Technology

[Via Satellite 04-27-2016] Telesat has signed contracts with California-based Space Systems Loral (SSL) and U.K.-based Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) for two prototype Ka-band satellites to serve as part of […]

[Via Satellite 04-27-2016] Advantech Wireless has appointed Decibel Technologies as an authorized reseller/partner in India. Decibel Technologies will provide sales as well as customer service, support and training to customers […]

[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Northrop Grumman is serving as subcontractor to Made In Space, a nascent space company developing a product to enable additive manufacturing — or 3-D printing — aggregation […]

[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has received a contract from an undisclosed customer for a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite. Along with manufacturing the spacecraft, SSL will also […]

[Via Satellite 04-26-2016] Kacific Broadband Satellites and Newtec have reached an agreement to use Newtec Dialog for powering Kacific’s interim services. Ahead of launching a Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS), […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2016] SES has kicked off a new business incubator called Satlas, which aims to turn pioneering ideas from a variety of fields, including e-learning, energy, financial technology (fintech), […]

[Via Satellite 04-25-2016] The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s (NOAA) Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS 1) satellite has entered environmental testing in preparation for the spacecraft’s early 2017 launch. […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] Rezatec, a U.K.-based Earth Observation (EO) data analytics company formed in 2012, has raised more than $1.4 million in a seed financing round to expand its sales […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] On Call Communications and X2nSat have signed a new formal partnership granting each company access to satellite communications resources, increasing the quality and geographic footprint of their […]

[Via Satellite 04-22-2016] Cobham Satcom has started shipping its new Explorer 540 Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) terminal for Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications, following Inmarsat Class 2 Type Approval and Inmarsat […]

[Via Satellite 04-21-2016] DataPath has successfully concluded the first installation of MaxView Enterprise, an upgraded version of the company’s network monitoring and control software. Since launching the re-architected software suite […]

[Via Satellite 04-20-2016] OneWeb Satellites has chosen Florida in the United States as the location for the company’s final assembly line for the mass production of nearly 900 satellites for […]

[Via Satellite 04-19-2016] NSSLGlobal, a satellite communications services provider, has acquired the majority shareholding in Marine Electronics Solutions (UK Electronics Solutions), a specialist in installation, maintenance, supply and development of […]

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Efficient Power Conversion (EPC), provider of enhancement-mode Gallium Nitride (GaN) power transistors, has signed an agreement with Freebird Semiconductor Corporation to develop products for use in high reliability, space, […]

[Via Satellite 04-18-2016] Inmarsat has granted full type approval for Skyware’s Atom 99 terminal, for use over its high-speed broadband service, Global Xpress (GX). Skyware’s Atom 99 terminal will enable […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] Arie Halsband, CEO and founder of in-orbit satellite servicing company Effective Space Solutions, believes that in the last year alone the satellite market has grown more responsive […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] Advantech Wireless has launched a new family of advanced Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC) modems with bi-directional throughputs ranging from 100Kbps to 850Mbps and carrier echo cancellation […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) plans to implement a $2 million award to UrtheCast from the Space Technologies Development Program STDP. The Contribution Agreement (CA) is to […]

[Via Satellite 04-15-2016] DEV Systemtechnik, a Quintech company, announces that its Archimedes L-band Matrix Switch now comes with an Integrated Spectrum Analyzer (ISA) option, which offers cable head-end operations managers […]

[Via Satellite 04-14-2016] The Central American Association for Aeronautics and Space (ACAE) is crowdsourcing $75,000 to complete what it hopes will be the first privately funded satellite built in Central […]

[Via Satellite 04-14-206] Alpha Satcom Inc. (ASI), a provider of satellite ESA solutions, has selected Walton De-Ice, a designer and manufacturer of satellite Earth Station Antenna (ESA) weather protection solutions, […]

[Via Satellite 04-14-2016] Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has unveiled SSC Infinity, the company’s new ground operations service designed for small satellites and constellations. SSC Infinity consists of a range of highly automated […]

[Via Satellite 04-14-2016] Wolfspeed, a Cree company, has completed testing of its Gallium Nitride on Silicon Carbide (GaN-on-SiC) Radio Frequency (RF) power transistors to demonstrate compliance with NASA reliability standards […]

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Intelsat and Orbital ATK have announced a new satellite life extension service agreement where Orbital ATK will extend the life of an Intelsat satellite by five years […]

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Blue Origin will not make satellites, though the company’s orbital vehicle will be available to launch such spacecraft, founder Jeff Bezos said Tuesday, April 12 at the […]

[Via Satellite 04-13-2016] Boeing has completed, and delivered to storage, the last in a series of communications satellites for NASA’s Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) constellation. TDRS M is […]

[Via Satellite 04-11-2016] Small satellites could open up new business models for governments and other interested parties. This was one of the key findings of the “Data from Satellite Constellations” […]

[Via Satellite 04-06-2016] Bigelow Aerospace and United Launch Alliance (ULA) are teaming to deliver habitable vehicles to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) as soon as 2020, the companies announced Monday April […]

[Via Satellite 04-12-2016] BridgeSat, designer of an optical communications network for SmallSats and aerial platforms, has partnered with Surrey Satellite Technology US to develop a free-space optical communications system. The […]

[Via Satellite 04-08-2016] U.S. regulators are grappling with how to ascribe the most appropriate policies for small satellites as their proliferation becomes more significant. Agency representatives and private sector executives, […]