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April 30, 2020 Benchmark Space Systems Thruster Now Integrated into the BSS1 Demo Smallsat In the past few months, the company has crossed crucial checkpoints for...
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Space Supply Chain to be Examined by Pentagon Officials Within the next two weeks, key players from the Department of the Air Force...
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Space Burial Services to be Undertaken by Equatorial Space and Empyrean Space The services, which will see its passengers travel to 110-200 kilometer...
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ETL Systems' Falcon Flies With New Frequency Converter Ranges The addition of new frequency converter modules and extension of conversion frequencies include ... K-, C-, X-, L- and IF-band conversions ...
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Made In Space's Andrew Rush Named as Chairman of NASA Advisory Council Regulatory and Policy Committee Rush has been a vocal advocate for expanding public-private partnerships to accelerate NASA’s flagship missions and broadening the pipeline for cutting ...
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CORRECTION: $3.5 Million in Funding Acquired by Infostellar Infostellar is continuing to raise additional funds, and this round is scheduled to be closed by...
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SpaceX to Test Sunshade for Starlink Satellites “Our objectives, generally, are to make the satellites invisible to the naked eye within a week, and to minimize the impact on astronomy, especially so that ...
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HawkEye 360 Reveals Coronavirus Effect on Italy's Maritime Sector This data provides insight into the impact of the coronavirus on Italy’s trade and tourism industries...
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Rocket Lab Completes Sinclair Interplanetary Acquisition The acquisition strengthens the satellite division of Rocket Lab, which produces the...
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April 29, 2020 Yahsat Supports UAE's Remote Learning Initiative Providing Rural Students with Free High-Speed Connections Yahsat’s satellite links will provide remote users access to online libraries, educational applications and collaborative platforms ... free of charge.
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COMSAT and ABS Establish Connectivity Relationship A 14.2 meter antenna delivering C-band services and a 9 meter antenna...
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Arianespace Set to Resume Launch Operations at Guiana Space Center The launch campaigns for two Soyuz missions, Flights VS24 and VS25, will resume this summer.
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Anokiwave and Ball Aerospace Plan for Flat-Panel Phased Arrays for Air, Land, and Sea Applications "This is a unique first in the industry as many companies have been working on solutions with promises made and broken, expectations set and not fulfilled."
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Equatorial Space's Reveals ‘Dorado’ Sounding Rocket Launch Services Equatorial Space, of Singapore, has plans to launch a rocket, the Dorado, named after the swordfish constellation, before the end of this year ...
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Rand Corporation Delivers Their Study of the Heavy Lift Launch Market to the USAF The RAND study confirms the heavy lift launch market is unlikely to support...
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Amateur Radio Sleuth Rediscovers a Cold War-Era 'Zombie Satellite' Not only does the satellite still have power, thanks to its onboard solar panels, it is also still transmitting. LES-5might even be the oldest functioning ...
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L3Harris Technologies' $95 Million Order for U.S. Army’s HMS Manpack
The IDIQ contract includes a five-year base and an additional five-year option with a ceiling of $12.7 billion.
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Rocket Lab Rolls Out Electron Rocket for First Launch from Wallops The milestone is one of the final steps ahead of Rocket Lab’s first launch...
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April 28, 2020 Satcom Global's Free Telephone Vouchers Support Aura VSAT Customers During Pandemic is supplying customers a free-of-charge 30-minute voucher for each crew member ... to keep lines of communication open between vessel and shore.
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Eutelsat Delivers a Bouquet for RCS Ghana's Direct to Home Broadcast RCS Ghana's DTH bouquet for their viewers in Ghana and beyond will be appreciated for those compelled to remain indoors due to the Corona Virus.
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NASA's CubeSat Will Shine a Laser "FlashLight" on the Moon's Darkest Craters Found near the North and South Poles, these dark craters are thought to be "cold traps" that accumulate molecules of different ices, including water ice.
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Launch of Iran’s Military Satellite Raises Questions About IRGC Space Program The Soviet Union collapsed in spite of its space program, intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear arsenal.
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Lockheed Martin's Major Milestone for U.S. Space Force's SBIRS GEO-5 Satellite SBIRS uses infrared surveillance to provide missile warning for national defense ... a constellation of satellites in both GEO and HEO.
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There's a New Unicorn ... ICD/PUG for Unicorn-2 Smallsat Developed by Alba Orbital The company's goal is to have an open interface that payload developers can use ... opening up space for business.
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United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation's State and Future of GEOINT Report This unclassified document contains a series of concise descriptions of problems, achievements, and emerging issues and technologies as a guide to ...
