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October 30, 2018 Orange Business Services and Telespazio France to Provide Military and State Entities SATCOM to French Joint DIRISI These services will facilitate communications when armed forces are involved in field missions, where end-to-end security is vital.
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Follow the Leader ... Space Foundation's Changes to the Board of Directors Space Foundation announced changes to its Board of Directors that resulted after a meeting conducted on October 25. So who and what are the changes?
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Arianespace’s Next Launch Approaches of the Super Weather Forecaster, Metop-C Metop spacecraft's instruments measure a wide range of variables such as temperature and humidity, wind speed and direction over oceans, ozone and
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Airbus Defence Assists French Navy Surface Fleet Transmit Data with 'Secret' Status on Secure Intranet System It is designed to transmit data with various classification levels, ranging from ‘unprotected’ to ‘secret’ and ‘NATO secret’
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Fleet Space Technologies Joins Rocket Lab's Electron Manifest for November Launch The two Proxima satellites are the first of a fleet of small, low-cost satellites that will provide internet connectivity for millions of sensor devices based in...
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Forrester Reports: Intelsat in Q3... "Stable and Making Progress" Intelsat’s revenue picture is complicated by this year’s shift to the USA’s new revenue recognition rules (which translated from a reported $536.9 million to...
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RemoveDEBRIS' Test Successfully Cleans Up Space Junk
The U.S. Space Surveillance Network tracks 40,000 objects. It is estimated that there are more than 7,600 tons of ‘space junk’ in and around Earth’s orbit
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NASA's Kepler Space Telescope is Retired After it "Wildly Exceeded All Our Expectations" After nine years in deep space collecting data that indicate our sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets – more planets even than stars –
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ORBCOMM and Savi's Multi-Million Dollar DoD Order Tracks and Monitors 24,000 Military Assets Logisticians are able to receive Savi Visibility’s real-time alerts for anomalies, such as tampering, delays or cargo entering or exiting a geozone outside of
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October 29, 2018 Forrester Reports: Trading is Challenging for SES SES shares fell back -2.8 percent, although the company's networks segment grew impressively by 13.6 percent in the nine months to...
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Airbus' Ocean Finder Goes High and Deep to Ensure Asset Safety of at Sea While at sea there are many possible issues that can cause concern, hijacked boats, illegal activities, search and rescue operations and monitoring ships.
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Most Promising Start-Ups Honored at Euroconsult's World Satellite Business Week One hundred and thirty companies were identified, after which 36 were shortlisted and 12 were invited to pitch. The four winners were selected...
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Three Year Contract Endorsed by NSSLGlobal and Wind Energy Marine for Maritime Comms Support FusionIP will automatically switch between VSAT and cellular connectivity, while the Oceanic Dynamics suite will centralize vessel performance, and...
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Surrey Satellite Technology Honored with International Board of Trade Award Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.’s international exports track record, totaling £1.15 billion ($1.5 billion) over a 30 year period, has been honored with an ...
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Carry On, Ursa, as Airbus Continues to Provide Access to Radar Satellite Data Ursa will analyze and fuse radar data with other information sources providing unbiased monitoring information to its customers in the energy and financial...
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Globalstar Joins the Satellite Industry Association Globalstar operates a LEO constellation of satellites and provides mobile satellite voice and data products and service packages to government...
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China's Long March 2C Pushes CFOSat and Variety of Smallsats to Orbit The CFOSat mission is to gain new insights into ocean surface characteristics (winds and waves) and their impacts on the atmosphere-ocean ...
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GOSAT-2 and KhalifaSat Soar on Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' and JAXA's H-IIA Rocket The launch and flight of H-IIA F40 proceeded as planned. The separations of GOSAT-2 and KhalifaSat were confirmed respectively at approximately...
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Kratos to Design Gateways for SKY Perfect JSAT's JCSAT-18 HTS Satellite Kratos will design and build a state-of-art Ka-band multi-site gateway solution for SJC’s new JCSAT-18 satellite. Kratos’ breadth of gateway...
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NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, is it Dead or in Deep Sleep? In all, it has found nearly 3,000 planets. Finding all of those planets has also helped fill gaps in our understanding of the galaxy.
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Kymeta Successfully Demonstrates Hybrid Data Backhaul on Cellular and Satellite Networks Kymeta successfully demonstrated a complete hybrid network architecture to field agents operating in a communications degraded environment. The Kymeta...
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October 28, 2018 Mynaric Signs Their First MoU with a Satellite Constellation Manufacturer ... Takes Laser to New Heights The satellites will be part of a demonstration mission prior to rolling out the full constellation of an eventual several hundred satellites.
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DataCo and SES Networks to Provide Broadband Security for APEC 2018 To provide additional connectivity to the nation, SES Networks has created a new core network for DataCo, featuring state-of-the-art security technology to
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Red Sea 3D Ocean Survey Awarded to Furgo's Seabed Geosolutions Seabed’s highly efficient 4C Manta® ocean bottom nodes will be used, in combination with its best-in-class ROV deployment system in deep waters...
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Spacety a Chinese Startup Plans Launch of Four Satellites on October 29 A Chinese small satellite startup is set to launch a range of satellites on three rocket flights before the end of 2018, starting with four CubeSats on Monday.
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Dr. Robert Mehrabian Becomes Teledyne Technologies Executive Chairman As Executive Chairman, Mehrabian will remain actively involved with the company with a particular focus on strategy, technology, mergers and...
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Integrasys Satmotion Pocket Integrates with Advantech Satellite Networks' ASAT™ VSAT Network System The combination of the ASAT VSAT Platform with Satmotion Pocket enables simple, automated deployment of high-quality services across...
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Chief Express Selects ORBCOMM's In-Cab and Trailer Monitoring Solutions for Fleet Management Chief Express is using ORBCOMM’s driver-friendly, in-cab solution to gain complete visibility, monitoring and management of their drivers and trucks...
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Viasat Selects SpaceX to Launch ViaSat-3 Viasat selected the SpaceX Falcon Heavy for that rocket's ability to fly a near direct-injection mission, inserting a ViaSat-3 satellite extremely close to...
