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Barry Matsumori on a panel with Johann-Dietrich Woerner in May 2014. Photo: ESA/P. Sebirot [Via Satellite 08-20-2015] Barry Matsumori, formerly the senior vice president of sales and business development at SpaceX, has joined Virgin Galactic’s satellite launch team. With Virgin Galactic, Matsumori holds the title of senior vice president of business development and advanced concepts for…
GPIM satellite. Photo: Ball Aerospace [Via Satellite 08-20-2015] Aerojet Rocketdyne has delivered the environmentally friendly propellant propulsion subsystem to Ball Aerospace for NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission (GPIM). Ball Aerospace, prime contractor for GPIM, will integrate the propulsion subsystem, consisting of a propellant tank and five 1-newton thrusters, into its BCP 100 spacecraft bus. NASA’s…
Nice, France. Photo: Kurt Bauschardt [Via Satellite 08-20-2015] Satellite Solutions Worldwide (SSW) a communications company specializing in rural, last-mile satellite broadband, has acquired Sat2Way, a satellite broadband provider in France for €825,000 ($925,000) in cash. The purchase, for 100 percent of the share capital, grows SSW’s presence in France, where the company has more than…
DirecTV’s 4K Genie Mini. Photo: DirecTV [Via Satellite 08-20-2015] DirecTV, now part of AT&T, is offering a new Set Top Box (STB), the 4K Genie Mini, to expand the number of customers who can access 4K movies without a “DirecTV ready” 4K TV. The new STB offers full Genie and 4K capability, and also supports…
Worker at Elara’s teleport in Mexico City. Photo: Elara Comunicaciones [Via Satellite 08-19-2015] Mexican telecommunications company Elara Comunicaciones has recently struck a partnership with private equity firm Northgate Capital that will enable the company’s “aggressive” growth plans over the next five years. In exchange for a control stake in the teleport, Northgate will invest up…
AsiaSat 8 spacecraft on the vibration table for testing. Photo: AsiaSat [Via Satellite 08-19-2015] AsiaSat has reached an agreement with In-Flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFE&C) service provider Aircom Pacific for using AsiaSat’s transponder capacity and uplinking services. Under the agreement, Aircom Pacific will use Ka-band and Ku-band capacity on AsiaSat 7 and AsiaSat 8 to…
The Kidnected World team on a 2011 visit to Cambodia with partners Cambodia Children’s Fund. Photo: Kidnected World. [Via Satellite 08-19-2015] NewCom International, a global satellite communications provider dedicated to advancing education, health care and economic growth in remote regions throughout the world, has teamed with Kidnected World, a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that provides online…
Rt1.tv OB van HD 6 SNG. Photo: Rt1.tv [Via Satellite 08-19-2015] German media production company in satellite-based live broadcasting, rt1.tv production GmbH, has invested in Riedel Communications’ MediorNet real-time media network and Artist digital matrix intercom system for its new OB van and three Digital Satellite Newsgathering (DSNG) vehicles. Rt1.tv has integrated 13 MediorNet Compact…
Artist’s rendition of Galileo Satellites 5 & 6. Photo: ESA/ J Huart [Via Satellite 08-19-2015] Lime Microsystems and Airbus Defence and Space, with funding from Innovate UK (formerly the Technology Strategy Board), announced a joint development of GNSS products. Airbus Defence and Space, using Lime’s Field Programmable RF (FPRF) transceiver technology, is developing a robust…
O3b’s AVL land transportable antenna. Photo: O3b Networks [Via Satellite 08-18-2015] O3B Networks is planning on ordering more satellites and releasing new antennas to bolster its Ka-band High Throughput Satellite (HTS) network in the near future. Steve Collar, CEO of O3b, told Via Satellite that the company intends to increase its capacity in space in the…