Technology

[Via Satellite 10-07-2015] Aireon has signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Airservices Australia, Australia’s Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP). Airservices Australia will assess the concept of Aireon’s space-based Automatic...

[Via Satellite 10-07-2015] Communications and Power Industries (CPI) received a contract worth more than $600,000 at list prices for its new 1.25 kW, Digital Broadcast Satellite (DBS)-band SuperLinear Traveling Wave...

[Via Satellite 10-07-2015] Teledyne Paradise Datacom has increased the performance of its 3RU rack height Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) in both Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) variants. The...

[Via Satellite 10-06-2015] Spaceflight Services announced Sept. 30 that the company purchased a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX to conduct a launch entirely for rideshare missions. SpaceX will assist in...

[Via Satellite 10-05-2015] Ball Aerospace has integrated the propulsion subsystem from Aerojet Rocketdyne into the spacecraft bus for NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM). The experimental satellite, which uses the...

[Via Satellite 10-02-2015] BridgeSat, a startup satellite operator focusing on optical connectivity, is planning a network of SmallSats and ground stations designed to aid other small satellites in beaming data...

[Via Satellite 10-02-2015] Thales Alenia Space has opened its new Selene building in Cannes, which has a footprint of 1,500 square meters, including four separate integration zones for handling four...

[Via Satellite 10-01-2015] Inmarsat is planning to shift voice and broadband data services for the Europe, Mid-East and Africa region from the Inmarsat-4 F2 (I-4 F2) satellite to Alphasat, and...

[Via Satellite 09-30-2015] Eutelsat, Globecomm and Signalhorn have applied for the World Teleport Association’s (WTA) new Teleport Certification Program launched earlier this month. They join du, Elara Comunicaciones, GlobalSat and...

[Via Satellite 09-28-2015] Eutelsat 115 West B, the first all-electric satellite of Eutelsat Communications’ global fleet, has completed the ascent to geostationary orbit and today began in-orbit tests. Eutelsat’s new...