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September 30, 2019 Russia Postpones Launch Of Three Communication Satellites to 2020 As per reports, The Russian space budget has been cut from 2016 to 2025 from $29 billion to $20 billion.
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A Conversation With ... Andrey Kirillovich, Director of Integration and Products, Russian Satellite Communications Company Andrey shared an interesting 'twist' regarding his customers' expertise. As he said, they are open to cooperation and have a lot of examples of...
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Bragging Rights ... Ball Delivers Operational Land Imager 2 On Time and Under Budget On schedule and under budget is a major accomplishment, and in the world of aerospace, goods and services can add up quite a tab.
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WTA's First Facility in Indonesia Achieves Tier 3 Certification ... Primacom Interbuana’s Jakarta Teleport Certifications have been issued to teleports operated by Servicio Satelital, USEI, AXESAT, STN, Eutelsat, du, COMSAT, Optus, Elara Comunicaciones...
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Strong Funding for NASA's Lunar Discovery and Exploration Initiative Delivered by Astrobotic At $22.75 billion, the FY2020 bill would provide a record amount of funding for NASA. This follows multiple years of progressively more funding for the...
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Thales Alenia Space Enables Brazil to to Deliver Optical Instruments for Brazil in 2017 and already brings high speed internet to more than 7,000 Public Schools through the Brazilian e- Government Initiative, GESAC.
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California Comes to South Australia Resulting in 30 New Jobs ... Tyvak's New Space Vehicle Testing Facility US company Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems will establish a manufacturing facility for the integration and testing of space vehicles in South Australia.
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NASA Spots Distant Star Being Torn Apart by a Hungry Black Hole Black holes are devastatingly powerful forces of nature, and nothing demonstrates their incredible might quite like seeing one tear apart a star.
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NASA Shares Images of Chandrayaan-2 Landing Site and Found a Lunar Lander ... Which One? NASA’s LRO camera failed to locate Vikram but captured images of Israel's Lander Beresheet which also failed at its attempt to land on the moon in April.
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EUMETSAT's Director General Delivers International Cooperation Message at Meteorological Conference In order to advance numerical modelling and observations from space at a consistent pace in Europe, EUMETSAT partners with the European Centre...
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National Geospatial Agency Inducts Four into the GEOINT Hall of Fame NGA Director Vice Admiral Robert Sharp said that the four individuals being inducting into the GEOINT Hall of Fame this year have individually...
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Fairview Microwave Launches New Family of Directional Couplers Fairview Microwave has launched a new series of high frequency directional couplers that are perfect for use in SATCOM, 5G...
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Woman of the Year Presented at the Global Women in Telco & Tech Awards 2019 Judged by an independent panel of judges, the awards acknowledge the achievements made by companies, individuals and industry partners in the...
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Tailored Bouquet of Russian Programming to be Delivered for Kartina Satellite by SES The content, which soon will be available on a new FTV (Free-to-View) encrypted DTH platform on ASTRA 1N satellite at 19.2 degrees East, will...
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Australia Reboots Space Industry ... Australian Space Experts Focus on Small Sat Technology Australia aims to grow the space market segment from AU$3.9 billion to AU$12 billion by 2030 and double space industry employment to 30,000.
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Forrester Reports: LeoSat Now Engaged in Financing Restructuring The would-be satellite operator has been working with Thales Alenia Space on the design of the satellites and their orbital constellation. Its investors to...
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September 27, 2019 A Conversation With ... Christian Baier, Product Manager and Technical Sales for Satellite Amplifiers, Rohde & Schwarz The PKU 100 is their main product on display. This product was launched a year ago and there are new models en route that will offer more power. The...
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Ceremony to be Held Recognizing Combined Force Space Component Command at Vandenberg AFB space capabilities are space situational awareness, space electronic warfare, satellite communications, missile warning, nuclear detonation detection,
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September 26, 2019 ORBCOMM: Upcoming, a No Cost, Satellite IoT Webinar Join ORBCOMM on October 11 for this informative and engaging webinar where participants will learn why solution providers...
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Photovoltaic Assemblies Plant Opened by Thales Alenia Space This plant showcases Thales Alenia Space’s Industry 4.0 approach and is the only one of its kind in Europe. It also perfectly complements the...
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INTEGRA See+ and INTEGRA Control Lite Roll Out from AST These two new services added to their extensive solutions portfolio, alongside INTEGRA See and INTEGRA Control will provide customers with...
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The First to Sign ... Cal Poly Signs SSA Agreement with USSTRATCOM “This first-of-its-kind partnership will allow current and future Cal Poly students to gain hands-on experience working with our four CubeSats currently on orbit
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Complex SATCOM Migration for the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs Handled by Airbus and Marlink This complex technical migration had been handled in close coordination with the staff from the French Ministry. It was successfully concluded...
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Satellite for the Russian Ministry of Defense Successfully Launched The satellite is the second "Tundra" spacecraft of the new early-warning system, known as EKS. The system is expected to include satellites in...
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Partnership Extended between ICEYE and KSAT for SAR Solutions The newly signed contract covers further data purchases and extended operations of ICEYE’s Near Real-Time SAR processor within the KSAT...
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GRC Debuts Their GRM 950 Rugged, Outdoor iDirect950mp Satellite Modem In line with this innovation, satellite modems have progressed at rapid rate too, with leading developers like iDirect creating their most powerful range...
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Innovative Solutions in Space Receives Smallsat EO Contract from the Royal Thai Air Force This will be the second Earth Observation (EO) satellite of the Royal Thai Air Force, with the objective to further strengthen their independent space...
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September 25, 2019 Britain Needs a 'Space Force' to Stop Enemy Forces Destroying Its Satellites, Industry Leaders Warn 'We have to be able to defend ourselves in space, if we know there are non-state and state actors who may be inclined to disrupt in the future the ...
