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November 28, 2019 Forrester Reports: The U.S. 5G Hunger Games There are two major elements in terms of the CBA’s ability to consider the spectrum to be under their total stewardship. First, the operators have paid...
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November 27, 2019 Satnews Publishers Wishes Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving enjoy the holiday with whatever... and whoever...
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Galileo and Renault Electric Cars Demo Positioning Engine Participants in the event had a unique opportunity to ride in an autonomous vehicle fitted with an innovative positioning engine developed by the...
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On a Super Guppy ... Orion Heads to Plum Brook Station A team of engineers and technicians from Airbus, the European Space Agency (ESA), Lockheed Martin and NASA are ready to put the spacecraft...
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Global Satellite Coalition's Kudos to ITU World Radiocommunication Conference's Newest Decisions At the start of WRC-19, the GSC called for a practical approach to address both the world’s unresolved communications challenges and the...
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AsiaSat's Take on ITU's WRC-19 Event AsiaSat’s spectrum team had joined efforts to protect the satellite industry’s continued access to essential radio spectrum and to decide on the...
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PocketQubes are Ready for Rocket Lab’s ‘Running Out Of Fingers’ Onboard this rideshare mission are six spacecraft comprised of 5cm PocketQube microsatellites from satellite manufacturer and mission ...
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November 26, 2019 Arianespace Launches Egypt's TIBA-1, Inmarsat's GX5 and Celebratory Statements During these past 40 years Ariane has launched; the Galileo satellites; orbiting ATVs for servicing the ISS; the Herschel & Planck telescopes, and ...
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Sat5G Going Good for KT SAT The test was aimed to expand the fifth generation technology linked to KT’s 5G network and KT SAT’s KOREASAT 6, located some 36,000 kilometers...
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Double Savings with Thuraya's Data Capture from Fixed and Mobile Assets The data plans backed by the pooling option, make the T2M-DUAL all the more attractive, because users have to contend with only predictable costs.
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WGS-10 Accepted by U.S. Space Command into Operational Constellation Following handover, Space and Missile Systems Center’s WGS program office, in collaboration with the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy, completed...
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Beer and Female Mice on Board? SpaceX Cargo Mission's Diverse ISS National Lab Projects The Jackson Laboratory is sending 40 female mice, including; and Budweiser continues its research of the cereal crop barley onboard the space station,
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ISRO's Successful Launch of 13 Nanosatellites Cartosat-3 satellite is a third generation agile advanced satellite having high resolution imaging capability.
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Mystery Military Satellite Launch by Russia Now on-orbit, the "item" is alleged to be packed with optical ISR components and what is termed an "inspection" device, all bundled together ...
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Marlink Delivers Connectivity to "Remoters" in French Guiana In a significant and far-reaching turnkey project, which included the installation of a satellite ground station, Marlink has successfully connected...
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ESIM Decision by ITU WRC-19 Cheered by Viasat The treaty, which was signed at the 2019 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-19) on Friday, November 22, 2019, provides access to...
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November 25, 2019 E3/Sentinel Easing into EASF for COMSATCOM During this five-year, firmed-fixed (FFP) Task Order, E3/Sentinel will support a range of support services for AFCSCO and help transform Commercial ...
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Airbus Spain's ELSA+ is the Leader of Active Antennas for the first time the spacecraft is able to adapt to the customers’ business cases as and when needed by means of software control.
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MEASAT-3d Satellite Set for Arianespace Propulsion to Orbit MEASAT-3d will serve the growth requirements of 4G & 5G mobile networks in Malaysia while continuing to provide redundancy and additional...
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Blue Sky Network's HawkEye ADT Receives FAA Certification is an autonomous distress tracking device and solution to satisfy ICAO requirements developed in response to high profile aircraft accidents.
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A Five Decade Double Celebration for Airbus The 50th anniversary of the first Skynet satellite is a double celebration, as this year Airbus is also celebrating the company's 50th birthday.
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Iodine Impulse for Smallsats Demo'd On-Orbit by ThrustMe and Spacety Spacety completed the on-orbit commissioning of the smallsat and then the two companies tested the I2T5 cold gas thruster for the first time...
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Vandenberg AFB to Become a Spaceport of the Future? Stevens, who has worked at the base since the 1980s, spoke about Vandenberg’s vision as a “spaceport of the future” during the...
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SENER Aeroespacial 's Proba-3 Satellite CDR Successfully Completed These milestones certify that the maturity of the design is appropriate to proceed with full-scale fabrication, assembly, integration and testing of the...
