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May 30, 2018 Inmarsat's European Aviation Network WiFi for Business Aviation Market to Debut in Early 2019 EAN is the world’s first inflight WiFi solution that integrates connectivity from a satellite, operated by Inmarsat, and an LTE-based ground network...
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SMi's Upcoming 20th Annual Global MilSatCom Conference in London This important conference is timely as the world becomes more conflicted, and space becomes increasingly crowded with satellites.
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Gogo Becomes Best-in-Class when Selected by Iridium as VAM Service Provider for Iridium Certus Enabled by Iridium NEXT, Iridium Certus will deliver the fastest L-band broadband speeds on the market, eventually of approximately 1.4Mbps.
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A Family of Dual Sector Antennas for Wireless Nets Debuts fro KP Performance Antennas KP’s line of dual sector antennas is made up of seven models, each consisting of two or more sector antennas inside a single, rugged radome...
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Gogo's Newest Member ... He is Vice President of Investor Relations He also served as the wireless analyst at a large global tech-focused hedge fund with assets of approximately $5 billion.
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Branson and Team Witness VSS Unity's Second Successful Test Flight The focus of this flight was to expand the company's understanding of the spaceship’s supersonic handling characteristics and control system’s ...
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New Speakers are Announced by GVF-EMP for Session at 5G and IoT World Event The one-day ‘Cellular Backhaul 2018’ program comes as 5G is in process of being realized, and has, as of the date of this information, attracted...
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ResearchAndMarkets Has Published Their Global Military Satellite Market Report and Analysis Military satellites are a measure of the nation's military strength, operability, and the ability to attack or defend itself. These satellites give the military...
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Yahsat's Al Yah-3 Satellite Completes On Orbit Testing The satellite will expand Yahsat’s Ka-band coverage to 19 additional markets across Africa covering 60 percent of the population and marks Yahsat’s...
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How a South African Company's Hardware Will End Up On the Far Side of the Moon ...to detect low frequency 21-cm hydrogen line emissions from the ‘dark ages’ period of the universe before stars began to shine.
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Managed Services for the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System to be Provided by SES Under the agreement, SES will provide Spaceopal with services to support the maintenance and seamless operations of the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)...
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May 29, 2018 Report Regarding U.S. Department of Defense Prepares for Conflict Expected to Take Place Above Earth ... in Space It's a sobering thought and though some would prefer to not think about 'it', that is not what the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) is doing.
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Both a New Launch Window and Manifest Additions for Rocket Lab Mission ‘It’s Business Time’ will launch from Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand, the world’s only private orbital launch facility. The site is licensed...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne's Reliable Thrusters Enable Cygnus to Arrive at International Space Station “With more than 3,000 of our MR-106 thrusters flown, this thruster has become the industry workhorse for reaction control propulsion.”
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Thales Alenia Space and SCNTPL Polish Technology Center Partner to Create Panels for Spacebus' NEO Thales Alenia Space has placed an initial order with SCNTPL, to provide structural panels for its Spacebus NEO platform.
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Spacecom Voids Deal for AMOS-8 With California-Based Satellite Manufacturer Loral a result of the accident, Spacecom lost a $95 million deal with Facebook and a planned $285 million acquisition by Shanghai-listed telecommunications ...
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Orbital Micro Systems' CEO to Present at the NewSpace Atlantic Summit In the session, “Space Infrastructures and Actionable Intelligence from Space,” Hosack will highlight a private-public partnership bein...
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Bangladesh Plans to Launch Bangabandhu-2 Even Before Bangabandhu-1 Begins Tasks in Space Project director of Bangabandhu-1 Mezbahuzzaman said after reaching its orbital slot both of its ground stations are receiving signals from the satellite.
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The Space CARBon Observatory Project Finds Airbus Leading a European Consortium of Companies The project aims at solving a key challenge of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) monitoring from Space: improvement of the temporal revisit...
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Tribute ... How a Bean Became a Moon Walking NASA Astronaut and Accomplished Artist "Up there, I weighed only 50. So I could prance around on my toes. It was quite easy to do. Buzz and Neil on the Moon...were bouncing around a lot."
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Satcom Global's Aura VSAT Service Selected by Zodiac Maritime To date, 36 vessels are live on the Aura network enjoying reliable high-speed communications and upwards of 80 will be installed on Zodiac-managed vessels...
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Berg Insight Releases Their New Airport Asset Tracking Systems Report Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.5 percent, the active installed base is estimated to reach close to 0.3 million units...
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Rockwell Collins’ Expanded Cabin Portfolio Selected for First Airbus ACJ320neo VIP Aircraft AMAC and Acropolis selected Rockwell Collins’ Venue™ HD cabin management and entertainment system to provide their passengers with an...
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New Head of the China National Space Administration Named The announcement that Zhang Kejian would take on the role was made on May 24. Zhang also becomes the head of the State Administration for ...
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Embraer Selects Viasat's Global Aero Terminal 5510 for their Executive Jets Viasat will be the Ka-band broadband satellite connectivity provider on the Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 airframes. Aircraft will be equipped with...
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Airbus' Major 40 Million Euros NATO Comms Contract The NATO Communications Infrastructure project will replace a major part of the NATO General Communications System (NGCS), involving 72 NATO ...
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It's About Time ... and Orolia's Atomic Clocks Awarded 26M Euros Contract for Galileo's Global Navigation System Orolia will supply its Spectratime Rubidium Atomic Frequency Standard and its Passive Hydrogen Masers physics package for an additional 12 Galileo ...
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May 25, 2018 ICEYE Garners Additional Series B Funding for the Firm's SAR Satellites ICEYE’s Series B funding includes backing from previous investors True Ventures, Draper Nexus, Draper Associates, Seraphim Capital and Space Angels Network...
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May 24, 2018 AGI and Thoth Bringing the Algonquin Radio Observatory into SSA Realms Unlike other commercial radars, the ARO is capable of tracking objects at Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and beyond. Until now, all radars with ...
