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Finance
Rocket Lab Completes Launch Platform at New Zealand Launch Site
[Via Satellite 08-22-2016] Rocket Lab has installed the launch platform at its private orbital launch facility on New Zealand’s Mahia Peninsula. The installation of the platform, weighing nearly 50 tons, […]
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Connectivity
GEE, Through EMC, Wins Nakilat VSAT Contract
[Via Satellite 08-22-2016] Nakilat, the shipping arm of Qatar’s liquefied natural gas sector, has entered into a contract with Global Eagle Entertainment‘s (GEE) Emerging Markets Communications (EMC) service line to […]
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Connectivity
Olympics Satellite Capacity Demand Reaches Record Level for SES
[Via Satellite 08-19-2016] Customers broadcasting the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games have collectively booked 23,000 hours of capacity on four SES satellites — NSS 806, SES 4, NSS 7 […]
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Technology
WTA Certifies Germany-based Horizon Teleports
[Via Satellite 08-19-2016] Horizon Teleports of Moosburg Germany has achieved Tier 3 certification of its teleport under the World Teleport Association’s (WTA) recently launched Teleport Certification Program. The program aims to serve both teleport […]
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Technology
Italy’s D-Orbit Becomes SDA Member
[Via Satellite 08-19-2016] Italian startup D-Orbit has joined the Space Data Association (SDA). The company will contribute additional expertise to the association on the topic of space debris mitigation. The […]
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Technology
ViaLite Releases Blue2 Link RF over Fiber
[Via Satellite 08-19-2016] ViaLite Communications has announced the Blue2 Link, a dual solution for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) that can be setup as 2x transmitters, 2x receivers or a transceiver, as […]
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Connectivity
Argentina’s Servicio Satelital Sees Domestic Market Growth, Interested in HTS
[Via Satellite 08-18-2016] Servicio Satelital, one of the largest VSAT service operators in Argentina, is optimistic that the country is now on the right path to restore growth to its […]
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Connectivity
Lepton Global Adds Four Satellite Beams to Coverage
[Via Satellite 08-18-2016] Lepton Global Solutions has expanded its Ku-band satellite capacity to four additional beams. The managed services provider has expanded services to three new satellites and is offering […]
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Connectivity
AsiaSat Revenues Flat for First Half of 2016
[Via Satellite 08-18-2018] AsiaSat reported revenue of HK$640 million ($82.6 million) for the first six months of 2016 ended June 30, roughly the same as the 2015 period’s HK$641 million […]
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Government/Military
Satellite Phones and Terminals Used in Zambian Presidential Election
[Via Satellite 08-18-2016] The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) recently leveraged satellite phones and broadband terminals to connect staff during the country’s presidential election on Aug. 11. Global Telesat Communications […]
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Connectivity
Satcom Global Strikes Up Maritime Partnership with Intellian
[Via Satellite 08-18-2016] Satcom Global and Intellian have signed a strategic partnership agreement covering the global supply and distribution of maritime satellite equipment. Under the partnership, Satcom Global will have […]
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Technology
Clyde Space CEO: No Slowdown in CubeSat Demand on the Horizon
[Via Satellite 08-17-2016] Clyde Space CEO Craig Clark does not expect the SmallSat market to experience a major downturn anytime soon, anticipating instead that this sector will only continue to […]
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Finance
SpaceX Launches JCSAT 16, Lands Booster at Sea
[Via Satellite 08-15-2016] SpaceX launched the JCSAT 16 telecommunications satellite for Japan-based Sky Perfect JSAT August 14 using a Falcon 9 rocket and successfully landed the first stage on the […]
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Government/Military
KBR Moves to Buy Honeywell’s Government Services Business
[Via Satellite 08-15-2016] KBR has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. (HTSI), the government services arm of Honeywell, with unanimous approval by the KBR board […]
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Connectivity
KVH Customer V.Group Renews Global NEWSlink Subscription
[Via Satellite 08-15-2016] Maritime service provider V.Group has renewed its subscription to KVH Media Group’s daily NEWSlink service, continuing access to a portfolio of daily and weekly newspaper digests to more […]
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Technology
Advantech Wireless Increases GaN Product Deliveries for Maritime Applications