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First UAE Astronaut Lifts Off with U.S and Russian Space Station Crew "It is a unique responsibility and a unique opportunity to bring aboard the station the first astronaut from the United Arab Emirates ...
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SSTL and Leonardo's Funding for MWIR Imager plus Three UK Space Organizations' Funding for Novel Space Telescope The MWIR imager will be designed to achieve 3.5 meter GSD and to fit into a small and low cost agile platform with a launch mass of approximately 130 kg....
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Funding for NASA, NOA, NSF, NTIA and Others is Determined by U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee $6.2 billion for Exploration to advance NASA’s human exploration program; $2.586 billion for Space Launch System, $1.4 billion for the Orion spacecraft
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'Shields Up': Defence Department Looks for New Ways to Protect Canada's Satellites, with a Nod to Star Trek China conducted a military test ...to destroy one of its satellites. The warhead obliterated the spacecraft, creating an estimated 300,000 pieces of debris.
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China's Long March-2D Rocket Sends Yunhai-1 02 Satellite into Orbit used mainly for detecting the atmospheric and marine and space environment, as well as disaster control and other scientific experiments.
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Russians Attach U.S. Satellite Incorrectly ... Launch of MEV-1 and Eutelsat-5WB Satellites Postponed specialists from Roscosmos have established the reason of malfunction ... the U.S. spacecraft was not attached correctly to the upper stage
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Axesat and CETel Merge to Create AXESS Networks AXESS combines experiences of two individual leading companies from two continents ... and a new true global leader rises within our thrilling industry.
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KVH Industries Receives Military Customer Orders for their FOG-Based TACNAV® Systems KVH’s FOG-based TACNAV® military vehicle navigation systems provide unjammable precision navigation, heading, and pointing data for vehicle...
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"Amazing Accomplishment" as 4th Space Operations Squadron Gains Enhanced Polar System “We didn’t just throw a satellite up there and it was good to go. We had to put [the satellite] in space, see if it integrated with our systems and ensure we ...
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September 24, 2019 Scotland and Colorado Collaborate ... Orbital Micro Systems Opens International Center for Earth Data in Edinburgh world’s first market-sustainable platform for the integration and dissemination of EO data will improve weather-related information
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Euroconsult Releases Their Flagship Report — SATCOM Market Research A confluence of market and technology forces have contributed to a period of great turbulence in the satellite industry. Traffic over satellite continued to...
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Hellas Sat’s Cyprus Teleport's Footprint Just Got Bigger with WTA's Certification Program Starting with one certified facility in 2015, the program has added 40 in three years, and now has 12 teleports engaged in the quality evaluation process.
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Lynk Joins the Satellite Industry Association Lynk (formerly UbiquitiLink) plans to launch a constellation of LEO smallsats to provide data connectivity to cellphone users virtually anywhere...
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KVH Works Their Magic for America's Cup ... Official Supplier of American Magic America’s Cup is part of KVH’s history, with their very first product developed for a 12-meter yacht preparing for the 1980 America’s Cup.
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Satellite Innovation 2019 Silicon Valley: Two Weeks Before the Opening Sessions — Consider Attendance at this Consummate Event Satellite Innovation 2019 will be in session from October 8 through October 10 in Silicon Valley at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California...
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Inmarsat GX Aviation Now Being Offered by AirAsia to Passengers The service integrates with the airline’s entertainment and e-commerce platform, allowing passengers to access a variety of free entertainment....
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Joint Agreement Between Spacebit and Astrobotic Signed for Lunar Lander Mission This agreement comes after Spacebit examined the field of commercial lunar delivery providers and determined Astrobotic to be a leading provider ...
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Eutelsat's ELO IoT Constellation Project is Announced ... Will Enable 'Tens of Millions of Objects to Communicate' The upcoming IoT boom in sectors as diverse as transport, oil and gas, and agriculture means that tens of millions of objects will need to communicate
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Thales Alenia Space, UK's New CEO ... He Comes from Inmarsat 25+ years’ experience of multi-disciplinary and international management skills, selling solutions to government and defense customers worldwide
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September 23, 2019 Speedcast Garners VSAT Stellar Awards 2019 as VSAT and Satellite Applications Company of the Year The VSAT Stellar Awards 2019 recognize the exceptional work in VSAT and new satellite technologies, supporting the evolution of the satellite industry...
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ArianeWorks' Family Just Got Bigger with Newest Member ... ONERA For the past three months preliminary work on THEMIS in parallel with ArianeGroup’s testing of the new-generation PROMETHEUS engine
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A Conversation With ... Eng. Wael M. Al-Buti, Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Arabsat The company's satellites carry more than 500 TV channels, , 200 radio stations, payTV networks plus a wide variety of HD channels that reach...
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Advanced Space's $13.7 Million Contract ... NASA Funds CubeSat Mission to Rotate with Moon the CubeSat will rotate together with the Moon as it orbits Earth and will pass as close as 1,000 miles and as far as 43,500 miles from the lunar surface.
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NSR Notes: Small GEO Satellites — Viable Option... or Not? With rising competition in most countries, and decreasing break-even pricing via ever more efficient satellites and reduced launch costs, many...
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Remote African Areas to Receive SATCOM Connectivity via Azercosmos and INTERSAT Partnership This partnership enables Azercosmos to use INTERSAT’s teleport and ground infrastructure and expertise to deliver consumer broadband and...
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Inmarsat to Showcase their Tech at the UK Space Conference As well as supporting UK small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) as the company looks to enter the sector with innovative technology, the...
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Forrester Reports: Eutelsat Considering Re-Attachment with the CBA — WBU Expresses their Concerns The CBA is looking to restructure and auction some of its C-band frequencies over the U.S., and the FCC is expected to announce its...
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Contract for Orion Spacecraft Finalized Between Lockheed Martin and NASA The agency’s Orion Production and Operations Contract (OPOC) is an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contact for NASA to issue both...
