November 2018 Satellite NewsVisit www.satnews.com for today's news
November 30, 2018 Forrester Reports: An Avanti Communications Financials Update The update reported that revenue for its Q3 (to September 30th) was just $10.8 million (9.5 million euros). This is marginally ahead of the same...
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November 29, 2018 Telespazio Brasil's Rio de Janeiro Teleport is Awarded the WTA's Provisional Certification WTA’s Teleport Certification Program serves both teleport operators and their customers by creating an objective, transparent, and internationally ...
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Fleet Space Technologies’ Third Successful Launch in Three Weeks is "No Mean Feat" “To launch our third satellite within three weeks is exhilarating! To have successfully deployed 3 nanosatellites within matter of weeks is no mean feat"
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Arianespace Remains Busy in December With Launch of Two Satellites GSAT-11 and GEO-KOMPSAT-2A Prior to Flight VA246, Arianespace has orbited 588 satellites, out of which 115 were launched for eight space agencies around the world
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Optus Satellite Completes Their 100th Launch Support Mission This launch strengthens the relationship between Optus Satellite and Telesat. In March of 2018, the companies announced a collaboration to...
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Comms Services from ITC Global Renewed by Air Niugini will ensure uninterrupted service supporting daily business operations and back-up connectivity for Air Niugini’s core business hub at Jacksons ...
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UltiSat to Provide Comms Services to the U.S. Government UltiSat will provide Ku-band satellite bandwidth, network management, and program management services in support of...
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Blue Canyon Technologies' Highly Sought After $1.54 Million Contract from DARPA for Blackjack Program The core elements of this effort have been in the works at BCT for years and they are thrilled to be able to see them realized on Blackjack.
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ISRO's Successful Launch of 30 Satellites from Eight Countries The primary goal of HysIS is to study the Earth’s surface in the visible, near infrared and shortwave infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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a.i. Solutions to Mentor Red Canyon Software's Technical Work with NASA a.i. solutions has been offering engineering services and space software products for the United States’ defense and civilian space agencies for...
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National Marine Electronics Association Updates NMEA 0183 with GNSS Sentences Suite This includes interface clarification for the use of GPS (US), GLONASS (Russia), GALILEO (Europe), BDS (China), QZSS (Japan), and NavIC ((IRNSS) (India))...
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November 28, 2018 SPOT On! Globalstar's Milestone of One Billion Messages Transmitted, 6,100 Rescues, 89 Countries on Six Continents IERCC and both of my children were notified of my incident and had my location so they could organize a rescue. SPOT is an essential piece of kit.
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Amazon Web Services Rolls Out Their AWS Ground Station Service + Lockheed Martin Brings Systems Together Once customers receive satellite data at a ground station, they can immediately process it in an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance...
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Just Published by NSR — Small Satellite Markets, 5th Edition... Constellations will be the dominating factor of this growth, making up over 70 percent of the total market. While growth is anticipated across all...
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United Technologies Acquires Rockwell Collins with Intent to Split Into Three Companies United Technologies Chairman and CEO Gregory Hayes said that the company's decision to separate United Technologies is a pivotal moment in...
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After Delay Hiber Now Set to Launch Their First Two Smallsats Less than 10 percent of the globe is covered by a connected technology ready network. Existing networks (such as WIFI) only work in urban areas...
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Eutelsat's Konnect Africa Launched in the Democratic Republic of Congo By relying on the latest satellite technology, Konnect Africa is now providing a concrete response to the digital divide by launching a range of...
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NASA's New Refueling Mission Will Attach to the ISS and Enables Spacecraft to Live Longer and Journey Farther “Any time we get to extend our stay in space is valuable for discovery...”
“Any time you try something for the first time, there is an element of risk,”
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Northrop Grumman's Cargo Resupply Spacecraft is Now Docked at International Space Station ... Serving Ice Cream And Northrop Grumman's the John Young Cygnus vehicle succeeded at the task at hand (including the delivery of ice cream).
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China and Brazil Together In Focus... Provide the Highest Precision of CBERS Satellites It will improve the level of data collection among the medium- and high-resolution remote sensing satellites in China,
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SSTL is Talking About a Moon Mission for 2021 led the way in using small satellites for over 30 years and are now raising their sights to change the economics of space around the Moon, and beyond.
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November 27, 2018 Harris Ships Their Largest Mirror, Ever, for Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Harris is a member of the National Science Foundation team assembling the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) on the Cerro Pachón ridge...
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New Radio Technology from Raytheon Automatically Selects the Optimal Frequency for TacComms During the demonstration, dubbed ESCAPE, Raytheon swapped out two existing radios on a Navy RQ-21A Blackjack for the company's X-Net ...
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Doubt Now Exists Over the Reality of a UK Spaceport in North Sutherland, Scotland Local reports say that residents are objecting and arguing that safety and environmental requirements are being ignored. Not helping is that the site...
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Inmarsat Goes Pro Iris and Signs Five Air Navigation Services Providers Iris is also designed to enable initial ‘4D’ trajectories, pinpointing an aircraft in four dimensions: latitude, longitude, altitude and time,
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Thaicom's Repeat ... Second Consecutive Year Takes ASEAN Corporate Governance Award This ranking will help to elevate the level of corporate governance quality among Thai listed companies in ASEAN.
