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January 31, 2018 Thuraya's Newest T2M-DUAL a Dual-Mode Ease of Integration Mobile M2M Solution allows for the integration of third-party applications and several built-in smart features such as geo-fencing, network selection based on least cost routing,
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Twenty Years of SmallSat Success is Space Flight Laboratory and Celebrating that Accomplishment @ SmallSat Symposium Established in 1998 as a self-sustaining specialty lab at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies (UTIAS), SFL offers end-to-end...
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GLOBECOMM's Robust Orders Valued at $130 Million for Fiscal Year 2018 and New Projects Ahead Projects awarded include managed VSAT networks for pipelines, offshore transport, and barge communications within the United States and globally.
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Marlink Introduces the First Inmarsat Fleet Xpress Prepaid Voice Card for Maritimers The prepaid facility is available through Marlink’s established Universal Card, Universal Card Go and Prepaid Talk products, making it easy for ship...
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Successful Vertical Takeoff and Landing Test by China's Linkspace for their Own Rocket VTVL has allowed U.S. company SpaceX to launch, land and reuse its Falcon 9 rocket first stages and will — next week — attempt the same with...
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Free RF & Microwave Component Measurement Fundamentals Webinar Upcoming from Keysight Technologies Understanding how electronic components will behave is key to maximizing the performance of system design or optimizing efficiency during the...
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Resilient Space Defense Technologies Under Study by SSL for U.S.A.F. The study is expected to accelerate crucial technologies for future missions as identified within the U.S. Air Force Space Enterprise Vision (SEV), and...
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Horizon Technologies' Xtender Airborne Satellite Phone Monitoring System to Debut at the Singapore Airshow The product — FlyingFish™ Airborne Satellite Phone Monitoring System Xtender — is a proven and affordable solution that turns UAVs into powerful...
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SpaceX Successfully Launches SES' Dual Use GovSat-1 then Gets Ready to Fly Falcon Heavy is the first satellite of GovSat, a public-private partnership between the Government of Luxembourg and the world- leading satellite operator SES.
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U.S. Air Force Launch Services Contract FRP Enters Final Request Phase The final RFP was released on January 31 with proposals due back to the Air Force on April 16 in accordance with the solicitation instructions. The contracts for these launch services...
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URSYS Services to Migrate to the Optus D2 Satellite Through its partnership with Optus, URSYS iDirect VSAT services will provide high quality broadband satellite communications, ideal for remote...
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January 30, 2018 Prime Ministers Modi and Netanyahu Encourage Collaboration Between Israel's Cortica and India's Best Group The sheer breadth of data surveilled on a given day renders manual examination nearly impossible.
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SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Challenergy Inc. Combine SATCOM and Wind Power The global wind power market (including offshore wind power) is expected to expand to 9.7 trillion yen by 2030.1 The Magnus Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ("Magnus VAWT") currently...
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Greg Jones Joins Aerojet Rocketdyne as a Senior Vice President Jones will report directly to CEO and President Eileen Drake and will serve as one of the officers of parent company Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc...
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Comtech EF Data Equipment to Support Telesat SATCOM Solutions for Northern Canada Telesat will use the equipment to support its multi-Gigabit enhanced connectivity solutions for remote communities in Canada’s Far North. The...
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Just Launched is Near Real-Time Satellite Data Access from Airbus The 24/7 Emergency Image Delivery Service, relying on advanced Near-Real Time capability, was developed to answer customers’ specific...
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Recovery Attempts are Underway by NASA for the IMAGE Spacecraft As of Monday, January 29, observations from all five sites were consistent with the radio frequency characteristics expected of IMAGE. Specifically,...
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China's Sixth Launch in 2018 an Experimental Seismo-Electromagnetic Probe and More The launch will be China's sixth following a busy January, with the country planning a possible 40 launches for 2018.
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SpaceX was All Set to Go But the Sensor Said 'No' and Scrubbed Tuesday's Launch of GovSat-1 This mission is SpaceX’s second of potentially more than 20 this year
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Akash Systems Closes Their Seed Round Funding for SmallSat Development With clarity on the limitations of existing satellite capacity and networks, Akash has set out to revolutionize the future of fast, affordable satellite...
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Marlink VSAT Customers Prove Bigger is Better with Expansion of Tokyo Office In a 2017 double blind survey of Asian shipping companies Japanese ship owners were first for committing to the use of satcom to improve crew welfare
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The New Managing Director @ Antwerp Space is Koen Puimège This appointment is a logical next step to re-install a local management in Belgium in order to continue the success story of Antwerp Space over the...
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January 29, 2018 UPDATE: Arianespace Flight VA241 Launch Update...Satellites Operating Normally This information was confirmed by the satellites’ operators, SES and Yahsat, respectively.
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GPS Control Segment Sustainment Contract Mod for Lockheed Martin This contract provides for procurement of remaining hardware, and provides engineering, installation, and test resources to deploy Phase 3 of Combined...
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Oceanology International 2018 London Floats Ideas, Marine and Ocean IT Satellite Communications and More They are on the cusp of ‘sea vision’, an epoch when they will know everything they need about human activity and maritime operations of all kinds in ...
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Airbus Joins EGNOS V3 Consortium Developed by ESA on behalf of the European Commission and the European GNSS Agency (GSA), EGNOS V3 (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service)...
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Sea Trial of KT SAT's Portable-MVSAT Successful This is the world's first successful demonstration service for FSRU on its test drive. Through this trial service it becomes possible to communicate...