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Intelsat's Webcast ... Keeping Ground Forces Connected with Reliable High-Speed Broadband Communications It’s crucial for today’s defense and humanitarian agencies to be able to deploy ground forces quickly and stay connected to them wherever they are.
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September 22, 2019 A Conversation with... Eran Shapiro, Director, Technology Business Ventures, Spacecom Eran helps to decide how to design satellites to meet customer needs, based on new technologies and product developments. The firm develops...
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A Conversation With ... Peter Waskowic, Director of Satellite Communication Products, SED Systems (a Division of CALIAN Ltd.) The company offers complex RF system design and the deployment of gateways and is a forerunner in Ka-band gateway development as well as a...
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A Conversation With ... Krystal Dredge, Director of Marketing, AvL Technologies instead of thinking of a focus in terms of the small satellites themselves, they think about the industry's needs in terms of orbits.
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SpaceChain Receives Support from European Space Agency for Blockchain Satellite Technology SpaceChain’s satellite blockchain technology is designed to bring more security to the transmission of digital currencies and smart contracts by...
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GSA, EIB and EGNSS Sign European Investment Agreement for Space-Based Economy To explore new investment support for the European space-based economy, the EIB and GSA are bringing together their expertise and...
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New Contracts Assigned — The Aerospace Corporation — Iridium Government Services New contracts assigned to the Aerospace Corporation and to Iridium Government Services...
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UPDATE: Forrester Reports: C-Band Alliance Proposals Decision Day — Intelsat Discusses Loss of IS-29e — Intelsat Sues OneWeb The bank says it remains confident that satellite operators will soon be able to monetize their C-band spectrum usage rights. “Our review of the FCC...Full Story
Thaicom and Russian Satellite Communications Company Sign Maritime Broadband Connectivity Development Agreement According to the framework of the agreement, Thaicom and RSCC will initially study roaming options on their proprietary maritime VSAT networks...
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Eleven Additional Proton-M Launch Vehicles to be Built by Russia Before Their Phase Out Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin said that the manufacturing of Proton-M rockets will cease during the 2020 to 2021 timeframe...
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September 20, 2019 From Israel to India NovelSat Works to Achieve Satellite Broadcast Content Security Major Indian Cricketing Content provider to implement NovelSat’s cutting edge multi-layer content security across its distribution and contribution networks
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September 19, 2019 Leadership Changes at Northrop Grumman Better Aligns Businesses to Their Broad Portfolio This new operating structure allows the company to take full advantage of the firm's company’s portfolio by aligning businesses that have shared...
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ManSat Group Celebrates the Isle of Man Students Who Attended United Space School The students were selected as the recipients of scholarships sponsored by the ManSat Group, and they spent two weeks in Houston, where they...
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Forrester Reports: DISH to Merge with DirecTV? Numerous reports suggest that with DirecTV hemorrhaging subscribers since its AT&T take-over, a disposal by AT&T with DISH Network being the...
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Australian Government Grants Major Project Status to Southern Launch Southern Launch is aiming for its Whalers Way Orbital Launch Complex “to get off the ground in 2020.”
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Four Hyperspectral Satellites Launched by China The hyperspectral satellites OHS-01, 02, 03, and 04 will be able to complete a full scan of the planet's land surface every five days, while...
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Thales Alenia Space Appoints a New Director He has been appointed Director Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Innovation and New Business Initiatives...
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Satellite Innovation 2019 — Reasons to Attend There is little that is more valuable than time – Industry events that maximize an individual's knowledge of the market and help to expand a...
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USAF Selects Ball Aerospace and Microsoft for LEO Constellation Cloud Processing Demo The demonstration will show how simultaneous, worldwide data streams from large, distributed constellations of smallsats can be processed quickly...
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DISA Celebrates U.S. Air Force’s 72nd Birthday The event, themed “Frontiers of Blue, This is 72,” featured guest speaker, U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Jack Shanahan, director of Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC)...
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September 18, 2019 Walton De-Ice Systems Score with a Global Sports Media Company and Reveal Products @ IBC2019 The Walton De-Ice systems have been installed in order to protect incoming and outgoing satellite signals from effects of snow and ice at one of the...
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Spacecom Adds Pcysys PenTera™ to Hack at Hackers and Offset Vulnerabilities Requiring no agents or pre-installations, the PenTera™ platform scans and ethically penetrates the network with the latest hacking techniques...
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Kleos Space's Contract from U.S.A.F.... Will Participate in Vehicle Directorates Catalyst Space Accelerator Program The program is unique in connecting participants with customers and providing ‘sherpas’ to steermilitary and commercial engagement.
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HawkEye 360 Selects Manufacturer for their Next Iteration of Smallsats Enabled by the company’s $70 million Series B financing in August, this contract will substantially boost on-orbit capacity to serve the company’s...
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U.S. Air Force Space Command's $738.5 Million Unlimited Satellite Service Contract with Iridium Iridium will continue to deliver access to global secure and unsecure voice, broadcast, netted or Distributed Tactical Communications System (DTCS)...
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Environmental Testing Completed on USAF SMC's WFOV Satellite by Millennium Space Systems The geosynchronous satellite will support the next-generation overhead persistent infrared (OPIR) mission and provide critical risk reduction and...
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Santander Teleport to Provide Comms Services to Spanish Armed Forces A completely new network is being deployed to provide secured broadband internet access, telephone calls, e-learning, live TV as well as on demand...
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Forrester Reports: SES Wins Mediterranean Ferry Ships Contract The contract is with Dataset to bring cutting-edge, end-to-end connectivity to a ferry fleet in the Mediterranean Sea servicing passengers and cargo in...
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Hughes Realizes USAF Contract for Enterprise Management and Control Prototypes for SATCOM The prototype will include the Hughes Flexible Modem Interface (FMI) which will enhance interoperability across military and commercial ...