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Lacuna Space + Miromico Join Forces for 'Space Ready' IoT Following successful tests conducted this year the first commercial trials with Miromico devices and selected enterprise clients of the Swiss company...
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November 24, 2019 A New Choice for New Zealanders The Choice offering delivers the highest broadband speed available in New Zealand with only an 0.84 meter antenna at the remote terminal. The...
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WORK Microwave and SAIT Team Up for Smallsat Applications Recently, the companies completed a successful communication transmission test between WORK Microwave's industry-leading AR-80...
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European Special Ops Forces Obtain COTM Services from NIC4 and Get SAT Innovation to enhance secure, on-the-move communications is coming in smaller packages, leading to the opening of more markets for...
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ISRO to Launch Cartosat-3, 13 Commercial Nano Satellites on November 25 The satellites would be launched by India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C47into Sun Synchronous Orbit from Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
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Comtech Telecommunications Brings UHP Networks into the Fold Founded in 2005, UHP is based in Canada and has developed revolutionary technology that is transforming the VSAT market...
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In Support of DoD SATCOM Services, $9+ Million Award to Iridium Work will be performed in McLean, Virginia (50%); and Tempe, Arizona (50%), and is expected to be complete in November of 2021...
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USSOCOM Confers $390 Million Contract to L3Harris for Falcons The order is part of a $390 million IDIQ contract awarded by USSOCOM in 2015 under the Next Generation Tactical Communications (NGTC) program...
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ITU WRC 2019 has Agreements for Future Comms Technologies Protections were accorded to the Earth-Exploration Satellite Service (EESS) as well as meteorological and other passive services in adjacent...
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November 23, 2019 A Conversation with... Jeanne Medvedeva, Exolaunch, @ Space Tech Expo Europe Exolaunch is a leading European premium launch services and separation system provider for smallsats. As of this writing, Exolaunch has integrated....
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Gilat's Modem Momentum Milestone This industry milestone demonstrates the potential of high throughput Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) satellite constellations. Gilat’s technology...
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USAF GGSS $39+ Million Contract Assigned to Kratos RT Logic The company is contracted to provide 24 hours/7 days per week, 365 days per year services in C- (4 – 8 GHz) and Ku- (12 – 18 GHz) bands for all...
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November 21, 2019 Taila's Germany Teleport Renews WTA's Certification Program confirms Talia’s commitment to delivering quality services to unconnected locations across the world, as well as to working alongside strategic partners
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A Conversation with... David Henri, Exotrail, @ Space Tech Expo Europe Our core product is a miniaturized propulsion solution for smallsats. Using Hall Effect Technology, we are able to provide a dramatically higher thrust...
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A Conversation with... Alexandra Sokolowski, Hyperion Technologies B.C., @ Space Tech Expo Europe Hyperion designs and develops miniaturized and high-performance components for smallsats. We focus on subsystems to ensure that the...
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ITU Adopts New Regulations for NGSO Satellites The agreement reached at WRC-19 establishes regulatory procedures for the deployment of non-geostationary satellites, including mega-constellations...
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UPDATE: Forrester Reports — On a Knife’s Edge The CBA’s filing to the FCC on October 29 was timely in that it was the first time anyone had officially talked about increasing the bandwidth to be...
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Spacecom on the Verge of Being Sold? Market sources said they believed Frenkel was offering 11 shekels ($3.18) a share for Spacecom, or 100 million shekels total. That is an improvement...
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Collaboration MoU Between Azercosmos and SGAC Among the activities considered under the MoU, Azercosmos and SGAC expressed the intention of promoting SGAC in Azerbaijan by encouraging...
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New Technologies MoU by Oakman Aerospace + ArsUltra S.A. The new agreement indicates the companies’ shared intention to advance spacecraft development through Modular Open System Architectures ...
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OHB System AG Sounding Off TEXUS-56 took off from the ESRANGE Space Center (ESC) near Kiruna, reaching an altitude of 266 kilometers. During the parabolic flight...
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SpaceX's Starship 'Sees Stars' After Bulkhead Explodes A prototype upper stage built as a pathfinder for SpaceX’s planned human-rated Starship rocket literally blew its upper bulkhead Wednesday during a ...
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November 20, 2019 Intelsat's $50 Million to BlackSky This infusion of new capital will allow BlackSky to augment existing assets and alliances. According to the firm, this influx of capital will ensure the...
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Peraton Receives U.S. Army Ground Terminal Contract As the prime contractor, developer, systems engineer, and integrator for the self-contained, transportable Satellite Ground Terminal Prototype system...
