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November 30, 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference 2015 Clarity Of Vision + Irreplaceable Services Over Satellite = Global Connectivity “These decisions provide the stability necessary for the entire satellite industry to fully leverage its strengths in support of the vision expressed by the WRC delegates.” Full Story
GL Communications One Stop Solution For 10 Gbps Ethernet/IP Test Needs PacketExpert 10G™ provides comprehensive testing of 10 Gbps/1 Gbps Ethernet/IP networks.
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The New Kyrion Encoder – Decoder Now Incorporates DVB-S2X The new product offers value added features such as ultra-fast-boot, ABR output, and integrated Automatic Repeat reQuest (ARQ).
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Cobham Antenna Systems Introduces ‘Universal’ Spring Mount Antenna Range This range of antennas is designed for applications where lives can depend on secure communications or where a loss of signal can result in severe financial implications.
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Developers Are Invited By Inmarsat To Attend IDC 16 The latest development opportunities are set to be unveiled at the industry event next year.
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Here's Looking @ Earth — The Growth Of Nishinoshima Over the past two years, that new island swallowed up its neighbor, and the merged island is now twelve times the size of the old island.
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SkyVision Launches Two Broadcast Platforms...ABS-3A Satellite Delivers Comprehensive SD/HD Content To Africa
SkyVision boasts more than 10 satellite platforms and a network of high-capacity fiber optic cables via its gateways in Africa, Europe, North America and the Middle East...
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A "Cyber Monday" Smallsat Launch Special From Spaceflight The company purchased a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket recently and initiated their Dedicated Rideshare Launch Services.
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LISA Pathfinder Set For December 2 Launch After launch, LISA Pathfinder will spend two weeks raising its orbit using a dedicated propulsion module, also built by Airbus Defence and Space, through six separate engine firings
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Lebanese Red Cross... How A Cross + A SPOT Ensure Volunteers' Safety "...we will have the reassurance that our hard working team is safe and, if they are in life-threatening situations, they can press a single button and we can quickly respond and work with other emergency services to rescue them.”
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Telesat's Senior VP, Corporate + Business Development Has Returned... He Will Also Serve On The Executive Committee ... was Telesat’s Vice President, Marketing, Corporate Development and Regulatory from 2007 to 2012.
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Hughes DISD Teams Up w/Aussies... Tests Advanced TDMA Waveform In Talisman Sabre Exercises Hughes HX System with advanced waveform technology delivers higher performance satellite connectivity than ever before ...
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SSPI's Inaugural Better Satellite World Awards Makes The Impossible Look Easy We make the impossible look easy on a daily basis. We make amazing technical feats look commonplace.
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TerraSAR-X and RADARSAT-2 Improve North Canadian Region Monitoring For Emergency Response + Safety Operations ...investigate the synergistic use of X- and C-band SAR-data for tactical ship route planning in Arctic Waters, its objective being to monitor the sea ice situation along shipping routes in the north.
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November 27, 2015 Bundeswehr's Use Of TanDEM-X Global Elevation Data OK'd By Airbus Defence and Space The TanDEM-X Digital Elevation Model was acquired by the TanDEM-X Mission realized as a Public Private Partnership (PPP) between Airbus Defence and Space and the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
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Cobham's AVIATOR 200S Attains 'First Call' Milestone Carried out in a laboratory environment, the breakthrough represents a significant step forward in the development of the system.
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Scottish Space Technology On The Launch Pad And Getting A Jumpstart Jumpstart is exhibiting in Newcastle at the Collaborate to Innovate Space Conference 2015, organized by the North East Satellite Applications Centre of Excellence, which will be attended by more than 200 senior industry delegates.
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A Power Booster From The US Patent + Trademark Office For EMC The U.S. PTO granted EMC subsidiary EMC SatCom Technologies LLC this patent in September 2015.
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NSR Reports On UAS SATCOM + Imaging Markets In A New, Second Edition Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or UAS, are now battlefield proven for ISR.
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Now In The Business Of Revolutionizing M2M — Myriota New Australian company Myriota has been formed to commercialize technology developed by the University of South Australia’s Institute for Telecommunications Research.
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The Build Is On For Telesat's New Telstar 19 VANTAGE Satellite @ SSL The satellite, which will be located at 63 degrees West, is based on the highly reliable SSL 1300 platform.
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Sentinel Business Continuity Services Debut From Europasat Via Eutelsat Broadband Sentinel provides constant access to an ‘always on’ 10 Mbps download, 4 Mbps upload service with a 20:1 contention ratio.
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ESA Readies LISA Pathfinder ...If Gravitational Waves Exist There's A Whole New Perspective On The Universe's Forces It is almost a hundred years since Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, but so far no empirical evidence has been found to support this hypothesis.
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Bound For Baikonur—ExoMars 2016 Spacecraft Leaving Thales Alenia Space ExoMars is a joint endeavor between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) playing a strong role as major contributor within the ESA State Members.
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With Gravitational Waves As The Focus, RUAG Space Joins The Hunt The actual detection of gravitational waves will be the task of the future eLISA mission. LISA Pathfinder, as its name implies, is a demonstrator designed to test the necessary technologies in a space environment.
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SES' New Antenna Field Technical Facility + Satellite Operations Center Open For Biz The 450 square meters SOC overlooks the new antenna field and displays state-of-the-art features, as well as the highest level of redundancy for infrastructure including power, cooling, network, security and computer systems.
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ARSAT 3 Satellite To Be Built By Thales Alenia Space ARSAT-3 is slated to enter service in 2019 and will be positioned at 81 degrees West as a baseline.
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Pushing SD + HD To Africa Is SkyVision Via The ABS-3A Satellite The new platforms will support SD and HD channels in MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 encoding.
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November 24, 2015 KVH Updates Maritime Viewing Experience... Enhances IP-MobileCast + More To Come The new features are being rolled out in stages, with the first round of upgrades automatically delivered via over-the-air software updates for current subscribers.
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Orbit Logic Gets Into Scheduling To Enhance General Dynamics' SGSS For NASA STK Scheduler will process communication service requests to produce a deconflicted schedule for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS).
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MSS Solutions For L-Band Being Developed Via Collaboration Between Cobham SATCOM + ViaSat The first satellite terminal product from the Cobham/ViaSat collaboration is the EXPLORER 122, a compact, vehicle mount real-time IP satellite terminal.
