News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
Yachters using maritime connectivity. Photo: MTN Communications [Via Satellite 04-21-2015] MTN Communications has released “MTN UltraBurst,” an on-demand, consumption based Ku-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) service for yachting customers during the 2015 Mediterranean season. The service allows captains and Electronic Technical Officers (ETOs) using the MTN Maestro mobile app — MTN Conductor — to access…
An AWMT-3000LK transceiver. Photo: Advantech Wireless [Via Satellite 04-21-2015] Advantech Wireless’ Solid State Ku-band transceiver system has successfully undergone the Indian Defense Environment Standard (JSS 5555), making it the first ground-based solid-state amplifier system to achieve the standard in India. The same equipment also completed tests for a MIL-STD-461E requirement matrix specified for the Indian…
Joseph Ensor, VP and general manager of Northrop Grumman’s space ISR systems division. Photo: Northrop Grumman [Via Satellite 04-20-2015] Northrop Grumman recently decided to divide its Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting Systems division (ISR&TSD) in two, separating satellite systems from those that are airborne. The pivot back to separate divisions returns the company to the…
Satellite dishes for Turksat 6A. Photo: Anadolu Agency [Via Satellite 04-20-2015] Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reports the country has started manufacturing the Turksat 6 satellite for Turksat. The five-year project is expected to cost roughly $205 million, with a launch in 2020. The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) is leading the TurkSat 6A project…
A cell tower. Photo: Phil Hart (Flickr) [Via Satellite 04-20-2015] Northern Sky Research (NSR) projects revenues from wireless backhaul over satellite will climb from $1.7 billion in 2014 to $5.3 billion by 2024. The research firm’s recently issued “Wireless Backhaul via Satellite, 9th Edition” report shows a steady increase in the prominence of High Throughput…
Azerbaijan’s national stadium for the Baku 2015 European Games. Photo: Baku 2015 European Games [Via Satellite 04-20-2015] The Baku 2015 European Games has appointed Azercosmos as an official supporter and supplier of broadcast telecommunication satellite services. The company is tasked with transmitting the games to billions of television viewers globally. Azercosmos will supply a Satellite…
[Via Satellite 04-20-2015] Iron Mountain has awarded a contract to InSync Software, an Internet of Things (IoT) solutions provider Orbcomm acquired in January 2015, to leverage the company’s iApp software and Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID)-enabled audit carts (iRover) for its RFID-enabled inventory governance solution. InSync Software and Iron Mountain collaborated to design, deploy and support a global…
Export Development Canada’s (EDC) building. Photo: EDC [Via Satellite 04-17-2015] Export Development Canada’s (EDC’s) recent financing of Hispasat’s Amazonas 5 satellite could be a signal of greater activity within the nation’s satellite industry. On March 30 the Canadian Export Credit Agency (ECA) agreed to fund approximately $149 million for the Amazonas 5, which MacDonald Dettwiler…
Dream Chaser [Via Satellite 04-17-2015] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have signed a new agreement to work together on the Dream Chaser space vehicle. The company and the space agency will extend a previous one-year Dream Chaser technical agreement signed in 2013 out to 2017. The partnership continues developmental work and…
Our Telekom plans to expand its satellite broadband from the Solomon Islands’ capital city of Honiara to the outer islands. Photo: Jenny Scott (Flickr) [Via Satellite 04-17-2015] Solomon Telekom Company Limited (Our Telekom) has started using O3b Network’s Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) service for backhaul in the Solomon Islands. The telco established a new…