Focus: Ground Systems

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. has announced that its Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp. received $1.6 million in orders for satellite ground station equipment from what it calls world’s largest Mobile Network Operator (MNO) based in China, during its third quarter of fiscal 2020. Comtech said the MNO will use the equipment to support the upgrade...

Orbit Communication Systems Ltd. has received a new order for a multi-band Gaia 5.5 m Gaia ground station. The high-gain dual S/X-band system will be installed in 2020.  Orbit said this ground station will bring additional capabilities to the existing Gaia-based ground network to an unnamed “leading satellite imagery service provider.” Orbit said its Gaia...

The U.S. Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has awarded Raytheon and L3Harris each contracts to develop protected tactical waveform capable modems, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced March 27. Each has received a $500 million-ceiling, Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract with corresponding delivery orders valued at roughly $37.6 million for Raytheon, and roughly...

Satcom Global’s Aura VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) solution now includes Ku-band hardware from the Intellian NX series of maritime VSAT antennas, including the v85NX, v100NX, and v130NX models, the company announced on March 23.  Satcom Global said it chose to incorporate the new Intellian NX series with its Aura solution because of its Radio...

SpaceX got a key government license last week, federal filings reveal, as the company clears a regulatory hurdle that moves it closer to offering a new high-speed internet service from space. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has authorized SpaceX to begin rolling out as many as 1 million of the ground antenna the company will...

Arabsat is using Atos’ satellite monitoring solution to mitigate interferences in its satellite services, the satellite operator announced Thursday. Atos SkyMon carrier monitoring system (CMS), is operational at Arabsat’s ground stations throughout the Middle East and Africa, including a main site in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The system monitors all payload signals and traffic within Arabsat’s...

Get SAT has announced that its Micro SAT and Milli SAT terminals are compatible with SES’s O3b MEO-based solutions to provide versatile data communications of up to 10 Mbps for mobile applications. O3b is a Non-Geostationary (NGSO) satellite communications system operating in Medium-Earth Orbit (MEO), providing high-throughput low-latency fibre-like capabilities for applications including communications on...

Isotropic Systems is licensing patented core components of its multi-beam antennas to aeronautical and defense system integrators in order to accelerate customized designs, certifications, and deployments of next-generation terminals aboard commercial, business, and government aircraft. The company announced that early collaborative licensing discussions are underway. Isotropic Systems said the flexible platform conforms to the fuselage...

Spacecom, which operates the AMOS satellite fleet, and Get SAT report that using AMOS-17’s steerable Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) beams and Get SAT’s miniaturized Micro-SAT satcom terminals, they have tested and demonstrated full mobile broadband satcom capabilities for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) applications.  Get SAT reports its Micro-SAT terminal demonstrated a return channel...

Calian Group has been selected by a global satellite communications operator to provide and install new Radio Frequency (RF) satellite ground systems. Calian SED, a global supplier of communication systems solutions and products, will support the satellite operator’s existing systems as well as future deployments. The operator was not specified.  The contract is valued at...