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RSCC’s Express AM6 satellite. Photo: RSCC [Via Satellite 04-22-2015] Russian Satellite Communications Company’s (RSCC’s) Express AM6 satellite, launched Oct. 21, 2014 aboard a Proton rocket, has initiated service from the 53 degrees east orbital slot. Built by ISS Reshetnev with support from the Radio Research Institute of Russia and MDA Corporation of Canada, the satellite…
Lt. Gen. Sam Greaves, commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, left; Mary Smith, with the Space and Missile Systems Center’s Defense Weather Systems Directorate; Edward Tagliaferri, with SMC’s Infrared Space Systems Directorate; and Col. Michael Guetlein, the first director of the Remote Sensing Systems Directorate. Photo: U.S. Air Force [Via Satellite 04-22-2015] The…
KVH TracVision TV Series. Photo: KVH Industries [Via Satellite 04-22-2015] KVH Industries has released a new antenna system for satellite TV out at sea. The fully stabilized 81-cm (32-inch) diameter TracVision TV8 antenna system enables satellite television for maritime customers such as yacht owners, commercial fishing vessels, tankers and others. Compatible with most Ku-band services,…
The SLM-5650A satellite modem. Photo: Comtech EF Data [Via Satellite 04-22-2015] Comtech Telecommunications’ subsidiary Comtech EF Data received an order from the U.S. government worth $1.3 million for satellite modems. The contract calls specifically for the SLM-5650A satellite modem for use in a government network. The SLM-5650A modem supports data rates from 8 kbps to…
Eduardo Bonini, president of Visiona Tecnologia Espacial. Photo: Visiona [Via Satellite 04-21-2015] Visiona Tecnologia Espacial, a joint venture between Telebras Telecomunicações Brasileiras and Embraer Defense and Security, estimates it is almost halfway to the point where it can build a satellite completely in-house. Established in 2012, the company’s goal is to create a domestic satellite…
Gazprom officials relocating the Yamal 300K satellite. Photo: Gazprom Space Systems [Via Satellite 04-21-2015] Gazprom Space Systems on April 15 began its campaign to move the Yamal 300K satellite from the 90 degrees east orbital slot to a new location at 183 degrees east. The satellite is using electric propulsion to shift east at a…
SKYM 1 in Orbital ATK’s Dulles, Va. satellite manufacturing facility. Photo: Orbital ATK [Via Satellite 04-21-2015] Orbital ATK has transported the Sky Mexico 1 (SKYM 1) satellite for DirecTV to Arianespace’s Kourou, French Guiana launch site after completing the manufacturing in 20 months — four months ahead of schedule. The satellite, Orbital ATK’s first for…
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…