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C-COM's New Global Telemedicine Vehicle Network White Paper is Now Available for Download Geographical areas with limited to no healthcare accessibility regions are called ‘medical deserts',Full Story
Looking Forward to Looking Back ... SIA's Kudos to FCC Recognizing Importance of Satellites “Communications satellites are more important than sending man into space, they will launch ideas, and ideas will last longer than men and women.”
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RUAG's No Name 'Bathtub' is Delivered ... Mars' Rover's Central Structure Needs Assembly and a Name The next Rover may not have a name yet, but its development is progressing
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SSPI Announces Winners of 2018 Better Satellite World Awards, Honorable Mentions, and a Special Humanitarian The envelopes were opened and the winners announced for the Space & Satellite Professionals International fourth annual Better Satellite World Awards.
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LandSpace's First Private Sector Rocket Launch a Bust, But Won't Slow China's Growth The failure to send a satellite into orbit by LandSpace, seen by some as China's answer to SpaceX, won't dent the growing momentum of the nation's
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October 25, 2018 Russian Aerospace Defense Forces Launch Spacecraft According to the defense ministry, all pre-lauch operations were completed in the routine regime. The ground automated control complex oversaw the...
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China Launches Their Haiyang-2B Satellite The satellite had a mass of around 1,500 kg. at launch and is carrying a range of instruments that include a radar altimeter for ocean topography...
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Two Planet EO Smallsats Shipped to Vandenberg AFB for Launch by Manufacturer SSL The SkySat constellation complements Planet’s Dove constellation, with the most satellites on orbit from a commercial imagery provider.
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October 24, 2018 Billionaire Alibaba Delves Into Space Commerce to Launch a Candy Tin Mini Space Station The tech giant plans to launch a mini space station called Candy Tin and a communication satellite called Tmall International as their initial steps into...
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A First ... French-Chinese Joint Space Project ... CFOSat Ready to Launch This science mission to study ocean surface winds and waves is the first joint project pursued under French-Chinese space cooperation.
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Advantech Satellite Networks' ASAT II™ System a Plethora of VSAT Routers Advantech has launched a series of VSAT routers for numerous applications including professional cellular and telecom, mobility and military-grade.
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Putting Plastics in their Place — Satellite Vu Wins Major Award at GITEX Satellite Vu is preparing to provide a disruptive service that will enable governments and organizations to take on the enormous challenge of...
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Good News from NASA ... Chandra to Resume Working Again After Delay of Operations is Identified Our Chandra X-ray Observatory has returned to science operations.
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New Research Report from the World Teleport Association: Factoring 5G into the Future The report explains the technology, the industry partnerships shaping the standards and the market-specific opportunities that deployment will bring...
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MILSATCOM Services to be Supplied to French Armed Forces by Orange Business Services and Telespazio France This offer relies on a comprehensive range of satellite telecommunications services and associated equipment which both partners have used to meet...
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TCarta to Conduct Mangrove Health Assessment for Abu Dhabi via Multi-Spectral Satellite Imagery Analysis For EAD, the TCarta report delivered some promising results. With 80 percent of the Emirate’s mangrove forests found to be healthy, this was...
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Expansion for Carnegie Technologies with New Corporate Offices Around the Globe Carnegie’s expansion is a direct result of the international demand for the company’s newly launched Longview IoT Solution, a comprehensive...
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Global Eagle and Telesat's Major Milestone ... A First In-Flight Broadband Connectivity via Low-Earth Orbit satellite
engaged in uninterrupted video chatting and movie streaming, and experienced the lowest latency of any satellite connection to date.
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Forrester Reports: Good News for Sky Italia — Bad News for Eutelsat? While this is good news for Sky Italia, and reflects what that company has already done in the UK market, the bank suggests this could be bad news...
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October 23, 2018 Paradigm and Kymeta's Enhanced, Portable Terminal Solution for First Responders and Military The MANTA, which integrates the Kymeta™ KyWay™ terminal together with Paradigm’s Interface Module (PIM®) controller, offers increased...
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CPI Radant Technologies Division's New Massachusetts Manufacturing Facility, More, Bigger and Faster principles to enhance efficiency and reduce waste, and is large enough to accommodate entire product lines, eliminating the need to shuttle materials ...
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SSL Conducts a Women's Networking Event to Promote Diversity, Inclusion and Innovation Kudos to Silvano Payne who included many women speakers at the Satellite Innovation Symposium, including a launch panel that featured five women
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ISRO's Plans of Two Launches Per Month Just Got Scrubbed had announced that the agency will launch two satellites every month as it had launch orders for 50 satellites already, over a period of three years.
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SWOT's Up with UK-France's Space Mission to Launch Device to Survey the World's Surface Waters? The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission is a step closer to launch as a UK built device is delivered to Thales Alenia Space in France.
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Space Foundation Expands Discovery Center Education Complex ... Triples the Size It's making sure they can do more, to serve more and make an even bigger world of difference to those who see space as an adventure and opportunity ..
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ATLAS Space Operations Names Dr. Sean Casey as VP of Business Development Sean Casey comes to ATLAS from Silicon Valley, where he was a Principal at the investment banking merger and acquisitions firm, NewCap Partners ...
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Two SingTel Teleports Achieve Tier 4 Full Certification from the World Teleport Association These facilities become the first teleports in southeast Asia to achieve full WTA certification and bring the number of fully-certified teleports around the...
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It's a First ... How an Albatross Enabled Global Eagle and Gilat to Have Live In-Flight Broadband Connectivity via LEO now supporting not only multiple applications, satellites, bands and beams, but also a world first transition between satellites in multiple orbits.
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October 22, 2018 Avineon Introduces Metrics Extension™ in the ArcGIS Marketplace As a key component of Avineon’s Ability Accelerator, the Metrics Extension empowers GIS and IT departments with baseline reporting for data...
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United States Enlists Thales’ Advanced Ground Segment Technology to Respond to Distress Signals MEOLUT Next is the only solution in the world capable of processing second-generation beacons in real-time.
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UltiSat to Provide Prime with MILSATCOM Services for USG Customer The managed COMSATCOM services, which will be continuously accessible by Government-furnished VSAT operating across North America...
