Author: Caleb Henry

[Via Satellite 08-15-2016] Advantech Wireless reports that the company has increased its deliveries of Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block UpConverters (BUCs) for maritime customers over...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] Earth observation company Planet, formerly Planet Labs, is scaling up its ground segment infrastructure to handle five times as much data from its constellation of “Dove” CubeSats....

[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded contracts to Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems, L-3 Communication Systems and ViaSat for Protected...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] ViaLite Communications has widened the bandwidth of its L-band Radio Frequency (RF) over fiber links from the 950 to 2150MHz range to 700 to 2450MHz. The new...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] NanoRacks’ External Platform (NREP) has been attached to the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Exposed Facility, and is available...

[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to conduct an architectural design study for a habitation system that would enable NASA astronauts to live for long...

After much anticipation, the first full-fledged linear 4K Ultra-HD channels are up and running. The barrier of insufficient content is falling faster than it’s worth charting, now that producers are often

Nathan Jones was unfamiliar with the satellite industry before he became a part of it. As a mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin, he works on the company’s space projects, and says that after starting, he

[Via Satellite 08-11-2016] Scotland-based startup Orbital Access is designing a family of rockets to launch small payloads from the United Kingdom’s future spaceport, as well as other potential locations around...

[Via Satellite 08-10-2016] SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell confirmed that SpaceX has no intentions of bringing back the Falcon 1 small satellite launch vehicle. Speaking Aug. 9, at the...