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Maxar's Award of $20 Million in NGA's Contracts Automated change detection visually exposes areas of important change, enabling rapid and effective intelligence gathering across thousands of images ...
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Forrester Reports: Interest in OneWeb's Assets While in Chapter 11 Protection What is already known is that a Bidding process has been agreed with the court including a “stalking horse” process.
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CACI's $199 Million Contract Supports U.S. Navy Satellite Systems and Networks for Special Operations
CACI will support approximately 2,000 satellite communications systems worldwide, as well as wide-area network infrastructure services for nearly 90 sites.
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DARPA's Blackjack Program's Pit Boss Seeks SEAKR® for Advanced Space Processing Program The award is part of a three phase effort seeking on-orbit demonstration of full processing capability in a multi-satellite constellation.
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April 27, 2020 Satcoms Innovation Group Welcomes PEKASAT SE PEKASAT delivers solutions for spectrum management within satellite...
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Lockheed Martin Dealt a $5.8 Million Blackjack Hand by DARPA Lockheed Martin will define and manage interfaces between Blackjack’s...
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Iran Puts First Spy Satellite in Orbit. Here's Why Israel Should Worry “...an important accomplishment for the Iranian space program in general and its military in particular. The most significant result is... the fact that the launch didn’t fail.”
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L3Harris' "Impossible Challenge" Results in New Ventilation System to Fight COID-19 The team delivered the Innovative Inspiratory Ideas (i3) Breather prototype in three weeks in response to the government’s....
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USAF's Space Surveillance Telescope Move to Western Australia Moving the SST to Australia satisfied a critical objective to improve the broader USSF Space Surveillance Network’s ground-based electro-optica...
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The Next Milestone has been Reached by Airbus' JUICE Spacecraft The 5.2 ton JUICE spacecraft will set off in May 2022 on its near 600...
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Viasat's MOJO Link 16 Tactical Gateway Systems has now Shipped 200 Units The MOJO system allows platforms with size, weight and power restrictions to communicate on a Link 16 network, and exchange near real-time tactical...
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ResearchAndMarkets' Sat5G Report Now Available bandwidth problem in the current network are ... expected to create lucrative opportunities for the global 5G satellite communication market in the coming 10 years.
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Thales Alenia Space to Develop TDRS Transmitters for VEGA Launchers Sometimes the ground stations are not even sufficient to cover the launch trajectory.
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Iran's Military Satellite a 'Tumbling Webcam in Space,' Space Force Commander Says "Iran states it has imaging capabilities—actually, it’s a tumbling webcam in space," he tweeted.
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GPS Celebrates 25 Years of Service Today, the U.S. Space Force operates the GPS satellite constellation as a global utility – always available to everyone, everywhere on Earth...
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Gilat Telecom's Successful World’s First Trials of SD-WAN for Satellite and Fiber in Africa
Gilat Telecom is the first company in the world to have developed an SD-WAN solution for satellite traffic; SD-WAN technology for fiber is available from ...
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April 26, 2020 Orbcomm's Live Webinar — Satellite/Cellular IoT: The Next Generation What hasn't changed is that there are 30 billion connected devices in the world today, and that number is expected to double in the next four years.
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A Message From the Space Foundation CEO ... Fifty Years Ago, this Month, the World Held Its Breath Fifty years ago, this month, the world held its breath – hoping, praying and wishing for a miracle that would spare the lives of a crew stranded in the most ...
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The Air Force Wants You to Hack Its Satellite in Orbit. Yes, Really When the Air Force asked hackers to break into a F-15 fighter jet at last year’s DEF CON security conference, the results were both eye-opening and eye-watering.
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L3Harris Selected by USSF's SMC to Produce Anti-Jam Modem A3M provides the Department of the Air Force and Army with a secure...
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SES Video Distributes Content to 367 Million HOmes Findings from the company’s annual Satellite Monitor market research...
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Bryce Infographic Presents "Are Smallsat Launch Delays Inevitable?" What caused these delays? Bryce found that 40 percent of all smallsat delay days...
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ST Engineering Attracts $1.6 Billion+ in Contracts These contracts are over and above a defense contract that the firm's...
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Advantech Wireless Debuts Wide Area Augmentation System Satellite Frequency Converters This new line of products will extend the range of Advantech Wireless Technologies’ WAAS and EGNOS...
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Russia Launches Progress MS-14 Docks on ISS Setting New Speed Record “The flight lasted 3 hours and 20 minutes. This is the best result in the entire history of space flight,” Dmitry Rogozin said on Twitter.
