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September 29, 2017 GeoMax Brings X-PAD Office Fusion to Handle Sensors Data X-PAD Office Fusion software manages, combines and processes data from GNSS receivers, total stations, laser scanners and other sensors in...
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Harxon Rolls Out a Helix ... D-Helix Antenna At Intergeo, Harxon D-Helix Antenna can be used in UAV patrol, UAV plant protection, unmanned patrol robot and unmanned surveying vessel. It provides the...
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A Name Change but the Acronym is the Same ... SSPI is Now the Space & Satellite Professionals International In adding “Space” to its name and mission, SSPI’s Board is acknowledging the recent growth of the satellite sector into new businesses ...
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UNOOSA Announces the Third Round Open for JAXA KiboCUBE Initiative and SNC is a Partner Applications for the third round of the KiboCUBE initiative are open to educational or research institutions from developing and emerging countries...
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New GNSS Simulator Introduced by Rohde & Schwarz This unit can be extended to as many as four RF outputs and allows GNSS signals to be simulated simultaneously in multiple frequency bands for...
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September 28, 2017 iDirect's iQ Series to Support Datagroup's VSAT Services in the Ukraine Datagroup will leverage the iDirect network to offer high-speed connectivity to a wide range of enterprise markets, enabling cost-effective deployment of...
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Boeing Helps Again ... Donates Additional $1 Million to Hurricane Recovery and Relief Efforts Contributions directed to areas affected by Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria Full Story
Double Dealing by Arianespace: COSMO CSG x2 Satellites and Vega Launchers Ordered Up The COSMO-SkyMed Second-Generation satellites are Earth Observation (EO) spacecraft featuring state-of-the-art technologies and ...
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U.S. Air Force Uses DISA-Managed Network to Communicate with ORS-5 ORS-5 is a single-satellite constellation with a primary mission to provide surveillance of activity in the geosynchronous orbit belt
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GOMSpace Hired by AISTECH to Build Dozens and Dozens of Smallsats Under this Agreement, AISTECH plans to procure standard platforms of different sizes that will be used to build their upcoming multipurpose...
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A Little Bit of a Tweet About a Big Deal ...Airbus' Combination Garbage Satellite and Space Tug A little Tweet with big news from Airbus ...
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ILS' Proton M Gives a Heavy Lift Launch for AsiaSat-9 Satellite The journey for the satellite will be a nine hour launch profile
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ILS' Statement Regarding Proton's Successful Launch of the AsiaSat 9 Satellite “With Proton’s unique optimized delivery to orbit, extending the lifetime of the AsiaSat 9 satellite, AsiaSat is once again ..."
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AsiaSat's Statement Following Successful Launch of AsiaSat 9 AsiaSat acquired the first signals from the satellite in Hong Kong 7 hours, 54 minutes after the launch, and approximately 9 hours, 13 minutes after lift-off.
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India Makes a Date for the Moon ... 2018 with Chandrayaan 2 The mission was lauded for costing a fraction — about $80 million — of similar missions. The Japanese’s SELENE cost $480 million.
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nSight-1 is Out of Sight in Space for 120 Days and That's a Good Thing! The nSight-1 mission has recently achieved yet another milestone ...
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September 27, 2017 AsiaSat 9 Set for Launch this Week of Their Most Powerful Satellite AsiaSat 9 will also offer brand new coverage for high growth markets in Asia, including the world’s first dedicated Ku-band Myanmar beam...
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DISA's DITCO Global Hawk UAV Gets Support From UltiSat's Ku-Band Satellite Services is a key player in the airborne ISR/COTM markets due to the firm's expertise in the design, optimization, commissioning, and network operations ...
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Uplink Amplifiers and Sub-Systems from Tango Wave Now Incorporated into SpacePath Communications Among the new products soon to be available from SpacePath will be high power 1,250W Ku-band and 1,500W DBS amplifiers and systems which are...
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A Commercial Agreement Now Signed Between ESA Developer Phasor and OmniAccess Phasor’s very low profile, electronically steerable antenna (ESA) provides high-bandwidth services in a more reliable, robust and failure-tolerant way...
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Iridium's IoT Capabilities Now Support Hitachi Construction Machinery Company By integrating Iridium connectivity, Hitachi Construction Machinery’s Global e-Service will now be able to expand to previously inaccessible regions and...
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AsiaSat 5 and MMB Bring ‘Sophia TV Asia’ to Huge Audience of More than 800 Million Our program content deals with the most diverse spheres of life from the perspective of high ethical moral, given for the peoples of all cultures.
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South Australian Firm INOVOR to Build Smallsats for Italian Space Company SITAEL A letter of intent has been signed between Italian company SITAEL and startup Inovor Technologies to jointly establish a multi-million dollar...
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HughesNet® Gen5 Takes England's VSAT 2017 Stellar Award Most Innovative Satellite Application/Service
only U.S. satellite Internet service to deliver FCC-defined broadband speeds from coast to coast, and is now also being deployed in Brazil and ...
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New Space Activities Will Come to Luxembourg ... MOU With GomSpace to create a Luxembourg based business unit with focus on operations of satellite constellations as well as data processing and distribution offered as
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September 26, 2017 Comtech Xicom Technology's GaN SSPA Product Family Expands The company is working with customers to deploy X-band GaN SSPAs across a broad spectrum of power levels in small-to-medium sized terminals...
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Russia Possibly Will Assist United Arab Emirates with an Astronaut Program The partnership may involve manned programs, and, as far as I understand, it is not about a tourist flight — the Arab side is interested in creating its own cosmonaut team...
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Australian Move to Establish a National Space Agency Praised by Major Space Agency Leaders the Australian Government used the opening of the International Astronautical Congress in South Australia, to announce a national space agency...
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CETel Scores with Global VSAT Forum Award The award is given in recognition of outstanding service provision of the example of a network for a customer from the raw material industry...
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Best Ground Technology Award from the GVF Event Goes to Integrasys Alusat automates at the NOC end any RF health check without the need to travel to the remote site, driving a huge cost saving for in the network...
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A Big Deal ... COMSAT's 10-Year $2.5 Billion Will Provide GSA Worldwide Complex Commercial SATCOM Solutions
High fives and smiles probably were a part of this company's announcement when they were awarded this healthy contract...