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Boeing Awarded Contract for More than $383 Million for Protected Tactical Enterprise Services by U.S.A.F. This contract provides for a joint ground system to provide tactical satellite communications with enhanced anti-jam and low probability of intercept to...
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Empowering NASA's InSight Mission — Aerojet Rocketdyne Engines Propel Success The final phase of lnSight’s descent was powered by 12 Aerojet Rocketdyne MR-107N 50 lbf engines, providing variable pounds of pulsed...
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Forrester Reports: Orion Testing 4K Signals from Multiple Satellites The main satellites that Orion uses to operate its services, namely Intelsat-15 and Horizons-2 (a joint-venture between SkyPerfect JSAT and...
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Speedcast International Begins Installing Telecom Systems Integration Solution for Eastern Mediterranean Gas Platform seamlessly integrates multiple communications and security systems onboard one of the newest natural gas platforms in the Eastern Mediterranean
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Telesat Selected by DARPA for DoD LEO Investigatory Project The investigations will include evaluating the advantages of DoD using the same spacecraft buses as those Telesat will use in its LEO constellation...
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Air Bases in Maine to Become Smallsat Launch Sites? The tentative plan is to use a pair of former air bases as the project’s home. The former Loring Air Force Base in far northern Maine would serve as...
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No Go for SpaceX's Wednesday Launch of HawkEye 360 and the First Cluster of Three Formation Satellites the satellites will deliver a unique source of radio frequency (RF) data that HawkEye 360 will use to create first-of-its-kind analytics.
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Ethiopian EO Satellite to be Launched by China in September of 2019 Ethiopia will join seven other African countries that have built and launched satellites. They are South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Ghana, Algeria, Morocco, and neighboring Kenya...
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November 26, 2018 ISRO Preps for a 30 Satellite Launch is November 29 More than 30 international commercial satellites will join the primary payload on this launch that will be boosted by the PSLV C43 rocket...
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December Projected Launch Date for Two, Chengdu GuoXing Aerospace Technology's Smallsats Supported by the local government, the Chengdu GuoXing Aerospace Technology Co. Ltd. was established in the capital of southwest China's...
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GetSAT's MilliSATL/W Antenna Selected as a Hughes Defense Systems Component for the U.S.C.G. In partnership with systems integrator Hughes Networks Systems LLC, GetSAT’s technology was selected from multiple competitors to support...
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The First Images from NovaSAR-1 have been Released by SSTL The S-band SAR images were acquired using the satellite’s stripmap mode at 6 meter resolution and are 20 km. wide by 87 km. long. They were taken...
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UPDATED: Four TecSAR Satellites to be Purchased by XpressSAR from Israel Aerospace Industries XpressSAR, an American owned and operated company, will purchase and operate the satellites in inclined orbit. IAI is responsible for the...
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A New CSPS Study from The Aerospace Corporation Analyzes Satellite Constellation Launch Delay Risks Mega-constellations consisting of tens, hundreds and even thousands of satellites in non-geostationary orbits (NGSOs) are now being proposed to...
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UPDATED: Roussel to Become CEO of ArianeGroup, Alain Charmeau to Retire — Bergmeier Named as Head of Operations for Airbus Defense and Space Mr. Roussel replaces Alain Charmeau, founder of ArianeGroup, who will retire after a transition period. Mr. Roussel, a member of ArianeGroup ...
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SSC Just Added a New Global Ground Station ... in Thailand The number of satellites is increasing rapidly and thanks to this new ground station, we strengthen our total capacity to transfer data between our ...
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November 25, 2018 Russia Ventures Into the Satellite IoT Arena A report released by the Moscow-based space agency on Sunday stated that the new satellite system will be a part of Russia's Sphere satellite ...
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Gilmour Space Technologies Signs Collaboration Agreement with RUAG Space The agreement, the first of its kind in Australia, explores the use of RUAG Space’s new range of FlexLine carbon composite products in Gilmour...
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Elbit Systems Completes the Acquisition of IMI Systems this acquisition will be beneficial for Israel’s economy, for both companies’ employees and customers and for their shareholders.
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South Korean Satellite Operator KT SAT to Focus on Blockchain, Other New Tech Issues devoted to three major information and communications technology (ICT) fields, such as password security, blockchain, and maritime satellite communication platforms.
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ESA and RUAG Develop a Powerful, Compact Corkscrew Antenna for EO Missions Despite its compact size, this antenna provides sufficient bandwidth and power handling to fly aboard the MetOp Second Generation, Copernicus...
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Scalys' TrustBox Enables Military Grade Secure Com Solution developed the TrustBox because they see cyber security as a key emerging risk and believe that high-grade secure communication solutions are necessary
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November 22, 2018 HISPASAT Takes it to the Youths and Sponsors the VII Apollo Space Contest for School Children The contest is about space research and exploration, aiming to bridge the divide between science and humanities, promote communication between
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Avineon Acquires InfoGraphics to Enhance the Firm's GIS Solutions Portfolio The addition of the IGI team complements Avineon’s current professional services offering and is a highly positive step for Avineon’s customers...
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C-COM Receives U.S. Patent for their Phase Shifter Technology This is the first patent C-COM has been granted and comes as a result of the firm's ongoing research and development of a new...
