May 2017 Satellite NewsVisit www.satnews.com for today's news
May 30, 2017 Bolivian Space Agency Gets the Edge Selects Gilat for VSAT Complete Connectivity With their new satellite network in place, they will be able to offer complete connectivity solutions.
Full Story
It's a G'day for Aussies as First Satellite in 15 Years Released from ISS ... However “We’re not overly concerned yet, we’re troubleshooting a number of scenarios for why we didn’t detect it...”
Full Story
December Set for Launch of Bangladesh's First Satellite She said the construction work on the satellite is going on in full swing and the work on two ground stations in Gazipur and Betbunia are also in progress.
Full Story
ISRO Getting "Heavy" with GSLV Mk III Launch Called the Fat Boy Satellite, the GSLV Mk III will enable India to send manned missions to space.
Full Story
Hispasat Announces Small Town Spanish Winner of Internet Contest hard work and dedication they put in to win this contest and connect for the very first time to the network of networks through a quality connection.
Full Story
On the CommunicAsia2017 Show Floor — AsiaSat's Retrospective The company's sales and technical team offered insight into the services available when working with AsiaSat...
Full Story
Maritime Safety in Vanuatu Has Inmarsat and IMSO Collaborating on Comms The Vanuatu archipelago, for instance, stretches 1,300 km from north to south and comprises 82 small islands, of which 65 are inhabited.
Full Story
A Gap-Free Ocean with Airbus Defense and Space's Expansion of WorldDEM Product Shoreline mapping is key for tsunami modeling ... the first elevation model to provide a truly pole-to-pole coverage with a unique level of detail and quality
Full Story
CommunicAsia2017 Wraps Up a Successful Trade Event The event drew more than 40,000 trade attendees with 45 percent hailing from overseas, and more than 1,800 exhibitors...
Full Story
Arianespace Preps for Launch of ViaSat-2 and EUTELSAT 172B offers double the network capacity and seven times more coverage than its predecessor ...
Full Story
Airbus Defence and Space's Global Earth Observation Challenge a Win-Win Application ... designed to bring new developments of Earth observation services, as well as ground-breaking solutions.
Full Story
New Month New Launch at Arianespace All Systems are Go for ViaSat-2 and EUTELSAT 172B This will be the sixth launch of 2017 after a month's delay in April due to civil unrest.
Full Story
NSR's Warm Thoughts of Polar Revenue Opportunity... Forecast of $1.7 Billion ... bringing new revenue opportunities to these unconnected and under-connected markets, with the region seeing $116M in HTS revenues by 2025.
Full Story
Spaceport Cornwall Partners with Orbital Access Limited Now A Step Closer for Launch of Small Sats "Cornwall Airport Newquay and Goonhilly are within Aerohub Enterprise Zone which means we can offer a suite of incentives to inward investors..."
Full Story
Japan's "Guiding" Satellite Is Ready to Launch as a Beacon of Safety Nicknamed Michibiki 2 which means “guiding” or “showing the way” in Japanese.
Full Story
May 26, 2017 AST Keeps Satellite Communications on the Edge and in Control with Launch of INTEGRA The first real-time application control for satellite communications.
Full Story
SpaceX Moves Launch of Iridium's NEXT Satellite Constellation Ahead of Schedule ... 10 at One Time a series of eight launches scheduled to take place through mid-2018, delivering a total of 75 satellites to low-Earth orbit.
Full Story
Inmarsat's Jet Connex Joins with Lufthansa Technik's TIOS for Global Inflight Wi-Fi The TIOS radome, which connects to Jet ConneX using exclusive JetWave hardware produced by Inmarsat partner Honeywell...
Full Story
SSPI Has Opened the 12th Annual Promise and Mentor Awards Nominations Every year, SSPI presents three young satellite professionals with its Promise Award in recognition of outstanding achievements that signal their ...
Full Story
Burundi Coffee Growers Gain Insights from Satellites To assist PRODEMA in meeting the goals of its coffee sector support project, Earth-i and WeatherSafe will fulfill a number of vital functions.
Full Story
Satellite Interference Reduction Group Welcomes Novella SatComs Novella SatComs is an established supplier of high performance RF equipment and solutions for satellite Earth stations and CATV systems...
Full Story
The Third Integration Milestone for Dream Chaser is a Sierra Nevada Corporation Success CRS2 Integration Review #3 (IR3) confirmed SNC’s Dream Chaser Cargo System design meets NASA’s key requirements and maximizes...
Full Story
Coming soon ... ViaSat-2 ... This satellite system will show the world that satellite is not a service of last resort, but a strong terrestrial broadband service alternative.
Full Story
May 25, 2017 A Russian Military Satellite is Launched from Plesetsk Aboard a Soyuz-2.1b Rocket The launch was overseen by Commander of Space Forces, Lt. Gen. Alexander Golovko.
Full Story
Ireland's First Satellite Under Development and Planning Launch
"I never expected that as a student I'd be responsible for flying that detector on Ireland's first satellite.”
Full Story
Israel's First Environmental Research Satellite Venus Ready to Go The satellite weighs 265 kilos and will after launching reach a height of 720 kilometers from Earth within two days.
Full Story
May 24, 2017 ATEME/SatService Selected to Service OTT Offerings... This new HEVC statmux headend uses ATEME TITAN full-software solution for delivering 15 full-HD channels with premium video quality.
Full Story
Arabsat's BADR-4 Satellite Adds Euronews Euronews' original frequency will remain active until the end of May, during which time...
Full Story
On the CommunicAsia2017 Show Floor... Thuraya's Product Parade... The highlight of the year is the recently launched Thuraya Aero and Thuraya WE...
Full Story
MDA's New NOAA Contract Calls for RADARSAT-2 Data Acquisition The information provided is ideally suited to markets that require either broad-area monitoring or targeted surveillance, such as ...
