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August 30, 2019 INTERSTAT Acquires Capacity for African Broadcast Services with Azercosmos' Azerspace Satellites According to the agreement, INTERSAT will use Azerspace-1 and Azerspace-2 satellite resources on C- and multiple Ku-band beams...
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New and Compact Directional Coupler Introduced by KRYTAR KRYTAR’s new directional coupler, Model 106040010, is designed for systems applications where external leveling, precise monitoring, signal...
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Iran’s Third Attempt This Year to Launch Satellite Appears to End in Failure Images show smoldering rocket remains on launch pad at Khomeini Space Center; Islamic Republic failed to send satellites into orbit in January and February
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World Satellite Business Week Convenes in Less than Two Weeks The World Satellite Business Week is the only event of its kind. Bringing together the most prominent downstream and upstream decisions....
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Permian Space Race: Satellites Become Latest Tool for Competitive Shale Play "You would need a team of over 100 people working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to do the same thing our patented artificial intelligence does in less than one hour."
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August 29, 2019 U of New Hampshire Hires Raytheon Space Systems to GLIMR for NASA's First Hyperspectral Imager GLIMR, NASA's selected Earth Venture Instrument-5 investigation, will be NASA's first hyperspectral imager in geostationary, or GEO, orbit...
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Will LEOs Create a Trillion-Dollar Industry? An NSR Analysis The satellite communications industry and its derived applications (DTH, Consumer Broadband, Backhaul, Mobility, etc.) has historically been a big...
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CIMON's Home Coming ... The 'Flying Brain' Returns to Earth After 14 months on the ISS Ethical questions around the future use of CIMON are being examined ... Privacy rights are affected by the interaction between humans and machines
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Seven Superlative Market Briefs to be Offered @ Satellite Innovation 2019 Culled from market data, news analytics, and surveys, these seven topical areas represent the most important market forces affecting business growth...
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Gogo Closes Revolving Credit Facility Following the closing of this credit facility, the Company expects to maintain a minimum total liquidity balance of approximately $100 million. The...
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United States Space Command is Formally Established At the direction of the President of the United States, the Department of Defense (DoD) established U.S. Space Command today as the 11th Unified Combatant Command...
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August 28, 2019 EXOS Aerospace Receives Rocket Engine Contract from Fenix Space The engine development component of a $1.5 million proposal calls for Exos Aerospace to provide a ~4800# thrust Lox Ethanol engine and...
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C-COM's Latest Auto Pointing Antenna and More will be on Display at IBC2019 Highly portable, the multi-segment manpack can be easily hand-carried by one person and assembled in less than 10 minutes without tools.
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Scientists Explore Outback as Testbed for Mars ExoMars are doing their due diligence before their missions make the 100-million-plus-mile [160-million-plus-kilometer] trip to the Red Planet,"
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Enhanced Comms Service to be Supplied by RigNet to Borr Drilling RigNet’s communications services will provide voice and video, enable critical corporate applications, deliver real-time data, and enhance crew...
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Viasat Completes NATO SATCOM Control Stations Upgrades Using Viasat's Visual Integrated Satellite communications Information, Operation and Networking (VISION) software platform, NATO gains greater...
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One the IBC2019 Show Floor: WTA Teleport Certification Workshop + Executive Dialog Series Announced The goal is to create an objective, transparent and internationally accepted method for: Teleport operators to document the quality of their operations...
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Partnership Expansion Between Globecast and Eutelsat In addition to expanded HOTBIRD capacity, the platform also includes ground segment services with connectivity to Globecast’s fiber network...
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Axesat Selects Hughes Ka-band Satellite Internet Service for its Latin American Customers they focus on serving companies in locations where terrestrial infrastructure is not available.
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The James Webb Space Telescope is Now Unified and Fully Assembled by Northrop Grumman The Northrop Grumman and NASA team started preparations for the milestone seven years ago, when engineers began the design and build of...
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August 27, 2019 Privatization of AsiaSat Approved — To Become Effective in Early September Approximately 99.98 percent of the shares held by the shareholders of the Company other than Bowenvale (the “Scheme Shareholders”) that ...
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EM Solutions Gains Thales Contract for Satellite Radio Systems EM Solutions’ ability to make timely modifications to their Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products to suit Thales’ specific customer requirements...
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Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions to Support Astranis' Alaskan Broadband Mission Cobham’s LeanREL Electronics offer world-class harsh environment performance at a fraction of the normal cost. A full suite of ICs, LeanREL...
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Maxar Technologies Receives Four-Year NGA Contract for HiRez Imagery The new contract will allow Maxar to continue providing more than a quarter million U.S. Government users with online and offline, on-demand access to...
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Capital Increase Completed by SatADSL and Serge Van Herck to Lead the Firm's Board of Directors The capital increase will provide SatADSL with the means required to accelerate the deployment of its global Points-of-Presence (PoP), reaching...
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Stops Along the Way to Mars ... Airbus' Rosalind Franklin Leaves UK, Next Stop Testing in France ...preparation and lots of testing if you are to go a great distance such as Mars. ExoMars is an ESA program in cooperation with Russian Space Agency Full Story
SpaceX's Prototype Starhopper Flies... The reusable Starhopper was boosted via a single Raptor engine a little after 6:00 p.m. EDT at the firm's test site in South Texas at their launch...
