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Alice Bunn, director of policy at the UK Space Agency. Photo: U.K. Space Agency [Via Satellite 01-20-2016] In December last year the United Kingdom released its first national space policy, outlining the country’s political approach to space. Already an advanced nation in the space domain, the U.K. aims to grow its portion of the global…

AsiaSat 6 rendering. Photo: SSL [Via Satellite 01-20-2016] The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People’s Republic of China (SAPPRFT) has recently given permission for AsiaSat to serve Chinese broadcasters for video distribution to cable headends in China via its AsiaSat 6 satellite. Shanghai Interactive Television (SiTV), a subsidiary of…

USS Gonzalez participates in a passing exercise with Turkish Navy ship. Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class P. Sena [Via Satellite 01-20-2016] Communications and Power Industries (CPI) Satcom Division has received an order from a U.S. military systems integrator worth more than $4.5 million to provide high-power, X-band Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers…

An O3b satellite with solar panels deployed. Photo: Ob3 [Via Satellite 01-20-2016] SpeedCast has launched service with O3b Networks, delivering satellite connectivity to Christmas Island and Papua New Guinea (PNG). The companies are working with the Christmas Island Internet Administration (CIIA) — the only Internet Service Provider (ISP) on Christmas Island — and with local…

PSLV C31 Take off. Photo: ISRO [Via Satellite 01-20-2016] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched the fifth of seven satellites in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) today aboard a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV). The satellite entered an elliptical orbit very close to its intended orbit, separated from the PSLV fourth stage and…

A boy resting in a satellite dish from NewCom International in Peru.Photo: NewCom International [Via Satellite 01-19-2016] Satellite support of remote education needs to continue even during trying economic conditions, according to Jaime Dickinson, president and COO of Newcom International. Describing education as the biggest challenge facing countries in Latin America today, Dickinson told Via…

A Long March 3B rocket launches Belintersat 1 for Belarus. Photo: China Great Wall Industry Corp. [Via Satellite 01-19-2016] Belintersat 1, the first satellite of Belarus’ new national operator Belintersat, launched Jan. 16 aboard a Long March 3B rocket from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center’s LC3 pad. The satellite’s orbital location is 51.5 degrees east,…

Cascavel, Parana, Brazil. Photo: Victor Carvalho (Flickr) [Via Satellite 01-19-2016] Advantech Wireless has received an order for Ka-Band hub facilities from Telebras, the Brazilian telecommunications infrastructure company, in support of the Programa Nacional de Banda Larga (PNBL), Brazil’s national broadband access initiative. Under the contract, Advantech will provide the hardware to build Ka-Band satellite network hub…

Ronald van der Breggen, Chief Commercial Officer of LeoSat [Via Satellite 01-19-2016] LeoSat has appointed Ronald van der Breggen as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), responsible for managing the global sales and marketing operations of the operator and its future constellation of up to 108 High Throughput Satellites (HTS) in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Van der…

The first stage of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket used to orbit the Jason 3 satellite nearly completing a landing. Photo: SpaceX [Via Satellite 01-19-2016] SpaceX launched the joint U.S.-European oceanography satellite Jason 3 on Jan. 17 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, successfully delivering the satellite to Low Earth…