Gilat has adjusted its organization.
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Extensive Analysis Of Land-Mobile + SNG Offered By NSR This new NSR report includes extensive analysis of addressable markets, operator market share, vertical segment forecasts, pricing, in-service units and revenue.
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Global MilSatCom 2015 In London... Limited Places Remaining For A Gathering Of The Specialists With a presence of over 400 of the industry’s senior military figures and leading satcom providers, this exclusive event is guaranteed to sell out.
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McMurdo To The Rescue ...Selected By EC For Next Gen S+R Distress Beacons Contract Valued @ €2.4 million ...will be used to create several innovative aviation, maritime and outdoor search and rescue products that are based on proven satellite-based distress beacon technology.
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Globecomm + MariConnect Fishing For Compliments...Partnership Delivers Hybrid M2M + VSAT To 50+ Fishing Fleets ...secure and customized M2M portal which allows vessel operators to track production efficiencies such as the weight of fish versus fuel consumed. Full Story
ILS Readies For Proton M Launch Of TURKSAT-4B To Provide Telecommunication + DTV Over Continents satellite will provide telecommunication and direct TV broadcasting services over a wide geographic region between west of China and east of England spanning Turkey, as well as Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
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October 9, 2015 Harris CapRock Communications Pumps Dynamic Bandwidth To Nearly 100 O&G Sites Harris CapRock launched Advanced VSAT in 2014 and first deployed it on Royal Caribbean Cruises’ global fleet and customer operations networks in the Gulf of Mexico.
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NASA's Challenge To 54 Lucky Students...Design, Construct, Test, Launch + Recover Reusable Rocket + Its Payload The MAV challenge requires teams to develop an autonomous system to insert a sample container into their rocket, launch and safely recover both the sample and the rocket.
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Mobil Satellite Technologies Enables Upgrade To Robust Sat Broadband Service + Continue Using Ku-Band Equipment The Mobil Satellite Technologies satellite network has been configured to support this new service with 1.2 meter antennas with only an 8 Watt BUC
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Ongoing Support For Government Communications Demo'd By Inmarsat During Pacific Endeavor Exercise The event was co-hosted by U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) and the Armed Forces of The Philippines (AFP) J6 and took place in Manila, Philippines.
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UHD Delivery In APAC Via AsiaSat's AsiaSat 4 Satellite With Rohde & Schwarz Hardware Support The high-power coverage provided by AsiaSat 4 will enable broadcasters and pay-TV platforms with an AsiaSat 4 C-band antenna in the Asia-Pacific region to receive the UHD channel directly.
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October 8, 2015 Nat'l Marine Electronics Association Graces KVH industries With Three Awards This is the 18th consecutive year that KVH has achieved the NMEA distinction for its TracVision satellite television antenna systems and the 13th time that KVH’s TracPhone satellite communications systems have been recognized.
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The First Two Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program (GSSAP) Are Declared Operational By U.S.A.F. "We're extremely honored to declare IOC for the Geosynchronous Space Situational Awareness Program," said Lt. Col. Casey Beard, Commander, 1 SOPS.
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November 10 Is The Date For SSPI's Future Leaders Dinner In New York City The Dinner provides attendees with a unique, intimate networking opportunity with industry professionals from around the globe.
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Optimized Backhaul Alternative For Remote Areas Developed By Sevis Systems + Ranberry "The Ranberry-Sevis combination aims at precisely addressing the need to offer an affordable small cell solution at both CAPEX and OPEX levels."—Tim Peyla, V.P., Business Development, Sevis Systems.
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Acquiring Minds Wish To Know... ScheduALL Acquired By Net Insight The acquisition of ScheduALL is an important strategic initiative for Net Insight.
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Wireless Manufacturing Tests Gain Specified Performance + Accuracy With Keysight Technologies' New Module The VXT is purpose-built for rapid solution creation and faster throughput in manufacturing test of wireless components and “Internet of Things” (IoT) devices.
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Moving On Up... A New President + COO For Signalhorn.. He will direct and control Signalhorn’s daily operational business and give strategic guidance and direction to ensure that the company achieves its objectives and goals.