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April 23, 2020 Inmarsat's Report Reveals Partnership in Japan’s Connected Maritime Innovation Ecosystem ...this new report highlights other important relationships that are also shaping Japan’s digital future including those outside of conventional networks... Full Story
BlackSky Offering Remote Access to Global Monitoring and Satellite Imaging Services The company said its telework tools are cyber secure and allow analysts to...
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EUTELSAT 7B DTH Bouquet for RGS Ghana FTA Service RCS will use Ku-band band capacity on EUTELSAT 7B to broadcast its fast...
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Loft Orbital's Newest Leadership Team Former Skybox and Apple Executives ...he's been impressed with the speed by which the company has built significant traction with a wide range of commercial and government customers.
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Animal Welfare Improvement is the Goal of eSAT Global and Transport Genie Together, the companies will work to make this technology available...
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NASA Joins the Battle Versus COVID-19 On April 1, NASA launched an agency-wide call for ideas on its internal...
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By: Maxar Technologies OSAM-1 (Formerly Restore-L) Continues to Make Progress, Fuel Tank Installed
OSAM-1 will – for the first time in history – refuel a satellite in low Earth orbit (LEO) not designed to be serviced. In doing so, the program will validate ...
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April 22, 2020 SpaceX's Successful Seventh Launch of Starlink Satellites and NASA and SpaceX Crew Dragon’s 2nd Demo Mission Set for May 27 NASA astronauts Dr. Bob Behnken (Colonel, USAF, PH.D.) and Doug Hurley (Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps, Ret.) will be the first two NASA...
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SatADSL and YahClick Connect to Provide Connectivity to Sub-Saharan Africa YahClick gains full access to the Belgian operator’s extensive licensed partner network spanning 45 countries worldwide with over 3,500 deployments.
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Teledyne e2v's Eyes Have It ... ESA's Successful Testing of CHEOPS Instrument The first image referred to as a “perfect blur” was of a target star located around 150 light years away. The intentionally blurry image is a product of...
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Iran's First Military Satellite is Launched The U.S. State Department and the Pentagon, which contend that such launches advance Iran’s ballistic...
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Major Launch Services Agreement Signed Between Firefly Aerospace and Spaceflight Inc. The agreement confirms that Spaceflight will secure the majority of the...
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Millennium Space Systems Completes Work on U.S. Space Force's TETRA-1 Smallsat TETRA-1 is based on Millennium’s proven ALTAIR-class smallsat product...
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China's Mars Exploration Mission to Receive Logo and Name China plans to launch the Mars probe in 2020, aiming to complete orbiting, landing and roving in one mission...
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European Space Agency Enlists CYSEC SA to Protect Ship Tracking Comms from Cyber Threats GNSS ... has been the subject of spoofing and jamming attacks that led to a partial or total loss of the ability to locate ships at sea.
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NEC to Build Vietnam National Space Center's LOTUSat-1 Satellite The satellite is scheduled to launch around 2023 and will contribute to...
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EM Solutions to Deliver $14 Million of Cobra Maritime Satellite Terminals to Four Allied Navy End-Users With the firm's terminals now in use or on order with six of the world’s...
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Orbital Research Listed in 2020 Ready to Rocket ...list identifies companies with the highest growth potential and acknowledges their expertise and innovation within the industry.
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April 21, 2020 Aviation Leaders Gather for Inmarsat's and APEX's FlightPlan Online Event A unique online broadcast event, to be held on April 29, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., BST, will...
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Palantir Receives USAF's SMC Data Analytics Contract Palantir was selected for the project by the SMC-created Space Enterprise...
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DoD Expecting Delays in Acquisition Programs Rhe anticipation is that a three-month slowdown at slower rates in terms of ...
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Airbus to Provide TRISHNA Satellite's Infrared Instrument for France and India Measuring surface temperatures provides information on hydric stress, a lack of water, and its impact on the vegetative cycle, and this monitoring of ...
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Russia's Progress MS-14 Preps for Launch and "Fast Track" Docking Progress will use the new “fast track” two-orbit trajectory to reach the ISS, which means docking will occur just over 3 hours after launch ...
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GPS Tracking from CompassCom Assists Police Department CompassCom delivers real-time location data in a common operational picture to empower decisions...
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Northrop Grumman's Space Rendezvous at 7,000 Miles Per Hour with the MEV A satellite may be healthy and fully operational, but it can still be retired if its fuel supply has depleted. Once fuel runs dry, that's it
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SES Networks Infuses OptimERA with NSS-9 C-Band Capacity The company is significantly expanding their network capacity with SES Networks...
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A New VP and a New Director for Astroscale U.S. Two experienced space industry professionals, will join the Astroscale U.S. management team...
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Hong Kong Aerospace Technology Group Ready to Launch First of 165 Golden Bauhinia Satellites The "Golden Bauhinia" project aims to launch 165 low-orbit, high-frequency satellites in 2020 covering the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay ...
