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Connectivity
After Financing Fleet, Avanti Shifts Focus to Filling Satellites
[Via Satellite 08-24-2015] British satellite operator Avanti, having finished the financing for its latest satellite, now plans to redouble its focus on sales and marketing for satellite services throughout Europe, […]
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Connectivity
Optus Offers Satellite Backup Service for SME Customers
[Via Satellite 08-24-2015] Australian satellite operator Optus Satellite has launched a new service for Small to Medium Enterprise (SME) businesses to ensure unhindered communications during terrestrial outages. Dubbed Optus Satellite […]
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Technology
Lockheed Martin, Orbital ATK Sign Multiyear Propellant and Pressurant Tank Contract
[Via Satellite 08-24-2015] Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with Orbital ATK for propellant and pressurant tanks for its modernized A2100 satellite platform. Under the new five-year contract, Orbital ATK […]
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Connectivity
SpeedCast Signs Sizeable Satellite Service Contract with Energy Customer
[Via Satellite 08-24-2015] SpeedCast International has won a significant satellite services agreement with an energy sector customer to provide communications in more than 20 countries. The multi-year, multi-million dollar contract […]
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Technology
Newtec, Intelsat Set New Spectral Efficiency Record
[Via Satellite 08-24-2015] Newtec together with Intelsat, have achieved a world first for the amount of throughput in a single transponder. During a demonstration at Intelsat’s Fuchsstadt teleport in Germany, engineers […]
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Connectivity
Encompass Digital Media Exec: DTH Outpacing Cable in Latin America
[Via Satellite 08-21-2015] Direct to Home (DTH) broadcasting appears to be outpacing terrestrial broadcasts in Latin America, according to Juan Salleras, EVP and general manager at Encompass Digital Media Latin […]
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Finance
Vostochny Cosmodrome’s First Launch Slated for December 2015
[Via Satellite 08-21-2015] Russia is pushing to have the first launch mission from the Vostochny Space Center conducted by December this year, according to an Aug. 20 statement from the […]
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Finance
Arianespace Dual Launch Lofts Intelsat 34, Eutelsat 8 West B
[Via Satellite 08-21-2015] Arianespace launched two satellites on Aug. 20, one for Intelsat and one for Eutelsat, aboard an Ariane 5 rocket. Eutelsat 8 West B, riding in the upper […]
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Technology
Airbus Defence and Space Provides Spot 6 and 7 Imagery to SANSA
[Via Satellite 08-21-2015] Airbus Defence and Space has completed an imagery project covering all of South Africa in three months using the Spot 6 and Spot 7 twin satellites. A […]
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Technology
E2v Releases New Commercial Space Microprocessors
[Via Satellite 08-21-2015] E2v has launched a new grade of high-performance microprocessors based on the multicore processors from the Freescale QorIQ family. These processors produce tens of Gflop (1 billion […]
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Finance
H2B Launch Revitalizes CubeSat Activity on ISS
[Via Satellite 08-20-2015] On Aug. 19 an H2B rocket from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) successfully launched the H-2 Transfer Vehicle (HTV) 5 to […]
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Finance
Barry Matsumori Leaves SpaceX, Joins Virgin Galactic
[Via Satellite 08-20-2015] Barry Matsumori, formerly the senior vice president of sales and business development at SpaceX, has joined Virgin Galactic’s satellite launch team. With Virgin Galactic, Matsumori holds the title […]
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Technology
GPIM’s Green Propulsion System Shipped to Ball Aerospace
[Via Satellite 08-20-2015] Aerojet Rocketdyne has delivered the environmentally friendly propellant propulsion subsystem to Ball Aerospace for NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM). Ball Aerospace, prime contractor for GPIM, will […]
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Connectivity
Satellite Solutions Worldwide Acquires Sat2Way
[Via Satellite 08-20-2015] Satellite Solutions Worldwide (SSW) a communications company specializing in rural, last-mile satellite broadband, has acquired Sat2Way, a satellite broadband provider in France for €825,000 ($925,000) in cash. […]
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Connectivity
DirecTV Releases 4K Ultra-HD Set-Top-Box
[Via Satellite 08-20-2015] DirecTV, now part of AT&T, is offering a new Set Top Box (STB), the 4K Genie Mini, to expand the number of customers who can access 4K […]
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Connectivity
New Satellites, New Antennas on the Horizon for O3b Networks
[Via Satellite 08-18-2015] O3B Networks is planning on ordering more satellites and releasing new antennas to bolster its Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) network in the near future. Steve Collar, […]
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Feature
New Tech: US Military’s New Space Technology Ambitions
Satellite is at the forefront of communications for defense purposes, with the U.S. military among the largest users. With the pace of technological development advancing, the DOD is getting ready for a real step-change.