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There's International Interest In Hosted Payloads As Evidenced By Latest HPA Workshop HPA’s workshop explored the benefits and challenges of commercially hosted government payload programs.
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GaN Family Of Amplifiers With Optimal SWaP Roll-Out From Teledyne Microwave Solutions With a calculated MTBF of over 40,000 hours @ +85 degrees C, these units are suitable for airborne applications as well as challenging land based environments.
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Telstar 12 VANTAGE Satellite Pushed From Tanegashima Space Center Via An H-IIA F29 Launch Vehicle Telstar 12 VANTAGE replaces and expands on Telesat’s Telstar 12 satellite.
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Blue Origin Has Competitors Green With Envy... Mission Accomplished As Rocket Returns To Earth ...soaring to 329,839 feet and then returning through 119-mph high-altitude crosswinds to make a gentle, controlled landing just four and a half feet from the center of the pad.
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TeleCommunication Systems Acquired By Comtech Telecommunications Under the terms of the merger agreement, unanimously approved by both companies’ Board of Directors, Comtech will make a first step cash tender offer at $5.00 per TCS share.
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Bundeswehr's Data Is Twice As Good w/ TanDEM-X Global Elevation Model It provides the first global, consistent, single-source and high-precision Digital Elevation Model, establishing a new standard for global elevation.
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KBZ Hughes JUPITER™ System... New Nationwide Satellite Network Bridges Digital Divide ...the JUPITER ground control gateways and remote terminals will operate over both Ku- and C-band satellite links to power broadband services for enterprises, consumers and cellular providers
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November 23, 2015 The Future Of Connected Ships At The Core Of New Inmarsat + Ericsson SATCOM Agreement The two companies will jointly develop services, solutions and applications to drive industry standards for satellite connectivity and application integration in the maritime industry.
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Better DTH Viewing In Thailand Via Intelsat's Horizons 2 Satellite Next Step is leveraging Intelsat’s satellite solutions on Horizons 2 at 85 degrees East to launch a new, Free-to-Air (FTA), DTH platform in Thailand.
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Fleet Management Systems In Europe To Reach Nealy Nine Million By 2019, According To Berg Insight “Nine major mergers and acquisitions have taken place in the past year among the vendors of fleet management systems in Europe.”—Johan Fagerberg, Senior Analyst, Berg Insight.
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ViaSat's New Exede® WiFi Modem + A 25 Mbps Plan Debut For Home Satellite Internet Service Offering The new Exede WiFi Modem offers high value in a compact design, enabling users to do more with one device.
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NASA Signs On SpaceX To Deliver Astronauts To The ISS SpaceX’s crew transportation system, including the Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket, has advanced through several development and certification phases.
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NASA's STEREO Resuming Normal Operations As The Spacecraft Orbits From Behind The Sun For the previous year, STEREO-A was transmitting only a weak signal—or occasionally none at all—due to its position almost directly behind the sun.
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Planting The Idea For FLEX Is The European Space Agency The FLEX satellite will improve our understanding of the way carbon moves between plants and the atmosphere and how photosynthesis affects the carbon and water cycles.
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Unlocking The Potential Of IoT... Via Satellites... CompTIA, Space Enterprise Council + SIA Webinar Upcoming... One of the often overlooked components of the IOT ecosystem is the integral role of satellites.
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Transitional CubeSat Ridesharing Program Initiated By United Launch Alliance “ULA will offer universities the chance to compete for at least six CubeSat launch slots on two Atlas V missions, with a goal to eventually add university CubeSat slots to nearly every Atlas and Vulcan launch.”—Tory Bruno, ULA President + CEO.
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New Contract For MDA To Supply Antenna Subsystem For Boeing's 702MP Satellite MDA will provide a communication antenna subsystem to be installed on the Boeing 702MP satellite platform from Boeing Defense, Space & Security in Berkely, Missouri.
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Getting Into Deepwater Is RigNet's New VSAT Network For GoM Platforms RigNet will deploy an O3b Networks low latency, high-throughput MEO VSAT solution.
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High Accurate EFB Weather Forecasting Application Debuts From Panasonic Weather Solutions 4DAerot offers unprecedented situational awareness that optimizes strategic flight planning and real-time, in-flight tactical navigation decision-making.
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NASA Reports That A Pathway Has Opened For TR-01 JPEG2000 Systems Use For Space-Based + Global Ground Ops The five vendors participating in the event were Media Links, Ericsson, Evertz, Imagine Communications and Nevion.
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CETel Aims To Assist AMOS 5 Customers Who Have Lost Their Services CETel provides business contingency services to all affected parties and customers.
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AFCENT To Obtain MILSATCOM Services From Intelsat General Corporation Intelsat General will provide coverage all across the Middle East as far eastward as Afghanistan and Pakistan, including reach-back to European teleport facilities.
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Land-Mobile Via Satellite Subject Of Latest NSR Report + Analysis The land-mobile via satellite market is largely dominated by L-band service providers and operators; with new form factors such as hotspots and consumer-oriented handhelds leading the market growth.
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Telesat's Telstar 12 VANTAGE Lined Up In Succession Of Satellite Launches Our program of four launches in just over five weeks clearly demonstrates our ability to produce and deliver state-of-the-art satellites within a tight schedule Full Story
ETL Systems' Ruff + Tuff RF Power Amplifiers For Military + Protection Of Citizens...Broadband Frequency Jamming The range is designed for electronic warfare applications such as broadband frequency jamming or EMC testing.
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SkyEdge II-c With X-Architecture From Gilat To Power Synertone's IPSTAR Net The VSATs used are part of Gilat's Capricorn suite of ultra-high-speed IP routers and the network is estimated to go live within six to 12 months.
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exactEarth Joins In + Invests In Aussie Satellite 'Internet-of-Things' Technology Company exactEarth is also receiving an exclusive license to utilize this IP in the maritime market, additionally, they have the option to make further investments in Myriota in the future to increase its shareholding. kk
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November 22, 2015 A GVF HTS Agenda Of Major Importance Set For London This December The 2015 London program has, as of the date of this release, attracted confirmed registrations from almost 60 organizations.
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Wildfire Monitoring, Space-Based Sensors To Circle The Globe FireSat sensors would complement the fire monitoring done by NASA satellites and systems already in place.