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Cooperation Scores Among SES, M7 Group and NPO/NOS and 8K TV First Broadcast Showcase The World Cup matches will be delivered live in native Ultra HD to all of M7 Group’s Canal Digitaal subscribers - plus, SES has an 8K TV demo upcoming...
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Airbus' GRACE-FO Satellites Successfully Soar From California ... Now the Work Begins The satellites constantly measure the distance between each other to within a few microns using a microwave system built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion ...
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Brown University Goes 'Cubist' and Sends Rhode Island's First Satellite Soaring The satellite cost just $3,776 to make. The team bought the parts off the internet ... they built the solar panels from scrap pieces of larger panels.
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Airborne Video Downlink Solutions from IMT Vislink for the U.S.A.F. The contract calls for the supply of transmit and receive systems, ground-based units designed to display real-time video imagery taken by aerial...
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Hard WORK Proves to be Profitable With New SatCom Solutions As one of the industry's first SatCom solutions providers to support the full V-band spectrum and the market leader in frequency converters ...
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Testing Just Completed of Sky & Space Global's Commercial M2M / IoT / Data Transfer with Globalsat Group With this final testing phase complete, management is in advanced commercial discussions with Globalsat, with the objective to work on a...
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ORBCOMM Offers IoT Apps Durability and Versatility with SATCOM Terminals With a built-in antenna, the ST 6100 is suitable for use in land and marine applications and features a built-in accelerometer, expanded memory...
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NanoRacks Launches 15 SmallSats The NanoRacks External Cygnus Deployer (ENRCSD) is installed on the exterior of the Cygnus service module with the capability to deploy satellites...
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Iridium's NEXT Satellites are Tuned in and Turned On Scott Smith, COO at Iridium said that the team at Iridium's Satellite Network Operations Center (SNOC) has only positive news to share ...
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BAE Systems’ OpsView™ Improves Safety in Schools and Critical Infrastructures ... Translates Into Lives Saved “We believe that a first responder will now be capable of ... communicating across response disciplines, which can translate into lives saved.”
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Roccor's ROC™ FALL End of Life Solution is a Real Drag IADC's 25-year deorbit lifetime mandate brings companies' with practical and affordable solutions to the space debris problem that often has dire outcomes. Full Story
May 23, 2018 RF-Design Travels with Their New Fourth Amplifier Generation to CommunicAsia 2018 HQ series come as single, quad or 1:1 redundant amplifiers and units with integrated 8-way, 16-way, 24-way or 32-way splitters are available in ...
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Iridium's Sixth Successful Iridium® NEXT Launch With 55 in Orbit, 20 More to Go "With every successful launch, we are one step closer to Iridium NEXT being fully operational, which officially starts a new age of satellite connectivity.
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AireonSM's Celebration of Good News... System Deployment and New Member of Their Ownership Family "The addition of NATS to our ownership group is an undeniably significant show of the importance of what Aireon is bringing to the industry,
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Thales Alenia Space Builds 'em ... More of Their NEXT Satellites in Orbit for Iridium's® NEXT Constellation “Fifty-five Iridium® NEXT satellites are now in orbit and performance is exceeding expectations."
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Globecomm Signs On For Tipco Maritime Fleet Comms In undertaking a review of its communications systems, Tipco identified a need to make better use of its onboard equipment, improve visibility of...
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Boeing and Motorola Sign STEM Students Showing Support in Chicago Students will sign STEM Letters of Intent at City Hall in downtown Chicago during a ceremony attended by elected officials and business and...
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SATCOM and Space Contracts Awarded to Kratos Defense & Security Solutions The awards include Kratos products and services across a wide variety of technology application domains that are critical to defending space...
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CPN Satellite Services and Hughes Debut an Advanced LTE-BGAN M2M Dual Mode Terminal The new generation terminal significantly increases reliability for sites transmitting high-value data, whether in urban or rural environments...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Heats Up for Lunar Robotic Missions With Low-Cost, High Thrust Space Engine
thrusters have propelled spacecraft to every planet in the solar system and interstellar space, and provided landing propulsion for Mars and asteroid ...
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VITEC to Showcase High-Quality, Low-Bandwidth Tactical Video Solutions at Eurosatory 2018 ...ISR and Homeland Security video streaming and solutions with the smallest quad-channel HEVC encoder and military-grade IPTV Portal.
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Northrop Grumman Obtains Contract Mod for DMSP Sensor Sustainment This contract modification provides for the exercise of an option for sensor sustainment of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program on orbit ...
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NOAA's GOES-17 Satellite Encountering "Performance Issues" A team of experts from NOAA, NASA, the ABI contractor team and industry are investigating the issue and pursuing multiple courses of possible...
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May 22, 2018 Iridium Communications' Network Now Recognized by the International Maritime Organization This is a significant achievement that ends a decades-long satellite industry monopoly in which only one company was authorized to provide satellite...
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BridgeSat’s Agreement with ICEYE Provides Laser Satellite Terminals and Data Services to Microsatellite SAR Constellation "...pioneers seek out other pioneers to change the world. They’re the first to commercialize laser-based free space optical communication and ... "
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World Teleport Association Elects Four New Directors “We are fortunate to be able to attract this caliber of senior leader to WTA’s Board of Directors,” said executive director Robert Bell. “They span the full...
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Ohio State University's First Smallsat Launched Project leader Joel Johnson, a professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering at Ohio State, stated that the growth of man-made...
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NewSpace Systems Celebrates the Need for New Space and More than Two Million Operational In-Orbit Hours recently celebrated a momentous milestone when its NRWA-T065 Reaction Wheel Product reached over 2 million operational hours in-orbit.
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Parsons Bringing Polaris Alpha Into the Company's Business Family Parsons’ agreement to acquire Polaris Alpha, from private equity firm Arlington Capital Partners, is the latest in the company’s series of strategic...