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Hughes SATCOM Services Selected by Axesat For Colombian Enterprise Customers The Ka-band service will be delivered using capacity on the Hughes 63 West satellite, which provides coverage across 96 percent of the population...
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NSSL Phase 2 Competition Proceeds Despite Legal Backlash ...the U.S. Air Force has awarded only three of America’s four main “rocket companies” money to help pay for the development of their rockets that would perform
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August 26, 2019 KLEOS Space Funding to Initiate Procurement of Second Smallsats Cluster The procurement of Kleos' 2nd cluster of satellites can now commence and the launch in 2020 will be booked over the coming months. The second...
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Second Successful Qualification Test by Northrop Grumman of the Attitude Control Motor for NASA's Orion Launch Abort System Preliminary results indicate all eight high pressure valves on the motor performed as expected under hot temperature conditions. The qualification...
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Australia and Europe Take a Big Step Forward Into Space ... Together “Having the Australian Space Agency to pursue these opportunities will play a big part in us reaching our goal of tripling the size of our space sector to $12 billion..."
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Ready-To-Fly Satellite Computers to be Developed by RUAG Space and Kubos Corporation This agreement is an important first step for KubOS and secure open source, which has been a mainstay of the nanosatellite market, to the larger...
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Big Questions Regarding Space to Possibly be Answered by a Smallsat from Israel The ULTRASAT, projected to launch in 2023, will operate in an ultraviolet range of light, normally invisible to us, with a very large field of view....
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Development Contract for GomSpace Subsidiary and the European Space Agency This new contract will enable GomSpace to take constellation management and the MCOP product to the next level. Additional features will be added...
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Riding on SpaceX's First Smallsat Rideshare Mission Will be the Momentus Vigoride Orbital Shuttle Momentus’ Vigoride orbital shuttle will carry multiple customer satellites, with a total mass up to 250 kg., each to its own custom orbit on a mission...
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NSR's Satellite Constellations: A Critical Analysis, 2nd Edition, Published Success of constellations can revolutionize the industry. But what if they fail, and if the industry needs to change course, what is the resulting fall-out?
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Get SAT and U.K.’s GRC Get Together for a Strategic Cooperation Relationship to offer solutions that would have proved impossible due to unique vehicle requirements and even to develop their own magnetic mount, for walk on fit,
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General Atomics Orbital Test Bed Satellite Payload Commissioning is Underway DSAC is a miniaturized, ultra-precise, mercury-ion atomic clock intended to support deep space navigation and exploration. It was designed and built at...
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MILSATCOM Earth Station Infrastructure Upgrade Contracted to Speedcast Government This contract will ensure the DoD has the most current hardware including amplifiers, receivers, and power supplies necessary to provide highly...
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Arianespace to Launch the Ovzon-3 Satellite Ovzon-3 will have a mass at liftoff of approximately 1,500 kg. and will be placed in geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 launch vehicle in...
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Kacific Selects the ABS Subic Bay Teleport for their Kacific1 Satellite First Level Ground Support Kacific1 will be a pioneering High Throughput Satellite (HTS) to be located over Asia-Pacific using Ka-band spot beams for extremely cost-efficient...
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Astranis' First Satellite to Launch Via a SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Astranis aims to address the market of people who don’t currently have broadband internet access, which is still a huge number globally, and they...
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August 25, 2019 Latching Up Done Right ... VORAGO Technologies Receives NASA SBIR Award for Latch-up Protection IC solutions that are cost-effective enough to be used in small spacecraft, but with radiation performance that is suitable for longer deep space missions.
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On the IBC2019 Show Floor: Satcube Ku Satellite Terminal Live Demos The lightweight portable terminal is ideal for media organizations, furnishing high-capacity broadband on-the-go for broadcasting live events, any-time...
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Debut: Link Microtek's New Microwave Feed Assembly for Ku-Band SATCOM Antenna Systems The Link Microtek assembly incorporates a feed arm, transmit and receive filters, a rotary joint and an orthomode transducer (OMT). In addition to ...
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On The DSEI Show Floor: PPM Systems Featuring Crossbow RF System and More... To be prominently featured will be the company’s Crossbow RF scanning/decode system for mission-critical electronic surveillance of the...
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On the IBC2019 Show Floor: Rohde & Schwarz to Launch New Satellite Uplink Amplifier Family In developing its new family of satellite amplifiers, Rohde & Schwarz’s goal was to substitute traditional tube technology with the latest advances in...
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August 23, 2019 SMC's Statement Regarding Successful Sendoff of the GPS III SV 2 Satellite Launch conducted a rigorous source selection to ensure the ULA Delta IV rocket met all mission requirements, which included examining every single piece of
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August 22, 2019 On the IBC2019 Show Floor: ViaLite's New ODE-MINI This is ViaLite’s smallest outdoor enclosure yet; the ODE-MINI. The IP65-rated enclosure houses two ViaLiteHD Blue OEM modules (including...
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Japanese Space Robotics Startup Firm GITAI Secures Fresh Funding The company said it targeted to raise as much as $10 million in this round from a number of funds and corporate investors...
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NSR's Smallsat Launch Vehicle Markets Analysis and Report Now Available This critical report includes extensive analysis of current smallsat launch initiatives, the main actors, customer segments, technologies, competitive...