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Russia to Err on Side of Caution ... Conducting Unmanned Launches Before Sending Up Manned Mission The Soyuz rocket will be launched only after the inquiry has identified the causes of the emergency and measures have been taken to prevent ...
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Nine Search & Rescue Systems Spanning Five Continents Prepared by Orolia's McMurdo Subsidiary milestone with the world’s first operational Medium-altitude Earth Orbit Search and Rescue system in 2011, completing all global MEOSAR system...
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China Moons Chengdu ... with an "Artificial Moon" Satellite to Reflect Sun Into a City The chairman also said that the artificial moon would be brighter than the actual Moon, but did not state how much the project had cost ...
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'Duck and Cover' as the Space Junk from a Satellite Lands in a Farmer's Field It's unclear where the rest of the satellite crashed.
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The CNES Microscope Satellite Engages in Passive De-Orbiting Microscope’s mission has come to an end with the depletion of the nitrogen fuel reserves needed for the satellite’s precise control microthrusters...
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Young Talent Award Goes to ... MEASAT’s Principal (Young) Engineer APSCC to ensure a healthy future for the satellite industry and to attract and retain young talent to the satellite and space industries in Asia‐Pacific region.
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Euroconsult Reports Market Prospects for Satellite-Based EO Could Reach $2.4 Billion The EO market for value-added services (VAS) should reach more than $5.7 billion by 2027; potential new service areas with entrants focusing on...
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Tirelessly Ariane 6 Vinci® Engine Passes Final 148th Qualification Test Achieving Several 'Firsts' Vinci® will be able to re-ignite as often as necessary to place several payloads into orbit at different locations ...
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Phasor's Senior VP Operations ... He Has Had a Fabless Career Warren will lead the development and execution of Phasor’s global supply chain and outsourced manufacturing strategy and will assume overall...
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NASA Selects Orbit Logic's STK Scheduler Software for Use On Restore-L Spacecraft Mission use in pre-launch planning, simulations, and on orbit mission execution at a fraction of the cost of custom software development.
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China's Ambitious Plans Continue ... Getting Ready to Launch Gravitational Wave-Detecting Satellite The first detection was the result of a collision between two black holes that were "29 and 36 times larger than the Sun."
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Trio of Satellite Operators Claim C-Band Alliance Has Shut Them Out the probable windfall should logically be shared between the trio, who say that while they currently do not have operational C-band capacity over the U.S.,
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Series B Funding for Vector Completed Successfully Kodem Growth Partners will help Vector achieve the firm's ultimate goal of positioning the company for an eventual initial public offering (IPO). As part...
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They're Listening ... Bosch and Astrobotic Study Deep Audio Analytics on the International Space Station analyze these subtle acoustic clues and determine whether a machine, or a single component of a machine, needs to be repaired or replaced.
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Sky and Space Global Completes the Critical Design Review of their Pearls Smallsats with GomSpace The review concluded that the design presented by Gompace to SAS complies with the CDR requirements and the Pearls can progress to...
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C-Band Alliance ups to 200 MHz their FCC proposal for U.S. 5G deployment The proposal increases by 80 percent the amount of spectrum that could be made available for 5G terrestrial use as compared to the initial proposal ...
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U.S. Military Ambassador Jill Kelley To Outline New Satellite Cybersecurity Venture at DC5G Jill Kelley became a focus of media coverage when her name was leaked as part of an FBI investigation that led to the resignation of CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus in 2012.
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October 19, 2018 Goonhilly Earth Station Expands Their Operations Enabling Multitasking in Multi Locations The new site gives Goonhilly more space to expand their design engineering team and attract talented engineers in the South-East and South-West of...
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UPDATED: BepiColombo Starts the Journey, Launched by Arianespace Aboard a Heavy Lift Ariane 5 Rocket Ascending from the Spaceport’s ELA-3 launch complex at 10:45:28 p.m. local time in French Guiana — the planned precise moment of liftoff — Ariane 5...
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October 18, 2018 ThinKom's First Test of Their Thin Satellite Antenna with the SES O3b Constellation is Successful The test was conducted in August of 2018 at ThinKom’s facility in Hawthorne, California, in collaboration with SES Networks...
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ITU Report Reveals Satellite Ka-Band is More Robust than Previously Believed The ITU’s studies remove a significant issue which has seen satellite operators and telcos favoring Ka-band and its ‘spot beam’ technology over ...
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SPAWAR Contract for Intellian for the SPL100 Antenna System for the U.S. Navy This new antenna system provides enhanced capabilities in Ka- and L-band, depending on operational requirements. Intellian was...
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Globecast's Satellite Backhaul to Support ATP Media's Tennis Events The new three-year deal extends Globecast’s relationship with ATP Media, with Globecast supplying ad hoc distribution services for the ATP World Tour Masters 1000s...
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Orolia's Milestone ... Nine Search and Rescue Systems Across Five Continents for Global Commissioning a record nine global search and rescue systems across five continents, including five ground-based Local User Terminals and four Mission Control Centers.
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Rocket Lab Selects NASA's Wallops as the Firm's First U.S. Launch Site The site will be Rocket Lab’s second dedicated launch complex and builds on Rocket Lab’s existing ability to launch up to 120 times annually from the ...
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Viasat and MDA Partner Up for New Service Facility for Military Comms Terminals The Halifax facility will be strategically located near the largest East Coast bases of the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF)...
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Thales Alenia Space Contracted by ESA for Galileo GMS and GSF Development This contract, amounting to approximately 324 million euros, will also include maintenance of the currently deployed operational versions. The main goal...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne Does 'Double Duty' Powering the AEHF-4 Satellite and Atlas V Launch Rocket Compared to all chemical propulsion, AR’s electric propulsion results in a savings of more than 2,000 lbs. of propellant, reducing launch costs.
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Two Launches in the Works for Arianespace: BepiColombo for October 19 and NAOS in 2022 Performed prior to each Arianespace flight, the launch readiness review validated the “go” status of the Ariane 5 ECA launcher version,...
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Celebration by Inmarsat... 400 Jet ConneX Inflight Business Jet WiFi Solutions Installed Jet ConneX is the preferred linefit option by all of the market-leading business jet manufacturers, including Gulfstream, Bombardier, Dassault and Embraer...