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Spacecom Gathers Capacity Contract for their Upcoming Amos-17 Satellite The capacity contract is for a period of four years and will access the satellite's Ka-band capabilities. In addition to what are termed collaborative ...
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Live Demos on Telesat's Phase 1 LEO Satellite Now Underway Testing of Telesat’s Phase 1 LEO is an important milestone in the company’s plans to deploy a global LEO constellation that will, according to...
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Successfully Launches Iridium-6 and GRACE-FO Satellites GRACE-FO’s interferometer will detect changes in distance ... changes on the order of 100 times narrower than a human hair.
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From Ireland to California Arralis' New Ka-Band Phase Shifters are Revealed at Space Tech Expo Ka-band antennas are 400 percent smaller than Ku-band rivals opening consumer and connected vehicle markets to high data rate and low latency ...
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May 21, 2018 Support for Satellite Based Systems SATCOM Infrastructure Awarded by U.S. Army to IAP Worldwide Services Work will be performed in Cape Canaveral, Florida, with an estimated completion date of May 21, 2019...
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Inmarsat Reaffirms Humanitarian Response to UN Crisis Connectivity Charter improving their access to vital satellite-based communications when local networks are affected, destroyed or overloaded after a disaster.
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The SpaceDataHighway Accomplishes 10,000 Successful Laser Connections total data transferred is equivalent to around 100 million MP3 music files, the transmission capacity of the SpaceDataHighway goes far beyond that ...
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Global Disaster Relief Charter Signed by Major Satellite Industry Actors and the U.N. Under the contribution agreements, the Charter Signatories are now committing satellite equipment and capacity that will be dedicated for ...
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Back to Work They Go as United Launch Alliance's IAM Employees Approve New Contract The new contract covers 600 bargaining unit employees from District Lodges #75, #166, including Locals #44, #610 and #2786 performing work on the ...
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Lockheed Martin's Satellite for U.S. Air Force Passes Extreme Tests of Advanced Extremely High Frequency Satellite simulated the vibrations generated by a rocket propelling its payload from zero to over 17,500 miles per hour in under eight minutes.
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UAE Space Agency and Universities Organize the Preliminary Design of MeznSat will provide insight into the concentration of nutrients in the coastal waters of the Arabian Gulf, enabling more accurate predictions of algal blooms ...
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COTM and First Responder Comms to be Demo'd by Microsoft and Kymeta @ 2018 SOFIC The companies will be jointly demonstrating end-to-end communications and network on the edge with Microsoft’s patrol and tactical vehicles...
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ResearchAndMarkets.com's Assessment of the Current Dynamics for Pricing FSS Capacity ... with double-digit capacity pricing declines over the last 2-3 years, video applications have also been impacted.
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The 5G-Crosshaul Project is Successfully Completed by NEC and 20 Leading Actors The 5G-Crosshaul consortium was selected in 2015 to develop a 5G integrated backhaul and fronthaul transport network that enables a flexible...
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The Global Satellite Modem Market Analyzed in New Technavio Report highlights the high preference for MEO and LEO over GEO satellites as one of the key emerging trends to drive the global satellite modem market ...
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NASA's UPDATE: Successful Orbital ATK Cygnus™ Launch to ISS Includes Lab that Creates Temperature 10 Billion Times Colder than Space new Cold Atom Lab (CAL) on Cygnus could help answer some big questions. CAL creates a temperature 10 billion times colder than the vacuum of space,
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Lunar Comms Satellite Plus Two Smallsats Launched by China The Chang’e-4 relay satellite, accompanied by two microsatellites, lifted off atop a Long March 4C rocket from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre at ...
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Made In Space's Archinaut In-Space Robotic Manufacturing and Assembly Platform Gains a NASA Proposal Request Archinaut was initially awarded under STMD’s Tipping Point program, which was established to fund public-private partnerships to achieve NASA’s goals...
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University of Nairobi Encourages Others to Participate in Space Technology After Successful Satellite Launch It is the first outer space object registered by Kenya and the first Kenyan Satellite that has gone into space orbit.
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Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) to Attend Two Industry Conferences with New Smallsat Technologies In Hand SFL, which was established in 1998 as a self-sustaining specialty lab at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), has...
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iDirect Government and Team Members Roll Out Their TRASC Airborne SATCOM Offering @ SOFIC Designed for C-130 military transport aircraft, TRASC is a turnkey solution that brings together best-in-class, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)...
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SatADSL's Partner Camtel Connect Cameroon's Communities ... Both Public and Private Enterprises
agreement follows a pilot launch of SatADSL’s solutions in Cameroon, including schools, post offices, hospitals and banks.
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AQYR is 'At Attention' to the Needs of the Military and Government Represented at SOFIC Show It brings command center information to the operational combat teams or to the individual warfighter, in austere locations where they need it most.
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Spectra Group's SlingShot Tactical SATCOM System @ SOFIC... Systems Shipped = 3K+ Spectra’s SlingShot is a unique, low SWaP system that enables in-service U/VHF tactical radios to use Inmarsat’s commercial satellite network for...
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May 18, 2018 Avanti Communications Wins "Changing Lives"... and Does for 18,000 Tanzanian Teachers and 216,000 Students the actual changed lives has been recorded and totals 18,000 teachers and 216,000 students, over 310 primary and secondary schools across 25 regions
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May 17, 2018 UPDATED: Telesat and Global Eagle Entertainment Collaborate on an LEO Satellite Program resulted in Global Eagle concluding that Telesat’s innovative LEO system design can provide low latency, high throughput and global coverage
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NASA Satellites Amazing GRACE Reveal Major Shifts in Global Freshwater finds that Earth’s wet land areas are getting wetter and dry areas are getting drier due to a variety of factors, including human water management, climate change and natural cycles.
