October 2017 Satellite NewsVisit www.satnews.com for today's news
October 30, 2017 ViaLite RF over Fiber is a Slamdunk for Fans of the Grizzlies with Wireless Coverage in Memphis Arena enabled the company to custom build a mobile platform that enabled wireless broadcast transmission to be transported over fiber from any location in the arena.
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Advantech Wireless to Parade Their Military-Grade Satellite Modem @ Global MilSatCom The AMT-83L advanced military-grade satellite modem adds a number of advanced features to the AMT-73L modem series, the first worldwide...
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Contract Signed Between Inmarsat and Arianespace to Launch GX-5 Satellite The GX-5 satellite will offer services covering the Middle East, Europe and the Indian sub-continent. The payload will be fully integrated into Inmarsat’s...
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November 10 Will be a Big Day for Northrop Grumman's CERES FM6 Instrument Launch with JPSS-1 Aboard a ULA Delta I Global CERES data allow scientists to validate models that calculate the effect of clouds on planetary heating or cooling. Those data also help
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Japan Planning Launch of Shikisai and Tsubame in December The launch, planned for December 23, is intended to improve the accuracy of global warming forecasting and to help tackle associated problems...
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The Race for Space Heats Up as Four Countries Compete Against China “It's the Japanese who have been embarrassed by Chinese progress,”
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Gaining FCC Authorization for Telecom Services in U.S. is Globalsat Group When Hurricane Maria hit the Caribbean in 2017, the company was able to work with their local partner in Puerto Rico and contract private charter ...
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Active Removal of Space Debris Focus of Secure World Foundation Luncheon Event in DC This luncheon panel discussion will examine the technical, legal, and policy prospects for active debris removal (ADR) and the steps Congress can take...
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U.S. Government Accountability Office Examines NASA's Human Space Exploration Program The GAO found challenges in NASA's approach to integrating these programs. For example, the technical authorities for engineering and safety...
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Airbus DS Communications Provide Critical Info for 9-1-1 Calls to Collier County this company is offering new capabilities for those on the receiving end of the calls that can mean a matter of life and death. Full Story
Airbus DS Communications Signs Services Agreement with NY City DoITT Airbus DS Communications developed the VESTA® emergency call handling solution currently in use in New York City (NYC). Its dedicated...
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Hurricanes and the Role of Satellites Highlighted in New SIA Report The release summarizes the vast spectrum of vital and lifesaving satellite weather, imaging, and communications services available for hurricane
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The Embratel Star One D2 Satellite to be Cast into Orbit via Arianespace Arianespace announced the signature of a launch contract for the Embratel Star One D2 satellite for Brazilian operator Embratel Star One, a subsidiary...
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Phasor Gathers $16 Million in B-Round Investments This B-Round funding, which closed this summer, allows Phasor to advance commercialization of their first electronically steered antenna products and...
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Thales Alenia Space's KOREASAT-5A Successfully Launched by SpaceX's Falcon 9 it will provide Internet access, multimedia, broadcasting and fixed communications services for Indonesia, Japan, Korea, the Philippines and the Middle East.
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A 30 Satellite Launch Scheduled for December by the ISRO The mission, whose main payload will be Cartosat-2 series Earth Observation satellite, will be the first PSLV mission after the unsuccessful...
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October 28, 2017 CFOSAT Unveiled by France and China The satellite, named CFOSAT (China-France Oceanography Satellite), is due to be launched next year by China and will primarily be used to study...
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Virginia Space's Newest Customer is a NanoSat Company, Vector Space Systems Vector Space Systems, a nano satellite company, will make three commercial missions to low-Earth orbit from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport
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Greg Wyler Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee Touting OneWeb's Plans Wyler discussed OneWeb's approach to providing broadband internet through the firm's global satellite constellation, which will service Alaska...
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The Year 2021 is a Big One for Telesat LEO Telesat’s LEO constellation will enable and accelerate this transformation by providing high performing, cost effective, fiber-like connectivity anywhere...
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AtlanTecRF Provides Choices with Different Transfer Characteristics in Ka-band Dual Channel Loop Test Translator featuring dual channel operation with the ability to introduce different transfer characteristics in each channel.
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Vislink Makes a Nice $400,000 Picture with Contract for 4K UHD HCAM Wireless Camera Systems The order brings BRF's total investment in Vislink HEVC wireless camera technology to over $1,000,0000 in the last six months.
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SES President and CEO Comments on SES Nine and Three Months Financials Results "We have achieved a series of strategic wins towards the end of Q3 2017, demonstrating the impact of our strategy, and our goal is to continue to..."Full Story
NASA-NOAA's Satellites Reveal Wind Shear Still Affecting Tropical Storm Saola The image showed the bulk of clouds were on the southern and western sides of the storm indicating the storm was still being affected by vertical wind shear.
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Tom Choi Leaving ABS "I announce that the time of my servitude as CEO of ABS has come to an end. It was an incredible experience and a wonderful time. I believe after ..."Full Story
October 26, 2017 SPACEBEL Attains Majority Shareholder Status of N7 Space Already well represented in Belgium with its headquarters in Liège and a subsidiary in Flanders, SPACEBEL has, since 1996, been an entity in...
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Army's PM DCATS' Request for Information for Operational Enhancements of Wideband Remote Monitoring Sensor These interferences can typically be contributed to environmental disruptions (sun/rain), unauthorized access, jamming, and operator error.
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RUAG Space USA's New General Manager Joins at a Critical Time as Things Heat Up New locations, a new general manager and new technology, and milestones that they have met makes RUAG Space U.S. a tour de force.