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SES' emergency.lu's Critical Connectivity to Caribbean's Coordination Center Following Irma and Maria
infrastructures are badly damaged or destroyed, and the situation intensifies if first responders, emergency services and hospitals have no access to ...
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The Build, The Integration, The Testing — ViaSat and Boeing Work on Two ViaSat-3 Class Satellites According to the company, the ViaSat-3 class of Ka-band satellites is expected to provide unprecedented capabilities in terms of service speed...
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SSTL's Big Deal About NovaSAR-S Small Radar Sat at Big Country, Big Sky, Big Ideas The agreement gives CSIRO tasking priorities and the ability to access the raw data directly from the satellite, and a license to use and share...
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September 25, 2017 For ABS OU Services, SIS LIVE Launches New Gateway Service The service is managed in collaboration with ABS technical and operational staff through SIS LIVE’s highly experienced OU booking desk and ...
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Australia to Establish a National Space Agency The announcement by South Australian senator Simon Birmingham follows months of lobbying by the Space Industry Association of Australia and the...
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U.S. Air Force Academy's FaclonSAT-3 Now Open for Amateur Radio Enthusiasts The satellite is in a 35.4 degree inclination orbit, with an approximate altitude of 465 to 476 km...
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Russian Space Company Glavkosmos to Discuss Possibilities at IAC2017 in Adelaide, Australia The company decided to take a rather active role in IAC-2017 in Adelaide and will use the opportunities of this highly representative and highly...
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SI Imaging and URSA Space Systems Now Enjoy a Geospatial Relationship SI Imaging Services is a leading provider of VHR satellite imagery and is especially representative of KOMPSAT series — URSA Space Systems...
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Thales Alenia Space Has a SMILE for the ESA SMILE is a joint science mission between ESA and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which aims to investigate the interaction between Earth’s...
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Rocket Lab Adds Excitement to Second Test Flight With Planet and Spire Satellites we are excited to quite literally be riding the leading edge with Rocket Lab.
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Smallsat Constellation for Maritime to be Birthed by SRT Marine Solutions and Clyde Space The OCEAN-SCAN system will initially be comprised of six LEO satellites, operating in a combination of equatorial and polar orbits to provide global...
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Satellite Feasibility Study for Cambodia's First Satellite Underway The government will then draw up plans to launch the satellite and Royal Group will manage the project with support from the Ministry of Post and...
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Mission Microwave Technologies Adds VP Sales and Marketing and He's a Veteran of Satellite Communications This brings obvious benefits to their customers in terms of SWaP (size, weight and power), reliability and performance, and he's excited to ...
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ILS' Proton to Take to the Skies With AsiaSat 9 Bringing Higher Efficiency to Customers designed to deliver significantly improved power and higher bandwidth usage to generate higher efficiency for customers’ services.
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September 24, 2017 ULA's Atlas V Lit Up the Night Launching NROL-42 on a Secret Mission The NRO is the nation's eyes and ears in space ...
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Be One Step Ahead of the Competition ... Learn About the Changes in the Industry at the Satellite Innovation Symposium It is known that rapidly evolving technology as well as mergers and acquisitions are changing satellite market dynamics at an accelerating pace.
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G'day as OHB Heads to Australia to International Astronautical Congress intensive sharing across their industry particularly on future issues and technologies will help them to determine where they as a group can make ...
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ULA's Statement Re: Successful Launch of NROL-42's Secret Mission for the National Reconnaissance Office
This launch was fraught with challenges and delays ... beginning with Hurricane Irma to the replacement of batteries in Atlas V, but the team ...
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Contract Awarded to Landsat 8/9 Team Member, a.i. solutions Under the requirements of the contract, a.i. solutions will provide key flight dynamics and mission planning for the ongoing Landsat 8 mission, develop...
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Russian GLONASS-M Navigation Satellite Heads to Orbit This is the first GLONASS launch in more than a year and this event deployed a spacecraft that will replenish the operational constellation in...
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OSIRIS-REx Uses Earth Like a Slingshot Targeting Asteroid Bennu Earth’s gravity far exceeds the total fuel load of the OSIRIS-REx propulsion system, so we are leveraging our Earth flyby to make a massive change ...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne's Statement Re: Propulsion Systems Send Atlas V Skyward Carrying NROL-42's Secret Payload Aerojet Rocketdyne's role in the launch began during liftoff when four SRBs ignited to provide 1.5 million pounds of total increased thrust ...
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September 23, 2017 A Substitute Navigation Satellite is Now Being Worked on by ISRO IRNSS-1I was earlier approved as a ground spare, to be sent to space in an emergency. The Indian Space Research Organisation has been training a...
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Starlink Could be the Name for SpaceX's Broadband Network, According to Ars Technica The trademark applications were surfaced by a user on Reddit and then made the rounds in news articles.
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Now Open for Registration is SMI's Maritime Information Warfare Conference 2017 will look at the platforms used for acquiring data; ranging from open source intelligence to more traditional ISR systems, the ways in which...
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September 22, 2017 Saturday is Rescheduled Date for ULA'a Launch of NROL-42 Mission ULA has rescheduled the launch of NROL-42.
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September 21, 2017 Northport Teleport Acquired by Talia Limited As Talia looks to continue expansion within the country and support of existing broadcast customers, the acquisition of Northport represents a...
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CETel Gleans an Oil & Gas Comms Contract CETel engineers designed a hybrid network consisting of SCPC and meshed connections to deliver seamless connectivity to exploration and...
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TV5MONDE to Reach Sub-Saharan Viewers Via SES-5 Located at 5 degrees East, SES-5 provides optimal coverage for sub-Saharan countries. The video position 5 degrees East is a fast growing...
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Maritime Satcom: Grow or Eat the Pie? — An NSR Analysis Yhe market for Non-GEO HTS connectivity in terms of In-service Units pales in comparison to GEO FSS and HTS. With more than 48,000...
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Intersil’s New Radiation-Tolerant Plastic ICs to Power Small Satellite Mega-Constellations ISL71xxxM devices enable cost effective solution for short duration LEO mission profiles
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AsiaSat's New General Counsel ... She Will Oversee All Legal Affairs The new lady on board brings substantial expertise with the ability to practice law on several continents.
