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June 29, 2018 Crystal Clear ...Plans to Expand Geographically and Into Other Verticals with New Senior VP Sales and Marketing track record in national and international sales, developing, executing, and managing strategies and processes for direct and channel sales teams.
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June 28, 2018 South African Company Celebrates First Year Anniversary of their Smallsat Hardware Success Last week, the Cape Town-based Space Advisory Company (SAC) celebrated the anniversary of the first image captured over Canada by their...
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Gilat's New Contract Win for Two Comms Projects in Peru a new award from Peru’s Fitel for two additional regional telecommunications infrastructure projects totaling US$153.6 million.
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NASA's Response to Webb Space Telescope Independent Review Board... Commits to Early 2021 The Independent Review Board established by NASA to assess progress on its Jams Webb Space Telescope has unanimously recommended ...
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Milestone for Upgrading Two NASA Space Network Ground Terminals Successfully Completed by General Dynamics Mission Systems. Site integration readies the updated ground terminals for 'end-to-end' communications testing scheduled for later this year. The installation,..
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The World Broadcasting Unions Position on C-Band WBU members welcome technological change and the benefits it brings to both audiences and broadcasters. At the same time, many tried and tested...
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The Global Market for CubeSats Now Available at ResearchAndMarkets During initial years of the development of satellite technologies, the main focus of companies was on developing heavy- and large-sized satellites...
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U.S.A.F.'s SMC Adds More to Their Aerojet Rocketdyne Tab by Investing in Additional Engine Technology
currently built from many parts requiring labor to fabricate and assemble will be consolidated into a few 3-D printed parts, reducing lead-times and costs.
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Lockheed Martin Space Receives AEHF Satellite Award The contract modification is for system-capability augmentation to provide mission-planning functionality to support the AEHF extended data rate...
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Maxar's MDA-Built Robotic Hand Enroute to the ISS LEEs are components carried on each end of Canadarm2, on one end of Dextre, and on the Mobile Servicing System. LEEs allow the robots to...
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Speedcast and Kymeta Partner Up for Flat Panel Antenna Integration Under the partnership agreement, Speedcast will integrate the Kymeta terminal into the company's industry-leading Speedcast Atlas™ managed...
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June 27, 2018 Garmin® Selects KVH for Marine Satellite TV Antenna Systems The two dome products — the GTV5 and GTV6 powered by KVH — will be offered by Garmin to select recreational boat builders and select high-end...
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SMC Awards Mod to USAF Contract to LinQuest Corporation for MILSATCOM Systems Directorate Support The contract modification is to provide support for MILSATCOM's emerging programs. Work will be performed in Los Angeles, and is expected to be...
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Thuraya Telecommunications Displaying Their Latest Products @ CommunicAsia The new high-tech portfolio of products on display includes the recently launched Thuraya Aero and Thuraya T2M, the tracking and monitoring...
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AsiaSat and KBZ Explore Business Opportunities That Take Them Over The Top Via Satellite Video Service in Myanmar The OTT via Satellite video service is a solution to help broadcasters and content providers reach their audiences instantly and cost effectively.
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Passenger Connectivity by 2027 to be Implemented by 23K+ Aircraft, According to new Euroconsult IFE Report Euroconsult's research confirms that installations will accelerate and that innovation will largely improve the in-flight experience. New generation...
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NorthTelecom to Expand Global Satellite Footprint for Omantel Wholesale The agreement increases Omantel Wholesale’s satellite capabilities and gives their customers increased redundancy and resiliency across the firm's...
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Vessel Comms for Singapore's MSI Ship Management Company Completed by Satcom Global The client-focused company, which manages various types of wet and dry ships for customers all over the world, were looking for a new reliable and...
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C-Band Reallocation Proposal Put Forward by FCC In early February of this year, Intelsat S.A. (NYSE: I) and SES S.A. composed a proposal to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) which sought to...
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China's Race to Space Results in Tragedy ... Perhaps Cause for a Pause? footage of falling and recently landed rocket stages taken by locals suggests that some ignore orders and also approach the highly toxic wreckage.
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Hughes' JUPITER™ System Selected by PSN for Satellite Services Throughout Indonesia The comprehensive Hughes solution includes HG240 Gateways, a variety of remote terminals, and a central network management system, enabling...
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June 26, 2018 Nova Systems Selects DataMiner as the AgileSat Mobility Planning Toolset
interface with any type of product regardless of protocol or supplier, including hardware and software products, and on-premises and off-premises products. Full Story
The Fifteenth ISS Resupply Mission by SpaceX Carries Research, Hardware and 35+ Experiments As part of this mission, SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft will haul approximately 300 kilograms of research and hardware facilities under the...
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DataPath Receives DISA Facility Award For the second year in a row, the facility in Ramstein, Germany, was recognized as the outstanding small satellite communications gateway for...
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DIRECTV® MLB Network Game Satellite Broadcasts Use Cobalt Digital and Technicolor HDR Tech Integrated into the OB truck used for production, the Cobalt 9904-UDX-4K+HDR-ITM card uses the Technicolor HDR ITM (Intelligent Tone...
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iDirect Debuts Their New iQ200 Series Remote The iQ 200 will be available in rackmount and board variants, with a full market release during the third quarter of 2018. This new remote brings an...
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Cloud Constellation and ARABSAT Shake Hands in the Sky and Partner for Space-Based Cloud Service a major change in data security that mitigates a data breach by providing global isolation of a customer’s data from inherently vulnerable global ...