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United Launch Alliance's Moment in the Sun ... Statement Following Successful AEHF-4 Launch Air Force payloads into orbit from GPS to WGS, and SBIRS to AEHF and ULA’s 100 percent launch success has directly contributed to our national security.
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October 17, 2018 Success for Students at Living Maths in Stellenbosch, South Africa on Space Tour Two hundred and twenty learners from the Stellenbosch community, ages 14 to 17, were included in this fully-sponsored motivational space themed...
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LGS Innovations Delivering Optical Signal Comms Technology to NASA The LGS Innovations modem will convert the data generated on the Orion spacecraft to an optical signal, allowing it to be beamed from the vicinity of...
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Ovzon Signs Their First GEO Launch Contract with SpaceX The launch is expected to take place no earlier than Q4 2020. The next step for the company is to finalize the procurement of the satellites...
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ULA's Atlas Rocket Shone Brightly in the Night with the Launch of AEHF-4 for U.S.A.F. real-time video, battlefield maps and targeting data will be provided by the satellite to help support military communications.
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Forrester Reports: Bérenger Departs OneWeb OneWeb is the proposed mega-constellation of an initial 900 satellites, and the move could indicate some degree of unrest at the business founded by...
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Leo Sipich Becomes Vice President of Avionics at Firefly Aerospace Sipich has more than 35 years of experience in avionics product development and engineering management. He is a Lean/Six Sigma ...
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Hispamar and Gilat Join Forces to Deliver Broadband Solutions to Brazil For this purpose, Hispamar will use the Ka-band capacity of its HTS Amazonas 5 (in operation since last year) and Amazonas 3 (launched in...
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Dr. Michael Mineiro Joins HawkEye 360 as VP of the Legal and Regulatory Division Prior to joining HawkEye 360, Dr. Mineiro served as the Staff Director and Senior Counsel to the House of Representatives, Science, Space and Technology Space Subcommittee...
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Global Satellite Attitude and Orbit Control Market Analysis Released by Technavio A key factor driving the growth of the market is increased demand for multi-role satellites. The nature of battles has changed from month-long wars to...
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Boeing's New Disruptive Computing and Networks Organization is Formed By leveraging core technologies in quantum communications and computing, neuromorphic processing and advanced sensing, the new...
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RBC Signals Has Faith in Their New President and COO recently recorded a 500 percent year over year growth in the number of satellite passes supported as well as a doubling of the firm’s global network
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October 16, 2018 Paul Allen Succumbs to Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Complications According to the official Microsoft blog, Allen died Monday from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a statement from...
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Thales Alenia Space Tests Stratobus'™ Solar Modules and Scores safely above regular air traffic, performs a wide range of missions, including observation, surveillance and telecommunications, with a service life of five years.
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A New Family of Aerospace-Rated Ethernet Cables Enters the Market from L-com Global Connectivity These new cable assemblies feature special FEP jackets that are rated for a wide temperature range of -55° to +150°C as well as double cable...
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New Production Facility for Rocket Lab in New Zealand has Been Unveiled Adding to Rocket Lab’s existing production facility and headquarters in Huntington Beach, California, the new facility brings Rocket Lab’s manufacturing...
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Fully Integrated Point-of-Load Converter Modules for Space Apps Debut from Teledyne e2v HiRel The modules cover an input voltage range of 4.6 to 6.0V and are available in 2, 6, and 10 A output surface-mount options. Where conventionally a...
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Renesas Electronics Debuts Precision Current Sources for Satellite Sensing Applications The two new Renesas devices are the first current source ICs in its line of space products, and are ideally suited for telemetry, tracking & command, attitude and...
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FliteStream T-31- Flies Out from Astronics for Business Aviation Connectivity The T-310 is fully qualified and approved to operate on the Intelsat FlexExec business aviation network. The FliteStream T-310 SATCOM...
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The First Satellite Totally Developed in the UAE is Ready for Launch from Japan increasing efforts to develop this sector by promoting innovation and enhancing the skills of Emirati youth.
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U.S. Coast Guard Awards AIS Contract to FLIR Systems The indefinite delivery indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a ceiling value of $9.9 million to provide second-generation Automatic Identification System (AIS) transponders...
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October 15, 2018 Harris and L3 Technologies to Form Largest Merger in Defense History to Combine in 'Merger of Equals' "we are confident in our ability to realize $500 million of annual gross cost synergies and $3 billion of free cash flow by year three.”
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Viasat to Fly with Gulfstream's G280™ Business Jet's Ka-Band In-Flight Connectivity The Viasat Ka-band in-flight connectivity service is proven to support more passengers and more devices simultaneously through all phases of flight...
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Integrasys' Company Leadership in New Video About Successful Growth Alvaro Sanchez, the CEO of the company, said that Integrasys is the carrier monitoring systems and VSAT commissioning tools Leader. Everything started...
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NanoRacks New COO ... She Previously Was Sr. Project Manager for the Texas National Guard Purgerson, a Colonel in the Texas Army National Guard, brings more than 28 years of professional commercial and military experience with technical...
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China Launches Two More Beidou Navigation Satellites A Long March 3B rocket with a Yuanzheng-1 upper stage lifted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China at 04:23 universal time...
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Kratos' RT Logic Subsidiary Licenses Waveforms to Harris The radio is part of Harris’ five-year, $130 million, single-award IDIQ from the U.S. Air Force to develop and deliver Hand Held Video Data Link (HH-VDL) radios...
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Forrester Reports: LeoSat Expecting Additional Investments LeoSat estimates that its fleet of 84 satellites, being designed and specified by Thales Alenia, will cost about $3.6 billion....
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Kepler Communications Garners Series A Round Financing This is what led Kepler to roll out PolarConnect, the world’s only high bandwidth solution designed for the poles.
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NASA's Chandra Spacecraft Returns to Normal Pointing Mode The safe mode was caused by a glitch in one of Chandra's gyroscopes resulting in a 3-second period of bad data that, in turn, led the on-board...