Full Story
APAC MILSATCOM Channel Partner Program Furthered by Airbus Under this channel partner agreement, both PlanetComm and Speedcast will be offering Skynet X-band and UHF services as part of their extensive satellite communications portfolios.
Full Story
The Main Propulsion Provider for DARPA's and Boeing's XS-1 is Aerojet Rocketdyne The reusable experimental spaceplane is designed to deliver small satellites into orbit with high launch responsiveness.
Full Story
Airbus Defence and Space and Russia's Scanex to Provide EO Images With No Security or Privacy Compromises This streamed basemap facilitates the sharing of data across teams or partner organizations, with no compromise on security or privacy.
Full Story
Inmarsat and BSNL Create New Gateway Connections for Digital India Initiative an exciting day as it brings reliable communications, within the reach of groups and communities in areas with little or no connectivity.
Full Story
TRT World Expands into the Americas and Asia Through Globecast and Intelsat Partnership Under the multi-year deal, Globecast will transmit TRT World HD channel in English to Asia and the Americas via the...
Full Story
Thales Alenia Space Has Sent Europasat to French Guiana for June Launch This "condominium" satellite for Inmarsat and Hellas Sat will provide Mobile Satellite Services (MSS), Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) and Broadcast Satellite Services (BSS).
Full Story
GomSpace's Asian Arrival Enables Increasing Global Presence They provide reliable nanosatellites' platforms including advanced functionality such as inter-satellite linking, station keeping and ...
Full Story
Advantech Wireless' Second Generation Advanced GaN Technology 100W to 125W Ka-Band BUC “GaN technology allows us to reach power levels that were not possible before, and ..."
Full Story
Quintech Electronics' Extreme Order from US Government Intelligence Agency for XTREME 8 The XTREME 80 is the only L-band matrix configured as either a 16x64 or 32x32 in the same 2 RU chassis.
Full Story
ULA's 53-Foot Tall Future Heavy Rocket to Take 16 Student Payloads Heavenwards The 53-foot-tall, high-power sport rocket launch will take place at Spaceport America, New Mexico, on Saturday, June 24...
Full Story
May 23, 2017 Backhaul Connectivity for Mauritania — Newtec's Technology Embedded for Mobile Operator Mattel Newtec has installed a Newtec Dialog Hub and has deployed several remote sites across the Mauritanian nation in record time...
Full Story
Inmarsat’s Power of Four Elevates Them to New Heights with Jet ConneX this significant milestone for its Jet ConneX inflight broadband service, with four of business aviation industry’s major private jet manufacturers offering ...
Full Story
New Mobile App from AsiaSat The platform also offers users convenient access to the latest news, events, services and TV channel reception information of AsiaSat.
Full Story
Thales Alenia Space Honored by Korean Aerospace Research Institute Dr. Sang-Ryool Lee, GEO-KOMPSAT-2 Program Manager emphasized the outstanding performance of Thales Alenia Space team in Spain, and...
Full Story
Russian Satellites Come to Life After a Year's Silence Or they might be precursors to orbital weapons on test runs.
Full Story
NITRO RAN Optimizer Solution Debuts from Thaicom With the introduction of the RAN optimizers NITRO30 and NITRO100, Thaicom is rounding out its end-to-end cellular backhaul service portfolio.
Full Story
An Airbus APAC Contract Expansion for Speedcast Speedcast will work with Airbus to build relationships and partnerships with local agencies...
Full Story
M7 Group's European Broadcasts Improve with Newtec's Award Winning Satellite Gateway this expanding efficiency M7 Group’s capacity enables the company to add more channels in improved quality on the same satellite transponders.
Full Story
SES Networks and Patrakom Keep Morale Afloat with Connected Connectivity in Indonesian Waters SES’s largest satellite for Asia-Pacific, and has a powerful mobility beam to provide coverage for vessels sailing across the East Indian Ocean.
Full Story
Opportunities of $32 Billion Projected by NSR for Airborne SATCOM Driven by higher demand for broadband connectivity, this installed base will generate over $32 billion in revenue over the next decade, as air travel continues its rise around the world.
Full Story
GomSpace to Deliver Two Smallsats to SpaceQuest These smallsat platforms will feature fully flight proven core subsystems as well as GomSpace’s state-of-the-art Software Defined Radio (SDR) solutions.
Full Story
Government and Military Sector Positioning by MVS USA Strengthened Through ADCI Acquisition This is the first of multiple planned acquisitions as the company seeks to expand through acquisition and revenue growth...
Full Story
IoT Going Beyond the Limits of Cellular with the Just Released Iridium Edge™ A plug-and-play designed solution, Iridium Edge enables companies of all sizes to rapidly expand their IoT applications beyond cellular coverage.
Full Story
DigitalGlobe Takes a Close-Up Look at the Kiwi's Rocket Lab's Electron Rocket This is the rocket’s first test flight ...
Full Story
Sub-Saharan Africa to Receive High-Performance Broadband from Global-IP and the Hughes JUPITER System Hughes will supply 11 gateway stations in Europe using a centralized architecture for routing traffic in and out of the Internet...
Full Story
The NASA Ultraviolet Space Spectrograph Successfully Integrated into the SES-14 Satellite GOLD will employ an ultraviolet imaging spectrograph to measure densities and temperatures in the Earth’s thermosphere and ionosphere in response to...
Full Story
Walton De-Ice Systems Tackle Top Global Broadcaster’s Snow and Ice on Satellite Earth Station major global media network ensures that snow and ice does not accumulate on the antenna reflector...
Full Story
May 22, 2017 Companies Seeking Cyber-Security Find Answers at CommunicAsia's SatComm2017 With the Cybersecurity Market Report predicting that worldwide spending on cyber security will top US$1 trillion for the five-year period from 2017 to 2021...
Full Story
Hughes to Implement a Turnkey, Fully-Managed IP Network for a Global Organization Under this agreement, Hughes will be responsible for the implementation, support and management of all elements of the network providing critical...