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L3Harris Technologies' $27 Million U.S. Army SATCOM Terminal Modernization Contract The company will provide sustainment and support for the fielded...
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April 20, 2020 Letter of Intent Signed Between Equatorial Space and Responsive Access Regarding Smallsat Launches The company’s fully hybrid launch vehicle, Volans, is being designed to...
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AAC Clyde Space Has the Power, and Loft Orbital's YAMs Need It The systems will be used on Loft Orbital's satellites, YAM-3 and YAM-5, to manage power distribution to multiple payloads hosted on the satellite ...
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Anomalies Detection to be Undertaken by Orbital Insight for the U.S. Air Force Introduced last year, Orbital Insight's GO platform is purpose built for the...
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Norsat Launches New WAYFARER Terminal The new 1.2 meter, auto-pointing, fly-away antenna (“WFA120KA”) is a...
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PredaSAR Corporation's New Chief Solutions Officer and Chief Operating Officer Effective Immediately ...which is building and will operate the world’s largest and most advanced commercially operated Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellite constellation.
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L3Harris Offers Free Comms Service to Healthcare and First Responders The BeOn service is available at no charge for 90 days to agencies...
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U.S. Air Force Academy Graduates 88 Officers for the U.S. Space Force While approximately 16,000 military and civilians from the former Air Force Space Command are now assigned to the Space Force, the arrival of these newest officers...
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Nominations Now Open for the 2021 Space Technology Hall of Fame® The Space Technology Hall of Fame recognizes the life-changing and life-enhancing technologies emerging...
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A New Mission for NanoAvionics Smallsats "Birkeland" and "Huygens" will both be based on NanoAvioncs' pre-configured M6P smallsat bus with a deployable solar panel configuration...
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Forrester Reports: Another 60 for SpaceX + Arqiva Group's New CEO This will be the seventh Starlink overall launch and the sixth operational...
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Ball Aerospace Initiating the Manufacturing of the USAF SMC's WSF Satellite Following Successful CDR WSF is designed specifically to mitigate three high-priority Department of Defense Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) gaps...
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April 19, 2020 Marlink Offers New Airtime Packages and App Solutions in Response to COVID-19 Challenges The initiative includes connectivity packages such as additional data top-ups, increased bandwidth...
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Orbit Logic Contracted by NASA to Tackle Autonomous Planning of Martian Swarms Orbit Logic’s existing Autonomous Planning System (APS) is the foundation...
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L3Harris Technologies Contributes $2 Million and Other Assistance for COVID-19 Relief and Recovery Efforts The funds support initiatives globally, with special emphasis on regions where L3Harris has a significant presence.
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New WTA Webinar: Finding Growth in Media Services Viewing hours in the US for streaming content grew 72 percent from Q1 2018 to Q1 2019, according to Conviva ...
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Smallsat Pilot Project Initiated by NanoAvionics with the Mexican Space Agency The project, starting in September of 2020, is a testimony to the importance...
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Successful On-Orbit Docking of Northrop Grumman's MEV-1 with Intelsat's IS-901 Satellite Since the February rendezvous, MEV-1 has assumed navigation of the...
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April 17, 2020 Psyche: Five Questions with Maxar’s Program Management First, the asteroid Psyche may be able to tell us how Earth’s core and the cores of the other terrestrial (rocky) planets came to be.
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April 16, 2020 How to Maximize Your Wi-Fi Network When Everyone Is Home Having several devices online at once can take a toll on your home internet connection’s speed. But that doesn’t mean you have to ration...
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NSR's Analyst Gagan Agrawal ... The Evolution of SATCOM Price Discounting With 2020 representing a key transition phase, NSR analyzed historical patterns of price discounting to ascertain what lies ahead....
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Forrester Reports: Eutelsat Could "Outperform" + Intelsat's Bond Bust Analysts at Berenberg Bank have now crunched the new information and...
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Ocean Signal's SafeSea EPIRB1 Pro is a Compact Float-Free EPIRB ... the Ocean Signal SafeSea EPIRB1 Pro communicates the location of the survivors to search and rescue services in three ways...
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SES Networks to Engage De Boer Marine with Connectivity Solutins According to De Boer Marine, their customers will benefit from a superior...
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Spacecom's AMOS-17 Satellite to Provide Capacity to GiTy AMOS-17 is an HTS satellite designed specifically to meet Africa’s...
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United States Space Force Undergraduate Space Training Evolves to Tackle Space Threats In October 2019, “Undergraduate Space Training NEXT” began...