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NSSLGlobal's All-In-One SIMple Cellular/VSAT Solution LTE and satellite broadband allows ships to automatically switch between 4G/3G and satellite networks achieving optimum data speeds and cost ... Full Story
Satellite Communications & Broadcasting Markets Survey ... Must Embrace Innovation to Recover and Thrive Despite a decline of over $2 billion in annual regular capacity revenues, Euroconsult forecasts the total market to grow to $15.3 billion in 2026.
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Ball Aerospace's TEMPO Instrument for NASA Passes Spectrometer Testing ... selected by NASA as the first Earth Venture-Instrument to provide hourly measurements of air quality across North America.
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September 20, 2017 Telecom Network to be Developed by ND SatCom for Bolivian Air Defence and Civil Air Traffic Management Applications in this complex network design require several traffic classes (from radar to other IP tunnel-based services with guaranteed metrics)...
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Telesat Signs Long Term Contract with Bell Canada for All of Telstar 19 VANTAGE HTS Capacity Over Northern Canada Once operational, Telstar 19 VANTAGE will have six distinct coverages over the Americas and North Atlantic and the most capacity in Gbps of any...
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Satellite Data Exchange Deal Signed 'Tween Vietnam and Japan The pact aims to assist the DataCube program in Vietnam, which is an Earth Observation-satellite database used for the development of other ...
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NSR Reports — An Entire World on the Ground With ~150x times more shipments than any other vertical, satTV is the clear driver for volume. Consequently, STBs dominate 50% of the 10 year ...
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Advanced Aerospace Machining Facility Opened by SAS Manufacturing in Colorado SAS supports the entire program lifecycle for aerospace clients by providing strategic services during the proposal phase followed by...
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Carried to the Cape: EchoStar-105/SES-11 Satellite The first satellite that EchoStar has constructed with manufacturer Airbus, EchoStar-105/SES-11 will be launched by SpaceX on a flight-proven Falcon 9...
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IEC Telecom Group Restructures to Better Address Maritime Markets In conjunction with this reorganization, the board of directors has appointed Dominique Audion Group COO (Chief Operational Officer) Middle-East and Asia and Gwenaël Loheac, Group COO Europe...
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Iridium®'s 10 Satellites are Packed and Ready for NEXT Launch this launch continues the ambitious deployment pace for the Iridium NEXT program, set to launch a total of 75 satellites on SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets.
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ArianeGroup and CNES Confirm Cooperative Plans Towards Common Goals An agreement that brings companies closer together, to collaborate towards a common goal, strengthens both and is a positive step.
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Topaz Energy and Marine Go Orange for Maritime Connect Solutions The Orange Maritime Connect platform incorporates multiple connections including VSAT, L-Band terminals, 3G/4G and Wi-Fi.
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So Far So Good ... ULA Ready to Roll With NROL-42 Launch for National Security The mission, for the National Reconnaissance Office, is set to lift off on a ULA Atlas V rocket ...
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GomSpace Secures MARS2 Project with Infusion from Innovation Fund Denmark develop unique technology, production capability and products to enable high bandwidth communication applications of nano satellites.
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September 19, 2017 The Goal of ATLAS Space Operations and NASA is to Advance Commercial Space Technology Through New Partnership ATLAS will be working alongside NASA Goddard Space Flight Center to advance the development of the ATLAS LINKS system, which is as a state-of-the-art...
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OilComm Event Rescheduled to December, Due to the Impact of Hurricane Harvey Therein rests the reason why the OilComm Conference and Exposition was canceled and rescheduled for December 6 through 7.
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Airbus Initiates a Space Challenge to Northern Ireland's SMEs The development of these new applications can range from fishing and farming to urban planning and traffic management and should contribute to...
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SSL Selected to Test and Validate Various U.S.A.F. Hosted Payload Scenarios The capability, which is being developed for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) as part of that organization's Secure IP...
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The Omaha Trail Concept is Announced by Lake Matthew Team The Omaha Trail is designed to cut the propellant required per cargo flight and reduce the number of launches required from Earth.
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Broadband Commission Working Report ID's Role for Space-Based and Upper Atmosphere Technologies The Working Group, chaired by Rupert Pearce, CEO, Inmarsat, found that satellite and high altitude systems offer significant advantages for...
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Next-Generation Antenna Development by Kymeta Receive Two NASA SBIR Grants Organizations receiving SBIR grants are required to develop solutions with practical significance that have commercial and non-commercial...
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New Antenna Surface Material Testing by Isotropic Systems is Successful... Lower Production Costs Could Result Isotropic’s cutting-edge antennas can simultaneously connect with several different satellites without increasing cost or complexity, taking full advantage
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Spectra Group Reaps Sales Partnership Extension with Airbus for COTM BLOS SlingShot Product Using SlingShot, existing tactical radios can be connected to commercial L-band SATCOM in order to extend secure Command and Control COTM...
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UltiSat Responding Proactively to Customer Connectivity Demands Post Hurricanes Irma and Harvey UltiSat’s role is to expand those networks and provide additional satellite services to support mission critical operations where its Network Operations Center (NOC)...
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Ten Years of Business Growth Celebrated by NorthTelecom Group NorthTelecom began operations in 2007 in Dubai when Hadi Nazari Mehrabi, the company’s founder and CEO, released leading edge SATCOM...
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C-COM Delivers iNetVu Antennas to Speedcast for Deployment in Peru These mobile VSAT antenna systems were purchased from C-COM by Speedcast and are being deployed in Peru to deliver securee...
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A New Satellite Bus Bonanza Debuts from Lockheed Martin From nanosats to high-powered satellites, the versatile lineup incorporates dozens of major enhancements and hundreds of common components that...
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EchoStar 105/SES-11 Spacecraft Ships to Florida for Upcoming SpaceX Launch ... is a dual-mission satellite for U.S.-based operator EchoStar and Luxembourg-based operator SES.
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UHP Networks Releases RUN a Real Marathon of FaaS Broadband Data Solutions Powered by Intelsat's EpicNG to deliver solutions that create value and deliver connectivity to areas that previously did not have access to broadband services.