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There's a New Space Safety Coalition that's Got Major Organizations Signing Up The SSC will evolve and maintain these best practices, generally applicable to all spacecraft regardless of physical size, orbital regime and constellation size.
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Open Cosmos and Consortium Develop ‘MANTIS’ Earth Observation Satellite
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Iridium and OneWeb to Collaborate to Deliver Services in L-Band and Ku-Band
This is the first time that LEO operators have collaborated to deliver services in L-band and Ku-band.
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September 17, 2019 Capacity Doubled by Botswana Telecommunications Corporation on Spacecom's AMOS-7 Satellite With this new capacity, BTC is adding cellular backhaul and various long-distance communication services to enhance rural area connectivity...
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A Conversation With ... Andrew Bond, Sales and Marketing Director, ETL Systems these are exciting times with a renewed focus on SATCOM once again that is a sector that doesn’t change as rapidly as one might wish, change takes time.
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A Conversation With ... Richard Jacklin, Director of Sales at ViaLite Communications 2019 has been a busy year for them! ... taking the range of their C-Band product up to 7.5 GHz. This year, they will finish the ViaLite System Designer Tool:
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A Conversation With ... Steve Richeson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Mission Microwave Mission Microwave makes high power, solid-state amplifier block upconverters. The main element that differentiates them from competitors...
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UP42 Launches Their EO Data and Analytics Platform UP42 opens up access for the first time to geodata and processing tools that enable observation and analysis of portions of the planet at scale...
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iDirect Government Acquires Glowlink and Gains Satellite Interference and SATCOM Expertise and Technologies The company will add intellectual property, engineering personnel and proprietary technologies to iDirect Government’s family and product...
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Leaf Space and GomSpace Solutions Sign an MoU to Integrate Their Smallsat Solutions Leaf Space has integrated GomSpace transceivers in its Leaf Line Ground Segment service, which are now available to Leaf Space and GomSpace...
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Integrasys Delivers Beam Budget Tool to Kymeta Beam Budget allows Kymeta staff to access highly accurate link budget calculations quickly, allowing them to easily select the most suitable satellite...
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Kleos Space is Off to a Successful Start in South America Kleos Space’s independent data solutions will provide defence, security and commercial users with access to a cost-effective daily geolocation...
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September 16, 2019 First Customer is Signed by mu Space This marks the first time mu Space secured a customer to lease capacity for their upcoming satellite to be launched in the next three years. Zeta IOS...
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Thales Alenia Space is Inspired ... Releases Space Inspire Product Line Addressing Fast Moving Market total mission digitalization and full flexibility enable satellite operators to allocate capacity anywhere, at any time, whatever the waveform.
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Es'hailSat: On the Show Floor @ IBC2019 Spotlighting Their Satellites and Services The company has been working extremely hard since the launch of Es’hail-1 to expand the firm's services beyond the local market, and now with the...
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Satellogic and ABDAS Partner Up for Satellite Constellation Access This agreement includes dedicated launches — coordinated by Satellogic — for fleet deployment and expansion. The partnership also gives ABDAS...
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Eutelsat Americas Gains Orby TV Capacity Contract for U.S. Satellite Television Service The multi-year, multi-transponder agreement between the companies was announced at the International Broadcast Convention (IBC 2019) following...
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Cobham SATCOM: On the IBC2019 Show Floor with Three New VSAT Terminals The latest VSAT addition to Cobham’s market-leading EXPLORER portfolio, the EXPLORER 6000 Series, is the first ever range of Fly-Away ...
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Newtec: The MCX7000 Debuts @ IBC2019 in Team Up with DVB Taking place at DVB’s stand 1.B71, the DVB demonstration — which will use Newtec’s MCX7000 Multi-Carrier Satellite Gateway as a receiver — will ...
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A Conversation With ... David Walton, V.P., and Ray Powers, Director of Sales and Marketing, Walton Enterprises, Inc. it goes where no radome has gone before to help live broadcast remotes stay on air ... at a Winter Olympics, burning sun and dust storms at a Dakar Rally
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Fire at Japan's Tanegashima Space Center Scrubs H-IIB Launch to ISS The fire reportedly burned for about two hours before being extinguished — no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire, and whether it caused any...
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A Conversation with... Ahsun Murad, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Optimal Satcom The company has always been focused on resource management for satellites. In the satellite space, they help customers to efficiently plan...
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A Conversation with... Bill O'Hara, General Manager, Media, Intelsat The company is integrating new solutions for customers and they are taking a fractured ecosystem and turning it into one that simplifies the overall...
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Media Broadcast Solutions: Showcasing their Media Hub @ IBC2019 The MBS Media Hub is a hybrid solution which enables customers to top up their linear TV Distribution with an OTT Streaming Service, offering...
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Rohde & Schwarz Assists Deutsche Welle with IP Contribution Solution The latest connection, established a few months ago, uses R&S RelayCaster to send DW signals from Bonn to a satellite provider in ...
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Yahsat and Thuraya: Military and Government Comms Spotlighted @ DSEI in London During the four day event that has the UAE as its international partner, Yahsat Government Solutions and Thuraya introduced a number of end-to-end...
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Santander Teleport Qualifies for WTA's Tier 3 Certification The audit process taking us to our Tier 3 certification has been a great exercise for us as it not only confirms the excellent qualities of our ...
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"Fly Your Satellite!" Cubesat Program Announced by ESA for University Student Teams Fly Your Satellite! is an educational program for university students, created by ESA after the launch of seven university cubesats on the 2012 Vega maiden flight...
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Speedcast Garners Cellular Backhaul Contract in Colombia Speedcast's cellular backhaul connectivity solution serves the customer's operations in Leticia, which is located in the country's southernmost tip on...
