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Connectivity
Global Connected Aircraft Summit to Join Up with APEX TEC
[Via Satellite 01-28-2016] The Global Connected Aircraft Summit and The Airline Passenger Experience Association Technology Educational Conference (APEX TEC) will co-locate events this June in Los Angeles, Calif. The Global Connected […]
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Connectivity
NSSLGlobal Adds New Beams from Gazprom and Intelsat
[Via Satellite 01-28-2016] NSSLGlobal has upgraded its VSAT network by activating two new satellite beams, one from Gazprom Space Systems, and one from Intelsat, for maritime and land connectivity. From Gazprom, NSSLGlobal […]
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Technology
NovaWurks Prepares Self Assembling Spacecraft for LEO Demonstration
[Via Satellite 01-27-2016] NovaWurks, a U.S. company that provides high-tech space products and services, is embarking on the demonstration phase of its new modular satellite design set to aid the […]
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Technology
OneWeb and Airbus Defence and Space form OneWeb Satellites Joint Venture
[Via Satellite 01-27-2016] OneWeb and Airbus Defence and Space, in preparation for OneWeb’s constellation of 648 small telecommunications satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO), have created a joint venture named […]
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Finance
Air Force Certifies Upgraded SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket
[Via Satellite 01-27-2016] The U.S. Air Force has certified the baseline configuration of SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 launch system to Falcon 9 Upgrade, for use in National Security Space (NSS) missions. […]
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Connectivity
ABS Wins Multi-year C-band Contract with Bluesky Pacific Group
[Via Satellite 01-27-2016] ABS has signed a multi-transponder contract with Bluesky Pacific Group for satellite services on ABS 6. The multi-year capacity deal will offer expanded satellite connectivity services across […]
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Technology
Orbcomm Releases IsatData Pro Core Modem
[Via Satellite 01-27-2016] Orbcomm’s new OGi core modem is now commercially available, having demonstrated compliance with Inmarsat’s requirements for RF communication on the Inmarsat I-4 L-band satellites along with the […]
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Connectivity
LoRa Alliance Encourages Satellite Companies to Help Define IoT Standards
[Via Satellite 01-26-2016] The LoRa Alliance, a fast growing industry organization in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, is interested in having satellite companies join its ranks to help set […]
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Finance
SpaceX to Launch Amos 6 Satellite in May
[Via Satellite 01-26-2015] Spacecom, operator of the Amos satellite fleet, announced that SpaceX has scheduled the launch of the Amos 6 satellite for May aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from […]
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Government/Military
Two New Sentinel 2 Satellites Coming Up from Airbus Defence and Space
[Via Satellite 01-26-2015] Airbus Defence and Space has signed a contract worth around 285 million euros with the European Space Agency (ESA) to deliver two further optical satellites for the […]
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Connectivity
Telenor Satellite to Further Expand Portfolio with New Name
[Via Satellite 01-26-2015] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) announced it is changing its name to Telenor Satellite. The name change seeks to reflect the company’s broadening of its satellite-communications portfolio, which […]
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Connectivity
ViaSat Introduces New Exede Business Internet Service Plans
[Via Satellite 01-26-2015] ViaSat has introduced new Exede Business Internet service plans that offer up to 15 Mbps download and 4 Mbps upload speeds, whic support applications such as video, […]
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Connectivity
Via Satellite February: The Top 10 Quotes
[Via Satellite 01-25-2016] Our second issue of Via Satellite Magazine in 2016 is fresh off the digital printing press, so to speak. In the February edition, we take a detailed […]
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Finance
Blue Origin Re-Launches Used New Shepard Suborbital Rocket
[Via Satellite 01-25-2016] Blue Origin has launched and landed its New Shepard booster for a second time, demonstrating reusability by crossing the Karman Line twice. New Shepard first entered space […]
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Connectivity
Paradigm Providing VSAT for Urgent Africa Project
[Via Satellite 01-25-2016] U.K.-based Paradigm is in the process of rapidly shipping multiple Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) systems out for a European Union (EU)-funded project that will serve more […]
