E-letter: Briefs

A communications satellite developed by NASA was damaged last Friday at Astrotech Space Operations in Titusville, Florida. According to NASA, the incident involved the satellite’s Omni S-band antenna and occurred […]

Kubos has announced the release of KubOS 1.0, which according to the company is the first complete, end-to-end software solution for small spacecraft. The operating software can be downloaded from […]

Raytheon delivered updates to its Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System (AWIPS) for the current 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, providing meteorologists faster, more accurate forecasting of tropical storms and hurricanes. The […]

JLG Industries has selected Orbcomm to provide an end-to-end telematics solution platform for its global fleet of aerial work platforms and telehandlers. Orbcomm’s PT 7000 solution will provide global wireless […]

ETL Systems has announced that General Dynamics and the Canadian Armed Forces will use its Radio Frequency (RF) equipment for in-service support of the Mercury Global Anchor Segment (MGAS). The […]

The Space Flight Laboratory (SFL) announced the successful launch of two Norwegian microsatellites developed and built by SFL for the Norwegian Space Center with support from the Norwegian Coastal Authority, […]

Joyne, a new multi-channel TV venture for Dutch viewers and the country’s recreational market, has selected the Eutelsat 9B satellite as its platform to reach viewers in the Netherlands and […]

SpacePath Communications is launching a new range of Intelligent Frequency Converters (IFC) featuring a hot swappable One Rack Unit (1RU) system design. According to SpacePath, the 1:1 redundant, hot swappable […]

The Luxembourg Parliament adopted a draft law on the exploration and use of space resources. The country is thus the first in Europe to offer a legal framework ensuring that […]

Aireon announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Saudi Air Navigation Services (SANS), Saudi Arabia’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP). SANS is managing one of the largest […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman has formally accepted Kratos’ Advanced Space Radio Monitoring System (ASRMS). The multi-million-dollar project […]

Arabsat has announced that Berbere TV, a North African commercial broadcaster, has made an arrangement to broadcast from Arabsat’s Badr 5 satellite.  The Badr 5 Maghreb Bouquet will broadcast Berbere TV, […]

Orbital ATK’s lawsuit against the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), in which it sought to join DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program, has been dismissed by the […]

GomSpace A/S, a subsidiary of GomSpace Group AB, together with The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore […]

Orbcomm announced it has signed an agreement with Beijing Marine Communication Navigation Company (MCN), a supplier of Inmarsat mobile satellite services in China, to provide Orbcomm’s IsatData Pro (IDP) service […]

Shant TV, an Armenian commercial broadcaster, announced that on July 15 it will launch its new international multi-channel platform from the Hotbird video neighborhood operated by Eutelsat Communications. Shant TV […]

Intelsat has announced a managed services solution, IntelsatOne Mobile Reach Solar 2G, that will provide 2G services in remote locations. The solution leverages contributions of services provider BCom and technology […]

Arycom announced that the company has received the International 214 Authorization from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and is now authorized to provide telecommunications services to and from the United […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that the United States government recently awarded its RT Logic subsidiary a Wideband Communications Architecture Study (WCAS) contract to help define the next generation […]

Esri announced that Airbus Defence and Space WorldDEM4Ortho elevation data will soon become part of the growing ArcGIS Online Living Atlas of the World. Covering the entire Earth’s land surface, […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, its command and control technologies group received a $14.5 million contract modification from the United States’ Defense Information Systems […]

Hellas Sat announced the opening of its new sales office in Johannesburg, South Africa, to strengthen its presence in the region. The new office will allow Hellas Sat to increase […]

UrtheCast and its subsidiary Deimos Imaging announced a broad partnership with Esri, starting with a new UrtheCast imagery service which is powered by Esri: Kanvas. The service will enable all […]

XipLink has announced immediate availability for its new XA-200K model, a 1U form factor appliance that supports up to 200,000 simultaneous sessions for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) acceleration and IP traffic […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne successfully conducted a series of hot-fire tests on a Power Processing Unit (PPU) for an Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) designed to further the United States’ commercial space […]

To provide Panasonic Avionics with added capacity to address growing customer demand for its In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) service, Hunter Communications and Eutelsat Americas announced the expansion of their multi-transponder contract […]

SES announced that, together with its long-term partner Telekom Serbia, it will carry six TV channels and one radio station for Serbian public broadcaster RTS across Europe. The six RTS […]

Arabsat has announced the launch of its new Free-To-Air (FTA) Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite-Second Generation (DVB-S2 platform), which carries exclusive High Definition (HD) international channels. Arabsat will broadcast the platform across […]

Geoscience Australia, Australia’s public sector geoscience organization, has renewed its contract with Speedcast for life-saving connectivity applications. Speedcast provides Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) connectivity for Geoscience Australia’s seismic reading […]

TeamCast announced it has significantly contributed to the progress of definition and validation of Ultra-HD Phase 2 through the 4Ever 2 project. As a follow-on from the collaborative 4Ever Project, […]