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Precise, Autonomous SmallSat Formation Flight from Space Flight Laboratory Scores the Canadian Alouette Award Established in 1998 at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) was the developer of the...
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Cobham SATCOM's EXPLORER 8100 Drive-Away Antenna System Installed on Timeline TV's New, 4K-Uplink, Broadcast Truck The new vehicle, which entered operations recently, is the latest addition to Timeline TV’s fleet and was developed to augment the company's outside...
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Thuraya's WE Offers Constant Contact, First Dual Mode Satellite and LTE Hotspot ... was developed to converge satellite with terrestrial communications, and is the first dual mode Satellite and LTE hotspot that enabling constant contact.
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TCarta's Satellite Bathymetry Data is Proven Faster and Cost Less for Total SA's Hydrocarbon Exploration Project “Traditional airborne or shipborne bathymetric mapping would have taken several months and cost ten times more.”
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China's Good News for Private Companies, OneSpace Test Launch of OS-X Solid Rocket Travels Faster and Farther has drawn comparisons in both Chinese and Western media between OneSpace and the early days of SpaceX, a U.S. startup founded in 2002 ...
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SES Commits Additional Support for Emergency Telecommunications Cluster's Disaster Response Efforts Along with other members of the satellite community, SES has signed a contribution agreement with the World Food Program (WFP), in its role as...
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Arianespace Prepping Two Galileo Satellites for July Launch Aboard an Ariane 5 Arianespace’s upcoming mission — designated Flight VA244 in the company’s launcher family numbering system — follows two previous...
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Orbit Communications to Present Their MPT 30 Multi-Purpose Terminal @ SOFIC Orbit’s MPT was designed to address the regional and global coverage needs of the military mobile market. By providing outstanding RF...
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Viasat Agreement with Honeywell for Increased IFE for More Business Aircraft Viasat’s Ka-band service is proven to support more passengers and more devices simultaneously through all phases of flight, when performing...
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May 16, 2018 One Day Delay for NEXT Iridium NEXT and NASA/JPL's Satellites Launch NASA and the German Research Center for Geosciences joined forces for GRACE-FO. The satellite will be analyzing various changes occurring within...
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Deimos Imaging Wins $2.6 million U.S. Contract and Salutes the Brazilian Ministry of Defence The data will feed the geo-information needs of the Brazilian Government and Institutions, accelerating and improving actionable decision making in ...
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Thales Alenia Space Launches the Spacebus Neo Product Line and Four Have Already Been Ordered Already four flight models have been ordered by commercial and institutional Customers, with a first launch scheduled in 2019.
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NATS Air Traffic Management and Solutions Company Acquires Equity Stake in Aireon News of the US$69 million investment, worth around 10 percent equity, was announced at a press conference in Washington DC, near Aireon’s...
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Viasat’s Internet System on SAS is Sweet ... Streaming High-Speed In-Flight Wi-Fi at 35,000 Feet Starting today, passengers will have gate-to-gate access to the internet for advanced streaming and other online applications.
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SpacePath Communications to Showcase New Amplifier at Satellite Expo New lightweight, outdoor 400W/750W HPA joins growing family of high power, high efficiency amplifiers
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Design Underway by German Orbital Systems and Space Structures for Advanced CubeSat Solar Array The "ELSA-CS" solar panel makes use of a modular architecture, allowing for reconfiguration for various missions, ensuring versatility and easy...
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Kymeta and CopaSAT Partner Up for Deployment of SATCOM Products and Services to U.S. Military The partnership makes the full line of Kymeta products available to U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) and the U.S. Department of Defense...
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Just Published... NSR's Satellite Manufacturing and Launch Services 8th Edition Report... As both commercial and government players begin deploying constellations, turning to smallsats to provide more flexibility across a...
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SSL Brings on the Blog with Stories and Opinions Rich with Information used additive manufacturing to reduce their antenna tower mass by more than 50 percent on a recently launched satellite.
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Orbital ATK's Next Cygnus ISS Resupply Mission with SmallSats Aboard Set for May 20 Orbital ATK’s Cygnus capsule will host multiple payloads sponsored by the ISS National Laboratory (managed by the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space). These...
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Analytical Space and NanoRacks Prepare for CubeSat to Downlink Data Using Laser Communication will be sending up a CubeSat with the purpose of receiving transmission from the ground and/or from beta-test customer spacecraft already on orbit and ...
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May 15, 2018 New President and Country Manager of RUAG Space USA ... He Sees Huge Growth for U.S. more than 25 years of management experience, and at his previous job within four years he grew his division from $75M to more than $200M.
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Boeing's Mission ... $1Million Contribution to Nonprofits Help Veterans' Mental Health and Community Programs Their employees are actively engaged in improving their health and well-being all while living the Boeing mission to help others and inspire the world.
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Mediavision Expands their African MCPC Broadcast Platform Via the Thaicom-6 Satellite The MCPC broadcast platform provides broadcasters in Europe direct access to Thaicom’s content distribution platform at 78.5 degrees East on the...
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Satellite Interference Reduction Group to Hold Technology Tours @ CommunicAsia 2018 With an increasingly congested space environment those with a stake in the satellite industry must work to put the necessary measures in place to...
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GateHouse Telecom's Sales Manager Swaps Agriculture to Return to His Engineering Roots previously experienced GateHouse Telecom’s expertise in satellite communications, when he as a developer at the tech-company, Cobham...
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Agile Interoperable Solutions @ 2018 Governor's Hurricane Conference with their CORE Emergency Comms Solutions The Governor’s Hurricane Conference is the nation’s largest and best attended conference focusing on hurricane planning, preparedness,...
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ESA's Philosophy of PLATO, a New Program, Includes Thales Alenia Space's Expertise ability to carry out stable, wide-field observations of bright stars over a two to three year period, enables scientists to detect and characterize planets ...