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Talia Limited and Arabsat Sign Agreement @ IBC2019 for the Addition of Satellite Capacity With this latest agreement, Talia adds BADR-6 services to its satellite coverage portfolio of Ka-, Ku- and C-band solution, while enabling the...
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Rohde & Schwarz: Satellite Uplink Amplifier Rolled Out @ IBC2019 The R&S PKU100-O750 is rated within 750W power class and is designed for outdoor operation — it represents the world’s most compact and...
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September 15, 2019 Wavestream is First ... Announces In-flight Connectivity Transceiver Supporting Multi-Orbit Constellations They were the first to market Ku and Ka BUCs optimized for IFC over GEO satellites — and now, they are proud to be the first to market an extended Ka
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Air Force Space Command's Space Settlement Study Applauded by the National Space Soceity AFSPC’s report recommended that a U.S.-led coalition establish a preferred future where space is a major contributor to a human economy...
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NSR's Latest EO Report Just Published As the industry continues to shift from imagery to insights, NSR’s Satellite-Based Earth Observation (EO) 11th Edition report shows a greater ...
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Firefly Aerospace Adds Two Industry Veterans to the Company's Advisory Board Their experience and acumen will help guide Firefly’s efforts to fulfill the company's mission of providing the reliable, convenient, and frequent...
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Iridium Certus™ Debut by Lars Thrane with a New Maritime SATCOM System The new terminal will be one of the first to support the Iridium Certus 200 service class, that features upload and download speeds of up to 176 Kbps...
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New Partners... Geoforce and Miranda Solutions Group Bring Tracking Tech to Government Clients Geoforce is investing in a focus on government and military opportunities. It has engaged Miranda to lead its strategic efforts towards federal, state and...
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Less Than One Month to Go Until Satellite Innovation 2019 Join the hundreds of executives and professionals attending Satellite Innovation as they build those bridges and cross from the current state of...
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A Conversation with... David and Boris Gellerman, President and CEO, SpaceBridge A few years ago, the company divested their RF business and sold the assets of that product line as well as brand names, such as...
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Spacecom and ViewMedia Bring a New Digital Broadcast Platform to Africa ViewMedia’s platform on AMOS-17’s Ku-band frequency will provide DVBS-2 broadcast services to West Africa for a primarily Francophone...
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A Conversation with... David Andres, Business Development Manager, Santander Teleport customers must feel well looked after and listened to by everyone in the organization. A happy customer results in future collaborations for the firm.
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September 14, 2019 USAF Ground Station Needs Research Contract Received by RBC Signals RBC Signals provides space communication services to LEO, MEO and GEO satellite operators. The company’s network is designed to increase...
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On the IBC2019 Show Floor: Newtec's Showcases and Super Sessions The sessions will be held in meeting room G106 at RAI, Amsterdam, and, in addition to the company's own Newtec experts, a number of distinguished...
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Two Recently Launched ICEYE SAR Satellites Commissioned and Added to the Company's Commercial Constellation The company now provides standardized commercial imaging access to three of its SAR satellite units, in addition to serving a number of customers...
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Air Force Space Command Wargames Reach Successful Conclusion The SW 19 scenario depicts a notional peer competitor seeking to achieve strategic goals by exploiting multi-domain operations. It included a global...
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September 13, 2019 Countering Commercial Technology Threats is the Basis of the U.S. Army Contract to CACI International ACI will assist the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command’s (CCDC) C5ISR Center in prototyping, replicating, and exploiting emerging...
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September 12, 2019 Septentrio's GNSS/INS Receiver for UAVs, Lighter, Longer Battery Life and Continuous Positioning algorithm provides continuous positioning during short GNSS outages (coasting) that can happen in flight near high structures, under bridges or
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Mission Microwave Enables Intellian Ka-Band Terminals for HTS and LEO Satellite Networks Mission Microwave is providing a range of Ka- and Ku-band Block Upconverters to Intellian with power levels up to 400 watts. Mission’s core...
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Five Eyes Coalition Forces See ... and Select Viasat's Suite of Network Encryption Products Viasat is also currently the only U.S. company to support Type 1 encryption for both Layer 2 EDE[1] and Layer 3 HAIPE® network protocols.
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Eight Companies Selected for Inclusion in the Fourth Catalyst Space Accelerator Program The Catalyst Space Accelerator (CSA), sponsored by Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate, was created to advance...
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BridgeComm to Deliver to Optical Comms System to Saturn Satellite Networks BridgeComm will work to provide Saturn with optical communications system design and systems engineering. BridgeComm will also support...
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C-COM Integrates Flyaway Antenna System with NSLCom's LEO Smallsat C-COM’s engineering team developed the NSL ground station demonstrator terminals along with the required tracking software to...
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Over One Billion Served ... GSA's Milestone Celebrates 1Billion Galileo Smartphone Users Over one billion served is a remarkable number, depending of course what the item is that has been sold, whether, for example, hamburgers or cars.
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Goal! as Casablanca Online and Newtec Dialog® Provide Live '2019 Copa America' Football Brazilian SNG Broadcasters are often faced with unstable connectivity while covering live events
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Aevum Awarded $4.9 Million Contract from U.S.A.F. Rocket Systems Launch Program These orbital missions, like ALSON-45, can be used to directly support the warfighter and demonstrate new weapon system technologies and concepts.
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New Wideband Platform Rolls Out from UHP Networks... to be Demo'd @ IBC2019 The new product has three times greater capability in data throughput compared to the current UHP platform. This represents a significant...
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China Launches Resource Satellite and Two Smallsats The resource satellite, ZY-1 02D, was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) and is an important part of China's space-based...
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An NGA Contract to Monitor North Korean Military Facilities Awarded to AllSource Analysis AllSource is providing a cost-effective and integrated approach to develop military-related GEOINT data sets specifically for North Korea. The NGA ...
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Collins Aerospace and SES Provide LuxStream Service for Vista Global's Business Aircraft Collins Aerospace Systems is teaming with SES to bring business aviation customers the fastest broadband speeds available within the...