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Kudos to Harris... One of Five Aerospace and Defense Companies That Values Their Employees The company offers competitive benefits, including a discretionary time-off policy with no maximum.
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September 18, 2017 Major Industry Move — Northrop Grumman to Acquire Orbital ATK The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2018 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory and Orbital ATK shareholder approval...
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New C-Band Services from Talia International for LATAM, Caribbean and the U.S. This additional service uses the SES-4 satellite at 22°W and connects to the Talia MPLS network via the recently acquired iDirect hub located at ...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — Ayekca Presents Their New RFModem Ayecka claims such support provides the highest efficiencies, coupled with an ultra-low form factor and the ability to operate on any VSAT network.
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Four Beidou-3 Satellites Could Launch Later This Year by China The BDS was independently developed and operated by China to meet the needs of the country's national security and economic and social...
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Spunky India Forges Forward with Plans to Resume Launches by November or December The Chairman, however, admitted that the failed mission was not insured. “We don’t insure our own launches ..."
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Conax, SmarDTV and Joyne Group Their Technologies for Delivery Via Eutelsat-9B The payTV platform has launched providing a bouquet of channels that include premium sports offerings that feature more than 50 well-known...
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Irma is Gone, Launch is On ... ULA Plans V NROL-42 at Vandenberg AF Base ULA Atlas V NROL-42 launch of a classified payload in support of national security.
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SES Providing NATURAL TV with ASTRA-2G Capacity for West African Audience NATURAL TV will use capacity on SES’s satellite ASTRA 2G as well as uplink services from the SES teleport in Betzdorf, Luxembourg....
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ULA Ready to Roll with NROL-42 as Payload is Mated to Atlas V Today’s L-3 weather update shows 40 percent favorable conditions for launch.
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SMi's Mobile Deployable Communication Conference Stresses Security Against Cyber Warfare With the critical threat of cyber warfare intensifying, there is now a pressing need to ensure secure communications can be effectively operated in ...
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September 17, 2017 Satcube and UHP Networks — On the IBC2017 Show Floor with New Lightweight Terminal The integrated UHP-200 modem enables performance up to 20 Mbps duplex performance with Intelsat EPIC or, with SCPC activated, up to 45 Mbps...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — NovelSat's New Satellite Mod and Demod Cards Designed to meet the demands of any broadcast application, the new cards from NovelSat support all satellite transmission standards, including...
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Satellite Industry Association's New Member — Analytical Graphics, Inc. AGI develops commercial modeling and analysis software for land, sea, air and space systems which is used by engineers, operators and analysts worldwide...
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Gilat Behind Philippine Mobile Network Expansion by Globe Telecom Gilat is to deliver their Satellite backhaul for Cellular Network as a managed service to provide data and voice services over 2G/3G/LTE to all regions...
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MDA's APXS Instrument Aboard NASA's Mars Rover Curiosity Celebrates Successful Operation APXS determines the relative abundances of elements in rocks and soils of the red planet, providing scientists with information on water activity, the...
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Preparing for the Space Innovations of Today and Tomorrow These technologies are hyper-connecting the world and offering new ways to interact. Many of these innovations extend to space platforms, in addition...
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Network Behavior Viewing for Media Pros Improved by Bridge Technologies — To Launch at IBC2017 Instrument View is a new GUI designed to make it clear, in an ST2110 and ST2022 world, which packets are audio, which are video, which are control...
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Satellite Heading Into the National Electronics Museum, Courtesy of CompTIA The history of satellites and an examination of the key issues, challenges and applications related to satellite technology are also part of the exhibit.
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — ViaLite Conveys New SNMP Module for Attendee Viewing The new software is more intuitive, easier to use, has a modern look and feel, and is no longer reliant on Java. The software has also been designed...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — WORK Microwave Demos Their AT-60 Modulator and has a new Partner with C2m Solutions Failure to identify and diagnose broadcast transmission issues typically results in poor QoE ratings for viewers, which can lead to churn, penalties...
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Republic of Uzbekistan's DTT Network Empowered by SES Video Under the multi-year agreement announced by SES, SUE CRRT, which is Uzbekistan’s sole operator of analog and terrestrial TV distribution, has...
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Ericsson Assists in the Delivery of HD and SD for SatBroadcasting™ Delivery by Bulgaria Sat to Their Viewers As part of the deal, Ericsson will deliver its AVP 4000 system encoders to Bulgaria Sat, an affiliate of Bulsatcom, 56 HD MPEG-4 services, three HD...
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Arabsat Now Transmitting France 24 Broadcasts By choosing Badr4, France 24 will enrich an attractive ultra-clear content to audience covering most of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — Es'hailSat Showcases Es'hail-1 and the Upcoming Es'hail-2 Satellites In addition to providing transmission and expansion opportunities for established news and sports channels, a growing number of new Arabic...
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Breakthrough for Surveying by Satellite Resolution Accomplished by PhotoSat PhotoSat has been continuously producing accuracy studies since 2007 in order to provide objective, quantifiable accuracy data for stereo satellite...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — Talia Gains a New Partnership with Arabsat The service will offer SD and HD channel uplinks and will form the basis of a new high-power Ku-band neighborhood over Iraq. Content will be...
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Globalsat Group and Inmarsat's Goal Connect Brazil's Valec Railways from North to South with SATCOM Power Globalsat Group submitted a proposal combining its technical deployment and management know how with the reach and reliability of Inmarsat’s...
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Sharing a Teleport — Media Broadcast Services and NorthTelecom The long-term agreement covers infrastructure services for NorthTelecom to set-up a co-located teleport for data and broadcasting at Usingen...
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September 16, 2017 Major Awards to Five Startups Presented During Euroconsult's Summit for Satellite Financing The five winners were selected from 22 finalists based on the assessment of qualitative criteria, including innovation, existing and future customer...
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Secure World Foundation Initiates Search for a New Executive Director SWF is looking for a strong, capable leader who can continue to grow and mature the organization and ensure the long-term sustainability of the...
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Broadcast and OTT Services from Harmonic Present at IBC2017 At the heart of the solution is Harmonic's market-leading Electra™ X2 software-based media processor; ProStream® 9100 with ACE®...
