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February 28, 2018 Outerlink's IRIS SATCOM Technology is Now Installed on More Than 100 Aircraft IRIS’ Push-To-Talk (PTT) Voice over IP (VoIP) radio has proven reliable and clear. Further still, IRIS has proven significant financial savings by enabling...
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Space-Based Tokenization Data Vault Services Coming from TokenEx and Cloud Constellation The combination of TokenEx’s Data Protection Platform and Cloud Constellation's SpaceBelt™ service would enable organizations to secure...
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Newtec's Profusion of Products Set for Display and Demo at Satellite 2018 Live Demos at the Newtec booth will include...the NEW Newtec Satellite Network Calculator. Attendees can receive a demo and instantly uncover...
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First Iridium Certus Service Providers Named As Iridium Certus service providers, each company will be able to offer the new, best-in-class broadband satellite connectivity to its customers. Ideal for...
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Telesat is Delighted with LEO Constellation Investment Inclusions in the Canadian Government's New Budget Presently under development is a global LEO constellation that Telesat states will revolutionize broadband communications services. Telesat’s LEO constellation...
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Infusion of Investment for KVH Industries from SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation SJC agreed to purchase $4.5 million of KVH common stock in a private placement at a purchase price of $11.95 per share, which represents a 10 percent premium...
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ORBCOMM's Logistics Tracking and Monitoring Technology Selected by Armstrong Transportation's Trailer Fleet ORBCOMM’s end-to-end solution will provide wireless connectivity through its proprietary hardware and a web-based reporting platform for optimal...
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China Test Fires YF-77 Rocket Engine to (Hopefully) Prepare for Return-to-Flight of Long March 5 and More The Long March 5 heavy-lift rocket successfully debuted in late 2016 but failed to reach orbit with its second flight, in July.
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AsiaSat Moves Channel NewsAsia from SD to HD via AsiaSat-7 C-Band Distributed exclusively Free To Air (FTA) on AsiaSat 7 in C-band , Channel NewsAsia is currently viewed in more than 28 territories across the Asia Pacific via...
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February 27, 2018 Using Satellite Imagery, Vricon Launches Vricon Telco Suite at MWC The Vricon Telco Suite is designed to help telecommunications companies navigate the rapid changes happening throughout the industry. With an...
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The 2018 Teleport Executive of the Year is Named by the World Teleport Association — Carlos Raba Mr. Raba’s leadership and business skills have brought Santander Teleport steady growth since the company’s launch in 2010. Recently, the company...
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Virtual Machine-Based Satellite Ground Comms Architecture Delivered by Kratos for WGS The delivery includes virtual machine software versions of Kratos’ Front End Processor (vFEP) and Gateway (vGTW) systems. The vFEPs and vGTWs...
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Japan Launches a Secretive Optical ISR Satellite The optical reconnaissance satellite will be used for monitoring developments at North Korean missile launch facilities and increases the...
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Bhutan's First SmallSat to be Launched in April by JAXA The cubesat, weighing less than 1.5 kgs., will be delivered to JAXA this April. Bhutan, along with Malaysia and the Philippines, is currently...
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Integrasys HQ Moves to Tech Center in Madrid The company delivers an innovative carrier monitoring system and is also involved in the manufacture of VSAT commissioning tools. Now, the firm's...
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Is SB-SAT Poised to Revolutionize the Use of LEO Satellites and Drones? The use of smallsats and cubesats in LEO have, for many years, been limited by the short ground station overpass time (around ten minutes per...
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Viasat Rolls Out Their New Viasat Service The new service is powered by the ViaSat-2 satellite system and, according to the company, includes the most advanced, highest-capacity...
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November is the Target Month for an ISRO PSLV Launch of NSLComm's NSLSat-1 Designed to accommodate the deployment of a non-rigid reflector that is bigger than any other antenna, the NSLSat-1 will deliver unheard of data...
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East View Geospatial Holds the Papers for South African Nautical Charts The South Africa nautical chart series includes 91 charts and covers all of South Africa, as well as the coastlines of select neighboring countries.
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China's First 300 Satellite-Based Mobile Comms Network to Initiate Launches Later this Year China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said last week that the firm aimed to have 60 of the satellites up and running by 2020 to offer...
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February 26, 2018 oneM2M Members to Present Numerous Demos @ Mobile World Congress 2018 From smart cities and automated vehicles to e-health and industrial processes, the number of connected devices in all areas of life is only set to...
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Ericsson Launches Their IoT Accelerator Marketplace a catalog to find IoT apps from the global ecosystem to offer enterprise customers and provides shorter time to market for new offerings to ...
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New Mobile Network in Mali Supported by Speedcast Satellite Cellular Backhaul Through the agreement, Speedcast will use satellite to connect all remote areas of the country to the Bamako main core infrastructure, allowing...
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Earth-i to Launch ACCORD Satellite Program in Kenya and Rwanda ACCORD will enable farmers to identify where more water, fertilizer or pesticides are needed to address unpredictable weather, pests, diseases...
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Tiny Thai Satellite to Shoot Planet The tiny satellite, which is roughly 10x10x10cm in size and less than 1 kilogram (2.21pounds) in weight, will capture pictures of the globe from ...
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Nominations are Now Open for the 2018 35 Under 35 in the Space Industry Awards This will be a selection of 35 of the top professionals and enthusiasts in the space sector who are under the age of 35. This effort is the brainchild of...
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An April or May Launch of GSAT-11 is Indicated by ISRO Dr. Sivan said that at 5.7 tons, this will be the heaviest satellite made in India and will pave the way for providing high bandwidth connectivity...
