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Connectivity
Iridium Officially Completes Iridium Next Constellation Upgrade
Iridium Communications revealed that it completed the $3 billion satellite constellation upgrade campaign known as Iridium Next, during a press conference held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. […]
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Connectivity
IBM Uses Satellite Tech for Energy and Utility Industry
IBM unveiled new technology to reduce power outages by helping energy companies predict where trees and other vegetation may threaten power lines. IBM worked with Oncor, the largest utility company […]
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Mobility
Hughes Delivers 1st Shipment of HM400 Modems to General Atomics
Hughes Network Systems carried out the first shipments of its specialized, multiband HM400 SATCOM modems to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI). These modems will power the beyond-line-of-sight communications for their next-generation […]
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Connectivity
Swarm CEO: There’s No Excuse to Not Have Global Internet
Swarm Technologies is making quite a buzz in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). With seven satellites already orbiting and 150 planned total, the ambitious company has made big financial strides in […]
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Connectivity
Arianespace Successfully Launches 2 Telecom Satellites
Arianespace successfully launched its Ariane 5 rocket on Feb. 5 at 6:01 pm (local time) from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. This was Arianespace’s first launch […]
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Mobility
SmartSky Networks Closes $104 Million Funding Round
In-flight internet provider SmartSky Networks closed a total of $104 million in funding, including $75 million in debt commitments from funds managed by the global credit team at BlackRock, and equity […]
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Mobility
Paradigm 1st to Host Newtec’s High-Throughput Modem Board
Newtec partnered with satellite communications solution provider Paradigm, which has become the first company to host its Newtec Dialog SMB3310 high-throughput modem board. The two-way, high-throughput SMB3310 satellite modem board […]
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Mobility
AST 1st to Activate Iridium Certus for Commercial Use
Global satellite solutions company the AST Group (AST) undertook the first commercial installation of Iridium Certus with its long-term partner Alphatron, onboard Oceanwide Expeditions‘ Rembrandt Van Rijn vessel. The vessel, […]
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Mobility
Neos Airline Adds Viasat’s IFC
Viasat‘s In Flight Connectivity (IFC) service will be offered on Italian airline Neos‘ fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. According to the release, Neos selected Viasat for its popular satellite […]
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Mobility
NSR: Flat Panel Antenna Market to Hit $11 Billion by 2028
NSR’s Flat Panel Satellite Antennas, 4th Edition (FPA4) report, released today, forecasts cumulative FPA equipment sales to reach approximately $11 billion by 2028. NSR’s FPA4 finds aeronautical equipment will drive […]
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Finance
SES Establishes New Global Services Organization
SES is streamlining customer support and services by forming a global services delivery team under the leadership of a Chief Services Officer (CSO). The newly created CSO position consolidates all […]
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Technology
Infostellar, Paradise Make Ground Station Platform and Modem Interoperable
Infostellar and Teledyne Paradise Datacom (Paradise) revealed the interoperability of Infostellar’s ground station sharing platform, StellarStation, with the QubeFlex Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite modem — a flagship product of […]
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Mobility
SatixFy to Launch 1st Electronically Steered Multi-Beam Array Antenna
SatixFy U.K. will reveal a Electronically Steered Multi-Beam Array (ESMA) Ku-band 256 element array antenna this week in California. Using the company’s digital beam forming technology, the new antenna array […]
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Launch
ArianeGroup’s Prometheus Passes Definition Review
ArianeGroup finalized the Prometheus engine demonstration’s Definition Review on Feb 1., with the support of European Space Agency (ESA), France’s National Center for Space Studies (CNES), and the German Aerospace […]
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Government/Military
NIC4 Awarded FMS Iraq Ministry of Defense VSAT Delivery Contract
Satellite communications integrator NIC4 was awarded the Iraq Ministry of Defense (MOD) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Phase One Single Award Five-Year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract. This contract was awarded via […]
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Launch
ABL Space Systems Reveals New RS1 Launch Vehicle Pricing
ABL Space Systems revealed design updates to its RS1 launch vehicle, an increase in payload capacity, and a decrease in price. The upgraded RS1 has a larger, six-foot diameter, and […]
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Connectivity
Loon to Deliver a Network Operating System for Telesat LEO
Loon, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, will deliver a network operating system design that Telesat can use to support its global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. The […]
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Finance
OneWeb COO Suzi McBride Returns to Iridium
Iridium Communications revealed that Chief Operating Officer (COO) Scott Smith decided to retire effective March 15. In conjunction with this announcement, the company is welcoming back to Iridium new Chief […]
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Connectivity
Newtec Provides Modulator to DishTV for Indian DTH Market
Newtec will provide its M6100 Broadcast Satellite Modulator to help enhance efficiency on DishTV’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform. According to the release, DishTV is the largest DTH service provider in India and […]
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Technology
Stanford Researcher Develops Satellite AI Navigation System
Stanford Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics Simone D’Amico is developing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system to create a satellite “tow truck,” which would help identify, redirect, and either remove or […]
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Launch
Blue Origin Wins Telesat LEO
Telesat and Blue Origin have signed a multi-launch agreement for the deployment of Telesat’s global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, which aims to deliver fiber-like broadband services anywhere on […]
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Launch
OneWeb Launch Delayed Due to Russian Rocket Anomaly
According to a report from Reuters, OneWeb Chairman Greg Wyler said that the company’s upcoming launch has been delayed due to a problem discovered on the Russian Soyuz rocket. The […]
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Connectivity
Gilat to Provide Broadband Solution for India’s GSAT-11
Gilat Satellite Networks was awarded a multi-year contract to provide equipment and services for broadband connectivity over the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) GSAT-11 across India. Larsen & Toubro (L&T), […]
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Launch
Phase Four Provides Maxwell Thrusters to Tyvak and Capella Space
Phase Four, a provider of electric Radio Frequency (RF) thrusters for in-space propulsion, revealed that Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems purchased multiple Maxwell thrusters for Tyvak’s expanding portfolio of end-to-end microsatellite solutions. Tyvak selected […]
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Government/Military
SSL Backs Out of DARPA In-Orbit Servicing Program
SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, terminated participation in the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program, a public-private partnership with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), citing a […]
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Finance
Boeing Space, Defense, and Security Sees Healthy Q4 2018 Growth
Boeing reported its fourth quarter (Q4) 2018 and full year results, in which the company reported record revenue of $28.3 billion. Its Defense, Space, and Security segment’s Q4 revenue increased […]
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Finance
SiriusXM Reaches Record Revenue in Q4 2018
SiriusXM released its fourth quarter (Q4) and full-year 2018 operating and financial results, including record revenues of $1.5 billion and $5.8 billion, respectively, increasing 7 percent and 6 percent compared to the prior year […]
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Connectivity
Dish TV India Partners with ALi and Handan for OTT Solution
Dish TV India, Set-Top Box (STB) chipset provider Acer Labs (ALi), and Korean multimedia device supplier Handan further extended their partnership by launching the latest hybrid solution, Dish Box, to enhance […]
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Finance
Harris Space and Intelligence Systems Sees Strong Q2 2019 Growth
Harris reported its financial results for Second Quarter (Q2) 2019. In its Space and Intelligence Systems division, revenue increased 11 percent as double-digit growth from classified programs, driven by small satellites, […]
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Finance
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Sees Slight 2018 Revenue Increase
Lockheed Martin released its results for Fourth Quarter (Q4) 2018, as well as for the full year of 2018. Lockheed Martin’s Space segment’s net sales in Q4 2018 increased $49 million, […]




























