Focus: Ground Systems

Kacific Broadband Satellites expects to significantly bring down the costs of deploying satellite broadband in the markets where it operates with a new modem and terminal. The company announced Nov. […]

Swedish Space Corporation (SCC) has upgraded its Ka-band ground station network to provide global coverage. To do this, the company upgraded its polar and equatorial locations to support Ka-band data […]

Kymeta and Intelsat have participated in early testing of 5G standards over satellite, and reported Tuesday that the companies demonstrated satellite-enabled 5G service using Kymetas u8 antenna. Kymeta and Inteslat […]

Isotropic Systems reported Tuesday that the company’s terminal linked to a Geostationary Orbit (GEO) satellite while simultaneously connected with a Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellite during tests with SES.  This is […]

SpaceBridge has delivered a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) network to connect 2,000 locations in Oman, the company announced Oct. 26.  SpaceBridge worked with Space Communication Technologies (SCT), which is […]

Leaf Space is partnering with Odysseus Space to develop a hybrid ground station network for both optical and radio frequency (RF) communications. Odysseus Space is working to develop an end-to-end […]

Japanese Ground Segment as a Service (GSaaS) company Infostellar has raised 700 million yen ($6.16 million), in a Series B funding round. This brings total funding to 1.9 billion yen […]

Ovzon has won a new contract worth close to $2 million to supply the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), with satellite terminals, the company announced Oct. 18. Ovzon will provide […]

Leaf Space is adding five new ground stations in West and South Australia, British Colombia, Iceland and Bulgaria, the company announced Oct. 14. The aim is to further increase Leaf […]

Ovzon, a satellite hardware company based in Sweden, has received an order for satellite terminals from an unnamed U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) customer. The order, announced Monday, marks the […]

The U.S. Space Force and a number of commercial companies have joined a satellite industry group working for interoperability in satellite and ground system networks.  The Digital IF Interoperability Consortium […]

HySpecIQ has selected BridgeComm‘s high-speed optical downlink for its Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation, the companies announced Monday.  Bridgecomm said these laser communication downlink terminals and network of optical ground stations […]

PPM Systems has released new RF components for its satellite and defense customers, the company announced Sept. 26. The company has unveiled a series of high power broadband diplexers, plus […]

A group of major Swedish technology companies that recently formed a partnership expects to have prototype low-cost satellite terminals for Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) ready for testing and validation in 2022, […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has won another broadband-related contract in Latin America. It announced on Monday that it has received a $12 million service award for recurring revenues from broadband services […]

Yahsat has selected Cobham Satcom to deliver a mobile broadband system, including ground infrastructure and products, to operate as part of Yahsat’s next-generation Thuraya 4-NGS system. Under the contract announced […]

Eutelsat Communications has selected the Hughes Network Systems Jupiter System Series 3 to enable services on the new KONNECT Very High-Throughput Satellite (VHTS). The companies announced the award Tuesday, Sept. […]

Two different working groups of satellite companies have put out calls for an interoperability standard for space and ground system networks.  The Digital Interface Standards (DIS) working group, representing Communications […]

Intelsat has certified ThinKom Solutions‘ land-mobile ThinSat 300 phased-array antenna for use on the operator’s FlexMove government satellite network. ThinKom completed a series of over-the-air tests at Intelsat’s Mountainside Teleport […]

Lockheed Martin unveiled a new type of satellite dish technology on Aug. 23 that the company says is applicable for a wide range of use cases on satellites and ground […]

Kymeta and Comtech Telecommunications have integrated their technologies in a new business development partnership. The companies announced Aug. 25 that Comtech’s UHP-200 Universal Satellite Router and the Kymeta u8 terminal […]

Inmarsat has approved the Paradigm HORNET 100GX terminal for use over the Global Xpress (GX) network for commercial and military Ka-band. The approval was announced Aug. 26. The HORNET 100GX flyaway […]

Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation operator OneWeb unveiled a new user terminal on Tuesday that it developed with partners Intellian Technologies and Collins Aerospace. The new terminal, OW1, is a […]

Spacecom and Get SAT have demonstrated the Get SAT Micro Sling Blade Electronically Steered Antenna (ESA) on the AMOS-17 satellite, reporting 5 Mbps forward and 25 Mbps return rate. The […]

SES has selected Gilat Satellite Network’s global mobility platform to serve cruise lines and maritime service providers. Under the agreement announced Tuesday, customers will be able to access satellite-enabled services delivered […]

Inmarsat will use the Santander Teleport to host and maintain a new Satellite Access Station (SAS) for its new Inmarsat-6 satellites, the two companies announced July 28. The first of […]

Ground segment players all believe that the COVID-19 pandemic has made them more customer- and service-focused, rather than just focused on selling hardware, according to executives from Comtech EF Data, […]

ThinKom Solutions is developing a new phased-array user terminal designed to operate in higher millimeter-wave frequency bands to work with next-generation satellite constellations in  Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) and Medium-Earth Orbit […]

Sweden has announced details to bring a next generation low-cost Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) terminal to market. A collaboration involving Satcube along with Chalmers University of Technology, Gapwaves, and Forsway Scandinavia […]

Gilat Satellite Networks has won more business in the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) arena, the company announced June 28. The company has received orders of $9 million for support of gateways […]