[Via Satellite 08-15-2016] Advantech Wireless reports that the company has increased its deliveries of Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block UpConverters (BUCs) for maritime customers over […]
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Technology
Planet Preps Ground Network to Handle 5 Terabytes of Data Per Day
[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] Earth observation company Planet, formerly Planet Labs, is scaling up its ground segment infrastructure to handle five times as much data from its constellation of “Dove” CubeSats. […]
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Government/Military
Raytheon, L-3 and ViaSat Receive DOD Anti-Jamming Demonstration Contracts
[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded contracts to Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems, L-3 Communication Systems and ViaSat for Protected […]
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Technology
ViaLite Expands L-band Range for HTS RF Over Fiber Products
[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] ViaLite Communications has widened the bandwidth of its L-band Radio Frequency (RF) over fiber links from the 950 to 2150MHz range to 700 to 2450MHz. The new […]
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Technology
NanoRacks External Platform Deployed on ISS Exterior
[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] NanoRacks’ External Platform (NREP) has been attached to the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) on the Japanese Experiment Module (JEM) Exposed Facility, and is available […]
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Government/Military
SNC Adds Aerojet Rocketdyne as Partner for Deep-Space Habitat Study
[Via Satellite 08-12-2016] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has selected Aerojet Rocketdyne to conduct an architectural design study for a habitation system that would enable NASA astronauts to live for long […]
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Finance
UK Startup Plans Domestic Launchers for Future Spaceport
[Via Satellite 08-11-2016] Scotland-based startup Orbital Access is designing a family of rockets to launch small payloads from the United Kingdom’s future spaceport, as well as other potential locations around […]
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Government/Military
Regional Roundup: September 2016
Beximco Communications Selects Content for RealVU DTH Platform Beximco Communications, a joint venture of Beximco Holdings and GS Group has revealed its content strategy for RealVU, its recently established DTH […]
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Magazine
Generation Next: Nathan Jones, Lockheed Martin
Nathan Jones was unfamiliar with the satellite industry before he became a part of it. As a mechanical engineer at Lockheed Martin, he works on the company’s space projects, and […]
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Feature
Inside the Minds of the First 4K Channels Ever
After much anticipation, the first full-fledged linear 4K Ultra-HD channels are up and running. The barrier of insufficient content is falling faster than it’s worth charting, now that producers are […]
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Finance
SpaceX’s Shotwell: Falcon 1 Will not Return
[Via Satellite 08-10-2016] SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell confirmed that SpaceX has no intentions of bringing back the Falcon 1 small satellite launch vehicle. Speaking Aug. 9, at the […]
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Government/Military
Inmarsat Retains Disputed US Navy Satellite Services Contract
[Via Satellite 08-08-2016] The U.S. government has given Inmarsat Government approval to lift the stop-work order issued regarding the U.S. Navy’s Commercial Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP) Satellite Services Contract (CSSC). […]
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Connectivity
Avanti to use Gilat’s X-Architecture for Cellular Backhaul with EE’s LTE Network
[Via Satellite 08-08-2016] Avanti Communications has selected Gilat’s one-platform/multiple-application X-Architecture and its Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)-enabled Capricorn VSAT for use in supplying Mobile Network Operator (MNO) EE with satellite capacity […]
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Connectivity
Eutelsat Sells Maritime Subsidiary to SpeedCast
[Via Satellite 08-08-2016] Eutelsat has signed an agreement with SpeedCast International whereby SpeedCast will acquire Eutelsat’s 70 percent stake in Wins Limited for a consideration based on a total enterprise […]
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Government/Military
General Dynamics Adds HF Capability to Digital Modular Radio
[Via Satellite 08-08-2016] General Dynamics Mission Systems has received a contract modification from the U.S. Navy to improve High-Frequency (HF) communications for the Navy’s four-channel, AN/USC-61 Digital Modular Radios (DMR). […]




