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Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom Take it to the Skies with European Aviation Network Satellite Tests European airspace is one of the busiest in the world and passenger volumes are expected to double in the next 15 years, with people wanting to stream ...
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The Defenders Critical Satellite Communications — U.S.A.F.'s 16th SPCS The 16th Space Control Squadron, located on Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is monitoring the situation. The squadron is at the forefront of the ...
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Q1 Earnings Reported by Eutelsat Communications "First Quarter revenues were in line with our expectations. Our key operational metrics were well oriented with a further rise in HD penetration...
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NASA's Dawn of a New Possibility with Crusty Ceres, Possibly an Ocean? "More and more, we are learning that Ceres is a complex, dynamic world that may have hosted a lot of liquid water in the past, and may still have ...
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October 25, 2017 Cobham Wireless and AT&T's Cool School Coverage at Largest U.S. High School This is probably the first time that a community has banded together in this way, and the project has helped forge ...
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Globalstar IoT Assists with SaveMyReindeer Project ... Tracks and Prevents Train Collisions in Norway Solution alerting owners and train drivers to danger preventing trains colliding with herds of free-roaming reindeer in Norway, Sweden and Finland
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UP Aerospace Inc. and Cesaroni Aerospace Set Up Rocket Motor Facility in Less than Year, Celebrate with Rocket Tests The three motors were test fired within three weeks using the facilities new 30,000 pound test stand.
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The 2018 Alan Shepard Technology Award Applications Requested by Space Foundation given annually by the Astronauts Memorial Foundation (AMF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the Space Foundation, the...
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GVF-EMP AeroConnect 2017 Event Set for London Comprising four interactive panel discussions — dedicated to analyzing “The Drive towards Fast Reliable IFEC at 35,000 feet”, and sponsored by...
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The ESA and Radiant.Earth Join Forces to Support UN's SDGs The ESA and Radiant.Earth cooperation focuses on merging the rapid innovation in machine learning and cloud computing with traditional remote...
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$7 Million in Series A Equity Financing Acquired by Ursa Space Systems The financing was led by Paladin Capital Group and included participation from New Enterprise Associates (NEA), RRE Ventures, S&P Global, and...
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Hiltron's Super-HMAM Takes the Punishment and Excels in First Factory Acceptance Tests Super-HMAM is a newly developed support structure which can survive storm conditions where wind speeds can exceed 200 kilometers per hour.
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NASA-ISRO Relationship Strengthened with NISAR Satellite and Space Partnership What makes the NISAR project more gargantuan in scale and scope and breathtaking in vision and ambition is the amount of money that both space ...
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October 24, 2017 Optical Surfaces' Mirror is a Good Reflection of the Team's Expertise for SIMERA Technology This certainly isn't your typical bathroom mirror that you see yourself in as you brush your teeth. This specially made mirror will have a job to do ...
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Teledata's Mobile Backhaul and Banking Sites in Mozambique Get Newtec Dialog® Platform and Product Support The Newtec Dialog platform, with a HUB 4IF Hub Module at its core, will power Teledata’s cellular backhaul network using Newtec Dialog modems...
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South Australia Seeking Accelerators and Incubators to Support Space Industry Startups According to the submission guidelines, organizations have until 1November 10, 2017, to bid on running the programs — a short list of...
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Gogo to Bring Their In-Flight Tech to LATAM Airlines Brazil Gogo's inflight connectivity service will start in the first half of 2018 and the roll-out of the technology is expected to be completed in the first half of....
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Huntsville, Alabama, to be the New Home for Aerojet Rocketdyne's Advanced Manufacturing Facility Aerojet Rocketdyne earlier announced that it was headquartering its Defense business unit in Huntsville, along with its defense advanced...
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SKY Perfect JSAT to Provide Services to Spire Global One of SJC’s LEO satellite businesses is ground station service and SJC’s ground station services for LEO satellites will start with two approaches...
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Processing Underway by Arianespace for Flight VA240 for Four Galileo Satellites As the latest mission carrying Galileo satellites, Flight VA240 is to be conducted on behalf of the European Commission under a contract with the...
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Learn From World-Changing Thinkers and Innovators in the Satellite Communications VSAT Industry How those strategies will address major challenges — from value-chain disruption to new technologies and competition — will be the focus for...
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QVC Becomes Seventh UHD Channel in Germany With An SES Video Agreement Under the ten year agreement announced by SES, QVC will use additional capacity for its upgrade to Ultra HD and rely on SES’s wholly-owned...
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Optical Comms System for Japan's ETS-IX Satellite to be Handled by BridgeSat and AstroTerrace As part of this collaboration, AstroTerrace and BridgeSat will work together to deliver the optical front end for HICALI on the ETS-IX satellite. When...
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October 23, 2017 France and China Create Satellite to Better Forecast Ocean Storms and Cyclones due to be launched next year by China and will primarily be used to study wind and ocean wave patterns.
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PSSI Global Services' Lamb Wins Influential Leader Award Under Lamb’s leadership, PSSI Global Services has grown from a small satellite transmission services company with a single uplink truck into an...
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U.S. Department of Navy 'Re-Ups' with Harris' Radios for Five Year $765 Million This new five-year, $765 million ceiling, single-award IDIQ contract replaces a $300 million IDIQ contract that expired in August ...
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U.S. Air Force Space Command Wargames Conclude at Schriever AFB in Colorado The SW17 scenario depicted a notional peer space and cyberspace competitor seeking to achieve strategic goals by exploiting those domains...
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RadFxSat, AKA Fox-1B, Expected to Launch on November 10 adFxSat (Fox-1B), which will carry a 435/145 MHz FM transponder, is one of four cubesats making up the NASA ELaNa XIV mission, riding as...