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Brazilian "Unconnected" to be "Connected" via Telbras and Viasat Strategic Agreement The collaboration will help fulfill the Brazilian Government’s National Broadband Program (or Programa Nacional de Banda Larga, known as...
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In Support of Global Initiate Seabed 2030 Project, Fugro Brings in Bathymetric Support The initiative is being facilitated by the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) project in partnership with The Nippon Foundation (NF)...
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Mobile Satellite Users Association Welcomes a New Member — KenCast KenCast offers a cloud-based, feature-rich platform designed for optimal, flawless, secure content delivery on IP networks from GEO and NGOs...
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Arianespace Flight VA241 Trajectory Deviation Investigation is Concluded The anomaly’s cause is perfectly understood and recommendations are clearly identified. Arianespace and ArianeGroup are immediately...
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NASA JPL's CloudSat No Longer a Member of the A-Train Constellation While CloudSat's science mission will continue, the satellite will no longer fly as part of the Afternoon Constellation, or A-Train — six Earth-monitoring...
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U.S. Army Enlists Polaris Alpha for $18 Million to Provide Turnkey Telecommunications in Middle East reliable communications with rapid data delivery, on state-of-the-art, low-cost equipment for communications independent of the physical location.
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Purdue Mechanical Engineer's Now or Never 'Rockoon' Launch Concept for Microsatellites "This is a really incredible opportunity, so I either have to do it now, or it's a now or never type of thing,"
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AsiaSat Names New Director of Business Development and Strategy — Michael Chan Michael possesses more than 15 years of experience in the TMT sector where, prior to AsiaSat, he was employed by Emperor Motion Pictures...
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APAC Video Distribution from Blue Ant Media to be Handled by MEASAT Blue Ant Media’s roster of channels, available throughout the Asia Pacific region, includes Blue Ant Entertainment (formerly RTL CBS Entertainment)...
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Flexibility is Key in the Now-Under-Construction EUTELSAT QUANTUM Satellite Yohann Leroy, Deputy CEO and Chief Technical Officer at Eutelsat, was at Airbus’ premises in Portsmouth to unveil the key features of this software-driven satellite,...
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O Canada ... Hunter Communications Will Provide Satellite Space Segment Services to Your CBC/Radio-Canada provide CBC/Radio-Canada with more transmission throughput and the ability to use smaller antennas that are easier to move to remote transmission sites.
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NASA's Next Planet Hunting Satellite to be Dispatched by SpaceX No Earlier Than Mid-April TESS is the next step in NASA’s search for planets outside our solar system, known as exoplanets. The mission will scan nearly the entire sky to...
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February 25, 2018 Precision Aviation Group Gains Honeywell Aerospace Dealership for the 200 SATCOM System Honeywell received their first helicopter platform Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the company's 200 SATCOM system in 2015 and, over...
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WORK Microwave to Demo an All-IP Platform at DC Show WORK Microwave will demonstrate their all-IP platform, which provides operators with increased flexibility, scalability, and a future-proof solution...
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Coordination Technology Between Cells Being Tested by NEC and NTT DOCOMO for 5G Comms In these experiments, coordinated control between Distribution Units (DUs) is being achieved by using a massive-element Active Antenna System (AAS)...
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Hacking is OK Here ... FreeWave's 4th Annual HackCU Hackathon 600 students for 24 hours of hacking, creating and learning, challenging students age 18 and older to think critically about
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SpaceX Under Pressure Scrubs Launch of HISPASAT's 30W-6 Satellite Saturday's launch of Hispasat 30W-6 satellite is delayed due to technical reasons.
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February 23, 2018 VOS SW Cluster for IPTV and OTT Services Debuts from Harmonic Highly adaptive and responsive to user needs, the VOS SW Cluster solution can be used by video content and service providers of any size...
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Barefoot Technologies Demo'ing 5G Tech @ Mobile World Congress Leveraging P4-programmability, Barefoot Tofino™ and Barefoot Deep Insight™, these demos with leading networking solutions providers and...
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Advantech Wireless Feels the Pulse with New Generation GaN Based 1kW X-Band Pulse Amplifiers for Radar Systems reduces power consumption and operating costs, and the system’s linearity, the amplifier also produces a cleaner pulse, resulting in better range and ...
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SSPI's Promise2Purpose Event: Interview with Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX In a conversation with SSPI's Robert Bell, Gwynne will talk about her early years, her first role in managing people and the leadership lessons she...
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Airbus DS Improves 9-1-1 Location Accuracy with VESTA® The new mapping platform was developed with Airbus DS Communications‘ technology partner GeoComm. This is one of the first...
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February 22, 2018 SES Satellite Capacity Contract to Support the TVGE International's Worldwide Broadcasts Under the agreement announced by SES/MX1, TVGE International will use satellite capacity to broadcast its 24/7 channel across Africa, Europe and...
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Airbus-Built PAZ Satellite Pushed to Orbit for Hisdesat by SpaceX First contact with the satellite was established from the DLR Ground Control Centre in Germany, where Airbus engineers are supporting the...
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The Republic of Croatia Signs with ESA Resulting in New Concrete Opportunities for Both The road that lead to this agreement began a while ago.
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A Forrester Note: SES-14 and Al Yah-3 Concerns... The problem was, as described by Arianespace, a “trajectory deviation anomaly” meaning the two satellites were deployed into incorrect orbits...
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Marlink Gets Nod of Approval From Knutsen Extending COMMS Contract Marlink’s popular Sealink VSAT features a Committed Information Rate (CIR), which ensures a minimum level of bandwidth is always accessible ...
