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April 30, 2018 GlobalData Believes Satellite Operators Could Become Major 5G Players The standards governing true 5G services, likely to be ready to deploy by Q3 2018, are much more ‘satellite-friendly’ than previous Long-Term Evolution ...
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A NASA SBIR Phase II Grant Awarded to VORAGO Technologies The project that is now underway is consistent with VORAGO’s technology expertise and is an extension of the successful phase I effort to design a...
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UPDATED: The First International Conference on Satellite-Driven Bathymetry Set for June - Registration Open... According to the statistics maintained by the International Hydrographic Organization, more than 50 percent of the world's coastal waters have...
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Kiwisat Works With WORK for Win-Win With the DVB-S2X Satellite Broadcast Modulator provides Kiwisat with a future-proof platform offering smaller roll-offs, advanced filtering, and higher modulation schemes for increased ...
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Airbus Appoints Chief Technology Officer From Within and She Will Report Directly to CEO She’s a great team worker and a very inspiring leader. And she is one of the most international top managers in Airbus.
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MT Aerospace's Expertise is Enlisted to Produce Items for 10 of the Ariane 5 Launch Vehicles By the time it ships the final set in mid-2020, MT Aerospace will have worked on a total of 93 Ariane 5 launch vehicles.
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DoD's Cloud Fights ... ‘Dominate’ in Battlefield as Warfighters Gain Edge With Cloud Data That will allow the warfighters to “dominate in the battlefield,"
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Energy Satcom Markets Slowly Turning Around ... Facing Eventual Return to Growth ... forecasts the major energy markets to yield nearly $1.6 Billion in Retail Revenues by 2027, up from $900M today.
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Pakistan's Giant Step to Gain Independence in Their Space Program, Spying and Military Communications “There are two unusual developments in the region affecting the strategic situation — first of all, Pakistan has to keep an eye on the Indian side and ...
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UPDATE: Blue Origin’s 8th New Shepard Test Flight is a Booming Success These payloads represent a range of users, from NASA’s Johnson Space Center to a small commercial communications firm, as well as the firm’s first...
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Space 2.0—Why it Matters for Australia’s Defence Space 2.0 has transformed the global space sector. Its growing emphasis on the ‘small, cheap and many’ in terms of satellite design challenges ...
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On-Demand GNSS Service Debuts from 3D Robotics Now, instead of having to export ground control point data files and manually upload them into Site Scan, 3DR customers can use 3DR GCP to...
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Speedcast's New Satellite Connectivity Subscription Plans for Yachting Market Use Kymeta™ KyWay™ Terminals This innovative service provides the flexibility that yacht owners and captains demand, giving them short-term, unlimited usage, and quick...
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Marlink's VSAT Solution Selected by Vergnet Groupe for Their Facility Marlink connectivity enables the site to be managed efficiently by Vergnet Group’s expert remote operators, with a guaranteed, redundant VSAT link...
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Qatar Airways Celebrates Being First ... With Inmarsat’s Inflight GX Aviation 'Super Wifi'
passengers can maximize their 'office in the sky' with one-hour of free access to GX Aviation, after which full-flight access can be affordably purchased.
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Earth's Ever Changing Water Supply Will be Under Observation when NASA's GRACE-FO Launches in May GRACE-FO will continue monitoring monthly changes in the distribution of mass within and among Earth’s atmosphere, oceans, land and ice sheets...
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When Cell Phones and Weather Satellite Data Conflicts ... NOAA Selects Harris' System to Monitor the Situation Since weather satellite data is critical to severe weather forecasts, any interference could impact public safety and have devastating consequences.
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April 27, 2018 United Launch Alliance's New Chief Operating Officer ... He Comes from Boeing responsible for Boeing's civil space programs and support of NASA's ISS, Commercial Crew Development program and the Space Launch System ...
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April 26, 2018 Launch of India's GSAT-11 Satellite is Postponed by Arianespace The next Arianespace launch will be VA244 in July 2018. An Ariane 5 ES launch vehicle will orbit four additional Galileo satellites for the European...
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NavVis' Autodesk Revit Add-in Enables Users to Connect Their BIM to 360 Degree Immersive Imagery This add-in simplifies the process of creating and updating outdated BIM models to reflect the current state of the building.
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Planetary Resources' Arkyd-6 Smallsat has Met All Mission Requirements The spacecraft was designed, manufactured, tested and integrated almost entirely in house. The firm's Redmond, Washington, facilities provided the...
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IoT On Orbit Demo Upcoming Via Contract Between NanoAvionics and Lacuna Space NanoAvionics’ M6P satellite platform and mission integration services will allow Lacuna Space to begin testing its technology this year, paving the way...
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Smallsat Payloads Integrated Into Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket for NASA's VCLS Mission The flight will constitute the smallest class of dedicated launch services used by NASA and marks a significant milestone for Rocket Lab in...
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EUMETSAT's Sentinel-3B Initiates a New Era of Global Coverage from the observations of the three instrument suites, the Ocean and Land Color Instrument, the Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer and ...
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Comms System at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana to be Extended by the Space Alliance CNES is in charge of the CSG ground segment. The extended system will be ready to meet the needs of Ariane 6 customers by the end of 2019. The STFO communications system acts...
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CPI's Antenna System Division Awarded Datalink and Ground Antennas Contract These advanced antennas will provide command and control (C&C) communications for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) manufactured in...
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Nigerian SatTV Reach for SES Significantly Increases The Satellite Monitor results reveal that SES now reaches over 11 million TV homes, of which 3.5 million are directly served by its satellite fleet — a twofold...
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OHB System AG is the Prime for ESA's PLATO Satellite The PLATO scientific research mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) is to be launched in 2026. PLATO is a satellite-based observatory for ...
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Ball Aerospace Completes Second of Five Evaluations for DARPA and AFRL for SSA Misson The role of the Hallmark program SEAC testbed is to support multiple tools and technologies developed by various companies and academic...
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China Launches Five in One ... Earth Observation Satellites for Agriculture, Land and Water and More When the constellation is complete the operational Orbita will consist of 10 video satellites (OVS-2), hyperspectral satellites (OHS-2) and small ...
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ESA Selects SENER’s Clamp to Solve Space Debris Conundrum In space, that's an entirely different matter, and many companies have been brainstorming to attempt to solve this serious and treacherous issue.
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Inmarsat Floats Their '2018 Superyacht Connectivity Report' and Receives Waves of Positive Responses Despite these critical operations being identified as the most important functions of satellite communications onboard, the research also revealed that
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Yahlive Viewership Surges with a 'Fresh Bouquet' to Over 10 Million Households in North Africa
According to SES annual market research, Satellite Monitor, Yahlive reaches more than 10 million households across Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco.
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Yahsat Set to Acquire Thuraya The acquisition of the UAE’s first home grown satellite operator, Thuraya, will significantly expand Yahsat’s current satellite solutions portfolio for both...