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EUMETSAT's New Danish Director of Program Preparation and Development will be responsible for the development of their end-to-end satellite systems in cooperation with ESA, CNES, DLR NASA/NOAA and industry.
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Amateur Astronomer Finds Lost NASA Satellite and Improves His IMAGE A long lost NASA satellite has been found alive, if not necessarily well.
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Analog Astronauts to be Provided SATCOM Links via Spacecom's AMOS-7 The D-MARS space analog center will simulate the conditions of a real Mars scientific exploration mission to better understand the experiences of...
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Research and Markets ... Nanosatellite and Microsatellite Market Analysis Study from 2014-2025 The global nanosatellites and microsatellites market is expected to reach USD 4.97 billion by 2025
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Boeing HorizonX Further Empowers Cuberg Cuberg developed an advanced battery cell that is designed to be a drop-in solution to existing large-scale battery manufacturing processes and...
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League of Arab States Awards Arabsat with Shield of Honor The Secretary General praised the excellent performance of Arabsat in the field of satellite communications, which ranked Arabsat among the world...
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Telesat's Phase 1 LEO Satellite Engaged in On Orbit Testing with OmniAccess The initial constellation will consist of approximately 120 state-of-the-art satellites by 2021 providing full global coverage and Telesat is evaluating...
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On the NAB Show Floor: Globecast Revealing Cloud Channel Playout Solutions and more... The new Cloud Channel Playout service from Globecast also provides broadcasters with an opportunity to increase revenue from international...
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Four O3b Satellites Arrive Safely in Kourou for March Launch The launch of the new satellites will augment SES’s fleet of 12 O3b satellites, which were also built by Thales Alenia Space. The four new...
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National Space Defense Center Initiates 24x7 Operations The NSDC is a partnership organization, strongly supported by the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community, that develops and...
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NSR's Report ... EO Constellations Real or Virtual? Expanding Product Portfolio Without "Real" Assets enabling satellite operators to expand their product portfolio, and fill their revisit, resolution, and coverage gaps without “real” assets.
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Launch Site for Ultra-Small Satellites Planned by Japan The venture was established by four companies, including Canon Electronics and IHI Aerospace. Canon Electronics say officials will conduct...
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January 26, 2018 South Africa's Double Celebration ... UN's Africa Satellite Symposium and 25th Anniversary of Africa's First Satellite The symposium coincided with Stellenbosch University’s 25th anniversary of starting work on Africa’s first home-grown satellite Sunsat launched four years ...
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TeamCast's Vyper Strikes with Automatic Enhanced Satellite Precorrection powerful up-to-date algorithms allows Vyper to compensate the linear and non-linear satellite transponder distortions for a better C/N and a higher Symbol Rate.
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January 25, 2018 KRYTAR Debuts Multi-Function Hybrid Coupler KRYTAR’s hybrid couplers are designed to perform many functions, including splitting and combining signals in amplifiers, switching circuits...
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SSTL Customers Have a New Range of Options via the Viasat Antenna System The new antenna system forms part of the Viasat Real-Time Earth (RTE) network, a hybrid ground and space network, which has been designed to...
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Tel Aviv University to Develop Low Cost Shoebox-Size MiniSatellites to Monitor Environment the new space approach ... is based on cubes of 10 x 10 x 10 cm., which are used like Lego pieces to assemble tiny satellites.
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National University of Singapore and DSO Launch a STAR Focusing on Formation Flying Smallsats "it is crucial to develop a vibrant space innovation ecosystem comprising a critical mass of home-grown talents, a thriving space industry, as well as..."
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U.S. Navy Successfully Completes Test Recovery Ops for NASA's Orion Crew Module The Underway Recovery Test-6 (URT-6) is part of a U.S. government interagency effort to safely retrieve the Orion crew module, which is capable...
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The Broadcasting Beam: AVX Corp. / Ericsson / Interra Systems / Rohde & Schwarz Product of interest for satBroadcasting, satOTT, satIP, sat5G, satStreaming and other content provisioning technologies...
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Washington Space Business Roundtable's Annual Flagship Upcoming Luncheon ... Since 2008, the Flagship Luncheon has been an annual tradition held during the SATELLITE conference and exhibition. Former speakers have ...
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Globalsat Group Takes a Piece of the Peruvian Pie by Purchasing a Majority Stake in ST2
ST2 will now be able to offer its customers a wider portfolio of products and services and better serve them across the country.” Jack Yañez, Globalsat ....
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Lockheed Martin's Chairman, President and CEO to Present at the 34th Space Symposium Marillyn Hewson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin, will address the importance of space to the economy and...
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Peraton's $71.8M Contract with DISA to Handle Satellite Capacity and Management for U.S. Army Peraton will provide satellite services, engineering and technical support for the fixed and mobile platforms that comprise the network architecture of the...
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Mobile Satellite Users Association Names Board of Directors and the Stage is Set for the Mobility Innovation Awards MSUA is a nonprofit association dedicated to promoting satellite mobility innovation and development of the satellite mobility market worldwide. The association fosters...
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January 24, 2018 China's Fifth Space Launch of 2018 Scheduled for January 25 A Long March 2C rocket is scheduled to liftoff from Launch Complex 3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the hills of Sichuan Province in...
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NSR's Meaningful Smallsat M&As ...Their Ups and Downs and Haphazard Starts The smallsat manufacturing and components market has developed somewhat haphazardly – a combination of post-university projects ...