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Forrester Reports: Possible Additional Investment Infusion for OneWeb + Charlie Ergen's Challenge The maximum of $300 million will help keep OneWeb alive while the...
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Azercosmos and UltiSat Sign Data Services Agreement UltiSat will provide data services in the Middle East and Europe using the...
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Time for the Last GPS IIA to be Put to Rest Units conduct satellite disposals when a satellite reaches the end of its...
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April 15, 2020 Workflows Streamlined by Golden Software for the Surfer 3D Mapping Product Used by 100,000 clients worldwide, Surfer has been relied upon for more...
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Virtual Event to be Conducted by Triveni Digital for Those Engaged in Broadcasting This virtual event, held daily, will include an update on Triveni Digital's latest ...
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GeoOptical's CICERO Smallsat Constellation Provides More Accurate and Timely Weather Data CICERO smallsats are designed to create the most detailed picture ever assembled of the Earth’s ionosphere and atmosphere.
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Euroconsult Addresses the 2020 Space Exploration Decade ... Governments Invest $260 Billion Funding for space exploration is forecast to increase to an average of $30 billion per year out to 2029, driven by Moon exploration, transportation, and ...
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WTA's New Report Addresses New Paths to Teleport Profitability Growing top-line revenues changes from building volume for existing services to a series of bets on untested opportunities.
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Secure World Foundation's Updated Report on Global Counterspace Capabilities ... updates on counterspace developments for Russia, China, the United States, India, Iran, and North Korea ... new chapters on France and Japan
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OneWeb Bankruptcy Leaves Plans for Arctic Satellite Broadband In Limbo OneWeb’s ambitious goal of bringing high-speed broadband connectivity to the entire Arctic by early next year now appears improbable.
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U.S. Army's GTACS Enlists Envistacom with $11 Million Task Order for SATCOM Earth Terminals ... agreement that accelerates the acquisition of hardware, software, services and data in support of the U.S. Army.
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Ovzon and Airbus Defence and Space Enter Into a Reseller Agreement for SATCOM Services Together, Ovzon and Airbus will market Ovzon’s end-to-end services that include Ovzon’s mobile terminals and efficient, reliable support...
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Direct-Assent Anti-Satellite Missile Tested by Russia Russia’s missile system is capable of destroying satellites in LEO and...
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April 14, 2020 Mobile Cellular Backhaul Solution from SpaceBridge Successfully Implemented for African MNO The delivered satellite backhauling solution, equipped with SpaceBridge’s WaveSwitch™...
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International Astronautical Congress is Postponed by the IAF The IAF is in the process of re-assessing the overall schedule of IACs and...
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NASA’s Asteroid Sampling Spacecraft to Pursue Its First Practice Run a robotic spacecraft will make NASA’s first-ever attempt to descend to the surface of an asteroid, collect a sample, and bring it safely back to Earth.
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Intuitive Machines Sets the Launch Date and Landing Site for Their 2021 Moon Mission Nova-C, the first lander wholly developed by a private company, will deliver...
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Thuraya's MarineStar is a Star for the Company This versatile solution was sold out within a month after its launch and first...
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Virgin Orbit's Small Satellite Launcher Conducts Dress Rehearsal Ahead of Its First Test Flight ... Virgin Orbit did an intricate dress rehearsal of how it plans to launch rockets into space — without actually sending any rockets anywhere.
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Apple and Google will Engage in Joint iOS and Android OS Efforts To Trace COVID-19 Google and Apple are announcing a joint effort to enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help...
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Comtech Telecommunication's Awarded Blue Force Sustainment Contract: Company Contract also for Spares in North Africa These contract modifications are part of the five-year BFT-1 sustainment...
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Forrester Reports: Intelsat in the Hunt for a Bankruptcy Loan? Intelsat has appointed JPMorgan Chase & Co. and is seeking the cash...
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Exolaunch Signs SpaceX's Falcon 9 to Launch Small Satellites on a Rideshare Mission
Exolaunch accommodates multiple microsatellites and cubesats on the first Falcon 9 smallsat-dedicated rideshare mission to sun-synchronous orbit ..
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Rocket Lab to Launch Synspective's StriX-a SAR Satellite The satellite will be the first in Synspective’s planned StriX constellation of...
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April 13, 2020 Interoperable Comms the Goal of New Agile and BK Technologies Partnership All Agile technologies are built to be mobile and tough, not static — each is....
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The U.S. Space Force's Contract with Serco ... Manage Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System The GEODDS system supports the U.S. Strategic Command and theater ...
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New Remote Sensing Project Launched by Azercosmos The project is to provide technical support to legal entities and researchers...
