Ground Systems
March 24, 2023
VSAT manufacturer SpaceBridge signed new deals for its satellite equipment with NexTenna and SkyNet de Colombia, the company announced this month. Antenna company NexTenna is partnering with SpaceBridge to develop a new line of wireless communication systems targeting IoT, mobility IoT, broadband, and fixed broadband solutions for consumer, enterprise, and military services. NexTenna plans to…
March 20, 2023
Argentine telecommunications company Arsat awarded Communications & Power Industries (CPI) a $20 million contract to provide telemetry, tracking and command and gateway systems for the ARSAT-SG1 satellite. Under the deal announced last week, CPI will provide two 13.2 meter TT&C antennas and six 6.3 meter gateway Earth station antennas, fully integrated with CPI amplifiers, at…
March 13, 2023
Kymeta completed the first shipment of its electronically steered Hawk u8 OneWeb Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) terminal, the company announced Monday, March 13 at SATELLITE 2023. Kymeta is the first to commercially deliver electronically steered user terminals for OneWeb's LEO network. Kymeta and OneWeb now plan to demonstrate the solution across remote locations in the United…
March 6, 2023
Some of the top companies in the satellite sector — Hughes Network Systems, Inmarsat, and Airbus Defense and Space — are now part of the Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability (DIFI) Group. DIFI announced Monday the group now has more than 60 companies. Other companies and entities that joined in the second half of 2022 include:…