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Cog and FLEET to Protect Remote Satellite-Connected IoT devices from Costly Security Attacks Fleet will deploy Cog’s D4 Secure platform on trial projects around the world. The companies will also co-present as part of the...
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SES' Networks and Wateen Telecom Bring Connectivity to Pakistan's Most Remote Regions previously being inaccessible in north and southern mountainous of Pakistan, Wateen Telecom's customers will now enjoy voice and data accessibility.
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Keith Johnson of Speedcast Named to SSPI's Board of Directors Mr. Johnson brings with him more than 30 years of leadership experience in the space and satellite in the industry. He has worked with Speedcast since...
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Maxar Technologies’ SSL's Components Monitor Global Transformation in the Form of Water Their goal: help to address global transformation by monitoring changes in the distribution of Earth’s mass, in particular in the form of water.
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SES Networks to Bring Faster Comms Services to 900+ Islands for Our Telekom Under the agreement announced by SES, Our Telekom, the leading operator in the Solomon Islands and Oceania region, has contracted...
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Intellian Devotes Their CommunicAsia2018 Booth to Two New Products Flyaway, Intellian’s first land-based, man-portable antenna LP100, is built to be quickly deployed and commissioned with its lightweight and airline...
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Viasat Races with America’s Fastest Satellite Internet Service for Businesses, Even Those Out of Reach of Cable or Fiber offer business internet customers without cable or fiber connections access to internet speeds up to 10 times faster than DSL and up to 65 times faster..
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June 25, 2018 Co-Development of New Geospatial Solutions to Result from Airbus and Planet Partnership Both partners aim at providing a comprehensive suite of global satellite data at multiple temporal and spatial resolutions, and developing new analytic...
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Satellite Vu Takes ESA's Ocean x Space Award for Tracking Maritime Plastic Garbage from Space By 2050, there could be more plastic in the world’s waters than fish, measured by weight.
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Thales Alenia Space Partners as Prime Contractor in a Copernicus Land Surface Temperature Monitoring in charge of the instrument concept and performance and also supports the mission analysis by OHB System AG, for the system and platform.
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Thaicom's Nava Maritime B'Band Service to Improve SC Group Fleet Ops SC Group ’s fleet of more than 30 offshore support vessels will be equipped with Thaicom's new Nava service to enhance fleet operations and optimize...
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U.S.A.F. Awards SpaceX with EELV Launch Contract for the AFSPC-52 Classified Satellite SpaceX has been awarded a $130 million firm-fixed price contract for launch services to...
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Pakistan's PakTES-1A Satellite to Launch in July The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALVT) and Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) worked...
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ST Engineering Electronics Goes in Deep... Smart Satellite Connectivity in Maritime Markets and More the BUCs seamless transfer between new space and legacy satellites prevents connection loss delivering connectivity under severe sea conditions.
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A US$10 Million Capacity Contract Signed by Viasat with Avanti Communications The deal provides Viasat with leased capacity on a steerable beam on the newly launched Avanti HYLAS 4 satellite. The contract has an initial period...
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Thailand's mu Space to Develop Satellite Services Via SES-8 and SES-12 Satellites A recent agreement between mu Space and SES will allow mu Space to develop future services using satellite spectrum rights at 50.5 degree East....
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Integrasys Achieves Award-Winning Development with ESA Support The Always Up Satellite Terminals (ALUSAT) solution improves the operation of 2-way satellite networks by enabling maintenance procedures...
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MEASAT to Showcase UHD Next Generation Video Distribution Technologies @ CommunicAsia MEASAT has also partnered with some of Asia’s leading UHD content creators for this must-see showcase. Fashion One 4K, Fun Box UHD...
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Thaicom to Present Their SATCOM Solutions at CommunicAsia 2018 Designed to meet rising data demands for ship and offshore operators, the Thaicom Nava™ Maritime Service Platform provides reliable, secure and...
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Rocket Lab Dishes the Reasons for Launch Delay "The down range tracking dish that caused the scrub on 23 June NZST is now up and running, but weather conditions for tomorrow are unfavorable."
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these partnerships are first about helping developing countries stand on their own two feet by building the capability to deal with specific challenges.
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ETL Systems is Growing ... and Hiring ... Innovative RF Product Line is at CommunicAsia engineering products for the commercial as well as government markets, ETL has enjoyed a healthy growth rate of 16 percent per year for the last six years.
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Thailand to Receive End-to-End Geo-Info System from Airbus The end-to-end system will make Thailand one of the few nations able to fully exploit geo-information for societal benefits. Fully in line with Thailand’s...
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A Moving Experience for AQST Space Systems The company will be hiring as many as 125 people and is seeking 20,000 square feet of manufacturing space, where the company will begin...
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Iridium Cements CertusSM Companies Into Place as Service Providers Ideal for organizations in need of “on-the-move” connectivity solutions, Iridium Certus will bring a full suite of services enabling the first truly...
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June 22, 2018 Jason-2 Celebrates a Decade ... this Oceanography Satellite Lives Long Past Original Three-Five Years Lifespan Jason-2 satellite has now made more than 47,000 trips around our home planet, measuring sea level change across the globe, observing ocean ...
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French Southern and Antarctic Lands to Obtain Airbus Supplied SATCOM Connectivity The contract covers satellite communication systems deployed in the Crozet islands, Kerguelen Islands and Amsterdam Island. These Sub-Antarctic islands, located...
