E-letter: Briefs

The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), the first in the new Ford class of nuclear-powered supercarriers commissioned July 22, is going to sea with a Globecomm-designed, multi-functional communications and […]

Eurovision Media Services will leverage its partnership with Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) since 1999 and use the AsiaSat 5 satellite to deliver the Taipei 2017 Universiade across the Asia-Pacific […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Orbit Communications Systems intends to expand the development of its new Multi-Purpose Terminal (MPT) for airborne satcom to include helicopters. According to the company, a global provider of defense products […]

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) […]

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 […]

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 […]

DigitalGlobe has announced the SpaceNet Challenge Round 2 results and its plans for the next challenge as well. A collaboration between DigitalGlobe, CosmiQ Works, and NVIDIA, SpaceNet leverages an online […]

PCTEL has launched its new multi-band LTE/Wi-Fi/GNSS antenna with a sub-inch profile, which combines PCTEL’s high rejection multi-GNSS technology for precision timing and location tracking with multi-band data connectivity. According […]

Orbcomm has developed the next generation of its cold chain monitoring solution, PT 6000. According to the company, PT 6000 is available in a 3G or LTE cellular or dual-mode […]

Ursa Space Systems has announced its planned expansion to provide global oil inventory coverage. Building on its China Oil Storage Report, Ursa will deliver Global Oil Storage Reports on a […]

Clyde Space has commissioned a ground station at its Glasgow, Scotland headquarters to control and track satellites for its customers. The station includes a fine accuracy rotator system enabling high […]

As a follow-through of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) announced in February, Addvalue Technologies has formalized an agreement with Inmarsat to jointly offer a commercial on-demand communications service specifically designed […]

A team of engineers and technicians at Lockheed Martin has completed the integration of the company’s first modernized A2100 satellite, known as Hellas Sa-4/SaudiGeoSat 1. The satellite now moves into […]

Gogo plans to accelerate installations of its In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) setups on airliners and business jets within the month, expanding its customer base and upgrading existing aircraft installations with new […]

Three of six new Lockheed Martin-developed receivers have now been deployed to help the U.S. Air Force maintain the accuracy of GPS satellite signals. These upgrades of the GPS Monitoring […]

Cobham Satcom’s sponsorship of the Land Rover Experience Tour 2017 kicked-off in July with delivery and testing of its Explorer terminals that will keep participants safe and connected during the […]

Hispasat’s Amazonas 5 satellite arrived on-site at International Launch Services’ (ILS) Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Aug. 8 in preparation for mission integration and launch aboard an ILS Proton Breeze […]

Hughes Network Systems has signed a contract with Space Systems Loral (SSL) to build its next-generation Jupiter 3 Ultra High Density Satellite (UHDS), to be designated EchoStar 24. The new […]

Else announced it has completed a $3 million seed round supported by Airbus Ventures, as well as numerous additional Swiss and internationally-based private investors. The seed round follows $3 million […]

Harris Corporation has delivered the third of 10 advanced navigation payloads to Lockheed Martin, which will help increase accuracy, signal power and jamming resistance for U.S. Air Force GPS 3 […]

Orbital ATK stated the manufacturing of the NASA/U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat 9 spacecraft is progressing on schedule, less than a year after the company won the contract award in […]

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that it successfully completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for NASA’s Restore-L mission to provide satellite servicing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). With the completion […]

Clyde Space has announced a new partnership with California space company Audacy, which is developing a constellation of relay satellites to provide non-stop, real-time communications coverage for commercial customers in […]

Australia should model its proposed national space agency on the Canadian example, according to the Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA). SIAA secretary Peter Nikoloff said a national space agency […]