Tag: Ground
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ALL.SPACE Delivers First Terminal to SES for MEO Systems Testing
ALL.SPACE has announced the delivery of its first smart terminal to SES for testing over its medium earth orbit systems O3b and O3b mPOWER. The milestone marks one of the final steps before the company officially launches its smart terminal to the defense and commercial market. “Full performance, concurrent connections to multiple satellites in multiple…
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CesiumAstro Unveils New In-Flight Connectivity System with Planned Airbus Demonstrations
CesiumAstro announced its entry into the in-flight connectivity (IFC) market, providing the industry’s most advanced multi-beam active phased array for airborne satellite communications applications. As the leading designer of active phased array technology for low-Earth orbit (LEO) space, CesiumAstro will provide the industry’s first multi-beam make-before-break phased array supporting multiple Ka-band constellations for airborne commercial…
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Orbit Logic and MIT to Develop Satellite Onboard Fault Attribution and Response Solution
Orbit Logic and MIT is researching onboard fault attribution solution for satellite systems. Air Force Research Laboratory has sponsored to Orbit Logic a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract to develop the Satellite Onboard Fault Attribution and Response (SOFAR) solution. The Space Telecommunications, Astronomy and Radiation (STAR) Laboratory in the Department of Aeronautics…
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Kratos Introduces Software-Based Solutions to Modernize SATCOM Ground Systems
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a technology company in defense, national security and global markets, has introduced the first of its OpenSpace® vStar solutions designed to modernize satellite communications (satcom) ground systems and enable them to interoperate smoothly with terrestrial and cellular networks. Part of Kratos’ OpenSpace® Platform, vStar products are virtual replacements for the…
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Taoglas’ GPS/GALILEO Patch Antenna Solution to be used in Ireland’s First-Ever Satellite
Taoglas’ GPS/GALILEO patch antenna solution is to be used in EIRSAT-1. EIRSAT-1, Ireland’s first-ever satellite is due to launch this year. EIRSAT-1 is history in the making and is being carried out by a highly skilled team of researchers and students at UCD. EIRSAT-1 will go into low orbit around the earth and will carry three payloads, including a gamma ray detector, a space…
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Raytheon Technologies Awarded $250 Million Contract for Missile Warning and Tracking Satellite Constellation
Raytheon Technologies received an award valued at more than $250 million to design, develop and deliver a seven-vehicle missile tracking satellite constellation, as well as support launch and ground operations by the Space Development Agency. Once deployed, the low-Earth orbit constellation of networked satellites will become the fifth plane of satellites providing missile warning and…
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Boeing Successfully Demos Anti-Jam Capability for US DoD Satellites
Boeing engineers have successfully demonstrated the company’s Protected Tactical Enterprise Service (PTES) over an on-orbit operational satellite, validating the design for the U.S. Space Force’s ground-based anti-jamming satellite communications (SATCOM) capability. The demonstration was the first time the PTES program integrated all of the end-to-end capabilities and tested them over the air using a commercial…
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Kratos Introduces the Satellite Industry’s First Open Edge Terminal
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a National Security Solutions provider, has released the first of its new OpenEdge™ products, the industry’s first open standards-based and software-enabled satellite terminals. Part of Kratos’ OpenSpace® Platform, OpenEdge is the first generally available family of satellite network edge devices employing a modern, software-defined approach for a range of communications,…
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Maxar Partner with Umbra for Direct Access to Radar Imaging Satellites
Maxar Technologies, a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, and Umbra, a technology company, announced an agreement to provide Maxar with dedicated capacity from satellites in Umbra’s synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery constellation, making that data available in Maxar’s portfolio of Earth Intelligence products and services. The combined offering, which is…
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Filtronic Wins Contract to Deliver Solutions for LEO Satellite Connectivity
Filtronic, a designer and manufacturer of products and sub-systems for the aerospace and defense, telecoms infrastructure, space, and critical communications markets, has announced a new contract win with a global provider of low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication equipments. In recent years there has been considerable work undertaken to develop airborne communications networks that overcome…