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L3Harris Delivers the Eighth Navigation Payload for the USAF's GPS III Satellite to Lockheed Martin The GPS III navigation payload features a Mission Data Unit (MDU) with a unique 70-percent digital design that links atomic clocks, radiation-hardened...
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The 2019 ACOMMS Award for Vendor Innovation Goes to Speedcast The Speedcast SIGMA Gateway is an integrated connectivity management platform that seamlessly manages global VSAT, MSS, 4G/LTE, Wi-Fi, and...
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Artificial Cosmonaut Flying to ISS Aboard A Soyuz-2.1a Rocket The Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket blasted off from the Gagarin Start launch pad at the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at 06:38 Moscow time on...
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ULA's Delta IV Medium's Successful Last Launch and Statement Regarding U.S.A.F.'s GPS III SV02 Today's final sendoff of the Delta IV Medium+ configuration vehicle successfully launched the U.S.A.F.'s Global Positioning System III SV02
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Market Forecast Publishes Their Small Satellites Analysis and Report While all such satellites can be referred to as "small," different classifications are used to categorize them based on mass. Motivated by...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Propels GPS Satellite Constellation on Final Journey
Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion systems support every phase of mission; from boosting to decommissioning of the final mission for ULA's Delta IV
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BAE Systems RAD750™ Single Board Computers are Part of Payload On U.S.A.F.'s GPS III
“Security and reliability are key to ensuring warfighters can depend on GPS signals. Our rad-hard RAD750 processor can withstand radiation doses a million times stronger ....” Full Story
August 21, 2019 L-1 ULA's Dress Rehearsal for Launch of USAF's GPS III SV02 and a Peek Behind-the-Scenes Here's how the magic happens. First, it's not magic, and it doesn't 'just happen'. Those photos that document the launches require camera crews ...
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The 2019 Hyperspace Challenge Invites Tech Startups to Collaborate with Government Agencies A one-of-a-kind program, Hyperspace Challenge brings together technology startups and government innovators from around the country to collaborate...
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L3 Technologies Awarded U.S. Army Contract Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, with an estimated completion date of August 31, 2021...
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Astrome Gearing Up to Distribute Satellite Internet to Emerging Economies The company has designed a satellite constellation that will complement terrestrial fiber and support the expansion of 4G and upcoming 5G networks...
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New Solutions to Extend LTE Coverage via Helicopters and UAVs to be Developed by Hughes and Virtual Network Communications The new solutions support various global applications for government, militaries, first responders, and commercial MNOs...
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Get SAT and GRC Create a Strategic Cooperation Relationship The partners will usher in a new era of COTM powered by direct high bandwidth real-time video, audio and data communication...
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NASA Confirms Ocean Moon Mission ... Europa Clipper "We are all excited about the decision that moves the Europa Clipper mission one key step closer to unlocking the mysteries of this ocean world,"
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Midband Service Class Introduced with a New Iridium Certus™ Transceiver This new midband device, with L-band speeds ranging from 22 to 88 Kbps., will expand the reach of satellite services to new markets, ranging from...
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A Clipper Race that Takes Almost a Year to Complete Over Six Oceans ... AST Provides Satellite Communications Taking almost a year to complete the Clipper Race is a true endurance challenge that will see crew take on all that mother nature has to offer ...
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USAF Space and Missile Systems Center's Statement ... Thanks for the Delta IV Memories " ... we bid farewell and thank you to a launch vehicle with an excellent track record in the Delta IV ... look forward to this final, successful launch for this ULA mainstay,”
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August 20, 2019 Wireless Services Contract to Speedcast Government The contract will leverage Speedcast’s 2G/3G/4G network infrastructure, know-how and roaming partner relationships to provide services on...
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Earth Observation Breakthroughs Achieved by Orbital Micro Systems Along with improving temporal resolution, OMS’ technology has made a profound improvement in data clarity. Its spatial resolution of 15 km. — compared...
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New Executive Member Joins the Satellite Industry Association In July, Kuiper Systems filed a request with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for authority to launch and operate a...
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GITAI Announces Results of Funding Round to Achieve Sending "World's Greatest Robot Working in Space" “I have devoted my entire life to robots...I have one more childhood dream. And that is to create the first robot that works in space."Full Story
China's ChinaSat-18 Experiencing Anomalies The ChinaSat 18 satellite was launched at 8:03 p.m. (Beijing Time) on a Long March-3B carrier rocket from the...
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Thales Alenia Space Cameras to Capture Martian Surface Images During ExoMars 2020 Mission The two wide angle cameras (WAC), developed by Thales Alenia Space in Switzerland as prime contractor, will be directly integrated in PanCam...
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Lepton Global Receives USCG Satellite Services Support Contract The company will provide iDirect-based Ku-band satellite communications, including data and voice, to USCG Mobile Command Vehicles (MCVs) and...
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NASA Engineering Services Contract Awarded to The Aerospace Corporation Aerospace will provide NASA with highly specialized functional expertise to support mission success. In addition, the company will provide...
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August 19, 2019 Forrester Reports: SoftBank Writes Down Stake in OneWeb SoftBank, via its Vision Fund, has invested two major tranches of cash into OneWeb. As part of its initial funding, the company received around $1 billion...
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New Space Technologies Being Sought by Amazon Web Services and Deloitte in the Gravity Challenge in Adelaide The Gravity Challenge will bring together space thought leaders and businesses across eight industries to collaboratively solve real-world...
