Israeli aerospace startup NSLComm has achieved what it considers to be an industry first. It has developed a flexible and expandable pattern-shaping spacecraft antenna that self-corrects on deployment to enable small satellites to project directable high-capacity footprints of more than 1 Gbps of throughput onto the Earth’s surface. Extremely light in weight and with a low-volume,…

APT Satellite successfully launched the Apstar-6C into orbit with the Long March-3B (LM-3B) launch vehicle today from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province of China. Both the satellite and the rocket were developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CALT). Apstar-6C is the 12th satellite placed in-orbit under a contract between China…

Thaicom and We Are IT (WIT) Philippines, a satellite broadband service provider in the Philippines, have signed a multi-year capacity wholesale agreement aimed at providing connectivity for the rollout of nationwide enterprise and government broadband projects. According to the terms of the agreement, WIT will use the entire Ipstar capacity of both spot and broadcast…

For many years, the satellite industry behaved differently from other high technology industries, where continuous and rapid change is a constant. Only until recent years has our industry begun moving so quickly that it is important to take time to try and project what comes next; to be prepared either to take advantage of opportunities…