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Rocket Lab's Founder Took 'Star in His Eyes' Idea to Brightest Star in the Sky Satellite understanding everyone is in this together as one species, collectively responsible for innovating and solving the challenges facing us all.
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Shotwell, Hart and Hoernig to be Inducted into SSPI's Space & Satellite Hall of Fame Space & Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) on March 13 will induct three new members into the prestigious Space & Satellite Hall of Fame.
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Laser Comms for China's Shijian-13 Successfully Passes Tests The high-orbit satellite successfully completed a two-way high-speed laser communication test between the satellite and ground, the first of its kind in...
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Free Space Optical Modem Under Development by LGS Innovations for NASA's LCRD Mission For this pathfinder program, LGS will develop a free space optical modem that will fly aboard the International Space Station as the first demonstration...
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Comtech Telecommunications' Two Announcements...Will Support Critical NASA Program and U.S. Army Contract Modification The Command & Control Technologies group is a leading provider of mission-critical, highly-mobile C4ISR solutions from the desktop to the edge...
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Static Fire Test of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy Rocket Successful The rocket fired the engines in the vehicle's three core boosters ... with the test lasting about 10 seconds, according to...
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No Amos-8 Satellite Unless Israel Finds Funds ... Causing Strong Reactions “The state has decided to destroy the satellite communications industry, even though it’s a national need,” said Likud MK Yoav Kisch
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NSR's the Good and the Bad About the Future Development of V-Band In this first-of-its-kind study, NSR delves into the ins and outs of V-band from a technological, CAPEX, and capacity perspective,
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January 23, 2018 Canadian Kepler Communications Clyde Space-Built Smallsat Successfully Launched by China [Update #2] With this launch, the Canadian start-up becomes the first commercial company ever to launch and successfully operate a LEO communications...
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Integrated Antenna Splitter Built into Raymarine's new AIS700 Class B Transceiver The new Raymarine AIS700 Class B transceiver enables boat owners to share the same antenna with their onboard VHF equipment making...
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Noble's Global Drilling Fleet Signs on with Speedcast for Comms and Connectivity Services Through a combination of satellite VSAT and 4G/LTE in key regions, Speedcast will deliver end-to-end managed communication services to...
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The Latest Government and Military Satellite Communications Report from NSR Available Focusing on four core markets: Bulk Leasing, Aeronautical, Maritime, and Land-based segments across narrowband to broadband commercial...
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Euroconsult's the Satellite Value Chain 2017 Snapshot The report takes content from multiple Euroconsult report...
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ST Engineering Electronics' Strong Arm Secures S$742m Contracts in 4Q2017 an eight-tower city complex in China; as well as a communications system deployed in 12 hospitals across Hong Kong.
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Harris is Selected by U.S. Air Force to Provide International F-16 Electronic Warfare System Support Program
AIDEWS system takes sophisticated electronic protection for the multirole F-16 jet to new levels of performance and flexibility. Full Story
KenCast Keeps 'em Moving, Sending Files and Video Streams to Moving Vehicles these beam steering, phased array antennas need to improve if they are to be fully market-ready. To be fair, the problem is extremely challenging:
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The ArianeGroup's Vulcain® 2.1 Rocket Engine Passes Rigorous Testing Regimen This is a version of the Ariane 5 Vulcain® 2 engine that has been especially adapted for the Ariane 6 main stage, to simplify production and to lower...
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Satcom Global Increases their High Speed VSAT Presence in Europe and Hires a New Sales Director Having served the European maritime market with value added voice and data satellite communications solutions for more than 20 years from the UK...
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Russia Plans a Habitable New Orbital Station with Plans for Domains in Space Work has been launched at the Energiya Rocket and Space Corporation to design transformable modules: the experimentally tested composition and...
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All Set for Fairing Salvage is SpaceX's 'Mr. Steven' an All Arms Vessel This strange-looking craft is actually a SpaceX ship that possesses four articulated arms that are almost as long as the boat deck itself...
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ANTONOV Airlines Delivers Orbital ATK's Al Yah 3 to French Guiana for Launch The cargo traveled from Washington Dulles International Airport, USA, to Cayenne, French Guiana, on board one of ANTONOV’s seven AN-124-100 aircraft...
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Rocket Lab Gets Their Kicks ... Successfully Tests a Kick Stage to Circularize Satellites' Orbit
new restartable liquid propulsion engine shuts down and deploys payloads and can execute multiple burns placing several payloads into different orbits. Full Story
PTC's New President and Chair of Board of Governors Announced in Hawaii We achieved tremendous growth in the past two years, welcomingnumerous new Members, expanding their reach across ...
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Readiness Review OKs Launch by Arianespace of SES-14 and Al Yah 3 This milestone confirmed that the Ariane 5 launcher and its dual-satellite payload — consisting of SES-14 and Al Yah 3 — are flight-ready, along with...
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Global Eagle Delivers to Their Passengers with More of SES-15 HTS In the past several years, Global Eagle has doubled its capacity with SES Networks on an average of every eight months to meet the rising ...
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NASA to Celebrate 60th Anniversary of Explorer 1 Satellite Launch NASA is supporting events in Florida, California, and Washington, D.C., to mark the 60th anniversary of the launch...
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Rohde & Schwarz Bring TV Broadcast Platform to Tunisia for Arabsat and ONT This new DTH platform operation enables Tunisian and regional broadcasters to have a direct access from Tunis to the growing 26°E...
