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Archives for June 2020

U.S. Space Force’s Successful SpaceX Launch of Third GPS III Satellite

The following is the statement issued from Los Angeles Air Force Base: The U.S. Space Force and its mission partners successfully launched the third Global Positioning Systems (GPS) III satellite at  4:10 p.m. EDT, June 30 from Space Launch Complex – 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Lockheed Martin-built satellite was carried […]

Thuraya and Telespazio are Partners for Global Distribution ​

Thuraya, and Telespazio have agreed to distribute its products and services worldwide. Thuraya is the mobile satellite services subsidiary of the UAE’s Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), and Telespazio, is part of a joint venture between Leonardo (67 percent) and Thales (33 percent). This agreement provides support to Telespazio’s customers in critical sectors such […]

Yahsat’s New Chief Financial Officer, He Comes from SES

Andrew Cole will be as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), a UAE-based global satellite operator. The Board of Directors determined his selection, and he will assume the position as of July 1. This appointment comes soon after the company boosted its leadership with four Emirati executive appointments to lead […]

Kleos Space SDR Payload for In-Space Missions Faraday-1 Smallsat

Kleos Space S.A. (ASX : KSS, Frankfort : KS1) is launching new data collecting technology (Software Defined Radio (SDR) payload) integrated in an In-Space Missions (In-Space) Faraday-1 spacecraft that will be launched into SSO from New Zealand by Rocket Lab as part of the company’s R&D program. The launch of this new technology is a […]

MSB Broadband VSAT Network to be Supplied by SpaceBridge

SpaceBridge Inc. has been selected by Satellite Communication Technologies – “SCT” — to supply an HTS Multiple Spot Beam (MSB) Broadband VSAT Network — the network to be supplied incorporates SpaceBridge’s ASAT™ System including its turnkey WaveSwitch™, Point-to-MultiPoint Satellite Broadband Platform technology. “SpaceBridge was selected following careful evaluation of a public tender and showed a […]