Month: November 2018

Hughes Defense Systems has subcontracted GetSAT’s MilliSAT L/W terminal as the beyond line of sight (BLOS) SatCom component for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Airborne Communications network, supporting Intelligence, Surveillance and...

Speedcast has partnered with MYTV Broadcasting (MYTV) to work on a three-year project that aims to switch Malaysia’s Direct to Home (DTH) television network from analog to digital. MYTV, a...

The Ethiopian Space Science and Technology Institute (ESSTI) announced that the nation’s first satellite — a weather monitoring spacecraft — will be launched next year from anunnamed site in China....

Inmarsat signed agreements with five major Air Navigation Services Providers (ANSPs) in support of the Iris program, which aims to modernize Air Traffic Management (ATM) across Europe. DFS (Germany), ENAIRE...

Arianespace successfully launched the Mohammed VI – B Earth observation satellite on Tuesday at 10:42 p.m. local time from the Guiana Space Center (CSG). The satellite was developed for Morocco by...

China launched its Shiyan-6 Earth observation satellite, along with four nanosatellites. The satellites were carried on a Long March-2D rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at...

CropIn Technology Solutions, an agriculture technology startup, has raised $8 million (INR 58 crores) in a Series B financing from Chiratae Ventures and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Strategic...

Speedcast International has entered the next phase in a long-term, multi-solution telecommunication systems integration project. The company completed factory acceptance testing and has begun the installation phase for a natural gas...

Goonhilly Earth Station joined the consortium backing the SmartSat Co-Operative Research Center (CRC), a proposed space research initiative which plans to drive the Australian space industry through satellite technologies and analytics....

AirMedia Group revealed that Gilat Satellite Networks, a strategic partner of the company’s subsidiary, Air Esurfing (ARE), received the DO-160 certification for Gilat’s Ku-/Ka-dual-band aero terminal. AirMedia Chief Operating Officer (COO) Grant Zhou...