Full Story
SATCOM to Assist with China's “One Belt and One Road” Program The two parties will carry out cooperation in areas such as satellite applications, electronic information products, control and...
Full Story
Update as Norsat Notifies Hytera of Superior Proposal from Privet Fund Management LLC Hytera is under no obligation to make such an offer, but if they offer to amend the Arrangement Agreement ...
Full Story
Advantech Wireless' ASAT II™ WaveSwitch™ Makes Waves at CommunicAsia 2017 with Waveform Switching The system will dynamically assign from Advantech Wireless’ RCSXTM selection of waveforms - ASCPC™, MF-TDMA, and SCPC DVB-S2/S2X.
Full Story
O3b Reconnecting Flood Victims in Peru Through Connectivity with Project Loon Recently, the El Niño weather phenomenon has deluged parts of Peru with nearly 10 times the typical rainfall, causing widespread flooding and mudslides...
Full Story
Failed Space Port Land Returns to Original Owners ... 30 Years Later “When the Bjelke-Peterson government announced plans in 1986, they didn’t bother to consult the traditional owners, they just took the land."
Full Story
New Zealand is Reaching to Space ... A Good Place to Try Things, Where Not Everyone is Watching We could set up unmanned mini space labs for hire. Scientists could send small boxes up into space ... that are controlled and monitored from Earth.
Full Story
India Picks Up Pace to Provide High-Speed Internet with ISRO's New Satellites Despite overtaking the US last year to become the world's second largest Internet user base after China, India is still behind many Asian countries ...
Full Story
PAGASA Keeps 'em Dry ... Launches COMS Weather Watch Satellite The COMS is the first geostationary multipurpose satellite of South Korea,
Full Story
IPSTAR International Selects Hughes JUPITER™ for India's National, Digital India, Initiative New JUPITER-powered services will be five times faster than any satellite Internet access currently available in India...
Full Story
Philippines to Receive a New DTH Service Via ABS and SOLAR Group The new service will be available on C-band via the ABS-6 satellite that covers the Philippines.
Full Story
AsiaSat and SSL Agree that AsiaSat-9 is Ready for Shipment to Baikonur + a Globecast Deal AsiaSat 9 is a replacement satellite for AsiaSat 4 at 122 degrees East and is an SSL 1300E satellite equipped with...
Full Story
ORBCOMM Solutions Sell in Saudi Arabia via New Partnership with machinestalk "... we believe that IoT is no longer an option for enterprises wishing to grow in their industry space or simply defend their market share.
Full Story
Inmarsat's Regional Conference 2017 Reveals Globalsat Group's Strong Partnership and Innovative Solutions necessary not only to know how to operate the equipment, but also to understand risk management and ... optimize processes, reduce costs, save lives
Full Story
UltiSat Picks Up a SATCOM Contract with the Swedish Armed Forces UltiSat is positioned to provide C- and Ku-band satellite capacity to enable IP connectivity for forward-deployed FMV troops...
Full Story
New Hybrid Platform from SES Brings Palau Telecoms and Others Connectivity in APAC Region The new solution represents fully-managed ‘bandwidth-on-demand’ connectivity, with intelligent routing and resiliency.
Full Story
For Use at Q-Band, AtlanTecRF Releases Enhanced SATCOM Loop Test Translators AtlanTecRF Loop Test Translators are already in use on all continents in lower frequency bands from L- to Ka- and the extension into...
Full Story
STN Keeps Tradition Alive Expanding into Asia Pacific With Cultural Content ... to deliver programming that is relative to them and enables them to keep in touch with the country they have left, is extremely important. Full Story
"An important shift for space warfighting and acquisition" — Breaking Defense news... AFSPC/CC has been elevated to the Joint Force Component Commander for Space (JFCC Space) … in essence a 4-star Air Force commander focused on the joint fight.
Full Story
CommunicAsia2017 — iDirect Has a High iQ ... Provides Smart Boost with iQ Desktop The iQ Desktop supports a full range of DVB-S2X MODCODS up to 256APSK 3/4 and aggregate throughput up to 200 Mb/s.
Full Story
ViaSat Flying High with AirSatOne and Iceland Air Becoming Partners with the Company ViaSat offers in-flight Internet products that enable business travelers to be more productive and entertained in the air...
Full Story
Arianespace Prepping for their Next Dual Payload Dual Launches Inside the Spaceport’s Launcher Integration Building, the Ariane 5 for Flight VA238 is taking shape for a June 28 liftoff with a dual-satellite payload...
Full Story
Rocket Lab Scrubs Test Launch Due to Triboelectrification From Launch Complex 1 Triboelectrification, I hate when that happens ...
Full Story
May 19, 2017 Speedcast Gains Four Service Contracts with O&G Operators In the North Sea, Speedcast will provide engineering and systems integration support through the testing and commissioning of...
Full Story
An NSR Analysis — An Update of the Asian Satellite Market The launch of the 4th Inmarsat Global Xpress satellite occurred at a very busy time for the satellite industry in Asia Pacific.
Full Story
IP Backbone Connectivity for Large Asian Telecom Operator Won by ABS At half a gigabit per second, this contract represents a significant milestone for ABS for the delivery of GEO-based connectivity services.
Full Story
The New Leonis Ka-Band Chipset Joins Arralis Product Portfolio This first of its kind Ka-band chipset from Arralis comprises all of the circuits that are required to build a Ka-band satellite...
Full Story
The Route to Space Alliance is Formed by European Hauliers The Route To Space Alliance is represented across 13 sites in four countries and features 185.000m2 of depot space, 45.050m2 of...
Full Story
Dawn Harms and David Myers Named by SSPI as Chairperson and President, Respectively SSPI’s worldwide membership has also elected seven new directors...