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Lack of Funding Warning for SBIRS from U.S. House Armed Services Committee Thornberry The problem is the Space-Based Infrared Warning System (SBIRS), a constellation of satellites run by the U.S. Air Force, is a pillar of the Nation’s...
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ST Electronics Brings Saab Digital Air Traffic Solutions AB to Singapore Using Remote Control Instead of a Tower provides a smarter approach to air traffic control, with operations to be remotely controlled from an operations center, instead of a physical tower.
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C-COM's Flyaway and Driveaway iNetVu to be Featured at OilComm 2017 These auto-deploy antennas allow the user to transmit and receive broadband internet via satellite with just the press of a button. The iNetVu® ...
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London is the Location for This Year's SMi Global MilSatCom Event The main conference will see developments and updates to MILSATCOM programs from around the world discussed with presentations from leading...
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New Calibration Units are Ideal for Satellite Component Testing Debut from Rohde & Schwarz The new inline calibration units are the only solution available for testing in TVAC chambers where it is not possible to access the test set under...
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SCTE-104/35 Application Inconsistencies by Broadcasters Solved by Crystal The company revealed how SCTE-35 can be accurately reapplied to any stream and generate multiple metadata profiles to match multiple...
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Silent Falcon's New Chief Operating Officer Comes with a Plethora of Military and Executive Experience credentials from Harvard and Yale and military experience in three branches below water as a Navy diver and in the sky as an Army parachutist as well as ...
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Euroconsult Publishes Their Expert Analysis of L-Band, IoT and M2M Markets The global IoT market, including terrestrial IoT, should experience exponential growth in the coming years; MSS operators are reinforcing their...
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SpaceX Awarded > $40 Million Contract Mod for Their Raptor Propulsion System by the U.S.A.F. Work will be performed at NASA Stennis Space Center, Mississippi; Hawthorne, California; McGregor, Texas; and Los Angeles Air Force Base, California. The work is...
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ISRO Targeting December for the Launch of a Cartosat-2 Series Satellite and Lots of Nanos "We are targeting to launch Cartosat along with 30 nano satellites of foreign countries in the second half of December."
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The Advice to Nigeria Is... Sell Off Nigcomsat-1R According to Banjo, those managing the satellite have not marketed its services well, hence, the poor patronage. The former president of the...
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A 50K Euros Win by Orbital Witness from Airbus Orbital Witness receives a voucher worth 50,000 euros for the acquisition of satellite data and will benefit from both technical and business coaching...
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VIVACOM Teleport Passes Muster to Achieve Full Certification from WTA ... One of 20 Worldwide
The process of obtaining the certificate requires the teleport operator to meet over 170 requirements that are analyzed through an on-site audit.
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Orbit Communications Systems Provides Foundation for EnduroSat's Satellite Tracking Ground Stations EnduroSat's intriguing business turns satellites into consumer products, with promises of configuration in a matter of minutes and delivery in a matter of days.
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Jordan's First Satellite — JY1-SAT — Completes Build The satellite carries the name JY1-SAT to commemorate His Majesty the Late King Hussein, for his radio call was JY1...
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SES Networks Brings in the Balloons as X's Project Loon Restores Cell Connectivity in Puerto Rico providing reliable high-performance connectivity to Puerto Ricans whose lives have been devastated by the hurricane Maria and who have ...
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xG Technology's New Mobile Transmission System Offers Multi-Mode Capabilities NewStream combines satellite, microwave and cellular newsgathering technologies into a single, 2-rack unit chassis, with an easy-to-use front...
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October 20, 2017 Orbital ATK Announces Launch Date for Planet's SkySat and Dove Spacecraft A record-breaking 271 Dove satellites have been successfully deployed and operated in space and today collect
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October 19, 2017 Spacecom Re-Signs with SpaceX for Launch Services Spacecom has told the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange the company expects to use SpaceX for a launch in 2019 and, possibly, a further launch in 2020...
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Global MilSatCom Hosts HPA as They Collaborate on Hosted Payload Workshop a broad range of officials continue to see the urgency in addressing the many evolving issues regarding hosted payloads.
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SSPI's Future Leaders Dinner and Mentor of the Year Awards Announced This inspiring and entertaining event, held on the night before the 2017 NAB New York Show, celebrated three outstanding young satellite professionals...
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Fourth Iridium NEXT Launch Scheduled This launch signifies the mid-way point of the Iridium NEXT launch program and will deliver another 10 satellites to orbit, bringing the total number...
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Fastest Electric Satellite Orbit Raising Ever Accomplished by the Airbus-Built EUTELSAT-172B EUTELSAT 172B was launched by Ariane 5 from Kourou, in French Guiana, on June 1. The Airbus spacecraft control center in Toulouse took...
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When Natural Disasters Strike, OuterLink Brings IRIS to the Rescue The IRIS PTT coverage has been actively available to civilian and first responders in Puerto Rico and the entire Florida and Caribbean region...
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Airbus Foundation's Collaboration ... From Satellite to Supplies Supporting Mexico's Earthquake Victims
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Satellite System Integration Key Focus of Committee on Earth Observation Satellites Plenary Assembly CEOS brings space and other related agencies from across the world together to integrate their satellite systems. Their goal is to get the most...
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United Launch Alliance Selected by NASA to Push Landsat 9 to Orbit The Landsat 9 mission is scheduled with a contract launch date of June 2021 while protecting for the ability to launch as early as December 2020...
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Hot Fire Test of RS-25 Engine for NASA's EM-2 Mission is Successful The RS-25 engines fire nonstop for 8.5 minutes and provide more than two million pounds of thrust. Aerojet Rocketdyne assembled engine E2063 in...
