Technology
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Technology
ViXS Files ITC Complaint Against Entropic Communications
[Via Satellite 04-21-2014] ViXS filed a complaint in the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) against Entropic Communications and several of the company’s customers and importers. ViXS alleges that these […]
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Technology
Orbital Sciences Facing Near-Term Challenges with Amazonas 4A and Russian-Built Engines
[Via Satellite 04-18-2014] Orbital Sciences has narrowed down the most probable causes of the anomaly that has affected the Amazonas 4A satellite. During the company’s first quarter earnings call, Orbital […]
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Technology
C-COM Releases First Quarter Financial Results
[Via Satellite 04-18-2014] C-COM Satellite Systems announced its financial results for the first quarter. Revenues for the quarter ending on Feb. 28, 2014, were approximately $2.4 million, and the company […]
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Technology
Lockheed Martin Overhauls Flagship Satellite Bus, Plans International Expansion to Engage Commercial Space Market
[Via Satellite 04-17-2014] Engineering giant Lockheed Martin is making progress on its plans to reengage the commercial satellite market. At the core of this plan is the complete renovation of […]
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Connectivity
ExactEarth and SRT Release New Tracking Technology for Small Vessels
[Via Satellite 04-17-2014] ExactEarth and SRT have partnered to develop a new technology called ABSEA to enable global tracking for low-power Automatic Identification System (AIS) transceivers aboard small commercial and […]
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Technology
RigNet and CPN Offer Combined SCADA Solution for Oilfield Service Companies
[Via Satellite 04-17-2014] RigNet and CPN introduced a new packaged Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) solution for oilfield service companies. The service combines a Hughes 9502 BGAN M2M terminal […]
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Technology
Boeing Upgrades Geospatial Data Management Software, Includes Live Video-tagging
[Via Satellite 04-17-2014] Boeing has improved its geospatial data management software, DataMaster, to include real-time text-tagging video streaming capabilities. The company hopes to achieve faster cataloging and data retrieval with […]
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Technology
GaN to be Dominant RF Technology of the Future, Says Advantech Wireless CEO
In a video interview at SATELLITE 2014, David Gelerman, CEO of Advantech Wireless told Mark Holmes, editorial director of Via Satellite, that he expects Gallium Nitride (GaN) to be the […]
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Technology
DMCii CEO: Comfortable Level of EO Satellites at Least Five Years Away
[Via Satellite 04-15-2014] With the number of Earth observation (EO) satellites planned on the rise, the planet is nearing a point of regular photographic coverage. A powerful application for such […]
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Government/Military
Exelis Finds Renewed Interest in Geo-Hyperspectral Sounder with GeoMetWatch
[Via Satellite 04-14-2014] With an impending gap in meteorological satellite coverage looming over the United States, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is being pushed to make greater use […]
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Connectivity
NTT Plala Designates ViXS XCode SoC for Ultra-HD Services
[Via Satellite 04-14-2014] NTT Plala, a major Japanese IPTV service provider, has chosen the ViXS XCode 6400 System on Chip (SoC) to power the company’s new Ultra-HD set-top box (STB). […]
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Technology
iDirect has High Hopes for HTS, Announces New Product Line
Greg Quiggle, vice president of product management at iDirect said his company sees a lot of potential in High Throughput Satellites (HTS) and they will soon have more products to […]
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Technology
IZT Provides SCEs to SSL for Transmission Testing
[Via Satellite 04-11-2014] IZT developed and sent two Satellite Channel Emulators (SCEs) to Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to be used to test overall system performance by SSL’s end customers. The SCEs […]
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Technology
Teledyne President Explains Paradise Datacom Acquisition
In a video interview at SATELLITE 2014, Teledyne Microwave Solutions President Russell Shaller discussed how the company’s acquisition of Paradise Datacom fits Teledyne’s larger plans. “For about the last half […]
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Technology
Ball Successfully Runs Environmental Tests for WorldView 3 Satellite
[Via Satellite 04-10-2014] Ball Aerospace completed a series of environmental tests on its commercial remote-sensing satellite, WorldView 3. The satellite, being built for DigitalGlobe, successfully passed thermal vacuum, acoustic, vibration […]
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Technology