Full Story
Smallsat Demonstrator Angels Will Carry Thales Alenia Space Argos Neo Instrument Argos Neo is a miniaturized data collection instrument, developed by Thales Alenia Space as prime in conjunction with Syrlinks, a manufacturer of...
Full Story
May 18, 2017 Air Force SMC Names Awards to Analyze Cloud Detection other programs to provide cloud characterization, whereby satellites analyze cloud detection, cover and temperature, and,
Full Story
Key Data Access Elements of the Copernicus Program to be Featured at EUMETSAT's Information Day The EU has entrusted EUMETSAT to exploit four of the Sentinel satellite missions that are part of the Copernicus space component dedicated to...
Full Story
On the CommunicAsia2017 Show Floor —Globecomm Planning Product Parade The firm's broadcast and enterprise customers depend on the company's video, Internet, content and data network services to provide...
Full Story
Emergency Readiness and Response for Multiple Ground Stations Tracking LEO and MEO Satellites in Orbit's New Agreement Initial orders for Orbit’s Gaia 100 remote-sensing systems have been received for search and rescue applications in Europe and Southeast Asia...
Full Story
Arianespace Launches the Boeing Built SES-15 Satellite Via a Soyuz Rocket Designated Flight VS17 in Arianespace’s launcher family numbering system, this will be the second-ever mission to geostationary transfer orbit performed by Soyuz from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
Full Story
Newtec's DVB-S2X Broadcast Technology Improves Televisa's Picture Quality and More DVB-S2X sets a SATCOM transmission standard and further, improves Televisa's picture quality using
Full Story
May 17, 2017 CPI's ASC Signal Division Contracted by Roberts Communications to Provide Antennas for New Vegas Teleport Roberts has selected two divisions of CPI to support its newest teleport.
Full Story
US Service Academies Engage in Swarm Challenge to Push the Boundaries of Autonomous Swarm Capabilities US Naval Academy wins three-day tournament over US. Military Academy and US Air Force Academy in experiment designed to develop innovative tactics for large groups of unmanned aerial vehicles...
Full Story
ABS Brings Pusterla in as the Firm's New European Managing Director In this position, Paolo is responsible for leading sales and business development all across Europe.
Full Story
Airbus Safran Launchers to Become ArianeGroup as of July 1st This change in identity is the logical next step following the decision of the ESA Member States at the Ministerial Conference in Luxembourg...
Full Story
On the CommunicAsia2017 Show Floor — Kratos Defense and Security to Present Ground System Solutions... The products on display by Kratos at this event are all designed to assist operators with changing satellite environments...
Full Story
Gaining Even More Rideshare Launch Frequencies... Spaceflight Purchases a Rocket Lab Electron The Electron is an ideal launch vehicle for dedicated and rideshare missions, especially those serving difficult-to-come-by launch destinations...
Full Story
Signalhorn to Forge Better Connectivity in Africa At the three-day event, Signalhorn met with potential customers and key stakeholders to discuss possible solutions to the lack of infrastructure in Africa.
Full Story
On the CommunicAsia2017 Show Floor... ETL Systems Debuting Their Hurricane and More... The customizable Hurricane RF matrix is designed to change and adapt with the ever-changing requirements of the latest satellite teleports.
Full Story
On the CommunicAsia2017 Show Floor — L3 Narda-MITEQ Displaying Their 9900 Series and Other Offerings... The company will be presenting their high performance 9900 series up and down converters...
Full Story
The Indonesian PALAPA-N1 Satellite to be a China Great Wall Industry Corporation Mission CGWIC will provide a package solution with the products and services to the client that include the satellite, launch service, ground system....
Full Story
Arianespace Gives OK Ready to Launch Soyuz and SES 15 to Begin Important Mission enable the US Federal Aviation Administration to augment the Global Positioning Systems improving accuracy for the aviation industry.
Full Story
Israel's Ministry of Defense Enlists Elbit Systems™ to Provide Satellite-on-the-Move Systems for Vehicles Israeli Defense Forces is an innovative technologically advanced military...
Full Story
Strength in Accord ... JAXA-ESA Issue Joint Statement Concerning the Bilateral Cooperation significant results have been achieved through cooperation in the International Space Station program, as well as in joint missions in fields such as ...
Full Story
May 16, 2017 The Heights Dynamic Network Access Technology from Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is Now Available Heights Dynamic Network Access is a revolutionary, dynamic network access technology designed for the Heights Networking Platform's return links.
Full Story
World's First Drone Payload for RF Testing of SATCOM for Drones Delivered by AtlanTecRF The Drone Payload has the advantage of being able to provide the loop-back from heights above the ground which would be simply....
Full Story
The Trends Shaping Location Based Services Examined by the GSA in a Just Released Report The report offers an in-depth look at market opportunities and trends within the dynamic Location Based Services (LBS) segment.
Full Story
European Satellite Hub Construction Started by Airbus The ultra-modern building, for the development and integration of satellites, will enable the Friedrichshafen site to handle future satellite requirements.
Full Story
Russia Will Soon No Longer be Dependent Upon US Satellites for ISS Communications "This year the ISS will be equipped with Ku-band devices capable of transmitting to the Earth not just telemetry, but also a large amount of...
Full Story
During SES Industry Days, 4K High Frame Rate Technology via Satellite to be Demo'd The 4K HFR content will be transmitted live via an ASTRA satellite at 19.2 degrees East and displayed on LG’s OLED TV...
Full Story
The WE Satellite and LTE Portable WiFi Hotspot Enters the Market from Thuraya The terminal facilitates seamless roaming for consumers, from satellite to terrestrial LTE services or vice versa...
Full Story
Impressive User Throughput Demo'd by Gilat's Airborne Modem with Gogo's 2Ku Service On May 9th 2017, Gogo hosted a major, high visibility industry event on their Boeing 737 test plane, the “Jimmy Ray.”
