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Figure from Khan’s paper depicting his proposed satellite network for global Internet connectivity. Photo: Farooq Khan [Via Satellite 08-18-2015] Samsung may be joining the wave of companies betting on Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites to provide global Internet connectivity. Farooq Khan, president of Samsung Research America, has published a paper titled “Mobile Internet from the Heavens.”…
WSO Pago Pago headquarters. Photo: National Weather Service [Via Satellite 08-18-2015] SES Government Solutions (SES GS) has signed a one-year contract with the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) to provide O3b Networks’ services and ground equipment to the National Weather Service Office (WSO) in Pago Pago, American Samoa. The contract allows NOAA to…
Soldiers using the RF-7850M-HH Multiband Combat Net Radio. Photo: Harris Corp [Via Satellite 08-18-2015] Harris Corporation has received a $11 million order from a nation in the Middle East to supply the Harris RF-7800 series of Falcon III multiband, multimission radios as part of a continued modernization effort. The order was booked and shipped during…
Six of Globalstar’s second-generation satellites being placed into the Soyuz ST payload fairing ahead of their 2013 launch. Photo: Arianespace [Via Satellite 08-17-2015] Globalstar is refuting claims from cybersecurity company Synack that its simplex network is extremely vulnerable to hackers. In a July 30 article on Wired, Colby Moore, manager of special activities and information security…
Basra Industrial Community. Photo: Al-Mi Schwob For Construction [Via Satellite 08-17-2015] Meosat has announced its O3b Networks satellite communications system is live and operational in Southern Iraq. O3b established a multi-year agreement with the company in April this year. Meosat provides network infrastructure for remote oil and gas fields in Southern Iraq. The company’s solution…
Artist rendition of the three Inmarsat GX satellites in orbit. Photo: Inmrsat [Via Satellite 08-17-2015] Inmarsat confirmed that the third satellite in its Global Xpress (GX) program, Inmarsat-5 F3 (I-5 F3), has been scheduled for launch at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 12:44 p.m. (BST) on Friday, Aug. 28. International Launch Services (ILS) will…
The U.S. Navy’s fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 4) secure communications satellite. Photo: United Launch Alliance (ULA) [Via Satellite 08-17-2015] Lockheed Martin subsidiary Astrotech Space Operations has encapsulated the U.S. Navy’s fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite in its protective launch vehicle fairing ahead of an Aug. 31 launch aboard an Atlas 5…
Pascale Ehrenfreund, new chair of the DLR executive board. Photo: DLR [Via Satellite 08-17-2015] Pascale Ehrenfreund took office as chair of the German Aerospace Center’s (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) executive board on Aug. 17. She begins her leadership role at the DLR, which has approximately 8,000 employees. Ehrenfreund was appointed to a…
Artist’s rendition of Hispasat AG1. Photo: Hispasat [Via Satellite 08-14-2015] German spacecraft manufacturer OHB Systems AG is taking fledgling steps toward greater prominence in building geostationary satellites. Hispasat AG1, the first satellite based on its SmallGEO platform, which was created through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) with the European Space Agency (ESA), is nearing a long…
SES and Post Telecom executives signing the ICT agreement. Photo: SES [Via Satellite 08-14-2015] SES’ wholly owned subsidiary SES Techcom Services and Post Luxembourg’s subsidiary Post Telecom, a specialist in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) solutions, have entered a new partnership to develop and introduce smart cloud-based ICT solutions worldwide. Post Telecom offers converged solutions,…