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Movers and Losers in Telco Innovation ID'd by ABI Research in New Study ABI Research, a market-foresight advisory firm providing strategic guidance on the most compelling transformative technologies, has assessed patent ...
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EOMAP's Contract from UK's Hydrographic Office Takes Speedier Satellite Derived Bathymetry Surveys of Tuvalu Acoustic or Lidar survey campaigns usually involve long lead times and physical site surveys to collect water depth data resulting in environmental...
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Made In Space's Super Long 3D Printed Piece Wins a Guinness Book World Record After successfully operating its Extended Structure Additive Manufacturing Machine (ESAMM) technology in a space-like environment this past...
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Coriant and Affirmed Networks Partner to Expand Innovative 5G Offerings at Mobile World Congress With a common vision for open, disaggregated, and virtualized networks, Coriant’s partnership with Affirmed brings proven mobile expertise and...
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Newtec in Argentina Empowers Orbith and Optimizes Their New VSAT Network Orbith is building a new VSAT network connecting 20,000 sites to provide consumer and business connectivity to the Buenos Aires province and...
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February 21, 2018 Ball's VizZen™ Visualizes COTS and Cloud Based Content Management The software is an open source-based One Object One Time solution that allows multiple data bases to be accessible by a single tool. Full Story
Marlink's Sealink VSAT Speed Doubles Providing even faster connectivity and more bandwidth for business operations and crew onboard when network capacity is available, the new...
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SIA President Tom Stroup Presents at the National Space Council The panel was part of a Council meeting that was hosted by NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida and was chaired by Vice President Mike Pence...
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Business Development and Strategy Team at AsiaSat Now have a New VP Lara Kwok, who joined AsiaSat in August of 2017 as Director of Business Development and Strategy, has been promoted to Vice President, Business...
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Kratos Unmanned Systems Division Reaps USG IDIQ Contract for UAV CC&C Due to competitive, customer related and other considerations, no additional information will be provided at this time. Full Story
SES Networks' Connectivity Comes to Cuba ... Together with ETECSA Provides Telecommuications Services
A new system based on satellites’ reliable connectivity will ensure the Cuban national telecommunications operator can diversify connectivity on ...
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Bigelow Space Operations Inauguration Announced With the two launches of B330-1 and B330-2 expected in 2021, the time is now in 2018 to initiate BSO activity. These single structures that house...
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Sentinel-3b Launch by a Russian Rokot Possibly Rescheduled to April 25th This source added that the Europeans are failing for some reason to deliver on time the space vehicle to the Plesetsk spaceport, from which a Rokot...
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SpaceX Scrubs Spain's Spy Satellite Launch Due to Strong Winds PAZ will orbit Earth 15 times per day, covering an area of over 300,000 square kilometers from an altitude of 514 kilometers and a velocity of ...
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Aerojet Rocketdyne's RS-25 Rocket Throttles Up to 113 Percent of the Original Design Thrust Level During the 260-second hot fire test, the RS-25 engine throttled up to 113 percent of its original design thrust level. The first four flights of SLS will use...
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Euroconsult's FSS Operators Assessment Analysis Now Available This is the only assessment of all active and pre-operational FSS operators. The report includes publicly-listed and privately-held companies...
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Major Investment Announced for the UK's Goonhilly Earth Station Under a new project announced today by the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP), Goonhilly will be upgraded to enable...
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The CubeCats from the University of Cincinnati Awaiting NASA's 'Go' for Their LEOPARD SAT 1 LEOPARD will have six sensors equipped on each cube face. Two sensors will be normal non-coated sensors, two will be covered with carbon, and the...
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February 20, 2018 First Launch for the Re-Organized Sea Launch Should be Expected to Occur in 2019 Ukraine’s Yuzhmash, the producer of Zenit launchers, earlier reported they would deliver the first two carrier rockets for the Sea Launch project in...
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GATR's TRAC Antenna is Positioned for Widespread Use, According to the U.S. Air Force support from the U.S.A.F. Small Business Innovation Research/Small Business Technology Transfer Program and the Air Force Research Laboratory
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Arabsat-6A Satellite Assembly Completed by Lockheed Martin for Arabsat Arabsat-6A is part of the two-satellite Arabsat-6G program for Arabsat and is the second of Lockheed Martin's modernized LM 2100 series satellites to...
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Hispasat's Multi Million Dollar Agreement with Gilat ... Potential for Tens of Thousands of VSATs for Broadband in Mexico services such as broadband internet services, WiFi connectivity in semi-urban and rural locations, and mobility applications to government and private sector
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Advantech Wireless RF and Microwave Divisions to be Integrated into the Baylin Technologies Group of Companies This Baylin Technologies acquisition of Advantech Wireless Technologies Inc, will allow the company to extend the firm's product line as well as...
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New President and CEO Named by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Joining Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in 1979, Sugiyama first served as an engineer in the company’s Himeji Works. He became Mitsubishi Electric’s Executive Officer and Group President of...
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Entire U.S. Farm Economy Can Now Access Mavrx Satellite Platform For more than four years, Mavrx has built a platform that enables farm managers to optimize operations through a bird’s eye look at yield, planting,...
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Software-Based GPS Receiver from Galileo Satellite Navigation Integrates with Cadence Tensilica Fusion F1 DSP The software-based GNSS receiver allows customers to easily add full GPS functionality with design flexibility and long-term upgradeability at a...