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Dassault Falcon Aircraft Certifies Cobham SATCOM's AVIATOR 700D SATCOM System This new certification for the AVIATOR 700D will allow operators of Falcon 900s to take their aircraft to the next level of cockpit and cabin connectivity.
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Upcoming UHDTV Test By SES Via ASTRA 1L Satellite This transmission is part of the Ultra HD technical tests being conducted by SES, Movistar+ and other industry partners.
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USAF Selects ULA For Two Mission Launches The launch service contracts include launch vehicle production and launch operations for the NROL-52 and NROL-71 missions.
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Spacecom's AMOS-5 Goes Dark... Communications + Signals Are All Lost The company is currently employing all of its capabilities and those of its partners to re-establish communication with the satellite and at this point, does not have further information regarding the cause of this anomaly.
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Onlime To The Rescue With Solution For Amos-5's Clients... Available Capacity On AFRICASAT-1a ...offers C-band users on Amos 5, an immediate service on AFRICASAT-1a supporting IP Transit (Internet), MPLS, VPN and other corporate requirements.
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China Launches LaoSat-1 For Laos The satellite, LaoSat-1, was launched on Saturday at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
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November 20, 2015 High-Performance + Compact Coax Adapters Launched By KRYTAR KRYTAR coaxial adapters are manufactured to MIL-STD-348 test-grade requirements ensuring stable phase-matched performance.
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XCOR Develops Lynx Simulator In Partnership w/Protobox + Air Force Research Lab "This is just the beginning."
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Keysight Technologies To Present Webinar Dealing With The SMT GaN Packaging Challenges For PAs @ X-Band The design approach is illustrated with a detailed description of the design, layout, EM simulation, fabrication and evaluation of a single stage 5W X-band GaN PA.
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General Hyten + Lt. Gen. Buck Are Scheduled As Featured Speakers @ 32nd Space Symposium The 32nd Space Symposium will be held April 11-14, 2016, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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San Diego, Next January, Location For AIAA's SciTech 2016 Conference AIAA SciTech 2016 will bring together 12 aerospace science and technology conferences
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November 19, 2015 ULA's Free Ride To Universities...Compete For Free STEM CubeSat Rides On Future ULA Launches “ULA will offer universities the chance to compete for at least six CubeSat launch slots on two Atlas V missions, with a goal to eventually add university CubeSat slots to nearly every Atlas and Vulcan launch.”
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Bombardier, Inmarsat + Honeywell Combine Forces To Deliver Airborne Wi-Fi Bombardier is the first business aircraft manufacturer to make ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi services available in-flight globally and the first to offer performance commitments for network availability and speed.
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SES + Intersat To Bring Internet Services To East Africa Via NSS-12 Intersat currently serves more than 200 VSAT terminals using the SES service.
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Global Train SOTM From Gilat Satellite Networks For China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation The companies will develop a solution that will provide passengers on CRRC high-speed trains with on-the-move, satellite-based broadband Internet access.
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Ericsson + Inmarsat Sign Ships On + Redefine Maritime Connectivity... Ability to Capture Intelligent Data Immediately
...the Maritime ICT Cloud will ensure that trucks will spend less idle time at ports, cargo will spend less time in transit, and producers will be better able to plan their shipments.
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O3b Networks Go Island Hopping + Deliver Broadband Internet To 13 Galápagos Archipelago Offering their Galápagos subscribers support for the same cloud services and data-intensive applications used on the mainland has been a challenge.
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November 18, 2015 ITC Global To Bring SATCOM Connectivity To Offshore Company ITC Crew LIVE, is being deployed on each vessel via separate 1 meter stabilized antenna systems.
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The WTA's 2016 Teleport Awards For Excellence Nominations Are Now Open... "Our Awards for Excellence are more relevant to doing business than they have ever been."—Robert Bell, Executive Director, World Teleport Association.Full Story
SmallSat Symposium — Keynote Speaker Named + A New Informative Workshop Steve is a partner at the venture capital firm DFJ. His current board responsibilities include Planet Labs, SpaceX, Synthetic Genomics, and Tesla Motors (TSLA).
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SES Techcom + Newtec Expand Astra Connect Broadband Service + SES Drives Content Into West Africa Via Astra 2G + SES-5 The platform will broaden SES Techcom Services’ current portfolio and flexibly support different services.
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Yahsat Expanded Into Africa Via Al Yah 3 Satellite + Hughes' JUPITER™ Platform Al Yah 3, with support from Hughes, will strengthen Yahsat’s position as the world’s eighth largest operator in terms of revenue as the satellite company’s coverage will be extended to wider parts of Africa.
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ULA's New Vice President + General Counsel... He Brings 30 Years Of Aerospace + Defense Experience “We continue our focus on mission success while transforming ULA to make space more affordable and accessible..."
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Eutelsat Welcomes SIECAMS® ILS ONE = Advanced + Simple Geolocation Without The Need Of An Adjacent Satellite This is especially true for satellites working in the KA-Band. In these cases, crosstalk is either not applicable or too small to be measurable.
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Gogo Goes w/Next Gen 2Ku ...Kick Starts In-Flight Connectivity Technology In about a year-and-a-half, we've been able to fully develop and bring this new technology to market, a speed which is unprecedented in this industry.
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XipLink Runs Successful Speed Tests w/Asian Cellular Provider = 100 Mbps LTE Solution + Major Bandwidth Reduction ...reducing text traffic from 90 Mbps to 14 Mbps (84 percent decrease) as well XRT providing a 40 percent bandwidth reduction of voice traffic
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November 17, 2015 SSPI Requesting Your Invaluable Assistance In Formulating The Satellite Industry Workforce Study... You probably receive many survey requests and ignore them. However, this one is about your career and your industry and only takes about 15 minutes required to complete.
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NASA Kennedy Space Center + ViaSat Engineers Restoring SLS Tracking Antenna The S-band portion of the microwave spectrum combines command, voice and television signals though a single antenna.
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ABS Fleet Is Going Mobile The new mobile application features ABS satellite fleet, services, ground infrastructure, company information and an augmented reality sat-finder.
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United States Geological Survey (USGS) Obtains SATCOM Net From Signal Mountain Networks + Hughes Signal Mountain and Hughes are enabling this mission by providing USGS with a robust, resilient, and fully managed private satellite network.
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OHB To Offer Speakers + Product Displays During Space Tech Expo Europe OHB SE will be holding lectures and presentations in the “Industry” and “Technology” segments.
