E-letter: Briefs

Cubic Corporation subsidiary Gatr Technologies has unveiled the Gatr Trac, a portable 2.4-meter satellite tracking imaging ground station. According to Gatr, the terminal provides a more than 90 percent reduction […]

DigitalGlobe announced an agreement with MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) to make RadarSat 2 data available on DigitalGlobe’s Geospatial Big Data platform, GBDX, unlocking new applications made possible by the […]

Harris Corporation announced its first four maritime vessel tracking receivers are now operational, establishing the beginning of its global, persistent, real-time Automatic Identification System (AIS) ship tracking capability. Launched January […]

Leveraging the Boeing 702 high-power satellite bus, ViaSat’s second-generation satellite, ViaSat 2, will realize a seven-fold increase in broadband internet service coverage from its previous generation satellite and offer twice […]

Iridium Communications announced that all 10 Iridium Next satellites have arrived at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California and are being processed for the second launch. Scheduled for June 25 […]

Adaptive Optics Associates (AOX), a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman, has received a sole-source contract to provide mission-critical optical technology for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) coronagraph instrument. The […]

Hughes Network Systems announced that its recently launched HughesNet Gen5 satellite internet service is now serving more than 100,000 homes and small businesses, including both new subscribers and upgrades. According […]

DigitalGlobe announced it will launch a premium monitoring service, SecureWatch Sites, which provides current satellite images of high-interest, global locations on a regular basis from multiple commercial providers. SecureWatch Sites […]

OGSystems announced that it has formed partnerships with both Ursa Space Systems and Earth-i to improve its BlueGlass platform. Earth-i will incorporate video and imagery into BlueGrass, a location-based intelligence […]

SpaceX successfully launched a Dragon spacecraft for the company’s 11th Commercial Resupply Services (CSR-11) mission to the International Space Station (ISS). This mission marked the first reflight of a Dragon […]

Hispasat has completed the re-orbiting operations of its Hispasat 1C satellite (subsequently called 30W 3 and 84W 1, the two orbital positions where it was located). The satellite has been […]

Arianespace announced a new launch services contract with Eutelsat after the launch provider successfully orbited both the Eutelsat 172B and ViaSat 2 satellites on June 1. The Arianespace order book […]

The appeal of connectivity — for every industry — is having data at your fingertips. Over the past few years, the aerospace industry has new developed methods for bringing on-demand […]

SES and GTMaritime announced a partnership to provide a new volume-based service package for regional maritime connectivity. GTMaritime will market the new SES Networks Maritime+ Regional Connectivity service under the […]

Mitsubishi Electric announced that it has completed construction of a facility that will double the satellite component production capacity of its Kamakura Works’ Sagami Factory in Sagamihara, Japan. Mitsubishi Electric […]

Inmarsat announced that Qatar Airways has become the first Middle East megacarrier to select its new GX Aviation in-flight broadband solution. Per the agreement, the service will initially be available […]

The agreement to merge startup OneWeb with satellite operator Intelsat has fallen through, Intelsat announced, because its bondholders failed to accept the proposed bond exchange deal before the May 31 […]

Norsat International announced that it has entered into an amended arrangement agreement with Hytera Project, a subsidiary of Hytera Communications, under which Hytera will acquire all the issued and outstanding […]

With guidance from Picone Advisory Group, Swiss space startup Else has formed a strategic alliance with Thuraya Telecommunications. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that allows […]

NanoAvionics, a nano-spacecraft equipment manufacturer from Lithuania, has received two investments totaling 3.2 million euros ($3.5 million). The company will use the Intelektas LT grant to finalize the development of […]

Eutelsat Communications announced a multi-year agreement for satellite capacity with Societe Burkinabe de Telediffusion (SBT), the public agency deploying Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) channels across Burkina Faso. According to SBT, […]

Boundless has announced a strategic partnership with Planet to enable its customers to access Planet’s massive image library and imagery basemaps within the Boundless Connect ecosystem. Boundless Desktop users can […]

KVH Industries announced that it is launching a new service called Chartlink for ChartCo, in association with digital chart distributor ChartCo, to transmit charts and a library of navigators’ publications […]

  Cobham Satcom has unveiled its first Iridium Certus Connected terminal, the Sailor 4300 aimed at the maritime market. Due to launch in the first half of 2018, Iridium Certus […]

Emerging global connectivity capabilities will be one of the biggest drivers for new in-flight applications — especially on the operations side — according to speakers at a Washington Space Business […]

Iridium Communications announced that the second launch for its Next satellite constellation has been moved earlier, and is now targeted for June 25 at 1:24 a.m. PDT with an instantaneous […]

Media Broadcast Satellite announced it will provide uplink services for all transponders on Eutelsat 9B at 9 degrees east for the European pay TV provider M7 Group starting in July […]

Speedcast International announced it has signed an agreement with Comsat to establish a common global service offering of Ku-band Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) services for the government and maritime […]

Teledyne Defence & Space announced that it will manufacture over 5,000 filters and diplexers to support a space payload application for a large satellite program. In recognition of the company’s […]

International Launch Services (ILS) confirmed that the Proton-M Integrated Launch Vehicle (ILV) will orbit the EchoStar 21 satellite at 6:45 a.m. Moscow time on June 8 (11:45 p.m. EDT, June […]