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AsiaSat Promotes Director of Business Development and Strategy ... She is Now VP of Business Development and Strategy she holds a Master of Business Administration degree from MIT Sloan School of Management in the United States.
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SES Networks Signs Satellite Services Deal with Cuba's ETECSA SES Networks will augment ETECSA’s existing terrestrial infrastructure with its high-performance, fiber-like MEO capacity and improve connectivity for...
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Sigma Systems Selected by Inmarsat for Large-Scale BSS Transformation With the digital revolution moving forward at great speed, Inmarsat recognized that a catalog-driven, agile approach to B/OSS was key to...
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February 19, 2018 SpaceX Launch of PAZ and Microsat-2a and -2b Postponed PAZ, when on orbit, will perform both military and civil operations, such as troop movements, environmental observations and more. Also on board are...
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34th Space Symposium's 2018 Space Technology Hall of Fame® Inductees are Aluminum Alloy 398 and Miniaturized Laser Terminals Mynaric's key contributions are miniaturized laser terminals that can be produced and sold at scale and which are
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New Business Models for African MNOs from SatADSL Using SatADSL’s multi-band, technology-agnostic Cloud-based Service Delivery Platform (C-SDP), the solution allows MNOs to easily outsource their satellite services by providing, via the cloud, a complete OSS/BSS,...
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GMV Offers SBAS Correction Service and Precision Point Positioning Info at IGNSS in Australia One of the sessions dealt with Australia and New Zealand’s new-generation, satellite-based, precise point positioning system, a project in...
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New satellite IoT Lab to Open in Australia by Myriota The $2.72 million laboratory will be located in the CBD of Adelaide to allow the company to integrate its ultra-low-cost satellite IoT solution into a wide...
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General Dynamics Mission Systems Awarded Continued Procurement Contract for U.S. Navy Digital Modular Radio DMR provides multiple communication waveforms and multi-level information security for secure tactical voice and data transmissions aboard...
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KSF Space to Support Launching Space Capsule from a Space Balloon in Mexico for Research This is unique as a platform for high altitude space studies and scientific research.
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Avanti Communications' HYLAS-4 Satellite Arrives in French Guiana for Arianespace Launch The spacecraft, built by Orbital ATK, was packed and shipped at their Satellite Manufacturing Facility in Dulles, Virginia, United States, and...
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Broadband Forum Continues Growth with New Members Operators and vendors, as well as fellow industry bodies and national associations, are among the new sign-ups, demonstrating the breadth and...
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Agenda and Speakers for the DSA's Six Annual Global Summit in London Have Been Announced Held in Europe for the first time since its inception, the Summit will explore a range of topics from universally affordable connectivity to 6 GHz for...
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Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS Heads to the Mobile World Congress with New Developments Wireless low-latency communication and high-precision positioning will enhance flexibility in industrial production processes. Moreover, industrial...
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SES Networks Refreshes and Expands Services to Palau Telecoms SES announced that in the latest, signed contract, Palau Telecoms, which has been accessing SES’s Networks performance since 2014, will be...
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Iridium Entrusts COMSAT to Provide Iridium's Certus Satellite Broadband Connectivity to the DoD securely, and cost-effectively connects remote assets to U.S. command and control centers from anywhere including Arctic and Antarctic regions.
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ViaLite Communications Takes Root in the U.S. and Grows ... Enlists the Expertise of Three Companies bring strong technical backgrounds and have had a long history of success supporting product applications for satcom, defense electronics and ...
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LeTourneau University Students Engage in SmallSat Design Lichtenberg is a former astronaut who was a payload specialist at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, from 1978 to 1992. He said...
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An Impressive 2018 Program Agenda for Global VSAT Forum and Event Management Partners Sponsored by Integrasys, iDirect, Comtech EF Data, ND Satcom and Newtec, the latest iteration of the annual Connectivity program to address...
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February 16, 2018 Quika's New CFO has a Wealth of Experience ... He Will Manage Investor Relations was CFO for MBI International Holdings ... that operates hotels and real-estate across Europe and the Middle East with assets in excess of $9 billion.
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Skycasters Joins the Global VSAT Forum Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2018, GVF is recognized as the collective voice of global satellite communications industry. The...
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February 15, 2018 Planet's Ground Station in Inuvik May be Excised if License not Received Planet has been caught in an unusual regulatory situation. The company applied for, and received, a radio frequency spectrum license from another ...
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CETel is the Latest to be Certified by WTA .... Achieves Provisional Certification of its Teleport the Certification program has quickly grown in popularity, with 15 teleports currently engaged in the quality evaluation process and certifications ...
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Ariana 6's Vinci® Engine Passes 140 Tests that Include Some “Firsts” The re-ignitable Vinci® engine will power the upper stage of Ariane 6, whose first flight is scheduled for 2020
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Axiomtek's New Pico-ITX SBC Motherboard is Small and Thin with Multiple I/O Options
great choice for system integrators who are looking for a highly flexible and reliable embedded board targets the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) field.
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NASA's New Horizons Zooms at 36,000 MPH and Releases Record-Breaking Photos from Beyond Pluto In two hours, New Horizons smashed a 27-year-old record set by Voyager 1 … twice.
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Clyde Space's First Milestone End to End Mission for NSLComm ... Just the Beginning of an Orbiting Cluster ...set to deliver a full end-to-end mission service package, from spacecraft design, manufacture, launch, on orbit to operations to ...
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OHB to Bring Their 3D Printing Technologies to an ESA Study - Plus, a New Satellite Contract Logistics and bringing needed items into space or onto a planetary surface remains as one of the major constraints in long-term human space...