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Euclid Telescope Continues to Take Shape The main instrument of the Payload Module, for which Airbus is responsible within this European Space Agency (ESA) mission led by...
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Intellian's World's First Convertible 1.25 Meter Ku- Ka- VSAT System design results in lower cost of ownership throughout the lifecycle, improves reliability, speeds maintenance and lower costs with a 40 percent reduction
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Euroconsult's FSS Operators Report Published: Eleven New FSS Providers Many of these companies are state-owned national operators, which will mostly serve national interests. Twelve new satellite operators are planning...
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Eutelsat’s 'Ambassador' All Electric KONNECT Satellite Ready to Ship A satellite that is an ambassador of sorts, KONNECT the all electric communications satellite, will be ready for shipping to its launch site.
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Pit Boss to Manage Blackjack The Blackjack constellation will operate in LEO and will network sensors together with the goal of providing global coverage for many applications...
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Ariane 6 and Vega-C Exploitation Protocols Signed With development of Ariane 6 and Vega-C now in the final phase, these protocols will govern the long-lasting exploitation of Ariane 6 and Vega-C...
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ManSat Group's New Man on Board is a Spectrum Engineer He was also selected as “Interim Communication Subsystem lead” for a Mars Robotic Mission at NASA Ames Research Center.
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November 19, 2019 Marlink Keeps OFW's Ship in a Bottle Business on the Seas The processed deep sea water is bottled, packaged and stored on board, delivered to port, then the vessel’s five-day production cycle begins again.
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Tyvak Lands NASA Contract The company intends to provide end-to-end commercial payload delivery solutions spanning payload integration, launch services and operations to...
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ST Engineering iDirect's Event Product Focus is on First Responders ST Engineering iDirect will demonstrate its SATCOM solutions during the Cyberattack on Critical Infrastructure scenario. With satellite-enabled...
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C-Band Alliance's Intelsat, SES and Telesat React to FCC's C-Band Decision FCC Chairman Ajit Pai stated the best way to advance the freeing up of significant 5G spectrum and to generate revenues for the federal...
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Satellites Show Promise as Tool for Monitoring Crop Development research involves using sensors to identify desirable physical/agronomic traits of growing plants for the purpose of selecting the right varieties for cultivation.
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U.S. Senators Want 5G Coordinator Appointed In a letter to Robert O’Brien, who was appointed as national security adviser in September, the top Republican and Democratic Senators on the...
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SES Connects to Verizon and Nokia’s Operation Convergent Response for First Responders satellite constellation will be used for critical tech demos and live action simulations of wildfires, cyberattacks, airports in crisis and other emergencies
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Smallsat Rideshare Dreams Come True with Firefly Aerospace The company has now announced the payloads that have been selected to fly on Alpha's maiden flight to support and stimulate STEM on a global...
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U.S. Navy's Successful Comms Tests of Intellian’s Antenna and Telesat Ka-band Satellites addition to superior capacity, speed, security, resiliency, and low latency of the Telesat system, the Navy can achieve additional economies of scale
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ViaLite RF Adopted by Leading Teleport Operators With their wide dynamic range, the company’s L-Band HTS RF over fiber interfacility links are used within teleports as well as long distance link...
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OneWeb Satellites Joins SIA OneWeb Satellites, a joint venture of OneWeb and Airbus, has joined SIA as the organization's newest member...
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November 18, 2019 Hughes' S-Band Terminal Debuts from EchoStar Mobile The Hughes 4500 is the first S-band terminal in the market featuring low power consumption, ultra-light weight, and a simple installation process...
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A ViSION™ Debut from Lepton Global Solutions The ViSION™ network is an iDirect, Evolution-based satellite communications network based on high-powered...
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Billions from USAF's SMC for Lockheed Martin This contract provides for operations, sustainment and enhancement activities to support the USAF's Advanced Extremely High Frequency...
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Inmarsat's GX5 Liftoff Date is Established The expected mission time of the Ariane 5 rocket is 34 minutes, 14 seconds, with separation of the 4,007 kg. GX5 satellite the final step at approximately 34 minutes, 7 seconds after launch.
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SAIT and WORK Microwave's CubeSats and SmallSats High-Performance Test downlink transmitters feature high throughput, state-of-the-art adaptive error correction coding and modulation, flexible interface options, and small
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Sentinel-6A Operational Fitness Check by Airbus "Copernicus Sentinel-6" is an operational ocean altimetry mission to provide continuity of ocean topography measurements over the next decade...
