Technology

[Via Satellite 11-14-13] Thales will be showcasing and demonstrating a range of solutions from mobile point of sale (mPOS) device manufacturers and newly announced members of its multi-partner ecosystem at Cartes 2013 in Paris, 19-21 Nov. 2013. Thales has partnered with mobile card reader providers such as Magtek, Miura Systems and Spire Payments, and mPOS...

[Via Satellite 11-13-13] U.S. Electrodynamics, Inc. (USEI) recently completed the installation of a 4.8m Ku antenna on SES’s AMC 21 satellite using Vialite RF-over-fiber links between the new antenna and control room. Sales Director at the Brewster Teleport, David Grooms, confirmed that the equipment is now fully operational. Operated by SES, AMC 21 is a Ku-band...

[Via Satellite 11-12-13] Advantech Wireless released its new High Power 500W Ka-Band, Mentor Class of Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs). The new Mentor Class SSPAs are designed to cover all new and existing Ka-Band satellites, and are built with modular redundancy. Featuring high power density in a compact, rugged and weatherproof package, the new Mentor...

  [Via Satellite 11-08-13] Changes are afoot in the satellite industry, and analysts at Euroconsult have detailed them in a new report titled “Satellites to be Built & Launched by 2022, World Market Survey.” The consulting firm expects 1,150 satellites, worth a collective total of $263 billion, to be launched over the next 10 years....

[Via Satellite 11-08-13] The Harris Corporation was honored with an R&D 100 award for developing a reconfigurable space-borne radio as part of a NASA-led team. The awards, presented annually by R&D Magazine, recognize the 100 most technologically significant innovations from across the United States. Space-based remote data collection has accelerated rapidly in recent years, requiring...

[Via Satellite 11-07-13] Quake Global’s Q Pro modems are now compatible with the new satellite M2M platform being introduced by Inmarsat and Orbcomm. All three companies are working together to leverage each other’s complementary technologies and network access to provide worldwide M2M connectivity. The Inmarsat/Orbcomm Q Pro devices are available immediately. The Q Pro is...

[Via Satellite 11-06-13] ManagePlaces was the UK winner of the European Satellite Navigation Competition at a global awards ceremony in Munich. The runner up in the UK Category was TeamSurv, another crowd sourced system, which draws data from hundreds of ships and maps to chart large inadequately surveyed portions of the ocean. The tool ManagePlaces...

[Via Satellite 10-30-13] Tata Elxsi and Algotochip have partnered to provide rapid Systems on a Chip (SoC) solutions and services targeted at OEMs and custom chipmakers. The companies’ first collaboration will develop digital chips and IP blocks that can support next-generation video services embedded with 4K High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) technology leveraging Tata Elxsi’s...

[Via Satellite 10-29-13] Ball Aerospace & Technologies’ Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM) has been selected to test an advanced form of thermal insulation, called integrated multi-layer insulation (IMLI) that could become standard on future satellites and cryogenic subsystems. The primary purpose of the mission is to demonstrate the viability of an alternative propulsion system for...

[Via Satellite 10-28-13] In a recent interview with Eutelsat’s CEO Michel de Rosen, he spoke of the company evaluating a number of potential acquisitions before securing the $1.1 billion deal for Satmex. He mentioned companies such as Optus, Measat Satellite Systems, and Hellas-Sat coming under its consideration. While Hellas-Sat was eventually sold to Arabsat, the...