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Kingdom of Morocco's MOHAMMED VI - B Satellite Lifted to Orbit via an Arianespace VEGA Launch Designated Flight VV13 in Arianespace’s launcher family numbering system, this was the 10th mission with an Earth Observation (EO)...
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Goonhilly Earth Station Joins 67 Member Consortium to Back SmartSat CRC The SmartSat CRC consortium aims to enhance connectivity, navigation and monitoring capability for the benefit of Australia, helping to maximize its ...
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The Launch of PLD Space's MUIRA-1 Rocket Later Next Year INTA and the aerospace company have reaffirmed their commitment to carry out the first space launch of MIURA 1, a suborbital rocket that will...
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November 21, 2018 Boeing and SparkCognition Launch a Company, SkyGrid, to Enable Urban Aerial Mobility and Safety Using blockchain technology, AI-enabled dynamic traffic routing, data analytics and cybersecurity features, SkyGrid's platform will go beyond
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November 20, 2018 Thuraya's First ... Satellite Smartphone for Commercial Distribution with New Features and Functions An industry first, the Thuraya X5-Touch runs on the Android Operating System and has a 5.2-inch full HD touchscreen. It targets users who...
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DARPA's AI Event Now Accepting Registration and Abstracts The AIC will highlight recent research results across the full breadth of DARPA’s investment in advancing the state of the art in AI...
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AtlanTecRF Names New Sales Representative for their Product Family The team at D&L Technical Sales will sell AtlanTecRF's complete range of RF Satellite Simulators and Satcom Test Equipment. The range includes...
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Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne Completes First Captive Carry Flight After flying for approximately 90 minutes, the "Cosmic Girl" Boeing 747 aircraft landed at the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville...
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An Innovative Concept Being Developed by The Aerospace Corporation and NASA to View Distant Planets The SGL would provide 100-billion optical magnification, allowing it to show details as small as 10 kilometers across – similar to being able to spot...
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China Sends Five to Orbit Aboard Long March 2D Launch Vehicle The launch occurred at 23:40 UTC Monday (19:40 ET; 07:40 local Tuesday) at theJiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert, sending the...
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Forrester Reports: C-Band Restructuring Caution Advised by U.S. Senators — Wyler and OneWeb — UK Gains Significant Satellite Deal The C-Band Alliance has already stated unequivocally that they will fund the costs of the reallocation and also move existing clients to other suitable...
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ArianeGroup to Cut 2,300 Jobs by 2022 Due to "Unprecedented Competition" soon to be replaced by the Ariane 6 which will be an estimated 40 percent cheaper to make, under pressure in particular from Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
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New Launch Date for the SpaceX Launch of the GPS III Satellite This date alteration is due to the need for launch range accommodations for a NASA re-supply mission to the International Space Station on December 4...
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November 19, 2018 Space Tango Reveals Plans for LEO Commercialization with Their ST-42 Autonomous Orbital Platform Launching in the mid 2020s, ST-42 aims to harness the unique environment of microgravity to produce high value products across...
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An Investment Boost for Australia's Space and AI Industries... The CSIRO investment will include the development of advanced imaging of Earth from satellites, in addition to cutting-edge data science to support the...
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SES Networks Endorses Intellian's Multi-Band Antennas ... Seamless Access to Any SES Satellite Constellation in Seconds These frequency-agile and orbit-agnostic capabilities, enabled by Intellian’s innovative antennas and the firm's new Intelligent Mediator Solution, ensure...
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RUAG and Elbit Systems' Joint Venture... Communication and System Competence Center of Excellence in Switzerland companies will establish this entity in Switzerland, under a joint team of professionals from both companies... The companies are ...
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New Components Added by Inmarsat to Fleet Secure Vessel operators will benefit from a powerful, multi-layered endpoint security solution, Fleet Secure Endpoint, which is based on industry leading...
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Northrop Grumman's Statement Following Successful Launch of Cargo Ship S.S. John Young to ISS The timing of this mission could not be more appropriate with the launch of the S.S. John Young just days before the upcoming ISS' 20th anniversary
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Thales Alenia Space's Statement...Cygnus Cargo is Delivering 3,350 kg of Cargo to the ISS This launch also confirms Thales Alenia Space’s ability to contribute to future space exploration missions and further expand the frontiers of knowledge.
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VT iDirect Joins SES and Fraunhofer FOKUS in the SATis5 Consortium for Sat5G Tech Development Together with the consortium members, VT iDirect’s solutions group, based in Killarney Ireland, will drive technology innovation aimed at opening...
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UPDATE: SpaceX Reports the Launch of the Spaceflight SSO-A Mission has been Delayed The reason given via an email from HawkEye 360 — one of the launch clients — is that additional pre-flight instructions need to be completed and...
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Northrop Grumman Statement: Cygnus™ Spacecraft 'Signed, Sealed and Delivered' ... 7,400 Pounds of Cargo to ISS
“With the 20th anniversary of the International Space Station tomorrow, we stand with NASA as a proud mission partner in support of the ISS as a ...
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China's BDS Constellation Now Completed with Launch of Two BeiDou Satellites The satellites entered MEO more than three hours later and will work with the 17 other BDS-3 satellites that are already on orbit. These also happen...
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NanoRacks' Historic Endeavor... One ISS Launch with Triple-Altitude Delivery for Customers
NanoRacks booked customers on three different altitudes on one commercial resupply launch.
