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SatixFy ASIC to support OneWeb’s inflight Wi-Fi network

The ESA has highlighted a deal between OneWeb and SatixFy, a UK manufacturer of electronic components, to deliver Wi-Fi on aircraft via low-orbit telecommunications satellites. OneWeb, the satellite communications service provider, and SatixFy, a UK multibeam antenna and terminal design specialist, signed the agreement at the end of last week. They will develop a new ...

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OneWeb shows its satellite network paces to U.S. Government

OneWeb has announced it has successfully demonstrated its satellite-based communications system to the U.S. Department of Defense for the first time. Aiming to provide connectivity services from November 2021 onwards, OneWeb’s system will feature an initial network of 648 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, global gateways and air, maritime and land user terminals. During the ...

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OneWeb shows its satellite network paces to U.S. Government

OneWeb has announced it has successfully demonstrated its satellite-based communications system to the U.S. Department of Defense for the first time. Aiming to provide connectivity services from November 2021 onwards, OneWeb’s system will feature an initial network of 648 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, global gateways and air, maritime and land user terminals. During the ...

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Digi-Key launches Part Tracing for traceability and verification

Digi-Key has launched Part Tracing for printing information to appear directly on cut tape products. It will also enable engineers to better organise their components and make it easier to visually verify them, says the company. The following information is available to be printed on 8 mm-wide paper carrier tape products: sales order, invoice, line ...

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JAXA progresses inter-satellite optical communication in space

The Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) has announced progress in the development of its LUCAS system, involving inter-satellite optical communication in space using invisible laser light. It has successfully established laser acquisition and tracking between an Optical Data Relay Satellite and an Optical Ground Station, it highlights. LUCAS stands for “Laser Utilizing CommunicAtion System”. Under development ...

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Stefanie Tompkins chosen to lead DARPA

DARPA – the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – has appointed Stefanie Tompkins as its 23rd director. She has previously worked at DARPA for eleven years and was a former military intelligence officer in the U.S. At the end of 2017 she had served as the acting deputy director of the agency. Following this, ...

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SEAKR dealt next phase of Blackjack Pit Boss space programme

DARPA – the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency – has awarded a $60.4m contract to SEAKR Engineering, for Phase Two and Phase Three of the Blackjack Pit Boss programme. The company – a specialist in electronics for space applications – is based in Centennial, Colorado, which is where the work will be carried out. ...

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Speedcast emerges from chapter 11 bankruptcy

Speedcast, the satellite communications and IT services provider, has completed its restructuring process and officially emerged from chapter 11 proceedings. It will now be under the ownership of Centerbridge Partners, a private equity company, following its $500 million equity investment. Speedcast says that it now has a clean balance sheet with no secured debt. The ...

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ESA agrees prototype development for Arctic Weather Satellite mission

The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with OHB Sweden to be the prime contractor for the development of its Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) Programme. The contract, with a total value of €32.5m euros, includes the development of the satellite (including its instrument), the development of the ground segment and also the preparation ...

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