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January 22, 2018 Harris Bringing C&C and Comms Support to the Armed Forces of the Philippines The AFP will be supplied with a joint service command and control (C2) system of systems that will replace legacy service specific systems...
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Satellogic Creates Geo-Analytical Group and Plans a Double SmallSat Launch Satellogics’s solutions leverage its low-cost and increasingly high-recurrence data to allow customers unprecedented analysis opportunities...
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CANAL+ Group Launches UHD Channels via SES Satellite Canal+ Group delivers the UHD channels via ASTRA 19.2 degrees East, the leading satellite position in France. Leveraging the throughput and...
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Space-Based Global Optical Network in Development by Xenesis and ATLAS Space Operations This partnership marks the first of three phases to deploy the global, optical framework aimed at opening the market to scalable, inexpensive and near-limitless communications...
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It's a Date with SpaceX for the Iridium NEXT 5 Ascent The first of four launches planned for 2018, Iridium-5 will deliver 10 more Iridium NEXT satellites to orbit, bringing the total number of new satellites...
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Atlas V Sales and Marketing Moves from Lockheed Martin CLS to United Launch Alliance In addition to performing all of the operational activities related to Atlas V launch services, as ULA has done since the company's formation in 2006...
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KONGSBERG and Patria Forge Plans to Increase Defense Capabilities by Creating Missile Competence Center in Finland With this new agreement, the two companies enter into a deeper cooperation to pursue new opportunities in Missile Systems and Coastal Defence Systems
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AVX Improves ESCC QPL 3009 Series With Smaller and Lighter 200V X7R PME MLCCs providing engineers with solutions for use in challenging space and military applications, including: space launchers, satellite communications, and ...
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Luxembourg Planning their Own Satellite for Defense Needs The acquisition of a very high resolution Earth Observation (EO) satellite will enable Luxembourg to participate in a “tangible way” in the international ...
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January 21, 2018 ULA's Success for National Security as Atlas V Launches SBIRS GEO Flight 4 And it's a go for SBIRS GEO launch. Two launches from two coasts in just one week.
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Arabsat's BADR-4 is Good ... Broadcasts mtv Lebanon HD and Musical One TV mtv Lebanon HD started the new year broadcasting on Arabsat BADR-4 satellite at 26 degrees East, expanding its viewer from MENA to Europe.
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Rocket Lab Celebrates Kiwi's Second Successful Launch with a Smile and Still Testing ...expects to launch more than 50 times a year, and is regulated to launch up to 120 times a year, more than any other commercial or government launch provider in history. Full Story
Aerojet Rocketdyne Contributes to ULA's Launch of SBIRS and Minimizes Debris
SBIRS GEO Flight-4 satellite has 18 Aerojet Rocketdyne hydrazine thrusters that maintain its orbit and orientation for a mission of 12 or more years.
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China Sends Long March 11 Off with Five Chinese SmallSats and Canadian CubeSat CGST is building a large constellation of satellites to offer high-res imaging, video, multispectral and wide swath coverage of the ground from LEO
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January 18, 2018 Arabsat Broadband Services Launch Arabsat Expand to Bridge the Digital Divide in Remote Communities
“This project flips the use of satellite on its head.”
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PTC'18's Speakers and Workshops Include C-COM's Leslie Klein How are teleport operators in different market segments adapting? What market opportunities are they targeting and where are they investing...
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Advantech Wireless' RF, Microwave and Antenna Equipment Acquired by Baylin Technologies The addition of Advantech's RF and Microwave divisions is a transformational acquisition for Baylin that will enable the company to ...
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NAGRA Kudelski Group Brings Their Content Protection Solution to CANAL+ Group's New 4K UHDTV Service CANAL+ Group is the leading provider of payTV services and the top multi-channel platform and distributor in France. With this solution, NAGRA...
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Harris Names Retired Army General Jeff Smith as the Firm's VP of Business Development Smith brings more than 30 years of leadership experience, including serving as Deputy Commanding General of the XVIII Airborne Corp and command...
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New World Teleport Association Report Examines How Companies are Adapting to Disruption Their established businesses face disruption from new models of connectivity (HTS, MEO and LEO), by the rising domination of software...
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Full Rate Production by PacStar of the 400-Series for U.S. Army's T2C2 Program PacStar equipment, when paired with T2C2 satellite terminals, will enable early entry forces to access the Army’s tactical communications network...
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Luxembourg and China Sign Space Development MOU The areas of potential cooperation include, but are not limited to, economic, legal, regulatory and technological ...
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Radiant.Earth CEO is Radiant Winner of Geospatial Woman Champion of the Year Award
a non-profit organization committed to aggregating the world’s open Earth imagery and providing access and education on its use to the global ...
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January 17, 2018 Speedcast's New Chief Information Officer ... His Responsibilities Include a New Department Speedcast strengthens executive team with the addition of John Truschinger as Chief Information Officer...
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Space Florida's Operational Storage Facility Prepares Upcoming SBIRS GEO 4 for Launch serves as the pre-launch storage and check-out facility for the Atlas V's solid rocket boosters (SRB) while they await their call-up on a mission.
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IRIS Can, Hopefully, Clear Congested European Skies with Help from ESA and Inmarsat The program will introduce a safe and secure satellite-based air traffic management data link between aircraft and air traffic control (ATC) to...
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Oh I See ICEYE's First Ever ... ICEYE-X1 Radar Image from Space Published World's first Synthetic-aperture radar satellite under 100kg validates capabilities of miniaturized SAR technology Full Story
AsiaSat is Broadening Their Satellite and Media Solutions AsiaSat recognizes the demand for next-generation distribution of broadcast content and evaluated new distribution technologies throughout 2017. The...