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China's Inaugural Smart Dragon-1 Rocket Launch is Successful The rocket, developed by the China Rocket Co. Ltd. affiliated to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT), blasted off from the...
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ISRO’s South Asia Satellite Ground Station in Bhutan is Inaugurated Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) GSAT-9 communications satellite, popularly known as the South Asia Satellite, launched in 2017 was...
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NASA Puts Alabama Center in Charge of Moon Lander Program, Drawing Texans’ Ire To be fair, Texas is getting a piece of the action in NASA’s Artemis moon program as well: NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston
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Iran Nears Completion of Their Pars 1 Satellite Pars 1 is passing the final steps in SRI. He added that the research center is planning to design and produce remote sensing satellite Pars 2 and in...
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FCC Dismisses ARRL, AMSAT Requests in Small Satellite Proceeding suggested that the FCC adopt a “a bright line test” to define and distinguish satellites that should be permitted to operate under Amateur Satellite rules.
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Seeking a PSLV Manufacturer is NewSpace India's Quest The company will initially outsource five PSLVs — Indian rockets that can lift light payloads to LEO some 600 km in space. NSIL has called a pre-bid...
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UPDATE: Rocket Lab Successfully Launches Their "Look Ma No Hands" Mission + USAF Comments Rocket Lab's Lift-off of the Look Ma, No Hands mission occurred at 12:12 UTC on August 19, 2019, from the company's ...
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IoT Coverage Across Australia to Improve Thanks to Myriota and Optus Business Agreement In a statement released on August 20, Myriota said the telco-nanosatellite agreement would offer low-cost, long battery life connectivity for millions of...
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ULA's Vulcan Centaur Rocket to Launch Astrobotic Payloads to the Moon Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander will launch on a Vulcan Centaur rocket from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in ...
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Metis Technology Solutions' New First VP of Space Programs ... He is Custom Made for the Job he provided day-to-day management of three NASA projects at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA Ames and for the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Viasat Selects Blue Canyon Technologies to Build MILSATCOM Smallsat for USAF Test Mission BCT announced plans on August 19 to build a 12-unit cubesat bus equipped with Viasat’s Link 16 terminal to be launched in 2020. U.S. military...
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August 18, 2019 State-Of-The-Art Event Space Opened by the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation The TEC will be a year-round resource for the geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) community and any organization interested in hosting events in...
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Proposals Selected by NASA for Smallsat Technologies Demos to Study Interplanetary Space Both proposals, funded at $400,000 for nine month mission concept studies, were selected based on potential technology and science value...
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Virgin Galactic Showcases Their Operations @ Spaceport America Virgin Galactic has unveiled the next step of moving the aerospace industry forward in New Mexico and is a vital step toward commercial space flight...
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Washington Space Business Roundtable's Upcoming SATCOM DoD Luncheon Featuring Subject-Matter Expert Speakers This panel of experts will share their perspectives on the next critical steps required to overhaul the acquisition methods to provide this critical...
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Forrester Reports: Türksat to Expand Their Satellite Fleet Turkey operates satellites at three different longitudes and is planning to place another, Türksat 5A, which is under manufacture, at 31 degrees East...
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August 15, 2019 An Array of Arrays ... Gateway Antenna Supports More Efficiently Multiple Moving LEO Satellites This company's innovative solution will change the real estate of the world of antennas. No more large antenna farms with parabolic dishes with ThinKom
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Solicitations for the U.S.A.F.'s Orbital Services Program (OSP)-4 Released by SMC OSP-4 is a follow-on to the OSP-3 contract that is set to expire in November. OSP-4 will allow for the rapid acquisition of launch services to...
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Turkey’s Active Communications Satellite Fleet to Grow to Six Turksat 5A is being made to earn new rights of frequencies. Turksat 5B, on the other hand, will increase the capacity at 42 degrees east longitude
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Oakman Aerospace Named to Inc.'s 5000 List The list represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s most dynamic segment — its independent small businesses...
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Lockheed Martin's Cyber Experts' New Model Standardizes Measurement Of Cybersecurity In Critical DoD Assets a first-of-its-kind model that standardizes how to measure the cyber resiliency maturity of a weapon, mission, and/or training system anywhere in its lifecycle
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August 14, 2019 First Time Ever, NASA Catches Impressive Shockwaves Bursting out of Sun An interplanetary shockwave bubbling and bursting out of the Sun has been captured on tape by NASA, for the first time ever. The jaw-dropping footage
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Spire Global to Collaborate with Concirrus for Maritime Insurance Analytics The company recently created Spire Maritime, which closed out 2018 with 160 percent year-over-year revenue growth. The new effort is pushing the...
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NASA's Hubble Telescope Snaps Two Galaxies Hurtling Towards Each Other NASA’S Hubble Space Telescope took this incredible portrait of the galactic duo UGC 2369 hurtling closer and closer to one another – a faith the Milky Way will one day suffer.
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Forrester Reports: Viasat-4 Now in the Works The current plan is to see the first ViaSat-3 (which can handle 1 Terabit/second traffic) launched for service over the US early in 2021, and a...
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VORAGO Technologies' Latch-Up IC Grant Award by NASA The new project to create a radiation-hardened Latch-up protection IC is consistent with VORAGO’s technology expertise and commercial ...