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June 21, 2018 To Accommodate the Build of the Ariane 6 Launch Vehicle, MT Aerospace AG Opens New Production Facilities MT Aerospace has built a new hall in Augsburg with a floor area of around 2,500 square meters, retooled a further production hall and digitized its...
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The Aerospace Corporation Names Spoutz as New Chief of Government Relations In this role, she will lead the organization’s outreach to Congress, the executive branch, and state and local government officials. She will also...
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Leslie Kovacs Joins Firefly Aerospace as V.P. of Business Development Kovacs possesses more than 30 years of space launch industry experience, most recently at United Launch Alliance (ULA) as Director of Executive Branch affairs...
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Arabsat is Honored for Assistance to Cyprus' Economy with International Investment Award They include organizations that have invested in Cyprus and created a value-added element for the economy, or established operations and employment in
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Viasat's Dave Ryan to Lead Space Systems Division Effective Immediately for the satellite system design, fabrication, test and operations of Viasat’s highly-technical and complex global satellite constellation roadmap.
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GateHouse Telecom Makes Advanced On-Ground Testing for Airborne GX Solutions Possible A new product now makes it possible to perform testing of GX solutions on the ground, saving time and money while allowing developers to expose ...
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Eight Navigation Receivers for the Next Eight Sentinel Satellites to be Built by RUAG Space These navigation receivers determine the current position of the satellite with an accuracy of just a few centimeters. Only in this way is a highly ...
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SSL Ships the First of Three Satellites to Cape Canaveral AFS for SpaceX Launch this Summer Telstar 19 VANTAGE, an advanced high throughput satellite (HTS) built for Telesat, one of the world’s leading satellite operators, marks the 50th SSL-built ...
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Successful Test by C-COM Satellite Systems of Ka-Band Phased Array Mobile Satellite Antenna The primary goal of the research project is to focus on the development of a new modular, low-cost, intelligent and conformal Ka-band antenna for the...
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MEASAT's Agreement with Nepal Digital Services Delivers Programming and Digitized Services providing four digitized free-to-air video channels as the result of an agreement with Nepal Digital Services ....
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Network Innovations and Rock Seven are RockStars and on Track with New Tracking Technology Partnership RockSTAR two-way messenger using the Iridium satellite constellation ensures two-way communication even when out of terrestrial network range. Full Story
Global Market Insights' Insightful Forecast... Global SAR to Exceed US$4 Billion by 2024
...capability of these systems to perform efficiently, even in absence of light and cloudy weather conditions will inadvertently propel the industry growth.
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CPI Satcom Products Group to Debut Their New TouchPower™ TWTA @ CommunicAsia CPI’s new high-power TWTA provides a guaranteed minimum of 1100 watts of continuous RF output power at the flange, and provides more power, with..
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June 20, 2018 UPDATE: The University of Surrey's RemoveDEBRIS Mission Begins and Features Airbus Technologies RemoveDEBRIS, one of the world’s first attempts to address the build-up of dangerous space debris orbiting Earth, was sent to the ISS via the SpaceX CRS-14 launch...
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Telenor Group's Thailand and Myanmar New Executive Management ...Two New CEOs They rely on managers and experts who dare to step out of their comfort zone and take on challenges where they can learn and develop.
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UHP Networks and TeamCast Combine Forces Announcing a VSAT Network Advance UHP Networks’ new HTS Hub, powered by the TeamCast TYGER wideband DVB-S2X modulator, extends the symbol rates in the Outbound...
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Euroconsult's Report Forecasts Connections of More than 60 Percent of Commercial Aircraft by 2027 For airline connectivity suppliers... estimate revenues from IFC topped $1.2 billion in 2017 and should reach $8.7 billion by 2027 for commercial aviation..
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Media Broadcast Satellite and Kymeta Sign Agreement for SOTM and SOTP Applications The KyWay™ terminals will form an integral part of MBS’ tailored SATCOM-On-The-Move (SOTM) and SATCOM-On-The-Pause (SOTP) applications...
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SES Networks Enhances Digital Access for French Polynesian Islands Under the new agreement, OPT will access the powerful NSS-9 satellite’s wide C-band coverage to reach the sprawling Polynesian archipelago of...
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Integrasys Recruits New EMEA Sales Manager ... He Brings More than 20 Years of International Sales In charge of a client portfolio distributed in more than 15 countries... Western and Central Europe and Baltic countries as well as Australia or North Africa.
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The Latest Mega Technology Event — ConnecTechAsia — Debuts in Singapore from June 26 to June 28 With legacy events CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia having served the telecommunications and broadcast media sectors respectively for nearly 40 years...
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Symantec's AI Cyber Security Product Prevents a Cyber Attack from Thrip, a Notorious Group This is likely espionage. The Thrip group has been working since 2013 using operating system tools, so organizations won’t notice their presence.
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Newtec's Dialog® with Mytel, Myanmar's Mobile Operator, is a Worthwhile Conversation Mytel is the latest operator in the Asia-Pacific region to choose Newtec’s mobile backhaul solution based on the Newtec Dialog platform as part of a ...
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June 19, 2018 Florida May Reach In Its Pockets to Fund Space Launch Services Encouraging Industries and Employment on 67 acres at KSC, including a 133,000-square-foot hangar and a launch and landing control tower standing up to 300 feet tall, as well as a rocket ...
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Newtec's New Products Provide Solutions with the HTS Solution Portfolio at CommunicAsia 2018 As ships and airplanes move around the globe, mobile VSAT terminals often need to transition between satellite footprints.