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African Geospatial Data Expanded by East View Geospatial to now Include Malawai EVG now offers complete topographic coverage of Malawi at 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scales, as well as large-scale city street guides and topographic...
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Frontline and Dejero's Cloud Comes as CellSat to Chevrolet Connecting WLEX-TV It’s vital for the station to keep its viewers up to date with the movement of storms and breaking news, so establishing a reliable transmission path to ...
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Nominations for the Space Technology Hall of Fame are Now Being Accepted by Space Foundation This international program honors innovations by organizations and individuals who transform space technology into commercial products that...
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SSPi's Promise Awards Where the Stars Really Shine and All are Aged 35 or Under celebrates three outstanding young satellite professionals who, before their 35th birthday, have already made substantial contributions to their companies ...
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May 14, 2018 SatADSL, Global Telesat and RascomStar's Partnership Provides Affordable African Satellite Broadband Connectivity "...they are committed to providing reliable connectivity anywhere at any time, even in the most challenging locations."
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The SpotX Two-Way Satellite Messenger Debuts from Globalstar's SPOT Subsidiary SPOT X offers 2-way message capabilities with an onboard backlit keyboard, GPS location tracking, social media linking and direct ...
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SpaceX's Firsts...The New Falcon 9 Block 5 Rocket Launches Bangladesh's First Bangabandhu Satellite-1 Thursday's abort of the SpaceX launch was easily forgotten as Bangabandhu Satellite-1's launch went smoothly, even returning SpaceX's rocket booster.
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Keysight Technologies Presents Accelerating mmWave Innovation @ IMS 2018 Join Keysight Technologies to discover solutions that will accelerate innovation in 5G, IoT, Automotive, Aerospace/Defense, and Quantum...
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Next-Generation Vulcan Centaur Upper Stage to be Developed by Aerojet Rocketdyne for United Launch Alliance (ULA) This partnership is a long-term agreement for Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide upper stage propulsion for the next decade. As part of this...
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GLOBECOMM to Join the Comms Confab at Entelec 2018 Visitors to the GLOBECOMM at booth 327 will learn about the design, engineering, integration and operations that made possible deployment of a...
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Twofour54 and Arabsat Set to Expand MENA’s Satellite Industry The agreement will see Arabsat and twofour54 launch a new set of satellite TV channels on the Arabsat Badr-4 satellite. The agreement with Arabsat...
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Three SmallSats Launched from ISS Three cubesats carrying Amateur Radio payloads, including one with a V/U linear transponder, were deployed from the International Space Station...
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Creekview High School Wins the Team America Rocketry Challenge — Off to London for International Face-Off The students from Creekview will now represent the United States at the International Rocketry Challenge at the Farnborough Air Show near...
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RedPort's Game Changer is an All-in-One Replacement for Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress replaces previous NSD hardware and a host of switches, routers and VoIP gateways that are commonly used to provide a complete solution for vessels.
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Viasat Gains Mod to Low Volume Terminal Contract from SPAWAR The terminals provide secure, high-capacity, jam-resistant, digital data and voice communications capability for U.S. Navy, Air Force and Army platforms...
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HOTBIRD Capacity Renewed by Poland's TVN with Eutelsat Communications This contract consolidates TVN’s resources on HOTBIRD, underpinning a relationship established more than 20 years ago with the launch of TVN...
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KSF Space's Second Annual MNSAT2018 Conference ... Big News on SmallSats Last year's premier international conference on micro and nano satellites proved to be so successful that an encore conference will be taking place.
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Antwerp Space's Martian Instrument Under Development with the Royal Observatory of Belgium for ESA's PRODEX Program LaRa will be the first Belgian instrument to be landed on the surface of Mars. Its radio transmitter and receiver will link Mars and Earth, enabling...
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Hiltron Communications and TeamCast Team Up for Satellite Modulator Offerings The company will be offering the full TeamCast range of satellite modulators for standalone purchase and incorporated into complete Hiltron systems...
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Goonhilly Earth Station Receives £24m for Global Expansion from a Private UK Businessman Hargreaves' talents include spotting high growth investment opportunities, and this is an ideal addition to his investment portfolio.
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U.S. Army Satellites Involved in ACES RED Technology Demonstration by SMDC We are taking different technologies and trying to advance them while reducing risks so other programs don't have to.
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Raidance Receives GEOINT Passive Sensor Operational Support Task Award from U.S. Air Force This task, which runs for 12 Months and is valued at just under US$1.8 million, is designed to provide NASIC (National Air and Space Intel Center)...
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SES and MX1 Bring Their Broadcasting Expertise to Israeli Public Broadcasting and Telekom Srbija The global media services provider MX1, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, is offering a 24/7 fully-managed and automated solution which...
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China to Launch the Queqiao Comms Relay Satellite for the Chang'e-4 Moon Mission on May 21 The Queqiao communications relay satellite is scheduled to launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre on May 21, or later, via a Long...
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OHB's 54th Mission with TEXUS Launch is a Success After lifting from the European launch pad ESRANGE near Kiruna at 10:30 a.m. local time, the rocket reached an altitude of 239 kilometers. Weightless...
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May 11, 2018 Somewear to Connect Phones Via Satellite This device connects to the Iridium satellite network to send and receive messages and operates anywhere on Earth, as long as the user can see...
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May 10, 2018 NSR's Report: Satellite and the Arrival of Telecom Pricing? But Satcom Pricing in Not Telecom Pricing ...Yet Sixty percent wholesale price drop across HTS verticals, most prominently for backhaul and consumer broadband, is a telling factor for any industry.
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Marlink Goes Deep Bringing Their Rich (Human) Resources to Africa's Mining Industry Those people involved in mining possess courage to go deep and bring up to the world resources that are greatly appreciated.
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Sweden Planning to Develop and Build Europe's First Launchpad for SmallSats More than 500 rockets and 500 high altitude balloons have been launched from the Esrange Space Centre since the site was established in 1966 at...
