E-letter: Briefs

[Via Satellite 09-02-2016] Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Emergency Operations personnel have secured the area surrounding Space Launch Complex 40 following the explosion of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket with the...

[Via Satellite 09-02-2016] Emergency telecoms agency Telecoms Sans Frontieres (TSF) is training United Nations workers in Costa Rica on the support functionality of On-Site Operations Coordination Centers (OSOCC) for use in disaster...

[Via Satellite 09-02-2016] NASA has selected 21 research and technology proposals from American small businesses and research institutions for Phase 2 of the agency’s Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program....

[Via Satellite 09-02-2016] Cobham Satcom is releasing the Explorer 8120 VSAT at IBC 2016 next week. The 1.2-meter stabilized, auto-acquire, drive-away antenna system harnesses the same “dynamic pointing correction” technology...

[Via Satellite 09-01-2016] Advantech Wireless has appointed ChannelTek Enterprises, a system integrator for satellite television channels, as an authorized reseller/partner in Pakistan. ChannelTek will provide sales as well as customer...

[Via Satellite 09-01-2016] ViaSat has announced it has signed an agreement with Finnair to install a high-speed wireless internet network across the airline’s entire Airbus A320 series short-haul fleet flying...

[Via Satellite 09-01-2016] AvL Technologies’ has opened a new 60,000 square-foot multi-tenant manufacturing facility adjacent to its existing headquarters. The new facility already has one office and manufacturing space tenant....

[Via Satellite 09-01-2016] Marlink has doubled the burst speed on its Sealink VSAT services, enabling up to 3 Mbps for users on its data allowance packages. New 40, 60 and...

[Via Satellite 08-31-2016] Carmanah, a Canada-based producer of energy-optimized LED solutions for infrastructure, has signed a far-reaching agreement with Globalstar to collaborate on the design and manufacture of new solar-powered...

[Via Satellite 08-31-2016] Telespazio is upgrading seven satellite gateway antennas at the Fucino Space Center ranging up to 18 meters in diameter with new systems from Walton De-Ice. The company...