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Government/Military
DISA Awards TeleCommunication Systems $14.2 Million for Managed Satellite Services
[Via Satellite 07-28-2015] The United States Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has exercised its second year task order option worth $14.2 million for TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) to continue to provide […]
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Connectivity
Media Networks Largely Done with SD, Eyes on HD, 4K and TV Everywhere
[Via Satellite 07-27-2015] Pay-TV service provider Media Networks is shifting its focus primarily to HD, 4K and expanding the reach of television beyond the home. The company has close to […]
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Connectivity
SkyStream Diversifies Business, Considering European Opportunity
[Via Satellite 07-24-2015] Middle East satellite service provider SkyStream is diversifying its business to include new verticals and a new role as a systems integrator. Services such as managing military […]
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Technology
Com Dev Books One of its Largest Awards for Commercial Satellite Equipment
[Via Satellite 07-24-2015] Com Dev International has received an order from a satellite prime contractor to provide equipment for two commercial communications satellites. The initial Authorization to Proceed (ATP) is […]
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Finance
ULA Delta 4 Launches WGS 7 Satellite with New Advanced Digital Payload
[Via Satellite 07-24-2015] United Launch Alliance (ULA) orbited the U.S. Air Force’s seventh Wideband Global Satcom (WGS 7) satellite July 23 aboard a Delta 4 rocket. The satellite features a […]
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Government/Military
Skynet 5A Satellite to Reach Asia-Pacific by Autumn
[Via Satellite 07-24-2015] The 67,000km move of Airbus Defence and Space’s Skynet 5A satellite from 6 degrees east to its new position at 94.8 degrees east is on track to […]
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Connectivity
Hispasat to Provide Connectivity for Colombian Leg of Ruta BBVA Trip
[Via Satellite 07-24-2015] Hispasat has agreed to supply satellite communications to the Ruta BBVA organization, an educational and scientific program dedicated to strengthening ties between young Europeans and Latin Americans […]
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Finance
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, MHPS to Reorganize Manufacturing Plants
[Via Satellite 07-23-2015] Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) have decided to reorganize, respectively, their Nagasaki Shipyard and Machinery Works and Nagasaki Works facilities to consolidate […]
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Technology
ISS Reshetnev Building New Facility for Antennas and Feeder Devices
[Via Satellite 07-23-2015] Russian satellite manufacturer ISS Reshetnev is building a facility with a total area of more than 19,000 square meters for producing antennas and feeder devices for satellites. […]
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Technology
Airbus Defence and Space Appoints Arkoon Netasq Exec to Head of Cybersecurity
[Via Satellite 07-23-2015] Airbus Defence and Space has appointed François Lavaste, the current head of Arkoon Netasq, as its new head of cybersecurity, effective Aug. 1, 2015. Lavaste has more […]
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Connectivity
Hughes Releases New Solutions for Education Market
[Via Satellite 07-23-2015] Hughes Network Systems has launched a new suite of offerings to address the K-16 education market. The solutions include HughesNet Gen4 Satellite Broadband for rural and remote […]
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Connectivity
Synacor, Siemens Execs Talk OTT Partnership
[Via Satellite 07-22-2015] Synacor announced a major partnership with Siemens Convergence Creators and EveMeta to further propel Over-The-Top (OTT) video distribution. The company integrated its search and discovery, cloud ID […]
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Government/Military
Defense Contractor Team Completes Information Assurance CDR for AEHF Low Cost Terminals
[Via Satellite 07-22-2015] A Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, and TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) team has completed the Critical Design Review (CDR) for the information assurance elements of the Low Cost Terminal (LCT) project. LCT is an initiative […]
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Connectivity
Iridium GO! Gains Five Third Party Apps
[Via Satellite 07-22-2015] Iridium has made five mobile applications from third party developers available for Iridium GO!, the company’s global smartphone access device. The apps are expected to help enhance […]
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Technology
ProBrand International Begins Shipments of Reconfigurable LNB with MaxLinear Chipset
[Via Satellite 07-22-2015] MaxLinear’s Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) partner ProBrand International has started volume production shipments of the company’s next-generation digital channel stacking Low-Noise Block (LNB) downconverter based on the […]
