Tag: Satellite Antenna Systems
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Novocomms to Develop Next-Gen Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Antenna for Use in Space
With a grant from UK agency Pivot into Space, Novocomms, a Birmingham-based antenna business, will be involved in an R&D project to develop a next-generation positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) antenna system for use in space. It will be leveraging its existing antenna know-how to develop a proof-of-concept demonstrator by the end of this year.…
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Hughes ESA Terminal Receives Eutelsat OneWeb Approval Enabling Worldwide LEO Connectivity
Hughes Network Systems, an EchoStar company, announced the commercial availability of the Hughes HL1120W Terminal. This electronically steerable antenna-based (ESA) terminal has received Eutelsat OneWeb approval for operation in its low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network and this milestone enables Hughes to bring Eutelsat OneWeb’s enterprise-grade, low-latency, high-speed connectivity to customers across the globe. As…
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Oxford Space Systems Secures £3 Million in Funding to Drive Future Growth
Oxford Space Systems announced that it has completed an equity investment round of c. £3 million to fund growth opportunities that it has identified in the UK and export markets. The funding round was predominantly taken up by existing investors in the company. Oxford Space Systems has seen rapid growth over the past two years,…
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Redwire’s Antenna Technology Successfully Demonstrates Link 16 Transmission from Space
Redwire Corporation, one of the leaders in space infrastructure for the next-generation space economy, announced that its L-Band Link 16 Helical Antenna technology successfully demonstrated the transmission of a Link 16 signal from space. The Link 16 waveform provides a tactical advantage for the warfighter by enabling the transmission of rapid and secure communications directly…
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C3S Pioneers in Developing and Manufacturing Robust Platforms and Subsystems for Satellites
C3S is a determining player in the international nanosatellite industry whose products and solutions serve and support both scientific payloads and industrial demands throughout the missions. Their mission planning activity encompasses 3-16U, high-reliability platform, and subsystem design, as well as the prelaunch simulation software and hardware development and mission operation environment development. They develop and…
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SkyFox Labs Introduces New Space-friendly Active GPS Patch Antenna Module for Cubesats
SkyFox Labs s.r.o., a new Space company and manufacturer of the world’s first space-friendly components for CubeSats and Small Satellites has introduced a new GPS patch antenna module for satellite development The nanoPATCH-L1 is a subminiature version of the Space-Friendly GPS-L1 CubeSat Active Antenna module specially designed to provide a strong signal for GPS satellites…
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ISISPACE Introduces New S-Band Patch Antenna for CubeSats
ISISPACE one of the leading companies in the small satellite market, specializing in realizing innovative turn-key small satellite missions including launch and operations for in-orbit delivery has introduced a new S-band patch antenna for CubeSats. The ISIS S-band patch antenna is part of a new generation of antennas designed for S-band communications on nanosatellites and…
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ESA Continues Work on Fixing Juice’s Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) Antenna
Juice’s ice-penetrating RIME antenna has not yet been deployed as planned. During the first week of commissioning, an issue arose with the 16-meter-long Radar for Icy Moons Exploration (RIME) antenna, which is preventing it from being released from its mounting bracket. Work continues to free the radar and teams at ESA’s mission control center in…
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Satixfy Successfully Demonstrates New Antenna Together with OneWeb Technologies and Air Force Research Lab
SatixFy Communications, one of the leaders in next-generation satellite communication systems announced the completion of a contracted demonstration with OneWeb Technologies and the Air Force Research Lab, to demonstrate SatixFy’s new antenna for use by the United States Department of Defense (DoD), under its initiative Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI). This program was…
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Maxar Awards Contract to L3Harris to Design and Build Large Deployable Reflector Antennas
L3Harris Technologies announced a contract from Maxar Technologies to design and build reflector antennas for two geostationary communication satellites. The two nine-meter unfurlable mesh reflector antennas will provide high-power signals and improved service quality across the satellites’ coverage areas. Similar to an umbrella, the flexible architecture of the antenna makes it collapsible, lightweight, compact, and…