Tag: Global
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Boeing Delivers First Two O3b mPOWER Satellites to SES
Boeing has delivered the first two O3b mPOWER satellites to SES, a leader in global content connectivity solutions. The all-digital satellites are being prepared in Florida for launch to Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), 8,000 km from Earth, where they will provide low-latency, high-throughput connectivity to users around the world. The satellites combine Boeing’s flight-proven 702…
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Laird Connectivity Acquires Boundary Devices, a Designer and Manufacturer of Embedded Electronics
Laird Connectivity, a global provider of wireless modules, internal antennas, IoT devices, and custom wireless solutions, announced that it has acquired California-based Boundary Devices, a specialist in designing and manufacturing System-on-Modules (SOM) and Single Board Computers (SBC). Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Lake Forest, California, Boundary Devices is a pioneer and leader in providing…
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Satcoms Innovation Group Conclude Potential Risk of Interference from 5G is Controlled for Satellite Systems
The Satcoms Innovation Group (SIG) has concluded that the risk of interference to satellite systems from 5G is, although real, controlled and being effectively resolved on a case-by-case basis by satellite operators and affected clients. This conclusion was reached following a review of the findings of the SIG 5G working group, which commenced in November…
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ESA’s 1st Space Microwave Week Invites Authors to Submit Abstracts Papers for Presentation
The organizers for ESA’s 1st Space Microwave Week have invited prospective authors to submit abstracts of original papers for presentation at the conference. The papers could range from research work or description of new technologies to description of innovative concepts in design, testing, validation, or operation of equipment and systems /subsystems, including their results. Abstracts…
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Stellar Blu Solutions Selects Satcom Direct as the Service Provider for its Sidewinder Aviation Product Line
Satcom Direct (SD), the business aviation solutions provider, has signed an agreement with Stellar Blu Solutions, a supplier of next-generation satellite communications technology. Stellar Blu has selected Satcom Direct as its preferred service provider for executive airliner customers using the Stellar Blu Sidewinder product line. The announcement was made at the Middle Eastern Business Aviation…
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Wireless Telecom Group Announces Sale of CommAgility to E-Space
Wireless Telecom Group announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its radio, baseband and software segment, CommAgility, to global space company, E-Space. The purchase price is $14.5 million, inclusive of $13.75 million in cash consideration and a $750,000 note payable, subject to agreed-upon reductions. The transaction was the result of the…
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Arianespace Partner with Intelsat to Launch Two Satellite Payloads
Arianespace signed a contract with longtime customer Intelsat to launch two satellite payloads, IS-41 and IS-44, using the heavy-lift Ariane 64 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana in 2025. This agreement repurposes a previous launch contract and adds one additional satellite. “We are honored, yet again, by our faithful longtime partner Intelsat with another significant…
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Eutelsat Selects Thales Alenia Space to Build Next-Generation Software-Defined Satellite
Eutelsat Communications has selected Thales Alenia Space to build a next-generation highly flexible, software-defined satellite (SDS). The Flexsat (for flexible satellite) will be based on Thales Alenia Space’s cutting-edge ‘Space Inspire’ (INstant SPace In-orbit REconfiguration) product line, enabling seamless reconfiguration and instant in-orbit adjustment to offer an optimum level of customer service, maximizing the effective…
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TI Expands Space Grade Products with Radiation Hardened and Radiation Tolerant Plastic Packages
Texas Instruments (TI) announced an expansion in its portfolio of space-grade analog semiconductor products in highly reliable plastic packages for a diverse range of missions. TI developed a new device screening specification called space high-grade in plastic (SHP) for radiation-hardened products and introduced new analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) that meet the SHP qualification. TI also introduced…
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SiriusXM Commissions Maxar to Build Two New Satellites
Maxar Technologies and SiriusXM have announced a new agreement commissioning Maxar to build and deliver two new geostationary communications satellites for SiriusXM. The SXM-11 and -12 satellite orders increase the total number of spacecraft in development for SiriusXM by Maxar to four, following the 2021 agreement for the construction of SXM-9 and -10. “This investment…