Viasat’s selection of Rocket Lab USA, Inc (Nasdaq: RKLB) will support Viasat’s hybrid space communications networks demonstrations by producing a spacecraft bus and providing mission operation support. The demonstrations will […]
S-Band
Teledyne e2v HiRel releases catalog radiation tolerant S-Band Ultra-Low Noise Amplifier for space applications
Teledyne e2v HiRel has now made available their rad-tolerant, S-band, low noise amplifier, model TDLNA2050SEP, that is ideal for use in demanding high reliability, space and radar applications where low […]
New Mobile Satellite Industry Assoc. to advance global connectivity for D2D + IoT services
Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), Terrestar Solutions, Ligado Networks, Omnispace and Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat), have announced the Mobile Satellite Services Association (MSSA). The organization will bring significant scale and choice to promote and […]
SSTL engages in Lunar Pathfinder antenna tests
One of Surrey Satellite Technologies Limited (SSTL) key missions in build is the Lunar Pathfinder, and all of the elements are coming together in anticipation of a launch toward the […]
Thales Alenia Space to provide transponder for Turkey’s 1st lunar mission
Thales Alenia Space (joint venture between Thales, 67%, and Leonardo, 33%) has signed a contract with TÜBİTAK Space Technologies Research Institute (TÜBİTAK UZAY) to provide a Communication Transponder for AYAP-1, […]
CesiumAstro comms payloads tests successful on NASA’s Starling Mission + achieves TRL 9 Status
CesiumAstro is celebrating the successful initial tests of the company’s CommPack cross-link communications payload on the NASA Starling mission’s CubeSats. With these tests complete, the CommPack system achieves TRL 9 […]
Teledyne e2v HiRel releases new amplifier for space applications
Teledyne e2v HiRel Electronics has announced the availability of a rad-tolerant, L- and S-band, low noise amplifier, model TDLNA002093SE — this unit is ideal for use in demanding, high-reliability space […]
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 […]