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November 18, 2018 AST&Science Selects Midland, Texas, for the Firm's New Satellite Manufacturing Facility and HQ The space technology company’s new 85,000 sq. ft. facility is located within the Space Port Business Park located at the Midland International Air and ...
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GHGSat Selects Arianespace for Launch of GHGSat-C1 Montreal, Canada-based GHGSat is building the GHGSat-C1 spacecraft to measure greenhouse gases emissions from industrial facilities around the...
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KazSTSat and VESTA Due to Liftoff on Spaceflight’s SSO-A Smallsat Express Mission KazSTSat is a small Earth Observation (EO) satellite jointly developed by SSTL and JV Ghalam LLP, a joint venture between JSC "National...
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Zero G Kitchen Cooks Up a Partnership with NanoRacks The first appliance is an oven designed to freshly prepare small food items, such as rolls, cookies, patties, pockets and other basic foods for longer...
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UPDATE: SpaceX Successfully Launches Es'hail-2 Aboard a Falcon 9 Rocket with "Repurposed" First Stage Liftoff occurred at 3:46 p.m. EST, or 20:46 UTC, and the satellite was deployed to a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) about 32 minutes after liftoff...
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The Federal Communications Commission Delivers U.S. SATCOM Operation Approval to Kepler Communications Kepler was originally one of 11 companies to submit a request for access to the U.S. market in November of 2016 as part of the FCC’s processing round...
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New Series E Funding is Received by Rocket Lab The round also follows the opening of Rocket Lab’s new mass production facility for the Electron vehicle last month, as well as the announcement ...
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A Night Flight Sees Cygnus Soar ... Northrop Grumman's Spacecraft Successfully Sends Supplies to the ISS This recycled filament will then be fed into the printer to make new tools and parts on-demand in space.
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November 16, 2018 The Space Alliance Becomes a Stakeholder in NorthStar Earth and Space Through this investment, as part of an overall CAD$52 million first round of public and private financing, the Space Alliance is proving that it plays a...
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SES and Intelsat Are Arguing Their C-Band Case Before the FCC The FCC filing was followed up by the CBA’s Preston Padden (EVP at the Alliance) on November 13 at a Washington-DC meeting organised by the...
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PSSI Global Services to Receive Emmy for Technology and Engineering Role with NASCAR PSSI Global Services’ engineering team has made unprecedented strides in developing new techniques in video compression and modulation to...
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WORK Microwave and the Technical University of Munich Prove DVB-S2X Offers Higher Data Rates During the field test, TUM deployed WORK Microwave's AX-60 DVB-S2X and SK-IP DVB-S2 modems on the same satellite link and transponder to...
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KVH's Two Promotions Expanding COO's Responsibilities and an Executive VP of Mobile Connectivity will now spearhead corporate business development; oversee all operational and financial aspects of KVH’s mobile connectivity and inertial navigation...
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LeoSat Approved by the FCC for U.S.Market Access The FCC market access grant will allow LeoSat to address currently unmet demand for high-bandwidth, low-latency, high-security data transmissions...
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Finnish Meteorological Institute Takes a Leap to Provide Satellite Ground Station Services to ATLAS Space Operations this international collaboration aims to further enhance their knowledge of the Artic environment and improve weather forecast accuracy on a global scale
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Arabsat and Divona Ensure Broadband Connectivity as Sand Flies and Cars Spin at the Algeria Rally in the Sahara provide satellite connectivity in Algeria where broadband connectivity strengthens events such as these and also empowers the economic growth.
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Telespazio's Fucino Space Center Receives Full Tier 4 WTA Certification Full Certification under the WTA program is the result of a comprehensive data-collection and inspection process. A teleport operator completes a +170-item questionnaire and submits it to WTA. The Association analyzes...
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November 15, 2018 China to Launch First of a 320 Satellite Constellation By Year's End The first 60 satellites making up the first phase of deployment of the Hongyan constellation are expected to be in orbit and operational by around...
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Arabsat Collaborates with Forsway to Offer a New Broadband Package in Africa In the company's first collaboration for Africa, the partners have teamed up to create a managed resource to deliver highly affordable broadband based...
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Forrester Reports: ArianeGroup Reducing Full-Time Jobs + SpaceX Engine Test Success for Es'hail-2 Launch ArianeGroup, in a statement, said that the ending of development of its Ariane 6 ‘next generation’ rocket as well as the need to keep Europe’s...
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Momentus Space to Further Grow with Seed Funding Momentus will be providing in-space transportation services for satellites between various orbits out to deep space. The firm's mission is to provide...
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Mission Microwave's Major Program Wins of More than $2 Million Major customer expansions are based on the uptake of Mission’s Ka-band capability into newly certified terminals. Major program wins include both...
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Africa Goes Big and Permanent... Selecting Globecast and Spacecom's AMOS-7 for Satellite News Gathering The satellite's capabilities allow this broadcaster to uplink HD-on-the-move all within one beam that covers all of Southern Africa.
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DigitalGlobe's Open Data Response for the California Wildfires When crises like these occur, DigitalGlobe is committed to supporting the humanitarian community and fulfilling Maxar’s purpose of Building a Better Worl...
