Government/Military

SES will provide satellite services to the European 5G Verticals Innovation Infrastructure (5G-VINNI) project to help accelerate adoption of the next-generation wireless standard. SES will support the development of end-to-end 5G capabilities and enable live demonstrations of 5G use cases, and will provide satellite fleet capacity, ground infrastructure, and end-to-end solutions. These contributions will enable...

GetSAT and Avanti Communications Group have successfully demonstrated the potential of Satellite on the Move (SOTM) capabilities in a recent trial. GetSAT is a supplier of small, lightweight satellite communication terminals for airborne, ground, and maritime applications. Utilizing GetSAT’s MicroSat terminal installed on a vehicle, GetSAT’s Microhub modem installed in Avanti’s Gateway Earth Station in...

The Satellite Industry Association (SIA) testified before the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee during a hearing titled “The Race to 5G: Exploring Spectrum Needs to Maintain U.S. Global Leadership.” SIA President Tom Stroup provided testimony on behalf of the Association. Stroup’s testimony focused on the current and future value of satellite broadband and the...

NASA will announce the astronauts assigned to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon on Friday, Aug. 3. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will lead the event, which will begin at 11 a.m. EDT on NASA Television and the agency’s website. NASA will announce the crew assignments...

Capricorn Space secured licenses from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), allowing the company to establish ground infrastructure to support a diverse range of satellite missions. Founded in early 2018 and funded by the Knowles Group, Capricorn Space will finalize site and infrastructure selection with plans to begin commercial service in early 2019. Initial...

With cybersecurity being such a hot topic for satellite, the industry is stepping up its efforts to make sure it doesn’t find itself front and center on CNN one day. A couple of months ago, SES announced it was teaming up with a consortium as well as the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a...

Japanese space debris-removal company Astroscale is leading a 4 million euros ($4.69 million) grant from the U.K. government to help establish a National In-Orbit Servicing Control Facility at Satellite Applications Catapult in Harwell, Oxfordshire. The grant has been awarded through the government’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, which supports innovative businesses that address important industrial and...

Comtech Telecommunications will continue to provide the U.S. Army with mission-critical, highly mobile C4ISR solutions. During Comtech’s fourth quarter of fiscal year 2018, its Command and Control Technologies group received orders in excess of $12.5 million on its three-year $123.6 million contract to provide ongoing sustainment services for the AN/TSC-198A SNAP (Secret Internet Protocol Router...

Iridium has been boosted with addition of another Iridium Certus service provider. Rockwell Collins will add the Iridium Certus service to its suite of aircraft connectivity applications for commercial, government, and ArincDirect business customers. Iridium Certus will deliver L-band broadband to the aviation industry with small form factor antennas and terminals. The Iridium Certus High-Gain...

ESI’s vibro-acoustic simulation software VA was used to successfully complete a European Space Agency (ESA) contract. German space application provider Space Structures, a customer of ESI, completed a carbon-fiber composite panel project for the ESA, using VA One to virtually test designs in various acoustic noise environments. Space Structures was commissioned by the ESA to...