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Technology
Elara CEO Previews SATELLITE from LatAm Perspective
With the SATELLITE show less than a week away, the industry will soon be focused on its future. One of the interesting talking points that tends to come up at […]
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Imagery and Sensing
CGI, Thales Alenia Space Sign Contract for Galileo Security Software
CGI signed an agreement with Thales Alenia Space to enhance and maintain security software for the Galileo satellite navigation system. Valued at approximately 14 million euros ($15.71 million), the contract will […]
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Mobility
Thuraya, Elcome Sign Service Agreement for Maritime Growth
Thuraya Telecommunications, a subsidiary of the Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), signed a Service Partner agreement with Elcome, a marine technology system integrator. Elcome will provide Thuraya’s products and […]
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Launch
LeoStella Manufactures Cloud Constellation’s SpaceBelt
Cloud Constellation selected LeoStella to manufacture the SpaceBelt satellite constellation. Cloud Constellation’s SpaceBelt Data Security as a Service (DSaaS) aims to secure, global managed network services and cloud data storage in […]
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Feature
7 Fresh Faces at SATELLITE 2019
As May approaches, the satellite industry is preparing for one of its largest and most important events of the year — the SATELLITE 2019 Exhibition and Conference in Washington, D.C. […]
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Feature
Top 10 Things to Watch at SATELLITE 2019
Where are the FPAs? — Dallas Kasaboski, Senior Analyst, NSR It was a huge year for Flat Panel Antennas (FPAs) at SATELLITE 2018, with announcements and panels throughout the entire […]
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Feature
Navigating Day 1 of the Biggest SATELLITE Program in History
With more than 330 panel and keynote speakers, 90 events and conference sessions, and 16,000 attendees from more than 100 nations around the world, SATELLITE 2019 is the biggest, most […]
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Feature
Industry Leaders Preview SATELLITE: The World’s Most Iconic Satellite Show
Summer is coming and for one year only, the SATELLITE show moves from its customary March position in the calendar to the start of May. It promises to be an […]
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Finance
Inmarsat Profit Decreases in Q1
Inmarsat released its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2019, in which profits fell by $326 million. According to the release, this was mainly reflecting a change in the […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Spire Global Provides AIS Data for BAE Systems Software
Spire Global will provide Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) data for BAE Systems’ Geospatial eXploitation Products (GXP) software. BAE Systems will include Spire’s data in its GXP software solutions, which offers geospatial […]
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Government/Military
NASA Determines Cause of Taurus XL Launch Failures
NASA Launch Services Program (LSP) investigators have determined the technical root cause for the Taurus XL launch failures of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) and Glory missions in 2009 and […]
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Mobility
Echostar Mobile, RigNet Distribute MSS Across Europe
EchoStar Mobile, a mobile operator providing connectivity across Europe, and networking solutions provider RigNet agreed to promote and distribute EchoStar Mobile Internet Protocol (IP)-based Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) for voice and data […]
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Mobility
Nokia, ConectarAGRO Bring IoT Access to Brazilian Farmers
Nokia joined ConectarAGRO‘s initiative to promote innovative connectivity solutions in the Brazilian agribusiness sector. It was created by agribusiness companies CNH, AGCO, Bayer, Jacto, Solinftec, and Trimble, and telecom companies Nokia […]
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Partner Content
CTV Broadcast Live Anywhere in the World with Norsat Terminals
In this Case Study you will learn how Norsat supported CTV, Canada’s largest private broadcaster, with the NewsLink fly-away system to provide live broadcast capabilities anywhere in the world, and […]
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Connectivity
The Phenomenon Hurting the Linear Output of your GaN BUCs
System designers may not be aware of a certain phenomenon which impacts the linear RF output power of a multi-carrier application. Read how CPI mapped this “memory effect”, demonstrating the […]
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Finance
Intelsat Revenues Dip in Q1
Intelsat released its financial results for the three months ended March 31, in which it saw revenues dip to $528.4 million, compared to $543.8 million in the same period in 2018. Additionally, Intelsat […]
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Mobility
HISPASAT, hiSky Offer IoT and MSS in Mexico
HISPASAT completed the installation of a hub at its gateway in Ixtlahuaca del Rayón, Mexico, to manage the Smartellites, hiSky terminals that offer Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) and Internet of […]
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Government/Military
Peraton Awarded $33 Million US Navy Contract
Peraton, a national security company, received a contract award from the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) to expand its Test and Evaluation (T&E) support on the Mission, Maintenance, […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Capella Space Uses Blue Canyon Technologies’ Attitude Control Systems
Capella Space, an information services company providing Earth Observation (EO) data on demand, will provision the first phase of its small satellite constellation with attitude control systems from Blue Canyon […]
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Government/Military
FCC Approves Lower Orbit for SpaceX Starlink Satellites
Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved SpaceX’s request to fly more than 1,500 of its Starlink satellites at an altitude of approximately 342 miles (550 kilometers) — an orbit […]
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Finance
Former NASA Acting Administrator Joins Lockheed Martin
Robert Lightfoot, a longtime NASA executive who served as both the agency’s acting administrator and highest-ranking civil servant, will join Lockheed Martin Space as vice president, Strategy and Business Development, […]
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Connectivity
Hughes Launches HughesNet in Chile
Hughes Network Systems launched HughesNet in Chile. Operating over the Hughes 63 West High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) payload, HughesNet reaches more than 98 percent of homes throughout Chile, including areas unserved or […]
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Launch
Lockheed Martin Carries Out Successful AEHF-4 Test
Lockheed Martin completed its AEHF-4 spacecraft on-orbit test and available for Satellite Control Availability (SCA). The AEHF-4 on-orbit test (A4 OOT) successfully activated the payload, built by its subcontractor, Northrop Grumman, […]
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Government/Military
Kratos Receives $12.6 Million Award for C5ISR Production
Kratos Defense and Security Solutions recently received a $12.6 million Command, Control, Communication, Computing, Combat, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C5ISR) System production contract award from a national security-related customer. Kratos supports […]
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Finance
The “No Competitor” Nonsense
I have reviewed a lot of pitches. Between my career and projects at Jack Industries, reviewing startups for personal investment at Astia Angels and volunteering to judge startup competitions from […]
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Finance
SES Net Profit Decreases in Q1, Networks Revenue Increases
SES released its financial results for the three months ending March 31, 2019, and reported a 26.5 percent decrease in net profit in comparison to the same period in 2018. […]
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Finance
Boeing Defense, Space, and Security Revenues Remain Stable in Q1
Boeing reported its Q1 results, in which its Defense, Space, and Security segment saw revenue increase to $6.6 billion, a 2 percent increase compared to the same period last year. According […]
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Connectivity
Forsway Awarded ESA 5G Development Contract
Forsway, a provider of hybrid satellite routers and solutions for satellite broadband, has been awarded a co-funded development contract from the European Space Agency (ESA). The scope of the development […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Airbus, Orbital Insight Expand Partnership With Earth Monitor
Airbus Defense and Space and Orbital Insight have expanded upon their partnership agreement to create Earth Monitor, a change analysis and insights service which provides situation awareness over archived or […]
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Connectivity
Conversations With My Car
Remember the talking car? You would have to be of a certain age to do so. And I’m not talking about Knight Rider, the TV show about the robot car […]





