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Kymeta Engages in Partnership for African VSAT Services with Liquid Telecom This will provide high-speed bandwidth mobile internet access to private and public-sector organizations that would normally have difficulty ...
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Spacecom Serves All of Botswana Taking Satellite Services to Botswana Telecommunications providing BTC with highest efficiency satellite capacity alongside migrating the existing network towards next generation VSAT technology.
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Early Bird Pricing for the SmallSat Symposium Available Now... Less than three minutes is required for interested parties to register to attend this outstanding event that will be in session during February of 2019...
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Forrester Reports: Russia's FSB Could Kibosh OneWeb's Launch Plans — Arabsat + RigNet Tackle Cybersecurity — Avanti Communication's Boardroom Dynamics Russian news site Kommersant reports that Russia’s space agency Roscosmos is likely to lose their existing $1 billion launch contract, which...
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Delay .... But Wait There's More ... Delay of Cygnus Launch to International Space Station Loaded with 7,500 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware, this is the tenth commercial resupply mission for Northrop Grumman.
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November 14, 2018 Tyvak's Cicero Smallsat Reaches LEO via Rocket Lab's Electron Launch Vehicle Based on Tyvak's Endeavor platform, CICERO has been further developed to increase its responsiveness and autonomous operations in a timely...
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Another Star at Firefly's Advisory Board ... She was Secretary of the Air Force Indeed, this woman comes with teams of experience in major fields, including having been Secretary of the Air Force from 2013-2017.
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RBC Signals to Integrate Kubos Mission Control Software RBC Signals in recent months has rapidly expanded its network, which now encompasses over 60 antennas in over 40 locations. The firm’s...
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RigNet's Enhanced Cyber Services for Energy Now Includes a Darktrace Platform but by detecting and combating cyber-threats in real-time, attacks can be stopped before they do damage.
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Now Available from NSR: M2M and IoT via Satellite, 9th Edition, Report... In addition, the much sought-after small satellite segment is now forecasted across major applications and in all regions, drawing from NSR’s vast library...
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PLD Space Microlaunchers Renamed to MUIRA MIURA reflects the company’s philosophy: strength, courage and energy through passion and hard work. The numerical nomenclature, 1 and 5, is based on...
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ISRO's GSAT-29 Satellite Launches in 16 Minutes From a GSLV-MkIII-D2 Rocket The satellite was injected into orbit 16 minutes after lift off. The GSAT 29 is suited with Ka- and Ku-band high throughput transponders to provide...
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Inmarsat Expands VAR Relationships with Addition of Honeywell Aerospace for GX Aviation browse the internet, stream videos, check social media and more with onboard connectivity like the mobile broadband services on the ground.
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Gilat’s Dual-Band Aero Terminal Passes Environmental Tests and Receives DO-160 Certification is the only open architecture terminal that immediately switches during flight between Ka- and Ku-bands according to capacity coverage and availability.
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Es'hailSat-2 Preps for SpaceX Launch Later today Es’hail-2 is undergoing final preparation at the SpaceX launch facility for launch on board a Falcon 9 rocket. Lift-off is planned with a launch window...
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November 13, 2018 A New Name and a New Adventure — Advantech Wireless Now Doing Business as SpaceBridge™ The firm's new journey has now begun for "All Things Connected" — SpaceBridge enters the global SATCOM marketplace with their new name...
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Forsway and We are Philippines Inc. Deliver Satellite Broadband Services to Philippine WiFi Government Project Forsway and WIT PhilSat are furnishing the government-sponsored project with rapid deployment of cost-efficient satellite broadband services and...
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Intelsat to Provide Vodacom Mozambique with 3G Services Under a multi-year agreement with Vodacom International, Intelsat has upgraded a network operated by Vodacom Mozambique using the Intelsat...
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Harmonic is in Play with SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation SJC has also deployed an integrated playout solution from Harmonic to simplify the delivery of HD channels. Harmonic's solutions rely on software-based...
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"Usefulness and Benefits of Satellites" is the Theme for the Research Category in HISPASAT's Apollo Space Contest HISPASAT will sponsor the award in the research category, which this year is dedicated to the topic “Usefulness and Benefits of Satellites.” The works ...
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NASA Group Recognition Award to the Ball Aerospace Team — They Saved Kepler After Kepler completed its primary mission, the second of four reaction wheels on Kepler ceased to work properly, preventing Kepler from...
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Golden Software Enhances Surfer Surface Mapping Offering Surfer is a robust 3D data visualization and mapping software that enables users to model their data sets, apply an array of advanced analytics tools...
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Nielsen Confirms Eutelsat's Leading SatBroadcasting™ Position in Several African Nations According to study findings, the need for HD is rising in Sub-Saharan Africa, with a growing demand for HD content specifically in payTV. This is coupled...
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Advanced TV Reports: Is the "Mega-Constellation" Bubble About to Burst? However, there are plans afoot for thousands of new satellites to be launched over the next five years. Even though these lower orbiting...
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Virtual Surveyor Receives Major Upgrade Virtual Surveyor has become popular among surveyors because the product bridges the gap between UAV photogrammetric processing...
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November 12, 2018 Turn On and Tune In to NASA TV for Cygnus Launch to International Space Station Loaded with 7,500 pounds of research, crew supplies and hardware, this tenth commercial resupply mission for Northrop Grumman
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A New Vertical Services Division is Launched by Satellite Operator Spacecom Spacecom’s new division adds value to customers by enabling them to reach a broader range of new business opportunities as they add...