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WTA Asks an Expert, Denis Onuoha, About Cyber Security ... He has the overall responsibility for Security Risk Management, Information Assurance and Cyber Security for the company and ...
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Orbit Logic is Scheduled to Provide Scheduling Software for NASA Wallops Ground Station
Orbit Logic’s delivered software will include STK Scheduler for contact deconfliction and schedule optimization, STK Pro for ...
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A New Study by OBH SE's LuxSpace will Tackle ESA ADS-B Approaches Known as “AirTracks,” the nine-month study will be developing new services for monitoring manned and unmanned aircraft. They will be used...
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October 18, 2017 CompuDyne Shifts Bands Partnering with SES for Better Broadband to East and West Malaysia Making a shift from a C-band to Ku-band system, CompuDyne can now deliver more cost-effective and reliable satellite connectivity,
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iDirect Government (iDirectGov) Celebrates 10 Years of Service to Customers In 2007, iDirect Government (iDirectGov) was established as a wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect, which set the groundwork for the...
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RSCC Makes Top 10 of Russia's Telecommunications Companies RSCC operates in all geographically accessible markets, with international contracts from customers in over 50 countries of the world.
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DARPA Improves Their Image by Organizing Imagery with Geospatial Cloud Analytics for DoD Just trying to organize family and event photos can be overwhelming, but what happens when a major government agency experiences ...
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SIA's Keynote Speaker's Strong Opinions Will Keep Things Interesting at Commercial SATCOM Workshop His presentation should be interesting considering his tenure on the the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, part of the House Armed Services ...
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NOAA and NSPO Decide to Cancel COSMIC-2 Satellites The satellites measure signals from GPS and other navigation satellites as they travel through the atmosphere, probing temperature and humidity...
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Apposite Technologies' Plans for Product Perspectives at Two Events Network emulation is a critical testing method used to validate application performance prior to deployment. The success of the Network-Centric Battlespace...
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DVB-S2X Implemented by Advantech Wireless with their ASAT-II™ System Using the high MODCOD (32APSK, rate 3/4 with a 5% Roll-off) of the latest DVB-S2X standard, which is unmatched and significantly outstanding...
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Iran's Satellite Project to Monitor Agriculture with U.S. Financial Assistance
The project, with the allocation of 489,000 U.S. dollars, is aimed at assisting the country in the monitoring and analysis of agricultural production ...
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Moon Cave Located by Japan's Lunar Orbiter — Possibly Suitable for Human Shelter Use The cave could protect astronauts from radiation from the sun and cosmic rays when they build a base for exploration, the agency said. The cave...
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Can Tiny Satellites Help the Coast Guard with Big Jobs? two cube satellites will be launched into low Earth orbit from a SpaceX rocket to test if the satellites can detect emergency distress beacons in the Arctic.
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October 17, 2017 ESA's Sentinel-5P joins Copernicus Satellite Family — Pollution Prosecutor Successfully Launched Sentinel-5 Precursor will provide essential atmospheric chemistry data to the Copernicus program before the Sentinel-5 instrument becomes...
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Marlink's Quality of Service to Posh Ponant Luxury Vessels Ensures Continual Communication Connections at remote destinations, and their frequency agnostic, multi-band approach their satellite network's services cover all maritime satellite frequency bands.
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SATCOM Solutions for New Zealand Defence Force to be Furnished by Cubic Corporation / GATR Technologies Cubic will supply 2.4 meter inflatable satellite antennas with supporting hardware, spares and New Equipment Training (NET) for the NZDF...
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Thales Alenia Space Measures Up to Win Contract for ESA Measuring Biomass This latest contract reflects the “new space” strategy being applied by Thales Alenia Space.
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ViaSat's Plans for Bizjet In-Flight Connectivity [FLYING] The service is an upgrade to ViaSat’s already capable system, which provides Ku- and Ka-band satellite coverage. The Boeing manufactured...
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Cambodia Planning for the Nation's First Satellite It will take the country much less time than it took other countries because of Cambodia's partnership with China Great Wall Industry Corporation, a...
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“Rules of the Road” for On Orbit Servicing of Satellites Being Established This question plays directly into why DARPA has initiated their Consortium for Execution of Rendezvous and Servicing Operations (CONFERS)...
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Bigelow Aerospace and ULA Go Low to Get to Lunar. Sooner.™ ...the only commercial launch vehicle in development today with sufficient performance and a large enough payload fairing to carry the habitat.
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SpaceX Files With FCC to Test Satellite Communications System in Redmond, Washington ... Soon SpaceX’s application covers the time frame from October 24 to April 24, 2018, and refers to “antenna testing at the SpaceX Redmond Facility
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NSSLGlobal Now Offers New Maritime Cyber Security Training Video To help crews better understand the cybersecurity risks they face, and as part of its ongoing campaign to promote cybersecurity at sea, NSSLGlobal...
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October 16, 2017 It’s a Go for NROL as ULA Launches NROL-52 on Secret Mission, Again There were challenges to see this launch through, with the weather challenges as well as the equipment issues that prevented the launch ... Full Story
NanoAvionics Provides Subsystems for ESA-Funded Smallsat Project to Support STEM Programs NanoAvionics has supported this project by providing sub-systems, which have helped to fit the integration of the satellites into the tight project...
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Outerlink Global Solutions' IRIS Solution for Sikorsky Choppers Approved... The IRIS solution includes the REAL TIME HUMS (RTHUMS) data streaming developed in collaboration with Sikorsky and PHI...
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Air Force Space Command's 11th Schriever Wargame Underway The Schriever Wargame, set in the year 2027, will explore critical space issues and investigate the integration activities of multiple agencies...