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NRO Payload + 13 CubeSats Make For Obit After Liftoff Via ULA Atlas V With Orbital ATK Contributions This is ULA’s 10th launch in 2015 and the 101st successful launch since the company was formed in December 2006.
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Spaceflight's Falcon 9 To Transport Israel's SpaceIL Winners Of Google's Lunar XPRIZE ...'Ticket' To The Moon ...announced a significant milestone in its race to the moon: securing a “ticket to the moon” on a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher, Full Story
LISA Pathfinder Arrives @ Arianespaceport...Will Detect Ripples In Space-Time Per Einstein's Theory Of Relativity will help test and validate the technology in space needed for detecting low-frequency gravitational waves, which are ripples in
space-time predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
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October 7, 2015 CPI Satcom Products Earns SuperLinear® TWTA Contract For DTH Network Uplink System In Africa CPI’s products will be part of a primary uplink system in a well-established, DTH network in Africa.
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NRL's Ionosphere Experiment Launches Sounding Rocket For Dusty Plasma Investigations The Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program sponsored the launch and payload integration for the NRL CARE II mission.
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A Poor Harvest For Satellite Manufacturers, An NSR Examination Space is a high CAPEX market, making it sensitive to any threat against return on investment.
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China Launches A Jilin-1 Foursome All four satellites were developed and produced by Chang Guang Satellite Technology.
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China's Three CubeSat Launch To Track Aircraft + Maritime Vessels The three CubeSats—in a mission coded STU-2—were launched on September 25 and have entered their designed orbit.
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Moving On Up... Azercosmos Names New Chief Commercial Officer Dan has extensive operational and sales experience acquired over the past 20 years in companies such as Intelsat, EMC2, and Cisco.
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Inmarsat Brings Cobham SATCOM Aboard To Deliver Advanced MSS Terminals To The European Aviation Network Offering The compact, lightweight and cost effective terminal will be a vital component in the European Aviation Network.
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New Program Will Assist Entrepreneurs With Patented NASA Technologies "The Startup NASA initiative leverages the results of our cutting-edge research and development so entrepreneurs can take that research—and some risks—to create new products and new services."—David Miller, Chief Technologist, NASA.
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New, Performance-Enhanced, 3 RU SSPAs Debut From Teledyne Paradise Datacom By adding removable RF power modules and redundant power supplies, we believe we have the most compact and versatile product in the market today.”—John Restivo, General Manager, Teledyne Paradise Datacom.
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Near Earth's Role In ORBCOMM's Acquisition Of WAM Technologies... Financial + Strategic Advisor "This transaction marks our seventh successful engagement serving leading M2M companies and their investors..."
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NSR Addresses Whether C-Band Is Still Suitable for Satellite... Will Rights Be Taken Away From Sat Operators? The most contentious topic of debate being whether to take away rights that satellite operators currently, and for decades, have had for C-band spectrum.
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October 6, 2015 IDC Has Refreshing News For Grupo Etercom + Their SNG Needs The TITAN encoder retains the familiar, easy to use front panel which allows quick setup for mission critical operations, and is able to achieve the fastest signal on-air.
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Moving On Up... New Chief Scientist Named By Earth-i “The appointment of such a key individual in the Earth Observation industry to the Earth-i team underlines the strength and depth of the talent pool we are assembling in this exciting new business."—Richard Blain, CEO, Earth-i.
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Higher Output Power + More Frequency Bands Now Available For Teledyne Paradise Datacom's 3 RU SSPAs Paradise has expanded the available power levels and frequency bands—and added a number of innovative features into their field-proven 3 RU SSPA product line.
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Inmarsat To Entertain Maersk Tankers With Fleet Media Pilot Program The Fleet Media service will be powered initially by XpressLink and eventually via Fleet Xpress.
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Congress Urged To Reauthorize Ex-Im Bank By The SIA — Lost Opportunities For The Satellite Industry Must Be Halted “Since the closing of Ex-Im Bank, the United States has had at least three pre-existing commercial satellite orders withdrawn, lost other awards, and been barred from other competitions entirely."—Tom Stroup, President, Satellite Industry Association (SIA).Full Story
ORBCOMM Is Cool, Acquires WAM Technologies Leader In Monitoring Refrigerated Cargo
Expands ORBCOMM’s telematics solutions portfolio to include refrigerated sea containers, solidifying its leading market presence in the transportation industry
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Aireon Signs MOA w/Airservices Australia = ADS-B System First 100 Percent Global Air Traffic Surveillance Solution Aireon’s space-based ADS-B system will be the first 100 percent global air traffic surveillance solution.
