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Monics CMS to be integrated into the Jabiru 1 satellite. Photo: SAT Corporation [Via Satellite 02-17-2015] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ subsidiary, SAT Corporation (SAT), has been awarded a contract to design, manufacture, install, test and deliver a Carrier Monitoring System (CMS) for NewSat‘s Jabiru 1 satellite. The system will include SAT’s MonicsCMS with SAT-DSP,…
Tank monitoring for deliveries of bulk fluids often demands satellite. Photo: Hans Splinter (Flickr) [Via Satellite 02-13-2014] Numerex, an Atlanta, Ga. based Machine-to-Machine (M2M) service provider, is contemplating ways to expand its services internationally by using satellite. Roughly 90 percent of the company’s business is cellular, but Steve Baker, VP of network product management at…
NTU and Thales officials at the launch of S4TIN. Photo: NTU [Via Satellite 02-13-2015] Thales Alenia Space and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) are establishing a joint research laboratory on NTU’s campus dedicated to developing new concepts and technology for small satellites. The lab, named Smart Small Satellite Systems-Thales in NTU (S4TIN), will focus on spacecraft…
Virgin Galactic’s new LauncherOne manufacturing facility. Photo: Virgin Galactic [Via Satellite 02-13-2015] Boosted by its contract to launch satellites for OneWeb’s ambitious 648 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) telecommunications satellite constellation, Virgin Galactic has opened a new facility to increase the production of LauncherOne rockets. The facility is located at Long Beach Airport in California, where…
One of Satcom Direct’s new sites is located by Centennial Airport. Photo: Jeffrey Beall [Via Satellite 02-13-2015] Satcom Direct has opened three new offices around the globe for training support and satcom system consultation for the aviation market. One of the offices is near Centennial Airport (KAPA) near Denver, Colo. KAPA is the third busiest…
Norsat Atom Products. Photo: Norsat [Via Satellite 02-03-2015] Norsat has delivered a prototype of its Atom 25 Watt Ka-band Block Upconverter (BUC) to an undisclosed defense customer. The buyer worked with Norsat to meet its size, weight and power efficiency goals for the new Ka-band system. Norsat’s customer plans to integrate the prototype into a…
Skybox Imaging has been one of the success stories of the satellite sector in recent years. The company, which was created only a few years ago, was sold to Google in 2014 in a deal worth $500 million. It has been a story of superb entrepreneurship reinventing the satellite imaging landscape at a stroke. It…
Aircraft switching from beam to beam or satellite to satellite. Photo: ViaSat [Via Satellite 02-12-2015] ViaSat Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mark Dankberg sees an opportunity for new in-flight Wi-Fi strategies and technology to drive revenue for the company, even in the face of a shrinking U.S. market. In a conference call regarding an otherwise…
From left to right: Joe Milroy, associate publisher of Via Satellite, Robert Bell, executive director of SSPI, and Caleb Henry, junior editor of Via Satellite at SSPI’s 2014 Future Leaders Dinner. Photo: Via Satellite [Via Satellite 02-12-2015] Via Satellite magazine and its parent company Access Intelligence, have partnered with the Society of Satellite Professionals International…
Grand Circle Cruise Line’s newly-acquired M/V Corinthian vessel. Photo: Grand Circle Cruise Line [Via Satellite 02-12-2015] MTN Communications has signed two new global cruise line operators as customers for maritime connectivity, and has renewed a contract with a long-term European customer. Noble Caledonia, a U.K. based operator of small cruise ships, and Grand Circle Cruise…