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Arabsat's Got Africa Covered by Satellite and in Business Realm and Will Be at AfricaCom Arabsat will present the company's recent achievements, as the company's satellites now cover the entire African continent to provide TV...
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Euroconsult Reports on their Analysis for the Builds and Launch Market for Satellites During the Next Decade The 3,300 satellites over 50 kg. to be launched over 2018-2027 should represent a market of $284 billion for the space industry in terms of building...
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Newtec's Dialog® in Africa to Power NIGCOMSAT's Ka-Band Broadband
key advantage is they can install a variety of modems and select the best one depending on the application being addressed — and all via a single platform
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Fleet Space Technologies' First Smallsats Successfully Launched by Rocket Lab The launch of the two smallsats at Launch Complex-1 on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula represent a huge step forward for Fleet Space Technologies’ ...
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C-COM Presents Their New Motorized Man Pack at AfricaCom The system now features motorized two-axis Elevation/Azimuth and can be easily configured to provide quick access to satellite communications for...
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Speedcast Expands Schlumberger's Equipment and Global Services The newest improvements include equipment and network upgrades leveraging the latest in modem and terminal technologies in countries such...
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Hughes is Expanding Satellite Broadband in Africa The industry-leading Hughes JUPITER System is a high performance and efficiency satellite broadband platform designed to support a wide range of ...
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Control of the Metop-C Satellite Handed Over to EUMETSAT... Three Metop Constellation Flight Operations Initiated Studies show that this impact has socio-economic benefits of 5 billion euros per year to Europe, and this will certainly increase with a third satellite.
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Two New Kymeta Items... Kymeta and Global Partners Attend AfricaCom and Talia Partners with Kymeta Seven of Kymeta’s global partners will have a presence at the show. Several of these partners will host stands and live demonstrations for the...
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November 11, 2018 Orbit Logic's STK Scheduler Software and CPAW Delivered to General Dynamics Mission Systems for Landsat 8 and 9 schedule for satellite communications between the Landsat satellites, U.S. and international ground stations and TDRSS satellite communication nodes.
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Geeks Without Frontiers' CEO David Hartshorn Named To FCC Working Group The GEEKS goal is to positively impact the lives of a billion people over the next 10 years through the innovative use of technology, connectivity and...
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Forrester Reports: Avanti Struggles + Spacecom's Financial Award + Telstar 19 Vantage Filling Up... This past week has seen its share price fall from 3.9 pence/share to a miserable 3p as shareholder confidence evaporated. One month ago, the...
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Berg Insight Examines Smart Metering in Europe with New Report Until 2023, the installed base is forecast to increase by 80 percent to reach 273.7 million units. Growth will be driven by nationwide rollouts of smart...
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International Payload Invitations from ISRO for Venus Mission India will send 12 scientific payloads aboard the satellite for the Venus mission, including a thermal camera, mass spectrometer and cloud...
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Icom Passes Iridium Communications' Muster as a VAM... Will Develop a Truly Global PTT Handheld Radio Based in Japan, Icom is a world-class manufacturer of two-way handheld radios and will harness their extensive expertise in the making of their first...
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November 9, 2018 Thales Alenia Space's First All-Electric Propulsion Module for Eutelsat’s KONNECT Satellite The first all-electric propulsion module designed and built in the UK by Thales Alenia Space to serve Eutelsat’s KONNECT satellite
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November 8, 2018 All in the Family ... xG Technology and SpacePath Co-Exhibit at AfricaCom with their Comms Product Families xG® Technology, Inc. ("xG") (Nasdaq: XGTI, XGTIW) has announced that their IMT Vislink business is co-exhibiting with SpacePath at AfricaCom...
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Meyerson Leaves Blue Origin In September of 2017, Meyerson was replaced as the President of the firm by Bob Smith and was transitioned into the VP role. The company employs...
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Marlink’s Enhanced Remote Management is Result of Proximity IoT Integrated with PTC’s ThingWorx® enable businesses to securely connect assets and create innovative applications and services, supporting digital transformation across industries.
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The Big Chill ... ORBCOMM Launches Next-Generation Refrigerated Container Monitoring Solution connects directly to the reefer to enable real-time alerts and two-way control, to quickly react and remotely adjust temperature and humidity levels to ...
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Potential Launch Locations Named as 18 Teams Pre-Qualify for DARPA's Launch Challenge and Millions of Dollars in Prizes Teams successfully completing the first launch will receive a $2 million prize, prizes for successful second launch $10, $9 and $8 million for ...
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Debuting from SatixFy are New ASICs for ESA Technology Having two new chips and EVBs ready in two years is a world class achievement. For the first time in the satellite industry, SatixFy can offer ...
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Two ESA Academy Training Events Now Accepting Applications ESA’s Education Office has recently launched the call for applications for two ESA Academy training sessions...
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Spaceflight to Launch this Month 12 Smallsats via ISRO's PSLV Rocket Australian business will create a constellation of nanosatellites to help connect many of the 75 billion sensors expected to dot the world over ...
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Forrester Reports: The FCC is About to Rule on "Mega-Constellations" The FCC will vote on November 15th on applications from a number of would-be operators, and some which are seeking expansion approvals...
