Technology

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] ETL Systems is planning to open a new office in Dubai in order to grow its presence in the Middle East. This will allow ETL to provide...

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] Advantech Wireless has announced the release of its new 10kW S-band Solid State Pulse Amplifier (SSPA), a fully modular device that operates over the band of 2.7-2.9...

[Via Satellite 02-24-2014] Thuraya Telecommunications has launched its first dedicated vehicular IP broadband terminal designed and manufactured by Hughes Network Systems. The Thuraya IP Voyager is designed for end users...

[Via Satellite 02-24-2014] MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings has announced that its subsidiary Mindspeed Technologies has completed the sale of its wireless infrastructure business unit to Intel Corporation. “As outlined in...

High Throughput Satellites (HTS) is undoubtedly one of the industry’s hottest topics, no longer confined to a few geographies. As HTS “globalizes,” new questions arise such as how platforms will tend to

Figure 1: Pulse response of an amplifier with thermal distortion memory In Part 1, we viewed nonlinear distortion as a level-dependent shift in modulation, amplitude and phase. Next, we use that technique to

[Via Satellite 02-21-2014] Smart Communications has selected Thuraya Telecommunications Company to provide mobile satellite handsets and airtime services to subscribers in the Philippines. This multiyear agreement will produce a combined...

[Via Satellite 02-21-2014] ETL Systems is expanding its product range from radio frequency (RF) systems to fiber applications, and will introduce its new solution at SATELLITE 2014 in March. This...

[Via Satellite 02-21-2014] Boeing has awarded Saft with five contracts to build Li-ion batteries for four of the company’s current GEO communication satellite programs. These new contracts make a total...

[Via Satellite 02-20-2014] SES has contracted Airbus Defence and Space to manufacture its newest hybrid propulsion satellite, the SES 10. The spacecraft is the tenth satellite built on the Eurostar...