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October 14, 2018 Thales Alenia Space and OHB System AG Unite for PLATO a Cosmic Vision Unlike the previous missions, CoRot and Kepler, it will offer the unique ability to carry out stable, wide-field observations of bright stars over a very long
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BepiColombo Spacecraft Build-Up Continues at Arianespace for October 19 Launch Aboard an Ariane 5 Performed in the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building, Ariane 5’s build-up process concluded with the lowering of its ogive-shaped payload fairing...
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DigitalGlobe's WorldView-1 Satellite Captures the Impact of Hurricane Michael at Tyndall AFB Some of the imagery of Tyndall AFB clearly shows the power of the hurricane — stripping off roofs, tossing planes around and destroying...
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Forrester Reports: Arianespace Might Place Soyuz Rockets on Hold + Customer Demand for Mega-Constellations Discussed @ Satellite Innovation Arianespace uses a different version (Soyuz ST) of the Soyuz rocket that suffered an anomaly on October 11 (Soyuz FG)...
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Spottitt's Cloud-Based Workspace Provides Massive Satellite Imagery and Capabilities on DNV GL’s Veracity Platform Energy firms have used it to select the optimal locations for wind turbines by mapping land cover and terrain characteristics in areas of interest.
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October 13, 2018 Maxar Plans to Go Domestic ... for U.S. Domestication Maxar will continue to list its shares on both the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX). Maxar does not anticipate any...
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RUAG Space Does Double Duty ... Steers BepiColombo to Mercury and is the 'Brain' of the Ariane Rocket Also, the “brain” or on-board computers of the Ariane rocket, was produced by RUAG Space.
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Emergency! Expedition 57's Astronauts' Harrowing, Life-Threatening Return Trip to Baikonur "The boys have landed," Mission Control assured the space station crew.
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October 11, 2018 Advanced Spacecraft Navigation Techniques to be Studied by Astrobotic for NASA JPL Though the software will be designed to be applicable to a range of missions, spacecraft, and sensors, the team is working toward a landed...
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U.S.A.F.'s Three EELV Launch Service Agreements Go to Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems and ULA The Launch Service Agreements will facilitate the development of three domestic launch system prototypes and enable the future competitive...
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York and Firefly's MOU 'All-in-One' Launch Service will Provide Rapid Access to Space an integrated market offering for spacecraft, launch, and downlink provider, that provides customers with a single point of entry to build space-based businesses
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XTAR Provides High Data Rates for a SATCOM on the Move Even When the Going Gets Wet demonstration was 38.2 MHz with bandwidth efficiency of 0.73 bits/Hz, as heavy rain began to fall, the satellite link held strong.
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DigitalGlobe, in Partnership with Ecopia, Debuts the First Precision, GIS-Ready Building Footprints of Entire U.S. The detailed dataset helps customers save time and money by knowing exactly what the built environment looks like in their area of interest...
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Helping to Negate Plastic Pollution in the Oceans — Satellite Vu Presenting Their Tech at GITEX Future Stars GITEX provides a stage where Satellite Vu can engage with like-minded, enlightened potential partners. The company is also developing plans to...
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Prospects for Space Exploration is Euroconsult's Latest, Informative Report Fifteen leading space programs worldwide are estimated to contribute to this global investment, with the U.S. accounting for 74 percent of the total...
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ESA and 5G Infrastructure Association Sign a Letter of Intent to Strengthen Space Sector Ties Ccross-functional expertise is essential to fulfill the potential of 5G to empower society for today’s and tomorrow’s needs. Deeper collaboration...
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Forrester Reports: Vast Possibilities for Inmarsat with IFC Inmarsat has recently updated their own annual survey of the IFC market, which found that 67 percent of passengers said they would be more likely to...
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Air Force Space Command's 12th Schriever Wargame Underway The Schriever Wargame scenario, set in the year 2028, will explore critical space issues and investigate the integration activities of multiple agencies...
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October 10, 2018 Bringing Home the Dirt as Thales Alenia Space Collaborates to Return to Mars for Samples Life on Mars cannot be excluded as water has already flowed on its surface, and minerals that only form in the presence of water have been discovered.
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Boeing HorizonX Ventures Invests in Accion Systems to Propel Satellite Capabilities Accion's new Tiled Ionic Liquid Electrospray (TILE) in-space propulsion system aims to increase the lifespan and maneuverability of satellites and...
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ÅAC Clyde Delivers Kepler’s Second Satellite CASE in Record Time This satellite was delivered in under three months, all of which is part of a pilot program.
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Astra Space Setting Up a Small Launch Vehicle Event Notices from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Alaska Aerospace Corporation indicate the launch is planned for Friday with...
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January 2019 Comeback Flight for China's Largest Rocket Scheduled for January of 2019 Success of the upcoming launch will be crucial to progress on China's lunar, space station and interplanetary exploration plans, with the Long March 5...
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In Support of Deep Space and Lunar Missions, SAS Expands Their Human Spaceflight Safety™ Services Over the last 12 years, SAS has been amassing a database of system safety analysis and lessons learned from historical NASA human-certified...
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Globecomm's Peter Schimitsch Named by SSPI as a Future Leader at Satellite Innovation 2018 SSPI’s annual list of “20 Under 35” features 20 employees and entrepreneurs to keep your eye on in coming years. They were selected...
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Viasat's Successful Connectivity Demo at the AUSA Conference By offering a secure, integrated network of cloud-enabled solutions, Viasat can reduce warfighters' cognitive loads in order to make more accurate...
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SSPI Announces the Inaugural “20 Under 35” List of Future Leaders to Watch During the Satellite innovation 2018 Event SSPI’s annual list of "20 Under 35" features 20 employees and entrepreneurs to keep your eye on in coming years. They were selected...
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KSAT to Support ALE's Meteor Showers The Japanese company will launch two unique smallsats aiming to provide artificial, on-demand, meteor showers. The first satellite is planned to be...
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EnerSys®'s ABSL™ Lithium-ion Battery on Track to Track Measurements on NASA's Parker Solar Probe
Parker Solar Probe zips past the sun at 125 miles per second with a carbon-composite heat shield that withstands up to 2,500 degrees Fahrenheit
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October 9, 2018 Satellite Interference Reduction Group and Intelligence-Sec to Host Event in Asia As more satellites are launched there is an ever increasing issue of satellite interference that is sometimes unintentional, and other times it's not so much.
