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Technology
Mynaric Brings its Laser Terminals to India’s Aerospace Market
Space and airborne laser communication equipment supplier Mynaric will enter India’s elusive, yet lucrative aerospace market after signing an MoU with JR Aerospace, a newly established Indian investment and technology […]
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Connectivity
Astro Releases New Satellite Dish-Less DTH Hardware
One of the Asia’s biggest satellite pay-TV operators has unveiled new hardware that works without a satellite dish. Astro, the leading DTH player in Malaysia announced July 22, that it […]
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Technology
Ground Segment Execs Say COVID Was a Customer Service Wake-Up Call
Ground segment players all believe that the COVID-19 pandemic has made them more customer- and service-focused, rather than just focused on selling hardware, according to executives from Comtech EF Data, […]
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Government/Military
Redwire Demonstrates Hybrid Space Architecture Simulation for U.S. Air Force
Space and digital engineering solutions provider Redwire successfully demonstrated the ability to simulate hybrid space architectures in support of advanced mission planning for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, the […]
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Connectivity
Isotropic Networks Buys ViaLite RF-Over-Fiber Satcom Links for Alaska Site
Satellite internet services provider Isotropic Networks extended its multi-year strategic partnership with RF-over-fiber (RFoF) technology provider ViaLite and has ordered new RFoF L-Band satcom links for their location in Alaska. […]
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Connectivity
AT&T Exits LatAm Pay-TV Business
AT&T is leaving the satellite pay-TV business in Latin America. The company announced yesterday that Grupo Werthein, a private Argentinean company, is acquiring a 100% stake in Vrio, a company […]
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Connectivity
SES Turns a Popular German News Brand into a Satellite TV Channel
SES has won a new capacity deal which sees one of Germany’s most famous media brands become a TV channel for the first time. The company announced that WeltN24, a […]
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Partner Content
Thursday Morning Conversation With Wind River’s Michael Mehlberg
For this week’s Thursday Morning Conversation (TMC), we talk to Wind River’s Regional Sales Director Michael Mehlberg about all things cybersecurity and space. Wind River is one of the key […]
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Connectivity
Gilat Ships SkyEdge II Platform to Support Pacific Dataport in Alaska
Gilat Satellite Networks entered into a strategic agreement with Pacific Dataport (PDI) to deliver Gilat SkyEdge II-c multi-service platform in support of PDI’s expansion of ubiquitous broadband coverage in Alaska. […]
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Government/Military
Kymeta Wins U.S. Military JADC2 IDIQ Award with $950M Ceiling
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) awarded an Indefinite-Delivery / Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract to ground based mobile satellite technology developer Kymeta to provide its u8 terminal and Kymeta Connect service […]
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Connectivity
OrbComm Unveils New IoT Tractor ID Sensor
OrbComm is bringing its latest IoT innovation to the agriculture market. It announced July 20 that it had launched a wireless Tractor ID sensor, which aims to enable trailer pairing […]
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Imagery and Sensing
ImageSat International, e-GEOS Combine Assets to Launch New EO Constellation
e-GEOS, an Italian Space Agency (ASI- 20 percent) and Telespazio (80 percent) company, and ImageSat International (ISI), are partnering to jump into the market with their own new Earth Observation […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Canada’s EarthDaily Plans to Build & Launch a New Imagery Satellite Constellation by 2023
Canadian data processing and analytics company EarthDaily Analytics Corp. (EDA) says it will start building a new constellation of nine Earth observation satellites this month and plans to have them […]
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Finance
Iridium Reports 19% Billable Subscriber Increase in 2021 Second Quarter Earnings
Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation operator Iridium Communications grew its total billable subscribers 19% year-over-year during its second fiscal quarter of 2021 (Q2 21), driving growth across all of its service […]
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Mobility
AsiaSat Increases Focus on Maritime with New SAILAS Service Launch
AsiaSat has made a play in the maritime sector by launching a brand new connectivity service targeting maritime customers in in the Asia Pacific region. Its new managed connectivity service, […]
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Government/Military
SES Government Solutions Wins U.S. Thule Air Base Connectivity Contract
SES Government Solutions (GS) has won a new deal with the U.S. Space Force in Greenland, the company announced July 19. The operator’s U.S.-based government business will support the Thule […]
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Launch
Blue Origin Sends Jeff Bezos & Crew into Space on New Shepard’s First Crewed Mission
Blue Origin successfully launched its founder, Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark, aerospace pioneer Wally Funk and Dutch teenager Oliver Daemen into space at 9:13 a.m. EDT Tuesday morning on its […]
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Launch
Blue Origin Set to Send World’s Youngest, Oldest, and Wealthiest Astronauts into Space
Blue Origin and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos isn’t nervous about his historic, multi-generational ride on his reusable suborbital New Shepard rocket’s first crewed mission, scheduled for 9 a.m. EDT tomorrow, […]
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Finance
OneWeb Hires New Chief Legal Officer
Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation operator OneWeb has hired Nadia Hoosen as its new chief legal officer and group company secretary. She will serve as a member of OneWeb’s executive committee […]
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Connectivity
Forsway Signs Broadcast Modem Technology Partnership with KenCast
Forsway and KenCast are looking to boost their position in the broadcast market thanks to a new combination of the two companies’ products and technology. Under the terms of a […]
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Finance
Measat Confirms Measat-3 Anomaly and Investigation with Boeing
Malaysian satellite operator Measat has moved customers off of its Measat-3 satellite after it suffered an anomaly in late June. The company issued a statement on July 17 confirming the […]
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Podcast
Seeking New Ground for New Space
Recognizing the amount of change that the New Space movement delivered to the aerospace industry, ST Engineering iDirect wants to cultivate that same level of disruption in the complex world […]
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Finance
Sunil Bharti Mittal to Deliver Keynote Address at SATELLITE 2021
One of India’s most successful and iconic business leaders is coming to speak at the SATELLITE 2021 conference in September. Sunil Bharti Mittal, the founder and chairman of Bharti Enterprises, […]
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Government/Military
Kongsberg Blooms Thanks to ROSE Contract
Kongsberg Defense & Aerospace has been boosted by a new contract win that will see the company deliver technology to the new Radar Observation System for Europe (ROSE) satellite as […]
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Manufacturing
L3Harris Technologies Selects Innoflight for Satellite Avionics Systems
Software-defined technology developer Innoflight will deliver key avionics for four satellites produced by L3Harris Technologies under the terms of a new contract the two organizations announced July 15. L3Technologies represents a […]
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Connectivity
Avanti Wins New Connectivity Deal in Sub-Saharan Africa
Avanti Communications continues to make progress in Africa’s connectivity market after signing a partnership agreement that could help connect 400 million people in rural sub-Saharan Africa with mobile broadband services. […]
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Mobility
Honeywell’s Aspire 400 Satcom System Receives Certification
Honeywell’s plans in the aviation arena have been boosted by the news that it has received a technical standard order (TSO-C159) certification from Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) for its […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Canada’s Green Satellite Startup GHGSat More than Doubles its Fundraising Total
Montréal-based greenhouse gas satellite monitoring startup GHGSat closed its Series B funding round, netting $45 million from an investment group that included the government of Québec (through its Investissement Québec […]
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Connectivity
SES Signs O3b mPOWER Deal With iSAT Africa
SES has signed a three-year capacity deal with iSAT Africa to provide 4G mobile service in East Africa via the O3b mPOWER satellite constellation. Financial terms of the deal were […]




