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April 25, 2018 Continuing Their 15 Year Tradition... Intelsat General Distributing American Forces Network U.S. Service Personnel Intelsat General has been carrying the global satellite feed for the American Forces Network (AFN) for more than 15 years, bringing U.S....
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Government of Canada Extends AIS Contract with ORBCOMM and Maerospace Through its Canadian subsidiary SkyWave, ORBCOMM will provide satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) data used for ship tracking and other...
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General John "Jay" Raymond, Air Force Space Command, to Present at the Washington Space Business Roundtable As Commander, AFSC, General Raymond is responsible for organizing, training, equipping and maintaining mission-ready space and cyberspace...
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NavVis Marks Breakthrough in Reality Capture Technology with New Indoor Mobile Mapping System M6 features a mobile LiDAR system that scans up to 30 times faster than stationary devices, letting users capture up to 30,000 square meters in a day.
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Inmarsat's SwiftBroadband-Safety Has a Build Project in China The collaboration will leverage the capabilities of CTTIC’s Beijing satellite access station, ADCC’s experience in providing flight datalink services in...
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ETL Systems is a Switch Hitter at CommunicAsia with Their New Equipment Hurricane Matrix provides L-band routing for up to 64 input/output feeds and handles multiple services, with each feed distributed to the correct place...
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Es’hailSat at Arab Radio and TV Festival 2018 to Share Fleet Expansion Opportunities for News and Sports Channels providing transmission and expansion opportunities for established news and sports channels, a number of regional channels are choosing Es’hailSat ...
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The Next Five Iridium NEXT Satellites Now Undergoing Pre-Launch Processing by SpaceX @ Vandenberg AFB. This launch will increase the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites in space to 55 and is the third Iridium launch to use a “flight-proven” SpaceX...
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ESA' Sentinenal 3B Launches from Russia's Rockot Which was Once a Ballistic Missile with a Nuclear Warhead will provide free data about Earth's oceans, land surfaces and atmosphere to scientists, policymakers, businesses, security officials and the public.
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Merger Ahead: Globalstar to Merge with FiberLight and CenturyLink to form Thermo Companies Thermo Acquisition, Inc. is controlled by Jay Monroe, Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Globalstar. At closing, the parent company will be renamed Thermo Companies, Inc...
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Thales Alenia Space's Sentinel-3B Launch Celebrates Closure With Completion of Sentinel Missions will systematically cover all of the Earth’s land surfaces and oceans, gathering data that will help improve oceanographic and atmospheric forecasts.
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BepiColombo Flies Safely to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana for Arianespace Launch The hardware arrived at Félix Eboué Airport near the French Guiana capital city of Cayenne, where it was unloaded from a chartered An-124 cargo...
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April 24, 2018 Arabsat Sponsors 19th Arab Radio and Television Festival Furthering Arab States Broadcasting Union Relationship "We have an excellent working relationship with the Arab States Broadcasting Union and we have many common successful projects such as ...
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U.S. General Services Administration Awards EO to UrtheCast and a First to European Company Deimos Imaging This is the first time that a European company in Earth Observation (EO) services has been awarded such a contract in the U.S., making Deimos ...
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A Seven Year Warranty Now Offered on DEV Systemtechnik Standard Products The extended warranty period becomes effective to all deliveries of the enclosed product lines* starting January 1, 2018, and is free of charge...
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Rohde & Schwarz's Software Defined Airborne Radio is Exclusively Certified for Civil and Military Use More than 7000 R&S M3AR radios from the independent European vendor are in use worldwide on over 70 different airborne platforms
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Good Vibrations Ahead as Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration and HBM Plan to Merge A new management team has been selected, drawing on the strengths and expertise from both BKSV and HBM, and they will be in place from ...
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Now Available is ABIresearch's New LTE and 5G Fixed B'band Markets Report Operators are increasingly deploying fixed LTE networks to provide high speed broadband access especially in rural areas where fiber-optic ...
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SATCOM Equipment Market to be Worth US$30.32 Billion by 2022 The SATCOM equipment market is estimated to be US$20.20 billion in 2017 and is projected to reach US$30.32 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 8.46 percent during...
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New SDT Range of Divider Trays Enters Market from AtlanTecRF The functionality is relatively simple, but the convenience factor delivered to the user brings considerable benefits in terms of installation time and...
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SES Now Serving Four Million TV Homes in Ghana The study shows the leading position of SES in the Ghanaian TV landscape, as SES now reaches two-thirds of TV homes in the country, the...
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Essential Components for Sentinel-3B Supplied by RUAG Space — Launch Scheduled for This Week Following the two satellite pairs Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2, the Sentinel-3A satellite that was launched this past February will now welcome the space...
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Connection Made by Caton Connector Corporation with U.S. Air Force for Milstar testing at a simulated 50,000 feet altitude while at -55 degrees C is extremely difficult. The temperature alone is at the hairy edge for brittleness of silicone.
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East View Geospatial's Latest Cloud-Free PlanetSAT Mosaic at 10-Meters Makes Geographic Information Even Clearer Users benefit from a seamless view of the Earth with recent cloud-free satellite imagery in high-quality natural colors.
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UK Considering the Launch of their Own Satellite Navigation System — Blowup with EU Over Galileo Possible Restrictions The move comes amid a deepening row with Brussels over whether Britain can continue to be trusted with Europe's most sensitive security information...
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April 23, 2018 Thales Alenia Space's Win-Win ... FabLab Fosters Fabulous Innovation and Creativity for Employees is a digital incubator, for all employees, with free access to boost creativity and innovation through simulation and prototyping while complementing ...
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Navarino Selected by Oldendorff Carriers for Inmarsat Fleet Xpress Implementation Fleet Xpress seamlessly combines the power of the company's Ka-band Global Xpress network with the proven reliability of L-band FleetBroadband...
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Solar Sims from Rovsing Meld with Lockheed Martin Rovsing offerings a versatile, highly modular and efficient testing system for high-power solar arrays, which are used for Earth observation, science or...
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Leadership is Realigned at Gogo to Strengthen the Company John Wade will serve as the first President of Gogo's Commercial Aviation Division (CA) In this new position, he will have end-to-end responsibility for ...
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WISPs Debut from KP Performance Antennas These 2 GHz sector antennas use a ±45-degree slant dual polarization scheme and are specially designed with optimized front to back and side...
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Comtech Telecommunications Gains Contract from the Armed Forces of the Philippines The Modular Transportable Transmission System (MTTS) troposcatter terminals will enable the Armed Forces to establish data links between...
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Airbus' MicroWave Radiometer is Essential ... Will Precisely Measure Atmospheric Humidity Aboard Sentinel-3B will allow scientists to monitor sea-level changes, sea-surface temperature, manage water quality, and track marine pollution and biological productivity.
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Engineering Students Get a Ride From NASA on a Sail ... Funding for CubeSail “CubeSail is a technology demonstration; it’s basically to show you can have viable propulsion that is cheap and small in deep space.”