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Frost & Sullivan Release Global Space Industry Outlook Analysis for 2019 and Beyond Frost & Sullivan latest analysis, Global Space Industry Outlook, 2019 and Beyond, explores key questions such as what drives the market? What are...
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PPM Systems' Has a New Business Development Manager ... His Experience is in Military/Defense Paul’s experience is ideally suited to the company’s main markets, which are in the government and military/defense sectors.
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Putting a Satellite on a Pedestal ... Hiltron's New HMAM-PM Polar Mount Motorized RXO Satellite Antenna a new member in the Hiltron family of ;motorized antenna pedestals that's affordable and easy to install, and possesses all the remote control capabilities
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August 13, 2019 Modular in Space ... Oakman Aerospace and ArsUltra Partner to Develop Modular Spacecraft Solution These two companies are investigating collaborating on the development of Modular Open System Architectures modular spacecraft for commercial use
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Coming October 21 in DC ... The 70th International Astronautical Congress Earth’s coasts play an ever-increasing role in the economy of nations, ecology of oceans and health of both. Nearly 40 percent of the world’s human...
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Meeting the Needs for Expanded Space Missions ... ULA's Vulcan Centaur Rocket Ships to Florida Late in 2020 In the factory, the fabrication of the structure for the first Vulcan Centaur rocket continues, and the team recently completed the booster structural ...
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History Making ICEYE Releases Spotlight Smallsat SAR Imagery The new Spotlight imaging capability builds on ICEYE’s history-making, first small SAR satellite launch in January of 2018. Since that date, the company...
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Canada Grants Fourth Patent ... SEAKR® Engineering for Advanced RF Processing ASIC Tech This technology provides highly integrated ADC, DSP, DAC, and digital IO functions implemented with design enhancements for improved radiation...
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Customers Will Switch as MTI Teleport and The Switch Partner Up The move makes it easier and more cost-effective for customers of the Switch and MTI to acquire live feeds and distribute content seamlessly via a...
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Final Four Site Candidates Selected by NASA for the OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission Since its arrival in December 2018, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has mapped the entire asteroid in order to identify the safest and most ...
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Speedcast to Support Sasol's O&G Efforts in Mozambique This contract marks Speedcast’s first project for this South African-based customer and the sixth project in Mozambique, where Speedcast was the...
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The International Astronautical Federation and GK Launch Services Offer a Free Ride for a 1U Cubesat A joint IAF – GK Launch Services Selection Board will review the applications and select the winner, who will be announced at the IAC 2019...
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Maxar is Now Celebrating the Company's 100th EarthWatch Subscription - Webinar Set for August 14 Launched one year ago, EarthWatch allows customers to view, stream, download and exploit imagery from Maxar’s 100-petabyte library and...
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ManTech International Corporation Acquires H2M Group as Well as Their Intelligence Analysis Expertise This acquisition strengthens ManTech’s ability to help key government agencies implement new automation techniques that enable intelligence...
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DARPA Enlists ... BAE Systems to Develop Machine Learning Capabilities for Space Scenarios The team will build on Phase 1 work of the program, and continue to leverage the decade-long development of the company's...
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August 12, 2019 Spire Global and Kleos Space Engage in Technology Association for Maritime Safety Kleos and Spire have entered into an agreement to cooperate on creating enhanced tools for maritime safety. The effort will support and augment ...
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Swiss Epic Mountain Bike Racers Get Globalstar Gen3 Satellite Trackers The Swiss Epic takes place from August 20 to 24, 2019, and covers 358 km., including 11,900 m of arduous uphill climbing. Now in its sixth year...
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Kleos Space to Address Market Demand with Orbit Change The 37 degree orbital inclination gives the Kleos’ Scouting Mission1 cluster of four satellites improved data collection by a factor of between 2 and 4.5 times...
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Lasers and Machine Guns: Why Russia Should Fear France’s Killer Satellites “If our satellites are threatened, we envisage blinding those of our enemies. We will judge the moment and the means of retaliation.”Full Story
Smallsat Satellite Tracking Service Debuts from LeoLabs LeoTrack, delivered as a web-based subscription, promises satellite operators a full range of monitoring capabilities, including precision tracking...
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Newtec @ IBC 2019— OTT and All-IP Newgathering Apps to be Demo'd Newtec will demonstrate how growing traffic can be minimized by blending satellite and terrestrial communication links as well as how the Newtec...
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A Series of Satellites Will Be Launched to Identify the Largest Producers of Greenhouse Gases The production of greenhouses gases like methane often get underestimated. These satellites could provide more accurate readings.
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Sky Muster™ Plus Rolls Out from NBN Co First announced in November of 2018, Sky Muster™ Plus was developed in consultation with NBN Co’s industry partners and existing Sky Muster™...
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LeoLabs Unveils Commercial Satellite Tracking Service for Smallsat and Cubesat Operators LeoTrack promises satellite operators a range of monitoring capabilities, including precision tracking of satellites, orbital state vectors, real-time orbit visualisation and more.
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Forrester Reports: EchoStar + DISH Network Merger Underway and AsiaSat's Numbers Based on the number of shares of EchoStar Class A and Class B common stock outstanding on August 8th, 2019, EchoStar stockholders would...
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August 11, 2019 Vector's First is Small ... a USAF Launch Contract for Small Launch Tasking The ASLON-45 Space Vehicle (SV) manifest will consist of multiple 3U and larger U.S. Government cubesats to LEO at a 45 degree inclination, with all ....