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Intuitive Machines Selects Flexitech Aerospace to Provide RF Communications to NovaC CLPS Lunar Lander The firm's team is looking forward to working on the program and seeing it successfully complete its mission on the surface of the moon.
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Made in Space Assisting in the Fight Against COVID-19 with Additive Manufactured Face Shields MIS facilities in Jacksonville, Florida, and Moffett Field, California, are using...
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No Cost Relief from Kubos for Satellite Operators Affected by COVID-19 What is Major Tom? This product is a flight software framework for satellites and is an open-source, integrated platform...
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Johns Hopkins APL's Center for Geospace Storms Transforms Prediction of Space Weather These storms, triggered by massive eruptions at the Sun that wreak havoc on Earth’s magnetic field, can stir up space weather that cuts off satellite ...
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Boeing Delivers 3D-Printed Face Shields to Department of Health and Human Services Boeing is set to produce thousands more face shields per week, gradually...
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New Spacecraft Development and Test Facility Opened by General Atomics in Colorado The 33,514 square foot facility triples GA-EMS’ capacity for satellite...
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Alba Orbital Reporting Unicorn-2C Smallsat Success The spacecraft successfully deployed its quadruple deployable solar panel...
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Newly Named Executives at Comtech Telecommunications These changes are intended to strengthen the leadership and drive long-term...
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Now Approved for the IntelsatOne FlexGround Network is Paradigm's MANTA Terminal On FlexGround, the MANTA will now be able to provide even greater...
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April 12, 2020 NASA Develops Unique Materials for the Next Generation of Aircraft NASA engineers are developing innovative new materials that can be used to manufacture better parts for aircraft engines and related systems.
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A 500th Space System Milestone will be Reached by NearSpace Launch this Summer One recent STEM mission included flying a 60 satellite, STEM constellation...
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Mobile SATCOM Service Provided by Inmarsat Government to South Orkney Islands Expedition This multidisciplinary expedition, supported by the research vessel RV Braveheart...
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Thales Alenia Space to Build Omnispace IoT Satellites These initial satellites will support 3GPP-defined (the 3rd Generation...
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VOX Space Receives $35 Million Task Order from the U.S. Space Force VOX Space, a U.S.-incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary of Virgin Orbit...
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April 10, 2020 China to Launch Communications Satellite Named After Wuhan As of Thursday, a total of 81,620 confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported on the Chinese mainland, and 3,322 people have died of the ...
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April 9, 2020 Some Good News for the Satellite & Space Sectors Revealed by NSR While the future remains uncertain, compared to other mobility-centric satellite end-user markets, Gov & Mil appears to remain insulated...
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Live Webinar: Assuring the Spectrum in Today's New Space World Webinars are a rich resource, especially now that travel has been restricted, enabling us, at no cost, access to experts who are gathered together at the ...
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A "Cool" Satellite's Birthday Originally designed for a three and a half year mission, this satellite has been operating since 2010, far exceeding its nominal mission lifetime.
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ThinKom's Antennas Are In Full Compliance with International Non-Interference Rules For that reason, WRC19 imposed strict limitations on spurious emissions from satellite terminals on aircraft to prevent interference with 5G ground networks ...
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Secure World Foundation's COVID-19 Operations Plan A month ago, when we were putting the finishing touches on our March newsletter, there were ominous signs...
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MDA Purchased from Maxar This marks the return of MDA to Canadian control as a private, independent ...
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Rocket Lab Successfully Completes an Electron Launch Vehicle Mid-Air Recovery Test This successful test is a major step forward in Rocket Lab’s plans to reuse...
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Anokiwave Selects a New VP and GM for the Firm's Aerospace and Defense Operations He will lead the company’s strategic defense accounts and build upon the...
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Forrester Reports: Intelsat Financing Possibilities and Swarm Obtains Approvals The news prompted a 57 percent rise in Intelsat’s share price on April 8 to...
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Indonesia's Palapa-N1 Satellite Destroyed in Failed Chinese Long March-3B Launch The rocket blasted off at 7:46 p.m. Beijing Time from the Xichang Satellite...
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April 8, 2020 Commercial Satellite Imaging Market Report Now Available from Research & Markets Satellite imaging has surpassed the use of terrestrial and aerial imagery by...
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World Satellite Business Week Event to be Held in September The event enables attendees of WSBW to connect with the industry’s most...
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EUMETSAT Provides Timely, post Earthquake Support for Croatia Satellite observations are critical inputs for computer modelling of the...
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SES Delivering Capacity for BVN TV SES is delivering BVN TV via the company’s premium neighborhood at...
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Leaders Work to Protect Secretive Military Sites in Colorado from Coronavirus Threats Since the virus kicked in base emergency procedures last month, Schriever airmen have overseen the launch of a new communications satellite and ...