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DigitalGlobe's SecureWatch Has Now Integrated WorldView-4 Imagery WorldView-4’s daily imagery collections more than double SecureWatch’s daily volume of valuable 30 cm imagery, enhancing defense and....
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Partners for Satellite-Empowered IoT — Marlink and L&T Technology Services LTTS’ smart products and services will be reinforced by Marlink’s satellite network and technology expertise through extended reach of IP connectivity...
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Flight to Kourou for ESA's BepiColombo... Next Step, Launch... Then, Off to Mercury On April 23, 2018, the first elements of the BepiColombo hardware were loaded into an Antonov An-124 cargo plane for transport from Amsterdam´s...
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Supporting Air Traffic Management and Ship Tracking Services Will be Aerial & Maritime's New SmallSat Constellation Importantly, the system will help the airline industry to be fully compliant with ICAO standards, providing real-time surveillance of all aircraft globally...
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Full System and Pre-Flight Testing of Orbital Test Bed Satellite Completed by General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems OTB will launch as part of the U.S. Air Force’s Space Technology Program (STP-2) flight on the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The OTB hosts multiple...
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How New Mexico Tech Students Sent Up a Mustang that Broke the Sound Barrier and 'No Animals Were Harmed' After reaching its apogee of 24,127 ft mean sea level the rocket deployed its recovery system, and landed very close to the predicted impact point.
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Angosat-1 Loss is Confirmed by Angola The Russian-made Angosat-1 struggled with repeated setbacks immediately after its launch from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan...
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April 22, 2018 Japan's Nod of Confidence with Arianespace to Launch BSAT-4b Satellite Adds to a Long History Since 1997 BSAT-4b will be launched by an Ariane 5 in 2020 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, as part of a turnkey...
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RUAG's New Portfolio Includes Highs and Lows ... High Performance and Low-Cost Products for Satellite Constellations Several hundred computer units have flown on commercial and institutional missions, such as Iridium NEXT (payload interface unit) or the Galileo...
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Thuraya Aero Came the Distance Providing Overviews to International Government and Military Experts at Space Symposium Aero gives Thuraya a new sector, that being aviation, and continues to expand as an established global provider of mobile satellite communications...
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US$10 Million to be Awarded by DARPA with their Launch Challenge Program The nation’s space architecture is currently built around a limited number of exquisite systems with development times of up to ten years. With the...
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Latitude SkyNode SATCOM Models Receive EASA Certification The STC also supports the installation of the IONode Flight Data Monitoring (FDM) system, which is capable of providing fully automated data ...
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iDirect Government Releases their Most Powerful Evolution 4.2 Evolution 4.2 unleashes the full capabilities of the 9-Series satellite routers, defense line cards and tactical hub. Evolution 4.2 also continues to support...
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Enlighten IT Consulting Introduces RADMF for Cyber Security Missions The new release now incorporates operator feedback received over several years from multiple Department of Defense (DoD) customers, with more...
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April 20, 2018 Swedish National Space Agency's New Director General ... She Comes with Impressive Experience from SSC
knowledge and experience from space technology, business, space science and national and international space projects from the early pioneering up ...
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April 19, 2018 Paul Allen Reveals Stratolaunch's Enormous Plane's Plans and Capabilities at the Space Symposium This is an amazing plane to view, using 28 wheels for movement and a wingspan that is larger than a U.S. football field at 385 feet (117 meters)...
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Aerospace Announces Two Critical Policy Papers Offering New Advantages and Solutions for Space Traffic Management the DOD is examining this issue for several years, time is running out. The neighborhood is changing in space, planners need to act soon to manage ...
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Globalstar Makes Known that the Sat-Fi2™ Satellite Hotspot has Entered the Market Sat-Fi2 provides seamless connectivity powered by Globalstar’s modernized satellite network and represents the first product using...
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Eutelsat Communications Sells Their Stake in Hispasat The transaction concludes an agreement reached in May 2017 between Eutelsat and Abertis, which was recently approved by the...
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New Satellite Constellation from EarthNow to Offer Real-Time EO Video EarthNow represents a dramatic leap forward in capability compared to other Earth Observation (EO) satellite systems which deliver pictures and...
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An ILS Proton-M Rocket Launches a Russian Blagovest Military Satellite The launch of the Proton-M rocket with Blagovest No. 12 aboard occurred at the Baikonur cosmodrome at 1:12 a.m. Moscow time on Thursday (2212 GMT on Wednesday)...
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Raytheon's Two Polar Scout Smallsats Ready for Work for U.S. Department of Homeland Security These Polar Scout satellites have flexible radio frequency receivers to help search and rescue teams locate emergency beacons in remote areas, such...
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Sentinenel-3B's Upcoming Launch Will Complete Copernicus Constellation Carrying a suite of cutting-edge instruments, Sentinel-3 is arguably the most complex of all the Sentinel missions – offering a bigger picture for Copernicus.
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Bridenstine Confirmed by U.S. Senate to Lead NASA Representative Bridenstine brings to his new job political and aerospace experience. A three term member of Congress, Bridenstine served as a...
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Hartshorn Leaving the Global VSAT Forum Mr. Hartshorn will continue to serve GVF throughout the transition, together with Ms. Mar. Applications for the Secretariat positions will be accepted...
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Russia Should Not Compete with SpaceX, Says That Nation's Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin estimates the real market of space services at approximately $350 billion, with the creation of payloads, and not the launch o...
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April 18, 2018 Cobham Contracted for Life Support and Propulsion Systems for Lockheed Martin's Orion Crew Module The components will fly on the Exploration Mission-2 crew module, the first flight of Orion with astronauts onboard. Components for the Environmental...
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South Africa Shipping the AZCube-2 Satellite to India for July Launch The 4 kg. satellite, known as ZACube-2, was developed by the CPUT in cooperation with the French South African Institute of Technology.
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Engility Gains Three Sole-Source Awards with U.S. Intelligence Community In addition to intelligence analysis, systems engineering and integration, and cybersecurity, Engility will assist in core activities like modeling and ...
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AST Awarded Patent in Mighty Micron™ Low-Earth-Orbit Satellites for Government and Commercial Use Their patented features will allow them to support a range of government and commercial space mission capabilities that have until now been impossible.
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Training for UN Delegations in Cybersecurity Results in Kudelski Security and UNITAR Partnership The number of major breaches continues to rise globally, driven by range of cyber threats ranging from phishing attacks and advanced malware, to...
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SSPI's Future Leaders Dinner Travels West to a New Home — Satellite Innovation 2018 The Future Leaders Dinner honors three recipients for outstanding achievement by space and satellite professionals age 35 or under...
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The 2018 Fortress Cyber Security Award Issued to Code42 in the Threat Detection Category The awards program, run by the Business Intelligence Group, seeks to identify and reward the world’s leading companies and products that are...