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Transas...Something Fishy? ECDIS On Board 20 Vessels Monitors Indonesia's Marine Resources + Fisheries "...ECDIS will help us to better monitor the Indonesian waters and support prevention of illegal fishing which is one of key issues for the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries.”
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GeoSync’s Mini-Module Downconverter Series Newest Ku-Band Model...Mini But Mighty There are now ten different models in the series covering SATCOM bands from C- through Ka-.
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Birth Of A New Company Allied Minds Forms BridgeSat...Create Optical Connectivity System For Wireless Transfer Of Data From Satellites Developing an optical connectivity system that aims to increase the speed, security and efficiency of data transmissions from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites at a reduced cost compared with traditional radio frequency solutions. Full Story
Satellite Passengers For Arianespace Flight VA227 Have Now All Disembarked In French Guiana Designated Flight VA227 in Arianespace’s numbering system, this November mission will be the 227th with an Ariane series vehicle.
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SatNews Recognizes An Evolution In The Satellite Industry + Proactively Creates An Event ...SmallSat Symposium™ Today we can no longer call the small satellite market small.
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October 5, 2015 Swiss Space Systems Partners w/D&B Group To Locally Launch Small Sats ... 'Space For All' Vision The UAE is the country where everything is possible, a country where the vision of a man—of many men—can become reality,
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NASA + NRO-Sponsored CubeSats Looking @ October 8th ULA Launch Date Small satellites, including CubeSats, are playing an increasingly larger role in exploration, technology demonstration, scientific research and educational investigations at NASA.
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ULA Launches Morelos-3 = 100th Successful ULA One-At-A-Time Mission The Morelos-3 launch was accelerated to an earlier position on the Atlas launch manifest.
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Airbus Defence and Space... Things Just Keep Getting BADR... Completes Final Integration Of ARABSAT 6B (BADR-7) The satellite today left the Airbus Defence and Space facilities in Toulouse, France...
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Supporting ULA's Morelos-3 Launch—The U.S.A.F.'s 45th Space Wing Eastern Range assets are based on dependable designs and technology and are arrayed in a highly efficient architecture designed to ensure safety of the launch environment and the public at large.
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For Mobile Military Apps, Advantech Wireless Presents A 50 Watt X-Band GaN SSPB/BUC "The new 50W BUC will allow higher output power, and higher data rates for mission critical, bandwidth hungry operations in challenging mobile military environment."—Cristi Damian, V.P., Business Development, Advantech Wireless.
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NASA's Big Plans For Small Satellites Push Boundaries Of Space-To-Earth... Testing Laser Communications, Formation Flying “Laser communications is very important, not just for NASA but for other U.S. government agencies as well,”
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EUMETSAT's EUMETCast Bringing Himawari-8 Data To Users The data are from 11 channels at 2 km resolution, every 30 minutes.
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Demand For In-Flight Broadband Is Sky High, According To New Inmarsat Survey Eighty-three percent of the passengers included in the survey cannot envisage a future without on-board connectivity, agreeing that all aircraft will offer in-flight Wi-Fi connectivity within the next five to 10 years.
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The Crucial Contributions From Orbital ATK For The Now-Successful Morelos-3 Satellite Orbital ATK’s contributions to the Atlas V and Morelos-3 satellite include cutting-edge technologies from across the company.
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NSR’s M2M + IoT via Satellite Expands ... Is There A Game Change About To Take Place? The report expands on previous editions with more granular forecasts than ever before, with the much requested breakout of the dominant Transportation sector.
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SSTL's CARBONITE-1's Innovation Is Shortlisted To Receive A Prestigious Award A small mission team was pulled together that consisted of an eclectic mix of engineers—some very senior with many years of experience, working alongside some recent graduates.
