Technology

[Via Satellite 03-12-2014] Gilat Satellite Networks has announced the availability of its new SkyEdge 2 c Capricorn satellite router for high-speed enterprises, broadband access and cellular applications. Capricorn is the latest addition to the SkyEdge 2 c family of satellite routers, and has been designed to deliver ultra-high-speed broadband services while also being cost efficient....

[Via Satellite 03-11-2014] M/A-COM Technology Solutions (MACOM) has introduced the MAGX-000035-01000P, the newest addition to its gallium nitride (GaN) in Plastic series. The wideband packaged GaN power transistor is designed for high-performance civilian and military radar and communications systems. This 10 W GaN on silicon carbide (SiC) unmatched power transistor, which offers broad RF frequency...

[Via Satellite 03-11-2014] Communications and Power Industries’ (CPI) satcom division has introduced its new TouchPower line of touch screen traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs). The company’s latest high-power amplifier (HPA) is a step forward in its rack-mount TWTA design. “CPI’s newest HPA combines the latest developments in touch screen technology with other technological innovations to...

[Via Satellite 03-11-2014] Kratos Defense and Security Solutions’ subsidiary RT Logic has delivered its 60th T4000SDM software-defined modem to Iridium Communications. The modem bridges the Internet to the Iridium constellation of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. Iridium’s satellite constellation enables global mobile voice and data communications with a network of ground teleports around the world....

[Via Satellite 03-11-2014] Gilat Satellite Networks has introduced its Wavestream 50W Ka-Wideband PowerStream Block Upconverter (BUC). This PowerStream unit incorporates Wavestream’s Spatial advantEdge technology to provide higher output power in smaller, lighter weight packages that are more reliable and use less energy. The new PowerStream is expected to improve the performance of its Ka-band predecessor...

[Via Satellite 03-07-2014] The satcom products group of Communications and Power Industries (CPI) is introducing its LifeExtender technology, which is expected to extend traveling wave tube (TWT) cathode life and is currently available in CPI’s TouchPower series of traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) and several Ka-band outdoor TWTAs. “Alternative methods of TWT life extension are...

[Via Satellite 03-06-2014] Orbcomm has released its new next-generation OG2 satellite modems designed for Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) integration into satellite M2M applications. These modems are the first devices available to support OG2 services upon launch of Orbcomm’s upcoming OG2 satellite constellation this spring. Orbcomm is releasing two versions of this new modem: the OG2...

[Via Satellite 03-06-2014] Kratos Networks, a subsidiary of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, has introduced NeuralStar Service Quality Manager (SQM), an end-to-end service management solution for satellite and terrestrial network operations. NeuralStar SQM is designed to manage services across the network to help service providers improve quality assurance and deliver visibility into customer-impacting conditions to...

[Via Satellite 03-05-2014] ETL Systems has recently launched its StingRay series of RF-over-fiber equipment. The first of this range is a high-density 1U rack mountable chassis housing 16 hot-swap transmit and receive RF-over-fiber modules, designed for short distance links between satellite dishes and teleports. “This is the most compact unit of its kind on the...

[Via Satellite 03-04-2014] Small satellite trends are shifting away from one-time stints and moving toward more regular use in a constellation setting. Sierra Nevada Corporation Vice President of Business Development John Roth told Via Satellite that the company has noticed an increase in the desire to mass produce low-weight satellites. While currently working on Orbcomm’s...