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The Broadband Service Plan by SpaceX Receives Endorsement from FCC Chairman The firm's Microsat 2a and 2b are satellites are secondary payloads scheduled for launch from Vandenberg AFB this coming Saturday aboard a...
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Maxar Makes a Move The firm states they will be creating more than 850 new jobs over the coming years at their new location. Currently, some 6,500 employees work ...
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Adcole Maryland Aerospace-Built Kestrel Eye SmallSat for the U.S. Army and DoD Launches The Kestrel Eye imaging satellite is the first on orbit demonstration of an envisioned Department of Defense (DoD) constellation that may someday...
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CopaSAT Acquires Eclipse Composite Engineering and Their Antenna Offerings Designed to meet the rigorous standards of the U.S. military, Eclipse’s advanced composite hardware solutions have earned a leading reputation...
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NASA's Kodiak's Test Proves Self-Driving Robotic Servicer Can Extend Satellite's Lifespan Once it locates its target, it can use dexterous robotic arms and software to autonomously grasp, refuel, and relocate a satellite. Full Story
February 14, 2018 GLOBECOMM's New CFO ... He Brings Broad Financial Experience to Support Continued Growth The financial health of a company determines whether the institution thrives or dives, and to attain and maintain good health a company must have ...
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Speedcast to Provide Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines with More Bandwidth Speedcast’s experience with Royal Caribbean dates back to 2006, when the company installed RCCL’s first Ku-band VSAT antenna on board a...
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Critical Satellite-Derived Datasets from TCarta Aid BMT with Fish Farming Sites in the Arabian Gulf As a primary input for the modeling phase of the project, BMT obtained five meter resolution Satellite Derived Bathymetry (SDB) products from TCarta...
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Satelles Shows Improved PNT Accuracy from LEO Constellation from new tests using configurations with a differential source and with a more accurate OCXO clock, producing timing accuracy of 160 nanoseconds.
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Results of Africa's International Space Forum in Kenya However, this last action must face the risk of ending the enormous abundance of African national resources if these ‘are not properly managed’
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Gogo Relishes Increased SES-15 Capacity for IFC/IFE Aboard More Than 200 Aircraft SES-15 entered service in January 2018 and is the company’s first hybrid satellite providing Ku-band wide beams and Ku-band spotbeam capacity...
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Cecil Spaceport Celebrates Upcoming Launches Cecil Spaceport is among six that can facilitate horizontal launches. Small rockets strapped to jets will fly out over the ocean and launch from there.
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How COMSAT Continued Communications During California Wildfires ... 'What If' Became 'It Is' "The crisis management plan, devised in response to the 'what-if' scenarios, demonstrated how resilient the teleport and and its team are."
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Open Cosmos Sends Vector Their First RSVP ... Reservation for First Orbital Launch Vector will begin construction on its state-of-the-art rocket factory ... later this year, designed to produce up to 100 launch vehicles per year to start.
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Czech Satellite Intelligence Center to Open Funded by the Czech Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces, the subject-matter experts will review the imagery from around the world and...
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February 13, 2018 Advantech Wireless Reaches the Summit™ and Releases 3.2kW Ku-Band Outdoor Modular Satellite GaN SSPA System
Without using expensive filter combiners, which make future frequency planning changes very complex and challenging ...
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KVH Industries' HTS Systems and AgilePlans™ Set the Seas for E.R. Schiffahrt program provides equipment and airtime for one monthly airtime fee, with no commitment; installation at select ports and maintenance costs are included.
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NSR's Forecast Recognizes China's Ambitious Push into the Global Satcom Market At some point soon, however, it appears likely China will assume a position as a top tier space nation globally, with significant ramifications for ...
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On Orbit Sustainment Record Set by the EUTELSAT 16C (formerly SESAT) Satellite A global success story for EUTELSAT— designed for a contractual orbital life of 10 years, the EUTELSAT 16C/SESAT telecommunications satellite...
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ViaSat-2 Up and Running and Ready to Report to Work “We are not predicting the failure of OneWeb, [but] I just think that it’s not going to bring an amount of bandwidth to the markets that we serve that’s ... "
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U.S.A.F. Brings Caton Connector Corporation into the Milstar Mix The mission of Milstar, according to the U.S. Air Force, is to provide “the President, Secretary of Defense, and the U.S. armed forces with assured...Full Story
MeznSat Project Now Underway by UAE Space Agency and Partners The cubesat project will see undergraduate students design and construct the MeznSat before using it to collect and analyze data on carbon dioxide...
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Black Sage to Demonstrate Drone Defense by Creating a Fence of Drones During the simulation, Black Sage will create a virtual fence around the capitol, fly a swarm of drones directly into the protected area, and...
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NBC Olympics Selects SES ... Goes for the Gold by Transmitting High Dynamic Range Signal Across the U.S. SES will use its satellite platform to distribute the NBC Olympics HDR feed to their affiliates throughout the United States
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February 12, 2018 Hiltron Communications Promotes Sales Director ... He is Now Managing Director His mission now is to build on that knowledge base and product portfolio both here in their European home markets and around the world.
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SpaceX to Send Spain's Spy Satellite to Space ... Spain's First An unnamed multimillionaire has reportedly agreed to cover the cost of the Spanish project should anything go wrong. Full Story
SES and Intelsat Propose Joint Use of C-band in U.S. Both for Satellite and to Speed Next Gen 5G Services seamless distribution of video and audio programming to more than 100 million U.S. households, and... critical data connectivity in rural areas and ...