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Thales Alenia Space to Build Ground Station for GNSS Satellite Tracking The ground station will receive and process 406 MHz distress beacon signals from the MEO satellites being tracked and relay them to the...
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Maxar’s SSL's Portfolio Potential Includes Innovative Solutions with DoD and Other U.S. Government's Agencies SSL is eligible to compete for multiple future awards over the five-year ordering period of the contract, up to a cumulative value of $750 million.
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Hubble "We Have a Problem" ... Now in Safe Mode as Gyro Issues are Diagnosed Redundancy is NASA's best friend, and so it is with the Hubble Space Telescope as NASA stands ready for failures with backups, and even ...
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Astrobotic's New Partners to the Moon are a Joint Ecuadorian-Columbian Payload This campaign will result in the first payloads from South America to reach the Moon, marking the beginning of a new era in space exploration on the continent.
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Globalsat Group and N-Sat Form a Strategic Alliance The agreement increases the reach of Globalsat Group, the first Pan-American mobile satellite service provider, offering current and future...
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NASA and the Israel Space Agency to Share a Ride on SpaceIL’s Commercial Lunar Mission to Land on the Moon in 2019 NASA and the Israel Space Agency (ISA) are combining efforts to share a ride of sorts... to the Moon.
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UK’s Space Agency's Licensing Process Gets the Green Light ... Now Includes a New Traffic Light System This new approach should also make it easier for operators to procure insurance for large constellations of satellites that could be used for ...
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Forrester Reports: SES Wants Bids for an Open Satellite Design According to reports, SES is inviting Airbus, Boeing and Thales Alenia to bid for the design and build contracts for the new craft. This flexibility comes...
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Media Lario Commits their Optical Tech to ESA's Athena X-Ray Space Telescope ATHENA, one of the large-scale missions of ESA’s Cosmic Vision program, is an X-ray space telescope to be launched into orbit in 2031. The telescope’s...
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Dramatic Satellite Photos Reveal Horrific Conditions After Earthquake and Tsunami Hit Indonesia 7.5 earthquake and tsunami that struck Palu, Indonesia reveal death toll is more than 1,200, and food and water for the survivors requires police ...
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China Launches Twin Yaogan-32 Remote Sensing Satellites The satellites, both part of the Yaogan-32 family, were launched by a Long March-2C rocket with an attached upper stage at 10:43 a.m. Beijing time...
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October 8, 2018 Critical Design Review (CDR) Passed by NOAA's JPSS-2 Satellite JPSS-2, or Joint Polar Satellite System-2, will join NOAA-20 in a series of polar-orbiting satellites to monitor the Earth’s atmosphere, land and oceans...
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The Space Foundation's 35th Space Symposium Now Accepting Abstracts for Presentation Papers Much like the main Symposium program, Tech Track will include featured speakers and a series of 20 minute "tech talk" presentations selected from...
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New Horizons Spacecraft Trajectory Tweaked for Ultima Thule Flyby on New Year's Eve At 4.1 billion miles (6.6 billion kilometers) from Earth, Ultima Thule will be the most distant object ever visited by a spacecraft. New Horizons itself was...
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SpaceX's NightLight Launches SAOCOM 1A Satellite and a Successful Return of Falcon 9 Flying both constellations along the same orbit supports a rapid response by providing SAR information in emergency situations.
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Newtec's Modems are the First to be Successfully Tested on Telesat's LEO Satellite Newtec’s modems were installed for the project at Telesat’s Allan Park facility in September. Telesat expects to conduct live phase 1 LEO testing...
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Viasat's Multi-Mission Terminal Proven Battlefield Ready During 2018 Saber Strike Exercise With the Saber Strike field validation, Viasat's MMT is now battlefield-validated for immediate use and purchase across all U.S. and other Five Eyes (FVEY) military branches,...
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The FCC Updates and Outlines their Take on the Proposed C-Band Restructuring Chairman Pai reminded delegates of the FCC’s recent work and said, “The FCC has been extremely aggressive in making more airwaves available for...
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Major Operational Milestones Successfully Attained by Sky and Space Global SAS was awarded a Research and Development (R&D) grant for approximately A$500,000 to initiate a project into Machine to Machine (M2M) device innovation...
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Now Appearing @ Satellite Innovation: Kencast's Fazzt Platform for Smallsat Constellations Fazzt combines a highly secure, feature-rich platform with exceptional delivery reliability to ensure applications perform flawlessly for customers...
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October 7, 2018 SES Networks' SATCOM Services Working with IBM Cloud Direct Link Service With cloud adoption increasing worldwide, SES Networks is collaborating with IBM to help ensure that applications and solutions can be deployed on...
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RBC Signals and Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency Collaborate For LEO Optical Communication System and More optical communication capabilities are a component of their own service offering, as more customers look for alternatives to traditional RF communication technologies, especially for deep space missions.
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Contract Signed by RUAG Space and OHB for PLATO Mission The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to launch the PLATO space observatory in 2026 to detect and study exoplanets that are orbiting other...
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Pilot Smallsat Evaluation Program Launched by NASA for Supplemental Earth Observations NASA’s Earth Science Division in Washington issued blanket purchase agreements for the “Private Sector Small Constellation Satellite Data Product Pilot” program...
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Innovative Ideas Regarding the Orion Spacecraft are Being Solicited by Lockheed Martin Lockheed Martin is the prime contractor for Orion, the world’s only spacecraft designed for human deep space missions that will take...
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The SES O3b MEO Fleet to Provide Broadband Internet to the Caribbean Island of San Andrés TV ISLA, the leading provider of payTV on the island, is using SES Networks’ high-throughput, low-latency satellite network to offer reliable...
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ISRO Planning a New PSLV Integration Facility Cost-effectiveness has attracted several countries, including the U.S. and the U.K., to use ISRO’s launch pad at Sriharikota, according to B.V.V.S.N. Prasad Rao...
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A More Complete Understanding of the Saturn System, Thanks to NASA/JPL's Cassini Spacecraft Six teams of researchers are publishing their work October 5 in the journal Science, based on findings from Cassini's Grand Finale. That's when, as...
