Avanti Communications, the U.K. based satellite operator, has issued a trading update, which indicates revenues for 2013 have fallen “below expectations” as of the end of June 2013.
Placing Oklahoma on the map as a potential satellite launch venue is not an easy task, according to Oklahoma’s Secretary of Science and Technology, Stephen McKeever.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and NAV CANADA have partnered on a range of technical and operational issues in support of the development and deployment of space-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B), according to a written statement from NAV CANADA.
Australian satellite operator NewSat has secured financing to the tune of $611 million for its Jabiru 1 satellite project. The company worked with the Export-Import Bank of the United States and
U.K.-based Surrey Satellite Technology is no stranger to delivering small satellite missions, in fact, since the company’s birth in 1981, it has already launched 41 of such spacecraft.
Maju Nusa, a Malaysian satellite service provider, has put its faith behind O3b Networks, by signing a key contract only days before O3b successfully launched its first four satellites.
As global climate change continues to spark international concern, satellite technology is providing experts with additional tools to better analyze and combat its effects.
While the majority of satellite signal interference is unintentional, politically motivated jamming incidents continue to surface, according to David Hartshorn, secretary general, GVF.