February 2016

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/02/29/everything-you-need-to-know-about-ses-latest-moves-in-the-industry/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/02/29/satellite-2016-hosts-sgx-with-the-space-generation-advisory-council/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/telecom/2016/02/29/craft-beer-company-using-satellite-iot-to-monitor-transports/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/02/29/orbcomm-releases-cargowatch-secure-for-anti-theft-asset-tracking/

http://www.satellitetoday.com/technology/2016/02/29/axesat-sevis-team-on-cellular-backhaul-in-latin-america/

Flightcell DZMx. Photo: Flightcell [Via Satellite 02-29-2016] Flightcell International will use a proprietary version of Aspen Avionics’ CG-100 Connected Gateway System (CGS) to enable pilots and passengers of both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft to receive and send data communications. Flightcell will use Aspen’s CG-100 as a wireless router and, when combined with Flightcell’s DZMx satellite…

The Newtec MDM5000 satellite modem. Photo: Newtec [Via Satellite 02-29-2016] Newtec is planning the launch of its most advanced VSAT modem to date, the Newtec MDM5000 Satellite Modem, at SATELLITE 2016 and Cabsat 2016. The modem will support wideband Digital Video Broadcast-Satellite Second Generation X (DVB-S2X), and will be capable of receiving forward carriers of…

Gogo installing the 2Ku satellite on its test plane. Photo: Gogo [Via Satellite 02-26-2016] Gogo is citing its move to open architecture systems as a draw for airlines, including American Airlines, which was looking to jump to competitor ViaSat’s service. CEO Michael Small emphasized the open architecture aspect of Gogo’s 2Ku antenna technology during the…

Soyuz mission VS01. Photo: ESA [Via Satellite 02-26-2016] The European Commission (EC) is accelerating the deployment of the Galileo space segment by adding a Soyuz launch in 2016. As the program manager for Galileo, Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), the EC decided to ramp up the launch cadence based on the confirmed availability of…

A cell tower. Photo: Phil Hart (Flickr) [Via Satellite 02-26-2016] Wireless link optimization specialist XipLink has received orders from six cellular service providers for the company’s Advanced Cellular Compression (ACC) features in order to roll out highly optimized cellular backhaul networks over satellite. Three of the customers are in Asia. One, a large telco, is…