E-letter: Briefs

Aerojet Rocketdyne has successfully hot-fire tested a full-scale, additively manufactured thrust chamber assembly for the RL10 rocket engine that was built from a copper alloy using Selective Laser Melting (SLM) […]

Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced completion of the Systems Requirements Review (SRR) for the Restore-L project to demonstrate satellite servicing in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). As announced on December 9, […]

Lockheed Martin has introduced iSpace — intelligent Space — to provide defense, civil, commercial, and international customers with sensor data processing, space domain awareness, command and control, and battle management […]

Honeywell has released its latest global satellite communications system, the Aspire 300, delivering International Civil Aviation Association (ICAO)-approved cockpit voice and safety services that improve the overall safety of airline […]

Russian pay-TV platform NTV-Plus, has consolidated its coverage across Siberia and extended broadcasting into the country’s Far East following the conclusion of two contracts on two satellites with longstanding partner […]

Global-IP Cayman announced it has signed a launch services agreement with SpaceX for its first communication satellite GiSAT 1. GiSAT 1 is a High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) with 150 Gbps of […]

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced that Frank Backes has been named vice president of business development for Kratos satcom products and federal satellite solutions. Backes was most recently chief […]

SpaceX successfully launched the SES 10 communications satellite into Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) yesterday...

The plot has thickened yet again in Iridium and Ligado’s dispute over spectrum, with Iridium slamming Ligado’s most recent analysis as “divorced from the legal reality that Ligado exists in […]

Arianespace shareholders voted unanimously to convert the launch operator to a Simplified Joint-Stock (SAS) company at its annual general meeting held in Paris. The modification aims to streamline and modernize […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that during its third quarter of fiscal 2017, a U.S. military integrator awarded its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, a follow-on contract for more than […]

Aerial & Maritime (A&M) has entered into a mutual data service agreement with Spanish company Aistech. Both parties will gain access to Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) data for monitoring commercial […]

Orbital ATK announced it successfully concluded 17 years of mission support for NASA’s Earth Observing 1 (EO 1) satellite. NASA decommissioned the spacecraft, built by Orbital ATK for NASA’s Goddard […]

As labor protests continue to roil in Kourou, French Guiana, Arianespace has placed its Ariane 5 VA236 launch, originally scheduled for March 21, on indefinite hold. According to the company, […]

Intelsat announced that eProcess International, an affiliate of pan-African banking conglomerate Ecobank Group, has signed an agreement to use the Intelsat Epic platform to expand and strengthen its corporate banking […]

Thuraya Telecommunications announced that Chief Technology Officer Ahmed Al Shamsi has been appointed as temporary acting chief executive officer of the company, after the resignation of previous CEO Samer Halawi. […]

Aireon announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Spanish Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) Enaire. Through this agreement, Enaire will begin investigating the safety, efficiency and environmental […]

Comtech Telecommunications announced that its command and control technologies group, which is part of its government solutions segment, received orders totaling approximately $24 million by an unnamed international space agency […]

Last December, Russia spooked military officials with the successful flight test of a new Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile, the PL-19 Nudol. At the time, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) officials […]

VT iDirect announced another successful Over-the-Air (OTA) test of its Digital Video Broadcasting-Satellite Second Generation Extension (DVB-S2X) technology. The company conducted the test on the SES 4 satellite over C-band […]

RBC Signals announced that it successfully raised $1.5 million in its most recent seed round. The venture capital-led round included investor participants from around the world, including the United States, […]

Cloud Constellation announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded the company a patent for a global communications platform operating in Low-Earth Orbit (LEO). Users of SpaceBelt will be […]

Kevadiya has selected Orbcomm to provide satellite and cellular communications services and asset tracking and monitoring devices in support of the Veterans Transportation Service (VTS) provided by the U.S. Department […]

ViaSat has announced that its ViaSat KG-142, a 100 Gbps type 1 Ethernet encryptor, is now National Security Agency (NSA)-certified. Building on ViaSat’s Internet Protocol (IP) encryption heritage, the ViaSat […]

Yahsat announced the start of a long-term strategic partnership with UAE communications solutions company X Sat. Under the agreement, X Sat has committed to capacity on Yahsat’s upcoming Ka-band satellite, […]

ViaSat has chosen McObject’s eXtremeDB to implement a new physical layer satellite debugging application known as the Data Metric Aggregation System (DMAS). The application ingests metrics feeds from satellite ground-system […]

Kuwait TV, the official Kuwaiti state broadcaster and part of the Kuwaiti Ministry of Information, announced that the new Al-Qurain TV channel has launched in its Free-to-Air (FTA) HD platform […]

NSSLGlobal announced that, following a successful initial trial project, it has signed a new contract with Green Reefers to install VSAT IP@Sea aboard 18 cargo vessels to enhance satellite communications […]

SES has announced a collaborative agreement with Verizon aimed at driving the overall development of Ultra-HD delivery solutions for Verizon Fios subscribers throughout the United States. As part of the […]

Norsat International announced that it has entered into an arrangement agreement with Hytera Project pursuant to which Hytera will acquire all the issued and outstanding shares of Norsat for $10.25 […]