{"id":60225,"date":"2020-03-11T19:51:46","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T11:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/satellite-attendees-take-the-pulse-of-the-industry-on-the-show-floor\/"},"modified":"2020-03-11T19:51:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T11:51:46","slug":"satellite-attendees-take-the-pulse-of-the-industry-on-the-show-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/satellite-attendees-take-the-pulse-of-the-industry-on-the-show-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"SATELLITE Attendees Take the Pulse of the Industry on the Show Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The satellite industry comprises individuals from a variety of backgrounds, market segments, and nationalities. So naturally, everyone who attended the annual SATELLITE 2020 conference in Washington, D.C., brought a different perspective and agenda to the conference. Yet all \u2014 from C-suite leadership speaking at keynote presentations and during sessions, to sales representatives waving hello from their booths on the exhibition floor \u2014 have nothing but enthusiasm and positivity for where the industry is headed.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of concerns surrounding the spread of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, which tempered the presence of some exhibitor booths, most conference-goers exuded an air of cheerfulness and excitement around both the educational sessions and ample networking opportunities, to mingle with industry insiders, forge partnerships and discuss ideas.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9PfUfPZQdWz4hCD8kulC_ShowDaily20_Cover_Day3_DGTL-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" style=\"width: 120px; height: auto;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9PfUfPZQdWz4hCD8kulC_ShowDaily20_Cover_Day3_DGTL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9PfUfPZQdWz4hCD8kulC_ShowDaily20_Cover_Day3_DGTL-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9PfUfPZQdWz4hCD8kulC_ShowDaily20_Cover_Day3_DGTL-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/9PfUfPZQdWz4hCD8kulC_ShowDaily20_Cover_Day3_DGTL.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"fs-5 mt-0\">Explore the Show Daily 2020 Day 3 Issue<\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-0 fs-smaller text-balance\">Check out more from this issue and find your next story to read.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-primary\" type=\"button\" data-bs-toggle=\"offcanvas\" data-bs-target=\"#offcanvasMENU\" aria-controls=\"offcanvasExample\" aria-label=\"button\" style=\"white-space: nowrap;\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tView More <i class=\"bi bi-arrow-right-circle\"><\/i><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button><\/p>\n<p>For Scott Sanders, principal program director of Envistacom, seeing keynote speaker Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO at SpaceX, made his first-time show attendance especially memorable \u2014 because he also earned bragging rights to his daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI liked the way he simplified things,\u201d said Sanders, referring to Musk while strolling through the exhibit hall. \u201cPlug in, point to sky. In satellite, it\u2019s got to be simple.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As he handed out postcard invitations for a technology launch party held at the International Spy Museum on Tuesday night, Sanders chatted about his hopes and plans for meeting with several other conference attendees.<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a69c8d9a5e58;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_737ce075cc05dd766c8f8ea08f3faa73 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 50]).build();var AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([1200, 100], [970, 250]).addSize([768, 100], [600, 300]).addSize([320, 100], [300, 250]).build();AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a69c8d9a5e58 = googletag.defineSlot('\/987\/satellitetoday.com\/via-satellite-digital-issue-ads', [ [600, 300], [300, 250], [970, 250] ], 'div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a69c8d9a5e59').defineSizeMapping(AIMAP_21fe3bcfb86a8660aba4e721ee9338f3).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());   });<\/script><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1774631144891- 0-6a69c8d9a5e59'); });<\/script><\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Placeholder alt text\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/marquee-test-akiaisur2rgicbmpehea\/9P7YzqdJQGccNgvamC96_DSC_1724%202.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> \u201cWhat I\u2019m most excited about are the opportunities that lay ahead that we don\u2019t even know about yet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ramesh Ramaswamy, senior vice president and general manager of the International Division at Hughes, one of the show\u2019s most prominent exhibitors, expressed excitement over his company\u2019s new global distribution agreement with OneWeb, which the company announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will market OneWeb services around the world for applications such as enterprise and government networking, cellular backhaul, and community Wi-Fi hotspots,\u201d Ramaswamy said. \u201cAnd speaking of community Wi-Fi, we also just announced that we have surpassed 1,000 Hughes Express Wi-Fi Hotspots in Latin America. It is exciting to see the adoption of these hotspots and how they are bringing affordable connectivity to people in places that simply did not have access before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Phasor CEO David Helfgott spoke during a session focused on next- gen antenna systems, and said 2020 will be an especially exciting year, given the expected rollout of his company\u2019s phased-array antennas targeting the maritime and land mobile markets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say this year\u2019s show is lower traffic but higher-quality meetings,\u201d Helfgott said. \u201cIt\u2019s always good to talk to your peers and see what everyone is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joakim Espeland, CEO and founder of QuadSAT, said his company made its debut as an exhibitor for the first time in 2020, after several years of attending the show. The Denmark company\u2019s booth displayed photos of drones, which aptly illustrated its mission to \u201ccombine a simulated satellite payload with drone tech to create a brand new way to test satellite antennas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus at the moment is the satellite operator, but we also want to talk more to the antenna manufacturer,\u201d Espeland said.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Pluta of Select Fabricators said his company made the trek to SATELLITE 2020 from Canandaigua, New York, in the hopes of meeting more government contacts and anyone looking to do testing and Radio Frequency (RF) isolation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love it in D.C.,\u201d he said. \u201cMost of our customers are in the government space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script>var AIAD_fcd45f981d570e35cee941b23edc69c7_6a69c8d9a6556;googletag.cmd.push(function(){var AIMAP_29b58f13885ebf8ea6b032f958eb0748 = googletag.sizeMapping().addSize([992, 100], [[970, 90], [970, 250]]).addSize([768, 100], [728, 90]).addSize([320, 100], [320, 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high-growth area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Bill Milroy, chairman and CTO of ThinKom Solutions said that despite a few meeting cancellations, he was looking forward to exhibiting and speaking.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur strategy for this year is somewhat multi-faceted,\u201d Milroy said. \u201cWe continue to successfully build upon the success of our ThinAir KU3030 and ThinAir KA2517 Aeronautical SATCOM (IFC) antenna products with some 1,400 plus installations and 15 million hours plus of accrued flight time on both commercial and government aircraft, and [are] now extending those products to operation on [Low-Earth Orbit] LEO and [Medium Earth Orbit] MEO constellations, supporting seamless roaming from satellite-to-satellite and constellation-to-constellation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Milroy said SATELLITE 2020 continues to offer him and other industry stakeholders a unique opportunity to converge and converse with his entire spectrum of customers, partners, and suppliers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a great way for us to assess, in person, the pulse and trends across our industry, and to do what we can to educate and influence key decision-makers \u2014 such as current and potential customers \u2014 relative to the unique merits and benefits of our own products and technologies,\u201d he said. <strong>VS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>,<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\">In This Issue<\/h2>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<!-- post id 391:  \/code\/wp-content\/themes\/ai-beehive\/template-parts\/content\/post-snippet.php --><\/p>\n<figure class=\"overflow-hidden w-100 me-3\">\n<p>\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V8aWAIk2SZuMWITcqtCe_D7S_7085-300x200.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.satellitetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/V8aWAIk2SZuMWITcqtCe_D7S_7085-300x200.jpg 300w, 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