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Connectivity
SSL to Build Broadcasting Satellite for BSAT
Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) has selected SSL to build its next Direct-to-Home (DTH) TV satellite, which the operator will use distribute Ultra-High Definition (Ultra-HD) video for the 2020 Tokyo […]
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Finance
Spacecom Ditches IAI for New Satellite Build
Spacecom announced it has chosen SSL to build its Amos 8 communications satellite. The satellite will deliver broadcast, broadband and data services from Spacecom’s 4 degrees West hotspot to Europe, […]
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Government/Military
Five Satellite Highlights from the FY2018 Omnibus Bill
After some hemming and hawing, President Donald Trump signed a $1.3 trillion spending bill on Friday that will fund most government functions through the end of September. While the bill […]
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Government/Military
Army Geospatial Center Extends Contract with Radiant Solutions
Radiant Solutions has signed a follow-on contract with the Army Geospatial Center (AGC) valued at $2.6 million for its Remote Ground Terminal (RGT) program. AGC exercised an option extending Radiant […]
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Mobility
Honeywell’s Satcom Systems to Connect Pilots In-Flight
Honeywell has introduced the Aspire 150 and Aspire 350 satellite communications systems to provide business jet, airline and helicopter operators with better connectivity choices. According to Honeywell, with Aspire 150 […]
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Connectivity
LiveU’s IP Satellite Service to Complement Cellular
LiveU has combined its High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) bonding technology with satellite service to create a hybrid live solution. According to LiveU, its LU600 service will automatically choose between […]
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Partner Content
3200W Ku-Band BUC/SSPB/SSPA – Second Generation GaN Technology
Advantech Wireless’ Ku-Band 3200W Hub-mount SSPA/SSPB/BUC UltraLinear™ SapphireBlu™ series GaN Technology was awarded Teleport Technology of the year 2014 by the World Teleport Association and Most Innovative Product of the Year […]
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Finance
Interview: Cristi Damian, Advantech Wireless
Mark Holmes, Group Content Director for Via Satellite, sits down with Cristi Damian, VP of Business Development for Advantech Wireless. Advantech Wireless is the leading wireless broadband communications solution provider […]
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Video
Via Satellite Interview: Gwynne Shotwell, SpaceX
Mark Holmes, Group Content Director of Via Satellite, sits down and interviews Gywnne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX. Gwynne won Via Satellite’s Satellite Executive of the Year, and was […]
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Finance
Interview: Sherry Petrakis, Carlisle Interconnect Technologies
Mark Holmes of Via Satellite sits down with Sherry Petrakis, Sales Director of Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (IT). CarlisleIT designs, builds, tests, certifies and delivers comprehensive, high-performance interconnect solutions created to […]
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Finance
Interview: Paul Scardino, Globecomm
Mark Holmes of Via Satellite sits down to interview Paul Scardino, Senior VP of Globecomm. Globecomm provides reliable, secure, and smarter connectivity solutions for all satellite communication needs no matter […]
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Government/Military
Regional Data Cube to Help Manage Food Security in Africa
The African Regional Data Cube has been launched at the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data’s inaugural Data for Development Festival in the United Kingdom. This new tool harnesses the […]
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Connectivity
Integrasys introduces Alusat for VT iDirect customers
Integrasys, a development, engineering and integration company specializing in the telecommunication and broadcasting markets, has launched its Always Up Satellite Terminal (Alusat) product — an automated Very Small Aperture terminal (VSAT) […]
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Government/Military
Comtech to Provide Satellite Modems for US Army
Comtech EF Data received a $1.6 million order for satellite modems from a major U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractor. The order specified the DMD2050E MIL-STD-188-165A/STANAG 4486 Edition 3 Compliant […]
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Government/Military
Black Swift and NASA to Advance Agricultural Drone Tech
Black Swift Technologies announced the expansion of a pathfinder mission with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to develop enhanced multi-angular remote sensing techniques using small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). According […]
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Connectivity
Wireless Signals Are Illegal in this Small West Virginia Town
Could you survive in Green Bank, West Virginia? Settled in the center of the National Radio Quiet Zone, wireless signals have been banned from the 143-population town to prevent interference […]
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Government/Military
NDAA: A Step Forward to Stronger, Unified Satcom
With the President’s recent signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, the United States government is taking a significant step in recognizing the criticality […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Fleet Space to Trial Precision Farming Tech in Tasmania
Fleet Space Technologies has joined forces with researchers at the University of Tasmania (UTAS) in the world of Big Data, sensors and space technology to trial their first local precision […]
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Technology
DHV Technology to Bring Spire’s Solar Panels to the Space Industry
Spire and DHV Technology have announced a joint partnership to offer Spire’s solar panels to the space industry. DHV Technology will now build and sell Spire’s double deployable panels to […]
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Government/Military
Comtech Wins $2 Million Contract from UAE Military Supplier
Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2018, its Orlando, Florida-based subsidiary, Comtech Systems, received an order totaling approximately $2 million to provide 50 Mb/s tactical troposcatter equipment […]
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Finance
Kuang-Chi, NanoRacks Partner On Suborbital Helium Spacecraft
Kuang-Chi Science and NanoRacks announced a partnership to cooperate on Kuang-Chi’s near-space helium spacecraft, the Traveler. The partnership will focus on the development of the Traveler program outside of China, […]
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Magazine
SATELLITE 2018 is over, but Many Talking Points Remain
SATELLITE 2018 can now be consigned to history. What an event it was! So many great speakers and panels. It is by far the biggest and best event in the […]
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Partner Content
Keeping Up with Important Trends, Emerging Tech in Media and Entertainment
The cord-cutting trend that has been watched for years in the United States is quickly going international, with the global Over-the-Top (OTT) media services market rapidly heating up. A report […]
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Opinion
Has Maritime Reached the Tipping Point for Satellite?
If there is one truth the satellite industry universally accepts, it is that mobility is key to the future. Broadcasting cost-effectively one-to-many has always been satellite’s secret sauce. In a […]
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Opinion
EO from LEO: Earth Observation Going Mainstream
The amount of innovation and investment around NewSpace has not been exaggerated: 120 venture firms invested $3.9 billion in the industry during 2017 alone. More than 295 nanosatellites were manifested […]
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Feature
Evolving Cybersecurity in the NewSpace Era
In 2016, a team of Chinese physicists pushed quantum computing into a new era of possibilities with the launch of a 1,100-kg satellite called Micius. The spacecraft, which carried a […]
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Feature
Emirates Could Have 1.3 Million Connections a Month by End of Year
Emirates could have 1.3 million connections a month on its aircraft by the end of this year. This is according to Patrick Brannelly, divisional vice president of customer experience and […]
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Feature
Megaconstellations: Recipe for Disaster or Biggest Opportunity Yet?
A handful of hot, young satellite communications companies harbor big plans to launch super-powerful, smaller satellites into Low Earth Orbit (LEO), creating megaconstellations that will power every broadband application imaginable. […]
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Feature
Latin America: DTH Wrestles for Mindshare
Latin America has long been touted as having strong growth markets for pay-TV with blue chip markets such as Mexico and Brazil being key targets for operators in the region. […]
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Magazine
Senator Nelson on the Way Forward to a Sustainable Space Future
Many milestones in space have occurred since that day in May 57 years ago when President Kennedy committed America to putting a man on the moon and return him safely […]





