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Major Smallsat Agreement 'Tween Thales Alenia Space, Telespazio and Spaceflight Industries The Earth Observation (EO) market is undergoing constant changes, with an increasing focus on requirements that combine high resolution and much...
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CPI Antenna Systems Division Welcomes Engineers Interested in Q/V-Band Engineering to their Forum at IBC Antenna and amplifier experts will discuss the new requirements that Q/V-Band spectrum will place on antennas, amplifiers and network design
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Spacecom's AMOS-7's Solutions for Ukraine Networks ... Offer them a Bouquet joining the bouquet will allow them to make the first step towards creation of digital DTH-platform, and for the first time provide them with ...
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New Antenna Surface Material Testing Successfully Completed by Isotropic Systems Isotropic’s cutting-edge antennas can simultaneously connect with several different satellites without increasing cost or complexity, taking full...
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Helping to Negate Space Collisions is the Goal of LeoLabs and Planet Association LeoLabs and Planet will demonstrate a flight system that uses commercial data sources to enhance collision risk assessment and enable safer debris...
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SES Investing in the Seraphim Fund Seraphim Space Fund is a new venture capital fund launched by Seraphim Capital with a primary focus to invest in projects that are commercializing...
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SES Video's Satellite Broadcasting Technology on Display at IBC2017 A demonstration in collaboration with Fraunhofer HHI offers visitors the opportunity to immerse themselves in Luxembourg City, thanks to a live...
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SES Government Solutions Attending Modern Day Marine Expo to Demo GEO and MEO MILSATCOM Capabilities The satellite-enabled communications solution managed by SES GS is the first mobile platform to offer collaborative communications technologies over...
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Bulgaria Sat Takes Home "Newcomer Satellite Operator of the Year" Award from Summit for Satellite Financing The BulgariaSat-1 project was pioneered 10 years ago and today the company is proud to step up as a part of the European satellite operators...
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Antenna Reveals at IBC2017 for C-COM Satellite Systems This has been a busy year for C-COM with new products being developed and more sophisticated routines being added to the company's world class...
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Corrected Version: Demo of DCB-SX2 Over IS-29e HTS Southern Hemisphere Beam Accomplished by Advantech Wireless Using the high MODCOD (32APSK, rate 3/4 with a 5 percent Roll-off) of the latest DVB-S2 standard, which is unmatched and significantly outstanding...
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Adieu, Cassini, Well Done ... With Today's Final Journey of a 13-Year Mission "From designing the trajectory seven years ago, to navigating through the 22 nail-biting plunges between Saturn and its rings, this is a crack shot group ...
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Scheduled for September 21 is ULA's Launch of the NROL-42 Mission This is going to be the company's sixth launch of 2017 and the 121st launch, overall...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — Unique Stabilized Antenna System Coming for Global Xpress from Cobham SATCOM Currently undergoing Inmarsat Type Approval testing, EXPLORER 8100GX features unique Dynamic Pointing Correction technology, which enables a...
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September 14, 2017 Canadian Students' Cubesat Can Take the Heat ... and Does ... Capturing a Major Solar Flare satellite began beaming messages back to Earth just in time to capture the most powerful solar flare in more than a decade.
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Globecast and SES' Two Transactions... Doubles U.S. Cable Content ... Renews Fourth Transponder on Centre of the Arc
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Terrasat's Solution to Increasing Market Demand ... Hire Three to Sales Team A company's health can be determined in many ways, one such test is to count their number of recent hires, and this company brought on three ...
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September 13, 2017 On the IBC2017 Show Floor — Arabsat to Showcase Their Satellite Services Arabsat will showcase their new satellites services in addition to the company’s new and updated marketing and sales strategies to...
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Free Initial Access to Airbus Aerial's Aerial Base Maps and Analytics for Insurers Following Hurricane Harvey The Airbus Aerial team is changing the way insurers, utilities, and other companies respond to major weather events by bringing together what was...
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Antenna Sharing Behind Development of Infostellar's StellarStation This financing will be used to fund the launch of Infostellar’s flagship platform, StellarStation, expand its network of partner antennas and hire ...
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Harris Adds Suite B Security to the Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G Manpack Radio The Suite B encryption allows users to switch between U.S./NATO and independent networks on a single radio, removing the need to maintain two...
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ABS Expands Their VSAT Network with UHP Networks Technology For the expansion of the ABS network, UHP Networks is supplying multiple high-density redundant UHP-HTS hubs and state-of-the-art UHP-100...
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Arqiva and AsiaSat Extend lease for C- and Ku-Band Capacity The agreement will see Arqiva’s continued use of AsiaSat-5 to deliver a broad range of sporting events to Asian viewers, from football and cricket...
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SES Networks Publishes a New White Paper That Describes the Company's Business Model SES Networks delivers flexibility and scalability by tailoring solutions for each sector it serves, consulting with customers, managing the quality of...
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Blue Canyon Technologies Gains Two AFRL Missions Contracts BCT’s 12U-class CubeSat and 60 kg microsat spacecraft are both high-performance satellites which include ultra-precise attitude control...
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PCI Geomatics' Geomatica 2017, Service Pack 1 Provides Precision Improvements This service pack adds significant accuracy and precision improvements through major updates to DEM extraction, atmospheric correction and ...
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ESA's Imagery and FMV Projects Now Have VITEC's EZ TV Platform Capabilities The solution includes VITEC's on-premises EZ TV Platform for managing content, user access rights, and video workflows; MGW Series premium...
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Secure Satellite Services is the Goal of a New Airbus Contract with ESA The program should be launched by 2020 and follows in the footsteps of major European programs, such as Copernicus, Galileo and...
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CPI's New Klystron Power Amplifier Makes Its Way to the IBC2017 Show Floor The GEN IV is the latest in the Satcom & Medical Products Division’s (SMP) broad portfolio of satellite communications amplifier products to feature...
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Newtec Dialog's IP Over Satellite Capabilities Now in Use by BBC News Newtec Dialog will allow the BBC’s news team to deploy mobile solutions capable of transmitting video, voice, files and general broadband services...
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Arianespace Does Some Heavy Lifting to Get Ready for the Upcoming Galileo Mission which is one of two sea-going roll-on/roll-off ships that transport launcher hardware from Europe to the South American launch site for ...
