Tag: 5G
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AiRANACULUS to Develop Prototype Communications System for NASA
AiRANACULUS, a private, Massachusetts-based technology company providing early-stage research, development, prototyping, and consulting services, announced that it has received a Phase II NASA contract for a prototype network to optimize mission operations. Under its new contract, AiRANACULUS will demonstrate a first-of-its-kind, RF policy-based routing platform to improve the performance, resilience, and efficiency of NASA communications…
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Nokia Collaborates with AST to Provide First Space-based Cellular Broadband Network
Nokia has signed a five-year 5G deal with AST SpaceMobile, the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible directly by standard 4G or 5G mobile devices. Under the deal, Nokia and AST SpaceMobile will work to achieve their joint ambition to expand universal coverage and connect underserved communities around the world.…
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ULA, SpaceX win contracts to launch satellites for SES in 2022
File photo of a previous Atlas 5 launch in the “531” configuration with three solid rocket boosters. Credit: United Launch Alliance SES has selected United Launch Alliance and SpaceX to launch up to five new commercial C-band communications satellites from Cape Canaveral in 2022 aboard Atlas 5 and Falcon 9 rockets, officials announced Wednesday. Two…
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Intelsat, SES buy 10 C-band broadcast satellites from U.S. manufacturers
Artist’s concept of the SES 20 and SES 21 communications satellites to be manufactured by Boeing. Credit: Boeing Intelsat and SES, operators of the two largest fleets of geostationary communications satellites, have ordered 10 spacecraft from Maxar, Northrop Grumman and Boeing for launches beginning in 2022 to replace C-band capacity being transitioned to 5G cellular…
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5G or not 5G? Boeing joins the battle over broadband satellite spectrum
An artist’s conception shows a constellation of satellites in orbit. (Credit: OneWeb) The Boeing Co. is laying out plans to put more than 1,000 satellites into low Earth orbit to provide broadband internet service – and it wants to make sure the Federal Communications Commission preserves the spectrum they’d use. Boeing thus joins a debate…
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SpaceX speaks up for its Seattle satellite operation after months of low-key work
SpaceX’s Redmond office is the center for its satellite operations. (GeekWire photo by Kevin Lisota) SpaceX has provided a rare update on its Seattle-centric plans to develop a multibillion-dollar Internet satellite network, saying that the work is now at a “critical stage.” That assessment is part of the company’s argument against giving away the bandwidth…