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Business Aviation To Glean High Speed Connectivity Via Astronics AeroSat + Panasonic Avionics Technologies The partnership connects Astronic’s unmatched, tail-mounted SATCOM solution to Panasonic’s Global Communications Services network.
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Satellite Switch Supply Cemented Into Place For COM DEV International This new contract assures COM DEV of $8.5 million of switch orders over the two-year duration of the agreement.
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An MoU Signed Between EARSC + ASAS Regarding Policy Issues Periodic exchanges and meetings will be organized between ASAS and EARSC secretariat with a regular exchange at EARSC board level.
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PCI Geomatics Webinar To Present DEM Extraction Techniques From SAR Imagery The focus of this webinar will be on a case study done over Santorini, Greece.
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Dialog Between Newtec + Liquid Telecom Will Result In African VSAT Services Liquid Telecom will use the Newtec Dialog platform to expand its service portfolio towards new markets.
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Moving On Up... AIAA Appoints Gough As Chair Of The CMSTC Media Relations Subcommittee The activities of the CMSTC are varied and, as the name suggests, are largely technical in nature.
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NEOSAT Program Development Contracted To Airbus Defence & Space By European Space Agency Airbus Defence and Space will draw on an extensive network of industrial partners from across Europe to develop and provide this product line.
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Australian Roadshow A Continuing Success for Inmarsat, Applied Satellite Technology Solutions + Pacific Data Systems The talks include specialists from Inmarsat, Cobham (one of their key hardware manufacturers) and Australian-based SCADA specialists Pacific Data Systems (PDS).
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National Space Society Urges Obama To Sign The Financial Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act One hurdle remains for the CSLCA—signing by President Obama.
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Cameroon Connectivity Brought To Fruition Via Spacecom's AMOS-5 Satellite Spacecom's hybrid solution for broadband provision is based on satellite broadband downlink and GSM uplink which enables low cost entry setup.
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Satellite Industry Association Commends US House Of Representatives For Passage Of SPACE Act Of 2015 The indemnification provision was included as a part of the Spurring Private Aerospace Competitiveness and Entrepreneurship (SPACE) Act of 2015.
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NSR... The Financial Impact Of A Capacity Explosion + A Pricing Apocalypse Cisco announced that global cloud traffic is expected to increase to 8.6 zettabytes by 2019, with 1 zettabyte equal to 1,000 terabytes.
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SSPI's Winners Of Better Satellite World Awards ... Make This World A Much Better Place ...honor established companies and disruptive innovators for making our world a more prosperous, healthier, better-educated, more sustainable and inclusive home for all humankind.
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Brüel & Kjær's New Family Of Triaxial Accelerometers... Choose Your Axial For Tough Design + Wider Frequency Range They are nine times less sensitive to temperature fluctuations and 20 times less sensitive to base bending.
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DataMiner's Vote Of Confidence For Two Million East Africans ... Selected To Manage Hhybrid STB Services ...has been selected by a major service provider to manage a new network of interactive set-top boxes spanning across one of Africa’s biggest markets.
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November 16, 2015 A DAMPE Launch Upcoming For China DAMPE is one of the first four scientific satellites employed in the CAS space program and will observe the direction, energy and electric charge of high-energy particles in space in search of dark matter.
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New Report Analyzing Portable Military Comms Added To Research & Markets Portfolio The global man portable military electronics market to grow at a CAGR of 4.51 percent over the period 2014-2019.
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Continued Support From EUMETSAT For The GEO Strategic Plan EUMETSAT's main contribution to the GEO Strategic Plan 2016–2025 will be through the GEONETCast initiative and, as a member of the Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS), the provision of satellite data.
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Asset Tracking Modules To Be Presented By Hirschmann Solutions During Intermodal Europe Event Hirschmann Solutions offers three variants of asset tracking modules as a platform solution.
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TeleCommunication Systems Engages In Geo-Targeting Accuracy Improvements For DHS The research focuses on using area footprints associated with radio frequency (RF) coverage to improve geo-targeting granularity and accuracy for delivery of WEA messages.
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Panasonic Avionics To Provide China Eastern Airlines With Inflight Connectivity The service will initially be offered on the airline's services from Shanghai to New York, Los Angeles and Toronto, and rolled out on other routes, including San Francisco and Vancouver in December.
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A Lot Of Latitude @ NBAA 2015 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition—Duncan Aviation Builds Latitude's First STC The company will also be showcasing the Latitude's complete product family.
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Prevent Further Wireless Interference—Global Organizations Call Upon Governments To Safeguard Satellite Spectrum The unprecedented demonstration of support for satellite spectrum was made during a series of briefings held at the International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU’s) World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC).
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The Space Foundation Board Is Never Boring ... Elects New Officers + Directors The board of directors of the Space Foundation has elected new officers and directors, for terms to commence on January 1, 2016.
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James Webb Space Telescope Resembles Origami... In An Ariane 5 Rocket "We deploy the wings one at a time. Each individual deployment can take up to 16 hours or more to complete."
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United Launch Alliance No Longer A Contender For GPS III Satellite Launches ULA does not currently have any Atlas engines available to bid and therefore is unable to submit a timely proposal.
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RigNet's Speedy Growth Wins Recognition In Deloitte's Technology Fast 500™ ...based on its 202 percent fiscal year revenue growth during the period from 2011 to 2014.
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GLOBAL THUNDER Exercise Ensures Lightning Fast Response To Attacks Across USSTRATCOM... ...strengthening existing international partnership as both Canadian and United Kingdom officers integrated and embedded into operations and planning cells at various locations including USSTRATCOM headquarters
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Raytheon's Number Is Up ... MathAlive!® = Total Success... Travels To Military Families In the US, the pipeline of talent needed to fill STEM jobs is not adequate to meet current and future demand...
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November 14, 2015 Comms Relief From Globalstar Aids Refugees Globalstar products and services are also helping to keep the humanitarian aid specialists from Disaster Tech Lab connected and safe as they travel to and between deployment locations.
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You Want This Team To Respond To Your Emergency... A New Collaboration Among Major Agencies + Technologies ....this transport aircraft will bring to relief organizations in the immediate aftermath of humanitarian disasters.
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NASA's Cube Quest Challenge's Second Summit Upcoming The goal of the Cube Quest Challenge, NASA’s first-ever in-space challenge, is to build flight-qualified small satellites capable of advanced communication and propulsion near and beyond the moon.