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DataPath Appoints Johnson as CFO and Majeres as COO President and CEO David Myers noted that over the past three plus years, DataPath has nearly doubled in size, launching four new product lines and...
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First Cartosat-2 Image Capture Released by ISRO The image was acquired on January 15, three days after the launch of the satellite and was released on January 16 on the website of the...
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Chinese Students to Witness Launch of their Satellite at Jiuquan Launch Center The satellite, named after late Premier Zhou Enlai, was sent from its production base in Huai’an Youth Comprehensive Development Base in...
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NSR Keeping an Eye on Meaningful SmallSat Mergers and Acquisitions Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) is the natural consequence for this young market as it matures and companies seek to consolidate market share...
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January 16, 2018 AsiaSat Broadens Broadcast Product Portfolio ... IP-Based Delivery Solutions and OTT Service Established as the first and leading Satellite Operator for Asia Pacific with more than 600 channels broadcast, reaching 800 million homes
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Paradigm SWARMs Across Five Continents The SWARM can pack into one case or backpack which is compliant as airline hand luggage and it can be setup in under 90 seconds.
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Oman's First Satellite to Launch in 2019 to Detect Light Pollution This refers to the brightening of the night sky caused by street lights and other man-made sources.
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Talia's Partnership with Newtec Continues and Increases Capacity on Arabsat Across Middle East The Newtec Dialog platform uses setup guides so that customers can self-install the terminals with an app – either on Apple’s iPhone or Google’s ...
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GomSpace Signs on with Virgin Orbit for a LauncherOne Event GomSpace will use the launch to further build out a constellation of small satellites that will use Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast and...
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Arriving at Cape Canaveral is the SSL-Built Hispasat 30W-6 Satellite for a SpaceX Launch SSL and Hispasat worked together and the firms included key developments on Hispasat 30W-6, which has the primary mission of ...
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X-Band Comms System for KARI's Kompsat-7 to be Built by Thales Alenia Space KOMPSAT-7 is an Earth Observation mission (EO) in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) developed by KARI to provide high resolution satellite images to satisfy...
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ETL Systems Integrates a Convergence of Signals at Convergence India
A convergence of signals, up to 64 inputs and 64 outputs in a compact chassis, that can be easily integrated into a satellite ground station system... Full Story
Spire Global, a SmallSat Company, Joins the Ranks as Newest Executive Member of Satellite Industry Association
Membership expanded by 25 percent over the past 18 months due to small satellite innovation and LEO constellations. Full Story
C-COM's Grease Free and Zero Maintenance iNetVu® Mobile Antenna Assists Rebounding Oil and Gas Industry new generation iNetVu® mobile antenna systems are also ‘zero maintenance’, which removes the requirement for periodic greasing and ...
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GATR Satellite Antenna Systems Pumps Up to Full Rate Production for U.S. Army The terminal's compact size and innovative design provides significant improvements in transportability, bandwidth and set up speed,
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SES-15's Happy New Year ... is Now Operational SES-15 carries a hybrid payload, comprising Ku-band wide beams and Ku-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) capability, with connectivity to...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne's RS-25 Test Heard 'Round the World ... Advances Exploration Efforts
The RS-25 program has 16 engines left in its inventory from the space shuttle program that are currently being repurposed for SLS, which will make...
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January 15, 2018 Successful Launch for Two SSTL-Built SmallSats These two small SSTL satellites were launched into a 505 km. sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) on board a PSLV launch vehicle from the Satash...
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ISRO's PSLV-C40 Flight Drives 31 Satellites to Orbit The co-passenger satellites comprise one microsatellite and one nanosatellite from India as well as 3 microsatellites and 25 nanosatellites from six countries...
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ULA Launches NROL-47 on Secret Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office in Support of National Defense ...program was established by the U.S. Air Force to provide assured access to space for Department of Defense and other government payloads.
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CETel and Arabsat's Business Continuity Services Safeguard Security, Redundancy and Back-Up
Data and permanent connectivity requirements made service availability the heart of every operation; no organization is willing to rely on a single string ...
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It's No Secret that Aerojet Rocketdyne's Propulsion Systems Supported Launch of the Secret NROL-47 Mission
The RS-68A is the world’s most powerful liquid-hydrogen/liquid-oxygen booster engine.
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Arianespace’s 2018 Begins with Upcoming Launch of SES-14 and Al Yah 3 Satellites and Plans for Numerous Soyuz Missions With Ariane 5 in position at the Final Assembly Building, the launcher is ready to receive its two satellite passengers...
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China Sends Off Three in Four ...Today's EO Satellite Totals Third Launch in Four Days in what is expected to be an unprecedentedly busy year for China, with more than 40 launches possible.
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ITU ... 'Don't Touch That Dial' ... Plans to to Keep the Radio On with New Satellite Regulation Fees Keeping geostationary sats chatting is simple. Low-Earth sats need more brains...
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JAXA's No Strike Zone ... Lightening Causes Launch of ASNARO 2 Be Scrubbed All ready to launch and then ... First it was an electrical system in 2017, and now an electrical storm that has caused the delay of-2.
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Arabsat's and Talia's Partnership Expands the Second Least Internet Connected Region in the World The Middle East is citied by the ITU as being the second least Internet connected region in the world with 58 percent of the population being off-line.