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The World Teleport Association's Map ... Click a Link to Locate a Teleport Once on the map, a click on the link takes one to the most up-to-date information on the operator and facilities, and ...
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Milestones Made for Arab World's KalifaSat and Hope Mars Probe Details of the much-discussed Mars 2117 plan, which aims to create the first human settlement on Mars, and UAE’s astronaut program, which will...
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ESA’s Wind Sensing Satellite ... the Answer is Blowing in the Wind ... to Undergo Final Tests meteorologists to further improve the accuracy of weather forecasts and climatologists to understand the global dynamics of Earth’s atmosphere. Full Story
A Fresh, New Face for ABS This redesigned website offers quick and easy access to essential information and features that offer a comprehensive understanding of the...
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ISO 9001:2015 Certification Attained by DEV Systemtechnik The Certification Body of TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH certified that DEV Systemtechnik GmbH “has established and applies a Quality Management System for...
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The Debut of a Miniature Star Tracker and ADACS Unit from Adcole Maryland Aerospace The MAI-SS Space Sextant offers precision attitude determination of cubesats and smallsat systems. The Star Tracker features Lost-in-Space...
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On a Quad-Band FDD/TDD Carrier, Singtel and Ericsson Achieve 1 Gbps Speeds This achievement will enable Singtel to optimize the usage of its newly acquired 2500 MHz spectrum band and enhance the...
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Simultaneous Digital Beamforming Supporting 28 GHz is a Success by NEC This is the first time simultaneous beamforming transmission (four multi-user MIMO) from a single massive-element active antenna system (AAS) to...
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Newtec's Repeat ... Factory of the Future Award Takes Manufacturing Innovation for Second Time When future-proofing any organization, it is challenging and fascinating at the same time. The workforce, technology, tools and customer demands are ...
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Steve Collar to Become the Next CEO of SES — Andrew Browne to Become CFO Steve Collar, who is currently CEO of SES Networks, has been appointed as the next President and CEO of SES, becoming CEO Designate with...
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HAPS Antenna Support from Communications and Power Industries (CPI) Operating at lower altitudes than satellites, HAPS can be less expensive to operate and more rapidly deployed, making them ideal for shorter-term ...
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China Launches Two More Beidou Network Satellites ... Numbers 28 and 29 Out of 35 The launch had been set for the same window on Sunday, but was delayed by the visit of Chinese president Xi Jinping to the launch site. Full Story
NASA’s Webb Telescope's Parts Arrive to be Made into World's Largest Space Telescope tested to ensure it is ready to launch and enable scientists to seek the first luminous objects in the universe and search for signs of habitable planets.
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STS Global and Satcube Partner ... a Swedish Cube that Gets Around in the U.S.
The terminal is optimized for use with High-Throughput Satellites and is designed to be as easy to use as an iPhone.
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Norway Comes to California, as KSAT Thinks Big About Small Sats and Settles in Silicon Valley
KSAT has twenty operational ground sites around the world, which operate as one interconnected network supporting both legacy and small satellites.
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Content Creation and Delivery in the NAB2018 Show Limelight for GLOBECOMM At the 2018 NAB Show, GLOBECOMM will present its end-to-end automated and virtualized approach to content creation and delivery. With...
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February 9, 2018 Ericsson's Encoders and Receivers to Support SatBroadcasting™ for NBC Olympics Ericsson will provide a range of their leading encoding and satellite receiver technologies to support NBC Olympics video distribution to millions of ...
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February 8, 2018 WTA's Annual Rankings Reveal ViaLite Scores Seven Out of Seven The results show that ViaLite also supplied several of the operators in the Association’s Independent Top Twenty category,
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Viasat's IFEC System Heading Into United Airlines Aircraft Viasat will serve as the direct in-flight internet service provider to United, deploying its most advanced IFEC system, in order to provide United customers access...
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IGEN Network's Nimbo Tracking Certified for Sprint's IoT Platform Nimbo Tracking provides robust wireless M2M solutions that specialize in providing integrated GPS tracking and vehicle warning solutions for various...
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ETL Systems to Demo GRIFFIN Switch and StingRay VSAT System at DC Show The company's Griffin Redundancy Switch can be used for both uplink and downlink applications and can handle RF and ASI signal types. The switch...
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Thuraya to Fly its Airborne SATCOM, Thuraya Aero, at Singapore Airshow 2018 continued connectivity for SIT as they gather hi-res footage for TV networks, meanwhile helping them lower operational costs considerably Full Story
China Preparing to Launch Two Beidou Satellites The satellites will be the 28th and 29th for the Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), which is China's version of the...
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Lockheed Martin's 'Open Space' Releases Satellites' Secret Specifications ... Objective is for New Ideas "Space isn’t just a place to go. It’s a place to do. So let’s get new innovators plugged in to tomorrow’s space opportunities."
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Maxar Technologies Presents Innovative Solutions at the SmallSat Symposium In the keynote address, on the tradeshow floor and in conference sessions, Maxar companies showed how they are applying new technologies and...
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NOAA Isn't Just for Weather ... NOAA Saved a Lot of Lives Last Year a sailboat with two people onboard caught on fire several hundred miles off the coast of Jacksonville, Florida. Luckily for the crew, a NOAA satellite ...
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Successful Seed Funding Infuses Kleo Space and their In-Space Manufacturing Projects Kleos Space’s proprietary in-space manufacturing technology enables the deployment of very large structures in space. The company aims to...
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South Korea ... to the Moon by 2030 In the past, the country has mostly been busy with narrowing a technology gap with powerhouses such as the United States and ...