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Raytheon Patriot Scholarship Applications Now Open The Raytheon Patriot Scholarship is the latest in a series of scholarship initiatives launched by Raytheon and SVA.
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Latitude To Present Product @ NBAA 2015 Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition Showcased as this event will be Latitude’s complete product family.
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Set To Test Einstein's Theory Of Relativity Are Airbus Defence & Space' ACES Ground Terminals ACES will help scientists carry out research into such exotic phenomena as relativistic time shifts and drifts of the fundamental constants defining the Universe.
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Opening The 32nd Space Symposium Will Be A Panel Comprised Of World Space Leaders... The 32nd Space Symposium is slated for April 11-14, 2016, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA.
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November 12, 2015 Hiltron Communications Sends SORBAS To Market "SORBAS brings together into one product series a range of devices we have developed in our twin roles of manufacturer and provider of completed customized systems."—Jan Molter, Managing Director, Hiltron.
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Twin TWTA Agreements For Comtech Xicom Technology "Comtech Xicom Technology's amplifiers are being used for HTS applications around the globe."—Dr. Stanton Sloane, President + CEO, Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
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O&G Is The Focus Of SMI's Conference In London In 2016 The two-day conference program will feature an array of case study driven presentations providing valuable insights on how various technology challenges have been overcome.
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Successful Testing Of Thrust Vortex Engine By Orbital Technologies Corporation ORBITEC is rapidly progressing its offering of engines for orbital maneuvering, upper-stage engines that ignite at high altitude, and small-to-medium-scale air and ground launch stage engines.
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Terralink Hub To Be Supplied By Airbus Defence and Space To PETSE Terralink Hub will provide a fully managed service to PETSE which again provide them with the complete range of connectivity services to their local market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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Moving On Up... Intelsat Appoints New V.P. Of Business Development + New V.P. Of Corporate & Spectrum Strategy The company has appointed long-standing Intelsat executive, Jay Yass, to Vice President of Business Development and named Hazem Moakkit to the newly created role of Vice President of Corporate and Spectrum Strategy.
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New HM Satellite System for Mobility & Portability Applications Debuts From Hughes The HM System provides satellite-on-the-move (SOTM) capabilities for airborne, maritime and land mobility solutions.
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Content + Communications World Is Now NAB Show New York NAB unveiled the new logo and tagline for NAB Show New York, “The Essence of NAB. The Power of NYC."
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SSPI's Future Leaders Dinner @ SATCON 2015 Honors SSL's Jennifer Salmon Jennifer is now managing the payload of one of SSL’s most complex satellites.
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Foxcom DSA Debuts To Address Military + Aeronautics Markets Foxcom’s capabilities, which cover 1 KHz to 18 GHz, have been deployed around the world on numerous military platforms.
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RSCC's Express AMU1 Satellite Ships From Airbus Defence and Space + Arrives Safely In Baikonur The satellite will launch on a Proton vehicle at the end of this year.
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The Satellite Value Chain Examined In Euroconsult's Latest Report Along with the introductory/overview section, the report includes sections on satellite manufacturing & launch services, satellite communications, Earth observation, and satellite navigation.
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A Full Load For THAICOM 7 The subsidiary of Hinduja Ventures Ltd. confirmed the order for the C-band transponders on the satellite
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NSR Sees Unmanned Aircraft Systems' Super Growth In A Decade To $3.4 Billion ...finds the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Satcom Market reaching $2.9 billion by 2024 and the UAS Earth Imaging Market explosively grows to $543 Million Full Story
Speedy SpeedCast Snares Another Company... Number Five This Year w/Acquisition Of ST Teleport This is the fifth acquisition announced by SpeedCast in 2015.
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Inmarsat Partners w/Singapore Airlines ...Takes On High-Speed Connectivity “What is particularly exciting is that this is only the beginning of what we can do with connectivity."
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November 11, 2015 The Current State Of Antenna Technologies To Be Tackled By ASC Signal's Buckley + Others @ SATCON Mr. Buckley’s panel, “It All Starts on the Ground,” is among the sessions at the featured SATCON segment of the conference.
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Gilat Satellite Networks To Showcase Their Technologies During AfricaCom 2015 “Africa offers a great potential for growth..."—Dov Baharav, Interim CEO + Chairman of the Board, Gilat.
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NASA's New Ultra HD Channel Debuts, Delivered By Harmonic Technology NASA TV UHD consists of eight brand-new TV series designed to explore the various facets of NASA's space program.
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Walton De-Ice Systems Heating Up SATCON With 190+ System Deployments “Walton's next-gen CE-certified dual hot surface igniter Gas Heating Units have proven to be extremely reliable since their introduction two years ago."—Ray Powers, VP Sales & Marketing, Walton Enterprises, Inc
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Support Of The USAF's Satellite Control Network Goes To Harris Corporation Harris will provide operations, maintenance and logistics support to Air Force satellite operations at the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, and other worldwide locations.
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LISA Pathfinder All Fueled Up + Ready To Review Those Ripples LISA Pathfinder was "topped off" in the Spaceport's S5 payload preparation facility, taking it one step closer to a December 2 launch from French Guiana on Arianespace Flight VV06.
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Newtec's Serge Van Herck's Webinar Presentation Discusses Harnessing HTS Technology The rise of multi-service across the whole industry becomes very clear when we look at the evolution of HTS.
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SATCOM Anchor Station To Be Expanded By OHB System AG The system to be implemented enhances the existing UHF-DAMA control station at the SATCOM anchor station in Kastellaun for the requirements-based allocation of UHF resources to the German federal armed forces’ own geostationary satellites COMSATBw 1 and 2.
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Deep Space Industries Applauds Legislative Passage Of U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitive Act Of 2015 Establishing a solid legal foundation for the development of space mineral resources is a necessary first step in opening the frontier.
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Keysight Technologies Adds A New Power Analyzer To Their IntegraVision Family The IntegraVision PA 2203A streamlines three-phase device analysis with several unique capabilities.
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International Launch Services Garners A Multi-Launch Agreement With Intelsat For Five Proton Missions The five satellites, yet to be designated, will be launched using the Proton Breeze M launch vehicle.
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Telesat's Next Satellite Boasts Hughes As An Anchor Tenant Telstar 19 VANTAGE will be the second of a new generation of Telesat satellites optimized to serve the types of bandwidth intensive applications increasingly being used across the satellite industry.