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NSR Releases New Report on U.S. C-Band Spectrum Repurposing for 5G NSR’s U.S. C-Band Spectrum Repurposing for 5G: Impacts and Analysis builds on more than 19 years of NSR reporting and forecasting for U.S. C-Band...
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OneWeb's Global Ku- and Ka-Band Spectrum is Secured OneWeb’s satellites have been transmitting at the designated frequencies in the correct orbit for more than 90 days, enabling OneWeb to meet the ...
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Indonesian VHTS Monitoring Solution Contract for Kratos Defense & Security Solutions To help PSN assure the highest level of Quality of Service (QoS) for customers and to track Service Level Agreements (SLAs), Kratos is...
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Inmarsat Enhances Fleet Xpress Service ... to Triple Their Satellite Number by 2023 With an increasing number of superyachts, megayachts and expedition vessels embarking on worldwide itineraries that include more remote regions
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Kymeta Products Now on Contract with United States Special Operations Command This contract places Kymeta on USSOCOM Special Operations Forces Deployable Node (SDN) Lite and is designed to support the procurement of...
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Viasat's IFC Solution Selected by JetBlue for New Airbus Aircraft JetBlue and Viasat have maintained a long-lasting partnership, first launching the Viasat-powered Fly-Fi in-flight Wi-Fi service in December of ...
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August 9, 2019 A TWEET Statement from USAF Space and Missile Systems Center ... AEHF-5 Successfully Launches "Jumping for joy after a successful launch and separation"
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August 8, 2019 Rocket Lab Working on Recovery and Reuse of Their Electron Launch Vehicle Work on Rocket Lab’s Electron first stage reuse program began in late 2018, at the end of the company’s first year of orbital launches. The plan to...
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Manifest Agreement with Firefly Aerospace Signed by Benchmark Space Systems Firefly and Benchmark Space have each completed extensive development and testing of their respective technologies and are primed for space. For...
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Goaana Ag is Set to Deliver IoT Rainfall Data to Farmers In Australia via Myriota's Satellite Network South Australian satellite communications company Myriota and Queensland AgTech business Goanna Ag have partnered to develop the ‘everywhere’ ...
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Spaceflight Inc. Purchases First Commercial SSLV Mission from NewSpace India Limited Spaceflight has already sold-out the entire manifest for this secured SSLV-D2 launch with spacecraft from an undisclosed U.S.-based satellite...
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Momentus and NanoRacks Plan First Commercial Airlock to Launch Smallsats From the ISS Over the past few years, NewSpace pioneer NanoRacks has deployed more than 200 satellites from the International Space Station and...
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's Secondary Mirror Deploys for the First Time at Northrop Grumman Clean Room This milestone marks another major interaction of the Observatory (Optical Telescope and Integrated Science Instrument [OTIS] module and the...
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Astroscale Appoints New SVP of Programs and Operations She brings many years of space technology management, operations and engineering expertise to the Astroscale team. This includes strong...
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Getting Ready for European Launches ... Orbex and Innovative Space Logistics Sign Agreement unveiled a dedicated smallsat launcher, up to 30 percent lighter and 20 percent more efficient than any other vehicle in the micro launcher category.
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UPDATE: They're 'Talking' ... USAF's 4th Space Ops is in Communications with Lockheed Martin's AEHF-5 Satellite The squadron began “flying” the satellite shortly after it separated from its United Launch Alliance Atlas V 551 rocket approximately 5 hours and 40 minutes...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Pushes AEHF-5 to Orbit In addition to the five AJ-60A solid rocket motors that helped to lift the Atlas V off the launch pad, Aerojet Rocketdyne provided the RL10C-1...
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August 7, 2019 Euroconsult Reports Smallsat Markets Prospects Report While the growth is led by large constellations such as OneWeb, SpaceX’s Starlink and Amazon’s Project Kuiper, the findings show that the smallsat ...
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RBC Signals Rolls Out New X-Band Downlink Service for EO Satellite Operators Designed as an affordable means for downlinking large data volumes, RBC Signals Xpress employs the robust and highly efficient RBC Signals global...
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Orbital Debris Solutions to be Tested by TriSept, Rocket Lab and Tethers Unlimited TriSept Corporation has signed comprehensive launch service agreements with Millennium Space Systems and Rocket Lab to support a unique...
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U.S. Air Force Experimental Smallsat Rideshare Payload will be Aboard the ULA AEHF-5 Launch Later this Week The main payload is the fifth Lockheed Martin-built Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite, or AEHF-5. For this mission, the U.S. Air Force...
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NanoAvionics is Making Major Moves into the U.S. In the competitive small satellite market, NanoAvionics is growing rapidly. In the last year, the company has doubled its staff and revenues jumped four...
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Launch from Scotland Planned for 2022 by In-Space Missions via Orbex Prime Launch Vehicle Faraday-2b will be the largest of In-Space’s commercial Early Service/In-Orbit Demonstrator (IOD) missions to date. Its space-as-a-service Faraday...
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Web Industries' Center of Excellence for Thermal Insulation to Open in 2020 The 10,000-square-foot Center will support Web’s strategy of providing a broad array of thermal insulation products for space/satellite applications...