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Russia Goes Heavy ... Will Build Compound for Super-Heavy Rocket at Vostochny Spaceport "The Energiya Corporation has been designated as the chief developer of the space rocket compound for a super-heavy carrier rocket,"
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February 7, 2018 India's Big Balloon ... First Sudent-Led Micro Satellite Launch Hyderabad added yet another feather in its scientific cap with the successful launch of India's first ...
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Marlink Shakes Out the Sand in the Tenth Edition of the Morocco Desert Challenge powerful tool for the race organizers to understand exactly what is happening during the race and ... battling it out in one of the world’s most extreme environments.
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Iridium Communications Announces the Company's First Iridium Certus Service Providers This initial group of six world-class land-mobile service providers play a pivotal role in bringing Iridium Certus to market.
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A 300 SmallSats Constellation is in the Works by CubeCab for bitcoin Latina The initial constellation of 300 satellites, to be deployed during the 2020 to 2022 time frame, will entail 300 flights of CubeCab's Cab-3A launch...
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AVX Corporation Completes their Acquisition of Ethertronics Inc. The EC624 Active Steering Switch acts as a slave device to the steering processor, selecting the desired beam pattern of an active antenna on a...
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Two Angara Rockets Could be Ordered to Launch Russia's Gonets-M Satellites According to the industry source, the first order for two Angara-1.2 rockets may be placed directly by Roscosmos in 2019-2020. Those rockets were...
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Bartolomeo Platform Partnership Agreement Signed Between ESA and Airbus The agreement defines the roles and responsibilities of the two PPP partners, with Airbus investing around 40 million euros into the...
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National Space Society Congratulates SpaceX on the Spectacular Launch of the Falcon Heavy NSS believes that the first flight of the FH is an important step toward achieving Milestone 2: Higher Commercial Launch Rates and Lower Cost to...
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Kenneth Callicut Named to Polaris Alpha's Board of Advisors Mr. Callicutt recently retired after more than 39 years of service as an Air Force officer and member of the Senior Executive Service. He brings to...
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Israel's Scientist Doctor Climbs Mountains Using Satellite Savvy to Measure Heavy Metals ... is working on a technique that would connect samples collected from polluted areas with satellite images of the same places.
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Hubble's Encounter With Dwarf TRAPPIST-1 and Atmospheres of Earth-Sized Planets
These planets are also relatively temperate, making them a tantalizing place to search for signs of life beyond our Solar System.
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Northrop Grumman to Build Two EHF XDR Payloads for the Enhanced Polar System This contracts procures the EPS-R EHF XDR payloads to prevent a Military Satellite Communications mission gap in the Polar region. Work will be...
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NASA's Congrats and Comments About Partnership with SpaceX's Successful Falcon Heavy Launch have a liftoff thrust of 8.8 million pounds, designed to be an evolvable launch vehicle able to meet the most challenging deep space crew and cargo needs.
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A Danish in Space ... Ulloriaq 'Star' Satellite ... as Danish Defense and Gomspace Monitor Craft in Arctic The satellite will fly over the Arctic 16 times a day, once every hour and a half,
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February 6, 2018 Globecast's Great Expansion in 2017 of 40 New Channels and Multi Cultures Globecast now has the largest selection of international content for distribution in the United States, Latin American and the Caribbean region
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NSR's Latest Analysis Indicates the SmallSat Market is Not Delivering on the Hype At first glance, the answer is a clear and resounding: No. The market is peppered with starts and stops as companies fail to hit milestones or...
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The Major Tom Mission Control Platform from Kubos to Assist ISISpace with Satellite Ops The new partnership will give customers an end-to-end solution for building and operating their mission. By incorporating Major Tom during satellite...
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SpaceX's Biggest Gig Ever ... Launch of Falcon Heavy the Most Powerful Rocket to Leave Earth with a Car And the cherry on top of this amazing feat is that it is carrying a $100,000 red Tesla Roadster sports car ....
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February 5, 2018 KSF Space Brings Moroccan Students an ISS Experience In collaboration between KSF Space and NASA, through the first of its kind contact, the ISS on orbit crew touched on leading life onboard the ISS and...
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Time's Up ... Here Comes the SmallSat Symposium a Convergence of Minds, Technology and Information your time is valuable you must determine where you will appreciate the most efficient return on investment...you are not just an attendee, you are an active participant.
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Proprietary IoT / AI Pet Tracking Device in Development by Gopher Protocol As announced on December 21, 2017, Gopher’s manufacturer — VQ GLOBAL USA, Inc. — commenced design of three models which include...
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SES Networks Brings Connectivity Services to DRC Copper Mine Project The managed services and fiber-like connectivity from SES Networks will be powered by the company's O3b Medium Earth Orbit satellite fleet and...
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JAXA Launches the World's Smallest Rocket, Complete with Ultra-SmallSat Payload According to JAXA, SS-520 No. 5 lifted off from the Uchinoura Space Center at 2:03 p.m.with an ultra-small satellite payload that weighed in at...
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Redundant LNA Plate Assemblies for Signal Integrity Strengthening Debut from L3 Narda-MITQ The 1:1, dual 1:1 and 1:2 redundant low-noise amplifier (LNA) systems are designed to ensure continuous operation without disruption of signal...
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ESA Selects PLD Space to Redefine Small Satellite Launcher Project ARION 2 a new European spaceport, which will be dedicated to launching small satellites to polar and heliosynchronous orbits.
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Airbus Celebrates Tenth Anniversary of ISS and ESA's Columbus Celebrates 10 Years in Space the ISS has been in orbit for 3,654 days – meaning that Columbus has circled the globe 58,464 times.