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Building Bangbandhu For BTRC, A New Thales Alenia Space Contract Thales Alenia Space is in charge of the design, production, testing and the delivery in orbit of the satellite.
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Live From New York It's Satnews! Satnews in New York City .... Publisher Silvano Payne and Jill Durfee Director of Marketing and Sales are attending SATCON...
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November 10, 2015 Tomorrow, November 11...Comtech Xicom Technology On A Cross Country Tour .... Offers One Day Tech Showcase @ SATCON During SATCON, Comtech Xicom will be offering a plethora of information regarding their product families...
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McMurdo Bumps Up Satellite-Based S + R Ecosystem... SARBE CommLink Includes Military...Saves More Lives This helps to streamline the entire rescue process, resulting in faster casualty analysis, expedited medical response and more lives saved.
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SGSS Successful Step By General Dynamics + Team For NASA The new SGSS ground system architecture will ensure the Space Network will continue to provide global space-to-ground telecommunications and tracking coverage for Earth orbit and near-Earth space flight missions.
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ORBCOMM Satellite Service' OEM Telematics Solution Is Selected By CIMC By leveraging ORBCOMM’s satellite connectivity and modem technology, CIMC’s telematics solution will track and monitor its shipping containers in real time, which will improve the information flow throughout the intermodal supply chain.
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Ka-Band Millimeter Wave Power Module Arrives From L-3 Electron Devices L-3’s new ruggedized module is suitable for various naval and ground applications, featuring a maximum operating temperature range of -40 °C to +85 °C while operating from conventional 28 VDC power.
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The Role Of EO + Remote Sensing To Be Presented By Earth-i @ The GeoData 2015 Conference "As we move closer to providing full commercial imaging services towards the end of the year, this is an excellent opportunity to showcase how far we have progressed."—Richard Blain, CEO, Earth-i
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Rockwell Collins Signs The First Jet ConneX Service Agreement With VistaJet "Rockwell Collins will enable early adopters like VistaJet to provide a reliable global solution with the highest level of bandwidth to meet their customers’ needs."—David Stanley, V.P., ARINCDirect Cabin Services, Rockwell Collins.
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BADR Just Got Better...As Arabsat 6B Telecommunication Satellite Launches From Ariane 5 Rocket ...the first in Arabsat’s 6th generation of satellites, will be co-located with Arabsat satellites at the 26 degrees East video hot spot known as BADR.
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This Dragon Breathes Real Fire... 27 Times... SpaceX's Crew Dragon Proves A-OK In Event Of Emergency Firing all at once, the eight engines produce 120,000 pounds of thrust—enough power to accelerate a Crew Dragon from zero to 100 mph in 1.2 seconds. In the unlikely event of an emergency...
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A Double Header... Ariane 5 Launches Another Double Success For Airbus Defence + Space
Ariane 5 has boosted two telecommunications satellites into orbit, including ARABSAT-6B (BADR-7), third of five Airbus Defence and Space built telecoms satellite to be launched in 2015
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India's GSAT-15 Communication Satellite Launches By Arianespace Successfully ...GSAT-15 carries communication transponders in Ku-band as well as a GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) payload operating in L1- and L5-bands.
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Intelsat 29e Now Scheduled For January 2016 Launch By Arianespace Intelsat 29e marks the first of Intelsat’s next generation EpicNG satellite fleet that combines wide beams and spot beams with frequency reuse technology.
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November 9, 2015 Gilat's Webinar Addresses The New Revolution... High Throughput Satellites...Is Your Network Ready For Opportunities? Multi-spot beams are reshaping the value chain and more capacity is becoming available to service new markets. At the same time, however, this poses immense challenges for the ground segment architecture.
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Arianespace's Record Year Just Keeps Getting BADR + Better Arabsat-6B, to be renamed BADR-7 once in orbit, will be the ninth satellite orbited by Arianespace for use by the operator Arabsat, based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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New Line Of Advanced SSPAs Debut For Scientific Applications From Advantech Wireless The new line of Advanced Solid State Power Amplifiers for Scientific Applications is designed for Scientific Electron Accelerator Facilities.
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NASA's Orion Goes With A Guppy Orion is the spacecraft that will launch atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket on Exploration Mission-1 in 2018.
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SMC 45th Anniversary Recalls 45 Year History Of Defense Support Programs ...Testament To Safety Of US Veterans will be honored this week on November 11, and there is also an anniversary of another important branch of the military... Full Story
A FAB-T Day For Raytheon "Starting low-rate production is a significant achievement for the FAB-T program."—Scott Whatmough, V.P., Integrated Communications Systems, Space and Airborne Systems, Raytheon.
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Aerojet Rocketdyne's New Propulsion + Innovation Center Debuts With A Ribbon Cutting "Aerojet Rocketdyne has been the go-to provider of US propulsion systems for the last 70 years and RS-25 and AR1 will continue that legacy.”—Eileen Drake, CEO + President, Aerojet Rocketdyne.
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Optus Satellite Bringing Line Of Sight SATCOM Across Australia Via Thuraya's SatSleeve Product Family The new SatSleeve models use Wi-Fi (rather than Bluetooth) to connect with the smartphone and are controlled through the all new, free SatSleeve Hotspot app.
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Cobham's Newest Antennas Will Float Your Boat... Debuts @ Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show so with advanced engineering and software design, they can operate anywhere in the satellite footprint and provide a strong link to the satellite.
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Orion's Structural Test Model On Its Way From Thales Alenia Space To NASA The structural test article (STA) is an exact reproduction of the structure intended for the service module on Orion's first mission, in 2018.
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The First MEOSAR Satellite Ground Station For APAC Completed By McMurdo In New Zealand There are 58,000 emergency distress beacons registered in New Zealand which, without any changes or updates, will be immediately usable by the new systems.
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Abstracts For The Space Foundation's 32nd Space Symposium Technical Track Due By December 11, 2015 Presentations are welcome on technology developments with applications for civil, commercial, entrepreneurial and national security fields.
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Space Tech Expo Europe Preparing For Space Technology Event In Bremen, Germany This event will occur at Messe Bremen, Bremen, Germany, and will run from November 17 through 19 and is co-located with Aerospace Electrical Systems Expo Europe.
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New Application Note From Keysight Technologies Reveals New Oscilloscope Capabilities If you haven't evaluated oscilloscopes recently, you may be surprised with the capabilities available.
