General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has awarded a contract to Firefly Aerospace Inc. to launch a GA-EMS developed Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite carrying NASA’s Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) […]
Archives for February 2021
5GNR L1/L2/L3 Phy+SW Stack IP Available For SoC + FPGA Ue + gNodeB Development
T2M-IP has now made available their partners 5GNR R15* compliant L1/2/3 Phy and SW Stack to enable customers to develop 5GNR network products and services. Supported implementations include: Enhanced Mobile […]
Hiber Launches Second Gen Smallsat via SpaceX’s Transporter-1
Hiber Four, and its sister satellite Hiber Three (launching in March), are half the volume (3U) of the previous generation, which reduces the mass and decreases the launch costs by […]
Aquarius VSAT Beams Out From Gilat With 5G and LEO/MEO Support
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ, TASE: GILT) has launched their next generation family of VSATs — Aquarius — supporting 5G networks and LEO/MEO constellations. These ultra-high-performance, multi-orbit VSATs provide more […]
SES GS To Provide Portable Maritime Comms Solutions To Support U.S. Service Members Overseas
SES Government Solutions (SES GS) has been awarded a new, portable, maritime solution task order against the single-award, Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for […]
Kymeta Unveils Their Global TRANSEC Secure Network
Kymeta will begin offering the first commercially available iDirect TRANSEC network, ensuring that its customers and partners can receive the highest levels of encryption, authentication, and traffic concealment, exceeding the […]
Near Space Launch and Virginia STEM Students Ready to Send Second Constellation of 30 Small Sats
Co-founder of TSL and Co-Inventor of the CubeSat, Bob Twiggs, stated, “To me, this (First ThinSat launch) was the most exciting day of my career.” Corona or no corona virus, […]
Goonhilly Has a New Antenna and They Plan to Use It for the Mars Landing
Goonhilly Earth Station been at the forefront of satellite communications for over fifty years, and they intend to continue on with the next generation of space exploration using its new […]
Northrop Grumman’s Components Support NASA’s Perseverance On Mars
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) provided key navigation and critical components to support NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Perseverance Rover, which landed on Mars’ Jezero Crater today, February 18, 2021. The […]
UPDATE 1: Perseverance Pays Off — ULA Lands NASA’s Rover Successfully Landing On Mars
Cheers erupted in mission control at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as controllers confirmed that NASA’s Perseverance rover, with the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attached to its belly, has touched down safely […]