Visit Site Top Stories for the week of August 9, 2019 Innovation Incubation Period Peaking for SmallSat Ecosystem Ten years ago, our industry began to rethink the utility of the platform that had kicked off the space age, positing that smallsats offered untold… August 2, 2019

Podcast It’s Cleanup Time for Dangerous Space Debris As global space activity expands and accelerates, our space environment, naturally, becomes more congested. There have been nearly 9,000 satellites launched to date. Out of… August 5, 2019 Mobility Qatar Airways Exec: LEO Satellites Will Change the IFC Game Qatar Airways, which was only launched in 1997, is one of the world’s fastest growing airlines and a pioneer in terms of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC)… August 1, 2019 Business ST Engineering Exec Explains Decision to Buy Newtec ST Engineering is determined to build one of the most important companies in satellite over the next few years. Its acquisition of Newtec is yet… July 31, 2019 Business Thaicom Endures Tough Quarter – Especially Broadband Thaicom had a difficult quarter with revenues falling in the three months to the end of June. The operator reported revenues $38.8 million (1.2 billion… August 6, 2019 Business Maxar Sees Decrease in Q2 Revenue Maxar Technologies reported its financial results for its Second Quarter (Q2) 2019 ended June 30, in which revenues took a decline. Revenues were reported at… August 7, 2019 Innovation SES Builds Network Automation and Service Orchestration Platform SES will create an open, standards-based network automation and service orchestration platform, built on Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP) and powered by Amdocs’ Network Functions Virtualization… August 5, 2019 Government/Military FCC Streamlines Small Satellite Application Process The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) significantly streamlined the application process for small satellites, providing an alternative, cheaper, and more flexible authorization process. Given recent innovation in… August 2, 2019 Launch Arianespace Takes Smallsats Directly into GEO Arianespace has revealed its GO-1 mission, a rideshare service for small satellites directly entering Geostationary Orbit (GEO). The mission will take place in the first half… August 6, 2019 Imagery and Sensing NASA, NOAA Discover Cause of GOES-17 Issue A Mishap Investigation Board appointed by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) identified the most likely cause for an instrument issue aboard… August 2, 2019 IIOT SpaceX Successfully Launches Boeing-Built AMOS-17 SpaceX successfully launched a Boeing-built 702 digital satellite called AMOS-17, using a Falcon 9 rocket. The satellite launched Tuesday from Cape Canaveral, Florida at about 7:00… August 7, 2019

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