In 2020, the European Space Agency (ESA) and TESAT launched a development program to improve the functionalities and design of Microwave Power Modules (MPMs) — this program laid the foundation […]
Ka-Band
Atheras Analytics to improve Ka-band link of weather outage predictions
Atheras Analytics, a global leader in predicting and managing the effects of atmospheric/weather impairments on Ka-band and Q/V-band satellite links, has announced its successful award of a co-funded ARTES development […]
Viasat Real-Time Earth opens a ground station in Japan
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has opened a Real-Time Earth (RTE) ground station in Hokkaido, Japan, now enabling RTE customers the ability to downlink Ka-band payload data in the northwestern Pacific […]
KSAT Ka-band network expanded + optimized for smallsat constellations.
KSAT has introduced the world’s first, commercial, fully automated, Ka-band ground network optimized for smallsat constellations. KSATlite Ka-band services represent the nexgen of ground network solutions, offering unparalleled bandwidth and […]
Orbit launches the advanced NetShroud+ solution
Orbit Communications Systems Inc. has introduced NetShroud+ for their Gaia100 Earth Observation (EO) systems. The Gaia100, an advanced, tri-band, EO antenna system, already tracks EO satellites at S-, X- and […]
Orbit Communication Systems to integrate airborne terminals across Viasat’s expanded Ka-band network
Orbit Communications Systems Inc. has signed a cooperation agreement with Viasat Inc. under which Orbit’s airborne terminals will integrate with the extensive Viasat Ka-band network, which includes the Global Xpress […]
Tomorrow.io successfully launches their 2nd smallsat + also closes Series E funding
Tomorrow.io has launched the firm’s R-2 satellite from Vandenberg SFB as a payload with the SpaceX Transporter-8 mission and has also completed their $87 million Series E funding, led by […]
Viasat selected by AFRL to deliver space relay comms for multi-orbit mission
Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT) has been selected by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate (RV) to provide on-orbit, space relay connectivity for the agency’s ARBALEST program, which […]
Viasat’s Official Statement regarding acquisition of Inmarsat
Viasat Inc., (NASDAQ: VSAT), a global communications company, announced the completion of its acquisition of Inmarsat. The following is their Official Announcement. The combined company enhances our scale and scope […]
Avanti’s new antenna in Dakar completes second phase of HYLAS 4 satellite gateway project
Avanti Communications (“Avanti”) has completed the second phase of its project to build a new HYLAS 4 satellite gateway station, in Dakar, Senegal. The arrival of a new Ka-band antenna […]