Full Story
ViaLite's Links Brought in to Upgrade a Fortune 500 Company's System The company decided to upgrade their links to ViaLite’s to ensure continuity of supply and support going forwards after their former supplier...
Full Story
On the ION Joint Navigation Conference Show Floor — Systron Donner Inertial Bringing Their Quartz MEMS Sensors and Systems the company will be showcasing MEMS performance advantages found in their latest Tactical Grade Quartz MEMS Inertial Systems...
Full Story
Thales Alenia Space Champ ... Makes and Takes 3D-Printed Parts into Orbit
Additive manufacturing provides real benefits for spaceborne products.
Full Story
May 15, 2017 Clyde Space's Happenings First the Queen and then the Times ... Two Awards in One Month Glasgow produced more than 60 satellites, more than any other city outside of Silicon Valley.
Full Story
NASA to Launch the Lightest Satellite in the World The satellite, called KalamSat, will be launched by a NASA sounding rocket on June 21 from Wallops Island.
Full Story
Missouri High School Students Win Team America Rocketry Challenge The students had to design and launch a rocket capable of meeting precise engineering standards and mission requirements while protecting a raw egg throughout the flight of the rocket.
Full Story
SpaceX Sends Inmarsat-5 Soaring Into Space ... Good News for Global Xpress' Broadband Network Originally the plan was to only be a trio of spacecraft, but Inmarsat opted...
Full Story
Turbopump Demo Program Successfully Completes Testing at Aerojet Rocketdyne This device, as part of the engine turbomachinery, is the first full-scale engine component to be tested on the program.
Full Story
Advanced C4ISR Program from Elbit Systems to Support Brazilian Marine Corps. The contract calls for the supply of cutting-edge technologies and operational capabilities, including a variety of Battle Management Systems ...
Full Story
Eni Enlists Planetek Italia and Airbus for High-Res Earth Observation Services ... value-added services as maritime surveillance and vessel detection, oil spill detection, sea ice monitoring, onshore oil and gas prospect detection.
Full Story
SES-10 Successfully Shunts Into Full Operation SES-10 was launched on March 30, 2017, from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida onboard a flight-proven SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Full Story
LeoSat and CopaSAT Join Technological Forces for Constellation With LeoSat’s new architecture that uses inter-satellite laser links, customers will benefit from an optical backbone in space with...
Full Story
A Potential Sales May be in the Works by Globalstar Bloomberg's news story stated that Globalstar could attract interest from major wireless and cable companies...
Full Story
Two NASA Astronauts to be Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame The ceremony will be held at the Space Shuttle Atlantis attraction at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
Full Story
Image Processing Software from Icaros Debuts for UAS The OneButton software has been modified to accommodate the unique collection conditions of unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Full Story
Norsat Receives Updated, Unsolicited Acquisition Proposal from Privet Fund Management The Special Committee will review and consider if the Privet Proposal is a...
Full Story
Soyuz, SES and the Spaceport ... a Rocket, a Satellite and a Launch Site Set for Soyuz's Launch of SES-15 SES-15, its first hybrid satellite, will offer a mix of widebeam coverage and high throughput (HTS) capacity.
Full Story
Inmarsat's Celebration ... Confirmed Launch of Its Fourth Global Xpress Satellite ...the world’s first globally available, broadband connectivity service and was created to enable communities across the world ...
Full Story
May 12, 2017 Temporary SATCOM Connectivity Provided by Global Teleports to Support Air Ltd. VipNet™ Event, launched this month, enables companies such as Support Air Ltd. to use temporary service for the duration of a project or event.
Full Story
BulgariSat-1, Built by SSL, Arrives Safely at Cape Canaveral for a SpaceX Launch BulgariaSat-1 will provide high quality DTH television and telecommunications services in the Balkans and other European regions...
Full Story
May 11, 2017 European Consortium Team Up to Successfully Conduct Ultra-High Throughput Transmission Over Satellite The technology demonstration was part of a development funded by the European Space Agency under the "ARTES Advanced Technology" program.
Full Story
New Secretary of US Air Force is Third Woman to Serve In This Position Wilson will replace acting secretary Lisa Disbrow, who has been filling in since Deborah Lee James vacated the position in January.
Full Story
At the Transform Africa Summit 2017, Inmarsat's Twin Announcements The need for responsive and effective joint operations among the security and safety agencies has never been greater...
Full Story
Draper and Partners Building a Smallsat to Really Study the Martian Climate The spacecraft, known as Aeolus, is one of 10 mission concepts intended to study solar system planets and asteroids selected by NASA...
Full Story
WE Note A Blending of SATCOM and Terrestrial Comms by Thuraya This is the world’s first dual mode satellite and LTE hotspot that keeps you in contact with...
Full Story
New Smallsat Technology Company Formed Through Merger of Adcole Corporation and Maryland Aerospace Inc. Adcole Maryland Aerospace will maintain two locations to better serve the aerospace industry — Crofton, Maryland, and Marlborough, Massachusetts.
Full Story
Harris' Favorite Falcons Fly with $90 Million in Tactical Radio Contracts from European Nation combination of the two radio systems will increase readiness and allow for full interoperability with US,NATO, and coalition forces.
Full Story
Critical Comms Solution to be Provided by Harris for Huge US Electric Utility Harris will transition the customer from its legacy analog radio communication system to a Harris P25 Phase 2 digital network solution...
Full Story
An Infusion of Support for LeoSat Enterprises by SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation This investment underlines SJC’s strong belief in LeoSat and the unique attributes of the company's LEO network architecture...
Full Story
Satellite Service Stations in Space to be Aided by Draper Technologies Draper, in support of RSGS and in collaboration with SSL, will provide technologies that aim to enable cooperative inspection and servicing of satellites in GEO...
Full Story
ViaSat Becomes the Newest Member of the Dynamic Spectrum Alliance The DSA recognizes ViaSat as consistently pushing the boundaries of connectivity by bringing high-speed, high-quality Internet...
