Author: Caleb Henry

[Via Satellite 07-01-2016] SkySat 3, the third satellite of Terra Bella (formerly Skybox Imaging) has downlinked its first images following its June 22 launch aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle...

[Via Satellite 07-01-2016] The European Space Agency (ESA) recently launched an Invitation to Tender (ITT) through its Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program to encourage prototyping of low data...

[Via Satellite 07-01-2016] Small satellite launch company Rocket Lab reached its 10-year anniversary this June and is now months away from the first launch of its Electron rocket. Founded in...

[Via Satellite 07-01-2016] The first telemedicine expedition to the mountain K2 is underway, after successful trials in the Himalayas in March. The WiCis-Sports app, running on Thuraya’s SatSleeve+, will monitor...

[Via Satellite 07-01-2016] Airbus Group and Safran have completed the formation of Airbus Safran Launchers — the 50/50 Joint Venture (JV) that combines Airbus Defence and Space’s launcher experience with...

[Via Satellite 07-01-2016] Advantech Wireless has hired Jerome Fink as the company’s director of sales in Indonesia to further develop its growing portfolio of GaN-based Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs)...

[Via Satellite 06-30-2016] Marlink has selected Intelsat to deliver broadband connectivity to Mediterranean Shipping Company’s (MSC) cruise ships using its EpicNG High Throughput Satellite (HTS) system. The company is using...

[Via Satellite 06-30-2016] ViaSat has opened its first Research and Development (R&D) center in Chennai, India. The center, spanning more than 30,000 square feet to accommodate nearly 125 engineers, is...

[Via Satellite 06-30-2016] NSSLGlobal has recently worked with the BBC to enable a series of live “bonded HDR” (High Data Rate) satellite television broadcasts from on board M.V. Aquarius, a...

[Via Satellite 06-30-2016] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) toward defining one or more Low Earth Orbit (LEO)...