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Two Year Anniversary for Kratos' Constellations... Win, Win, Win from established players such as Lockheed Martin, SES Government Solutions and Boeing to innovative upstarts like Capricorn Space, Phase Four
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Space Startup Summit will Focus on Startups' Trends, Stories and Pitches the latest trends in space industry investments, startups stories who have successfully worked with government and pitches from 14 U.S. selected
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Mission Assurance Summit and Keeping Ahead of Emerging Threats The focus of mission assurance must shift from systems to warfighters. What matters most is if the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines in the field can ...
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Largest USAF Space Operator Class Underway The course started November 5 and is expected to send Airmen to the 2nd Space Operations Squadron and the 4th SOPS upon graduation on...
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ISIS Plans Multi-Spectral Optical EO Mission As a result of the close collaboration between ISISpace and Simera Sense, they can deliver turnkey EPO solutions for a range of remote sensing...
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USAF Cyberspace Capabilities Center Created The center, or CCC, absorbed the Air Force Network Integration Center, Air Combat Command’s Cyberspace Support Squadron and the 38th...
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Gilat Gets Millions from SES This multi-million-dollar contract establishes Gilat as a significant Non-Geostationary Orbit (NGSO) player through the technological innovation of...
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IOT Protocol Completed for Spacecom's AMOS-17 Satellite AMOS-17 is an HTS satellite designed specifically to meet Africa’s fast-growing communication demands. The satellite's extensive C-band HTS...
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Substrate Panels for ESA's JUICE Given the extreme distance from the Sun, the JUICE spacecraft asked for an exceptionally large solar array in order to generate sufficient power.
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Resolve Optics Looking Out for Spacecraft Many different types of optical imaging and sensing systems are used today to observe and measure the Earth and the universe at large. However...
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ST Engineering iDirect's New Executives Come from Newtec they are in the midst of a pivotal time in the satellite communications industry, and the combination of Newtec and ST Engineering iDirect has created ...
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Aerospace Increases R&D in Huntsville by 20 Percent Aerospace employs 50 of the nation’s leading engineers, scientists...and generating a regional annual economic impact of more than $20 million.
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Eighth Ariane 5 Mission Fairing Well for Arianespace During activity in Ariane 5’s Final Assembly Building, the upper payload component – containing TIBA-1, mounted on its SYLDA dispenser system...
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November 15, 2019 U.S. Air Force Contracts with Roccor ... Antennas for Space Mission the antenna will fly on a mission “intended to enhance warfighters’ situational awareness by extending the range of Link 16 tactical communications ..."
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Loft Orbital's $13 Million Funds Operations The company acquired Series A funding with a collection of $13 million to support operations in Boulder, Colorado, and Toulouse, France...
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Sorry, rocket fans — Vandenberg won’t launch an Argentine satellite next year. Here’s why
The popular story is that the United States avoids launching polar orbits from Florida after debris from a failed 1960 Thor rocket fell on Cuba, killing a cow.
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DOD Looks to Increase Cybersecurity from Commercial Satellite Providers The move comes amid growing concerns that US adversaries could use online attacks to blind or cripple commercial satellites on which the US military increasingly relies.
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November 14, 2019 Cheers to Fleet Xpress' Agreement with Bourbon's Vessels The deal represents a breakthrough offshore contract for Fleet Xpress, which is already installed on some 7,000 vessels, mainly seagoing merchant ships.
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ManSat Group's New Appointment — He's the Chief Consulting Officer BTW- The head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, holds the title of Lord of Mann and is represented by a lieutenant governor.
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Gilat's Wavestream Flying High with $5 Million Order To support the continued rollout of its airborne systems, the company selected the Wavestream (Inflight Connectivity) IFC transceiver for that...
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Copernicus Components Completed Materion provided the advanced materials used in the optical communication system on board the satellites, including the most recent...
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W. L. Gore Assembling for Space Tech Expo Also highlighted at this event will be GORE® Spaceflight Microwave/RF Assemblies for high-power, high-frequency, high-flex and high-density...
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Kacific-1 Satellite Travels to Florida This next-generation, high-throughput, Ka-band satellite will stream broadband to 25 nations in South East Asia and the Pacific Islands...
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EUMETSAT's Exciting Next-Generation Meteorological Satellite Systems These satellite systems will ...bring more benefits to citizens ... helping to save lives, property and industries and bringing about a positive economic impact.
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Lessons Learned by Exos Aerospace with SARGE While it may take a little longer to implement the lessons learned and return to flight, the firm's change management will include numerous upgrades...
