E-letter: Briefs

Teleste will continue the deliveries of optical headend products to Türksat, a satellite and cable operator in Turkey. Extending the headend optics deployments last year, the new deliveries will again […]

MDA, a Maxar Technologies company, revealed that Canada’s Combat Ship Team was selected by Irving Shipbuilding for the design contract for Canada’s Surface Combatant (CSC) ships. Irving Shipbuilding is the […]

Airbus and SKY Perfect JSAT signed a cooperation agreement for the design preparation of the European Data Relay Satellite (EDRS)-D node. This third communication node of the SpaceDataHighway system is to be positioned […]

The Agency for the Safety of Air Navigation in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space on Feb. 8 in Dakar, Senegal to conduct a preliminary design […]

Virgin Galactic and The Spaceship Company (TSC) staff and guests today at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. revealed that the hybrid rocket motor which powered […]

Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo and Thales, and the Grimaldi Group recently signed two contracts for the upgrade of the Neapolitan Shipping Group’s satellite communications capacity on its fleet of cargo […]

Iridium Communications revealed that it completed the $3 billion satellite constellation upgrade campaign known as Iridium Next, during a press conference held at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. […]

IBM unveiled new technology to reduce power outages by helping energy companies predict where trees and other vegetation may threaten power lines. IBM worked with Oncor, the largest utility company […]

Hughes Network Systems carried out the first shipments of its specialized, multiband HM400 SATCOM modems to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI). These modems will power the beyond-line-of-sight communications for their next-generation […]

Arianespace successfully launched its Ariane 5 rocket on Feb. 5 at 6:01 pm (local time) from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana. This was Arianespace’s first launch […]

In-flight internet provider SmartSky Networks closed a total of $104 million in funding, including $75 million in debt commitments from funds managed by the global credit team at BlackRock, and equity […]

Newtec partnered with satellite communications solution provider Paradigm, which has become the first company to host its Newtec Dialog SMB3310 high-throughput modem board. The two-way, high-throughput SMB3310 satellite modem board […]

Global satellite solutions company the AST Group (AST) undertook the first commercial installation of Iridium Certus with its long-term partner Alphatron, onboard Oceanwide Expeditions‘ Rembrandt Van Rijn vessel. The vessel, […]

Viasat‘s In Flight Connectivity (IFC) service will be offered on Italian airline Neos‘ fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. According to the release, Neos selected Viasat for its popular satellite […]

NSR’s Flat Panel Satellite Antennas, 4th Edition (FPA4) report, released today, forecasts cumulative FPA equipment sales to reach approximately $11 billion by 2028. NSR’s FPA4 finds aeronautical equipment will drive […]

SES is streamlining customer support and services by forming a global services delivery team under the leadership of a Chief Services Officer (CSO). The newly created CSO position consolidates all […]

Infostellar and Teledyne Paradise Datacom (Paradise) revealed the interoperability of Infostellar’s ground station sharing platform, StellarStation, with the QubeFlex Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite modem — a flagship product of […]

SatixFy U.K. will reveal a Electronically Steered Multi-Beam Array (ESMA) Ku-band 256 element array antenna this week in California. Using the company’s digital beam forming technology, the new antenna array […]

ArianeGroup finalized the Prometheus engine demonstration’s Definition Review on Feb 1., with the support of European Space Agency (ESA), France’s National Center for Space Studies (CNES), and the German Aerospace […]

Satellite communications integrator NIC4 was awarded the Iraq Ministry of Defense (MOD) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) Phase One Single Award Five-Year Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (ID/IQ) contract. This contract was awarded via […]

ABL Space Systems revealed design updates to its RS1 launch vehicle, an increase in payload capacity, and a decrease in price. The upgraded RS1 has a larger, six-foot diameter, and […]

Loon, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, will deliver a network operating system design that Telesat can use to support its global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. The […]

Iridium Communications revealed that Chief Operating Officer (COO) Scott Smith decided to retire effective March 15. In conjunction with this announcement, the company is welcoming back to Iridium new Chief […]

Newtec will provide its M6100 Broadcast Satellite Modulator to help enhance efficiency on DishTV’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform. According to the release, DishTV is the largest DTH service provider in India and […]

Telesat and Blue Origin have signed a multi-launch agreement for the deployment of Telesat’s global Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, which aims to deliver fiber-like broadband services anywhere on […]

Gilat Satellite Networks was awarded a multi-year contract to provide equipment and services for broadband connectivity over the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) GSAT-11 across India. Larsen & Toubro (L&T), […]

Phase Four, a provider of electric Radio Frequency (RF) thrusters for in-space propulsion, revealed that Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems purchased multiple Maxwell thrusters for Tyvak’s expanding portfolio of end-to-end microsatellite solutions. Tyvak selected […]

SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, terminated participation in the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program, a public-private partnership with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), citing a […]

Boeing reported its fourth quarter (Q4) 2018 and full year results, in which the company reported record revenue of $28.3 billion. Its Defense, Space, and Security segment’s Q4 revenue increased […]

SiriusXM released its fourth quarter (Q4) and full-year 2018 operating and financial results, including record revenues of $1.5 billion and $5.8 billion, respectively, increasing 7 percent and 6 percent compared to the prior year […]