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Connectivity
Globalstar Spot Activations Hit 2015 Record in Europe
[Via Satellite 01-25-2016] European Globalstar Spot safety device activations reached 9,800 in 2015 — a new record year for the company. According to Globalstar Europe Satellite Services, activations have increased […]
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Government/Military
SBIRS Improved Ground System Passes Final Development Capstone
[Via Satellite 01-25-2016] The Remote Sensing Systems Directorate of the U.S. Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has completed the Block 10 Integrated Test and Evaluation […]
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Connectivity
Europe Prepares for Start of SpaceDataHighway
[Via Satellite 01-22-2016] With the launch of the first European Data Relay System (EDRS) payload only a week away, the European Space Agency (ESA), Airbus Defence and Space and other partners […]
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Connectivity
Harmonic and AsiaSat Team up to Launch New Ultra-HD Channel
[Via Satellite 01-22-2016] Harmonic and AsiaSat have entered a partnership to launch a new Ultra-HD channel “4K-SAT2/HVN,” AsiaSat’s second Free-to-Air (FTA) Ultra-HD channel on AsiaSat 4 at 122 degrees east […]
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Connectivity
Inmarsat Opens its Largest Asia Pacific Office in Singapore
[Via Satellite 01-22-2016] Inmarsat has expanded its presence in Singapore, opening a new 1,700 square meter office — the company’s largest facility in the Asia Pacific. Singapore has been Inmarsat’s […]
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Technology
Orbit Gains Second Ka-band OceanTRx 7 Maritime Satcom Systems Order
[Via Satellite 01-22-2016] Orbit Communication Systems has received a new $2.1 million order for OceanTRx 7-500 Ka-band systems, its maritime satellite communications solution, from a global Non-Geostationary Satellite Orbit (NGSO) […]
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Technology
Shareholders Green Light Honeywell’s Com Dev International Acquisition
[Via Satellite 01-22-2016] Com Dev International received shareholder approval yesterday at a special shareholder meeting for its plan of arrangement with Honeywell Limited/Honeywell Limitée and Honeywell International, which the company […]
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Technology
KSAT Launches 20 Ground Station Network for SmallSats
[Via Satellite 01-21-2016] Norway-based Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) is adapting its ground network to cater to the growing small satellite market. The company has launched 20 ground station sites across […]
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Connectivity
SES Launches UHD-1 for Vivicast Media, adds Eighth Ultra-HD Channel to Fleet
[Via Satellite 01-21-2016] SES and Vivicast Media have unveiled UHD-1, a new Ultra-HD channel for cable operators and telcos in North America. UHD-1 will be delivered over the SES 3 […]
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Technology
Neosat Satellites to Use Snecma’s PPS5000 Plasma Thruster for Electric Propulsion
[Via Satellite 01-21-2016] Prime contractors Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defense and Space have jointly selected, along with the European Space Agency (ESA), Snecma‘s PPS5000 plasma thruster for their new-generation […]
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Connectivity
SIS Live Leases New Capacity on Eutelsat 10A for Middle East Market
[Via Satellite 01-21-2016] SIS Live has increased the amount of capacity it has from the Eutelsat 10A satellite, which offers connectivity in C and Ku band, to increase its resources […]
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Technology
Norsat Releases New Median Series of Ku-band BUCs
[Via Satellite 01-021-2016] Norsat has launched a new series of Ku-band Block Upconverters (BUCs) called Median, designed for Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT), broadcast, maritime, and portable terminal applications. The […]
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Magazine
Generation Next: Ali Hasan Bani Malek, Yahsat
Via Satellite interviews the new blood coming into the satellite industry to get a glimpse of their aspirations and impressions for satellite
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Magazine
Satellites and the Beautiful Game
The FIFA World Cup is the planet’s most widely viewed sporting event. The 2010 World Cup held in South Africa was broadcast to 204 countries on 245 different channels. The […]
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Magazine
Satellites Transforming our Lives – A Message in Need of Delivery
Once again, the satellite industry can breathe a sigh of relief at having apparently dodged a bullet at the most recently concluded World Radiocommunication Conference. While some minor incursions were […]



