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November 13, 2019 Kepler and Cobham SATCOM Partner Offering 'User Terminal-as-a-Service' new service was announced to eliminate barriers to widespread adoption of high capacity data services over Kepler’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) network.
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Gilat's $10 Million Backhaul Services in Peru The infrastructure and network that Gilat recently started to operate is the basis for the mobile coverage that will be provided by a large mobile...
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China's Two Launches Total Eight The KZ-1A lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert ... and China also launched five new remote-sensing satellites ...
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'Rosie' Rocks Rocket Lab The newly installed, custom-built, 140 sq/meter robot enables the precision machining of Electron’s carbon composite structures, including stage 1...
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NRO's Smallsats Launched Led by NRO’s Advanced Systems and Technology (AS&T) directorate, the two cubesats are part of the NRO’s IMPACT project – an R&D effort to...
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SCOTTY and Thuraya Demo Thuraya's Aero in Dubai Aero service is available within Thuraya’s satellite footprint, of more than 160 countries across the Middle East, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia regions.
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Isotropic Scores with Terminal Milestone The UK-based company demonstrated bi-directional high-speed connectivity with a Ka- broadband satellite, proving its optical beam-forming...
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November 12, 2019 Industry First ... $50M in Funding for EO to BlackSky from Intelsat BlackSky is in the process of expanding its constellation of smallsats that the company declares "will deliver the highest revisit rate in the industry."
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GomSpace's Didymoon Objective Travel to the Didymos binary asteroid system is the goal. Juventas is a 6U cubesat that contains a low frequency radar as the primary payload and...
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ATLAS and Aevum Partner for USAF's ASLON-45 LEO Mission The partnership expands on the existing collaboration between the companies with the $4.9 million ASLON-45 mission, which will provide LEO...
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Safety First ... Aerojet Rocketdyne Engines' Successful Starliner Pad Abort Test Aerojet Rocketdyne launch abort engines ... can go from dormant to delivering a combined 181,000 pounds of thrust in just one-quarter of a second.
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Es'hailSat Targets AfricaCom 2019 Es’hailSat will be showcasing the Es’hail-1 and Es’hail-2 satellites as well as a wide range of services to be delivered through the company's new...
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Building a Dozen ... NanoAvionics Builds Nano-satellites for aLeMPSat Research Mission the Plasma Source and Application Center and CaLeMPSat will test miniature Hall effect thrusters that operate at power classes never before achieved.
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ST Engineering Travels to AfricaCom 2019 and also Receives Contract from Arabsat ST Engineering iDirect will be exhibiting at the show at stands D35A and F9, featuring iDirect and Newtec product lines...
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ETL Systems RF Offerings Heading Into MilCis Show in Australia ETL will be demonstrating their Hurricane 64x64 L-band matrix, which is used to provide flexibility in uplink and downlink SATCOMs including video...
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November 11, 2019 Veterans Day, Lest We Forget... Veterans Day, lest we forget...
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Kepler's World's First High-Bandwidth Satellite for Scientists Adrift on an Arctic Ice Sheet hundreds of scientists and operations crew will remain locked into the Arctic ice sheet ... The team will spend the next 12 months drifting
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Viasat's Multi-Mission Terminal Begins Certification for the UK MoD's Skynet SATCOM X-Band System Viasat’s MMT, being a tri-band, multi-network software-defined solution, delivers high-quality IP-based voice, video and data networking across ...
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India and Japan to Explore Moon's Dark Side The Japanese agency said the mission would last about six months and target a constantly sunlit region near the moon's South Pole.
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Inmarsat at METSTRADE Brings Global Superyacht Connectivity As the growth of digitization in the industry continues, Inmarsat is highlighting its capabilities to deliver reliable and flexible superyacht...
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Viasat and EL AL Israel Airlines Expand IFC Connectivity Partnership In addition to the Boeing 777 fleet, Viasat equipment currently powers the connectivity experience across EL AL’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing...
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NSR Reports Healthy Revenues for VSAT and Broadband for the Next Decade The satellite broadband ecosystem is in its transition phase with multiple ongoing parallel developments. Vivek Suresh, NSR Analyst and author of...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA Demos Advanced Electric Propulsion System Thruster at Full Power Aerojet Rocketdyne-developed AEPS thrusters are slated to be used on the Power and Propulsion Element of NASA’s Gateway, the agency’s orbiting...
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Speedcast Delivering Satellite Services to Australia's NBN Co NBN Co's new Business Satellite Service (BSS) leverages an extensive network designed, built and managed by Speedcast Managed Services...
