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The Hispasat AG1 satellite inside OHB’s cleanroom. Photo: OHB [Via Satellite 02-18-2015] OHB System has completed the integration of Hispasat’s upcoming satellite Hispasat Advanced Generation 1. The satellite is the first to be based on the small-GEO platform jointly developed by OHB and the European Space Agency (ESA). For the next few weeks, Hispasat AG1…
Digital rendition of S3′s spaceport. Photo: S3 [Via Satellite 02-18-2015] Swiss Space Systems (S3) has inaugurated a new subsidiary in Croatia, where the company hopes to build a spaceport as well as a facility for manufacturing the upper stage of the SOAR launch vehicle. S3’s suborbital SOAR shuttle is a reusable small satellite launch vehicle…
Berlin, Germany at night. Photo: Alexander Steinhof (Flickr) [Via Satellite 02-18-2015] New research from SES pegged the number of houses receiving HD television in Germany at 17.6 million in 2014, an increase of roughly 24 percent from 2013. The company’s own German HD platform HD+ surpassed 3 million households by the end of 2014, with…
Thor 7 in the Compact Antenna Test Range (CATR). Photo: SSL [Via Satellite 02-17-2015] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting is in the early stages of an entrance into the markets of aviation and government connectivity. Morten Tengs, CEO of Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, told Via Satellite that the company is having a number of discussions around ways to…
Azerscosmos engineers visiting Orbital Sciences during the construction of the company’s last joint-satellite, Azerspace 1/Africasat 1a, collaboratively built with Measat. Photo: Azercosmos [Via Satellite 02-17-2015] Intelsat and Azercosmos, the national satellite operator of Azerbaijan, have signed a strategic agreement at the 45 degrees east orbital position. The two companies will collaborate on the design, manufacture…
Artist’s rendering of the SES 16/GovSat spacecraft. Photo: SES [Via Satellite 02-17-2015] SES has procured three new satellites to launch in 2017: SES 14, SES 15 and SES 16/GovSat. Airbus Defence and Space, Boeing and Orbital ATK, respectively, will manufacture the satellites. The new orders bring the total number of SES satellites currently under procurement…
A BC Ambulance. Photo: BCAS [Via Satellite 02-17-2015] Norsat International’s Sinclair Technologies division based in Aurora, Ontario, has executed a standing offer with BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS), to supply up to 16 of the company’s communications shelters (comshels). BCEHS governs the emergency medical services system in British Columbia and oversees the BC Ambulance Service.…
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…