Focus: Ground Systems

This year, Isotropic Systems is in its final stage of collaboration with SES on software-defined, multi-beam customer edge terminal antennas compatible with O3b mPOWER — ahead of the commercial launch...

Engility Services, LLC., a subsidiary of Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) was awarded a $655 million contract to modernize satellite ground systems for the U.S. Space Force (USSF).  The contract...

Inmarsat has approved Smiths Interconnect’s KaStream 5000 MK II antenna system for use over the Inmarsat Global Xpress network. The KaStream 5000 MK II antenna system supports commercial and military...

A group within Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has received a $1.1 million order for Satcom antenna feeds from what it calls a major U.S. satellite communications manufacturer, the company announced April...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has announced that its Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp. received $1.6 million in orders for satellite ground station equipment from what it calls world’s largest Mobile...

Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. has received a new order for a multi-band Gaia 5.5 m Gaia ground station. The high-gain dual S/X-band system will be installed in 2020.  Orbit said...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded Raytheon and L3Harris each contracts to develop protected tactical waveform capable modems, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)...

Satcom Global’s Aura VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) solution now includes Ku-band hardware from the Intellian NX series of maritime VSAT antennas, including the v85NX, v100NX, and v130NX models, the...

SpaceX got a key government license last week, federal filings reveal, as the company clears a regulatory hurdle that moves it closer to offering a new high-speed internet service from...

Arabsat is using Atos’ satellite monitoring solution to mitigate interferences in its satellite services, the satellite operator announced Thursday. Atos SkyMon carrier monitoring system (CMS), is operational at Arabsat’s ground...