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The Voyager 2 Probe Detects Cosmic Rays Increasing Outside Solar System Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 is a little less than 11 billion miles (about 17.7 billion kilometers) from Earth, or more than 118 times the distance from...
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October 5, 2018 Raytheon and a Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace Team to Compete for the Lockheed Martin Next Generation OPIR GEO Satellite System This payload competition between Raytheon and Northrop Grumman/Ball Aerospace will be executed as part of the Phase 1 contract for ...
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Raytheon's First SeeMe Satellite is Delivered to DARPA Assists Soldiers on the Ground Assembled on the company's advanced missile production lines, the new SeeMe satellite will provide greater situational awareness to soldiers on the ground...
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October 4, 2018 SES Video to Supply Capacity to AfricaXP for FTA Channels Content Delivery AfricaXP is the leading independent African channel network, content distributor and producer, which owns and operates more than 20 different...
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Addvalue's Exclusive Agreement with Network Innovations Starts Off With a Kick In the U.S. there are around 4,000 fishing vessels required to comply with the VMS regulations
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Advantech Delivers a 3.2kW Ku-Band that Breaks New Record to Major DTH Broadcasting Customer "This 3.2kW Ku-Band modular system, is breaking a new record in terms of RF power and bandwidth efficiency ... is able to uplink six full transponders"
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Cooperative Agreement Signed by the OHB Group and Blue Origin for Lunar Missions The aim is to explore the extent to which OHB, MT Aerospace and Blue Origin can work together across the Atlantic. The companies have...
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Lockheed Martin Unveils Their Crewed Lunar Lander Concept During IAC 2018 The crewed lunar lander is a single stage, fully reusable system that incorporates flight-proven technologies and systems from NASA’s Orion...
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The Largest SATCOM Order Ever is Received by L3 Narda-MITEQ These outdoor weather sealed units, provide state-of-the-art frequency conversion from L-band signals to ultra-high frequency bands...
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A Joint Education Initiative Initiated by the Airbus Foundation, ESA and Autodesk The “Moon camp” competition, based on the Airbus Foundation Discovery Space’s inspirational content and the ESA Education Office’s classroom...
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David Chégnion Named as the New Managing Director of SATConsult In this capacity, David will succeed Mustapha Elriz who founded the company in 2006 and who served as that firm's and he will remain a major ...
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Speedcast Introduces Fully Managed WiFi Service for Crew and Offshore Platforms Speedcast Crew Wi-Fi is the latest connectivity application innovation from the company. The solution features a self-service portal and a direct billing...
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Space Foundation Commits to a New, European Space Industry Forum with Fiera Roma, Fondazione Amaldi and ASI Being held in December 2019, at the Fiera Roma in Rome, Italy, the New Space Economy European (NSE) Expoforum 2019 will assemble the best...
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WTA Certification Program's Newest Member Has a Bigger Footprint... Axesat Bogota Teleport, in Latin American This is why they are permanently investing in resources, infrastructure and training to guarantee a consistent positive experience for their customers ...
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COTS Solutions for the Battlefield Retooled by Draper Additive manufacturing, also referred to as 3D printing, is versatile, flexible, highly customizable and, as such, can suit most sectors of industrial ...
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CRP USA's 3D Printing Delivers a CubeSat that Dispenses Two Smaller TubeSats at Satellite Innovation 2018
attendees will have the opportunity to see a unique CubeSat designed both as a CubeSat and as a dispensing system for two smaller TubeSats.
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Cobham and Inmarsat AVIATOR 300D Satellite Communication System Solution Extended to United's Boeing 737NG new STC is further evidence that the Cobham AVIATOR and Inmarsat SB-S IP platform is the preferred communication technology solution that will meet... Full Story
October 3, 2018 ORBCOMM to Deliver Their Satellite Services to China One of the premier Chinese telecommunications operators recently received the authorization for the use of ORBCOMM’s satellite...
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AUDACY's Commercial Agreements Abound to the Tune of More than a Hundred Million Dollars The companies represented in these agreements span across the globe and over a wide range of space applications including NGSO Earth Observation (EO)...
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Prep Continues for BepiColombo Launch The spacecraft was built under the industrial leadership of Airbus, leading a consortium of 83 companies from 16 countries, for the European Space Agency (ESA) and...
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NASA's LEO Commercialization Project and NanoRacks' Team's Participation in the Study In this four-month study, NanoRacks will investigate the commercial case for the re-purposing of in-space hardware, specifically the upper stages of...
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Forrester Reports: Leosat Satellite Connectivity Faster than Fiber and SES Discusses OneWeb The first satellites are due for launch in 2021. The company says it already has around US$700 million in client commitments. Japan’s JSAT and Spain’s Hispasat ...
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UK's Ministry of Defence Signs on with Elbit Systems Ensuring Management from Offices to Battlefields will provide the British Army with an operationally proven battle management application for both headquarters and tactical units
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NASA and NOAA's Investigation Board Convenes Regarding GOES 17 Mishap/Anomaly discovered that the instrument’s infrared detectors cannot be maintained at their required operating temperatures under certain seasonal and orbital
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Payload Electronics Agreement Signed by RUAG Space with SITAEL STRIVING is a one-stop-shop commercial service offering access to space for testing, validating and/or operating technologies and solutions to private...
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PLD Space and RUAG Space Sign Long-Term Collaborative Agreement for Small Launch Vehicle Structures This agreement is related to PLD Space’s Suborbital ARION 1 and Orbital ARION 2 launch vehicles and covers the application and use of RUAG Space’ novel...
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Space BD and Innovative Solutions In Space Sign Distribution Agreement for Smallsat Solutions The agreement was signed on the occasion of the Netherlands-Japan Space Industry Event at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) to ...
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Maxar's SSL and Radiant Solutions Companies to Lead Critical U.S. Defense Concepts for the DoD's Missile Defense Agency The award demonstrates how Maxar Technologies companies are working together to build a better world and maintain American leadership in space...
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October 2, 2018 Hughes Installs Their JUPITER™ System for a Multi-National Organization The fully managed, private IP-based network employs the Hughes JUPITER™ System to provide highly resilient and secure connectivity to...