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Eutelsat Procures NOORSAT The acquisition of NOORSAT fits with Eutelsat’s broader strategy of streamlining distribution within selected core video neighborhoods where...
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Smallsat Planned by Alva's Engineering College in India According to the dean, the focus is on soil fertility and what crops could be grown in this region and the availability of groundwater. Usually, farmers try...
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Winners at the GITEX Student Lab Competition Announced by Yahsat The Student Lab competition is designed to give an opportunity to students from UAE, and across the world, to present their innovative ICT solutions to...
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Helicopter SATCOM Network System Delivery Provided by IAI/ELTA for a Key Customer The contract includes several dozens of airborne terminals and ground segments for medium and heavy lift helicopters. This is a follow on contract...
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UltiSat Signs On for NASA's Global Hawk Airborne Science Program SATCOM Support NASA AFRC operates Global Hawk UAV aircraft that are used for atmospheric research. The real-time data helps scientists on the ground to...
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Gilat Expands Their Contract with Sprint Gilat will provide services and the equipment to operate Sprint’s 3G and LTE networks in selected areas for cellular backhaul and other applications...
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ULA Classified Satellite Launch Receives Propulsion Support from Aerojet Rocketdyne Aerojet Rocketdyne’s role in the launch began during liftoff when two SRBs ignited to provide 750,000 pounds of total increased thrust to launch the...
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New Family of S-Band Offerings Arrive from Advantech Wireless Intended for indoor or outdoor operation, Advantech Wireless’ S-Band Solid State Power Amplifiers are compact size in size. The design of the...
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The First of the GPS III Satellites from Lockheed Martin Are Accepted by U.S.A.F. The U.S. Air Force's "AFL" declaration is the final acceptance of Lockheed Martin's first GPS III Space Vehicle (GPS III SV01) prior to its expected...
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October 13, 2017 Saturday Scrubbed ULA's NROL-52's Launch Due to Weather Launch is rescheduled for Sunday
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October 12, 2017 Spain's Top Military Brass See Hisdesat's PAZ Sat Before Shipping to U.S. The PAZ satellite incorporates as the main payload an active sensor with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) technology that provides images of different...
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JAXA and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Send MICHIBIKI No. 4 Soaring, Providing Some Beautiful Photos Quasi-zenith Satellite System (QZSS) enables watching Japan from above
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L3 Technnologies to Deliver Hawkeye™ SATCOM Terminals to U.S. Air National Guard These terminals will facilitate direct communication from remote locations in all 50 states and U.S. territories.
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GVF-EMP's London ‘AeroConnect 2017’ Conference Addresses Will Smartphones' 'Flight Mode' Become Passé? Demand for inflight broadband connectivity, and the ability to deliver content to multiple devices per passenger, already exists on a global scale.
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SpaceX Falcon Drives The Dual Mission EchoStar-105/SES-11 to Orbit Built by Airbus, EchoStar 105/ SES-11 is a dual-mission satellite, providing SES with a C-band payload of 24 transponders of 36 MHz, owned and...
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CPI's Antenna Systems Division Provisioning Ka-Band Gateway System for CALTEC in Peru The system features high-performance technologies including patented ASC Signal sub-reflector tracking (SRT), which enables the antenna to...
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ORBCOMM Keeps TOTE Maritime Alaska Cool and in Control of Refrigerated and Dry Assets their fleet of Roll-On/Roll-Off vessels for “on-water” visibility and control and is the first known deployment on a RO/RO vessel in the shipping industry.
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Ponant Luxury Cruise Ships Extend Marlink's Marine Comms Services Marlink’s continuously updated global multi-band infrastructure will deliver even higher Quality of Service (QoS), meeting the increasing demand for...
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October 11, 2017 Raytheon's Technology to Enable DigitalGlobe's WorldView Legion to Triple or Quadruple Images in Hi-Demand Areas "We're leveraging 45 years of extensive global experience in space imaging to provide DigitalGlobe with an unmatched view of the world from space." Full Story
Space Florida Enticing an Unnamed Company to Base Operations at Cape Canaveral If it bases operations on the Space Coast, the company referred to by the code name of Project First Down over four years would bring an estimated...
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Airbus' Electric EUTELSAT 172B Super Speedy Satellite Makes Geostationary Orbit in Record Time this major satellite operator's satellite has reached geostationary orbit, breaking the record for the fastest satellite electric orbit raising (EOR). Full Story
Iridium®'s NEXT Set of Recently Launched 10 Satellites Muster Up and Pass Beginning Tests
third batch of 10 satellites brings the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit to 30, getting closer to the total of 75 for a fully operational constellation.
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By 2026, Expect 300 >50 kg Satellites to Launch Each Year, According to New Euroconsult Report The 3,000 satellites over 50 kg to be launched over the 2017-2026 timeframe should represent a market of $304 billion for the space industry...
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Aerojet-Rocketdyne RS-25 Engines Prepared and Ready for NASA SLS Maiden Flight EM-1 is a three-week mission in which the SLS rocket will launch the Orion spacecraft into a distant retrograde orbit around the moon farther than a...
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Partnership Materializes Between Optus Satellite and Southern Phones in Australia The NBN satellite services, which are now available, are focused on ensuring that customers living in regional areas have access to an affordable and...
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Northern California Firestorm Imagery Captured by DigitalGlobe's WorldView-3 and GeoEye-1 Satellites These wildfires have killed at least 21 people, destroyed at least 3,500 structures and have burned more than 115,000 acres. This imagery shows...
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October 10, 2017 Latitude Brings Their SATCOM SATVOICE to Pilatus Jets The Latitude SkyNode S200-012 is an Iridium-based SATCOM system that meets the requirements as a Long Range Communications System (LRCS...