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ResearchandMarkets Now Offering "The Global Space-Based C4ISR Market" Report and Analysis Currently, the U.S. is the pioneer and leader in space-based platforms; however, other countries, such as South Korea and Japan, are also...
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SpaceX's Triple Play Turns into a Home Run With Launch and Subsequent Deployment of TESS and Return of Rocket telescope/camera that will hunt for undiscovered worlds around nearby stars, providing targets where future studies will assess their capacity to harbor life.
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Orbital ATK's TESS Exoplanet Satellite Launch Is a First on Exciting Journey for NASA Seeking New Planets; This successful launch marks the 31st science spacecraft they have developed and built for NASA over the last 35 years.
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York Space Systems and RUAG Space Partner for a Complete Space Deployment Solution The partnership, unveiled at the 34th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado, will further enable York to offer commercial companies a turnkey solution for...
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Business Development Partnership Involves NanoRacks, ALTEC and Thales Alenia Space The companies will build together a directory of end-to-end solutions to lower the barriers for European and Asian customers to access LEO. This directory...
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April 17, 2018 Aerojet Rocketdyne's RL10 to Soar to New Heights ... Selected for Orbital ATK's OmegA™ Rocket the RL10 sent hundreds of satellites into orbit, spacecraft to every planet and the first human-made object, the Voyager I spacecraft, into interstellar space.
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Comtech Telecommunications' $59 Million Contract with U.S. Navy for Critical Applications The commercially available modems will support satellite communications and interoperability across the Navy's platforms and shore sites.
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Kratos' Microwave Electronics Division Awarded by BAE Systems for Outstanding Supplier Performance On March 6, 2018, BAE Electronic Systems division hosted its first Partner 2 Win Supplier Symposium to recognize suppliers who have provided...
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At 34th Space Symposium, the Phase Four Thruster's Test Results by the Aerospace Corporation are Revealed The testing found that Phase Four's second generation of RF thrusters achieved their best performance to date, demonstrating performance on par...
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Inmarsat Brings SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) to Market The next-generation satellite IP platform is designed to meet the needs of aviation data communications in the digital age and offers airlines game-changing visibility...
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Now Prepped for Launch — the Airbus-Built MetOp-C Satellite for EUMETSAT and the ESA the excellent performance of the two MetOp satellites enables simultaneous operation, providing the meteorological community with increased data.
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Landmark Agreement 'Tween SSTL, Goonhilly Earth Station and Astrobotic Unveiled at 34th Space Symposium payloads will need sophisticated communication services to reach, until-now, prohibitive destinations on the Moon, including the ‘far side.’
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Comtech Telecommunications Showcasing Solutions at 34th Space Symposium Located at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Comtech invites attendees to visit booth 436 to learn more about...
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Lockheed Martin Charges Forward with Proposal for U.S.A.F.'s GPS IIIF Program The U.S. Air Force’s first 10 GPS III satellites, currently in full production at Lockheed Martin, are already the most powerful GPS satellites ever...
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iDirect Government Improves Troops' Defense With New and Faster 4.2 Evolution Software ... greatly improves the availability of ultra-small disadvantaged terminals, improving reliability particularly for Communications-on-the Move networks.
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Spaceflight SmallSats to Launch Via Arianespace Vega Rocket Arianespace has signed a landmark agreement with Spaceflight for the launch of several small payloads. This will be the inaugural mission for...
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HawkEye 360 Signals the Expansion of Its Advisory Board with True Patriots their advisory board’s experience in defense, space, security and spectrum will bring invaluable insights to help them evolve their product suite.
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Lockheed Martin's iSpace Selected by Commonwealth of Australia for Space Situational Awareness (SSA) System Lockheed Martin is providing the Commonwealth of Australia with an iSpace Space Situational Awareness training and demonstration mission...
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Deep Space Industries Closes Their First Tranche of Series A Funding Deep Space Industries plans to launch the first private deep space mission in 2020, using the firm's Xplorer spacecraft. This funding round allows the...
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April 16, 2018 Mobile Security R&D Program Guide, Volume 2, Released by Department of Homeland Security The DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Cyber Security Division Mobile Security R&D Program Guide, introduces you to the goals...
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Rocket Lab's First Fully Commercial Electron Launch Set for April 20 The 14-day ‘It’s Business Time’ launch window will open on Friday April 20, 2018 NZT. During this time a four-hour launch window will open daily from...
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KBRwyle Presenting Their Services @ the 34th Space Symposium This year’s symposium will mark the largest showing yet for KBRwyle and will feature the firm's services for human and robotic spaceflight; ground systems...
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Making the Ascent with New Space is TT Electronics... Also Present at the 34th Space Symposium Higher volume satellite constellations in LEO are driving a requirement for increasingly cost effective components. TT's New Space Electronics® offer...
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Today AsiaSat's Executive Director and CEO Andrew Jordon Resigns Dr. Roger Tong has been appointed by the Board to succeed Mr. Jordan as Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, in effect from April 16, 2018.
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Intelsat General Joins the Team Building a New Satellite Navigation Payload for the FAA The payload will be part of the FAA’s Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) that corrects and enhances information provided by Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites...
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Gamifying Satellite Data from Draper is an UPBEAT Way to Fight Crime, Save Forests and More Too much data can be both a blessing and a curse, such as paring a mountain of unnecessary data down to a molehill of critical information.
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Polaris Alpha's Acquisition of Fourth Dimension Engineering Furthers Their Cyber Operations Fourth Dimension, located in Columbia, Maryland, delivers mission-critical cyber solutions for the most demanding customers. The company has deep...
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First Full-Color Video from Earth-i's VividX2 Satellite Released Launched on January 12, 2018, VividX2 is the world’s first commercial satellite able to provide full-color video of life on Earth. Weighing 100 kg. and measuring...
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Honeywell and Ball Aerospace Combine Forces for Optical Comms Data Links — Also at 34th Space Symposium Since the 1990s, Ball Aerospace and Honeywell have combined their knowledge and expertise on various optical communications capabilities...
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Premium Inflight Connectivity for Russia's STECCOM to be Supported by SES Networks Under the agreement, STECCOM will leverage a high-capacity, global managed services platform built on an open architecture. SES Networks...
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NanoRacks Can Provide In-Space Services Thanks to a GSA Schedule Contract Award As a services provider under this contract, NanoRacks is able to provide its customer-driven in-space services to federal agencies at a pre-negotiated...
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Over 4,000 Aspiring Astronauts Apply in UAE ... Only 0.1 Percent Will Be Successful the four Emirati astronauts will be in a series of training programs of a year-long basic training modules and three years of advanced training modules.
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Orange Goes to New Heights in Africa Selecting Comtech EF Data's Heights™ Networking Platform for Critical NGO Projects the ability to quickly deploy and commission new remotes in additional countries on the African continent as new peace-keeping requirements arise.
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SpaceX Delays the Launch of NASA's Exoplanet Hunter, TESS TESS (the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) is designed to explore planets that occupy space beyond our solar system in a hunt for...
