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Technology
Iceye Raises $13 Million to Develop SAR Microsatellite Constellation
Iceye has announced $13 million in new funding, including an $8.5 million financing round led by Draper Nexus. Iceye will use the latest funding to scale up operations, including manufacturing […]
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Government/Military
Industry-Developed Terminal Successfully Tested with AEHF Satellite
An industry team led by Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin successfully tested a Low Cost Terminal (LCT) this month with an on-orbit Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite. This milestone […]
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Connectivity
Globecomm Installs Satcom Solution on Global Seatrade’s Newbuild
Globecomm has installed a complete communications solution on MV Baltic, the latest newbuild to join the Global Seatrade fleet. Globecomm delivered its Ku-band Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) solution with […]
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Connectivity
Google Launches Free Public Wi-Fi Program in Indonesia
As part of its new program Google Station, which first debuted in India in 2016, Google has begun offering free connectivity at railway stations and other public locations in Indonesia. […]
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Technology
Monitoring LEO Assets with a MEO Relay Network
The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) recently awarded Audacy a grant that will allow the two-year-old startup to demonstrate the Software-Defined Radio (SDR) that will power […]
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Connectivity
Harmonic Powers New Broadcast Center for Sky Brasil
Harmonic announced that Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite operator Sky Brasil has deployed a Harmonic software-based video processing solution, Electra X2, to deliver linear High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) channels […]
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Technology
Southwire Tracking System Improves Materials Management for Utilities
Southwire, one of North America’s largest wire and cable producers, now offers satellite-based tracking of its cable products. Unlike cellular-based beacons which operate at shorter ranges, the Southwire Automated Materials […]
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Connectivity
ViaLight to Develop Laser Terminals for AWN IFC Network
ViaLight Communications has signed a design and manufacturing agreement with California-based Airborne Wireless Network (AWN), an important step toward integrating VLC’s series of airborne laser communication terminals into the Inifinitus […]
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Technology
Kratos’ SatID Helps to Improve Interference Mitigation
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that its satID satellite interference geolocation product offers a Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) network geolocation capability to combat Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) […]
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Technology
Can Satellites Solve the Farmer Suicide Crisis in India?
More than 12,000 farmers in India have committed suicide every year since 2013, according to the Centre for Global Health Research. This phenomenon marks an acceleration of a trend motivated […]
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Technology
Global Smallsat Market to Reach $7.66 billion by 2023
The global small satellite market is expected to grow from $2.28 billion in 2016 to reach $7.66 billion by 2023 with a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 18 percent, according to Stratistics MRC’ […]
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Connectivity
TV Clube’s HD Channel Moves to New Intelsat Neighborhood
Intelsat announced Brazilian regional television broadcaster TV Clube as the latest television programmer to move its High Definition (HD) channel distribution to Intelsat 14, a new HD video neighborhood expanding […]
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Government/Military
ViaLite’s RF Links Qualified for US Military WGS Standard
ViaLite has announced that its Radio Frequency (RF) over fiber links are compliant with the U.S. Army MIL-STD-188-164B ARSTRAT-WGS standard. Craig Somach, director of sales for North America, confirmed the ViaLiteHD RF over […]
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Government/Military
5 Stunning NASA Images of the US Total Eclipse
The total solar eclipse Monday was the first time one has occurred and was visible from the U.S. in more than 30 years. Relive the experience below with some of the best pictures […]
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Connectivity
IOT Startup Helios Wire Raises $4 Million in Funding
Helios Wire announced that it has raised an additional $4 million in financing to help facilitate the launch of its first two satellites. According to Helios, it will allocate these funds toward […]
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Technology
Hughes Infringed an Elbit Systems Patent, Jury Rules
In response to media inquiries, Elbit confirmed that on Aug. 7, a jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found Hughes Network Systems to have infringed one […]
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Technology
NSR Projects Satellite Ground Segment to Reach $158 Billion by 2026
Analysts at Northern Sky Research (NSR) have forecast 2016 to 2026 revenues for commercial satellite ground equipment to surpass $158 billion, according to the second edition of its Commercial Satellite […]
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Finance
Japan Orbits Third Satellite for Regional Navigation System
The Japanese government successfully launched its third geo-positioning satellite Michibiki 3 on Saturday, according to Reuters. The launch, which took place at the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, follows […]
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Technology
How Does the Eclipse Affect Satellites? MIT Plans to Research
Atmospheric scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Haystack Observatory will investigate the effects of the eclipse on space weather. According to the researchers, the eclipse will generate waves […]
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Connectivity
AWN to Test First Aircraft Broadband Clusters This Year
Airborne Wireless Network (AWN) has successfully completed a series of flight tests with two Boeing 767-300 jetliners over New Mexico as proof of concept for the company’s proposed air-to-air broadband […]
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Connectivity
When It Comes to Universal Broadband, Who Should Pay?
Do national governments carry the onus to provide universal broadband connectivity to its people? Or should we allow capitalism to take its course, and have industry figure out the most […]
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Connectivity
Intelsat Will Help Connect Small Maritime Vessels in Brazil
Brazil’s Mareste Equipamentos e Servicos de Telecomunicacao will use Intelsat satellite services to deliver communications solutions for maritime customers, the company announced. Under a new, multi-year agreement, Mareste, which is […]
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Connectivity
ETL Systems Supports New SES Ground Infrastructure
ETL Systems has provided essential equipment for ground stations and gateways to support three new SES satellites, the company stated. According to ETL Systems, it installed a large amount of […]
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Technology
Blockstream Unveils Bitcoin Broadcast Service from Space
Blockstream has announced the availability of Blockstream Satellite, a new service that broadcasts real-time Bitcoin blockchain data from a group of communication satellites in space. According to the company, Blockstream […]
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Connectivity
BS Broadcast to Capitalize on Used Equipment in Middle East
Backed by Broadcast Systems Arabia, BS Broadcast is establishing its business for buying and selling quality-tested used broadcast and satellite equipment in the Middle East, according to the company. Based […]
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Technology
Are Optical Satellites the Best Solution to Monitor Orbital Debris?
Australian nanosatellite startup Inovor Technologies has proposed a new potential solution to monitor orbital debris: using optical sensors from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) to track space junk further out in Geosynchronous Earth […]
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Connectivity
UrtheCast Wins Contract to Deliver Dual-Frequency SAR Satellite
UrtheCast has entered into a contract with an unnamed customer for the development and delivery of a dual-frequency stand-alone Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) operational-class satellite. While UrtheCast did not release the […]
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Government/Military
DataPath Selected as Prime Contractor for RS3 Government Contract
DataPath has been selected as a small business prime contractor under the Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services contract, known as RS3. This new $37.4 billion, 10-year Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) […]
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Connectivity
Speedcast Receives VSAT License to Operate in Iraq
Speedcast International has received a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) license to operate in Iraq through its locally licensed entity. This has prompted the completion of a new systems integration […]
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Technology
Total Smallsat Market Could Reach $30 Billion in 10 Years
Euroconsult expects more than 6,200 smallsats will be launched over the next 10 years, according to its “Prospects for the Small Satellite Market” report released on Aug. 11. Analysts from the […]





