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President Trump Signs Space Policy Directive - 3: Dealing with Debris and NASA's Administrator's Comments "...President’s enthusiasm for our nation’s innovative work, provides a strong foundation for our nation to once again do the big things that will shape a ..."
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Thales MEOLUT Next to Bring Distressed Support to Canada's Participation in COSPAS-SARSAT MEOSAR will support Canada’s ability to respond quickly and effectively to distress signals from land, air and sea from coast-to-coast-to-coast;...
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The Integration of Satellite and 5G Showcased by SaT5G Member Companies @ EuCNC2018 Conference The live, first-of-its-kind test marked a significant step forward in the massive transformation of the global communications industry, which will...
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China Appears to be Making Final Preparations for a Long March 2C Launch The launch will be hosted by Launch Complex 3, which on May 20 witnessed the launch of the Queqiao Chang'e-4 relay satellite and two...
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Fleet's Centauri I and II Smallsats Launch Plans Unveiled by Fleet Space Technologies The first of Fleet Space Technologies’ nanosatellites is under contract to launch with Spaceflight aboard an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle...
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Marlink's Fish Story ... Boosts Satellite Capacity to Fishing Vessels in Indian Ocean and Falkland Islands ...unique challenges. Vessels can go to sea for weeks, even months at a time and the environment can be extremely hazardous, making communication ...
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AeroConnect: Inflight Event from GVF-EMP Takes Off for Farnborough 2018 Event For the first time the event — comprising highly-focused industry dialogues with the satellite solution end-user aeronautical market — will be embedded...
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Viasat's Bar Is Moving Higher, According to Morgan Stanley Research Financials expected to be 2H weighted: On the last earnings call, management highlighted that "adjusted EBITDA growth due to residential...
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June 18, 2018 UPDATE: A New Telecomm Band for Smallsats Is Investigated by Reaktor Space Lab and VTT Technical Research Center A smallsat to be constructed as part of the project will feature a Finnish platform and radio transmitter. As the number of satellites and the speed...
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UK-Based Oxford Space Systems Garners Millions in Funding Oxford Space Systems (OSS) builds satellites, including deployable antennas and structures, that are lighter, less complex and cost less than...
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ISRO Bringing Their GSAT-11 Satellite Back Into Launch Mode The 5,700-kg GSAT-11 satellite was slated for launch on May 26 from Kourou, a site in South America that India occasionally uses to launch the...
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Coming Together ... Secure World Foundation and Partners Establish Consortium for Satellite Servicing Standards process took awhile, but the pace seems to have picked up and is moving forward so standards for cooperative on-orbit servicing can be determined.Full Story
Inmarsat's Fleet Xpress to Sail on KDDI Vessels Starting on July 1, KDDI will offer a complete, end-to-end Fleet Xpress package, including the full range of airtime service options and choice of...
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Hot Fire Test of Engine Demo Achieved by DLR and ArianeGroup for ESA's FLP Program By the end of the year, the Expander-cycle Technology Integrated Demonstrator, or ETID, based at the DLR German Aerospace Center test ...
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Military Tactical Communications Summit from ASDEvents Set for Mid-September This event will focus on advancing network capabilities by delivering enhanced C4ISR and information dominance to the current and future...
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Gomspace and Aerial & Maritime Have an MOU ... Delivery and Operation of a Global Constellation The system shall deliver processed ADS-B signals — compliant with ICAO and EUROCAE requirements for air traffic management.
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ESA's Future Role in Space Exploration The Council discussed Europe’s ambition to play a leading role in the global exploration of space based on its European Exploration Envelope Program,...
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Taking the Lead on SOLAR Fire Fighter Radio is Italy — and Cobham SATCOM Heartily Agrees Coming into force this summer for 65,000 SOLAS vessels, Regulation 10.10.4 is designed to improve safety by securing dedicated communication...
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Thales Alenia Space Reveals a Breakthrough Technology for Search & Rescue Satellite Solutions + Togo Signs On... The beacon on a plane or ship is triggered, manually or automatically, and transmits a distress signal at a frequency of 406 MHz. This signal is picked ...
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European Sub-Orbital Flight Opportunities is the Goal of an MoU Between PLD Space and Telespazio VEGA For several years, a new spaceflight industry has been growing to exploit high flight frequency and relatively low-cost markets. Among the companies...
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Skyline Communications Attending BroadcastAsia and CommunicAsia with DataMiner This powerful software suite combines numerous sophisticated DataMiner capabilities to take care of automation, orchestration and service...
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Build Up Underway by Ariane Space for the Next Galileo Satellite Launch Following the established assembly flow, the process began with this week’s positioning of the launch vehicle’s central core cryogenic stage over...
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June 17, 2018 Space Industry Experts Will Abound ... All at the Same Time and Location During Satellite Innovation Rather than recounting industry trends or focusing myopically on NewSpace, the Satellite Innovation conference is designed to provide a bigger picture of...
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New Global Communications Company Debuts EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE’s fully integrated dual-mode communications solution uses the newly launched Iridium NEXT satellite constellation and cellular...
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UHP Networks' Products to be Exhibited at CommunicAsia 2018 The company's innovative technologies for the VSAT industry will be showcased at Booth 1R1-01.
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ViaLite's L-Band HTS for Defense Provides Security for Those Who Defend Others The link is ideal for the extremely demanding dynamic range applications associated with HTS and defense, and is based on the ViaLiteLong Distance
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PayTV in LATAM Projected to Reach 79.3 Million Homes by 2020, According to Dataxis Although Dataxis predicts that 8.5 million new payTV customers will be added, compared to 201, it is a conservative evolution. As a result, TV...