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Speedcast Delves Into New Comms Solutions for Maritime and Energy Sectors GO4SPEED provides flexible usage packages, cost control and overage protection, is easy to install and can be configured to compliment other...
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NexGen Ion Propulsion System in the Works by ArianeGroup and Boeing The joint activity is combining Boeing’s long-lasting operational heritage and ArianeGroup’s expertise in RIT thruster technology design and development...
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Televisa Downsizes with Upgrades Enlisting UHP's Expertise to Their Voice and Data Network solution reduced by a factor of 10 the physical size of the Televisa Hub infrastructure compared to the previously deployed competitor technologies.
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Viasat Ukraine's DTH Subscribers will Enjoy 100 TV Channels with SES Video's ASTRA 4A 40 pay-TV channels, which 13 are in high-definition (HD), and about 60 free-to-air channels... SES serves close to 13 million TV homes in Ukraine ...
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Thuraya Has No Fear as They Prepare for Disasters Be prepared, and they are.
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Al Rayyan Media Builds Entertainment Bridges by Expanding Services on Es’hail-1 This entertainment company, seen as a guardian of Qatari culture, has a goal to improve society by highlighting and promoting local identity,...
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NASA Cassini's 13-Year Mission to End with Ultimate Sacrifice ... Death by Dive Into Planet An amazing journey that took 13-years. NASA's Cassini will end its own life on Friday by diving into Saturn so as to ensure that Saturn's moons remain ...
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Speedcast's Euroconsult "Strategic M&A Transaction of the Year" Award for Acquiring Harris CapRock
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September 12, 2017 Post-Launch Maneuvers by HISPASAT's AMAZONAS-5 Are Picture Perfect, According to Builder SSL Amazonas 5 is the third satellite that SSL has provided to HISPASAT and the company is also building HISPASAT 30W-6, which is expected to launch...
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UNOOSA and JAXA Select Team for KiboCUBE Program KiboCUBE is an initiative that offers educational and research institutions from developing countries the opportunity to deploy smallsats (CubeSats) from...
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Quintech's RF Mastery On Display — On the IBC2017 Show Floor The first product on display is the company's XTREME 256 Matrix Switch that possesses 256 configurable ports in 12 RU and is expandable to...
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DigitalGlobe's Satellites' Before and After Captures of Irma's Caribbean Havoc Imaging in the Caribbean became possible over the weekend as the clouds moved out of the area. The before-and-after imagery below was captured between...
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Kudos to Arianespace ... EUMETSAT Signs Them to Launch a Minimum of Two Metop-SG Satellites
..."it also enables them, through this project to contribute to the sustainable development of the planet, which is one of the greatest challenges of our time.” Full Story
The Build of Four New Satellites for Pléiades Neo Constellation Well Underway by Airbus They will join the already world leading Airbus constellation of optical and radar satellites and will offer enhanced performance and the highest...
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SES Goes with Arianespace for a Soyuz Launch of Four O3b Satellites The mission on a Soyuz rocket will be conducted from the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, in 2019. The 12 satellites of the existing...
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New Smallsat Platform Debuts from OHB SE's LuxSpace Subsidiary Triton-X will be opening up new perspectives for the OHB Group in the “new space market” and generating scope for commercial applications...
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ThrustMe Thrusts this Space Startup Into Spotlight With Prizes Formerly Awarded to Traditional Actors their first miniaturized thruster is only 40 percent the size of a classical miniaturized electric thruster, with double the thrust and only half the ...
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Signed to Launch Inmarsat-6 F1 Satellite The satellite, which is under construction by Airbus Defence and Space, is scheduled for launch in 2020 using MHI’s H-IIA launch vehicle...
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Lockheed Martin Stays Grounded and Funded with $45.5M from U.S Air Force to Upgrade GPS Ground System M-Code is an advanced, new signal designed to improve anti-jamming and protection from spoofing, increase secure access to military GPS signals ... Full Story
SKY News International Says 'Carry On' to SES' Video Pan-European Distribution With four satellites at this orbital slot, SES Video broadcasts more than 900 channels to 116 million TV households.
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Supernet Selects LeoSat to Offer Full Portfolio for High-Speed Data Network
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September 11, 2017 New News by Newtec... Addresses Transitions in Broadcast Session at IBC A dramatic evolution has occurred in the manner in which live news events are covered, resulting in new demands on news gathering equipment.
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ULA Battens Down the Hatches ... California's Launch Delayed Due to Hurricane Irma in Florida Some critical members of the ULA launch team that support launch on both coasts are returning to Florida due to ...
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SES Debuts mPOWER and Signs on Boeing Satellite Systems for Seven Satellites O3b mPOWER is capable of delivering multiple terabits of throughput globally and is scheduled for launch starting in 2021.
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Bridge Technologies Has a New Partner in India — Commedia Solutions The Bridge Technologies family of media monitoring and analysis solutions ranges from advanced network core monitoring systems for national and...
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Gilat Expands Capacity with SES Networks for Services to Democratic Republic of the Congo Gilat has been providing Kinshasa, the capital and largest city in DRC, with expansive internet connectivity services for many years, and has seen...
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NovelSat's ProtCASTER Protects Major European Broadcaster with Secure Solution for Satellite Broadcast The best recommendation that a company can receive about their goods or services is to receive positive feedback from a client and so it goes ...
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Coming Onboard with Terrasat — New VP Bob Hansen Hansen’s experience in the satellite communications industry spans more than 20 years, most of it spent with Comtech EF Data as SVP of...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — Terrasat During the upcoming IBC2017 event at RAI in Amsterdam, many leading firms within the SATCOM and Broadcasting worlds will be presenting their...
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On Orbit Tests of Inmarsat's European Aviation Network Satellite Successful EAN is the world’s first dedicated aviation connectivity solution to integrate space-based and ground-based networks to deliver a seamless WiFi experience for airline passengers throughout Europe.
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ILS' Proton-M Launches Amazonas 5 Bringing Better Entertainment to Central and South America will be used for DTH, television distribution and other telecommunications applications in South America and Central America.
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — Comtech EF Data The firm will be resident at booth F80, which is located in Hall 1.