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ORBCOMM Adds Another Fan....Add On Systems... For M2M + IoT Solutions For Truckers ...customers will have access to valuable trailer data, including temperature, mileage, fuel levels, operational condition, alarm events and GPS position.
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Team AMRO Fabricating Proudly Presents Panels For NASA's Space Launch System Today, it costs $10,000 to send one pound of payload into orbit; since the entire launch vehicle makes the trip to low-Earth orbit, its net weight is a big consideration.
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Arianespace Flight VA227 — A Pad Pause Prior To Push For this 83rd overall flight of an Ariane 5, the payload lift performance is estimated at 9,810 kg.
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Honeywell Sends In A Jet...JetWave...For Singapore Airlines' On-Flight Connectivity ...passengers will be able to do everything from sending real-time social media updates and emails to live streaming TV, all while in flight and from virtually anywhere in the world, over both land and sea.
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November 6, 2015 Arianespace's Flight VA227 In Payload Integration Phase ....India's GSAT-15 Installed On Top Of A Cone GSAT-15 is to provide telecommunications services, as well as dedicated navigation-aid and emergency services for India
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SSPI Future Leaders Dinner To Present Promise Awards To Three Industry Leaders + Recognition Of The Mentor Of The Year The 2015 Future Leaders Dinner occurs at The Penn Club in Manhattan on Tuesday, November 10, on the evening before the opening of NAB CCW featuring SATCON.
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Euroconsult's Report Reveals 2 Percent Revenue Growth For Commercial FSS Operators Significant cause for concern in the FSS industry has been recognized in recent months as highlighted by ...
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RigNet Aquires TECNOR "This acquisition will augment RigNet’s existing presence in Latin America, allowing for more rapid expansion across the region.”—Mark Slaughter, CEO + President, RigNet.
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Make Way For SOTM + COTM From Hughes D&IS For Government Users Suitable applications for the HM System include intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance (ISR), border patrol, search and rescue, disaster response, wildfire monitoring, oil platform communications, cellular backhaul and airborne BLOS communications.
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November 5, 2015 The Unfurling Of Harris' Mesh Antenna Reflectors Aboard The Lockheed Martin Built U.S. Navy's MUOS-4 Satellite This represents the seventh and eighth successful Harris reflector deployments in the five-satellite MUOS constellation.
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A Boost To John Hopkins University From The U.S.A.F.'s Space & Missile Systems Center "The end goal of our strategy is to have two or more domestic, commercially viable launch providers that also meet national security space requirements."—Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves, Executive Officer for Space + SMC Commander, U.S.A.F.
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HTS Coverage For APAC Via Intelsat + SKY Perfect JSAT JV With Their New Horizons 3e Satellite “With Horizons 3e, we will introduce the Intelsat EpicNG platform to the Asia-Pacific region, completing our global high throughput footprint and enhancing our IntelsatOne® Flex service platform."—Stephen Spengler, CEO, Intelsat.
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Rickmers Group's Entire Fleet Goes With Marlink Maritime VSAT Roll-out of a combination of Marlink Maritime VSAT services with data quota or dedicated CIR (Committed Information Rate) across the Rickmers' fleet, which operates primarily in Europe & Asia, started in August 2015.
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Harris Falcon Tactical Radios Winging Their Way Into Eastern European Nation “The Harris radios will enable the nation’s Ministry of Defense to field secure communication networks that interoperate with their existing equipment, as well as with those used by coalition forces."—Chris Young, President, Harris Communication Systems.
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WTA + Kratos Infocast: Five Ways To Deliver Customer QoS The presenters will be Robert Bell, the Executive Director of the World Teleport Association, and Jacob Blanc, Director of Solutions for Kratos.
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Euroconsult Joining Forces With The World Space Risk Forum "Our strategic partnership will aim at broadening the range of risks addressed throughout the event and across the space community to support the success of future space initiatives."—Pacôme Révillon, CEO, Euroconsult.
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KVH's Stabilization + Security For A Price = $2.7 Million As Middle Eastern Military Ally Enlists TACNAV's Support ...will deliver a tactical navigation system designed to help military vehicle crews maintain 100 percent situational awareness with or without GPS
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XpressSAR's Excellent X-Band Constellation's Remote Sensing System Is Licensed By NOAA For Up Close Imagery ...synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellites capable of collecting imagery with a ground resolution of 30 meters to less than 1 meter.
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Globalstar Turns On The Lights w/New Appointee From Lightbridge Communications To BOD Class C Director He currently serves as President and CEO of Lightbridge Communications Corporation, the largest independent wireless engineering services and network management company in the world.
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Thomson Video Networks...Solutions Specific To Digital Transitions In Africa @ AfricaCom 2015 "The African media industry is incredibly dynamic and undergoing a major transition as growing numbers of broadcasters adapt to digital operations..."
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US Air Force Loses Its Stripes... The Super Strypi Launch Vehicle Failed Taking Small Sats With It Additional information will be released as it becomes available
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Honeywell Acquires COM DEV + Spinout Of exactEarth On the closing date, Honeywell will pay $10,000,000 in escrow for distribution to COM DEV shareholders following closing.
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November 4, 2015 VADM Richard H. Truly Named By Space Foundation To Receive The General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award Named for the Space Foundation’s former, long-time chairman, the General James E. Hill Lifetime Space Achievement Award is one of the global space community’s highest honors.
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For The Save The Children Organization, Speedcast Deploys A 35 Site Network In Africa All sites were successfully deployed ahead of the deadline, and as a result there was no disruption of service for the customer.
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Satellite Industry Workforce Study Launched By Society Of Satellite Professionals (SSPI) SSPI is partnering with Korn Ferry, the preeminent authority on leadership and talent, to develop the study.
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The Global Military Communications Market, 2015 to 2019, Examined The report provides a comprehensive overview of this market.
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NASA Eyeing Robotic Eyes To Help With On Orbit Satellite Repairs Robotic spacecraft—likely operated with joysticks by technicians on the ground—would carry out the hands-on maneuvers.
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SKY Perfect JSAT To Pump 4K HDR Videos Via Their JCSAT-3A Satellite An uplink using existing facilities at the SKY Perfect JSAT Tokyo Media Center (“TMC”) will be sent from the JCSAT-3A communication satellite to the Inter BEE venue.