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Partnership Between SatADSL and Cobbett Hill Earth Station Targets Maritime Under the agreement, SatADSL is providing their innovative C-SDP, a complete OSS/BSS, carrier-grade, fully redundant platform which allows...
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Direct Connectivity Via GEO Satellite for IOT Demo'd by Fraunhofer IIS For the test transmission, the institute employed portable, ground-based transmitters equipped with small, omnidirectional C-band antennas...
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Astronomers See Black Hole Destroy Star in a Distant Eruption Theorists suggested that material pulled from the doomed star forms a rotating disk around the black hole, emitting intense X-rays and visible light
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July 20 Set as the Launch Date by SpaceX for the Seventh Iridium® NEXT Launch The Falcon 9 rocket will launch 10 Iridium NEXT satellites to LEO from VAFB in California at approximately 5:12 am PDT (12:12 UTC). An exact...
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Kratos RT Logic Scores with U.S.A.F. SMC Pilot Phase 2 Program Award Kratos’ system will enable government satellite users to roam, similar to the way cell phone users roam through multiple cellular networks. This will be...
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Russia Successfully Launches Their Next Navigation Satellite to Orbit On Sunday, at 00:46 Moscow time [21:46 GMT]… the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a middle-class Soyuz-2.1b carrier...
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June 14, 2018 Thales Alenia Space's SWOT Does a Lot ... Achieving Milestones is the Result of Many Who Have Contributed a new-generation platform for this program that will be the first of this type to be orbited in compliance with the French Space Operations Act* ...
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Orbit Salutes Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology Upon Completion of Their First Satellite Ground Station mission has two goals: demonstrate a long-term, autonomous cluster flight of multiple satellites and determine the position of a terrestrial emitter ...
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Satellite Industry Association's Annual State of the Satellite Industry Reveals Record Number of Satellite Launches There is a tremendous transformation underway in the commercial satellite industry as demonstrated by the record number and type of launches in 2017
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The First International Satellite-Derived Bathymetry Conference Meets with Success For the first time, all relevant players came together on June 6 and 7, 2018, to anticipate what was to come for the Satellite-Derived Bathymetry (SDB)...
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Partnership Between Rock Seven and Blue Sky Network is an Asset With Asset Tracking Solutions intuitive, cloud-based portal, offers tracking, remote communications, and fleet management on any internet-device, including Android and iOS devices.
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The Chinese Relay Satellite for the Nation's Chang'e-4 Lunar Probe Now in Planned Orbit The satellite, named Queqiao (Magpie Bridge) and launched on May 21, entered the Halo orbit around the second Lagrangian (L2) point of the...
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RUAG Space Takes the Heat for BepiColombo The spacecraft will explore Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, and is currently being outfitted in a heat protection suit from RUAG Space...
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Chris Pogue Named as the President of MDA Government Mr. Pogue assumes responsibility for taking MDA Government to the next level of growth and profitability and will report to Mike Greenley, the Group...
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Satcom Global Sees Positive Results at Sea from Aura VSAT Enhancements
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World Teleport Association to Share Teleport Industry Insights During CommunnicAsia 2018 WTA will share insights from its recent market study, Sizing the Teleport Market 2018 and its Teleport Opportunities 2018 survey of executives...
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June 13, 2018 A Launch Trilogy for Rocket Lab and a Noteworthy New Customer — Canon Electronics All three missions will lift off from the Rocket Lab Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula in New Zealand and dispense the customer spacecraft...
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JAXA Successfully Tests H-IIA Launch Vehicle with New Research Satellite to Detect Missile Launches The mission is part of the Information Gathering Satellites (IGS) program, one of whose goals is to detect possible missile launches in the region.
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NASA’s Decade of Discoveries and Cosmic Rays with Fermi Satellite cosmic rays, particles traveling at nearly the speed of light, could be propelled by supernova shock waves. In 2013, Fermi’s LAT used gamma rays to prove
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PLD Space's Final Financing Round of 9 Million euros Initiates Production of Two Reusable Space Rockets first time in the history of Europe that JME a venture capital fund has invested in space launchers, until now had only happened in the U.S.
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Development Contract Awarded to GomSpace by ESA The scope of the project is the development of a novel product called the Mega-Constellations Operations Platform (“MCOP”) that will become a key...
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Advanced Sensor Built by Harris is Delivered to Mitsubishi Electric Corporation for their GOSAT-2 Satellite The Harris-built TANSO-FTS-2 (Thermal and Near Infrared Sensor for Carbon Observation-Fourier Transform Spectrometer-2) will measure...
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Viasat Acquires UK-Based Horsebridge Defence and Security Through this acquisition, the Viasat UK group gains deeper military communications integration expertise; enabling the company to continue to...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne's Too Hot to Handle Milestone ... Hot Fire Tests of RL10 Engine's Thrust Chamber Built Using 3-D Printing This testing proves they can print and assemble an engine that replicates the RL10 performance in a fraction of the time and at a reduced cost.
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U.S. Navy's FLTSAT Satellite Simulator Contract Goes to General Dynamics Mission Systems The simulator, a model of a Navy Fleet Satellite (FLTSAT) communications satellite, will help students hone their skills in managing the technical...
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Four Galileo Satellites Getting All Prepped Up by Arianespace for July Launch During pre-flight activity in French Guiana at the Spaceport’s S1A processing facility, these FOC (Full Operational Capability) spacecraft have...