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Massive Overtime ... Fifty Million Successful Operating Hours in Space for Northrop Grumman's HRG Sensor The HRG is a key element in Northrop Grumman’s Scalable Space Inertial Reference Unit (SSIRU™), a navigation system providing...
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Solar Production to be Increased by Alta Devices for Smallsat Applications Solar is the single most expensive hardware component in a smallsat. Alta Devices has developed proprietary equipment to mass produce its thin film...
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L1 - Weather Good So Far for Early Morning Launch of ULA's Atlas V 551 for Air Force's AEHF-5 AEHF is a joint-service satellite communications system providing survivable, global, secure, protected and jam-resistant communications for high-priority military assets.
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SpaceX Successfully Launches Spacecom's AMOS-17 Satellite The satellite’s digital processing capabilities provide connectivity between all of AMOS-17’s beams in all available bands in any combination.
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HawkEye 360 Garners Millions In Series B Financing With this Series B financing, HawkEye 360 will focus on scaling its business to provide the fastest and most relevant RF analytics in the market to...
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The Aerospace Corporation's AeroCube-10 Smallsat Successfully Deployed Each pair of AeroCube-10 1.5-unit cubesats measures 10 x 10 x 15 centimeters, and each unit in the pair has virtually identical shapes and...
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Samsung and KT Sky Life Transmit 8K Video Data Successfully via Satellite The H.265 standard was employed, which is 50% more efficient than the H.264 standard, to compress the video data. The data was then transmitted...
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U.S. Air Force Space Command's Pearl White Smallsats to be Launched by Rocket Lab The launch will occur at the Rocket Lab Launch Complex-1 near Mahia, New Zealand. The program goal is to design, develop, launch and operate...
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Get Ready, Get Set ... GO-1... Arianespace's Fast Track, Shorter Ride, to Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit most of such launches depend on a lead customer who could delay the flight, this offers each customer and satellite a ‘place of honor’ aboard the flight
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U.S. DoD Awards Contracts to United Launch Services and Northrop Grumman This modification provides for launch vehicle production services for National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Launch Mission Three, the last of..
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August 6, 2019 SES is the First ... Will Adopt Open Network Automation Platform and Power With Amdocs Technology With this announcement, SES is the first satellite network solutions provider to adopt ONAP, an open software platform designed for orchestrating the...
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Capella Space's Reality is ... They Addvalue With Inmarsat for Real-time Tasking Inmarsat's network enables satellite uplink and downlink services to task any satellite in Capella's constellation in any location in the world in real-time.
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Announcement at Small Satellite Conference ... Orbit Ships Their 45th Gaia 100 Compact Ground Station Innovative and simplified approach to ground stations provides a unique new capability for the quickly growing LEO and MEO services segments
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Japan to Create Military Space Unit The main task of the unit will be to monitor space debris, threats of attacks or interference by other countries satellites. As the Japanese Self Defence...
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Vice President of Commercial Aviation Appointed by OneWeb He delivers 20 years of aviation experience to OneWeb, the last 15 of which were spent in the aircraft connectivity sector, most recently with Inmarsat for ...
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Arianespace’s Successful Launch of Flight VA249 ... Mission for Global Telecommunications was a daytime liftoff providing an excellent view of the launcher’s initial trajectory including separation of the two solid propellant boosters at just over
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Statement from Maxar...1300-Class Communications Satellite Built for Intelsat Performing According to Plan After Launch
Intelsat will use the satellite to deliver video distribution and connectivity services to its broadband network, mobility and government customers
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Russian Military Launches Kosmos-2539 Satellite The Proton-M carrier rocket was launched from the Baikonur spaceport in Kazakhstan at 00:56 Moscow Time. At 1:01am, the Russian Aerospace...
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August 5, 2019 New Constellation for UNSEENLABS and Ridesharing for BlackSky and U.S. Air Force Space Command by Rocket Lab The mission — named ‘Look Ma, No Hands’ — will lift-off in August from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, carrying a total of four satellites aboard...
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Wavestream's $7 Million Contract to Deliver Comms-On-The-Halt for U.S. Army's WIN-T Program WIN-T was established to provide anytime, anywhere connectivity via the U.S. DoD’s WGS satellite network. Wavestream’s Solid State Amplifier...
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Rohde & Schwarz's Successful Satellite Field Trial of Uplink Amplifier MBS installed the amplifier outdoors in a real uplink system in order to test its mechanical and electrical integration. The Hessian service provider...
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Kratos Constellations Podcasts Scheduled for Upcoming Smallsat Event in Utah Kratos initiated its “Constellations” podcasts in the Fall of 2017 to bring together key influencers and thought leaders in the satellite and space...
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Forrester Reports: Russia Refuses Approval for OneWeb Satellite Signals OneWeb had applied to the Russian State Commission for Radio Frequencies to approve the use of OneWeb’s signals. Specialist publication...
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Commercial Applications Development MOU Signed Between KLEOS Space and EarthLab Luxembourg Kleos and EarthLab aim to use geolocation and activity-based intelligence data from the Kleos ‘Scouting mission’ cluster of nano-satellites launching...
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Valve Issues ... SpaceX Delays Launch of Amos-17 Satellite scheduled to take place almost three years after Spacecom's Amos-6 satellite was lost in an explosion on the launchpad of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in September 2016.
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Countdown to Wednesday's Launch ... Ariane 5 is Fully Integrated With Intelsat 39 and EDRS-C Satellites It will also provide government entities with the ability to expand connectivity to more remote areas and continue to narrow the digital divide.
