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Connectivity
OneWeb Brings Broadband to Arctic in 2020
OneWeb revealed the details of its Arctic internet service, in which the company will deliver 375 Gigabits Per Second (Gbps) of capacity above the 60th parallel North. With service starting in […]
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Mobility
Hughes, Facebook Launch Wi-Fi Hotspots in Colombia
Hughes Network Systems partnered with Facebook to launch Wi-Fi hotspots in Colombia, supported by the Facebook Express Wi-Fi software platform. Service providers and telecommunications integrators in Colombia can join Hughes to […]
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Mobility
Speedcast Provides Crew Wi-Fi for Stena Drilling
Speedcast International was awarded a contract to add Crew Wi-Fi to their fully-managed communications services onboard Stena Drilling‘s global fleet. Speedcast manages Stena’s global remote communications across their fleet of […]
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Finance
Astrocast Raises $9.2 Million in Additional Funding
Astrocast, an Internet of Things (IoT) nanosatellite network developer, closed $9.2 million (9 million CHF) Series A round of funding from new and existing investors. The company has raised &16.9 […]
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Mobility
Iridium, Thales Deliver Aircraft Connectivity Services
Iridium Communications revealed that Thales is the newest Iridium Certus aviation service provider. While already developing the Iridium Certus-based FlytLINK terminal and antenna, Thales will now be able to offer […]
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Finance
SES CFO Andrew Browne Will Step Down
SES revealed that Andrew Browne, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SES, decided to step down for personal and family reasons and to pursue other endeavors. According to the release, the […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Airbus Completes Ocean Imagery Satellite
Airbus completed the ocean satellite Copernicus Sentinel-6A, and is now sending it on its first journey. Its destination is Ottobrunn near Munich in Germany, where over the next six months the […]
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Mobility
Orbit Expands Delivery of Satcom Terminals for Polish Navy
Orbit Communications Systems revealed that that systems integrator THESTA ordered additional dual-band OceanTRx 4 systems for the PGZ Group — a contractor of naval navigation, communications, and combat systems in […]
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Connectivity
Viasat, ReadyNet Demonstrate Satellite Internet Across Jamaica
In a public demonstration, Viasat and Jamaican operator ReadyNet successfully showed how Viasat’s high-speed satellite internet service could help connect communities and businesses across Jamaica. The demonstration took place in Portland, Jamaica, […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon’s Ground System Supports 2nd GPS III Launch
The U.S. Air Force used Raytheon Company‘s GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System, known as GPS OCX, to support the launch of its second GPS III satellite into space. The ground […]
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Mobility
Rohde and Schwarz Completes 1st 5G Location Based Services Session
Rohde and Schwarz (R&S), in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies, successfully verified an A-GPS control-plane LPP test session over 5G NR using a device powered by the Snapdragon X55 5G modem […]
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Launch
ULA Successfully Launches 2nd GPS III Satellite
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket carrying the second Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center lifted off from […]
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Finance
Kleos Space Starts Procurement of 2nd Cluster of Satellites
Kleos Space entered into a binding term sheet for an approximately $2.03 million (1.82 million euros) debt instrument, to be issued in the form of secured convertible notes. The procurement of Kleos’ […]
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Finance
CropX Appoints New President, Closes $10 Million in Funding
In-soil agriculture analytics company CropX welcomed John Vikupitz to its executive team as president. Vikupitz will help drive the company’s global expansion with a focus on accelerating market adoption of the […]
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Government/Military
ULA Set to Launch 2nd GPS III Satellite for US Air Force
A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV rocket is in final preparations to launch the second Global Positioning System III (GPS III) satellite, nicknamed Magellan, for the U.S. Air Force […]
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Government/Military
The Aerospace Corporation Awarded Potential $621 Million NASA Contract
The Aerospace Corporation received a sole-source nine-year follow-on contract with a total potential value of $621 million from NASA to provide NASA-wide Specialized Engineering, Evaluation and Test Services (NSEETS). The contract has […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Capella Space, SpaceNet Expand Access to SAR Data
Capella Space, an information services company that provides on-demand Earth Observation (EO) imagery, is partnering with SpaceNet, a nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating open source, Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied research […]
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Mobility
Iridium Certus Transceiver is Now in Live Testing
Iridium Communications approved the first 10 beta partners developing new products based on the Iridium Certus 9770 transceiver. Each partner has received operational beta units, which have been undergoing extensive […]
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Government/Military
MDA to Build Robotic Interfaces for Canadarm3
MDA, a Maxar company, was awarded two contracts from the Canadian Space Agency for work on Phase A of the Gateway External Robotic Interfaces project. The Gateway External Robotic Interfaces […]
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Mobility
Hughes, Virtual Network Communications Extend LTE Coverage
Hughes Network Systems, in partnership with Virtual Network Communications (VNC), revealed new joint solutions to extend mobile network connectivity using an integrated combination of VNC’s deployable LTE technology with Hughes […]
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Government/Military
Maxar Selects SolAero for Power and Propulsion Element of NASA Gateway
SolAero Technologies, a provider of solar cells, solar panels, and composite structural products for satellite and aerospace applications, was awarded a contract by Maxar Technologies to power the Power and Propulsion […]
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Government/Military
Planet, Salo Sciences, Vibrant Planet Monitor California Wildfire Risk
Planet, Salo Sciences, and Vibrant Planet partnered to develop the California Forest Observatory (CFO) — a new platform that aims to dynamically map forest structure and fuel loads down to […]
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Launch
Blue Canyon Builds Viasat’s 1st Link 16 LEO Spacecraft
Small satellite manufacturer Blue Canyon Technologies (BCT) was selected by Viasat to join its team supporting the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles XVI pilot program to test the first-ever […]
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Imagery and Sensing
Orbital Micro Systems Proves Commercial Viability of EO Platform
Orbital Micro Systems (OMS) revealed that data received from its payload on the IOD-1 GEMS satellite has proven the commercial viability of the company’s Earth Observation (EO) platform. OMS’ MINIRAD […]
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Finance
Amazon’s Kuiper Systems Joins SIA
Kuiper Systems (Kuiper), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Amazon.com Services, joined the Satellite Industry Association (SIA) as its newest executive member. In July, Kuiper Systems filed a request with the Federal […]
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Mobility
Speedcast’s Sigma Gateway Platform Wins Award
Speedcast International won the 2019 ACOMMS Award for Vendor Innovation for the company’s Sigma Gateway platform, beating other fellow finalists Ericsson and Nokia. Hosted by the Communications Alliance of Australia, the […]
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Magazine
When it Comes to Antennas, it’s All About Price
With the proliferation of satellites in Non-Geostationary Orbits (NGSO), and the growing capacity and coverage of Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellites, antenna manufacturers must continuously adapt. New specifications demand new technologies, […]
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Government/Military
Speedcast Supports Australian Space Agency
Speedcast International and the Australian Space Agency signed a statement of cooperation outlining Speedcast’s intentions to support the agency’s goal of tripling the nation’s space sector in size and creating 20,000 […]
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Government/Military
NASA Picks 2 Proposals to Demonstrate Smallsat Technologies
NASA selected two proposals to demonstrate small satellite technologies to improve science observations in deep space, which could help NASA develop better models to predict space weather events that can affect […]
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Government/Military
US Air Force Releases Solicitation for OSP-4
The U.S. Air Force’s Rocket Systems Launch Program Office, part of the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Launch Enterprise, released a solicitation for the Orbital Services Program-4 (OSP-4) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite […]





























