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Honeywell has introduced the Aspire 150 and Aspire 350 satellite communications systems to provide business jet, airline and helicopter operators with better connectivity choices. According to Honeywell, with Aspire 150 […]

LiveU has combined its High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) bonding technology with satellite service to create a hybrid live solution. According to LiveU, its LU600 service will automatically choose between […]

Comtech EF Data received a $1.6 million order for satellite modems from a major U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractor. The order specified the DMD2050E MIL-STD-188-165A/STANAG 4486 Edition 3 Compliant […]

Black Swift Technologies announced the expansion of a pathfinder mission with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to develop enhanced multi-angular remote sensing techniques using small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). According […]

Could you survive in Green Bank, West Virginia? Settled in the center of the National Radio Quiet Zone, wireless signals have been banned from the 143-population town to prevent interference […]

With the President’s recent signing of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018, the United States government is taking a significant step in recognizing the criticality […]

Spire and DHV Technology have announced a joint partnership to offer Spire’s solar panels to the space industry. DHV Technology will now build and sell Spire’s double deployable panels to […]

NASA has given Orbital ATK approval to begin building its Landsat 9 spacecraft after completing a comprehensive design review of the mission. Landsat 9, a land surface mapping satellite, will […]

Swift Navigation, ​​a ​​San ​​Francisco-based ​​tech ​​firm that is ​​building centimeter-accurate ​​GPS ​​technology ​​to ​​power ​​a ​​world ​​of ​​autonomous ​​vehicles, ​​ ​​announced ​​the latest ​​firmware ​​upgrade to ​​its ​​flagship ​​product […]

The U.S. Air Force has awarded two Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) launch service contracts to SpaceX and United Launch Alliance (ULA).  SpaceX received a $290.6 million firm-fixed-price contract to orbit […]

DigitalGlobe and SpaceX are working together for the first time to launch the WorldView Legion constellation. Two flight-proven Falcon 9 rockets will launch the initial block of the multi-satellite WorldView […]

Avanti Communications Group has formed a partnership Isotropic Systems to develop self-installing, all electronic scanning terminals. Isotropic will customize the terminals specifically to Avanti’s requirements with a special focus on […]

VT iDirect announced it is extending the iQ Remote portfolio with three new series: the iQ 200, the iQ 800 and the iQ 1000, which will deliver higher throughput rates […]

The Antenna Systems Division (ASD) of Communications & Power Industries (CPI), announced it has signed an agreement to purchase the limited-motion satellite antenna family from Viasat. CPI ASD will acquire […]

Orbital ATK announced its plans for the company’s next generation of satellite life extension and in-space servicing products. During a keynote address at the SATELLITE 2018 Conference and Exhibition in […]

xG Technology announced that its IMT Vislink business is debuting a new satellite data terminal, Vislink AirPro-75, at the SATELLITE 2018 Conference & Exhibition. The Vislink AirPro-75 is a small, […]

Eutelsat Communications and Globecast have announced they are partnering on a new media platform over the Americas. The new platform will allow broadcasters across the Americas to gain access to […]

Comtech Telecommunications Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom, announced a new 250-Watt V-Band amplifier for High-Throughput Satellite (HTS) gateway services. According to Comtech, the product is antenna-mounted at the feed […]

What does the future of satellite servicing look like? In this exclusive audio interview, we tackle that question with Orbital ATK’s President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David W. Thompson […]

TokenEx and Cloud Constellation announced they will begin jointly designing a space-based data security solution that layers tokenization and storage in space for securing their customers’ sensitive data. The combination […]

BlackSky, the geospatial intelligence service of Spaceflight Industries, announced the first of its next generation of small Earth Observation (EO) satellites is complete, qualified, and awaiting launch. This spacecraft, called […]

The satellite industry is in the midst of a major renaissance, overcoming market barriers that have existed for decades and finding new opportunities in a range of verticals. However, as […]

Aimed at assisting safer autonomous driving, STMicroelectronics has introduced its first multi-frequency satellite navigation receiver chipset suitable for automotive applications and high accuracy positioning at the decimeter and centimeter-level for […]

ViaLite has launched its L-Band HTS–HWDR RF over fiber link to address the need for more dynamic range within the ground segment generated by High Throughput Satellites (HTS), which are […]

Iridium Communications announced it has selected Honeywell Aerospace, Skytrac, Avitek and Navicom Aviation as the first Iridium Certus service providers for the aviation industry. As Iridium Certus service providers, each company […]

Armstrong Transportation has selected Orbcomm to provide a logistics tracking and monitoring solution for their trailer fleet. Orbcomm’s end-to-end solution will provide wireless connectivity through its proprietary hardware and a […]

More than a year and a half ago, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) built five new satellite receivers in Inuvik, in northwest Canada, as part of a contract with the European […]

Gogo has appointed Oakleigh Thorne president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective immediately. Thorne succeeds Michael Small, who mutually agreed with Gogo’s board of directors to step down from the […]

NASA and United Launch Alliance (ULA) successfully launched the second in a series of next-generation weather satellites this week for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). At 5:02 p.m. […]

While SpaceX and OneWeb intend to expand internet coverage from Low Earth Orbit (LEO), NewSpace startup Astranis plans to launch broadband smallsats into traditional Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO). According to […]