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Government/Military
Comtech Awarded $4.2 Million Contract for Aviation Terminals
Comtech Telecommunications announced that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, has won a five-year, Firm Fixed Price (FFP), Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract for providing Blue Force Tracking (BFT 1) aviation […]
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Connectivity
AGCO Expands Service Offerings for Guidance Systems
AGCO Corporation announced it is expanding its automatic guidance product offering. AGCO Auto-Guide and VarioGuide customers using the NovAtel SMART6-L receivers can now acquire TerraStar satellite correction signals to enhance […]
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Connectivity
Arycom CEO on Adapting to Survive the Brazilian Recession
Although Brazil is only now emerging from the throes of its years-long recession, satellite companies there are optimistic that the space industry will bounce back quickly as the country returns […]
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Technology
Space Flight Laboratory Kicks Off Nanosatellite Deorbiting Demo
After collecting more 4.3 million Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) messages from aircraft since it launched in September 2016, the 3.5 kilogram 10 by 10 by 34cm CanX 7 nanosatellite deployed […]
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Connectivity
Telesat Revenue Flat in First Quarter 2017 Results
Telesat Canada announced that its consolidated revenues of CA$235 million ($171 million) for the first quarter remained unchanged from the same period in 2016. During the quarter, the U.S. dollar […]
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Finance
Arianespace Successfully Orbits Telecom Satellites for Brazil, South Korea
Arianespace successfully launched two telecommunications satellites on Tuesday, May 4, from the Guiana Space Center: SGDC for Visiona Tecnologia Espacial, on behalf of the Brazilian operator Telebras and the Brazilian […]
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Connectivity
Hispasat, Quantis to Provide Satellite Connectivity for Titan Desert Racers
Spanish satellite and telecommunications operator Hispasat and Quantis are sponsoring a new edition of the Titan Desert mountain bike race held in the Moroccan desert. Both companies are providing satellite […]
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Connectivity
SpaceX Outlines Plans for High-Speed Broadband Mega-Constellation
Patricia Cooper, SpaceX’s vice president of satellite government affairs, testified before the United States Senate this week to outline the company’s plans to launch a high-speed broadband constellation of more […]
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Connectivity
Inmarsat Sees Strong Growth in Government, Aviation in Q1 2017
Inmarsat reported a solid performance in the first quarter of 2017 with an 11 percent increase in total revenue to $332.2 million from the same period last year. The company’s […]
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Connectivity
GlobalStar Increases Revenue 13 Percent in Q1 2017
GlobalStar reported a total revenue increase of 13 percent to $2.9 million from the first quarter of 2016. Higher service revenue resulting from increased Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) in […]
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Connectivity
Nepal’s Dish Media Network, Spacecom Sign Multi-Year Capacity Deal
Spacecom, the operator of the Amos satellite fleet, announced that Nepal’s Dish Media Network has furthered its long-term association with the Amos 4 satellite. Located at the 65 degrees east […]
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Connectivity
Euroconsult: 50 Percent of Commercial Aircraft to Be Connected by 2021
According to Euroconsult’s newly released report “Prospects for In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC),” more than 17,000 commercial aircraft will offer connectivity to their passengers by 2021, up from 6,500 aircraft […]
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Finance
Vector Completes Successful Flight Test of Vector-R Launch Vehicle
Vector, a microsatellite launch company, announced the successful test launch of the P-19H engineering model of the Vector-R launch vehicle. According to the company, this flight test is the first […]
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Government/Military
Executive Order to Reinstate National Space Council “Imminent”
President Trump’s executive order to revive the National Space Council has already been written, said Robert Walker, former chairman of the House Science Committee, at a panel earlier this week. […]
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Technology
DigitalGlobe Reports Revenue Spike in First Quarter 2017
DigitalGlobe reported a 19.6 percent increase in revenue to $209.7 million for the first quarter of 2017. According to the company, its acquisition of The Radiant Group coupled with strong […]
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Technology
NanoRacks’ External ISS Platform Starts Second Mission
NanoRacks has successfully completed the change out of the second round of its privately owned External Platform (NREP) payloads mounted on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS). Thermo […]
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Technology
Thales Alenia Space to Provide Transponder for TeamIndus Moon Mission
TeamIndus has chosen Thales Alenia Space to provide the integrated S-band transponder on board its Lunar Landing Spacecraft system to transmit video and images from the rover. TeamIndus, an aerospace […]
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Connectivity
Vislink Launches SatWare Remote Reporting Computing Platform
XG Technology announced that its Vislink and IMT businesses have introduced the SatWare remote reporting computing platform to the North American market. SatWare is an embedded computing and routing system […]
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Mobility
Tara Bamburg on Southwest Airline’s Approach to IFC
Tara Bamburg, associate manager of WiFi and in-flight entertainment at Southwest Airlines, spends a lot of time coming up with new, creative ways to implement connectivity in skies. At the upcoming […]
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Technology
Orbital Insight Announces $50 Million Investment in Series C Round
Orbital Insight announced it has closed a $50 million Series C round led by existing investor Sequoia Capital, with participation from new investors Envision Ventures, Balyasny Asset Management, Geodesic Capital, […]
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Connectivity
Inmarsat’s GX Aviation In-Flight Broadband Enters Commercial Service
Inmarsat announced the commercial service introduction of GX Aviation with Lufthansa Group, the launch customer of its next-generation in-flight broadband solution. Under a 10-year strategic partnership between Inmarsat and Lufthansa […]
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Technology
Comtech Deploys $1.6 Million in Heights Networking Products in Asia
Comtech Telecommunications announced that three different customers of Comtech EF Data, which is part of Comtech’s commercial solutions segment, have installed, accepted and are now using the Heights Networking Platform […]
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Connectivity
Iridium Integrates First Iridium Next Satellites, Announces Second Launch Date
Iridium Communications has announced that the first set of Iridium Next satellites have been integrated into the operational constellation and are providing service to Iridium customers. In addition, Iridium has announced […]
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Connectivity
Yohann Leroy Appointed Deputy CEO of Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications’ board of directors has appointed Yohann Leroy as deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in addition to his function as Chief Technical Officer (CTO), alongside Michel Azibert, deputy CEO […]
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Technology
Vector, Citrix to Bring Virtualization Software Technology to Micro Satellites
Vector, a micro satellite space launch company comprised of NewSpace and enterprise software industry veterans from SpaceX, Virgin Galactic, Sea Launch and VMware, announced that it will join forces with […]
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Connectivity
SES Returns to Growth in Q1 2017
In its financial results for the first quarter of 2017, SES announced revenue of 540.6 million euros ($589.5 million), a 12.2 percent increase over the same period last year. Earnings Before […]
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Finance
SpaceX Successfully Launches US Spy Satellite
SpaceX successfully completed its NROL-76 mission Monday morning, launching a classified satellite from Launch Complex 39A for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) before landing the first stage booster on a […]
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Finance
Arianespace Confirms Summer Launch Dates for VS17 and VA237
Arianespace has announced the dates for its next two missions, VS17 and VA237. For VS17, a Soyuz launcher will orbit SES’ SES 15 satellite on May 18, and for VA237, […]
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Connectivity
Encompass Digital Media, Measat Strengthen Partnership
Measat Satellite Systems announced that Encompass Digital Media is expanding its presence on Measat’s 91.5 degrees east video neighborhood. The 91.5 degrees east hot slot is home to the Measat […]
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Connectivity
SES, MVPDs Partner to Launch Commercial Ultra-HD in the US
Two Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (MVPDs) have officially launched the first ever commercial Ultra-HD services to cable and Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) subscriber homes in North America. Marquette-Adams of Oxford, […]





