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Earth-i's Launches Prototype of World’s First Full-Color, Full-Motion Video Satellite Constellation new satellite is an Ultra High Definition camera that will capture high-resolution images for any location on Earth – and film up to two minutes...
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Advantech Wireless' European NATO Stamp of Approval ...Engage™ FlyAway VSAT Receives Certification The ASAT II™ system allows the same modem to operate 3 different access wave forms, and achieve the most efficient bandwidth utilization possible.
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January 13, 2018 Freesat's UHD Content Obtains Intertrust Security The technology keeps digital rights secure by ensuring that only licensed users can access the content they are entitled to, fighting piracy and...
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Satellite Industry Association has a New Executive Committee A new year, a new executive committee from SES, Viasat, and Intelsat.
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January 11, 2018 Another Delay ULA is Up in Arms ... Thursday's NROL-47 Launch Scrubbed and Rescheduled Another scrub of the NROL-47 from Space Launch Complex-6
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DARPA Seeking Revolutionary Tools for U.S. Military Space Ops and New Deputy Director To help ensure future U.S. technological and strategic superiority, DARPA’s Hallmark program seeks to develop revolutionary tools and technologies to...
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Space Flight Laboratory Now Engaged in NorSat-3 SmallSat Build This satellite will carry an experimental navigation radar detector to augment ship detection capabilities from its Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver...
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Nine Day Launch Window Upcoming for Rocket Lab's Second Electron Rocket Test Launch The test launch, titled "Still Testing," will occur from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 on the Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand. It follows on from the...
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Irdeto to Provide Content Security to India's Satellite PayTV Provider, Tata Sky The highly competitive satellite payTV market in India requires operators like Tata Sky to continue innovating in order to meet consumer demand for...
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SSPI's New Release from the Organization's Making Leaders Series In this nine page report, written for anyone who manages talent for a living, SSPI distills lessons from some of the smartest and most experienced...
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LeoSat @ CABSAT — Transforming Data Communications Using optical inter-satellite links and operating in polar orbits five times closer to Earth than MEO, and 25 times closer that GEO satellites, LeoSat...
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GovSat a New Brand and Joint Venture of Government of Luxembourg and SES ...Arrives for SpaceX Launch "...highly flexible payload featuring advanced encryption and anti-jamming capabilities, will further secure the connectivity for our users’ applications."
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Orbit Ends 2017 with a Bang .... Record Breaking December Orders Total More than US$20 Million Seven key deals contribute to the best December in company history
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January 10, 2018 Arianespace Signs Launch Contract with Intelsat for Two Satellite Propulsion Events The first launch will carry the Galaxy 30 satellite together with the Orbital ATK Mission Extension Vehicle-2 (MEV- 2) as a stacked pair. Galaxy 30 will...
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GVF Celebrates 20th Anniversary Their Past Successes and Executive Board GVF has become the unified voice of the global satellite communications industry with member organizations from every major region of the world.
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CETel Commits to SES Networks’ to Explore and Produce Sites in Africa Via MEO Fleet Connectivity
With round trip latencies below 150 milliseconds, MEO-enabled networks are on par with standard fiber connections, and are more reliable and faster to ... Full Story
Arabsat's Two New Satellites and Services will be Revealed at CABSAT 2018 Two new satellites are joining Arabsat, and more information ...
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Contract Extension Between De Poli Tankers and Marlink De Poli Tankers' in-house ITC company, Maritime Performances BV, decided to retain the Sealink Plus service for the future as it combines...
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TeamCast's First ... Automatic Satellite Link Optimization Solution
The optimization is automatic and transparent and can be used while the link actually carries user data, without any need to put the transmission on hold.
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NSR's Just Released Land Mobile via Satellite 5th Edition Report After experiencing a challenging 2015-2016, MSS operator land revenues have rebounded to single-digit growth, due to an increasingly diverse...
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Telesat's Phase 1 LEO Satellite Enjoys a Successful Launch The initial constellation will consist of approximately 120 satellites by 2021 and Telesat is evaluating options to expand its system beyond this ...
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First Image Capture by ICEYE-X1 Released by ICEYE ICEYE-X1 is the world’s first SAR satellite under 100 kg., launched less than a week ago on January 12, 2018, on ISRO’s PSLV-C40 from Satish...
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January 9, 2018 By 2025, the Space Launch Services Market is Estimated by ASD to Reach $27.18 Billion The space launch services market is estimated to be USD 8.88 billion in 2017 and is projected to reach USD 27.18 billion by 2025, at a CAGR of...
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Cobham SATCOM How a SAILOR Teaches Turkish Maritime Cadets "...the cadets also reported that it was basically ‘too easy to use’...”
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IMT and Vislink Share Their Wares at CABSAT 2018 It supports X- and Ku-band configurations ensuring worldwide coverage is available at all times.
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Story Joins Orbital Insight as Chief Development Officer Story’s global technology and business expertise spans more than 15 years of executive-level positions in analytics, scaling infrastructure, and software...
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ArianeGroup and Arianespace Enlist More than 600 European Companies for Final 10 Ariane 5 Launchers and Debut of Ariane 6 The decision announced today follows the commitment made by Arianespace in December 2016 to initiate the procurement of ...
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ULA's 10th Anniversary Student Rocket Launch and Payload Competition for Kindergarten - Graduate School
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China's SuperView-1 03/04 Launched from Taiyuan The satellites, SuperView-1 03/04, blasted off via a Long March 2D rocket, according to the center the mission aims to...