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4KUniverse Renews Multi-Year Distribution Agreement with AsiaSat 4KUniverse was part of AsiaSat’s 4K-SAT UHD demo channel initiated in 2015, broadcasting a few hours of UHD programming a day. Now, with the...
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September 11, 2019 ThinKom Collaborates with Newtec to Deliver ThinSat 300 Flat Panel Antenna to Indonesian Federal Police The field-proven ThinSat 300 antenna is just 4.3 inches high and mounts on a standard roof rack. Total weight, including the radome, is 120 pounds...
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IAC 2019 Offers Plenary Focused on Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space This plenary addresses the fact that humanity has become increasingly dependent on space capabilities and space-enabled services, thereby...
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New Power Architecture Developed for Phasor's Electronically Steered Antenna Technology While the technology represents a major breakthrough in delivering reliable satellite connectivity in aeronautical, maritime, land mobile and defense...
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Avanti and Arabsat An Amicable Agreement At Last Avanti and Arabsat have reached an agreement that will allow both companies to operate their respective satellites
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Astrocast CEO Participating in IoT Constellations Panel @ World Satellite Business Week + Company Reaping Funding Astrocast also recently successfully closes CHF 9 million ($9.2 / €8.3 million) Series A round of funding from new and existing investors. The...
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News x 2 ...Hughes JUPITER™ Selected by Optus Satellite + Hughes Launches Maritime Mobility Services in India reported that the company selected the JUPITER System as the firm's ‘platform of the future’ as it gives the company the reach and scale that...
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Cubic Appoints New Vice President and Chief Operating Officer In this role, he will oversee the daily operations of the CMS business to ensure effective execution performance. This includes implementation of...
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On the IBC2019 Show Floor: ETL Systems to Launch Their HAWK L-Band RF Matrix/Router The Hawk matrix is a new addition to ETL’s range of 36 L-band Matrices, which is more than double the range of its nearest competitor. The new...
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Airbus Awarded UK MoD Contract for Development of SAR Satellites Called “Oberon,” the project will see Airbus develop the technologies that could lead to an on-orbit demonstration in 2022 and potentially an...
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Send in the Smaller Robot ... L3Harris Technologies' New T4™ Medium-Sized Robot Goes Where Bigger Robots Can't What happens when a robot that can help remove bombs or examine suspicious items is too large to fit into a particular space? BOOM!? Or worse?
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L-com's Got the Connections for both Military and Civilians with New Fixed RF Attenuators with SMA and Type-N Interfaces
"a comprehensive selection of off-the-shelf coax interconnects to address just about every RF connectivity application."
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September 10, 2019 SES' News x 2 ... SES Selects SpaceX for O3b mPOWER Launch + SES Provides Global Connectivity of Microsoft's Azure The global O3b mPOWER system comprises an initial constellation of seven high-throughput, low-latency MEO satellites, each capable of...
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This Is What Happens When Two Satellites Collide In Space Although the possibility of two satellites colliding above our heads seems new and rather frightening, it has happened before.
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NovelSat On Tour ... to Deliver Live Coverage of the Tour de France Bicycle Race installed on both VRT Broadcast Center and Videohouse SNG vans, NovelSat’s solution delivered significant savings of satellite capacity using...
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Forrester Reports: SpaceX's Request to Modify Plans for Starlink Satellites + Boeing's Smallsat Strategy Musk wants the SpaceX’s fleet of ‘Starlink’ satellites to triple the number of orbital planes, each at 550 kms. high. In essence, the plan is for 72 orbital...
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On the IBC2019 Show Floor: A Compliment for RF-Design ́s New “FlexLink K4” that Complements Switch Matrix Series well-established FlexLink Switch Matrix series has more then 500 systems in operation at satellite ground stations, teleports, broadcasting and cable-TV
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The First Soon... USAF’s AF Space Pitch Day in San Francisco AF Space Pitch Day is a two-day event designed to showcase the U.S. Air Force’s ability to partner and develop modern business practices that ...
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ArianeWorks and Newspace Factory Organize and Activate to Create Solutions to Space Traffic The economic growth of the space sector today requires an easier access to space for smallsats and a more rapid access to strategic orbital...
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Utah State University Makes Satellite for NASA Aerosol Study HARP is currently being prepared for launch by International Space Station small satellite launch service provider NanoRacks, LLC.
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Leti and Orolia's Data-Fusion Engine Works Even with Jamming and Spoofing ... is failsafe even in case of jamming or spoofing of GNSS data...
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News x 2 ... Xenesis' $212.5 Million Contract to 'Win the Battle' to Revolutionize Space Communications + USAF Contract The CEO of Xenesis, Mark LaPenna, said the company is to satellite communications what broadband was to dial-up 30 years ago, which is at...
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September 9, 2019 Hiber and Actility's Collaboration Enable LoRaWAN Access to the Inaccessible The collaboration will enable IoT use cases in hard-to-reach places all over the world. The global logistics, remote agriculture, oil & gas, mining and...
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Forrester's 2 Reports: Nilesat Takes Bids for Nilesat-301 Satellite + Avanti De-Lists from Alternative Investment Market A statement to the Cairo stock exchange said that Nilesat had formed a special committee to evaluate the bids and identify the best offer...
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DataMiner's 'Gold' as Es’hailSat Deploys the New End-to-End Management System operators can easily provision, manage and monitor every resource from just a single pane of glass, enabling them to focus on their core business.
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Raising the Bar ... Again ... Spirent's GSS9000 Series GNSS Constellation Simulator Goes Further provides full control and verification at maximum performance across all channels at all times, removing any need for our customers to compromise ...
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Iceland is Now Accepting ITU Satellite Filings in Conjunction with ManSat and IceSat Christopher Stott, Chairman and CEO of ManSat and IceSat, said that this is a significant step forward for Iceland and for the satellite industry: a superb...