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November 7, 2018 Kymeta Successfully Takes Hybrid Data Backhaul on Cellular and Satellite Networks to the Border agents didn’t have to tell the system to switch, it just happened. The users just needed to connect to the Wi-Fi in their vehicles, and the system did the rest ...
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NanoAvionics' M6P Smallsat Bus to be Supplied to the Norwegian University of Science and Technology The M6P’s unique competitive advantages will deliver high performance, the pointing accuracy and multi-year service life required of NTNU’s
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The ESA Space Exploration Masters Competition Names ODYSSEUS Space as Winner Initiated by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Space Exploration Masters competition targets participants from all around the world. A total of...
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Kyrgyzstan's Young Women Crowdfunding Country's First Satellite Launch Kyrgyzstan is not an easy place to be female; Reuters' description last year, “a nation rife with domestic violence, child marriage and bride kidnappings.
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UPDATE: Launch Scrubbed... Northrop Grumman's Pegasus XL Rocket and NASA's ICON Satellite the dynamic zone high in Earth’s atmosphere where terrestrial weather from below meets space weather above.
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Mini Crypto from Viasat to Provide Embedded Security for the U.S. Air Force In today’s battlespace environment, technological breakthroughs have enabled smaller sensors and smaller platforms of every kind, but until now...
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Third Milestone Completed by Kratos' Deployment Study for U.S.A.F. Satellite Enterprise Ground Services ground system capabilities take months or even years to deploy and test, however, Kratos team's demonstration took less than ten minutes
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Portugal and China to Build Smallsat Research Facilities and Launch Site in the Azores The launch site will be made ready for the country's work on building smallsats on the mainland — Portugal has already come to an agreement...
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CETel to Deliver Connectivity to Africa via O3b MEO Constellation The long-term contract supports a leading African-wide operating communications and technology solutions provider to further expand their ...
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Leonardo and Thales Alenia Space's Instruments, GOME-2 and IASI-3, and a Statement Regarding Metop-C in 2,200 kilometer-wide swaths collecting 30 views of the Earth and measures the infrared radiation spectrum emitted by the Earth twice a day.
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It's a First RUAG Space Delivers MetOp Second Generation Structure for ESA’s Future Weather Satellites The payload is so large that it is split across two series of satellites (called satellite A and satellite B) with three satellites in each series ...
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November 6, 2018 Optical Surfaces to Mirror SSTL's EO Telescopes Missions Based in Guildford, UK, Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) manufacture and operate small to medium sized satellites, covering a range...
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Gilat Signed On by SKY Perfect JSAT for Mobility and Fixed Broadband Services in Japan Incorporating multiple applications over a single network, the project is based on Gilat’s SkyEdge II-c, which provides a single platform for a variety ...
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Mine Development in the Democratic Republic of Congo Upscaled with SES Networks This opens an array of opportunities to all the stakeholders involved in the project, including boosting economic development of the area.
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Dynetics to Develop Smallsats for the U.S. Army Valued at $8.3 Million Through the Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I), Domain 1 task order, the Gunsmoke-L contract is for two years, plus one...
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U.S. Coast Guard Airborne Communications to Receive Hughes Network Systems SATCOM Systems Integration The broad operational regions require proven Beyond-Line-of-Sight system integration expertise to coordinate hardware functions on the C-27J aircraft
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An All-Planes ESA Antenna Enters the Market from GetSAT Expanding GetSAT's SATCOM solutions for on-the-move L-band applications, Ultra Blade combines unbeatable size, weight and power...
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NSA Awards Harris Multi-Channel Radio Type-1 Certification The Harris AN/PRC-163 combines communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to address the users’ ...
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Success as Russia's Soyuz Launches the Third EUMETSAT MetOp-C Improving Weather Forecasts ... Statements Included ASCAT will scan two 500 kilometre wide corridors and can, therefore, provide almost global coverage within 24 hours.
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November 5, 2018 Excitement in Ethopia for Launch of Country's First Satellite from China in 2019 the design, development and manufacturing of the satellite, done in collaboration with the Chinese, cost $8 million.
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Airbus Selects RUAG Space for Developing Rooms by the Moon, or the Lunar Orbital Platform-Gateway Placed farther from Earth than the current International Space Station – near the moon but not in a low lunar orbit – the gateway will offer
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Now Live for Global Flight Tracking is GlobalBeacon from Aireon and FlightAware GlobalBeacon is a first of its kind, turnkey solution that surpasses GADSS standards and recommended practices for flight tracking. By combining...
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Türksat Launches Ultra HD 8K Test Channel During the process, Istanbul scenic locations were captured with Ultra HD 8K, allowing for realistic HD images to be obtained. In a time when...
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Russia Launches Glonass-M Satellite This is the fourth launch of a Soyuz-2 carrier rocket from Plesetsk Cosmodrome in 2018. Flight tests of the Soyuz-2 space launch complex...
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Hughes India to Enable Retail Automation for India's Leading Oil Companies ensure high-speed connectivity and uptime with 24/7 support and monitoring, helping relieve the oil majors from network management while giving them
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Forrester Reports: SpaceX Falcon Could Rise Again In January of 2019, Plus, Arqiva Drops Playout Business Unconfirmed reports now state that the rocket’s next flight, and its first commercial effort, will happen around mid-January when it is expected to...
