E-letter: Briefs

Avanti Communications and MainOne, a connectivity and data center solutions company in West Africa, have signed an agreement to jointly improve broadband penetration across Nigeria by providing the latest Ka-band...

Spaceflight revealed that it will launch two payloads on its first rideshare mission to Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). The mission is scheduled for no earlier than mid-February 2019 aboard a SpaceX...

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...