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SpaceX Success as 60 Starlink Satellites Launch From Repurposed Falcon 9 Rocket satellite is 100 percent demisable and will quickly burn up in Earth’s atmosphere at the end of their life cycle, a measure that exceeds all current safety standards.
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Spacecom's AMOS-17 Satellite's Satellite Services in Angola AMOS-17’s C-band HTS capabilities enable the satellite to target all of Angola with a single beam rather than using a number of smaller beams, as...
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November 10, 2019 Kratos Microwave Electronics Division's $15 Million in C5 Related Orders Work under these recent orders will be performed in secure Kratos production facilities. Due to competitive, customer related and other...
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GVF and Major Satellite Operators' Updated Guidance and SOMAP Compliance for New Antenna Products The SOMAP requirements and initiative have been undertaken to improve the Quality of Service (QoS) worldwide for the industry and to minimize interference...
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The Right Touch ... Multi-Million Dollar Contract for CPI's TouchPower™ HPA Series The company will supply state-of-the-art TouchPower™ HPA series for upgrades and expansions of this important customer’s teleports.
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Fractal Antenna Systems Awaits Pending Issuance of a Major Patent for SATCOM Stacking antennas, especially arrays, on solar cells was previously impractical. Antenna elements and feed systems can severely shadow solar ...
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To Reach $18.9 Billion ... BCC Research's 'Remote Sensing Technologies and Global Markets' Analysis and Report Agriculture represents the most active area in which remote sensing is being used for problem solving. Agricultural applications rely heavily on...
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ResearchAndMarkets Releases the 'North American Commercial Satellite Imaging Market' Report Satellite imaging involves creating raw image data using a satellite enabled for optical sensing. Aeronautical imagery provides higher image resolution ...
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SSTL Ships Target Satellite to Tokyo for Astroscale's ELSA-d Mission The ELSA-d mission is designed to simulate capture of orbital debris and validate key technologies for end-of-life spacecraft retrieval and disposal ...
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On the AfricaCom Show Floor: RSCC's SATCOM Solutions for Africa At the RSCC booth, corporate satellite networks, digital inclusion projects, mobility applications, cellular backhaul and IP trunking services will be...
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Forrester Reports: OneWeb's Delay of Launch of First 34 Satellites OneWeb launched their first 6 debut satellites back in February, and this batch were originally expected to launch in December. It is still expected...
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November 7, 2019 James Webb Telescope Being Prepped for Milestone Liftoff by Arianespace The JWST will solve mysteries of the solar system, look for distant worlds, and probe the mysterious structures and origins of the universe. It is an ...
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Metis Salutes a Rich Resource ... Enlists Veterans and Garners Multiple Awards
are so grateful to the men and women who have served our country in the military and feel fortunate to benefit from the discipline, courage and skills
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Thuraya's Star Solution ... MarineStar for More than 300K Vessels Offers Voice, Tracking and Monitoring in One Governments now require fishing vessels to report their catches electronically ...80 percent of the world’s fishing regions lies within Thuraya’s footprint, so
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New Chairman of the Space Data Association (SDA) is Named He brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the role. Pascal joined SES in 1990 as Flight Dynamics Engineer and is currently leading...
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NSR Analysis: The Grand C-band Debate: Too Early to Predict a Winner? NSR believes that the critical need to rollout 5G and the case for rural broadband will overpower other arguments, leading to a combination of ...
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Paradigm and 4K Solutions to Deliver COTM Satellite Solutions to U.S. Army Direct Action Units The discreet, low-profile MANTA met the unit’s specific requirements for a fully integrated system due to space restrictions on-board the vehicles. The...
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Rocket Lab is "Running Out Of Fingers" for their Upcoming Tenth, Launch of Smallsats As part of a first stage block upgrade, Electron’s booster will include guidance and navigation hardware, including S-band telemetry and...
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Telefonica Selects Comtech EF Data's Heights™ Platform for Brazilian and Argentinian Mobile Networks The Heights™ Networking Platform combines years of innovations and includes industry best VersaFEC® Forward Error Correction, Heights™...
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NSR Releases Their Government and Military Satellite Communication Analysis and Report As HTS-based services start to really take-off in the market, retail revenues are up $600M from 2017, to over $5.6 billion. Driven by strong growth for ...
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International Space Law Competition Conducted by Spaceport America's General Counsel Law schools across the world competed and after months of regional competitions, the four champions of Africa, Europe, North America and Asia...