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CPI Acquires SATCOM Technologies from General Dynamics Mission Systems This business will complement CPI's existing portfolio of communications products for government, military and commercial applications...
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Gilat Satellite Networks Flies High with IFC Milestone for Aero Modems The high-speed, satellite-based, global connectivity service being developed will be enabled by Gilat’s aero terminal...
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Three Spacecraft to Launch Aboard Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket through Spaceflight's Mission Management Process This mission marks Spaceflight’s fifth launch of 2019. In addition to the “Make It Rain” mission in June, it follows the successful launch and...
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Forrester Reports: Arqiva to Disassemble? Arqiva is responsible for transmitting the UK’s terrestrial television and radio signals. Its satellite uplinking business — which has struggled to be...
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L-3 Readiness Review for ULA's Launch of AEHF-5 for U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center Weather report for Thursday's launch looks good so far, but then Florida's weather this time of year can come with surprises.
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August 4, 2019 Space Insurance Costs to Rocket After Satellite Crash The insurance loss for the rocket and satellite represents the largest recorded loss in the space market, satellite analysis firm Seradata said.
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RUAG Space Supplies the Brain and Heat Protection for the EDRS-C Satellite The “brain” (onboard computer) of the latest satellite, called EDRS-C, was delivered from RUAG Space to the satellite builder...
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Sasol Selects Speedcast for Solutions and Support to Provide Fully-Managed Communications in Mozambique to account for potential harsh weather with C-band VSAT connectivity and terrestrial fiber optic backhaul, satellite phones and a terrestrial radio ...
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ResearchAndMarkets.com's Global Satellite Ground Station Equipment Market 2019-2023 analysis includes these ground station equipment companies: EchoStar Corp., Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd, NovelSat, Viasat Inc., and VT iDirect Inc.
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From Apps On Your Phone To Satellites In The Sky, A New Program Looks Into The Ethics Of Mapping As with many new technologies, ethics are often discussed after the fact. A new program ... encourages people to start dialoging about the ethics of geospatial technologies
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Lease Option Agreed Upon for Space Hub Sutherland in Scotland Representatives of Melness Crofters Estate (MCE) and HIE signed the agreement on July 31 and this accord secures the option for HIE to lease...
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August 2, 2019 Comtech Command & Control Technologies Group Bringing Antenna Tech to Utah Show Specifically designed for LEO and MEO satellite tracking in support of Earth Observation (EO), Remote Sensing, and Telemetry, Tracking and Command (“TT&C”)...
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Hula Girl's Transpacific Yacht Race from L.A. to Hawaii Included an Iridium Phone for Critical Comms Organized by the Transpacific Yacht Club, the race started on July 10 at from Point Fermin located at St. Pedro Bay in Southern California. The yachts crossed the finish line at Diamond Head 11 days later — this...
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August 1, 2019 New Acting Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center He's Been Deputy Center Director He began his career at Goddard in 1983 as the Lead Spacecraft Battery Systems Engineer. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical...
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World Teleport Association's Operator Benchmarks 2019 Report The Benchmarks study got its start from concerns among teleport operators about direct competition from their satellite vendors for managed service...
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Ultra DTH Signs on the EUTELSAT 65 West A Satellite for Coverage in the Caribbean and the Andean Regions Ultra DTH will leverage EUTELSAT 65 West A’s Ku-band coverage to reach millions of households in the Caribbean and the Andean territories. Channel...
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The iDirect Platform Selected by Mainstream Data for their Business Expansion The additional satellite IP networking infrastructure will enable Mainstream Data to meet growing connectivity demand from both existing and new...
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By the Slice ... Aitech’s Multi-Core Remote I/O Subsystem Ports Linux OS With Eight Expansion 'Slices' This modular small form factor RIU internally networks up to eight expansion modules – or ‘slices’ – for extremely high density and low power in a compact
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Defense Logistics Agency Awards Viasat with Small, Tactical Terminals Contract ... Maximum $28 Million Location of performance is California, with a May 30, 2024, performance ...
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NASA Researchers Visit to Nome to Focus on Satellites, Yukon River Plume “I’m not quite sure how they find me. But it was interesting when I got a call from NASA this winter and I was able to say, ‘Hey, I’ve got to take this (call), it’s NASA calling.’''
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Satellite Industry Association's Kudos to FCC Re: Streamlining Smallsat Regulations ... Includes FCC's Statement A government enterprise that is actually making a process easier and cheaper? That's what has happened with the FCC's latest action ...
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Kubos and RUAG Space Develop "Ready-to-Fly" Computer Systems for Megaconstellations The two companies announced on July 31 an agreement to work together to offer constellation developers “ready-to-fly” computer systems, with...
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Blue Canyon's Contract is Extended ... Continues to Operate the TEMPEST-D and HaloSat Satellites The contract extensions reflect the performance of BCT hardware and the firm’s ability to operate missions and deliver mission data to the firm's...
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Arianespace and SpaceX Plan to Support the Smallsat Launch Markets Two of the largest commercial launch providers separately have announced plans to provide dedicated launches of smallsats...
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Forrester Reports: HughesNet Receives $190 Million Award from OneWeb OneWeb is in the process of building 650 broadband satellites that will start to be launched at the end of this year. HughesNet will supply a...
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