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June 12, 2018 Strategic Agreement Signed with Yacht Club de Monaco by Inmarsat and the Firm's Regional Partner YCM will also provide SSI-Monaco and Inmarsat with access to its La Belle Classe Academy to provide captains, teams and members with specialist ...
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High Quality and Interference Free Service for Belintersat Provided by Integrasys' Controlsat and Keysight's Analyzer With Integrasys’ Controlsat Carrier Monitoring System, Belintersat is able to monitor up to 200 carriers per second. Additionally, the service offers...
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Thuraya on the Defensive Displays Military and Government Satellite Technology Solutions at Eurosatory Defense Exhibition robust solution to military missions in surveillance, special ops, border protection as distant aircrafts stay in touch with headquarters via satellite ...
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Intelsat Raising Fresh Funds Intelsat says that about $230 million (195 million euros) will take the form of new common shares (with a nominal value of $0.01) and be used as an...
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C-COM's iNetVu® Mobile Antennas On Show @ CommunicAsia 2018 The company has nearly 8,000 systems sold in more than 100 countries and is considered a leader and pioneer in the development of fully...
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Harris Delivers Their Next Advanced Nav Payloads to Lockheed Martin for U.S.A.F.'s GPS III Satellites The GPS III navigation payload features a Mission Data Unit (MDU) with a unique 70 percent digital design that links atomic clocks, radiation-hardened...
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COMSAT Receives the WTA's Provisional Certification for Two Teleports Since its introduction at IBC 2015, the Certification program has quickly grown in popularity, with 16 teleports currently engaged in the quality...
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Teledyne Defense Electronics Showcasing Combined Offerings at the 2018 IMS Conference Teledyne Defense Electronics and the firm's consolidated business units offer highly engineered products and technologies to defense, space, and...
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SES' 10 New Consortium Project Partners Make QUARTZ Crystal Clear for Satellite Cybersecurity the consortium will develop a system that will generate encryption keys in space, and securely transmit those keys to users on Earth via laser.
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Harris to Supply U.S. Customs and Border Protection with Advanced Digital Handheld Radios Harris will supply its XL-200P advanced digital handheld radios that have an intuitive and customizable user interface. The radios are packed with...
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Continued Testing of StellarStation Will Result from Infostellar and Kyushu Institute of Technology Partnership Kyutech has begun integrating StellarStation Amateur, an initial service focusing on UHF amateur band downlinking, into their local ground stations...
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June 11, 2018 TeamCast's Efforts with Broadcast Australia and Free TV to Ramp Up to 4K TV Broadcasting 4K TV programs doesn't just happen. There's a lot of work and research in this kind of an endeavor such as is taking place in Australia.
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Aerospace Corporation Proposes Launch Unit Standards for Smallsats CSPS’s new Setting the Standard: Launch Units for the SmallSat Era paper discusses the implementation of a launch standard for medium-class...
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Audacy's Inter-Satellite Data Relay Network Receives FCC License to Operate Audacy will build a relay network that provides spacecraft operators with continuous, real-time connectivity - anywhere from the launch pad to lunar ...
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SES Granted FCC Authorization to Expand Their O3b Satellite Constellation The FCC grant opens significant additional frequencies to SES for use in its non-geostationary (NGSO) constellation and enables it to deploy O3b...
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Echostar's Acquisition Offer for Inmarsat Rejected by the Company According to Inmarsat, they received what they referred to as a "highly preliminary and indicative non-binding proposal" from Echostar and ...
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Lo Now 15 Years Later Brazil and U.S. Return to Discuss Satellite Launch From Alcantara Base Now Brazilian officials say that the sharing of technological knowhow is not a deal-breaker.
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A First for ESA’s Aeolus Satellite ... There's No Magic Using this Aladin to Determine Wind Speed Aeolus is a world first with break-through technology that will make a huge contribution to weather forecasting on a global scale.
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According to a New Global Market Insights Report, Commercial Satellite Launch Service Market to Reach $US7 Billion+ Due to proliferating usage of these applications across the globe, additional numbers of satellites will be required. This, in turn, will escalate the revenue...
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Big BepiColombo Preparations for the Mission to Mercury Aboard Arianespace's Ariane 5 include attaching solar wings to the three modules... dressing the spacecraft in protective insulation, installing the sunshield, conducting pressure tests...
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Euroconsult Reports that FSS Capacity Pricing Levels are Showing Near-Term Stabilization While data-oriented markets have been the most exposed, with double-digit capacity pricing declines over the last two to three years, video applications...
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Arianespace Reports All of the Launch Vehicle Elements for the July Galileo Satellite Launch have Arrived the Spaceport These components, including the core cryogenic stage, arrived in French Guiana aboard one of two sea-going roll-on/roll-off ships that transport ...
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Facilities Expanded by Santander Teleport The company recently acquired 8,500 sqm (about 2.1 acres) of land, of which approximately half is being converted into an extension of the...
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Innovation Award to Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom for European Aviation Network EAN, the world’s first inflight broadband solution that combines dedicated satellite coverage with a complementary LTE-based ground network, was...
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Pebble Beach Systems' Marina to Support India's Main Satellite News Channel With more than 100 million viewers across the country, DD News is India’s main terrestrial/satellite news channel. The channel produces over 17 hours...
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June 8, 2018 NASA's Curiosity Finds Elements on Mars that Might Sustain Life ... Mysterious Methane “tough” organic molecules in three-billion-year-old sedimentary rocks near the surface, and seasonal variations in the levels of methane in the atmosphere.