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General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems Working on COVID-19 Testing System MATCHBOX is a stand-alone platform based on polymerase chain reaction...
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Forrester Reports: Azercosmos Betters the Satellite Operator Trend Revenues of Azerbaijan’s state-owned satellite operator Azercosmos – from commercial operation of satellites and telecom services...
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Hiltron Delivers HAMM to Nilesat ...a motorized satellite antenna mount designed for two-way satellite...
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SpaceX's Successful Return of CRS-20 and ISS' National Lab's Payloads this investigation will contribute to our understanding of human metabolic disorders like liver disease, diabetes, and illnesses associated with obesity.
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SATCOM Frequency Converter Orders Captured by Advantech Wireless Technologies Though Advantech Wireless Technologies has been producing Frequency Converters for decades...
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LEO Not Doomed by OneWeb Problems “Represents the most significant failure of a Space industry start-up since the early 2000s ... a potential game-crasher for the current “NewSpace” ...
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April 7, 2020 Satnews Launches Webinar Tracker Satnews is working diligently to understand how the COVID-19 virus will impact the satellite industry...
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Maxar Wins Contract Dispute The 18-month dispute ended up with a United Nations arbitration tribunal which dismissed Ukraine’s claims “in their entirety” and ruled that Maxar’s...
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Forrester Reports: Additional Financial Challenges for Speedcast The company has been allowed to delay submitting its audited accounts for...
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Paradigm's HORNET SATCOM Terminal Now Enhanced The HORNET is a modular solution, allowing the user to interchange...
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Virgin Orbit Partners with Oita Prefecture and the Oita Airport as Another Smallsat Launch Services Site Virgin Orbit has identified Oita Airport as its preferred pilot launch site — yet ...
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Myriota Acquires Millions to Complete Series B Funding and Increase Smallsat Constellation Myriota’s technology involves tiny satellite transmitters that send low...
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Comtech EF Data Receives Ground Station and Military Terminals Contracts Comtech EF Data’s Heights™ Networking Platform was selected as the premier ...
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Forsway Working with CSS and Arabsat to Provide Broadband Comms to West Africa The partners came together to provide emerging economies in Africa with...
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Roscosmos Chief Says Russia Ready to Launch Multi-Satellite Orbital Groups
Earlier, Dmitry Rogozin announced that Roscosmos would allocate funds in 2020 to launch the works on creating the layout of the Sfera orbital group.
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Launch of GPS III SV03 Rescheduled by Space and Missile Systems Center The current GPS constellation is healthy, allowing for a strategic pause to ensure the health and safety of our force without operational impact...
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April 6, 2020 The World Teleport Association's Upcoming Webinar Series: Teleport Future To help members navigate these choppy waters, WTA is launching a series called Teleport Futures...Full Story
Consortium Plans to Launch in 2022 the First, Global, VDES Satellite Network The network will be the first of its kind and establish a stable, low-cost data connection for maritime safety and navigation services...
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PPM Opens 40 New UK Offices even some customer service and accounts employees to ensure a smooth customer experience are remaining on-site still taking and processing orders.
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Satellite Imagery and AI Tech Company Bird.i Acquired by Hanley Wood | Meyers Research Bird.i’s imagery processing technology shows how things are changing on...
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Cyber Security Webinar from Inmarsat and PORT-IT to be Conducted on April 9 Entitled ‘Could you spot the signs of a cyber-attack?,’ the special online...
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AXESS Networks Provides Saudi Arabia Access to SATCOM with Middle East Telecommunications The main focus lies on supporting the increasing demand of communications needs such as oil and gas, mining, maritime, telco and others.
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China to Launch the Final BeiDou-3 Navigation Satellite for Constellation Completion The new satellite is the 55th satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite...
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April 5, 2020 Thousands Apply to Become NASA Astronauts Applications were received from every U.S. state, the District of Columbia...
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NSR's Commercial Satellite Ground Segment, 4th Edition, Analysis and Report Available NSR’s Commercial Satellite Ground Segment 4th Edition report analyzes...
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ESA Will Conduct a BepiColombo Gravity-Assist Flyby In Spite of the Coronavirus Crisis The maneuver, which will see the mission adjust its trajectory by harnessing...
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Free COVID-19 Video Call Service and Voice Call Discounts for Seafarers from Inmarsat Inmarsat has formalized a sweeping 50% discount for crew voice calling...
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X2nSat Working with New Mexico State University Students on 2020 Pacific Cup Race SATCOM Project X2nSat is hoping to work with the students of NMSU to provide real-time...