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RUAG Space Fairing Protects Two U.S.A.F. Satellites During AFSPC-11 Launch The Atlas V-500 fairings supplied by RUAG Space are built in composite technology based on aluminum honeycomb cores with carbon fiber...
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During the 34th Space Symposium, Orbital ATK Updated Their Work on the U.S.A.F.'s OmegA Rocket The company reaffirmed its commitment to the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program for national security space...
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April 15, 2018 Dr. Gurpartap Sandhoo is Appointed to Senior Executive Service by U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Assignment as Superintendent for Spacecraft Engineering at NCST The Center’s mission is to preserve and enhance a strong space technology base and provide expert assistance in the development and...
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Rohde & Schwarz's VENICE Goes Live with a Range of Features on Their Media Server Platform at NAB 2018 VSA acts as a partition between software and hardware functions and virtualizes two physical storage units as a single virtual storage unit.
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Airbus' Earth Observation Imagery Portfolio Just Increased with TripleSat Data They offer daily monitoring of any place on Earth revealing details as small as 80 centimeters.
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Agreement Forged Between Esri and Alibaba Cloud The agreement is a recognition of successful implementations and a shared belief that location intelligence in cloud infrastructure was pivotal to...
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Comtech Xicom Technology Picks Up Two SATCOM Equipment Contracts The company has received two contracts: one for Ka-band high-power amplifiers and the second for TWTAs.
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NASA's Small Sat with the Big Name Begins Testing by Orbital for Advanced Small Spacecraft Communications demonstration of its radio frequency communications technology by successfully generating a signal tone through its reflectarray antenna to ...
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Orbital ATK to Present Their Products and Technologies at the 34th Space Symposium features industry leading space launch vehicles and related rocket propulsion systems, satellite platforms and associated components and services, ...
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ULA Launches an EAGLE and a CBAS SATCOM as Critical Space Assets for the U.S. Air Force AFSPC-11 is a multi-payload mission on a mission for the U.S. Air Force.
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Affordable Access to Space Demo'd by Orbital ATK Via the AFSCPC-11 Mission The AFSCPC-11 mission included a second company designed satellite, Mycroft, which is among several Department of Defense (DoD) experiments...
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Lunar Economic Action Plan (LEAP) Published by Institute of Space Commerce (IISC) They found that a private settlement on the Moon is surprisingly feasible, and even cost-effective, and offers the best chance of success for a return...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne's Solid Rocket Boosters Launch the Most Powerful Atlas V Variant to Date the launch will benefit from just over 1.74 million pounds of added thrust from five AJ-60A solid rocket boosters supplied by Aerojet Rocketdyne.
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April 12, 2018 Orbit's OceanTRx 7 Multi-Band Terminals Garnering Millions in Orders Delivery of the company’s OceanTRx 7 Multi-band terminals, which support both C-/Ka- and Ku-/Ka- bands for continuous broadband connectivity...
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Satcom Direct Communications to Provide Worldwide Voice and Data Connectivity for USG and DoD The contract is also an important milestone in the military government market, as this will be the first U.S. government procurement contract in...
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Reaction Engines Receives Boeing HorizonX investment Reaction Engines is known for its Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE), a hybrid engine blending jet and rocket technology that is capable...
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Thursday UPDATE: ULA Preps for U.S.A.F.'s Launch of Multi-Faceted Mission EAGLE uses an ESPA Adapter with deployable solar arrays, Moog propulsion module and five slots for Space Test Program-sponsored payloads that will ...
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SES Launches Their UHD Platform into LATAM Many Latin America’s leading payTV providers are already testing SES’s new Ultra HD solution, an all-in-one package of pre-configured Ultra HD content,...
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General Atomics' New Small Sat Paradigms at the Space Symposium... an Orbital Test Bed, and Ground-to-Space Solutions Their unique designs launch multiple payloads on a single platform, eliminating the expense for customers of a dedicated platform and launch.
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STC Major Change Approval Received by L2 Aviation for Cobham Aviator 300D This major change now includes installing a new SATVOICE Status Panel and a dialer to the existing Aviator SATCOM system. This change enables ...
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A GVF-EMP Event: Satellite Goes Beyond Backhaul for 5G For the first time the GVF-EMP event will be an embedded feature of the KNect365 5G World, IoT World, Smart Transportation event of June 12 to...
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Australian Vineyard Health Monitored by Satellite Imagery and AI Software The software’s launch follows recent trials at some of Australia’s leading wine regions including Barossa Valley, Margaret River and Tasmania...
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Agile Interoperable Systems to Demo Interactive Comms Technologies at Upcoming Events AIS will display and demonstrate their flagship products, CORE (Common Operating Radio Engine) and Mobile CORE. CORE integrates landline, cellular, radio, WiFi and satellite communications...
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NOAA-20 Satellite Turned Over to NASA by Ball Aerospace The acceptance review confirmed the satellite met its on orbit requirements and the spacecraft and the five instruments are performing, as expected...
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Cape Canaveral AFS Welcomes the SES-12 for a SpaceX Falcon 9 Launch Like SES-14 and SES-15, which serve the Americas, SES-12’s high throughput capabilities are SES’s answer to soaring connectivity demand in...
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NetProtect Debuts from Neustar—A Direct Connect DDoS Defense Solution In complement to Neustar SiteProtect NG®, a DDoS mitigation solution that protects against web application attacks, the NetProtect network is...
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Keysight Technology's Ixia Intent on Delivering Better Network Security At this year’s event, Ixia will offer demonstrations of a wide range of technology advancements and solutions that provide real-time, end-to-end...
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Integrasys' New Sales Director ... He Previously Worked for the Company's Partners Integrasys has welcomed a new sales director who is new to Intergrasys but not new to two of Integrasys partners, Hughes and Comtech EF Data.
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Kratos' New Spectral Services are Designed to Enhance SSA Kratos has offered Radio Frequency (RF) monitoring services to government and commercial customers for years, focused mostly on...
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April 11, 2018 M7 Group Extends Transponder Agreement with SES Under the agreement announced by SES, M7 Group will continue to use one full transponder on an ASTRA satellite to deliver their TV package to ...
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Mobile Satellite Users Association Awards Inmarsat Government LTAC Service The L-TAC service provides an L-band satellite channel that can, in combination with the SlingShot system from Spectra Group (UK) Ltd...
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Kymeta Government Solutions and Nomad GCS to Deliver COTM to Comms Vehicles and Mobile Command Centers Nomad will continue to lead innovation in the connected mobile operations center market by offering Kymeta™ KyWay™ terminals, KyWay™ Go...
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Blue Sky Network's HawkEye 6200 Obtains Anatel Approval for Use in Brazil Receiving Anatel certification for the HawkEye 6200 is an important milestone in Blue Sky Network’s continued expansion in the Brazilian...