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June 7, 2018 Rohde & Schwarz's SCA-Based Waveforms Enables Communications Among Armed Forces and Countries This makes it possible to port SCA-based waveforms from other manufacturers as well as existing waveforms, providing both security for...
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New Mega Technology Event — ConnecTechAsia With legacy events CommunicAsia and BroadcastAsia having served the telecommunications and broadcast media sectors respectively for nearly 40...
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Globecomm's Solution to Strengthen Presence in Greece and Cyprus ... Appoint J&E Papadopoulos A successful company knows when to enlist the assistance of others whose expertise makes them more familiar and better informed in a specific area.
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Comtech EF Data and Kepler Communications' Solutions to Result in Rapidly Deployable Satellite Communications will open new business opportunities that necessitate real-time connectivity to satellites, reducing costly and difficult to deploy ground infrastructure.
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Microsemi Clocks in a New CSAC for LEO Applications As the newest member of Microsemi’s CSAC product family, the Commercial Space CSAC provides excellent drift performance and built-in 1 pulse per second (PPS) input...
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Orbit Communications Systems' Repeat Asian Navy Customer Orders Satcom Systems Totaling US$1.1 Million A satisfied Asian Navy client has returned to Orbit Communications Systems to order approximately US$1.1 Million of Orbit Communications' products.
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Canada’s Broadcasters Overcome Live Connectivity Challenges at Royal Wedding's 3 Million Viewers with Dejero and Intelsat Broadcasters must have an extremely high degree of confidence that their live feeds will be transmitted without fail.
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Nigerian Communication Satellite (NigComSat) Upgrades their iDirect Network to Evolution 4.1 Evolution 4.1 enables service providers to launch DVB-S2X networks and increase the performance and efficiency of DVB-S2 networks, unlocking ...
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Airbus Defence and Space Celebrates 25 Years of Commercial Satellite Imagery Downlink Success for U.S. Air Force Eagle Vision allows downloading and processing of un-classified commercial satellite imagery directly in the field, as the satellite passes...
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PCTV Leasing SES Capacity to Deliver TV Channels to Cable Providers in LATAM Under the agreement announced by SES, PCTV will lease satellite capacity and leverage SES’s high cable head-end penetration in Latin America to ...
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SES' Latest Satellite Monitor Market Study Includes Three Additional African Nations with Interesting Results study highlights how the broadcasting industry can expand in Tanzania as 52 percent of homes don’t have TV access out of a total of 11.7 million ...
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Exotrail Garners Prestigious Award for SmallSat Constellation Services Development Exotrail has a vision of a new economy in Space that will improve and empower the quality of life for all mankind and the company anticipates that ...
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June 6, 2018 IsoTropic Networks Challenges the Market Hype of iDirect's iQ 200 Series and Finds It Outperforms Competitors In both lab and over-the-air test scenarios, the iQ 200 outperformed competitors.
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Thales Alenia Space Wins ESA Contract for LISA Mission ... Learn the History of the Universe Laser beams transmitted between satellites will measure the displacement of these masses with a resolution 10 times smaller than an atom.
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The Next Generation Ku- to Ka-Band Satellite Antenna Systems from Intellian to Debut at Posidonia This next-generation v85NX is the lightest and best-performing 80 cm-class terminal available, with a number of key features that make the terminal ...
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U.S. Marines to Improve Their COTM this Fall with Lockheed-Martin Built MUOS The U.S. Marine Corps will be the first service to widely deploy the system as it has already fielded thousands of MUOS-capable AN/PRC-117G radios over...
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Lufthansa is the Latest Partner for Inmarsat's Aviation Certified Application Provider Program The Aviation CAP Program provides a catalog of connected safety and operations applications. With third-party applications tested, optimized and...
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Telestream® Has a New Chief Sales Officer ... He Comes from Cisco Systems As they move into a new era of OTT video distribution Telestream's customers look for expertise in disparate areas of video production and distribution.
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FCC OK's Northrop Grumman's Acquistion of Orbital ATK... With Some Requirements... The FCC will require Northrop Grumman to supply solid rocket motors, or SRMs, to competitors on a non-discriminatory basis as part of a settlement...
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MOU Signed by Inmarsat and Hellenic Space Agency The HSA is mandated by the Hellenic Republic to promote space and technology and foster research activities related to advance scientific...
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June 5, 2018 ThinKom’s Aero Antennas Now Interoperable with Multi-Constellations and Multi-Orbit Satellites Agility tests have shown that the company’s antenna design achieves switching speeds of less than 800 ms. This has been determined by LEO...
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The First Engine for the DARPA/Boeing Experimental Spaceplane Assembled by Aerojet Rocketdyne This new Boeing spaceplane, called Phantom Express, is intended to demonstrate a new paradigm for more routine, responsive and affordable...
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MX1 to Transmit YOL TV Via SES Satellite MX1 is delivering the channel via an SES satellite and is providing the satellite uplink. YOL TV broadcasts from their studio in Cologne and ...
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The NEPTUNE S2/S2X Satellite Receiver Debuts from TeamCast NEPTUNE is a 1RU DVB-S2X satellite demodulator that offers unprecedented support of all advanced DVB-S2X modes. Specifically, ...
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Thuraya and IEC ... Smooth Sailing at Sea With New VSAT Service and More at Greece's Posidonia 2018 Through its RJ11 port, it can be connected to any standard analog or cordless phone. This allows for simultaneous voice and data sessions.