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Beta Services Have Been Initiated on the ViaSat-2 Satellite and an Antenna Issue Discovered The satellite will continue to undergo testing during the beta service period, as Boeing has identified an on orbit antenna issue, which has caused some...
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U.S.A.F.'s SBIRS GEO-4 Successfully Encapsulated for Upcoming Launch This encapsulation event is a significant milestone in GEO Flight-4's launch process as the event marks the satellite's completion of all major testing...
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The Top Teleport Operators of 2017 Named by World Teleport Association Executive Director Robert Bell reported that the teleport industry becomes more complex every year in terms of ownership, acquisition and competitive...
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GateHouse Telecom Offers Their Insight into the SATCOM Industry for 2018 The demand for connectivity wherever and whenever is omnipresent and driven by both end-consumers, industries and governments. This will drive...
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ASECNA to Deploy Aireon's Space-Based ADS-B in Western and Central Africa one of Africa’s largest Air Navigation Service Providers, covering 16.1 million square kilometers of airspace, through six Flight Information Regions ...
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January 8, 2018 Keysight Technologies Webcast to Teach What Universities Haven't About Voltage IV Measurement you may not have been educated in making accurate current and voltage measurements. Here's a webcast that will assist you with this 'missing link'...
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In-Depth Analysis of UAS SATCOM and Imaging Markets Published by NSR Building on more than a decade of data and analysis from NSR’s popular Global Military Satellite Communications and Satellite-Based Earth Observation...
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New Connector Options Debut from AtlanTecRF AtlanTecRF’s ASF series of reformable coaxial cable assemblies provides the microwave system designer with a versatile solution to equipment and...
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ABI Research Publishes Their Latest IoT Report While requirements and use case factors are application dependent, all share the common goal of interpreting raw sensor data and deriving value-added information...
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Godspeed as Astronaut John Young Dies Having Enjoyed Many Firsts Including the Longest Career of Any Astronaut The first and the last, with the longest career of any astronaut, as well as he was the first person to fly six space missions and walk on the Moon twice.
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Intelsat Brings Galaxy-30 Satellite Contract to Orbital ATK for Build Galaxy 30 will be designed, built and tested at Orbital ATK’s state-of-the-art satellite manufacturing facility in Dulles, Virginia, and will primarily serve...
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Partnership for Search & Rescue Solution Finds Astrosat and DroneSAR Joining Forces The RAPID system is designed to provide intelligent situational awareness and support in the context of disaster scenarios to aid, inform and support ...
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Globecast Extends Transponder Leasing on the SES ASTRA-5B Satellite Under the multi-year extension announced by SES, Globecast will lease several transponders on ASTRA 5B at 31.5 degrees East to serve Orange...
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Use of Satellites will Help China to Control Disputed Sea The island province of Hainan’s Sanyan Institute of Remote Sensing intends to launch the satellites from 2019 to 2021, the official Xinhua News...
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SpaceX's Zuma Mission Reported to Have Burned Up in a Fireball... Total Failure the highly-classified satellite codenamed Zuma, is believed to have plunged back into the Earth’s atmosphere...
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January 7, 2018 SpaceX's Zuma Zooms Into Space on Mysterious Mission ... and Rocket Returns with Legs Down The broadcast was cut off after a few minutes due to the secret aspect of the mission
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January 5, 2018 ATLAS Space Operations Newest ... GoGo Got Him Title of ATLAS' Chief Operating Officer antenna LINKS™ and software platform FREEDOM™ are game-changers for space communications ground segment that is an ideal fit for my experience
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January 4, 2018 A Second Orbital ATK Life Extension Mission Vehicle Ordered by Intelsat Intelsat S.A.'s vehicle to provide life extension services for an Intelsat satellite. Orbital ATK's MEV-1 is first commercial in-space satellite servicing ...
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Inmarsat's New IoT Report Digs into Mining According to the latest research from Inmarsat, the Internet of Things (IoT) will play a critical role in helping mining businesses to increase the level of...
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United Launch Alliance's DCR Successfully Completed for Boeing's CST-100 Starliner Future Mission Launch vehicle production is currently on track for an uncrewed August 2018 Orbital Flight Test (OFT). The OFT booster for the uncrewed flight is...
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The UN International Organization for Migration Aids Refugees with TAC-PAK Videoconferencing Systems civil war broke out in CAR 115,000 Chad refugees have been displaced, people have been killed and many more have been the victims of rape and...
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CRADA Signed Between Orbital ATK and the U.S.A.F.'s Space and Missile Systems Center The CRADA provides the framework and plan for data exchanges needed to certify Orbital ATK’s Next Generation Launch (NGL) system to carry...
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Vislink's $1Million Deal Links Events Worldwide Including the 2018 Winter Olympics many events including 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the 2018 24 Hours of LeMans automobile racing event.
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SpaceX's Mysterious Zuma Launch Delayed ... Again til the Weekend The date has been moved again
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PTC'18 Offers WTA's Satellite Aloha Workshop 'The Teleport Opportunity" established businesses face disruption from new models of connectivity (GEO HTS, MEO and LEO), the rising domination of software over hardware ...
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Elbit Systems' Mercury Radio Achieves Results with the UK's Army Cadet Force The UK MoD was provided with extensive hardware and software enhancements to achieve best in class Radio performance, and ...
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Airborne Wireless Network Enters into Service Agreement with iNTELLICOM Technologies successful May 2017 proof-of-flight concept test performed in Roswell, New Mexico, which used two Boeing 767s and successfully demonstrated ...