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The Panther II VSAT from Harris Obtains Inmarsat GX Category 1 Type Approval The Panther II VSAT is fielded world-wide by customers who operate them over the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) constellation. The Inmarsat GX...
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Australia's Department of Defence Awards CyberOps Smallsat Security Development Contract The contract with CyberOps aims to improve Australia’s growing sovereign space industry by increasing the security and resilience of the nation's military space systems...
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Tests of Satellite IoT Technology Triumphantly Completed by Thuraya and eSAT Global eSAT’s tests of its breakthrough technology over Thuraya’s robust GEO MSS system reveal that this approach is not only practical, but also highly...
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SSTL Engages in a NovaSAR-1 Tasking and Data Acquisition Arrangement with the Philippines Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has the ability to image the Earth through cloud cover and at night, and DOST-ASTI will use data from NovaSAR-1 in...
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The Newest Space ISAC Founding Member is... Lockheed Martin The Space ISAC is the only space-dedicated ISAC and is made possible through the investment by its board and founding members. Lockheed Martin...
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Arctic High-Bandwidth Satellite Service for the Largest Polar Expedition Successfully Implemented by Kepler Kepler’s two polar-orbiting satellites are being used to transfer data for scientists taking part in MOSAiC, the most extensive research expedition...
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November 6, 2019 All is Well as Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner Passes Abort Test Getting Ready to Haul Crews to the Space Station to verify each of Starliner’s systems will function separately and in concert, to protect astronauts by carrying them safely away from the launch pad in
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The ADPM Flight Model for Euclid Delivered by SENER Aeroespcacial The company has been responsible for the design, production, integration, verification and validation of this mechanism, a mission-critical component ...
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A Quieter Journey Through Space, Courtesy of RUAG Space The payload fairing protects the satellite from aerodynamic and thermal loads during flight. After passing through dense atmospheric layers and as...
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Cubesat Products from GomSpace to be Supplied to the United Arab Emirates University GomSpace Group AB’s business operations are mainly conducted through the wholly-owned Danish subsidiary, GomSpace A/S, with operational...
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Forrester Reports: The Sale of Inmarsat is in Jeopardy A relatively small shareholder (2.85 per cent), Oaktree Capital Management, has called for the sale to be halted, arguing that the...
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November 5, 2019 Soar and China Siwei Surveying and Mapping Technology Partner for "Incredible" Satellite Mapping and Imagery Soar will now have access to two additional data streams capable of displaying imagery at an incredibly high resolution of 0.5 meter and 0.8 meters...
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Space Foundation Publishes Global Space Industry Findings in their The Space Report Quarter Three The Space Foundation has just published the third quarter 2019 issue of The Space Report and shared other key findings...
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Hughes JUPITER™ System Selected by InterSAT for Sub-Saharan Satellite B'Band Connectivity Designed with the advanced DVB-S2X industry standard, the Hughes JUPITER System enables high capacity and efficiency for any satellite...
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France, Israel, Japan, Russia, and the U.S. Vie to Supply High-Res Earth Observation Satellites to Vietnam The Vietnamese government has reportedly allocated a budget of U.S.$1 billion over the next few years for the Earth observation programme.
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Forrester Reports: Another Billion Being Sought by OneWeb OneWeb wants to circle the planet with an initial batch of 650 satellites for broadband services...
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Iridium Obtains a New Credit Agreement for Additional Financial Flexibility The new credit agreement formally retires Iridium’s previous credit facility initiated in 2010 and guaranteed by BPI France (formerly COFACE), which...
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Horizon Technologies at Airborne ISR Conference Talk Trends ... SIGINT Platforms, FlyingFish™ and More Beckner gave a presentation on trends in Sat Phone SIGINT for ISR and emphasized how airborne and ground-based strategic SIGINT platforms...
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Thumbs Up for ViaLite ... According to World Teleport Association Selected by Eight Out of Ten Teleport Operators Report cards are a way of tracking a student's progress in school, and likewise corporations also track clients to assess their opinions of various
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UPDATED: U.S. Air Force Space Pitch Day in San Francisco is Quite the Success This two-day event will feature keynotes, expert panels, innovative startup pitches, an expo floor of more than 60 booths and the potential for the...
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The ALE Sky Canvas Shooting Star Project Satellite Gets the Spaceflight Treatment for a Rocket Lab Electron Launch The mission, called “Running Out of Fingers” by Rocket Lab to signify the company's tenth mission, represents Spaceflight’s third launch with Rocket Lab...