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Connectivity
Globalstar Refutes Cybersecurity Risks from Synack Research
[Via Satellite 08-17-2015] Globalstar is refuting claims from cybersecurity company Synack that its simplex network is extremely vulnerable to hackers. In a July 30 article on Wired, Colby Moore, manager of […]
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Connectivity
Meosat’s O3b Service Goes Live in Iraq
[Via Satellite 08-17-2015] Meosat has announced its O3b Networks satellite communications system is live and operational in Southern Iraq. O3b established a multi-year agreement with the company in April this […]
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Finance
US Navy’s MUOS 4 Encapsulated for August 31 Atlas 5 Launch
[Via Satellite 08-17-2015] Lockheed Martin subsidiary Astrotech Space Operations has encapsulated the U.S. Navy’s fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite in its protective launch vehicle fairing ahead of an […]
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Government/Military
Pascale Ehrenfreund Begins Leadership Role at the DLR
[Via Satellite 08-17-2015] Pascale Ehrenfreund took office as chair of the German Aerospace Center’s (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) executive board on Aug. 17. She begins her leadership […]
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Technology
OHB Ready to have GEO Market Presence
[Via Satellite 08-14-2015] German spacecraft manufacturer OHB Systems AG is taking fledgling steps toward greater prominence in building geostationary satellites. Hispasat AG1, the first satellite based on its SmallGEO platform, […]
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Technology
SES Partners with Post Telecom on Smart Cloud-Based ICT Products
[Via Satellite 08-14-2015] SES’ wholly owned subsidiary SES Techcom Services and Post Luxembourg’s subsidiary Post Telecom, a specialist in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions, have entered a new partnership […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon-Built Upgraded Satcom Radio Delivered for Certification Testing
[Via Satellite 08-14-2015] Raytheon has received a $36 million contract from the U.S. Army to fund the certification and testing of an upgrade to the AN/ARC-231 Multi-Mode Communications System. The […]
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Government/Military
Amprius, University of Maryland Win NASA Funding for Battery Research
[Via Satellite 08-14-2014] NASA has selected proposals from Amprius of Sunnyvale, Calif. and the University of Maryland, College Park to study new energy storage technologies. The proposals received awards through […]
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Government/Military
US Navy Awards Data Link Solutions $18 Million Terminal Contract
[Via Satellite 08-14-2015] Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture between Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems, has received an $18.3 million award from the U.S. Navy Space and Naval Warfare […]
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Technology
Historic Goonhilly Earth Station Revitalized by New Business
[Via Satellite 08-13-2015] The U.K.-based Goonhilly Earth Station is shifting back to prominence in the satellite industry after rebounding from an uncertain fate. The iconic facility, which beamed the very […]
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Connectivity
Inmarsat, Partners Bring Connectivity to Nigeria and Kenya
[Via Satellite 08-13-2015] Inmarsat has received funding for telecommunications projects in Nigeria and Kenya through the U.K. Space Agency’s $50 million, two-year International Partnership Space Program. The company is a […]
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Finance
NASA Starts Next CubeSat Launch Initiative Round
[Via Satellite 08-13-2015] NASA has initiated the next round of its CubeSat Launch Initiative, which provides access to space for CubeSats developed by NASA centers, accredited educational institutions, and non-profit […]




