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Inmarsat, Turkish Technic and HAVELSAN Join Forces for Inflight Connectivity and Entertainment Solutions As part of the collaboration, the three companies will offer a joint solution for emerging markets, which integrates Inmarsat’s GX Aviation inflight...
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Global Counterspace Capabilities — A New Report from Secure World Foundation (SWF) provides an in-depth assessment of counterspace capabilities being developing around the world.
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ASDReports Projects the SmallSat Services Market will be Worth US53.22 Billion by 2022 the small satellite services market is projected to grow from an estimated US$14.88 billion in 2017 to US$53.22 billion by 2022, at a CAGR of 29.03 ...
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Thuraya's 16th Partner Conference Strives for "Better Tomorrow.Together" Thuraya's Talk a Voice over IP was launched and Thuraya WE, the first dual-mode Satellite and LTE hotspot and Thuraya Aero, an airborne data-sharing...
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CLIPSTER and More Being Demo'd by Rohde & Schwarz at NAB 2018 in Vegas R&S CLIPSTER is the market leader in high-quality film production finishing. Version 6.6 offers various new software features and hardware...
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Ericsson Introduces Their MediaFirst End-to-End UHD Solution at NAB 2018 Ericsson ConsumerLab TV and Media research highlights how TVs with higher picture quality are becoming more prevalent. Ownership of HD TVs...
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ISRO's IRNSS-1I Navigation Satellite Launches En Route to Replace Failed Atomic Clocks This will be the ninth of the IRNSS satellite series and will be a replacement for IRNSS-1A as its rubidium atomic clocks have failed.
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Kleos Space Developing Australasian and APAC Business with New Office The office will enable the company to align itself with the Australian Government’s recent pledge...
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April 10, 2018 The USA Science and Engineering Festival Expo Brought STEM to Attendees This event is the nation’s largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) featuring over 3,000 hands-on...
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The First Android Satellite and GSM Smartphone Unveiled by Thuraya The X5-Touch is the first satellite phone to run on the Android Operating System and is equipped with a 5.2 inch full HD touchscreen LCD. According to the company, this is...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne's NEXT-C Ion Propulsion 'Engine that Could' Passes to Prepare for Impact of Asteroid Electric propulsion reduces overall mission cost without sacrificing reliability or mission success.
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Media Broadcast Satellite Hires an Industry Veteran ... He Will Strengthen EMEA's Operations he is thoroughly impressed with Media Broadcast Satellite’s facilities and their vision for the future.
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The First New Giant Nozzle for the P120 Solid Rocket Motor on Its Way to French Guiana It can also pivot, which enables the launcher to be piloted.
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Euroconsult's Report Finds KVH Strengthening Their Maritime VSAT Market Position KVH recently introduced the TracPhone® V7-HTS, a 60 centimeter, Ku-band satellite antenna system, which achieves data download speeds of up...
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What's InSight in May for Southern Californians as ULA Atlas V Launches NASA's Interplanetary Spacecraft On board the 189-foot-tall (57.3-meter) United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket will be NASA's InSight spacecraft, destined for the Elysium Planitia region...
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Norsat Takes Tough Challenges and Produces a Tough Family of Satellite Antenna Solutions The Wayfarer series includes two ultra-portable commercial fly-away satellite terminals, an easy-to-deploy commercial drive-away antenna...
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Inmarsat Becomes Prime for ESA's Govsatcom Precursor Project The Inmarsat-led initiative will develop and demonstrate a pooling and sharing (P&S) platform that will enable European Government users and...
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A New Broadcast Platform for GLOBECOMM The new platform offers the ability to aggregate video content and multiplex it for distribution on the EUTELSAT 113 West A satellite, providing high...
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April 9, 2018 What is a Lilac Doing in Space? Student Built LilacSat-1's Success with an Amateur Radio Shortly after deployment LilacSat-1 took a picture of the solar panels on the ISS.
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University of Bern Licking Their CHEOPS as the Space Telescope is Prepped for Shipment to Launch Site CHEOPS (CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite) is to be ready to launch in early 2019 and will observe how exoplanets in other solar systems pass in...
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ViaSat-3 Satellite No Longer for Eutelsat's Use As there was no binding agreement with Eutelsat for the ViaSat-3 EMEA satellite, Viasat's capital plan is not dependent on Eutelsat's participation to...
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Viasat's Community WiFi Will Envelop Most of Mexico The new service will bring an affordable WiFi experience directly to consumer's devices, where historically internet service was unavailable or...
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Intelsat and STN Partner Up to Bring DTH Services to North America via the Galaxy 19 Satellites As part of the agreement, STN is using the power of the Intelsat’s Galaxy 19 video neighborhood. Located at 97° West, Galaxy 19 serves as the...
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The Azerspace-2 / Intelsat-38 Satellite has a May 25th Launch Date The satellite will have a service life of at least 15 years will be boosted by an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou cosmodrome to French Guiana to a...
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Vietnam's MicroDragon Satellite On a Fishing Expedition
Vietnamese engineers have been working on the product while attending satellite technology courses in Japan.
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Orbital ATK's HYLAS 4 Successful Launch ... Their Third GEOStar-3 Satellite Launched This Year
It is a hybrid electric propulsion and all Ka-band high-throughput satellite that sets a new standard for affordability and payload flexibility in its class.
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Rwanda's Sustainable Development Goals Includes SATCOM Technology Acquisition Rwanda is currently readying itself for satellite technology as one of the key tools to monitor implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)...
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Microsemi Clocking In With Cesium Clocks Certification All clocks in a network must be referenced to a Primary Reference Source (PRS). Microsemi’s cesium frequency standards 5071A, TimeCesium 4400...
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Honeywell's Aspire 400 Initiates Aircraft SATCOM Market Entrance The compact and lightweight system for business jets and commercial or military aircraft provides connectivity to both the cockpit and the cabin ...
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One Hundred Teams Advance to the National Finals of the Team America Rocketry Challenge The Team America Rocketry Challenge is the aerospace and defense industry’s flagship program designed to encourage students to pursue study...
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Eutelsat America Signs UNBROSSA for Prime Caribbean Region DTH SATCOM Coverage UNBROSSA will leverage EUTELSAT 117 West B’s prime coverage of the Caribbean region to launch its innovative payTV DTH platform. With an...
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SES GS Contracted by DoD to Provide SATCOM for U.S. AFRICOM SES GS will be delivering a highly complex customized end-to-end solution, which will provide dedicated, flexible and secure connectivity to end users...
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Parks Associates' Senior Director of Research to Address OTT Impacts on PayTV Business Models at NAB Show Sappington will speak at the Streaming Summit at NAB on April 11 and on panel "The Disruptive Impact of OTT on the Pay-TV Business Model," which...
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Kiwis Deliver to Islanders ... SES and Kiwisat Offer 130+ 'Top-Quality' DTH and HD TV Channels To support Kiwisat’s DTH platform, SES Video conducted an ELEVATE training program providing antenna installers with the necessary skills ...
