Microchip Technology (Nasdaq: MCHP) is now shipping engineering silicon for their RT PolarFire Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) while the device is being qualified to spaceflight component reliability standards. Designers […]
Archives for December 2020
Northrop Grumman’s Federal IT and Mission Support Business Sells to Veritas Capital for $3.4 Billion
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Veritas Capital, announced that Peraton, an affiliate of Veritas, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Northrop Grumman’s federal IT and mission support services […]
ST Engineering iDirect VSAT Modem Sets New Speed Record
ST Engineering iDirect has announced that their MDM5010 modem has achieved an aggregate speed of 600 Mbps, making it the industry’s fastest satellite modem for shared bandwidth capacity networks. While […]
On The Passing Of General Chuck Yeager…
The following is a statement from NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine on the passing of General Chuck Yeager, who was 97 years in age: “Today’s passing of Gen. Chuck Yeager is […]
Speedcast Sells Maritime Service Contracts To Inmarsat
Speedcast International Limited and Inmarsat have recently announced that they have reached agreement on the sale of Speedcast’s primary Fleet Xpress, FleetBroadband and Fleet One service contracts to Inmarsat. The […]
Hughes Named As a Managed Network Services and SD-WAN Leader
Gartner and Frost & Sullivan have recognized Hughes Network Systems, LLC. (HUGHES) as a market leader in managed network services and SD-WAN. Under its HughesON™ brand, Hughes has proven its […]
China’s Gaofen-14 EO Satellite Successfully Pushed To Orbit
On Sunday, December 6, China successfully launched a new Earth Observation (EO) satellite that can capture high-resolution pictures of ground objects across the globe. The satellite was launched from the […]
ORBCOMM’s New Term Loan Facility Closes and Redeems All Outstanding Senior Secured Notes
ORBCOMM Inc. (NASDAQ: ORBC) has entered into a $200 million five-year term loan facility (the “Term Loan”) and a $50 million revolving credit facility. Concurrently, the Company completed the redemption […]
New, Space Hardened, 14-Bit ADC Debuts From Renesas
Renesas has introduced their ISL73141SEH analog-to-digital converter (ADC), delivering the industry’s highest performance for radiation-hardened space applications. The ISL73141SEH ADC is one of the key signal-path building blocks in long […]
The Collapse Of The Arecibo Observatory Captured By Maxar EO Satellites
Maxar Technologies collected new satellite imagery on December 6 of the recently collapsed radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The 900-ton equipment platform that had been suspended […]