Embrionix Selects MACOM for New 12G-SDI Coaxial Video SFP Family
[Via Satellite 04-10-2014] Embrionix has selected MACOM 12G- Serial Digital Interface (SDI) devices for the company’s new 12G-SDI coaxial Video Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) family. 12G-SDI is required to support […]
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Technology
Norsat Launches Atom Series of BUCs and SSPAs
[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] Norsat launched the Atom series of Ku-band Block Up Converters (BUCs) and Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs). The Atom series BUCs and SSPAs are designed to enable […]
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Technology
Advantech Wireless Unveils New Multicarrier Broadcast Modulator
[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] Advantech Wireless released a new multicarrier broadcast modulator: MSBM-500. From one 500 Mhz carrier, the modulator is capable of generating up to 16 independent 30 Msymbols/s carriers […]
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Technology
PSSI Hires Rick Ball for Operational Support
[Via Satellite 04-09-2014] PSSI Global Services has hired Rick Ball to assist with operational support and contribute to the company’s growth. Ball has more than 25 years of experience in […]
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Technology
UrtheCast Unveils First Earth Imagery Taken From ISS
[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] UrtheCast released its first images of Earth captured by the company’s medium-resolution camera (MRC) on the International Space Station (ISS). The image features the city of Moneague, […]
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Technology
GT-SAT Deploys MaxLinear FSC SoC in New DLNB
[Via Satellite 04-08-2014] GT-SAT deployed MaxLinear’s Full-Spectrum Capture (FSC) MxL862 in a new Digital Low-Noise Block (DLNB), which will assist European and Latin American satellite operators to make the move […]
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Finance
Orbital Sciences SmallSat Launch Vehicle to Carry NASA Earth Science Mission
[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] NASA has granted Orbital Sciences a contract to launch the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) multi-satellite mission on board the Pegasus XL rocket. Orbital’s Stargazer L […]
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Technology
European Space Imaging Partners with Skybox Imaging in High-Res Challenge
[Via Satellite 04-07-2014] European Space Imaging (EUSI) has partnered with Skybox Imaging to support their High-Res Challenge, now called the “European Space Imaging and Skybox High-Res Challenge.” Skybox is launching […]
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Technology
Tempus Global Data STORM Instrument to Provide Commercial Space-Based Weather Data
[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Tempus Global Data has opened operations in Utah in order to deliver next generation weather data to commercial and government customers. The company will provide weather data […]
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Technology
Tata Elxsi Announces HEVC Ultra-HD Decoder
[Via Satellite 04-03-2014] Tata Elxsi has announced the successful interoperability of its high efficiency video coding (HEVC) decoder with streams encoded using Harmonic encoding technology. These Ultra-HD HEVC decoders are […]
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Technology
MACOM Announces IP Licensing Program for GaN-on-Silicon Technology
[Via Satellite 04-02-2014] M/A-COM Technology Solutions has announced an IP licensing program for Gallium Nitride (GaN) on Silicon technology. MACOM detailed progress in two areas critical to its vision of […]
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Technology
Ball Aerospace, Aerojet Rocketdyne Green Propellant Test Results Surpass Expectations
[Via Satellite 04-01-2014] Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation and Aerojet Rocketdyne have exceeded the technical range objective for the main thruster that will fly aboard the Green Propellant Infusion Mission […]
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Technology
Andrews Space 6U Solar Panels Complete Space Qualification
[Via Satellite 04-01-2014] Andrews Space has successfully completed space qualification of its new 6U solar panel, which will extend the qualified power systems products for small satellite applications beyond batteries […]
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Technology
Broadcom Announces New Multi-Core Processor for NVF and SDC Deployment
[Via Satellite 04-01-2014] Broadcom Corporation will be expanding its XLP2 multi-core communications processors family with the XLP500 series, which delivers up to four times the per-core performance of competing processors. […]
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Technology
Saft Pulling Advances From Other Fields to Accelerate Space Battery Development
[Via Satellite 03-31-2014] Battery technology company Saft is looking to discoveries across multiple industries in order to improve the relatively slow pace of development for space-specific batteries. For satellites, batteries […]


