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Kacific's VP Sales Brings His Expertise to Melanesia and the Pacific and Readies for Kacific-1 Launch experience with VSAT service providers in the Pacific, Southeast Asia and Africa ... leading up to the launch of their satellite, Kacific-1 in 2019.
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NexGen Mission Tech DoD Contract Awarded to BAE Systems The contract provides fast, flexible, low-cost solutions across technical disciplines to meet the current and future technology needs of...
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Gilmour Space Secures AUD 19 Million for Hybrid Rocket Launch The Series B investment round was led by top-tier venture capital firms in Australia: Main Sequence Ventures, which manages Australia’s...
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SSL Obtains NASA Selection to Develop On Orbit Servicing Technologies and Space Exploration The company will collaborate with NASA on developments to accelerate innovation for the new space economy and for future exploration missions...
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GHGSat's Funding of US$10 Million Led by OGCI Climate Investments with Plans for Satellites in 2019 This demonstration satellite will be followed starting in 2019 by two new satellites as well as an aircraft sensor.
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SPACEBEL Celebrates their 30th Year of Operations This jubilee year 2018 is also synonymous with growth and renovation for SPACEBEL. After several months of work, the company is now the owner of ...
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Vector's Board of Directors Welcomes Northrop Grumman's Former VP and CFO A respected veteran of the aerospace community, Palmer brings with him more than 45 years of financial experience, including CFO positions at three...
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C-COM's iNetVu® Antennas Purchased by Reseller Partners in Africa The systems have been purchased by several reseller partners and will be deployed by governments, militaries and commercial customers in the...
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Commercial Launch Agreement Signed Between PLD Space and ZARM In the first test flight of the suborbital launch vehicle ARION 1, which is currently scheduled for October 2019, PLD Space will launch into space a...
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Globalstar's $16 Million Contract Ensures MIL-SAT Will Provide Next Gen LEO Tracking Antennas provides mobile satellite voice and data services for customers in marine, government, emergency management, logging, oil & gas and outdoor recreation
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The IAC Awards MT Aerospace with the "Space Flight Awareness Award" MT Aerospace also applied their in-depth expertise to discover a significant and unexpected natural aging effect on the hardware. Based on the ...
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China Invites International Congress to 'Share the Ride' with a Payload on Chang'e-6 Moon Sample Return Mission China will invite international partners to place a small payload on a planned lunar sample return mission.
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U.S.A.F. Major General Marty Whelan (Retired) Joins The Aerospace Corporation as SVP of the Defense Systems Group Whelan joins Aerospace from Northrop Grumman, where he served as director of Space Programs and as corporate lead executive in the Greater Los Angeles area,...
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'Let's Talk' as James Webb Space Telescope Successfully Speaks for the First Time at Northrop Grumman The two super elements of the James Webb Space Telescope successfully communicated for the first time.
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Extensis™ and LizardTech Come Together and Unite as One Company Combined company helps organizations increase the ROI and value of their digital assets, fonts, and large imagery Full Story
AsiaSat Scores as it Delivers MEDIAPRO Live 4K Soccer Via AsiaSat-9 After a successful year of partnership with MEDIAPRO, AsiaSat 9 was selected for broadcasting matches from top football divisions in 4K format...
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October 1, 2018 China's Centispace-1 S1 Experimental Satellite is Launched The Kuaizhou-1A solid-fueled rocket lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert with authorities declaring success within...
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NSR Forecasts the Satellite M2M/IoT in a New Report NSR’s first time forecast for this emerging smallsat market shows tremendous potential with 3.7 million M2M/IoT in-service units projected by...
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Forrester Reports: Amazon Web Services + Iridium — Plus Thales Inflyt Global Ka-Band Service The new Iridium/Amazon service is called ‘CloudConnect’ and will see Iridium offering AWS Partner Network clients connectivity as...
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Teamwork by Astranis and NanoRacks to Launch SEDS Satellite The Astranis SEDS SAT-2 competition will call on SEDS chapters across the country to submit a design for a novel 1U cubesat that will then be...
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Japan and Aussie Researchers' Newest Space Junk Cleanup ... Shoot and Burn potential debris disasters might be averted by sending up a cleaning probe. The satellite works by blasting two plasma beams in opposite directions.
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Northrop Grumman and Australia's Deputy Prime Minister Shovel Sod to Begin Satellite Ground Station East The SGS-E will be a major component of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) future satellite communications (SATCOM) capability,
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Norway’s First Hybrid Rocket to Reach Space Demos New Hybrid Propulsion Technology Soaring up to five times the speed of sound from the Andøya Space Center, the 9 meter long Nucleus sounding rocket passed the edge of ...
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Inmarsat Strengthens Their Super-Yacht Fleet Xpress Position with SSI-Monaco Agreement The strategic agreement marks a new phase in the partnership between Inmarsat and SSI-Monaco; one that further strengthens Inmarsat’s...
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China's Newest Laser Satellite Developed for Anti Submarine Warfare is it a New 'Death Star' for Submarines? it will make the upper layer of the sea “more or less transparent”.
“It will change almost everything,”
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Simultaneous SATCOM Drone Simulator Accomplishment by AtlanTecRF The company has announced the maiden flight of their DSS Satellite Simulator product on board an eight rotor drone. This a first ever airborne Satellite Simulator ...
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Thuraya Heading Into OilComm 2018 with their IoT/M2M Technologies On the show floor will be Thuraya’s latest M2M/IoT terminal, the T2M-DUAL, designed for fleet management and logistics with CANBus allowing...
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Forrester Reports: Major SATCOM Actors Create the C-Band Alliance In a joint statement, the four — which, between them, control 100 percent of C-band spectrum in use over the U.S. — say the CBA will enable a...
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LeoLabs Selects New Zealand to Expand their Space Radar Network This establishes New Zealand as the site for the first radar of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. As the third radar in LeoLabs’ network, this radar will ...
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VTT's Smallsat Continues to Deliver High Quality Spectral Data The hyperspectral camera on Aalto-1 operates in a wavelength range of 500–900 nanometers and is half a cubesat unit (0.5U) in size, or 5x10x10 cm. While...
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