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Managed Comms Services from Speedcast for Operations in Equatorial Guinea peedcast will leverage satellite VSAT connectivity to deliver communications between the production asset and the customer’s...
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New Service Deployed in the Middle East by Bentley Walker Using iDirect DVB-S2X Tech iDirect’s DVB-S2X technology allows Bentley Walker to leverage the benefits of Avanti’s HTS Ka-band capacity, supporting MODCODs up to...
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Cobham SATCOM Takes Flight and Goes Light and Small ... AVIATOR 300D the complete connectivity option brings Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) technology platform to the business jet market.
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On the NAB New York Show Floor — Crystal Solves the Metadata Mess Using Metadata Cloud technology allows content providers to identify the start and end of each content segment with frame-accurate precision and to...
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Paragon Space Development Corporation® Radiates With Pride as Finalist for the Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Award for XRad™ Radiators design flexibility enables them to advance rapidly through the design process, sometimes cutting “normal” design time from almost a year to several months.
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Jeffrey Tarr Departing DigitalGlobe Following MDA's Acquisition of the Firm “It has been an honor to lead DigitalGlobe and work alongside the industry’s most talented and dedicated team of professionals. I am proud of all that...Full Story
APT Satellite Company's Cheng Guangren Receives APSCC's Satellite Executive of the Year Award Since Mr.Cheng was appointed as the Executive Director and President of APT Satellite Company Limited (APT Satellite) in June 2008, his...
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U.S. Air Force's First Lockheed Martin GPS III Satellite Ready to Go, Just Name the Date GPS III SV01 now awaits a call up to begin pre-launch preparations.
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LaLiga TV Sports to Reach APAC Viewers Via AsiaSat-5 LaLiga, First Division Spanish Football, will reach viewers across the APAC region through a new partnership AsiaSat for Asia’s most popular ...
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The Largest DSNG Fleet in Brazil Upgrades to ATEME's Kyrion Encoders/Decoders Based on ATEME’s fifth generation STREAM compression engine, the Kyrion encoder/decoder provides the best baseband video quality at...
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Thuraya Commits to a New Strategic Partnership with Gulfsat This strategic alliance will enable Gulfsat to launch data services in Kuwait. The partnership allows the companies to combine interests and increase...
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October 9, 2017 Now Arriving @ SES Video a New VP and a Director for APAC Market Development Between them, they bring a wealth of regional experience, dual perspectives from an operator and customer lens, and proven track records...
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Saturday's Update: ULA's Launch Scrubbed NROL 52 Issues with the Launch Vehicle Even though NROL-52's mission is a secret in the interest of national security, there are those observers who are often able to identify ...
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U.S.A.F.'s DMSP F-19 Not Transmitting Weather Data There is no impact to the strategic weather mission, and the remaining satellites are able to support warfighter requirements through resilient systems and processes...
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The First Nanosatellite Engineering Professional Certificate Developed by KSF Space Foundation Engineers Many future jobs will have a mandatory requirement of an NEP certification
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Simultaneous Multiple RF Signals Channeling for Infiniium Oscilloscopes Debut from Guzik Technical Enterprises The ADP7000 products can directly sample RF signals at DC up to 10 GHz on multiple channels simultaneously — all signal processing is performed in...
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Australia's Youthful Obsession in 1970 Created OSCAR 5 the Longest Surviving Earth Satellite “Obviously, the ‘baddies’ were not a consideration, even if we could speak their language, so an American launch was the only feasible option.”
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Thuraya to Participate in the Offshore Patrol Vessels Middle East Event in Kuwait City According to the company, Thuraya’s ‘at-sea’ devices are popular in the maritime markets of the GCC and surrounding Arab countries. The company’s display...
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NOAA's JPSS-1 Satellite Set for a November 10 Launch JPSS-1, or NOAA-20 as it will be known once on orbit, will provide sophisticated meteorological data and observations of atmosphere, ocean and land...
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China Launches Venezuela's Antonio Jose de Sucre Satellite From Jiuquan The launch occurred at midnight local time, according to the telesur online infosite. Authorities say the new satellite will provide a better tool for...
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Raytheon to Continue Their Support of NOAA's AWIPS System Over the last decade, Raytheon has partnered with NOAA and the National Weather Service to operate and upgrade the 24x7 AWIPS system used by...
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Clarksville Police Chaplain Gathers Satellite Phones for Puerto Rico Martinez says he realized just how bad the communication was when he couldn't contact his mother after the hurricane for five days.
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SpaceX Successfully Sends Iridium's NEXT Group of 10 Satellites two successful launches already completed this year, this third batch of 10 satellites brings the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites in orbit to 30 ...
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Now Employee-Owned, Scottish firm STAR-Dundee Completes Transition Technology that originated in Dundee is now being used across the world on more than 100 spacecraft which are monitoring the Earth, exploring...
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Brazil's Atech Corporation Goes with ND SatCom's SKYWAN Satellite Routers The selection was made due to the leading-edge SKYWAN 5G technology and long-term experience in establishing communication networks as well...
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Innovative Propulsion System in the Works by Aerojet Rocketdyne for DARPA The primary goal of the AFRE program is to develop and ground demonstrate a reusable hydrocarbon propulsion system that can...
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UltiSat Win to Bring Ka-Band Comms to DISA for Global Hawk Ops UltiSat will provide the United States Air Force (USAF) Air Combat Command (ACC) with commercial Ku-band satellite capacity for Global Hawk (GH)...
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Satellite Backhaul to be Addressed by Gilat in Upcoming, Cost-Free Webinar This webinar from Gilat challenges some of the satellite-backhaul myths and preconceptions, highlights its current performance characteristics, and...
