With their ability to operate simultaneously across the L- and S-bands Wideband fiber optic links from ViaLite are to be used in the backhaul network for the US Space Force’s (USSF) new satellite mesh network. The USSF’s initial Tranche 0 constellation will be comprised of 20 transport satellites that will send data to defense-based assets […]
Mesh Network
Inmarsat Issues A Multi-Year Contract To Sandvine For Active Network Intelligence Tech
Inmarsat has selected Sandvine’s Application and Network Intelligence in the firm’s OpenStack Private Telco Cloud. The three-year deal will support Inmarsat’s work in building out its ORCHESTRA network. ORCHESTRA is a dynamic mesh network that combines the company’s ELERA (L-band) and Global Xpress (Ka-band) satellite networks, with terrestrial 5G as well as targeted LEO satellite […]
SDA Awards Contracts For 126 Satellites
The Space Development Agency (SDA) has awarded three prototype agreements that are worth approximately $1.8 billion to establish the foundation for Tranche 1 Transport Layer (T1TL), a mesh network of 126 optically-interconnected space vehicles (SV) that will provide a resilient, low-latency, high-volume data transport communication system and be ready for launch starting in September 2024. […]
The Second Of Inmarsat’s F6 Satellites To Launch From Cape Canaveral
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the second in the Inmarsat-6 series of satellites, I-6 F2, from Cape Canaveral, Florida in Q1 2023. Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries launched the first of the series, I-6 F1, in December of 2021 and its fully electric propulsion system is now raising it to a geostationary orbital slot, […]