Focus: Europe
June 20, 2018
Airbus has opened its Space Academy in Toulouse, France to help train customers in the operation of satellites and space systems that are acquired from the company. When a customer procures a spacecraft from Airbus, the process and operation of the spacecraft involves a training process, especially for first time customers, such as governments, which…
June 19, 2018
iDirect, SES, Broadpeak, i2CAT and the University of Surrey, all members of the SaT5G consortium, have demonstrated a major milestone in the research, development and validation of key principles for satellite integration with 5G architecture, the consortium announced. Taking place at the EuCNC2018 conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the live test demonstrated the integration of satellite…
June 19, 2018
Global ship manager Nordic Hamburg has selected KVH’s new advanced TracPhone V7-HTS antenna equipment and the AgilePlans subscription-based service for its Connectivity as a Service (CaaS) program. Installations for 13 vessels have been completed, with plans for an additional 12 through 2018. The AgilePlans program provides equipment and airtime for a flat monthly fee, with…
June 18, 2018
The Satellite Applications Catapult has contracted Open Cosmos to provide its space mission service to the In-Orbit Demonstration (IOD-6) program. Through this mission, the Satellite Applications Catapult is expanding its IOD program. In collaboration with Open Cosmos, the IOD-6 mission offers companies the opportunity to trial their service using a larger 6U CubeSat platform in…