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A Danish Evolution... From iDirect iDirect’s TRANSEC capabilities will help to build added security into their networks, and the technical expertise of the 24/7 iDirect Technical Assistance Center (TAC) provides a high level of reliability to the Danish Armed Forces.
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UPDATE: A Bounty Of Cobham SATCOM Products Debut @ OilComm 2015: Terminals, VSAT + Drove-Away Antennas EXPLORER 540’s dual mode can provide unmatched service availability and joining the extensive Cobham SATCOM VSAT antenna portfolio, the smaller, lighter SAILOR 60 GX and SAILOR 600 VSAT Ka are easily lifted or carried on board for installation.
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MAPS™ HD Enters Market From GL Communications GL's enhanced MAPS™ HD is a high density multi-protocol, multi-technology network appliance that performs signaling and traffic generation for a vast array of communication protocols covering IP and Wireless networks.
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Crew Welfare Solution From ITC Global Makes Debut @ OilComm 2015 The technology will bring enable high-speed access to applications such as Skype, FaceTime, email, online banking, social media, news and entertainment.
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Most FSS Operators Experienced A Positive Year in 2014, According To New Euroconsult Report In this year's edition of the report, Euroconsult has expanded the benchmark analysis with new performance indicators to provide a better view of the competitive positioning of each FSS operator, including information on constellations with extensive profiles of OneWeb and O3b.
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Rocket Lab Heads North...Selects Alaska Aerospace For Electron Launch Range Safety “AAC brings a critical component to our launch program by providing essential range safety capabilities during our initial development phase."
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November 3, 2015 Space-Based ADS-B Resolution By European Parliament Applauded By Aireon Space-based ADS-B will allow for real-time air traffic monitoring, and provide performance-based enhancements in safety and efficiency, consistent with the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) objectives.
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Greece Is The Selected Location By Inmarsat For Their Satellite Access Station The new SAS at Nemea will serve as a gateway towards Inmarsat’s advanced S-band satellite, which is currently being manufactured by Thales Alenia Space, and a compact, lightweight Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) terminal being produced by Cobham SATCOM.
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Moving On Up... New V.P. and General Counsel For International Launch Services He will oversee the ILS legal, contracts and export control departments.
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comBOX + Eutelsat Bond Together With KA-SAT The Protonyx comBOX satellite link bonding technology uses a special algorithm to effectively aggregate the available bandwidth and create a virtual Internet connection with speeds equal to the sum of the individual connections used.
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Moving On Up... OHB SE Names New Member Of The Company's Management Board The OHB Group’s Management Board now has four members.
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ABS + Arabsat Get Together On ABS-3A Bandwidth Use ABS-3A, an all-electric propulsion satellite entered commercial service on August 31.
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Inmarsat's Global Xpress Is Go! For Government Services North, Central and South America, and the Atlantic Ocean Governments “Increasingly, we are finding our government customers around the world need to do more with highly challenged budgets..."
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Arabsat-6B + GSAT-15 To Get Going On November 10 Aboard An Arianespace Ariane 5 With the launcher's build-up now complete, final check-out will be performed in the coming days, enabling the mission's launch readiness review on November 6.
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Airbus Defence and Space Soar On A Space Safari w/XEBRA...Military SatCom Service w/Small + Light X-band Terminal The Skynet satellite network consists of eight satellites and associated ground segment, and is the world’s only commercially owned military satellite communications system.
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November 2, 2015 Integration Stage Underway For GSAT-15 For Arianespace' Sixth Heavy-Lift Mission Flight VA227 is set for a November 10 liftoff from the ELA-3 launch zone.
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Boeing's Silkwave-1 Satellite To Pump 100x Greater Transmission Power + Set For 2018 Launch The Silkwave-1 is scheduled for launch in 2018, with the launch service provider to be determined by NYBB.
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New Territory To Be Accessed By Forthcoming Chinese Satellites For Scientific Research All the major tests and experiments have been completed, and a mission control center for scientific satellites has been set up in Huairou, a northern suburb of Beijing.
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Multi-Launch Agreement Between International Launch Services + Eutelsat Communications Cemented Into Place The missions will be launched within a seven year period from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Antenna Acumen From Astro Aerospace To Be Applied To NASA's NISAR Satellite Astro Aerospace will use its proprietary AstroMesh® deployable mesh reflector for NISAR's 12-meter aperture antenna.
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New Attenuators From Link Microtek Debut For SATCOM Systems Testing The attenuators offer a flat response right across their specified frequency band of 26.5 to 40 GHz.
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NASA Expenses = $132.4 Million To Launch TDRS-M...ULA To Provide The Launch Services provides voice, data, video and telemetry services for low-Earth orbiting satellites, such as the Hubble Space Telescope, the International Space Station, weather and environmental monitoring satellites.
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ULA's Comments As NASA Announces United Launch Alliance Atlas V to Launch TDRS-M Satellite "...we look forward to applying a one-launch-at-time focus on mission success to the TDRS-M mission.”
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Preparations Continue By Airbus Defence and Space + Thales Alenia Space For ARABSAT-6B (BADR-&) Launch "Not only is it the first sixth-generation Arabsat satellite in which we have incorporated the best of our expertise and technologies, but also the seventh Eurostar satellite we are delivering to Arabsat."—François Auque, Head of Space Systems, Airbus Defence and Space.
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EMC + Global VSAT Forum (GVF) Have An Accreditation Agreement “The training license agreement with GVF will help us sustain the highest levels of technical competence for our service and support offices.” —Chris Rivera, COO, EMC.
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Processing Continues On Cygnus For December 3 Launch Date Developed and built by Orbital ATK, the Cygnus comprises the pressurized cargo module and attached service module, which houses the solar arrays and propulsion system.
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Orbital ATK's Products Positively Propelled Atlas V's Launch Of USAF's Improved Global Positioning on Earth Integrated Orbital ATK products enable improved global positioning on Earth
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Airbus Defence & Space Selects Advantech Wireless... Provides Security Beyond Line Of Sight "...results do not happen overnight and Advantech Wireless has remained consistently committed throughout, frequently going that extra mile to keep the project on track.”
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Arianespace's Record Year Ends w/Lucky 13 Soyuz Mission Launch Of Galileos x 2 To support the growing Galileo constellation, Soyuz is fitted with a vertical dispenser that accommodates the two navigation satellites deployed on each mission.
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