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SES GS Garners Copious Contracts for MEO O3b Satellite Network Support for USG Customers By the close of 2017, SES GS will be delivering nearly 4 Gigabits per second of managed O3b services in support of 13 sites globally to...
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South Australian Government Scheduling Meets with South Korean and Japanese Space Agencies The government is leading a mission to South Korea and Japan to discuss to discuss business opportunities which might arise with South Australia’s...
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AsiaSat 9 is On Track, In Position and Begins Transmission
AsiaSat 9 has new Ku-band beams including the world’s first Ku-band Myanmar beam, dedicated Indonesia and Mongolia beams in addition to ...
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Fortress® Wireless Gateway Debuts from General Dynamics Mission Systems Designed as a secure communications gateway for tactical, public safety and industrial applications, the Wireless Gateway provides connectivity...
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RUAG's Thermal Insulation Keeps the NEXT Satellites Operating Smoothly With a planned service life of up to 15 years, smooth operation of the satellites is contingent on stable temperature conditions in their interior.
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October 8, 2017 SpaceX's Falcon 9 on October 9 to Launch 10 ... Ready for NEXT Launch of 10 Satellites is the company’s $3 billion, next-generation, mobile, global satellite network scheduled for completion in 2018.
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October 6, 2017 Boeing's Acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences Takes Both Farther in Advance Autonomous Technology has collaborated with Boeing on the rapid prototyping of innovative aircraft and structural assemblies for both military and commercial applications.
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CSF Gives a Thumbs Up to Renewed Focus on A Cohesive Vision for Space
this Administration campaigned on an inspirational vision for America’s commercial space industry, and ...
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NASA's Discovery Reveals Heavy Rain with Tropical Storm Nate forecast on October 5 calls for Nicaragua to receive from 15 to 20 inches, isolated 30 inches; Costa Rica and Panama is forecast to receive 5 to 10 ...
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Arabsat's SatTV Hold in the Middle East Confirmed by Frost & Sullivan Analysis Arabsat, carries more than 500 TV channels, 200 radio stations, payTV networks and a wide variety of HD channels reaching nearly four million households in GCC. Operating six satellites at three orbital positions, the...
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OneWeb is Building and Hiring in Anticipation of a Very Ambitious Production Schedule “We are going to launch every 21 days over two years across multiple sites"
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McMurdo to Bring Aeronautical Search & Rescue Program to Kenya his award from the Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) follows the announcement that Botswana has also adopted McMurdo’s comprehensive...
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Euroconsult Releases Their New Prospects for L-Band, IoT & M2M Markets Report MSS wholesale revenues are expected to grow at a CAGR of 2.2% between 2016 and 2026, driven by MSS aero broadband demand, M2M/IoT...
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DARPA Develops 'Rules of the Road' for On-Orbit Satellite Servicing The lack of clear, widely accepted technical and safety standards for responsible performance of on-orbit activities involving commercial satellites remains a major obstacle ...
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October 5, 2017 Harris' $260M to Develop Battlespace Communications Network for Asia-Pacific Country
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KVH Providing Ocean Exploration Trust with Comms For the first phase of KVH’s support, coinciding with OET’s 2017 expedition in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, a KVH TracPhone® V7-IP satellite...
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Yahsat Sponsors the GITEX Student Lab Competition The competition gives the opportunity to current students and graduates to present solutions such as software, gaming, applications and product...
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Orbit Logic Engaged in AUV Mission Planning with University of Colorado Orbit Logic and CU Boulder have teamed on this STTR to research solutions that could significantly advance the state-of-the-art in the...
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Olympusat Moves Its Channels to a New Satellite ... What Will They Do With the Old One?
will, over time, be changing that satellite to a "Back-Up" satellite, thus making it no longer available for Olympusat's transponders.
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On Orbit Testing by Iridium for Certus Broadband Service Iridium Certus will be Iridium’s new, truly global broadband service, offering safety and critical L-band communications connectivity through the Iridium® ...
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Encore for OHB's Satellites as the European Commission Says 'Four More' The contract for the four satellites has a value of EUR 157.75 million.
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October 4, 2017 SSL's Statement as AsiaSat 9 Reports to Work, Successfully Deploys Solar Panels equipped with multiple C-, Ku- and Ka-band payloads that provide coverage including the world’s first dedicated Ku-band Myanmar beam ...
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GVF Presents ... VSAT Congress' Executives Will Offer Their Expertise in Washington D.C. COMSYS & Global VSAT Forum Announce Top Players Who Will Reveal Global Satellite Communications Success Strategies
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Spaceflight's Integrated Payload Stack — SSO-A — Completes Modal Survey Successfully This series of tests, conducted by a third party, subjected Spaceflight’s nearly 20-foot satellite rideshare structure (flight structures with mass...
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Pakistan's PRSS-1 to be Launched in 2018 The announcement was made at the inaugural ceremony of the World Space Week 2017 that commenced Wednesday, held at the Institute of...
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GRC Ltd. Signs on with Thales Defence and Security The products that GRC will be handling include the Thales IMBITR multiband inter/intra team encrypted radio system and the full range of...
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IsoTropic Networks to Upgrade Their Evolution® Line Cards to iDirect's Universal Line Cards The network upgrade is in response to escalating customer demand for bandwidth and scalability, and enables IsoTropic Networks to increase...
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HughesNet® Succeeds with High-Speed Satellite Internet Service Reaching Huge South American Population to date, over 1 million subscribers, making it the world’s largest high-speed satellite network. Full Story
October 3, 2017 Orange Shows Their Colors in Central African Republic with New High-Speed Internet Connectivity Now businesses in the Central African Republic will be able to unleash their growth potential and avail themselves of all the benefits ...