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New Technology is on the Horizon at The Special Operations Forces Industry Conference ... Horizon Technologies' ISR XPOD just finished its best first quarter ever, with almost $2 Million in new orders and a new customer, a new SIGINT platform, and a new significant end-user.
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KVH's Appointment of VP for APAC Region Comes from Within ... He Joined in 2013 He will oversee all KVH activities in this area, which is of vital importance in the mobile connectivity market. Mobile tech innovator KVH...
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NASA's IMERG Reveals Tragic Floods in Kenya ... From Drought to Mudslides and Death The tragic irony of a region that was plagued by a severe drought in 2017 is now consumed in mudslides and floodwaters, taking with it at least 100 ...
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Satellite Engineering Programs Initiated in Rwanda During Transform Africa Summit The Agreement was signed in the sideline of the Transform Africa summit between Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) and, on...
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Tracking Asteroids is the Plan for Collaboration Between the Asteroid Institute and YORK Space Systems Among the Asteroid Institute’s projects are ADAM, an open source cloud-based platform for asteroid data analysis and mapping, and the...
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Building Blocks of Success for Satellite Service Providers — A WTA Event @ CommunicAsia 2018 Join the World Teleport Association (WTA) for a workshop on the building blocks of success at CommunicAsia 2018. WTA will share insights from the....
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May 9, 2018 Growth Expected in Trailer and Cargo Container Tracking Markets — Berg Insight's New Report and Analysis The number of active tracking devices deployed for cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers, rail freight wagons, air cargo...
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Expansion by the FCC of the C-Band Spectrum Opposed by NPR - A Current Infosite Report NPR and commercial broadcasters currently use the frequencies at issue — the C-band in the 3.7–4.2 GHz range — to deliver programming to stations...
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SES Networks Multi-Year Agreement to Broaden Digital Access to Africa's Burkina Faso Government delighted that the Burkina Faso government is reaping the benefits of their high-performance service and network to enhance the life of its citizens.
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GLOBECOMM Chosen by Broadcasting Board of Governors and Middle East Broadcasting Network for DTH Services This marks the first project awarded by the BBG to GLOBECOMM for turnkey satellite and terrestrial-based broadcast services.
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China Launches Their Gaofen-5 Satellite The Gaofen-5 satellite was launched via a Long March 4C rocket at 2:28 a.m. Beijing Time from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern...
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The OneSpace Company Set to Launch the First Chinese Private Commercial Rocket The firm will conduct the launch at its headquarters the western municipality of Chongqing's Liangjiang New Area. The commercial space sector has ...
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ESA Receives the First Images from the Sentinel-3B Satellite The very first image, captured on May 7 at 10:33 GMT (12:33 CEST), shows the transition between day and night over the Weddell Sea in...
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MoU Signed by Inmarsat for Smart Africa Alliance Public-Private Partnerships The Smart Africa Alliance is a partnership bringing together 22 African countries committed to the Smart Africa Manifesto and is supported by...
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PCI Geomatics' Webinar Deals with Many Earth Observation Challenges Learn how geometric correction within 1/10th of a pixel is critically important for spatio-temporal analyses and more.
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Harris Helps When 'Life's a Beach' ... as Miami Beach Modernizes Public Safety Communications' Network Even the most idyllic settings need to anticipate and realize that 'stuff happens', and in doing so, plan for the welfare of a community or individuals ...
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May 8, 2018 A New iDirect Government Unveiling — The 9050 OM Ruggedized Satellite Router A 950mp integrated satellite router board resides at the heart of the 9050 OM, which protects the board from the elements including blowing rain or ...
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Unitas Global's New Independent Board Director is the Silver Lining in This Cloud Solution Provider track record of success, achieving significant revenue growth and operational efficiencies for leading data center providers and IT organizations worldwide.
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Exxelia Puts Their Space Grade Products on Display @ Space Tech Expo USA PM907S and PM948S are full series of Polyester Film Capacitors. PM907S products are suitable for voltages from 50V up to 1250V and offer ...
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ISRO Gains Independence Developing Desi Atomic Clock in Navigation Satellites nine of the 21 atomic clocks used in some of the seven navigation satellites launched are showing error. ISRO is, therefore, planning to launch four ...
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The First Deep Space SmallSats are Alive and Well Mars Cube One, or MarCO, are a pair of briefcase-sized spacecraft that launched along with NASA's InSight Mars lander at 4:05 a.m. PDT (7:05 a.m. EDT) on May 5 from...
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UN Broadband Commission Commits to Broadband Digital Connectivity for All issued a synthesis report on broadband for national development in four least developed countries (LDCs) — Cambodia, Rwanda, Senegal and Vanuatu.
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Aussies' Foxtel Ditching Cable Connections for Satellite Dishes Ray Hadley received an email from an industry insider claiming Foxtel subscribers will be forced to have satellite dishes installed at their homes.
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DoD Selects Hughes' Prototype ... Phase Two Flexibility and Diversity Multi-Modem Adaptor for Military Terminals prototype deliverables have the potential to create a more resilient, cost-effective, and flexible SATCOM architecture for DoD.
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A Terminal Connection Between VT iDirect and Kymeta The Kymeta™ KyWay Terminal integrates ground breaking mTenna™ flat-panel antenna technology and the industry’s leading iDirect X7 modem, to...
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Moving In... SSL Names Marks and Sarojak as New Members of the Firm's Leadership Team Dario Zamarian, President, SSL, remarked that with these innovative and dynamic thinkers, the company is bringing a wealth of knowledge and ...
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Smart Antennas from Alcan Systems to Empower SES Network's O3b mPOWER ALCAN announced in August of last year that the firm had raised 7.5 million euros in Series A funding from a consortium of investors (including SES) to...
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May 7, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion Pushes the InSight Mission from Liftoff to Landing Before touchdown, the engines will have to steer InSight clear of the parachute, lest it come down on top of the lander.
