Technology

[Via Satellite 05-02-2016] Eutelsat’s new satellite, Eutelsat 65 West A, which launched March 9, is now fully powered up and ready for service across Brazil and Latin America, the operator […]

[Via Satellite 05-02-2016] UrtheCast has successfully completed prototype hardware testing of the principal core enabling elements for its Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology. This includes the digital sensor electronics, which comprise […]

[Via Satellite 05-02-2016] The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has deployed the Philippines’ 50-kilogram microsatellite Diwata 1 from Japan’s Kibo module on the International Space Station (ISS). A joint project […]

[Via Satellite 05-02-2016] Norsat International has added the Median 40W Ku-band Block Upconverter (BUC), along with a range of Low-Noise Block Downconverters (LNBs) to its microwave product line. All of […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2016] SES is paying $20 million to increase its fully diluted ownership of O3b Networks from 49.1 percent to 50.5 percent, thus taking a controlling share in the […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2016] The European Space Agency (ESA) and ViaSat are launching a new three-year, multi-million dollar pilot program called the High Capacity Satellite Applications Factory Initiative (HCS Initiative) to […]

[Via Satellite 04-29-2016] BlackSky has established an official partnership with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) to jointly explore how satellite imaging can be applied to humanitarian […]

[Via Satellite 04-28-2016] Telesat President and CEO Dan Goldberg is confident the operator is on the right path to developing a constellation of Ka-band High Throughput Satellites (HTS) in Low […]

[Via Satellite 04-28-2016] Quintech company Dev Systemtechnik has released its new 8to4ty L-Band Matrix Switch. The device comes in a 2RU chassis and is built for applications in mobile television studios, […]

[Via Satellite 04-27-2016] Virgin Galactic is planning a test campaign for its LauncherOne small satellite launch vehicle next year consisting of multiple trial-launches to pave the way for commercial missions. […]

[Via Satellite 04-27-2016] Telesat has signed contracts with California-based Space Systems Loral (SSL) and U.K.-based Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) for two prototype Ka-band satellites to serve as part of […]

[Via Satellite 04-27-2016] Advantech Wireless has appointed Decibel Technologies as an authorized reseller/partner in India. Decibel Technologies will provide sales as well as customer service, support and training to customers […]

[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Northrop Grumman is serving as subcontractor to Made In Space, a nascent space company developing a product to enable additive manufacturing — or 3-D printing — aggregation […]

[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has received a contract from an undisclosed customer for a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. Along with manufacturing the spacecraft, SSL will also […]

[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Kacific Broadband Satellites and Newtec have reached an agreement to use Newtec Dialog for powering Kacific’s interim services. Ahead of launching a Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS), […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2016] SES has kicked off a new business incubator called Satlas, which aims to turn pioneering ideas from a variety of fields, including e-learning, energy, financial technology (fintech), […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2016] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS 1) satellite has entered environmental testing in preparation for the spacecraft’s early 2017 launch. […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] Rezatec, a U.K.-based Earth Observation (EO) data analytics company formed in 2012, has raised more than $1.4 million in a seed financing round to expand its sales […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] On Call Communications and X2nSat have signed a new formal partnership granting each company access to satellite communications resources, increasing the quality and geographic footprint of their […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] Cobham Satcom has started shipping its new Explorer 540 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, following Inmarsat Class 2 Type Approval and Inmarsat […]

[Via Satellite 04-21-2016] DataPath has successfully concluded the first installation of MaxView Enterprise, an upgraded version of the company’s network monitoring and control software. Since launching the re-architected software suite […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] OneWeb Satellites has chosen Florida in the United States as the location for the company’s final assembly line for the mass production of nearly 900 satellites for […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] NSSLGlobal, a satellite communications services provider, has acquired the majority shareholding in Marine Electronics Solutions (UK Electronics Solutions), a specialist in installation, maintenance, supply and development of […]

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), provider of enhancement-mode Gallium Nitride (GaN) power transistors, has signed an agreement with Freebird Semiconductor Corporation to develop products for use in high reliability, space, […]

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Inmarsat has granted full type approval for Skyware’s Atom 99 terminal, for use over its high-speed broadband service, Global Xpress (GX). Skyware’s Atom 99 terminal will enable […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] Arie Halsband, CEO and founder of in-orbit satellite servicing company Effective Space Solutions, believes that in the last year alone the satellite market has grown more responsive […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] Advantech Wireless has launched a new family of advanced Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC) modems with bi-directional throughputs ranging from 100Kbps to 850Mbps and carrier echo cancellation […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) plans to implement a $2 million award to UrtheCast from the Space Technologies Development Program STDP. The Contribution Agreement (CA) is to […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] DEV Systemtechnik, a Quintech company, announces that its Archimedes L-band Matrix Switch now comes with an Integrated Spectrum Analyzer (ISA) option, which offers cable head-end operations managers […]

[Via Satellite 04-14-2016] The Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (ACAE) is crowdsourcing $75,000 to complete what it hopes will be the first privately funded satellite built in Central […]