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — LP Technologies and SatService GmbH These companies will be at Booth # 1.F47 during the exhibition at the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition and Congress Center...
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Walton De-Ice — On the IBC2017 Floor... The unique Hot-Air De-Ice design for antennas sized from 3.7 to 32 meters provides the most economical and reliable system on the market, with...
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Thuraya Telecommunications' Newest Service Thuraya Aero and smp aviation — On the Floor at DSEI, London Launched in April 2017, Thuraya Aero enables in-flight connectivity for internet, voice calls, text messaging, audio and video conferencing, and...
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The Next Funding Phase of NASA's Dragonfly On Orbit Program Shunted to SSL The contract modification to move forward with the detailed design of a semi-autonomous robotic system for in-space satellite assembly confirms...
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Progress Continues with Orbital ATK's MEV-1 Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Orbital ATK will introduce on orbit commercial satellite servicing with MEV-1 which is based on the company’s GEOStar™ spacecraft platform...
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Vislink Hits the Rails with Panasonic Bringing Unprecedented Video Enhancements to Trains has the potential to deliver unprecedented capabilities and enhancements to rail operations.
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LeoSat's New CFO Will Be Kept Busy Preparing to Launch Constellation of 108 LEO Satellites he definitely sees LeoSat as a game-changer in data communications, enabling new opportunities through previously unavailable ...
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September 10, 2017 ILS' Proton is Ready to Launch Amazons 5 Communications Satellite will be able to meet growing satellite capacity demand, mainly for satellite television platforms in Latin America and Brazil.
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September 8, 2017 An Updated Agenda for SMi's Global MilSatCom Event is Now Available Now featuring a speaker line-up of more than 50 defence satellite communications experts, the event program has been curated to explore...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — LEO, MEO: New Orbits on the Horizon Sponsored by Newtec With the growing prominence of High Throughput Satellite (HTS) platforms and the advent of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations, the satellite...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — Advantech Wireless to Showcase Their New MEC Satellite Terminal The Advantech Wireless U9000 VSAT terminal includes a full suite of LTE/4G acceleration, TCP acceleration, QoS, caching, encryption and...
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SIA's Conference Recognizes Satellites as Part of the 5G Ecosystem A world where coverage, capacity and speed will help bolster the economy through a diverse set of new technology and applications. Full Story
September 7, 2017 On the Offshore Energy 2017 Show Floor — Globalstar to Debut SmartOne Solar™ SmartOne Solar is a low maintenance and intelligent IoT device that provides remote monitoring and tracking over the Globalstar satellite network.
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — Banning the Ice... Walton's De-Ice Product Family The Walton ADC-4000 makes the operation of Walton hot-air de-icing systems more accurate and efficient than ever, offering potential savings in...
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Smallsat LPGAN Technologies Development Through Iridium and Magnitude Space Agreement The signing of this MoU signals Iridium's interest in exploring collaborative partnerships with complementary NewSpace players, particularly those in...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — Rohde & Schwarz Present Their New OTT Encoding / Multiplexing Solution The R&S AVHE100 provides ABR encoding, i.e., it simultaneously encodes multiple OTT live streams using several different video profiles so that the...
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SpaceX's Successful Launch of U.S. Air Force's X-37B Despite Hurricane Irma's Threats Resembling a small space shuttle, it will conduct orbital experiments.
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Department of Defense — Full Response Efforts Underway for Hurricane Irma DoD brings unique military capabilities that are effective in disaster relief efforts.
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EchoStar III Passes Into Retirement EchoStar III, a Ku-band BSS satellite that provided coverage over the U.S., was a fully depreciated, non-revenue generating asset owned by EchoStar.
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ABS Network Enables SIS LIVE to Score in Sports Coverage in the Middle East makes sense that they collaborate to provide for each other rather than trying to 'reinvent the wheel' and so it is with these two Middle Eastern companies.
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NovelSat's Secure Solution for Satellite Broadcasting ... ProtCASTER the only satellite broadcast DRM platform based on unbreakable AES 256-bit encryption, delivering the highest level of satellite content security available
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September 6, 2017 National Space Society Congratulates NASA's New Administrator, an Aviator and Advocate looks forward with great anticipation to working with Jim Bridenstine to lead America back to the Moon and to develop a thriving economy in space.
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ISRO's IRNSS-1H Taking a Header Toward Earth The fuel onboard the satellite has been depleted by firing the motors whenever there was a signal. The satellite-heat shield assembly is tumbling...
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USAID Oceans and Inmarsat Support Sustainability for Southeast Asia's Commercial Fishing Crews ... with the aim of reducing illegal fishing and supporting the monitoring and sharing of fish stocks.
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Kymeta and Intelsat to Bring Groundbreaking Satellite Service to Market The KALO high-throughput access service is used with fully-integrated KyWay™ terminals and mTennau7 antenna subsystem modules (ASMs) to...
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Orbital ATK Qualifies ... Solid Rocket's Avionics 'Brains of the Booster' for NASA's Space Launch System The solid rocket boosters used on this mission will provide the initial thrust for the first two minutes of flight—a do or die task.
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Follow-On Order for Mercury Systems Received From Leading Defense Prime Contractor The order was booked in the Company’s fiscal 2017 fourth quarter and is expected to be shipped over the next several quarters...
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A Shot for Space Startups with the FinSpace Awards During World Satellite Business Week This is a worldwide competition to provide awareness and exposure for the five most promising space start-ups that will be conducted during...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor - Crystal Presents Broadcasting Solutions and is Short Listed for CSI Award Demonstrations of Crystal Connect will be available — upon request — at the show, along with Crystal’s Video Metadata Analayzer (VMA)...
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NSR Analysis Reveals Since 2000, Nearly 400 Space Companies Have Debuted Supported by $10 billion in investment, these start-ups set the stage for an increase in the number and diversity of satellite services, new launch...
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Only 25 Days Remain Until the Satellite Innovation Symposium is Underway... Give impetus to your innovative ideas... attend the Satellite Innovation Symposium to enhance your business through...
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Ball's JPSS-1 Satellite Treks to Vandenberg AFB for November ULA Launch Ball designed and built the JPSS-1 spacecraft, the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite-Nadir instrument (OMPS), integrated all five of the satellite's...