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ORCAASat Being Built by University of Victoria, Canada, Students for a 2020 Launch When a robotic arm on the International Space Station tosses the satellite into orbit in 2020, the satellite that’s no bigger than a two-liter carton of milk...
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Fire Damages ISRO Antenna Test Facility — Law Enforcement to Probe for Sabotage Top sources at SAC said there was no damage to satellite payloads housed at the center. However, the fire did cause serious damage to the "antenna test facility"...
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Lockheed Martin's Indago 3 Receives Infrared Upgrade The Indago 3 quadrotor UAS weighs less than five pounds and can be airborne in less than three minutes. Along with a low acoustic and visual ...
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BAE Systems and Prismatic Agree on Solar UAV Project — One Year Aloft is the Goal Engineers from Prismatic and BAE Systems will collaborate on the development of the new solar powered High Altitude, Long Endurance (HALE) UAV known as...
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Showcasing Their Latest Technologies @ BroadcastAsia 2018 will be Rohde & Schwarz R&S CLIPSTER is the gold standard workstation for mastering and distributing feature films and episodic TV. R&S CLIPSTER provides a...
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Upcoming Cubesat Mission Could Possess Navigation Via X-Ray Interest in this emerging capability to guide spacecraft to the far reaches of the solar system comes just months after NASA scientist Keith Gendreau and his team...
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ORBCOMM Announces Their VP of Investor Relations ... He Comes from Office Depot with Much Experience he has over 20 years of experience in investor relations, financial management, financial planning and analysis and operational finance ...
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Expansion of B'Band Services in Uganda to use Intelsat Satellite Services and Gilat Platform The objective of the remote connectivity project is to demonstrate the ease of deploying the satellite solution and study the commercial viability and...
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AVX® Introduces New MLO® Band-Pass Filters For RF/Microwave Apps The new BP Series MLO band-pass filters incorporate high-dielectric-constant and low-loss materials that are expansion matched to most...
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The Third MilSatCom USA Conference to Focus on Next-Generation SATCOM The two-day conference will also feature a networking reception taking place at the Airbus Experience Centre at the end of day one where a tour...
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NanoRacks Racks Up Canadian CubeSat Project Contract The project provides funding to post-secondary institutions in Canada as part of a challenge to design, build, launch, and operate their own satellites...
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Seven Task Orders Received by Leidos from the NGA for National Security Projects NGA collects, analyzes and distributes geospatial intelligence in support of national security. Under the task orders, Leidos will provide a variety of ...
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First 5G Call is a Success for Nokia and SFR The test took place on May 3rd, 2018, at the Nokia 5G Test Network and Competence Center in Paris-Saclay, France. The 5G call used Nokia 5G NR technology...
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JRC/Alphatron Marine Says 'Welcome to Elcome' as Their Service Rep in Egypt extensive stock of products and parts at the Suez facility, ensuring rapid response times and eliminating customs delays for ships in the canal.
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Media Broadcast Satellite's 'Made in Usingen' Says It All for freenet TV via Sat
Network Operation Center guarantees the 365/7/24 availability of highly qualified specialists for monitoring and flawless operation of platforms...
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Vishay Intertechnology Salutes CMSE 2018 With Its Military-Qualified COTS Resistors and Tantalum Capacitors With this format in mind, at the conference, Vishay Dale will be displaying a wide range of military-qualified resistors that includes ...
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Airbus Foundation and Autodesk Say "Heads-Up Future Astronauts" with Discovery Space's 3D Educational Portal brings aerospace into the classroom, teaches students about space exploration, including how to survive in space and fly a mission to the moon.
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Data Device Corporation's Single Board Computers for Space to Deploy in ESA's EUCLID Satellite DDC SCS750 space computers will be used on both the Euclid’s instruments NISP and VIS. The VIS instrument provides high-quality...
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Kenya's First Locally-Made SmallSat Set for ISS Launch on May 11 The smallsat that was developed by students and researchers of the University of Nairobi in partnership with Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) ...
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May 6, 2018 Success is InSight as ULA and NASA Launch Mars First Interplanetary Satellite from the West Coast “The United States continues to lead the way to Mars with this next exciting mission to study the Red Planet’s core and geological processes.”
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Professional Posting: Department of Aerospace Engineering, Satellite Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois Aerospace Engineering department is searching for a spacecraft lab manager. Required is at a least a BS, but prefer an MS level engineer with ...
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VIVACOM and GAZPROM Sign Capacity Agreement VIVACOM will use Yamal-402 satellite's Ku-band capacity in the European-Southern Beam for VSAT data transmission and media services. The uplink...
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U.S. Cyber Command Commander Named — General Nakasone Army Lt. Gen. Paul M. Nakasone, most recently commander of Army Cyber Command, will receive his fourth star as he succeeds retiring Navy Adm. Michael S. Rogers as Cybercom commander...
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May 5, 2018 High Performance IP3 Fundamental Mixers Introduced by Custom MMIC This new series of mixers features overlapping RF/LO frequencies spanning 6 to 26 GHz, with each model demonstrating low conversion loss high IP3...
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May 3, 2018 ESA Makes the Most of the Moon Mission Enlists PTScientists toHelp With the Moon's Resources ESA has a strong interest in testing and maturing lunar in-situ resource utilization technologies to produce drinkable water or breathable oxygen in ...
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AsiaSat Promotes Two to Head Up Key Technical Teams Dr. Roger Tong said he welcomes Fred Ho and Fred Vong as they join the AsiaSat management team. Their promotions to Vice President are a...
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Will South Australia be the Home for Australia's Space Agency? Media reports have surfaced that A$50 million in seed funding had been included in next week’s 2018/19 Australian Federal Budget to set up a...
