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The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season has produced some of the most intense weather events seen in generations. Amidst the destruction, NOAA’s new GOES 16 weather satellite has proved to be...

SpaceX filed a trademark application in August to secure the name “StarLink” for its future satellite broadband network in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). According to GeekWire, the trademark also hinted...

Comcast has confirmed that it is pulling back from its Over-the-Top (OTT) streaming app, called Watchable, and is looking for new ways to distribute video content. Similar streaming platforms have...

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman Kiran Kumar announced on Sept. 15 that ISRO will resume launching satellites by “November or December.” According to Kumar, the organization will schedule...

Japan-based Infostellar has raised $7.3 million in a funding round led by Airbus Ventures to develop an antenna sharing platform that it describes as being similar to Airbnb. Essentially, Infostellar...

As the southern United States recovers from two monstrous back-to-back hurricanes, states in the Pacific Northwest continue to battle ash and smoke drifting from wildfires raging nearby. Almost 1.5 million...

The Australian Department of Defense has awarded two tech start-ups — Myriota in South Australia and New Zealand’s IMeasureU — a grant to develop a black box-esque sensor to track...

Despite numerous delays since SpaceX first unveiled its Falcon Heavy plans in 2011, it seems the rocket has a chance of meeting its November launch deadline after all. SpaceX just completed testing of Falcon Heavy’s first stage cores at its facility in Texas, clearing one of the major milestones before the rocket’s inaugural launch...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and its British counterpart Ofcom have granted Kymeta approvals to commercially distribute its electronically steered satellite antennas and terminals. According to Kymeta, the blanket license...

Although Hurricane Harvey surprised everyone — including meteorologists — with unprecedented rainfall, the disaster has exemplified a marked improvement in the resiliency of emergency communications. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC),...