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Hiber's Smallsat IoT Network is Now Live Hiber launched its first two satellites from sites in Sriharikota, India and California, USA, in November and December, 2018. It will be launching its...
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November 4, 2019 Inmarsat's 2nd Annual 2019 Superyacht Connectivity Report is Now Available As the demand for reliable, global connectivity continues to rise in line with the expansion of digitization in the sector, the risk of cyber-attacks is...
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Santander Teleport's VSAT Hub Upgraded to iDirect Evolution 4.1.3 Some of the new features available with the new version include DVB-S2/S2X ACM support, reduced roll-off factors, enhanced waveforms with ...
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BIRDS, Geeks and the UK Receive SSPI's Better Satellite World Awards this year's SSPI's Better Satellite World Awards are a young and lively group with interesting names as well ... BIRDS, Geeks, and the UK.
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The Satellite-Based EO Market Survey Published by Euroconsult Governments are expected to continue to be key in driving growth over the next decade. The research shows that the total civil government investment...
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The Essentials, a First ... USGIF's Pilot Entry-Level Geospatial Intelligence Certification Of the 90 students who participated in the pilot exam, 57 passed, yielding a promising success rate of 63 percent.
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UPDATE: Aerospace Corporation's Rogue CubeSats Successfully Delivered by Cygnus Spacecraft to ISS for SMC Lift-off occurred at 9:59 a.m. ET from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, Virginia. The Cygnus capsule will mate with the...
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The 2019 David Packard Excellence in Acquisition Award Won by the USAF's SMC The Packard Award recognizes Department of Defense (DoD) organizations for innovation and best acquisition practices. SMC’s Launch...
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China Launches Three Chinese Satellites Plus a Sudanese SRSS-1 Smallsat The Gaofen-7, launched on a Long March-4B rocket at 11:22 a.m. (Beijing Time) from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi...
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The First Iodine-Propellant Smallsat is Launched The 6U smallsat, built by Spacety, includes an iodine propulsion system developed and built by ThrustMe...
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November 3, 2019 Found It ... FindMy, the NexGen IoT Animal Tracker with Globalstar LEO Satellite Connectivity FindMy collars have transmitted 20 million IoT tracking messages by satellite, enabled by Globalstar’s STX3 chipset and its worldwide fleet of LEO satellites...
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By the Close of 2022, Satellite Payloads Could Garner $14.8 Billion in Revenues Across the Globe According to research, the global market for satellite payloads will have registered modest CAGR and procured a little over $14.8 billion in revenues...
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GPS Spatial Temporal Anti-Jam Receiver Contract to Lockheed Martin for F-35 Integration The GSTAR system will replace the current Antenna Electronics Unit (AEU) and will provide enhanced capabilities including the next-generation...
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U.S. Government Accountability Office Has Recommendations for USAF Space Command and Control Early prototype work on the program's software began in 2016. As of mid-2019, the program had delivered some initial capabilities; however, the...
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Two New Soyuz MS Rockets to be Built by Russia Russia will build one spacecraft for a flight by space tourists in 2021 while the other Soyuz will be needed to deliver expeditions to the...
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Kepler's Early Access Registration for IoT Developer Kit ... Limited Number of Trials for Third Satellite The DevKit will provide early access to Kepler’s forthcoming satellite-enabled narrowband connectivity service. Designed to provide a truly-global...
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The Next Giant Space Leaps — Experts Share Industry Advancements at IAC 2019 The 70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2019, Washington, DC) landed on U.S. soil for the first time in 17 years...
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'To Do List' as Cygnus Spacecraft Sails to Space Station with a Multitude of Experiments Each resupply mission delivers scientific investigations in the areas of biology and biotechnology, Earth and space sciences, physical sciences, and ...
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Egypt's TIBA-1 Satellite Getting Closer to Launch TIBA-1 aims promotes development by providing telecommunications infrastructure and broadband Internet to remote and isolated areas, support...
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November 1, 2019 Australian Department of Defence Awards Defence Innovation Hub Contract to Saber Astronautics The contract, valued at AUD $2.1 million, will use new and existing sensor networks to provide advanced insights in space domain awareness and...
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RUAG Space and TTTech Provide Electronics for TTEthernet for NASA's Lunar Gateway Ambitious projects are underway in preparation for the upcoming ARTEMIS Mission challenge in 2024.
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Leaf Space to Handle Ground Support Segment for Pixxel's First EO Smallsat Through this partnership, Leaf Space will provide the support service up to one pass per orbit to the satellite in SSO ...
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