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January 3, 2018 UPDATE: Secret Payload Mission Now Scheduled for a Friday Launch by SpaceX The push to orbit will occur at Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral AFS in Florida and will be the first mission to gain space for ...
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China's Ambitious 2018 Agenda Includes 35 Launches and Mission to Far Side of Moon The ambitious target reflects multiple expanding space programs, a growing commercial space sector and
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xG Technology Delivers IMT Vislink HCAM, World’s First 4K UHD Wireless Camera Systems This reflects an increase for demand of the systems that began ...
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mu Space a Startup Company is Starting Ambitious Plans for $9.2 Million in 2018 "Currently, Blue Origin, SpaceX and Virgin Galactic are leading the space tourism industry. However, none of them is based in Asia."
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Maxar Technologies Names Mike Greenley as MDA's Group President Reporting to the CEO of Maxar, his responsibilities will include all of the MDA lines of business and its 1,900 employees. Primary locations include ...
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Nigeria's NigComSat Agency Signs on with China for Two Satellites Shittu said that NICOMSAT is one of Nigeria's agencies where the hope is to procure two new satellites from China. Initially the agreement was that...
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SATCOM in the Works for Indian Railways By year-end, all 10,800 locos of the railways will have antennas fixed on them and they will be monitored inside the drivers cabin, senior officials of ...
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ISRO's Reports from Multi-Talented Resourcesat-2A After First Year in Orbit India, with nearly 3.3 million sq.km. geographical area, is endowed with natural resources such as forests, crop lands, water resources, minerals,
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January 2, 2018 Israeli Smallsats First to Fly in Formation to Occur Later this Year The project is designed to prove that a combination of satellites can hold together in a controlled formation for a year
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A Cape Canaveral Home for the SpaceX Dragon Capsule Team should be receiving their first Dragon 2 capsule, which will directly support NASA and the return of astronauts (launching into orbit) from U.S. soil,
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Iridium's NEXT's Good News Is Good News ... 10 Satellites Pass Test Last week's successful launch of the Iridium-4 launch with SpaceX caused quite the stir on the West Coast of the United States due to ...
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ISRO Prepping for Upcoming January Launch of 31 Satellites The mission will be the first ‘Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle’ (PSLV) mission after the unsuccessful launch of the navigation satellite IRNSS-1H in...
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Arabsat's Board of Directors' Meeting Will Be in Istanbul, Turkey Khalid Balkhyour, the President and CEO of Arabsat said that this meeting will discuss the results of 2017 as well as the estimated budget for 2018...
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Greece's Pride as Completion of Hellas-Sat is Sent for Tests Hellas Sat 4 was built in cooperation with the Royal Institute of Technology of Saudi Arabia.
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Airborne Wireless Network Support Agreement with GE Aviation ABWN anticipates that this relationship should significantly accelerate the development of ABWN's proprietary Hybrid Radio and Free-Optics...
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Contract Mod for Kratos Technology & Training Solutions from U.S.A.F. These services are required to sustain and provide post-production development for the current Command and Control System Consolidated...
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xG Technology's IMT Vislink Delivers First Order for U.S. Army The contract covers the supply of hand-held intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance receiver (ISR) devices. Delivery of the first order was...
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ETL Sends in the StingRay RF Over Fiber Solution for Liquid Telecom's Special Needs with 200 meters between its RF cabin and the main equipment room and frequent lightning storms, signal loss and equipment resilience ...
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JAXA Reports Critical Operations Phase of SHIKISAI and TSUBAME Now Complete ... the satellites have entered the state where they can be sustained in orbit.
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ISRO to Assist Spatial Mapping of Trees and Fish The data would also be used be for locating suitable sites for cage fish farming in sea waters.
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Payloads Could Soon Head South from Cape Canaveral Polar launches have historically been flown from Vandenberg Air Force Base on California’s Central Coast, where a small number of missions each...
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Atos Completes Acquisition of Siemens Convergence Creators Atos' intent to acquire CVC was announced on October 2, 2017 — the company delivers software-based solutions in the fields of communication...
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Spacecom's AMOS-4 Continues Connectivity for Nepal's DishHome Service Dish Media Network Ltd. owns Nepal's fast growing DTH operator, Dishhome, whose distribution network covers all of Nepal. With substantial satellite capacity on AMOS-4...
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UK Space Agency's Second Annual SatelLife Challenge is Now Open for Proposals The SatelLife Challenge, now in its second year, is looking for innovative proposals from those aged 11 to 22 which have the potential to use data...
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Modular Devices Sheds Light on their 3700 Series MDI continues to drive product innovation and development that make power component integration for power systems engineers and systems...
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Kratos Technology & Training Solutions Culls CCS-C Contract These services are required to sustain and provide post-production development for the current CCS-C system for telemetry, tracking and...
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Thuraya Adds Value to the Russian Maritime Market for Addvalue Technologies ... first Thuraya equipment of its kind to have received type approval from the Maritime and River Registers of Russia.
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The National Space Society ... Pleased that President Agrees that U.S. will Return Humans to the Moon worked to inform the new Administration on space policy options over the last year, and is pleased to see that two of the Society's recommendations ...
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January 1, 2018 MVS USA's FLEXX to Host Iridium's CertusSM Service MVS USA’s FLEXX for CertusSM system is built on the company’s proprietary Virtual Distribution Partner (VDP) program that has delivered...
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