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TERN-key Dispensations From SES Platform Services "This clearly underlines our expertise as a media services provider for any business model, from DTH to OTT, and in any required quality, from SD to Ultra-HD.”—Sophie Lersch, Chief Product Officer for Services, SES Platform Services.
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Cooperative Considerations For Metop-SG Satellites Formed By EUMETSAT + European Space Agency "Our ambition is to further increase the accuracy of forecasts of the weather and the environment in the next decades."—Alain Ratier, Director-General, EUMETSAT.
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NASA Launch Competition To Include A Water-Propelled Satellite Designed By Cornell Students “I think we have a unique solution here."—Professor Mason Peck.
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Thuraya + Expansys... Expand Distribution Of New Gen SatSleeve Models + Go Where Others Have Never Gone Before "We can connect the Thuraya SatSleeve product range with consumers across Europe in a way that simply hasn’t been done before.”
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WORK Microwave Appoints New CEO... He'll Jointly Drive The Company's Strategy + Sales ... concentrating on driving the company’s strategy while broadening the company’s customer reach and sales revenue.
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ORBCOMM + McLeod's LoadMaster™ No Two Ways About It... The Only Two-Way Communications Tracks Everything Provides centralized visibility and increased efficiencies for dry van and refrigerated trailer fleets.
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ILS' Dual Announcements Vice President of Engineering And Mission Assurance + Vice President of Sales
ILS has implemented an organizational realignment t... to re-establish customer trust and confidence in utilizing Proton launch services.
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Northrop Grumman's New Intelligent Appointment...VP Operations For Intelligence, Surveillance + Reconnaissance Division "His broad range of military experience, including his work on various space and satellite systems, as well as his effective skills in relationship management...
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Spacecom's AMOS-6 Selected By Eutelsat + Facebook... Brings Social Media To Sub Sahara Africa Satellite networks are well suited to economically connecting people in low to medium density population areas.
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October 1, 2015 SSPI Selling Satellite's Stellar Future Leaders' Dinner Tickets The Mentor Award will be given to a satellite executive who has fostered young talent, both within his or her organization and throughout the industry...
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Sky Muster Musters Up Post-Launch Maneuvers, As Planned Originally called NBN Co 1A, the satellite was renamed “Sky Muster” by the six-year-old winner of a country-wide contest.
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Arianespace Receives More Launches From ARSAT These new ARSAT satellites will complement the services already offered by ARSAT-1 and soon ARSAT-2.
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RFP From USAF For GPS III Push Offs The Air Force will award a firm-fixed price contract that will provide the government with a total launch solution for the GPS III satellite.
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Inmarsat's L-TAC Mobile Comms System Is Extended Via Kratos SpectralNet™ “[SpectralNet] has enabled us to seamlessly enhance services to our L-TAC customers in a cost-effective way.”—Chris Ashton, Director, Spectrum Engineering, Inmarsat.
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Moving On Up @ ILS — Kramer + Carroll To V.P. Status ILS has implemented an organizational realignment to strengthen the critical functions required to re-establish customer trust and confidence in using Proton launch services.
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Ahoy RigNet + Inmarsat! Fleet Xpress Delivers High-Speed Coms To Offshore Service + Supply Vessels “RigNet differentiates itself in the oil and gas industry by providing fit-for-purpose technologies to help our energy customers operate remotely in a more productive, efficient and safe manner,”
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“There are No Borders in Space” Presentation By Lockheed Martin's Chairman, President + CEO, Marillyn Hewson
“The next space age starts now, and with today’s technology, we are closer to the stars every day,”
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MDA Sees Better At Sea... Improves Ocean Applications Imaging Modes For RADARSAT-2 The Ship Detection mode is ideal for applications such as monitoring illegal fishing and sovereignty protection.
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Harris Receives $38 Million From Central Asian Nation = Provides Tactical Radio Support Services Harris will establish in-country capabilities to provide training, technical support and maintenance services.
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Norsat Makes It Possible For 'The Little Engine That Could' w/Customized Low Profile Multi-Band Antennas "We are excited to announce that the SM2600D was designed into a customer’s product, with the end customers being various class 1 railroad companies.”
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