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A "No Go" for Astra Space's First Launch Attempt In Alaska The launch would have been Astra's first and no timeline has been established for another launch attempt by the company, adding it's very...
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The NEXT Five from Iridium to Launch on May 19 with GRACE-FO Fairing Cohabitation An exact instantaneous launch window time will be available closer to launch. The second of four Iridium launches planned for 2018, this mission...
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Mobile Satellite Users Association Awards Inmarsat Government LTAC Service The L-TAC service provides an L-band satellite channel that can, in combination with the SlingShot system from Spectra Group (UK) Ltd,...
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IDRS Terminal Feasability Study Undertaken by Addvalue Technologies for U.S. Aerospace Firm The success of the Feasibility Study will represent a new use of IDRS beyond the LEO satellite application. Apart from marking the beginning of...
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April 8, 2018 John-Paul Hemingway Named New President of SES Networks Hemingway previously served as SES Networks’ Executive Vice President of Product, Marketing and Strategy where he was responsible for business...
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Launch Base Testing of the USAF's CBAS Satellite is Completed and will Fly with the EAGLE in Mid-April The U.S. Air Force is scheduled to launch the CBAS satellite and the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Secondary Payload Adapter (ESPA)...
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Comtech EF Data's SLM-5650B Modem Receives DoD Contract The commercially available modems support satellite communications and interoperability across U.S. Navy platforms and shore sites. The contract...
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Lasercom Tech for Satellites and Constellations Under Development by Mynaric and Leti The collaboration centers on the next generation of Avalanche Photodiodes (APD) for telecommunication systems that will now allow for an improved...
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Mission Microwave and Sat-Lite Team Up and Go Small and Light ... Reveal BUCs for SNG to be Demo'd at NAB2018 The combined antenna and BUC package is design for optimal Size, Weight and Power (SWaP). The Sat-Lite “PELORIS” vehicle mount uplink...
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WTA Publishes Sizing the Teleport Market 2018 The teleport sector has seen consolidation as companies build scale to gain cost efficiencies and improve their competitive position. This has produced...
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April 6, 2018 The USGIF's GEOINT 2018 Symposium Offers Invaluable Expertise to Attendees In addition, USGIF will host GEOINT Foreword, the pre-symposium science and technology-focused day, April 22. GEOINT Foreword includes...
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TPC Switzerland AG's New Truck Will Achieve a First with Skyline’s DataMiner The new truck will be the first to support uncompressed UHD signals over IP in conformance with SMPTE ST 2110, the new industry standard for ...
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April 5, 2018 Leidos Realizes FAA Contract for GEO-7 Satellite for the FAA's WAAS The task order supports the WAAS, a safety-critical system that augments Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Positioning Service (SPS)...
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North Korea May Be Preparing a Satellite Launch in Violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2087 According to a U.S. government source who spoke with The Diplomat on condition of anonymity, North Korea shipped components associated...
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Leo Aerospace Offers SmallSat Owners Space Access Using a Modernized 1950s Launch Technique Leo Aerospace LLC plans to use "rockoons," or high-altitude balloons, that launch rockets into suborbital and orbital flights. Suborbital launches are...
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NSR's Wireless Backhaul via Satellite, 12th Edition, Now Available Satellite capacity pricing is going through a painful readjustment with steep declines across the board. This edition of the report studies how the...
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Modular Devices Showcasing Product at Space Symposium Look for the company at booth # 1327 and come explore as the company introduces a variety of products to show attendees as well as discuss what ...
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NAB 2018 Showcase by Skyline Communications of their AI-Powered Augmented DataMiner Based on sophisticated and fully integrated real-time AI technology, DataMiner is now set to be the industry’s very first end-to-end network...
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Northrop Grumman-Developed WGS Training System for SATCOM Operators Unveiled by U.S. Army The WGS constellation of military satellites delivers secure, reliable, resilient communications worldwide for the United States and partner ...
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It's a Go as Workhorse Ariane 5 Launches SKY Perfect JSAT and HYLAS 4 Satellites The launch went smoothly and exceeded the 200-mark in the number of satellites launched during its operational career.
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Successful Supersonic, Rocket Powered Flight for Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo VSS Unity After two years of extensive ground and atmospheric testing, the passing of this milestone marks the start of the final portion of Unity’s...
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Eutelsat Orders Their KONNECT VHTS Satellites from Thales Alenia Space The project will be launched with firm multi-year distribution commitments from Orange and Thales, two key European players and leaders in their...
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Orion Span Aims to Develop a Luxury Hotel in LEO Aurora Station will operate as the first luxury hotel in space. The exclusive hotel will host six people at a time — including two crew members. Space...
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April 4, 2018 Dejero Unveiling Their New GateWay Router at NAB 2018 The Dejero GateWay solution allows crews working on location to access their newsroom or media asset management systems, send and receive...
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UPDATE: Arianespace Dual-Payload VA242 Mission Crawls to the Launch Zone With this transfer from the Spaceport’s Final Assembly Building to the ELA-3 launch zone, Arianespace’s third mission in 2018 can now enter its final countdown...
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As of 2017, SES Now Serves One Billion TV Homes This substantial technical reach compared with 325 million households in 2016 means that SES is now delivering video content to more than 1 billion...
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NovelSat's ProtCASTER DRM Goes to Work with Eurovision Co-developed with EMS, NovelSat ProtCASTER DRM is the only satellite broadcast content protection solution based on virtually unbreakable AES...
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Combining Knowledge and Talent are Atlantic Microwave and the University of Essex The co-operation between the two organizations is part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP). This is a UK-wide KTP program that helps...
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The World's First Portable Radome to Debut at NAB Show from Walton The Walton Portable Radome protects antennas from weather effects such as rain, sleet, snow, ice, winds, sandstorms, and hail. The radome can be...
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NovelSat and ATEME Enhance Their Collaborative Efforts This new integration was rolled out to offer broadcasters enhanced solution for HD and Ultra HD transmission by including high-efficiency satellite signal ...
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New EVP and GM of Commercial Solutions for GLOBECOMM In this role, Ivory will lead the global commercial team to drive consistent sales growth and to deliver advanced technology solutions, building on...
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Marlink's Footprint in the Ocean Just Got Bigger with Sealink's Network's VSAT Capacity to Indian Ocean Region Extended footprint and capacity helps shipping companies and fishing vessels to do more with high-speed IP connectivity
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Ocean BB Plus Maritime B'Band Service Debuts from SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation “OceanBB plus” provides faster connectivity and wider service coverage compared to SJC’s current “OceanBB” service. “OceanBB plus” has two ...
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MT Aerospace has Shipped the First Ariane 6 Tank MT Aerospace is playing a crucial role in the development and industrialization of the Ariane 6 launcher system. With an industrial...
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April 3, 2018 The Fifth Set of Iridium NEXT Satellites Have Started Testing and Validation Operations The Iridium constellation is comprised of six polar orbiting planes, each containing 11 operational cross-linked satellites, for a total of 66 satellites in...