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India's Chandrayaan 2 Appears Lost ... Prime Minister Expresses Pride 'Either Way' PM Modi give Dr K Sivan the 'I'll be proud of you either way' pat before addressing the anxious crowd.
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Hughes in Africa as JUPITER™ System Drives Satellite Broadband Services Throughout Algeria The JUPITER System is the nexgen, Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) platform from Hughes for broadband services over both high-throughput...
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Hungary Welcomes a Gathering of Notables at ITU Telecom World '19 ITU Telecom World 2019 opened its doors on September 9 to four days of exhibition, debate, networking and awards among some of the most ...
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Airbus and Telespazio Enlist Syracuse IV Satellites to Provide MILSATCOM Services This partnership will lead to the creation of France’s leading private operator of military satellite telecommunications. It demonstrates the desire...
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Boeing in Paris Announces Unique Capability ... 702X Satellites Offer Multi-Mission Flexibility Matured design enables delivery to customers in less than three years
Boeing software reallocates bandwidth to meet real-time changes in demand
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September 8, 2019 Significant STEM Support to the A. James Clark School of Engineering by Lockheed Martin The three-year contribution will fund vertical takeoff and landing research conducted at the university's rotorcraft lab, and high-speed flight...
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Free Access Webcast from Intelsat General for FlexGround Technology FlexGround from Intelsat General is uniquely positioned to fit the needs of ground forces worldwide. Its industry leading Comms-on-the-Pause (COTP)...
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SEAKR® Engineering Selected by Northrop Grumman for Advanced Space Signal Processors for GEOStar Satellites SEAKR's RF processor leverages four generations of architectural capability supporting the full spectrum of payload processing performance ....
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ORBCOMM to Continue Supplying Global Fishing Watch with AIS Data ORBCOMM provides Global Fishing Watch with tens of millions of AIS data points every day that show the movement of the world’s largest commercial...
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GMV Gains BMW Group Contract for GNSS Positioning System for Autonomous Vehicles Autonomous driving calls for technology and systems providing a positioning service with the maximum precision, safety and reliability. This is...
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Neeco Delivers to Europe ... Signs with TATA Communications for IoT Services Neeco has developed a unique set of IoT products and services aimed at global telecom providers — these include Trexee, a GPS and GSM tracking...
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Market Forecast Reveals Smallsat Market to Experience Double Digit Growth The report also focuses in on 50 of the most sought after smallsat companies in the world. The report is valuable for anyone who wants to...
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Chandrayaan-2 Could Lead to U.S., Japan to Set Up Base on Moon The U.S. space agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration is looking at landing two Astronauts — a woman and a man to the Moon by
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September 6, 2019 Canada's Own Is Honored ... Dan Goldberg, Telesat’s President and CEO is Ottawa’s “2019 CEO of the Year”
transformed Telesat from a regional to a global satellite operator, and significantly grew its revenue, more than doubling its operating cash flow.
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September 5, 2019 Forrester Reports: Russian Satellite a Possible Dangerous Threat to Satellites? Last week, Luch was reported by CelesTrak (which monitors satellites while on-orbit) to have moved even closer to an Intelsat craft...
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ORBCOMM to Provide GPS Fleet Tracking to Alan Ritchey, Inc. driver safety provides live, on-board driver performance scores and corrects unsafe driving behaviors that lead to accidents, fines and higher insurance.
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HawkEye 360 Names New Chief Operating Officer As COO of HawkEye 360, technology development, product creation, and corporate operations will be overseen, with the next priority to grow the ...
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The Lightweight Solution ... Satcube and Newtec Together Expand Broadcast and Service Provider Opportunities the lightweight Satcube Ku terminal provides the ease of using an iPhone and enables access to seamless broadband connectivity in less than a minute.
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Part 1 Mission Accomplished ... Airbus Completes Ocean Satellite Sentinel-6A and Begins Its First Journey will measure its distance to the ocean surface with an accuracy of a few centimeters and, over a mission lasting up to seven years
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Spectacular Image and Video Capture of Earth Managed by Raspberry Pi Camera Aboard SSTL's DoT-1 Satellite While the primary objective of the 17.5 kg., self-funded, DoT-1 satellite is to demonstrate SSTL’s new Core Data Handling System (Core-DHS)...
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EM Solutions Takes Two ... Secures Multiple Project Wins with Australian Department of Defence Based on a novel low cost ‘leaky-wave’ antenna developed with researchers at the University of Queensland, this system is intended to provide improved
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BFF ... Hughes Partners with Facebook for WiFi Hotspots in Colombia Service providers and telecommunications integrators in Colombia can join Hughes to enable local merchants to offer affordable, high-speed internet...
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SpacePath Communications Has a New European Regional Manager ... He Comes from Eutelsat France Based in France, he will support SpathPath’s continuing expansion into new territories.
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Vega Flight VV15: Findings of the Independent Inquiry Commission's Investigations Co-chaired by the Inspector General of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Senior Vice President, Technical and Quality of Arianespace; the...
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September 4, 2019 NTT DOCOMO's Footprint Just Got Bigger with Gilat's LTE Satellite Backhaul Gilat, in partnership with SKY Perfect JSAT (JSAT), will provide NTT DOCOMO a solution for rural coverage extension, while ensuring secure...
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Polish Navy's Minehunter Deploys Orbit Communications' OceanTRx 4 Systems Supporting the mission-critical broadband needs of navy vessels, it was designed for one-day deployment and simple updates and maintenanc...
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On the DSEI Show Floor: The Teledyne Company Collective to Exhibit Military Defense Product Families Teledyne offers a technology roadmap to enable missions in all domains through its European and North American operations, in both ITAR and ...
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Thales Becomes Iridium's Newest Certus Aviation Service Provider While already developing the Iridium Certus-based FlytLINK terminal and antenna, Thales will now be able to offer both Iridium Certus terminals and...
