Focus: Mobile Connectivity
October 16, 2020
SES revealed Tuesday that Mercy Ships will be using SES Networks' connectivity solutions to provide better healthcare services. Mercy Ships is a humanitarian mission delivering healthcare and medical training in some of the world’s economically deprived regions. The Global Mercy, the newest and the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, will leverage SES Networks’ Signature Maritime…
October 15, 2020
Last week, the movers and shakers within the Russian space industry gathered virtually at SatComRus to talk about the future for satellite in Russia, and what the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will have on this landscape. Oleg Dukhovnitskiy, Head of the Federal Communications Agency (FCA) in Russia said that satellite communications plays a big…
October 9, 2020
RigNet, Inc. has received a multi-year contract with what it calls one of the “largest contractors” in the offshore drilling industry to provide fully managed communications services and global satellite access to its entire global drilling fleet. Neither the company nor the terms of the deal were specified. The new contract, announced Oct. 5, expands…
October 6, 2020
Cobham Satcom and Kepler Communications performed connectivity trials on Kepler’s Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) network with Cobham’s SAILOR 600 VSAT Ku-band antenna system, demonstrating downlink rates of 150 Mbps and uplink rates of 130 Mbps. In a Tuesday announcement, the companies said the speeds were demonstrated on a 65 cm antenna with a 6W Block Upconverter…