Technology

[Via Satellite 01-28-2015] Lockheed Martin’s Space Systems segment increased net sales by 10 percent during the fourth quarter of 2014, compared to the same quarter in 2013. The $368 million […]

[Via Satellite 01-28-2015] Appareo Systems, an electronics and software service provider for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) has entered a long-term partnership with Iridium to provide its customers with satellite connectivity. […]

[Via Satellite 01-27-2015] In separate meetings, stockholders from Orbital Sciences and Alliant Techsystems (ATK) voted to approve the merger of Orbital Sciences with ATK’s Aerospace and Defense Group originally announced […]

[Via Satellite 01-23-2015] Commercial environmental data company GeoOptics is in the process of establishing partnerships to support, build and launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) small satellites called […]

[Via Satellite 01-23-2015] L-3 Communications has acquired Miteq, manufacturer of specialized RF microwave products and solid-state components for satellite communications, for $41 million, subject to customary adjustments. Miteq will be […]

[Via Satellite 01-21-2015] Advantech Wireless has received orders for its redundant/phase 250W/500W Extended Ku-Band SapphireBlu Gallium Nitride (GaN) based Solid State Power Amplifier (SSPA) solution totaling more than $1 million. […]

[Via Satellite 01-21-2015] Mobile Telesystems (MTS) has selected Skyline Communications’ DataMiner end-to-end, multi-vendor network management platform to monitor and control the equipment at the company’s Moscow, Russia-based satellite Earth station. […]

[Via Satellite 01-21-2015] Google and Fidelity have confirmed an investment of approximately $1 billion in SpaceX, powering the second large-scale Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications constellation announced in a […]

[Via Satellite 01-21-2015] Planet Labs, operator of a constellation of 73 small Earth observation satellites, has completed the first closing of the majority of its $70 million Series C round […]

[Via Satellite 01-21-2015] Orbcomm has purchased InSync Software from the privately-held Identec Group AG, closing the acquisition on Jan. 16. InSync Software is a California-based provider of Internet of Things (IoT) […]

[Via Satellite 01-20-2015] Accion Systems, a startup company founded by graduate students from Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Space Propulsion Lab, is preparing to commercialize a new miniaturized electric propulsion […]

[Via Satellite 01-20-2015] New York Broadband (NYBB), operator of 12 Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) television channels in the United States, has ordered a high-powered L-band satellite from Boeing. Hong Kong-based CMMB […]

[Via Satellite 01-16-2015] O3b Networks, operator of a constellation of 12 High Throughput Satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), has certified Gilat Satellite Network’s SkyEdge 2 meoEdge high-performance MEO/O3b satellite […]

[Via Satellite 01-16-2015] The United Kingdom Space Agency announced that U.K. Innovate is offering as much as $1.5 million in support of feasibility studies for new receiver technologies for Europe’s […]

[Via Satellite 01-15-2015] OneWeb, formerly known as WorldVu, announced today its intentions to launch a massive constellation of 648 small satellites to provide broadband and telephony services to the world […]

[Via Satellite 01-15-2014] Orbital Sciences Corporation and UAE-based satellite operator Yahsat, have completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Al Yah 3 spacecraft and payload. Al Yah 3, which […]

[Via Satellite 01-15-2015] Airbus Defence and Space has partnered with the geo-information services company TerraNIS and IT consulting and services company Artal Technologies on furthering the use satellite imagery services […]

[Via Satellite 01-14-2015] Japanese satellite manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric is aiming for as many as half a dozen or more contract awards in 2015. Last year Es’hailSat contracted the Es’hail 2 […]

[Via Satellite 01-14-2015] MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has signed a contract with Boeing for components for a Boeing 702MP satellite for an unnamed customer. The company is providing a […]

[Via Satellite 01-14-2015] Firefly Space Systems, designer of a dedicated SmallSat launch vehicle dubbed Firefly Alpha, has reached a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA’s George C. Marshall Space Flight […]

[Via Satellite 01-13-2015] SES and the Luxembourg government have agreed to create a joint company that will own and operate an X- and Ka-band military satellite. Expected to launch in […]

[Via Satellite 01-13-2015] Beginning this year, BlackBridge’s RapidEye imagery from the U.S. and Canadian Monitoring Program for Agriculture will be made available through Agrian’s Technology Platform for Growers. Agrian will […]

[Via Satellite 01-12-2015] Boeing has completed production of two all-electric propulsion satellites: the ABS 3A satellite for Asia Broadcast Satellite and the Eutelsat 115 West B satellite for Eutelsat. The […]

[Via Satellite 01-09-2015] Com Dev has announced an expansion to an October 2014 contract to provide Ku-band equipment for a communications High Throughput Satellite (HTS). The expansion calls for additional […]

[Via Satellite 01-09-2015] ViXS Systems announced its new XCode 6800 family of media processing System-on-a-Chip (SoC) products that, according to the company, represent the first silicon solution to support 4K […]

[Via Satellite 01-08-2015] DirecTV has selected a new USB powered Ethernet-to-coax adapter from Entropic and Wistron NeWeb Corporation for Ultra-HD 4K broadcasts. The adaptor provides sufficient throughput for Ultra-HD video […]

[Via Satellite 01-08-2015] Commercial weather company Tempus Global Data has signed a joint operating agreement with Ball Aerospace for the manufacture of six hyperspectral atmospheric sounding sensors based on the […]

[Via Satellite 01-07-2015] The Iridium NEXT platform software, developed by prime contractor Thales Alenia Space with contributions from Selex Galileo, has completed the first testing phase. Designed to handle all […]

[Via Satellite 01-07-2015] On Dec. 31, 2014 Com Dev International closed its purchase of MESL Microwave for approximately $19.3 million. The acquisition, announced on Dec. 12, was for 100 percent […]

[Via Satellite 01-07-2015] Semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics has started shipping its Ultra-HDp60 quad-core System-on-a-Chip (SoC) Integrated Circuits (ICs) (STiH314/318 and STiH414/418) to customers. Designed for use in Set-Top Boxes (STBs) the […]