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Government/Military
Comtech Named as Awardee on $5.1B Multiple Award IDIQ GTACS II Contract Vehicle
Comtech Telecommunications announced Monday, that its Mission-Critical Technologies group, which is part of Comtech’s Government Solutions segment, was named as one of the awardees to compete under the Global Tactical […]
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Podcast
When Disaster Strikes
In the wake of natural disasters, functioning communications services and infrastructure can mean the difference between life and death. Flooding, seismic activity, wildfires, high winds, downed trees — even recovery […]
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Government/Military
Rocket Lab Launches Dedicated NRO Mission
Rocket Lab launched its first mission of the year — dubbed “Birds of a Feather” — on Friday at 02:56 UTC from the company’s Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand’s […]
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Connectivity
Speedcast Government Provides Connectivity for Niger Election
Speedcast Government is supporting a United Nations agency and an independent national electoral committee in Niger, Africa, to prevent electoral fraud. Speedcast Government has been asked to provide satellite internet […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Labsphere Developing Combined Satellite, Airborne Remote Sensing Network
Labsphere has begun constructing a commercial global satellite and airborne calibration network called FLARE. The company is combining Raytheon’s SPARC mirror technology, which it licenses, with its own technology in […]
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Launch
Tethers Unlimited Delivers Mesh Network Inter-Satellite Crosslink Solution
Tethers Unlimited (TUI) has delivered what it calls the first mesh network inter-satellite crosslink solution for small satellites. The SWIFT-LINQ network is a software app that runs on TUI’s SWIFT […]
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Finance
Northrop Grumman Sees Increase in Space Sales, Beats 4Q 2019 Earnings Estimates
Northrop Grumman’s Innovation Systems division posted a 2019 Fourth Quarter (4Q) sales increase of $138 million to a total of $1.59 billion, a 9% jump from the same period last […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems Gets a 4Q Boost from Classified Contracts
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) enjoyed a 7% increase in fourth quarter (4Q) 2019 net sales to $2.018 billion, compared to $1.88 billion in the fourth quarter 2018, with […]
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Uncategorized
C-COM, Isotropic Networks Integrate iDirect iQ 200 Modem
C-COM Satellite Systems and reseller partner Isotropic Networks have completed the integration of the iDirect iQ 200 modem with C-COM’s iNetVu antenna controllers. The new modem is compatible on all C-COM […]
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Connectivity
Get SAT Demonstrates Satcom Capability on Hellas Sat Network
Get SAT and Hellas Sat have demonstrated satcom capabilities on Hellas Sat’s network. The companies said in a Thursday announcement that their partnership offers capability enhancements on Hellas Sat 4 […]
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Technology
Renesas Electronics Deploys Single-Chip Synchronous Buck Regulator
Renesas Electronics has deployed a single-chip synchronous buck and low dropout (LDO) regulator. It targets low-power FPGAs, DDR memory, and other digital loads for spaceflight payload applications. The company said […]
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Finance
SatixFy CEO Details ‘Groundbreaking’ Digital Payload Project with OneWeb
Earlier this month, OneWeb and SatixFy announced a significant deal where the two companies announced plans to add a digital technology pathway payload that will include a full digital payload […]
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Finance
General Dynamics Mission Systems, SATCOM Division Posts Modest 4Q Gains
General Dynamics Mission Systems division, which includes the General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies business, reported $1.3 billion in Fourth Quarter (4Q) revenue, a 2.5% increase from the same three-month period ending […]
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Connectivity
Hispasat Renews and Expands Latin America Broadcast Capacity Agreement with RTVE
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat will broadcast Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE) channels in Latin America as the result of a new, multi-year contract renewal it secured with both the network and technology […]
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Finance
Boeing’s Space Business Takes a Hit from Starliner, Lagging Sales in 4Q 2019
Boeing Defense, Space & Security provided no silver lining for the overall company in its comparatively rough Fourth Quarter (4Q) and Full Year 2019 financial report. On Wednesday, The Boeing […]
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Finance
Comtech’s Gilat Acquisition Creates “Dominant” Cellular Backhaul Entity
Comtech Telecommunications has agreed to acquire Israeli ground segment company Gilat Satellite Networks in a transaction that could produce a “dominant” force in the cellular backhaul market. Comtech announced Wednesday […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Launches Fourth Batch of Starlink Satellites
SpaceX launched its fourth set of Starlink satellites on a Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, on Wednesday at 9:06 […]
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Connectivity
Speedcast Receives Backhaul Contract for Mexico
Speedcast has received a 12-month cellular backhaul contract with what it calls the second largest mobile operator in Mexico, but did not give the operator’s name. The company said its […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat 7C Satellite Enters Commercial Service
Eutelsat Communications’ has announced that its EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Turkey. On […]
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Connectivity
Iridium’s CloudConnect Solution for IOT Is Live
Iridium Communications has deployed the service Iridium CloudConnect, calling it “the first and only satellite cloud-based solution offering global coverage for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.” The service combines Iridium […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon Receives $197M U.S. Air Force Contract for Satellite Data Framework
Raytheon has received a 5-year, $197 million contract with the U.S. Air Force to help modernize its missile warning architecture with a new system that will collect and fuse data […]
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Finance
Lockheed Martin Reports Double-Digit Space Sales Growth in Q4 2019
Lockheed Martin reported its Fourth Quarter (Q4) 2019 financial results Tuesday, in which it saw a 14% net sales increase in its Space segment, compared to the same period in […]
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Podcast
Kerbal Space Program’s Aerospace of Play
Kerbal Space Program (or KSP as it’s more commonly known by fans) is a tremendously successful space flight simulator. It has been hailed by game industry critics and space industry […]
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Connectivity
OneWeb Forms Partnership for Connectivity in Kazakhstan
OneWeb has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC), a financial hub in Central Asia, to accelerate broadband connectivity in Kazakhstan. The partners will work […]
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Imagery and Sensing
GHGSat Plans Free Version of its Greenhouse Gas Visualizations
GHGSat plans to deploy a free, online service that visualizes greenhouse gas emissions this year. The company said it plans to deploy the service during the United Nations‘ 2020 United […]
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Launch
Airbus Delivers Bartolomeo to the Kennedy Space Center
The Bartolomeo research platform, developed by Airbus for the International Space Station (ISS), has been delivered to the Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida, ahead of its planned launch in […]
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Mobility
JourneyApps Debuts No-Connectivity Data Transfer
JourneyApps, a low-code app platform for industrial companies, has deployed a feature to transfer data between end-user devices without any connectivity — whether cellular, WiFi/LAN, or Bluetooth. The company created […]
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Launch
Aethera RF Power Processing Unit for VASIMR Engine Completes Full Power Vacuum Test
A new generation radio-frequency (RF) Power Processing Unit (PPU) for the VASIMR engine, built by Aethera Technologies for Ad Astra Rocket Company has completed a full-power test in vacuum at […]
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Government/Military
Intelligent Waves Awarded $48M Satcom Contract
Intelligent Waves has been awarded a competitive, single award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). The contract called Enhanced Mobile Satellite Services (EMSS) Global Logistical Services […]



