Full Story
The Offshore Vehicles of Smit Lamnalco Weigh Anchor with KVH Maritime Comms Solutions KVH will deliver and install its maritime solution on as many as 100 Smit Lamnalco offshore vessels over the next few years — 20 have already...
Full Story
NSR Forecasts 2,356 Satellite Launches are Expected During the Coming Decade NSR’s SMLS7 study also found that government and military satellite markets demonstrate equally robust activity.
Full Story
SFL's CanX-7 Smallsat Can Do as Drag Sails are Successfully Deployed Space Flight Laboratory (SFL), which developed CanX-7, has announced the altitude decay rate changed significantly following the deployment...
Full Story
Growth Expected in the In-Flight and Connectivity Market, According to a New, Euroconsult Report The revenue per aircraft per year will double in the next five years to nearly $300,000 for connectivity suppliers.
Full Story
Digital Delivery of Film for 331 Cinemas in the UK by Avanti Communications Group The service provides a secure and highly reliable content distribution service ensuring film delivery to the cinemas...
Full Story
Mapping Data Access Made Easier by Brainnwave The data start-up has launched web services that break down the traditional barriers of access to mapping data...
Full Story
SMi's MILSATCOM USA to run June 27 and 28 in Arlington, Virginia Dr. Hardy will be talking about "The Importance of SATCOM to the Warfighter"...
Full Story
Marlink's Global Network Increases to Arctic Circle Extends Northeast Passage Ku-band extension to the Arctic Circle supports fishery, offshore and cruise operators, but not polar bears.
Full Story
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Relys On Mapyx Again and SPOT Satellite Devices as Exclusive Partners UK schools already using Mapyx and SPOT to safeguard 10,000 pupils each year
Full Story
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy is Strapped Down as It Passes Static Fire Test ... Next Come The Space Travelers Originally the company had planned to have everything operational for carrying space travelers and cargo into orbit by 2013, but now ...
Full Story
May 10, 2017 Adaptor Placement Accomplished by Arianespace for the SES-15 Satellite SES-15 will be the 40th satellite launched by Arianespace for the European-based SES satellite operator...
Full Story
Delivering a New York POP is AST Group The New York POP provides AST and its customers with more flexibility in routing traffic and improves the efficiency of round-trip time to reduce...
Full Story
On the CommunicAsia2017 Show Floor — Smarter and Safer DTV and OTT to be Demo'd by Viaccess-Orca (VO) will showcase its latest solutions in content security, data analytics, and immersive video experiences that help shape a...
Full Story
On the BroadcastAsia2017 Show Floor — Broadpeak to Show and Demo Solutions for Improving User Experiences Broadpeak® will address these trends through demonstrations of its latest innovations in CDN, video streaming, and video analytics solutions.
Full Story
Airbus' Trilogy of New Info ... Business Building, Business Expansion and Appointment of President Airbus Aerial US It is bringing together partners from across the industry from vehicle manufacturers, data analytics companies, service providers and others...
Full Story
DataPath's Path to Success ... Another Major Expansion This Time in Washington D.C. it has expanded operations in the Washington D.C. area to complement its existing Aberdeen, Maryland, office.
Full Story
May 9, 2017 PCI Geomatics' Latest Webinar — Geomatica InSAR Geomatica’s InSAR module offers an easy to use and powerful set of processing tools to work with interferometric SAR imagery...
Full Story
The Critical Design Review for the AR1 Rocket Engine Completed by Aerojet Rocketdyne The milestone keeps the AR1 on track for certification for flight in 2019 as a replacement for the Russian RD-180 engine that is used today to...
Full Story
Kratos and HawkEye 360 Join Forces for Super Sensors The combination of space and terrestrial sensors will benefit a wide array of customers by...
Full Story
COMSAT's Blanket Purchase Agreement with DoD Supports Global Communication Activities COMSAT will meet the DoD’s mobile, interoperable communication needs worldwide by delivering the capabilities of Inmarsat’s fully managed, easy-to-use mobile satellite services to support mission-critical connectivity.
Full Story
Services Twixt Amagi and STN Now a Reality Through Their New Partnership As a result of the partnership, TV Networks can deliver and manage their content from anywhere in the globe...
Full Story
Launched by NSSLGlobal — Their First Cell/VSAT Maritime Hybrid Service his service will complement NSSLGlobal’s airtime VSAT offering as well as the firm's additional services...
Full Story
On the CommunicAsia2017 Show Floor — RF Design to Demo Their Equipment Excellence The firm's products are especially designed for RF distribution infrastructures in Teleports, Satellite Earth-Stations as well as for...
Full Story
A Winner Again — Hughes Grabs the #1 Provider Status in the Latest COMSYS Report The 14th Edition of the COMSYS VSAT Report states that Hughes was the #1 VSAT vendor in 2016 in terms of units shipped...
Full Story
Rajant Flies in with Advanced Onboard Intelligence for UAVs Rajant’s network technology now makes it possible for one pilot to operate many x2i aircraft concurrently...
Full Story
Take Advantage of the Conference Early Bird Rates for the Satellite Innovation Symposium Join the world's foremost experts on SATCOM by reserving your space at the Satellite Innovation Symposium to garner a highly worthwhile discount...
Full Story
Orbit is Recruited ... Digital Tracking Pedestal Solution Keeps Leading Air Force On Track
for field-based applications requiring accurate tracking capabilities, such as UAS command and control, telemetry and stabilized point-to-point RF comms.
Full Story
Iran to Launch Two New Satellites, Likely Cover for Illicit ICBM Program Trump admin moving closer to confronting the Iranian threat.
Full Story
May 8, 2017 India's GSAT-9 Launches Successfully to Ensure Connectivity for Those Less Fortunate in South Asia This is the fourth consecutive success achieved by GSLV carrying indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage.
