Technology

[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...

[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....

[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...

[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...

[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...

[Via Satellite 08-11-2016] DigitalGlobe has received a follow-on contract to deploy its Geospatial Big Data Platform (GBDX) to map the man-made environment and provide easy access to the physical attributes...

[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...

[Via Satellite 08-10-2016] The Global VSAT Forum (GVF) and Intellian have launched an Intellian Specialist Certification program, including an initial course in terminal operation, GVF 562N, specifically for seafarers, in...

[Via Satellite 08-10-2016] Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with NASA to deploy SkyFire, a 6U CubeSat planned to launch to the moon in 2018 with Orion’s Exploration Mission-1 (EM-1)....

[Via Satellite 08-09-2016] The Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) and Millennium Space Systems are teaming together on the first-ever Altair launch to provide customization and rapid constellation production for Millennium’s customers....