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TE Connectivity Releases New O.C.H. Micro Circular Connectors The Nett Warrior program was developed to directly connect ground soldiers to the Army’s tactical network through instant communication tools...
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CPI's Advanced Antennas From Malibu to ASC Signal Selected For Global Communications System will design and manufacture Ka-band satellite gateway and telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C) antennas to support the system.
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Dine with the Future Leaders At the Upcoming SSPI Event At the Future Leaders Dinner, three young satellite professionals will receive a Promise Award for demonstrating initiative, creativity and...
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ORBCOMM Hugs a Tree ... Acquires Blue Tree Systems Limited meet the requirements for the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Mandate regulations, which will require companies to replace drivers’ paper log-books
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New CEO of MX1... Effective Immediately, He's Already on Board Wearing Multiple Hats A change of personnel occurred quickly at...
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TSAT and Alpine Satcom Join Forces for SATCOM Networking Solutions Alpine and TSAT will be working together as the new TSAT 4000 platform rolls out into utility and other industrial IoT applications. The partnership expands the TSAT offering beyond equipment to include spectrum leases...
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FTA Programming from BBC Arabic TV's Contract is Extended with Arabsat The service will now continue to be offered on Arabsat BADR-4, accompanying other leading international and regional news channels that...
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More Than 200 Ka Tri-Band Block Upconverter Units Have Now Shipped from L3 Narda-MITEQ These outdoor weather-sealed units provide state-of-the-art frequency conversion from L-band signals through Ka-band by upconverting,...
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This C-COM Antenna Has A Real Altitude The FLY-981 satellite antenna can be assembled in less than ten minutes without any tools and is packaged in three transportable cases each...
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Singtel Debuts Their VSAT Backup Service A solid solution at Singtel ensures businesses remain up and running via the company's VSAT Backup Service. This service provides coverage over...
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ULA Continues to Prepare for Launch with Mating of Payload and Rocket The NRO is the nation's eyes and ears in space, supporting policy makers, the Armed Services, the Intelligence Community, Departments of State...
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Lockheed Martin Has an Array of Success This new flexible array advances Lockheed Martin’s significant heritage flying flexible arrays on such programs as the International Space Station...
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October 2, 2017 Heavy Lifting for Ariane 5 at the Spaceport Successfully Sends Intelsat 37e and BSAT-4a Skyward Intelsat 37e was deployed first separating from Ariane 5 at 29 minutes after liftoff, followed approximately 18 minutes later by BSAT-4a.
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Final RFP from the U.S.A.F. for the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Launch Service Released The Air Force is procuring AFSPC-52, which is a classified mission. AFSPC-52 is projected to launch in the 4th quarter of FY 2020. This is the...
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Inmarsat's GX Aviation to Board AirAsia Group's Airbus Aircraft This contract supports Inmarsat’s strategy of providing airlines with tailored scalable capacity by designing, owning and operating a global network of...
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China is Back After Failures with Launch of "Unspecified Missions" They will join a larger probe launched in May last year to form a constellation to “monitor electromagnetic signals” and other unspecified missions,
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Quantum Satellite Used for First Intercontinental Conference This conference is an important step toward ensuring the security and confidentiality of conversations and negotiations and protecting them...
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ULA is Up and At'em Again with NROL 52, Another Secret Mission for NROL NROL-52, a mission once again that is in support of national security, for the National Reconnaissance Office
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Advantech Wireless Completes Delivery of their 3kW C-Band SSPA The design of the 3kW C-band Outdoor SSPA is based on Advantech Wireless’ industry-proven reliable SSPAs and more than 25 years of...
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SES Networks Brings MedallionNet to Carnival edallionNet will provide guests with easy-to-access WiFi that features exceptional speeds and bandwidth, pervasive stateroom signal strength...
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MSS Expected to Grow to More Than 12 Million Terminals by 2026, According to Euroconsult's Latest Report
M2M/IoT (machine-to-machine, Internet of Things) devices will have a significant share in this subscriber growth, while their contribution to...
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SES Video's Comprehensive Agreement with Sky Deutschland Europe's most important video neighborhood, home to over 450 German-speaking channels with a direct-to-home reach of 17.5 million TV homes
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JAXA Postpones Their Launch of the Epsilon-3 JAXA is taking this extra time to rectify an incompatibility that was found in the electrical system of the Epsilon-3 during the course of the launch preparations...
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SSL Reports that the BSAT-4a Satellite is Accomplishing Post-Launch Maneuvers As Expected The satellite deployed its solar arrays on schedule following its launch aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in Kourou...
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Polaris Alpha Acquires Solidyn Solutions to Have a Stronger Reach in Space and C4ISR Markets "It is a transaction in which everyone wins."
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Thales Alenia Space to Deliver Comms Equipment to KARI for KPLO The mission will have six payloads, including a 5m high-resolution camera, a wide-field polarized camera, a magnetic field sensor, a gamma ray...
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Launch and Integration Services Contract Awarded to Spaceflight by NASA Kennedy Space Center The U-Class payloads flown by NASA, often created by universities and nonprofit organizations, play a foundational role in the agency’s technology...
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Launch Prep Work Initiated at Vandenberg AFB on NOAA's JPSS-1 Satellite The JPSS-1 satellite will go through a series of routine inspections, checkouts and testing before being sealed inside the payload fairing and...
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Satellite Innovation Symposium Day One — A Stellar Success The list of speakers who offered their opinions and subject matter expertise to the audience through the various presentations left little doubt as to the...
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