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Connectivity
Peter Ciceri Replaces Shannon Susko on Norsat Board of Directors
[Via Satellite 07-22-2015] Norsat International has appointed Peter Ciceri to the board of directors, taking the place of Shannon Susko, who stepped down to focus full time on a new […]
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Finance
SpaceX Traces Weak Strut to Falcon 9 Failure
[Via Satellite 07-21-2015] After reviewing data consisting of more than 3,000 telemetry channels from the June 28 Falcon 9 rocket failure, SpaceX has identified the probable cause as a defective […]
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Government/Military
Harris Gains $45 Million Award for US Army Satellite Terminals
[Via Satellite 07-21-2015] Harris Corporation has received $45 million in delivery orders for advanced satellite communications terminals under the U.S. Army‘s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program. The company will […]
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Government/Military
CPI Receives $7.6 Million US Navy Radome Order
[Via Satellite 07-21-2015] Communications and Power Industries’ (CPI) Radant Technologies Division has received multi-year orders for radomes and related services from the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation in Philadelphia, […]
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Connectivity
Hughes Demos BLoS Helicopter HD Video Transmission Over Satellite
[Via Satellite 07-21-2015] Hughes Network Systems’ Defense and Intelligence Systems Division (DISD) has demonstrated the transmission of real-time, high definition video through helicopter blades with no signal disruption. The test, […]
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Government/Military
Airbus Defence and Space to Build Europe’s First Jupiter Mission
[Via Satellite 07-21-2015] The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected Airbus Defence and Space to develop and build the JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft, the first large mission of […]
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Government/Military
JFCC Space Details Commercial Integration Cell Goals
[Via Satellite 07-20-2015] In an effort to include greater industry input in day-to-day operations, the United States Strategic Command’s (U.S. Stratcom) Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space) has […]
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Finance
ISRO Tests High Thrust Cryogenic Rocket Engine
[Via Satellite 07-20-2015] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) completed a hot test of a high thrust cryogenic rocket engine for a duration of 800 seconds. The engine generated a […]
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Finance
Generation Orbit Conducts Second Flight Test
[Via Satellite 07-20-2015] Generation Orbit Launch Services (GO) completed a second flight of its GO-Flight Experiments Testbed (GO-FET). The flight test is a key milestone on the company’s roadmap to […]
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Connectivity
SES, Cable MSO Armstrong Launch Ultra-HD Trial
[Via Satellite 07-20-2015] SES announced it has initiated a live and linear Ultra-HD trial with cable Multiple System Operator (MSO) Armstrong. From its headquarters cable lab in Butler, Pa., Armstrong […]
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Technology
Comtech EF Data Wins North African Contract
[Via Satellite 07-20-2015] Comtech EF Data subsidiary Memotec received a $1 million order from a North African GSM operator to support its satellite-based GSM backhaul network upgrade and expansion. Comtech […]
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Connectivity
Cobham Satcom Sees Promise in Land VSAT, Ka-band
[Via Satellite 07-17-2017] Cobham Satcom is increasing its focus on land terminals as a growth market, and sees potential for High Throughput Satellites (HTS) to be a catalyst for the […]
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Technology
Forecast International: Communications Satellite Manufacturing to Reach $60 Billion by 2024
[Via Satellite 07-17-2015] Satellite manufacturers will build more than 430 communications satellites between now and 2024, reaching an estimated production value of $60.2 billion, according to new research from Forecast […]
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Finance
Arianespace Opens New Fregat Fueling Facility for Soyuz Rockets
[Via Satellite 07-17-2015] Following the completion of a design and construction phase that lasted slightly more than two years, Arianespace has inaugurated its new Fregat Fueling Facility (FCube) at Guiana […]
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Finance
Firefly Space Systems Issues Payload User’s Guide, Gains New Investment
[Via Satellite 07-17-2015] Firefly Space Systems, has released its Payload User’s Guide for the Alpha vehicle, the company’s first small satellite rocket in a scalable family of launch vehicles currently […]


























