E-letter: News Feed
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Technology
PhotoSat Research Breakthrough Improves Satellite Surveying Resolution
PhotoSat announced that an ongoing research program has produced a breakthrough in their satellite image processing, considerably enhancing the visibility of fine topographic details. PhotoSat produces satellite surveys of mine […]
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Connectivity
SK Telecom, Bharti Airtel to Build Telecom Network in India
SK Telecom and Bharti Airtel have announced a strategic partnership under which Airtel will leverage SK Telecom’s expertise to build an advanced telecom network in India. The partnership will work across […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat, Globecast Renew Partnership at Hotbird Video Neighborhood
Eutelsat and Globecast have renewed capacity on a multi-year basis at the Hotbird video position. According to the two companies, the agreement will stimulate growth for satellite TV in Europe, […]
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Connectivity
WATCH: World Satellite Business Week 2017 Recap
SES’ aggressive move into broadband, a downturn in manufacturing orders and growth in the video segment were the main discussion points at World Satellite Business Week (WSBW) this year. Via […]
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Technology
Orbital ATK Begins Assembly of Its On-Orbit Servicing System
Orbital ATK announced that its Mission Extension Vehicle-1 (MEV 1) spacecraft successfully completed its critical design review earlier this year and is now in production, with about 75 percent of […]
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Connectivity
Sycamore Study Illuminates Singapore’s Pirating Epidemic
Despite major growth in the number and range of legal online content choices available to them, recent studies have found Singaporeans to be among the top consumers of pirated online […]
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Finance
Arianespace Announces First Ariane 6 Contract with ESA
Arianespace will launch four new satellites for the Galileo constellation, using two Ariane 62 versions of the next-generation Ariane 6 rocket from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana. The […]
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Connectivity
Aireon to Support Space-Based ADS-B Over Turkish Airspace
Aireon has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Turkey’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), The General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI). The two parties are set to collaborate […]
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Connectivity
South Korea’s Jeju Air Adopts SITAOnAir’s Aircom FlightTracker
Jeju Air has become South Korea’s first Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) to adopt SITAOnAir’s Aircom FlightTracker, equipping the carrier to meet the incoming International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) 2018 flight-tracking mandate. […]
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Connectivity
Broadband Points the Way Forward for Global Operators
During Euroconsult’s World Satellite Business Week (WSBW), the CEOs of SES, Eutelsat and Telesat took the stage to discuss their companies’ future growth prospects. The panel, titled “Global Satellite Operators: […]
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Technology
Virgin Orbit to Launch First Set of Satellites for Cloud Constellation
Virgin Orbit announced that Cloud Constellation has selected its LauncherOne service to deploy the SpaceBelt constellation of space-based cloud storage data centers. In an agreement signed by the Chief Executive […]
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Government/Military
SSL Runs Ground Demo of Dragonfly On-Orbit Assembly Program
Space Systems Loral (SSL) announced that NASA has awarded the next phase of funding for its Dragonfly on-orbit satellite assembly program. SSL and its partners, which include MacDonald, Dettwiler and […]
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Government/Military
Lockheed Martin to Upgrade GPS Ground Systems for US Air Force
The U.S. Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin a $45.5 million contract to provide Military Code (M-Code) Early Use (MCEU) capability to the Global Positioning System (GPS). Part of the Air […]
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Technology
This Startup Wants to Be the Airbnb for Satellite Antennas
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 […]
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Connectivity
Supernet to Develop New Enterprise Solutions with LeoSat Capacity
LeoSat Enterprises, which is launching a constellation of up to 108 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) communications satellites, has entered into a strategic agreement with Supernet, based in Pakistan. Through this […]
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Technology
VC Investors Explain the Buzz Behind NewSpace Startups
Day Two of Euroconsult’s 21st Summit for Satellite Financing kicked off with a panel called “Venture Capital: Fueling Both Satellite Systems and Applications,” where two investors gave insights into how […]
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Finance
SES Selects Arianespace Soyuz for its Fifth O3b Launch
SES has selected Arianespace for its fifth launch of four O3b satellites joining its Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) fleet. The satellites will fly on a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana […]
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Finance
ILS Successfully Launches Amazonas 5 for Hispasat
International Launch Services (ILS) successfully orbited Hispasat’s 11th satellite, Amazonas 5, on Sept. 11 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite flew aboard a Proton Breeze M rocket and […]
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Technology
L3 Electron Devices to Supply Next-Gen TWTAs for SSL
Space Systems Loral (SSL) has selected L3 Electron Devices to provide next-generation Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) for its High Throughput Satellites (HTS). According to L3, the new TWTA provides […]
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Connectivity
Harmonic, iKO Launch DTH Services in Asia and Latin America
Harmonic announced that iKO Media Group has deployed its media processing and delivery solution to expand the reach of iKO’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) satellite television services. By optimizing iKO Media Group’s […]
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Connectivity
Megaconstellations Debate Kicks Off World Satellite Business Week
With so much interest in new megaconstellations, one of the ongoing themes at Euroconsult’s Summit for Satellite Financing is whether there will be enough demand for all of this capacity […]
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Connectivity
Kymeta Forms New Business Unit Ahead of Kalo Launch
Kymeta has spun out a new division, the Kalo Business Unit, in preparation for the launch of commercial availability of the service. The company joined forces with Intelsat in Q1 […]
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Connectivity
Boeing to Manufacture 7 MEO Satellites for SES’ New Network
SES has contracted Boeing to build seven Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites for its new network system, O3b mPower. According to SES, O3b mPower will deliver fully managed services in […]
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Government/Military
US Forest Service Turns to Satellite to Monitor Wildfires
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 […]
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Government/Military
Kratos Selected to Support Training of Royal Saudi Naval Forces
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions announced it has received a Foreign Military Sales (FMS) sole-source, three-year, single award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide training-related products and services […]
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Connectivity
Globe Selects Gilat to Expand Satellite Backhaul in the Philippines
Globe Telecom has awarded Gilat Satellite Services a five-year, multi-million dollar managed service contract to enable accelerated deployment for the mobile operator’s rapid network expansion throughout the Philippines. Per the […]
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Connectivity
SDA Chairman on the New SDC 2.0 Space Traffic Management Service
Recent studies have presented higher probabilities of in-orbit spacecraft collision risk compared to previous models, according to Space Data Association (SDA) Chairman Mark Dickinson. In light of these findings, Via […]
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Technology
Ursa Launches New Weekly Reports on Caribbean Oil Stocks
Ursa Space Systems has unveiled its Caribbean Oil Storage Report, a weekly report of Caribbean oil inventories. The product is the newest release in a series of regional expansions to achieve […]
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Technology
Azur Space to Supply Next-Gen Solar Cells for SSL
Space Systems Loral (SSL) has awarded Azur Space Solar Power a multi-year, long-term purchase agreement to supply high-efficiency, multi-junction space solar cells for SSL’s next-generation solar arrays. In the future, […]
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Connectivity
Iridium Is Pursuing Opportunities in NewSpace Satellite IoT
Iridium Communications has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Magnitude Space, an emerging small satellite company. According to Iridium, the MoU reflects the company’s interest in exploring collaborative partnerships with […]



