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Cryostat for NASA Mission Delivered by Ball Aerospace to the University of Arizona The Ball-built cryostat is a low-heat leak tank that contains liquid helium and...
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He's Got a Long Title ... Deputy CEO, Senior Executive Vice President Observation, Exploration and Navigation at Thales Alenia Space and CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italia In 2013 he was appointed CTO of Telespazio ... In 2016 he became the CEO of eGeos, an ASI and Telespazio company, an established ...
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ITU's Broadband Commission Pushes for COVID-19 Internet Access Capacity Boosts to fight COVID-19 built around three pillars: Resilient Connectivity, Affordable Access and Safe Use for Informed and Educated Societies, the agenda serves as a...
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Orbital Micro Systems Selects AAC Clyde Space for New Smallsat Addition for their GEMS Constellation The mission is planned for 2021, which will be the first launch from UK soil through the UK-SLP project that is managed by Lockheed Martin...
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April 3, 2020 Isotropic's Unrivaled Attention for Superyacht Sector with iDirect iQ LTE technology During the tests, Isotropic achieved 200Mbps over layer 2 and successfully tested the switchover capability from VSAT to LTE to automatically connect to ...
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Lockheed Martin Receives $113 Million MUOS Space Segment Sustainment Contract MUOS is a narrowband military satellite communications system that...
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April 2, 2020 KRYTAR Offers a Couple of New Dual-Directional Couplers ... Over 26.5 to 50 GHz Frequency Range ... many applications including warfare systems and commercial wireless including mmWave, 5G, SATCOM, radar, signal monitoring and ...
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Exotrail Enlisted by Eutelsat for Cloud-Based ExoOPSTM Mission Design Software solutions for optimization of constellation geometries and launch scenarios, low-thrust trajectories, and measuring the impact of propulsion on their ...
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Azercosmos Wins ... Tender on Product Forecasting by Remote Sensing Methods held in Tajikistan ... monitoring agricultural lands and forecasting productivity on the territory of Tajikistan using the images acquired via the Azersky satellite.
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Space Micro Gains SMC Contract for Laser Comms Terminals for USAF Space Micro's µLCT™ 100 Laser Communication Terminal operates at a...
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Argentine Navy Uses Globalsat, Iridium Certus™ and Thales Tech and Wins the XXIV Oceanic Regatta Globalsat Argentina provided the necessary assistance to the Fortuna III crew members...
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Globalstar's 3GPP Approval of Band 53 as a 5G Band Band n53 can also act as a traffic channel or as an anchor for other licensed or unlicensed bands in 5G networks, allowing rapid and economical ...
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New Space Symposium Dates Announced by Space Foundation Given the date and timing changes for this year’s Symposium program...
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Norsat is in their ELEMENT with a New Ka-Band BUC Suitable for various applications (fixed, COTM, COTP), it can transmit in ...
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NASA to Study the Sun with Six Smallsats The new mission, called the Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE), is an array of six cubesats...
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Thuraya Supports the UN's COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan The company will use its expertise and apply lessons learned from the...
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April 1, 2020 Virgin Orbit and Medical Experts Design a New, Mass-Producible, Ventilator for COVID-19 Patients Virgin Orbit aims to commence production at its Long Beach manufacturing...
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SSPI Opens Nominations for "20 Under 35" Honors Every year, during its Future Leaders Dinner, SSPI honors its list of the “20 Under 35” young space and satellite professionals...
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Envistacom to Support U.S. Army's Tactical Programs Envistacom will deliver systems integration and cyber engineering...
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Hypersonic Test Bed Vehicles Unveiled by Stratolaunch ...the Talon-A will conduct more than 1 minute of hypersonic flight testing...
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Cobham's Contract with UK ... DE&S Anti-Jam Satellite Signal Contract GNSS navigation signals in the nation’s critical infrastructure and national security and the frequent interruptions of the signals either accidentally or intentionally.
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Myriota's Canadian Acquisition of Select exactEarth Satellites and Ground Stations
fortunate position to accelerate the company’s international expansion plans and allow multiple industries to access disruptively low-cost satellite connectivity.
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NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Full Mirror Deployment a Success
Webb’s mirror is the biggest of its kind that NASA has ever built.
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L3Harris Receives SMC Contract to Modernize and Sustain Space Infrastructure Under the Maintenance Of Space Situational Awareness Integrated...
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An All Out Effort by U.S. Army to Combat COVID-19 Assault The Army and other partners are working to more rapidly conduct...
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U.S. Space Force ID's USAF Missions to Transfer to this Newest Service Currently, Space Force is comprised primarily of units which previously fell...
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Indonesian Satellite to be Launched by China The satellite was developed under a contract signed between the China...
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