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Australian Space Startups Have ANGELS on Their Side Australia aims to grow the space market segment from AU$3.9 billion to AU$12 billion by 2030 and double space industry employment to 30,000.
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Growth in Global Defense Sector and Improved Communication is Reflected in Demand for Military Antennas A small piece of wrong information can put the life of the troops in danger and can even result in the loss of a war.
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Canadian Space Agency Awards Honeywell with Contract for QEYSSat Mission Under this contract, Honeywell will build, test, deliver, and provide training for and commissioning of the QEYSSat satellite to will create a link between...
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On the IBC2019 Show Floor: DEV Systemtechnik's New Systems for L-Band Signal Chain All systems feature active signal leveling and are available in single 1:8 (8:1), two 1:8 (8:1) or 1:16 (16:1) configurations in single rack unit chassis...
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Partnership Between Hyperion Technologies and the Indian Technology Congress Association to Launch 75 Smallsats The resulting “Engineer Your Satellite” Program (EYS) is designed to build and launch 75 student satellites, integrating global best practices with frugal...
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On the IBC2019 Show Floor: SES's Satellite and OTT In Sync Solution + ARC Development with Kythera Space Solutions SES’s Satellite and OTT in sync solution takes the source signal on its way to the satellite and distributes it via IP in tandem with satellite. By applying...
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September 3, 2019 Thales Alenia Space in Belgium's New CEO and Director ... She is Moving Upward from Within This executive move comes from within Thales Alenia Space in Belgium where she is now Chief Executive Officer and Director, effective September 1st.
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SWISSto12 Closes Series B Financing and Partners with Tyvak for mini-GEO Smallsats This new round will accelerate the company’s industrialization and the commercial deployment of antenna products for communication satellites...
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Canadian Laser Aboard NASA's OSIRIS-REx Produces Bennu Asteroid Maps The OSIRIS-REx Laser Altimeter, or OLA, is equipped with two lasers that scanned the asteroid's surface to produce detailed images of the boulders...
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General Raymond Names Two Subordinate Commands for U.S. Space Command Combined Force Space Component Command and Joint Task Force Space Defense will focus the planning and execution of global space operations...
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Small Business is Big Business ... USAF Awards Kleos Space SBIR Phase 1 Contract The multi-satellite Scouting Mission system will form the foundation of a constellation that delivers a global picture of hidden maritime activity,...
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Capella Space Partners with SpaceNet and Others for Collaborative AI-Based Geospatial Research Capella’s addition to the partnership presents an exciting opportunity to expand SpaceNet’s existing geospatial open source research to a new data...
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Critical $9.2 Million Series A Funding for Orbion Space Technology's Hall-Effect Plasma Thrusters for Smallsats The financing comes at a crucial moment for Orbion and the space market. Just last year, the company announced plans to manufacture and...
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On the IBC2019 Show Floor: Paradigm to Showcase New PIM-Enabled Terminals SATCOM terminals on show are the new Communications-On-The-Move (COTM) MANTA® and the 'internet-in-a-backpack' SWARM®. The lates...
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On the DSEI Show Floor: Paradigm Showcasing Their MANTA® COTM Solution The MANTA is the complete solution for ‘anywhere’ IP data connectivity via Wi-Fi and Ethernet — just by adding power...
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New Coverage for Northwest Passage Adventure Cruises Offered by Marlink The rolling out of new coverage, augmented with additional satellites and overlapping beams in the Marlink VSAT network, ensures that adventure...
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NSSLGlobal Appoints a New CTO ... He Comes From Cobham SATCOM He will work alongside the NSSLGlobal leadership team to roll out the company’s technology roadmap and bolster the firm's R&D division as it...
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SES' CFO to Step Down After Long History with Company Citing Personal Reasons He is stepping down with the business in excellent shape: clear strategic direction, a strong balance sheet and a broad and talented finance organization.
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Leidos' $159 Million Contract with NASA for Safely Storing Laptop Lithium-ion Batteries on the ISS Leidos — in a $159 million, single-award cost-plus fixed-fee contract with NASA — is applying multiple technology innovations such as KULR’s Thermal Runaway Shield (TRS)....
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Capella Space to Partner with SpaceNet to Develop Geospatial AI Apps Capella joins the collaborative SpaceNet partnership alongside In-Q-Tel’s (IQT) CosmiQ Works, Maxar Technologies, Intel AI and Amazon Web...
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China Launches Two Experimental Tech Smallsats Kuaizhou-1A, meaning speedy vessel, is a low-cost, solid-fuel carrier rocket with high reliability and a short preparation period. The rocket, developed by...
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The 13th Schriever Wargame to Start on Behalf of USSPACECOM The Schriever Wargame scenario, set in the year 2029, will explore critical space issues and investigate the integration activities of multiple agencies...
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Forrester Reports: Eutelsat Leaves the C-Band Alliance The CBA had been dealing with the FCC over a scheme to re-allocate 180 MHz of C-band satellite spectrum over the U.S. for repurposing for 5G...
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September 2, 2019 Spirent Communications Sends Signals ... GNSS Signals Multi-Path 3D Modeling Solution With Sim3D, the industry can now fully simulate real-life situations with a level of control never before available for testing multi-path...
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GomSpace Reports Their Success with the UnseenLabs BRO-1 Smallsat The launch and early operations phase was successfully completed in only a few days, and the spacecraft is ready to commence operation for UnseenLabs...
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September 1, 2019 Satnews Publishers Wishes Everyone an Enjoyable Labor Day Holiday Satnews' offices will be closed on Monday, September 2nd to observe the Labor Day holiday. Full Story
Forrester Reports: ChinaSat-18 a Total Loss The satellite, the first in a new generation of craft to serve the Chinese DTH market, was launched on August 19 from the Xichang space center in...
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