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KVH Connectivity Services Extended to 45 Additional BW Group Vessels For the 45 additional vessels, BW has selected the dual mode C-/Ku-band TracPhone® V11-IP satellite antenna system and the Ku-band TracPhone...
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Low Cost Decimeter Precision GPS Receiver Rolls Out from Broadgnss The product features positioning accuracy better than one meter (up to 10c m) by receiving only single frequency (GPS L1) satellite signals. The RAC...
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Globecomm Compact with Iridium for Certus Satellite Service The agreement enables Globecomm to further extend its portfolio of satellite, LTE and hybrid connectivity solutions and integrate all of its value-added ...
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An Integration Agreement has been Signed by RBC Signals with Spaceit As part of the agreement, Spaceit will integrate with RBC Signals’ global ground station network APIs in order to make it easier for satellite operators...
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GetSAT's CTO to Present @ IET MilSatCom in London GetSAT is a pioneer of micronized, integrated terminals specifically targeting Satellite Communications-on-The-Move applications. Based on...
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C-COM's Driveaway in Month of May ... Brings More Than US$1 Million in Orders for iNetVu® Driveway Antennas antennas operating from the coldest and remote parts of Canada and Russia, to scorching and arid conditions of Africa, Australia and the Middle East.
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June 4, 2018 UPDATE Orbital ATK to Bring New Weather Satellites Into Play for NOAA The JPSS satellites will provide operational continuity of space-based weather observations, extending the successful 50 year NOAA/NASA...
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Phasor and Astronics AeroSat Partner Up to Develop ESA-Based Aeronautical Terminals Phasor’s solid-state, software-defined and modular ESA conforms to the size and shape of an aircraft fuselage, which enables commercial airlines ...
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Success in the Dark, SpaceX's Falcon 9 Rocket Launches SES' Largest Geostationary Satellite Ever Powerful satellite serving Asia-Pacific and the Middle East will ... meet diverse needs of video, fixed data, mobility and government customers.
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O3b Satellites More Fiber (Like) is Good for Health ... of Connectivity with SES New MEO satellites augment constellation to deliver much-needed high performance bandwidth
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Water Jet Sweden Makes the Cut Even Better With Water ... Takes Rocket Science Further Tony Ryd, the CTO at Water Jet Sweden, explained that complex carbon fiber geometries are generally difficult to process efficiently without using...
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Launch Services Agreement Signed Between Firefly Aerospace and Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) Firefly CEO Dr. Tom Markusic. stated that Firefly is pleased to enter into an LSA with SSTL to provide as many as six Alpha launches from 2020 through 2022...
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Arabsat's Goal Before the End of the Year ... SpaceX Launch of Their Lockheed Martin-Built Arabsat-6A Satellite ... said that these two satellites are the most advanced commercial communications satellites the company has ever built.
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Mission Critical Wireless TacComm Solution Launched by Keysight Technologies Ensuring the robust inter-operation of satellite systems, avionics, surveillance, or radar for mission critical wireless communications...
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Dallas Avionics Now Accepting Pre-Orders for the uAvionix ADS-B skyBeacon Solution Installation time is expected to be less than 15 minutes instead of hours for competitive solutions, resulting in the lowest cost of ownership for a compliant
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ISRO's Challenges Just this Year Include Failure, Recall and an Incommunicado Satellite “Isro works on a shoestring budget, it cannot afford failures,” .... “The first thing to consider is the direct monetary losses.
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Thai's Defense Ministry Mulls New Satellite Options Includes Defense Against Threats from Space Today, satellites are being used for spy missions and Thai defence authorities need to catch up with this technology.
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SES Government Solutions to Provide HTS Services to DoD Customers The total amount of all orders placed against the BPA cannot exceed USD $516.7 million over a five-year period of performance from ...
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June 3, 2018 How a ROC™ FALL in Space Reveals Roccor's Solution to a Spacecraft's End of Life From a fresh sheet of paper, Roccor’s solution was qualified and ready for flight in six months (ahead of schedule).
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Alba Orbital Limited's First ... Five PocketQubes Are Ready for Cluster 2 Rideshare Mission getting a satellite to orbit has traditionally cost six figures, taken years and prone to many delays. Alba’s Launch Cluster 2 alleviate these problems...
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Transponder Tumult for APSTAR-6 A power loss is the root cause of the transponder troubles, which required customer traffic reliant upon those transponders to be suspended. The company moved...
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DARPA's Blackjack Smallsat Program Proposals are Due in a Few Days The companies selected must then develop "highly networked, resilient, and persistent DoD payloads that provide over-the-horizon sensing...
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AsiaSat's New VP ... She Comes with Senior Management Expertise will be responsible for driving new business and strategic initiatives for the company and brings more than 25 years of experience in the satellite, ...
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NSR Analyst Reports That Satellite Should Not Give Up On Streaming Despite HTS and data markets attracting attention as a SATCOM growth revitalizer, video continues to generate more than 60 percent of total ...
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China's Launch of Gaofen-6 Earth Observation Satellite Kept Quiet Long March 2D launch vehicle launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert with only hints that an orbital launch was being readied.
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June 1, 2018 Hull to Hull Using EGNSS Via Kongsberg Maritime Coordination H2H was established in November of 2017 to develop solutions using the European Global Navigation Satellite System (EGNSS), EGNOS and Galileo, that...
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The SpaceX Launch of SES-12 Deferred The new launch date is going to be June 4 for the satellite aboard one of the company's "launch proven" Falcon 9 rockets — that's if all goes well...
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