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Made In Space to Manufacture Multi-Use Optical Crystals in Microgravity To further technology research and development into next-generation improvements, Made In Space, Inc. (MIS) is among the Phase II selectees...
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A New CEO Named by Thaicom Mr. Anant takes over from Mr. Paiboon Panuwattanawong who resigns from his positions as Director, Member of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer, effective May 1, 2018...
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AST's Two Giant Steps into Latin America a New Office and New Hire ... He Knows the Region Well
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Exclusive DataMiner Data Sharing Service to be Previewed by Skyline Communications at NAB 2018 DDS enables operators that use DataMiner to easily and efficiently share data about their operation and services with third parties, in a highly...
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Restivo and Radford Join Advantech Wireless as Company President and VP of Global Sales, Respectively delighted to have two seasoned executives from the industry in in the firm's aggressive expansion plan and help with the company's strategic initiatives.
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Comtech Xicom Technology Presents Their New GaN SSPAs and TWTAs at NAB 2018 According to the company, their XTSLIN-200K-B1 is the smallest, lightest and most efficient SSPA in the industry at this power level. This is ideal for...
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Deep Space Industries' 'Wet and Wild' Solutions Will Use Comet's Water-Based Satellite Propulsion for BlackSky's Satellites
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SSL to Build Crucial Equipment for NASA's Europa Clipper Spacecraft The Europa Clipper spacecraft, set to launch in the 2020’s, will perform repeated investigative flybys of Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter, which strong...
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Rocket Lab's First Commercial Launch to Occur This Month and a New CFO with Spice ‘It’s Business Time’ marks the fastest transition a private launch provider has made from test program to fully commercial flights.
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Newtec Offering Live Demos @ NAB Show of DVB S2X Channel Bonding By selecting the correct technologies, operators can create increased profitability, interoperability and growth in the satellite communications...
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Rockwell Collins Receives USAF Space & Missile Systems Center Order for GPS M-Code Receivers next major milestone for Rockwell Collins’ M-Code receivers is the 2018 completion of the GPS Directorate security certification.
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April 2, 2018 Euroconsult's "Satellites to be Built and Launched by 2026" Analysis and Report The report highlights include... Nearly 3,000 satellites, weighing more than 50 kg, will be launched in 2017–2026 (threefold increase compared to...Full Story
Globecast's Cloud Playout Services Include Pop-up Using Private and Public Cloud at NAB 2018 as it’s a service-driven model and does not entail massive CAPEX or long start-up times; in fact, the complete opposite.
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Microsemi Radiation-Tolerant Eight-Channel Source Driver is Qualified and Certified and Ready to Roll projects require the DLA QML certifications and listings as assurance the product meets Military Performance Specification (MIL-PRF) requirements,
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Israel's Spunky SpaceIL Team Forges Ahead Despite Win or No Win of Google's Lunar X Prize “Our mission was never about winning the prize money – although $20 million would have been nice.”
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UPDATE: SpaceX Successfully Launches and Deploys Ten Iridium NEXT Satellites A previously launched Falcon 9 rocket was the vehicle used for this event, the fifth in a series of eight launches for Iridium. The SpaceX rocket had...
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AireonSM Global Air Traffic Surveillance System Gets Closer to Complete Deployment When the Aireon payloads from the fifth launch come online, the system will have nearly global coverage with 15-minute or better update intervals.This signifies optimal timing...
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Advantech's Award Winning Jewel ... UltraLinear™ SapphireBlu™ Series and Super Solution for DTH TV By saturating all transponders of an entire satellite you obtain the maximum power/bandwidth combination that you will ever need.
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The Fifth Set of Thales Alenia Space-Built Iridium NEXT Satellites Ascend Thales Alenia Space, the system prime contractor for the Iridium® NEXT program, is in charge of engineering, integration, and on orbit validation of...
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Infostellar's StellarStation Amateur Determines if UHF Satellite is Responsive Even If Not Within Antenna's Range
early stages of operation, up-to-date satellite information can help to prevent failure, and many satellite launch failures occur during this phase.
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Bangladesh's First Geostationary Communications Satellite Bangabandhu-1 Arrives in Florida the BTRC signed a $248-million deal with Thales Alenia Space to manufacture and launch the satellite.
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Defunct Chinese Space Lab Plunges Back to Earth Over Pacific Space officials had promised the atmospheric disintegration would offer a "splendid" show akin to a meteor shower.
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Speedcast's Managed Services Extended with the Release of Their Speedcast Atlas Connectivity Solution Speedcast Atlas features a highly redundant network with multiple satellite networks covering each location, and a non-satellite infrastructure...
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Large-Scale Topographic Data Now Being Offered by East View Geospatial EVG has long produced foundation data and mapping for government and industry partners. Work has ranged across scales and over all corners of...
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SpaceX Receives FCC's Stamp of Approval to Launch 4,425 Broadband Satellites "SpaceX states that once fully deployed, the SpaceX system... will provide full-time coverage to virtually the entire planet"
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2018 is Not the Year when the 5G Transition will Occur, According to GlobalData Network equipment vendors have been promoting mobile base station gear as ‘pre-5G’ and ‘5G-ready’. In Q1, 2018, when vendors announced 5G base...
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Contract to Modernize U.S. Army Defense and Strategic Systems Now Underway by Raytheon The $600-million, three-year contract was first announced last June and a protest was withdrawn in February. Within the next 30 to 60 days Raytheon will begin...
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India’s GSAT-11 Satellite is Has Been Received by Arianespace ... Now Just the Wait for Launch on Ariane 5 in May GSAT-11 will generate a capacity of more than 12 Gbps for users from a single platform.
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WTA's Research Some Surprises Revealed When it Comes to Sizing the Teleport Market 2018 The 2018 study finds that the number of commercial teleports worldwide has decreased 1 percent per year from 2016 to 2018 as the teleport sector ...
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NASA/ESA's Hubble is a Star Maker as It Discovers the Most Distant Star ... Ever Hubble Space Telescope has found the most distant star ever discovered. The detection occurred because the light from the star was magnified 2000 ...
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Z-Class High Altitude Mission Launched by World View The Z-Class mission launched from Spaceport Tucson at approximately 9:39 a.m. PT on Thursday, March 29, 2018. This Z-Class mission...
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SpaceX's Falcon 9 Launches a Dragon with Supplies, Experiments and a Net and Harpoon for Cleaning Up Space The second capture experiment will see a harpoon launched at a deployable target plate ... the first harpoon capture in orbit.
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Aitech Defense System's New Space-Rated Enclosure for Mission Critical Space Apps Available Built on a 3U CompactPCI platform using machined aluminum, the new 3-slot E905 provides maximum reliability and strength with minimal weight...
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Russian Military Space Forces Launch Cosmos-2525 Satellite The spacecraft was deployed on an almost circular orbit with altitude of about 320 km. and inclination of 96.64 degrees. After deployment, the...
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