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It's a Big Deal as United Technologies Acquires Rockwell Collins for $30 Billion to be Called Collins Aerospace Systems UTC today also reaffirmed its expectations for 2017 sales of approximately $58.5 to $59.5 billion
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Air Force Space Command Seeks Sources for Space Enterprise Vision to support Space Enterprise Vision (SEV) and Space Warfighting Construct (SWC) requirements, gain support for new and on-going efforts in ...
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Arianespace's Report Regarding VA239's Anomaly and Subsequent Scrub of Launch This anomaly led to an interruption of the automated lift-off sequence.
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September 5, 2017 SKY Perfect JSAT Signs SpaceX to Launch JCSAT-18 / Kacific-1 Satellite JCSAT-18 is a Ku- and Ka-band HTS mission over APAC that includes far east Russia, as well.
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Müller-Gastell Named as ND SatCom's New CEO Alexander Müller-Gastell has extensive experience in the satellite service provider sector, including more than four years at Signalhorn where he first...
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On the DSEI 2017 Show Floor — HUBER+SUHNER Bringing GPS-Over-Fiber... and more... Among the technologies on display will be HUBER+SUHNER’s Direct GPS-over-Fiber solution, which perfectly addresses the power supply...
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Marlink Comes Through With Comms For Grieg Star Operating on multiple routes world wide, Grieg Star’s ships will benefit from seamless, high bandwidth global VSAT services with unlimited L-band back...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — NexGuard Presents NexGuard Network ID Product for Satellite or Fiber NexGuard’s Network ID solution inserts a unique invisible and robust forensic watermark in primary distribution feeds for linear TV, be it satellite or fiber...
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On Two Show Floors (IBC2017 and Satellite Innovation Symposium) — ViaLite's RF Over Fiber and Hardware Technologies Being launched at the show is a new, faster SNMP module with support for dual optical Ethernet configurations, together with new software. Capable of managi
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Lockheed Martin's GPS III SV02 Auspiciously Accomplishes Acoustic Assay During acoustic testing, the GPS III SV02 satellite was continuously blasted with deafening sound reaching 140 decibels in a specialized test chamber...
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On the IBC2017 Show Floor — VSAT RF Over Fiber from ETL Systems Capable of delivering connections for links up to 10 kilometers apart without the need for additional amplification, it drastically reduces signal loss...
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SSL's Six Planet Smallsats Arrive Safely at Vandenburg AFB for October Launch The satellites, called SkySat 8 through 13, are each about 60 x 60 x 95 centimeters, weigh about 100 kilograms, and capture sub-meter color ...
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UltiSat Gleans NATO Agreement The scope of these services includes subject matter expert staffing in support of NATO missions around the world.
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AN ESA ESOC SMILE for Orbit Communications Orbit’s Gaia 100 will provide the facility’s ground terminal with enhanced satellite-tracking capabilities.
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Sky and Space Global's 3 Diamonds Sparkle with Success of the First Voice Call Using Nano-Satellites also demonstrated that its services can provide indoor connectivity, by enabling users to install a Radio Frequency (RF) section
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Arianespace Flight VA239 Scrubbed ... Anomaly in Final Seconds Frustrating no doubt, but better that the anomaly occurred before the launch than after. Full Story
United Arab Emirate's Hope Probe Heading for Mars in Four Years ...announced plans to build a miniature city on the Red Planet within the next 100 years at the World Government Summit earlier this year. The project has since...
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RF-Design Brings a new FlexLink Scalable Switch Matrix to IBC easy expandable by license key activation from 8:8 to maximum16:16 inputs/outputs (increments of 4).
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Advantech Wireless' True VSAT Multiservice on a Single Satellite Broadband VSAT Platform unique 3D BoD™ and WaveSwitch™ technologies delivers the best service, quality and efficient bandwidth utilization.
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September 4, 2017 GPM Satellite's Storm Watch Reveals Tropical Cyclone Irma Intensifies Near Cape Verde Islands Tropical storm Irma is predicted to become more powerful and be a hurricane in a couple of days.
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SSPI Member with Flying Assets Assistance for Hurricane Harvey Victims I am spearheading a relief effort through the business aviation community. We are mobilizing a fleet of bizjets from across the country...
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KRYTAR Delivers a New Directional Coupler to Market KRYTAR’s new directional coupler is uniquely designed for thermal vacuum environmental applications where external leveling, precise monitoring...
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IAC 2017 Dives Into the Space Industry's Economic and Social Impact The plenary is conceived as a panel of global experts that can contribute informed opinions on the industry, how it is evolving, and how this is...
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Ariane 5 Prepares to Perform Heavy Lifting with Launch of Intelsat 37e and BSAT-4a Arianespace’s fifth Ariane 5 mission of 2017 has been given the “green light” for liftoff on September 5 following
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GOMSpace and Airbus Join Forces for Smallsat Flight Tracking GomSpace is a pioneer in space-based aircraft tracking with the first successful demonstration performed in 2013 and currently has an active...
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Forty Years of the Voyager, Missions — A Celebration The observance will take place at the Smithsonian’s museum located at Independence Avenue at 6th street SW in Washington, DC. The event will...
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SES Capacity Increase Deal with Bluesky Cook Islands The Cook Islands was the first market to use SES Networks’ innovative O3b MEO satellite system in 2014 to deliver 3G/ 4G services to the remote nation.
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Vietnam Plans to Develop, Design and Launch a Small Dragon and a Lotus No country in the world makes all satellite components from A to Z.
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September 1, 2017 Success for Sierra Nevada Corporation's Dream Chaser's Captive Carry Test These activities are being conducted through a Space Act Agreement with NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP), although the Phase Two flight...
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The First Mission for China's Kuaizhou-11 Rocket Will Send Six Satellites to Orbit The Kuaizhou-11 rocket will be launched via a mobile launch vehicle — wth a lift-off mass of 78 tons, the rocket was designed to launch...
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A Busy NewSpace Systems Builds New Cleanroom, Has New U.S. Reseller, and Will Provide Constellation Components According to James Barrington-Brown, the firm's CEO, manufactured in an ISO certified cleanroom by ESA certified technicians, NewSpace prides...
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