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Disaster team tests satellite communications
If all phone and internet systems fail in the Cayman Islands, a new satellite communications system is available now for government and emergency response teams to contact the outside world, according to the Governor’s Office. Prompted by communications issues that arose following devastating storms in the Caribbean last year, theRead More…
Startup plans “gas stations” for satellite servicing
WASHINGTON — A startup company planning to develop orbital propellant depots to assist satellite servicing ventures has raised an initial round of funding to support a first launch as soon as next year. Orbit Fab, a Silicon Valley-based company with about a dozen employees, said Aug. 28 that a roundRead More…
Rupert Pearce and the Connected Car
Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce talks the connected car and the future of satellite communications in connected transportation in the interview below.
Florida May Reach In Its Pockets to Fund Space Launch Services Encouraging Industries and Employment
The state is proposing to chip in nearly $18 million to help SpaceX and Blue Origin build new facilities at Kennedy Space Center that are expected to add at least 140 jobs. Next Wednesday in Tampa, Space Florida’s board of directors will consider two proposals worth $14.5 million supporting SpaceX’sRead More…
SpaceX puts 10 Iridium telecom satellites in orbit – and creates a spectacle in the sky
SpaceX has sent 10 more satellites into orbit for the Iridium NEXT constellation, passing the halfway point in its 75-satellite launch contract. The satellites went into space aboard a two-stage Falcon 9 rocket launched at 5:27 p.m. PT today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, and were deployed sequentiallyRead More…
Cobham Explores Augmented Reality for Maritime Satcom Techs
Cobham SATCOM is working with custom software house Kanda and Osterhout Design Group (ODG) smartglasses to build an Augmented Reality (AR) wearable solution for maritime service technicians. With AR already established as an efficiency-enhancing tool for business and industrial applications, the project is a proof of concept that will showRead More…
SpaceX Launches Third Batch of Iridium Next Satellites
On October 9, 2017 SpaceX successfully delivered 10 additional Iridium Next satellites to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) approximately one hour after its Falcon 9 rocket lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Oct. 9. With two successful launches already completed this year, this third batch of 10Read More…
Launch of Inmarsat-5 F4 Satellite Successful
On Monday, May 15th, 2017 Inmarsat successfully launched its fourth Boeing built Ka-band satellite from the Kennedy Space Center aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The Inmarsat-5 F4 is part of the Global Xpress initiative to connect aircraft, ships at sea, and mobile users on land through an umbrellaRead More…
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