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GPS-Based Positioning Services from Fugro Ensure Oil Rig Accuracy Fugro uses all available navigation satellites (GPS, GLONASS, Beidou and Galileo) and will be permanently installed on the Statoil operated rigs and...
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UPDATE: Post-Launch Comms Success for Just Launched GOMX-4 Satellites Approximately 12 minutes after launch, both satellites were successfully released from the launcher at an altitude of 503 km. in an inclination of 97 degrees...
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China Launches First Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite Plus Six SmallSats The launch occurred at 15:51 from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert and carried the 730 kg. China Seismo-Electromagnetic Satellite (CSES) into...
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Space Debris Training Course Upcoming at ESA's Training and Learning Center The Space Debris Training Course will be hosted at the ESA Academy's Training & Learning Center in ESEC, Redu, Belgium, from April 16 to 20,...
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A New SSTL-S1 Satellite EO Data Contract Signed Between SSTL and 21AT As the manufacturer and owner of the SSTL-S1 satellite, SSTL will lease imaging payload capacity to 21AT for the lifetime of the satellite, designed...
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Dr. K. Sivan of ISRO States the Agency Needs Four Years to Catch Up with Satellite Demand We now have 43 satellites in space — for communication, Earth Observation (EO) and navigation. To meet the present national requirement,...
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Technological Enhancements Infuse PCI Geomatics GXL Service Pack 1 Release GXL is used by large organizations that must meet time critical deadlines on a regular basis and work with a variety of satellite and aerial images. Most recently...
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UAE's First Locally-Manufactured Satellite is Unveiled "Khalifa Sat" is the first satellite to be fully manufactured by Emirati engineers and is scheduled to be placed in orbit later this year...
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ESA's Fly Your Satellite! Students on a Journey to Test Their Lights in Space uncertain that the tiny LED lights on the satellite used to conduct experiments might not tolerate the radiation in space. That led them on a journey ...
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Mission Microwave Technologies Completes Initial Delivery of GaN-Based Products Mission Microwave is providing individual amplifiers and redundant systems based on its Titan Ka-band BUC. Both Ku- and Ka-band systems are being...
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Gilat's Live Aero Terminal Demo in China Results in Speeds of 130 Mbps The demonstration occurred in a cabin user environment together with Air Esurfing, operating with Gilat’s fully integrated dual-band antenna terminal...
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SES and Telekom Srbija Sign SatBroadcasting Agreement Under the agreement announced by SES, the telecommunications company Telekom Srbija is leasing additional capacity on an ASTRA satellite...
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Kratos Completes Phase 1 of an EGS Study Contract EGS is an enabler for the Air Force's Space Enterprise Vision (SEV), designed to support a sustainable, resilient space architecture that can...
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Gilat Selected by Aussies ... NBN Co and Speedcast Get Down to Business with nbn™ Sky Muster™ The expected revenue for this project is tens of millions of dollars over a period of several years.
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February 2, 2018 UPDATED... Broadcasting Beams: Dataxis OTT payTV European Market / Nokia 5G Future X Architecture / PSSI Global Services Executes Largest "At Home" Transmission in Broadcast History / Quantenna Communications + CANAL+ / Streaming Video Alliance / Windstream to Deliver DIRECTV Product of interest for satBroadcasting, satOTT, satIP, sat5G, satStreaming and other content provisioning technologies...
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February 1, 2018 Port Canaveral's $17.9M 'Spaceport' Contract Welcomes SpaceX, Blue Origin and More "But it is clearly the most strategic piece of business that you will have, in terms of serving not only Central Florida, Florida, but the United States..."
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KSAT's Svalbard Ground Station to Provide Airbus Defence and Space with Satellite Coverage KSAT has implemented Ground Station services out of the Svalbard Satellite Station for Airbus Defence and Space. The unique location at...
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Joining DEV Systemtechnik as Managing Director is Manfred Mettendorff Mettendorff has held various managing positions in marketing, sales, business development and engineering and has directed entire business...
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Power On for GOLD by NASA The systems engineers successfully established communication with the GOLD instrument and the spacecraft's detector doors opened upon...
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Frost & Sullivan Analyze Space Technology's Mega Trends in Research Report The research company's recent market research The Future of Space, 2030 and Beyond, sheds light on Mega Trends in connectivity and...
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Aurora Flight Sciences and Socionext Keep Drones from Crashing with Radar-Enabled Collision Protection The concern for satellite collisions in space garners a great deal of attention, now there's a new topic; how to avoid collisions of drones on Earth.
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Kratos Shares IDIQ Contract for TETRAS Program The TETRAS program seeks to rapidly develop and apply specialized hardware, software and prototype systems that will be used for the test...
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Russia's Launch of Soyuz-2.1a Soars with 11 Satellites to Space for U.S., Germany and Russia launch includes Russia’s two Kanopus-V sats, Germany’s four S-Net sats, one D-Star One satellite, and four U.S. LEMUR remote sensing satellites
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Orbital ATK-'s GovSat-1 Satellite's Health Report marks the second GEOStar-3 satellite built by Orbital ATK to launch this month.
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China's Monkey King is Behaving After Computer Malfunction to Detect Dark Matter It is helping scientists lift the "cloak of invisibility" from dark matter.
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Rajant's CEO Addresses Keeping MILCOM Wireless Secure at Rome's Network Centric Warfare Conference ...complicated deployments in battlefield pressures, challenging terrain and changing operations ...traditional networks are no longer reliable,”
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