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Whether the Weather Improves is the Question for the Upcoming Soyuz Metop-C Launch such as temperature and humidity, wind speed and direction over oceans, ozone and other atmospheric gases – marking major advances in
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New Indoor/Outdoor Optical Transmission Solution Debuts from RF-Design The QLink system is a combination of an IP64 rated weatherproof outdoor enclosure and a 1RU/19-inch rack-mount indoor chassis allowing...
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Roadpost USA Acquires Satellite Phones Direct Under the terms of the deal that has now closed, Roadpost USA has acquired substantially all the assets of Satellite Phones Direct, including the...
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'Be Prepared' Isn't Just for Boy Scouts as VT iDirect and Kymeta Reveal Technology for First Responders provide a lifeline during emergency response operations, helping restore communities and allowing residents to connect with loved ones.
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DISA Invited the Industry to Collaborate for the Defense of the Nation The event provided industry representatives with in-depth information about the agency’s upcoming acquisition and procurement plans, and also offered...
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Rohde & Schwarz Portfolio of Comms and Intelligence Systems on Display at INDO DEFENCE In Jakarta, Rohde & Schwarz will present itself as a single-source supplier of integrated solutions for secure communications and radio intelligence...
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November 4, 2018 E.ON Energy, Satellite Specialists and ESA Seek Homes That Leak "This government-backed technology could boldly go where no technician in a van has gone before with the potential to pinpoint households in fuel poverty.."
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Harris Provides Lockheed Martin with the Sixth GPS III Advanced Navigation Payload 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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Gilat Is Grounded ... to Provide the Ground Network for China Satcom’s ChinaSat-18 thus completing the company’s Ka- HTS coverage over all of China, which is critical for broadband applications requiring continuous service.
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Rede Amazônica Expands HDTV Distribution to the Amazon via Intelsat-14 As part of the new, multi-year agreement, Rede Amazônica will leverage C-band satellite services via Intelsat 14, Intelsat’s newest video...
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Dawn Fades Into History The spacecraft, which has been in flight for more than 11 years, has ceased operations after depleting its attitude-control fuel. The spacecraft was the...
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The Two Passengers for Arianespace Flight VA246 Safely Ensconced in French Guiana for Launch The latest-delivered spacecraft, GSAT-11, was flown to South America on October 26, while the first of the two satellites, GEO-KOMPSAT-2A, arrived...
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November 2, 2018 Maxar's Space Systems Loral Subsidiary Up for Acquisition During an earnings call, Howard Lance, Maxar’s CEO, stated that the primary path in regard to SSL is to sell that business or, at a minimum, to...
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Airbus Set to Deliver the ESM for NASA's Orion Spacecraft An Antonov cargo aircraft will fly the ESM to NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA. This is the result of four years of development and...
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China Launches 41st Beidou Navigation Satellite Launched via a Long March-3B carrier rocket, this is the 41st of the BeiDou navigation system and will work with 16 other Beidou-3 satellites that are...
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SIA Salutes Doreen Bogdan-Martin ...The First Woman Elected to Leadership Position in the ITU’s 153-Year History That's some glass ceiling, after 153 years, that Doreen Bogdan-Martin has broken through
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Es'hailSat Offers Company Insights at the Broadcast Eurasia and 4th Global Satellite Show in Istanbul This event is dedicated to the entire value chain in the satellite industry, as well as space technology, broadcast, ICT and telecommunications sectors...
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November 1, 2018 Reporting for Duty ... Telesat’s Telstar 18 VANTAGE Satellite Now Operational Over Asia Pacific HTS spot beams and focused regional beams provide customers in Southeast Asia, Mongolia, Australia and New Zealand, and the North Pacific
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Kymeta's CEO Steps Down ... Dr. Nathan Kundtz Leaves Current Role Marc Stolzman, Kymeta’s President and CFO will guide the company’s daily operations while the Kymeta Board of Directors conducts a global search...
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Big Opportunities at NASA's Small Business Program with a.i. solutions and Red Canyon Mentor-Protégé Agreement By acting as a formal mentor for Red Canyon, a.i. solutions will assist them with achieving their business goals, such as obtaining critical certifications,
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Hughes Goes High in Peru with HughesNet High-Speed Satellite Internet Service Supervisory Agency for Private Investment in Telecommunications in Peru, internet penetration in rural areas of Peru currently hovers around 10%
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Space Will Be Tokenized... SpaceFund's First Space Security Token Opens the High Frontier “This is a match made to open the heavens,”
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Hughes Network Systems Launches HughesNet® in Peru Operating over the Hughes 63 West High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) payload, HughesNet coverage reaches 97 percent of Peru’s population...
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Maritime UAS Patrol Services to be Provided by Elbit Systems to the European Maritime Safety Agency The contract that will be executed in cooperation with CEiiA is for a two-year base period and two single year option periods. If fully ordered, the total ...
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SpaceX Starlink Constellation "Pretty Much on Target" Starlink already has a pair of satellites placed into orbit in February of this year, the cheekily named Tintin 1 and Tintin 2. There are some 300 staff...
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Tyvak's PropCube Smallsats Celebrate Three Years of Operations in LEO Flora and Merryweather have been transmitting critical calibration beacons to improve communications systems. These signals were sent to Earth-based...
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