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NASA's 'Little GTO' ... GTOSat Will Go Beyond Low Earth Orbit Using the Dillinger-X the first CubeSat to operate in geostationary transfer orbit, and the first to use the latest robust version of the NASA-developed Dellingr-X spacecraft bus
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Some KRUSTY NASA News for Crewed Missions to the Moon, Mars and Beyond... Kilopower is a small, lightweight fission power system capable of providing up to 10 kilowatts of electrical power — enough to run several average...
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Phased Array Feed's Appetite is for Vast Amounts of Sky ... Broadens Vision for Radio Astronomy Imaging “The collaborative work that went into designing, building, and ultimately verifying this remarkable system is truly astounding.”
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Debuting from Garmin is a Smaller, More Compact Satellite Communicator, the inReach Mini For the ultra-light experience, the inReach Mini encompasses it all, from messaging to tracking to declaring an SOS. It can be used on its own or...
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ESA and SES Make Satellite-Based Cybersecurity Crystal Clear with QUARTZ The consortium will develop a system for generation of encryption keys in space and their secure transmission via laser.
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China Launches Communication Satellite APSTAR-6C for Services Across Asia-Pacific enhances the Asia-Pacific satellite communications, broadcasting services, provide TV transmission, communication, Internet and multimedia services
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May 2, 2018 Israel Aerospace Industries' Advanced Technologies Responds to Tense Times European nations have been busy struggling with terror and uncontrolled immigration over the past decade.
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Cloud Constellation Joins IBM's PartnerWorld Program Technologies such as blockchain are fundamental for gaining a competitive advantage and delivering a new generation of services. Combined with...
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The First Images from the Lockheed Martin Built SBIRS GEO-4 Satellite Have Been Received SBIRS GEO Flight-4 is the latest satellite to join the U.S. Air Force’s orbiting missile warning constellation. Equipped with powerful scanning and staring...
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Mixed Outcome Predicted for Large HTS Constellations in New NSR Critical Analysis Report NSR predicts two, out of the five Non-GEO HTS constellations analyzed, do not have a viable business case and will not be sustainable, if launched...
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Hartshorn Named CEO of Geeks Without Frontiers Hartshorn, who will be supported by Angie Mar in her new role as GEEKS’ International Program Director, brings more than 25 years of experience...
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OneWeb Delays Debut Launch of their Mega-Constellation — A SpaceNews The startup’s first launch of 10 satellites aboard an Arianespace Soyuz rocket was scheduled for this month, but was pushed out toward the end of...
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U.S.A.F. Issues Statement of Support for Firefly Aerospace to Use VAFB's Space Launch Complex 2 According to Firefly CEO Dr. Tom Markusic, Firefly Aerospace greatly appreciates that NASA and the USAF support the transition of SLC-2W to a...
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Euroconsult Releases Their New FSS Capacity Pricing Trends Report and Analysis While data-oriented markets have been the most exposed, with double-digit capacity pricing declines over the last 2-3 years, video applications have ...
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Farmers Edge™ Mapping Makes Smart Farmers as They Reap and Sow the Benefits Farmers Edge™ provides unbiased insights to help growers base decisions on data, not marketing campaigns, traditional practices, or gut instincts.
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Connectivity for the Philippines Will Result from Thaicom and We Are It IPSTAR Capacity Agreement WIT will use the entire IPSTAR capacity of spot and broadcast beams for the Philippines. The agreement will also see WIT provide broadband...
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May 1, 2018 Airbus Aerial and DroneBase ... From Many Comes One ... Providing Many Services as Single Provider Combining these two service providers enables companies to work with one global source to provide data from drones, manned aircraft, or satellites.
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Farming and Mining Plenary Occurring at the Global Space Applications Conference in May The session will explain how can many different types of advanced technology be successfully employed to generate more productive and...
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RBC Signals Warms Up with an Arctic C-CORE Partnership and Adds Inuvik Ground Station to Global Network “sharing economy” model is uniqueand benefits ground station owners with additional revenue in exchange for use of under leveraged antenna assets.
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Rockwell Collins C&C Technology Involved in NASA's UAS Traffic Management Program Rockwell Collins demonstrated how its CNPC-1000 Command and Control (C2) data links can be redundantly integrated to provide a fail-safe...
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Join the World Teleport Association's Executive Dialogue Series During CommunicAsia 2018 The World Teleport Association’s Membership Director, Randall Barney, will be conducting interviews at this event for the series and interview slots are...
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SES HD+ Platform Brings RTL Deutschland On Board The Ultra HD channel will begin with the live transmission of the Formula 1™ race from Baku, Azerbaijan, and will subsequently broadcast 17 races...
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Globecast to Deliver Seven Arabic Channels for Hotwire Communications Based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Hotwire is the nation’s leading fiber optics communications provider, using their all-fiber network to deliver best-in-class services to...
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CropX Makes 'Smart Dirt' for Improved Farming With Soil Intelligence Platform an intelligence platform that let farmers know via any smartphone, tablet or computer if/when specific parts of a field need to be watered and how much ...
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MEASAT-3a Says a Spooky BOO to Malaysia and the Philippines delivers 24-hour Asian horror content ranging from psycho-thrillers to other sub-genres such as horror-comedy, horror-action and more.
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Satellite Operator Benchmarks 2018 Report Upcoming from World Teleport Association (WTA) The study tracks, rates, and compares the operational and commercial performance of satellite operators, as experienced by teleport operators,...
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Joining Tech Forces are MDA and Nanowave Technologies MDA will provide satellite components in addition to engineering support to integrate and test a Nanowave radar transceiver satellite payload. Radar...
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"GX Flex" Next-Generation Satellite Investment Hinted at by Inmarsat — A Space News Report A program Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce called “GX Flex,” short for the Global Xpress name given to most of the operator’s recent spacecraft, is in...
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More Than US$21.5 Billion for NASA - A Space News Report The bill, released by the House Appropriations Committee on the eve of its markup by the commerce, justice and science (CJS) subcommittee,...
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