Full Story
UK Breaks Ground for Air Breathing Rocket Test Facility the air must be cooled from 1000 degrees C to –150 degrees C within just a hundredth of second ... while avowing the formation of dangerous ice.
Full Story
A STRONG Debut — A New HD+ Satellite Receiver The DVB-S2 HD receiver SRT 7806 is equipped with the latest satellite reception technology and a card reader for reception of the HD+ channel bouquet.
Full Story
NASA's Shoot of 1,500 In Five ... RAISE Images of the Sun That Is scientists will launch a sounding rocket 200 miles up into the atmosphere, where in just five minutes, it will take 1,500 images of the sun.
Full Story
The Rig Is Up for Speedcast with Diamond Offshore Speedcast’s service model yields increased flexibility for Diamond Offshore to better allocate bandwidth as the rig’s communications requirements change...
Full Story
The Cost of Growth — An NSR Analysis The combined revenues of the 10 largest telcos globally are around $850 billion, the total revenues for satellite telecom are estimated at ~$12 billion...
Full Story
Nearly Fifty Percent of Commercial Aircraft to be Connected by 2021, According to Euroconsult Euroconsult's research confirms that installations will accelerate and innovation will largely improve the in-flight experience.
Full Story
Grameenphone's New CEO in Bangladesh Has Been CEO Telenor Bulgaria he is taking on the challenge of leading Grameenphone through the next phases of digitization in Bangladesh.
Full Story
Stabilized Maritime Antenna from Orbit Communications Systems Heads To US Federal R&D Center The OceanTRx™ 4 supports a variety of 1.15m stabilized maritime antenna system configurations in...
Full Story
More Than 40 Wagenborg Vessels to Gain Maritime Connectivity from Castor Marine This setup enables Wagenborg Shipping to enhance crew welfare and ship to shore connectivity using Castor’s global Ku-band footprint.
Full Story
Space Flight Laboratory's Smallsat Gets the Message Each drag sail has an area of approximately one square meter.
Full Story
A New, Multi-Band Transportable Manpack Debuts from Hughes The terminal exemplifies the growing market trend for manpack terminals - reduced Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) requirements.
Full Story
Inmarsat SwiftBroadband UAV Service ... a Product to Drone On About ...will benefit Low Altitude Long Endurance (LALE) vehicles and complement the Cobham SATCOM AVIATOR UAV 200.
Full Story
May 5, 2017 Hawaiian Airlines EFB Systems Onboard from Cobham SATCOM and WxOps The Cobham SATCOM system provides a single channel of SwiftBroadband Safety with prioritized ACARS/FANS over IP.
Full Story
Nominees Now Being Accepted by Space Foundation for Space Technology Hall of Fame® 2018 Anyone may submit a nomination of a technology that was developed anywhere in the world for use in space and then modified or adopted for use on Earth.
Full Story
Underserved Indonesian Areas to be Connected via Thaicom and Axiata Partners Axiata Business Services purchased the remaining capacity on IPSTAR over Indonesia to deliver more than 1 Gbps High Throughput Satellite (HTS)...
Full Story
The First Anniversary of Inmarsat's Fleet Xpress Finds More Than 10K Ship Commitments The demand for Fleet Xpress has been unprecedented since its launch at the end of March 2016...
Full Story
May 4, 2017 Iran's Plans ... Launch a Communication Satellite Next Year Iran Space Agency has been raising its game in the recent years and has successfully launched a number of indigenous satellites into the orbit.
Full Story
Now Fully Operational for nbn — SkyMuster™ II Late last year, nbn made the decision to re-purpose the second satellite previously slated as a dormant backup service to one that actively shares the load.
Full Story
Crystal Garners VDS and Solutions for Video Distribution Over Satellite Crystal will integrate the acquired VDS technology into its monitoring, control and metadata management solutions...
Full Story
Spacecom's AMOS-4 Satellite Furthers Dish Media Network's DTH Operations in Nepal AMOS-4 has eight Ku-band transponders of 108 MHz and four high-power Ka-band transponders of 216 MHz, each with steerable beams.
Full Story
Aerojet Rocketdyne's Milestone Hot Fire Test Puts US on Track to Space Transport Independence no more 'ride alongs' on Russian rockets and renting seats for US astronauts at exorbitant costs ...
Full Story
The Satellite Innovation Symposium — Presenting the Future... Satellite Innovation Symposium will ensure attendees are made aware of the tools that can assist them in building and growing their businesses.
Full Story
Vector Launches Prototype Vector-R Launch Vehicle that Features 3D Printed Parts The 3D printed injector, which was produced in a single piece, was also integrated into the just-tested Vector-R launch vehicle along with the startup’s first stage 5K-lbf engine.
Full Story
Arianespace Finally Sees a Launch as SGDC and KOREASAT-7 Are Off and Away Was that worth the wait or what, is the question asked after a delay held up the launch for several hours...
Full Story
Thales of Two Satellites ... Thales Alenia Space Sends Up Two ...provide sovereign and safe means for the strategic communications of the government and the defense and reduce the digital divide in Brazil...
Full Story
Airbus Safran Launchers Sends Ariane 5 Soaring and Gets Ready for Five More "My first thanks go to the teams of Airbus Safran Launchers and Arianespace who ensured the necessary interventions to guarantee the safety and the performance of the Ariane 5 launcher ..."
Full Story
May 3, 2017 Smart City: Disruptions and Predictions — CommunicAsia2017 Summit Speaker to Address... According to Dr. de Castro, by 2030, 70 percent of the world’s population will be concentrated in cities.
Full Story
Planet Joins With Geological Remote Sensing Group Planet is the group's latest corporate member...
Full Story
SP Telecommunications Now Integrated Into ST Engineering This acquisition will enhance ST Electronics’ capabilities in providing ICT solutions for government and enterprise customers.
