Technology

[Via Satellite 06-16-2016] Telenor Satellite has approved the BB75 Ka-band antenna from telecommunications company Skytech for use with the operator’s new Thor 7 Ka-band payload. Skytech, a specialist in satcom-on-the-move is...

[Via Satellite 06-15-2016] With the first launch for Iridium Next now scheduled with SpaceX for September 12, Iridium’s satellite manufacturing partners are preparing to engage in production of the company’s...

[Via Satellite 06-14-2016] The National Science Foundation (NSF) has invited LeoSat Enterprises, an emerging company with plans to launch a constellation of up to 108 Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) communications satellites,...

[Via Satellite 06-14-2016] Orbcomm received a contract from Genscape, a global provider of energy information for commodity, shipping and financial markets, to provide its satellite Automatic Identification System (AIS) services....

[Via Satellite 06-09-2016] The U.S. Air Force is planning to formalize the creation of an intentional space for commercial satellite operators within the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC). The pilot...

[Via Satellite 06-009-2016] NASA has awarded The Aerospace Corporation a grant to investigate the possibility of developing an extremely thin spacecraft that would wrap around debris and remove it from...

[Via Satellite 06-07-2016] South Korea-based I DO IT Co. has selected MaxLinear’s MxL862 Full-Spectrum Capture (FSC) digital Channel Stacking Switch (dCSS) System-on-Chip (SoC) for the SelfSat–H21DCSS flat satellite antenna. The...

[Via Satellite 06-06-2016] Airbus Defence and Space has completed integration of Peru’s first Earth observation satellite, PeruSAT 1. The manufacturer finished the satellite for CONIDA, the country’s national space agency,...

[Via Satellite 06-06-2016] GMV has provided support for Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS)-Africa — a project U.K. satellite operator Avanti is spearheading with support from the U.K. and South African space agencies....

[Via Satellite 06-02-2016] Lockheed Martin, Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) have successfully completed a comprehensive technical review of the commercial communications satellites Arabsat 6A and...