Full Story
Orion Launch Abort System Motor Successfully Tested by Orbital ATK This recent test is part of a design, analysis and test series focused on qualifying the ACM for crewed-flight missions.
Full Story
NASA's Project with Airbus' Amazing GRACE Satellites Withstand Extreme Sounds in Acoustic Tests The sound impact that builds up during rocket launches was simulated in an echo chamber ...
Full Story
Series C Funding Success by Orbital Insights The capital will be used to grow their various partnerships as well as their product lines and pump up sales ops around the globe.
Full Story
Will There Be Enough Investment to Support Thousands of Satellites? GVF Roundtable to Address... From flat-panel antenna manufacturers to operators of smallsat constellations, and from specialists in mobility and 5G backhaul to...
Full Story
Innovation: New Smallsat Propulsion System to Lower Constellation Costs by 80 Percent The Enabling Propulsion System for Small Satellites (EPSS) will empower LituanicaSAT-2 to attain the correct...
Full Story
Marlink's Sealink Business VSAT Now Aboard L&B's Fleet Sealink Business offers seven Committed Information Rate (CIR) levels from 32 to 256 Kbps.
Full Story
Vislink is Their New SatWare Remote Reporting Computing Platform SatWare supports the ever-increasing demand for real-time, worldwide content...
Full Story
RUAG Space to Steer Ariane 5 Rocket in the Right Direction at Tomorrow's Launch RUAG Space has supplied a broad range of products that will contribute to the mission success.
Full Story
SpaceX Informs US Senate Committee of their Constellation Plans A broadband infrastructure hearing was conducted by the Senate Commerce Committee and SpaceX offered the member an update on the...
Full Story
Aerojet Rocketdyne’s Julie Van Kleeck Rockets Into Recognition by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fellow has developed combustion and cost models ... and the Advanced Liquid Axial Stage (ALAS) program; a first-generation missile defense system.
Full Story
NAV CANADA and Aireon Complete Carefully Choreographed Space-Based ADS-B Flight Test
a highly choreographed exercise the aircraft was in the correct airspace while an Iridium NEXT satellite carrying the Aireon ADS-B receiver was overhead.
Full Story
May 2, 2017 NOAA's Polar Follow On Project for Joint Polar Satellite System Will See Budget Substantially Cut Congress has not been enthusiastic about EON-MW, but agreed in the omnibus bill that NOAA could proceed with it as long as ...
Full Story
NASA and NOAA's GOES Satellites Track Nasty Weather in US satellites cover flooding and tornadic thunderstorms in the central US and is expected bring severe weather to the US Mid-Atlantic region.
Full Story
A Texan Takes on Small Sat Industry and Does It His Way ... and Succeeds I became obsessed with the notion of space and how could I be a part of that, how could I do more.
Full Story
Thales Alenia Space's New Facility Will Automate Building Electricity Generating Cells for Satellite Solar Panels
This factory will be the first software automated one in the world for this kind of space products
Full Story
Iridium's NEXT Slot Swap Successful Setting Second Launch Date a specially planned process of replacing the original Iridium® satellite with a new Iridium NEXT satellite, known as a ‘slot swap' is completed.
Full Story
Definition Study for the Syracuse IV MILSATCOM Ground Segment to be Conducted by Airbus Defence and Space The Syracuse IV satellite communication program includes the construction of two satellites that, by 2021-2023, will replace the Syracuse 3A and Syracuse 3B satellites...
Full Story
May 1, 2017 ISRO Ready to Launch a Gift ... Communications Satellite's Free Service for the Poor in South Asia This satellite will provide free services to the poor in South Asia. ..."neighborhood first is now being extended beyond the stratosphere."
Full Story
Space Solar Power R&D Competition Initiated by NSS and SPACE Canada During 2017, the first year of this new competition, 16 projects were proposed from 5 different countries...
Full Story
First Responder UAVs are Finally Getting Serious — Market Forecast Delineates Challenges and Solutions This publication combines a Market and Technology Forecast with an Operating Concept and a Buying Guide.
Full Story
NASA’s Space Launch System ... Hold Their Horses ... Grounded Until 2019 “All three programs face unique challenges in completing developing, and each has little to no schedule reserve remaining between now and the EM-1 date,"
Full Story
Thales Alenia Space's Instruments Enable ESA's Solar Orbiter to Get Closer to Sun than Ever Before The heat shield was a daunting technological challenge as it has to protect the satellite from the intense solar radiation present at such close range.
Full Story
Looking to the Moon for Better Measurements on Earth Features including the Moon’s lack of atmosphere and the stability of the lunar surface give it a number of advantages over using sites on Earth to calibrate instruments in space.
Full Story
GVF Smarter Oilfields... Oilfield Connectivity 2017 and Low Earth Orbit ... Nanosat Solutions At a time when the price of oil seems to be on a general, if slow and erratic, route to recovery...
Full Story
SpaceX Launches NROL-76 Secret Mission ... But It's No Secret Their Rocket Lands Spot On ... after the initial launch the NRO requested the information blackout in a effort to keep the satellite’s final orbit and mission a secret.
Full Story
Comtech Telecommunications Takes Three Asian Customers to New Heights with Heights™ Networking Platform "We are happy to enable these Asian service providers to provide differentiated services via purpose-built satellite networking solutions...
Full Story
Aussies Working Together Public Broadcaster Contracts Av-Comm to Upgrade Existing Satellite Communications Infrastructure They already have a working relationship that has just improved by $2 million and a five-year contract.
Full Story
Citrix and Vector Team to Bring a First Into Space ... Advanced Datacenter and Cloud Virtualization "... our GalacticSky solution is well positioned to help innovators achieve their dreams of reaching the Final Frontier,"
Full Story
Life Resumes at Arianespace with Launch Tomorrow, May 4, KOREASAT-7 and SGDC Life marches on and once again launches will be restored at Arianespace.
Full Story
