In a first for the industry, six satellites, built in California, to be launched in California, for a California company have arrived at the Vandenberg Air Force Base, where they are scheduled to be launched on a Minotaur rocket in October. Space Systems Loral (SSL), a leading provider of innovative satellites and spacecraft systems, …
Read More »UAE Space Agency Discusses Collaboration With The International Astronautical Federation
A UAE Space Agency delegation, led by Chairman H.E. Dr. Ahmad Belhoul Al Falasi, met with the President of the International Astronautical Federation, Dr. Jean-Yves Le Gall, to discuss a range of opportunities for collaboration in space science, research and education. H.E. Al Falasi also highlighted the UAE’s interest in …
Read More »Airbus Safran Launchers Partners With Telnet-INC to Integrate Microsatellites in Tunisia
The Sfax Technopole signed a partnership agreement with Telnet-INC and Airbus Safran Launchers for the construction of a microsatellite integration, assembly, and testing centre. The protocol signing ceremony was held on Monday, August 14, 2017, at the Sfax Digital Research Centre at the Sfax Technopole in Sfax, Tunisia. “This protocol …
Read More »Breakthrough Listen Detects Repeating Fast Radio Bursts from the Distant Universe
Breakthrough Listen – the initiative to find signs of intelligent life in the universe – has detected 15 fast radio bursts emanating from the mysterious “repeater” FRB 121102. Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are brief, bright pulses of radio emission from distant galaxies. First detected with the Parkes Telescope in …
Read More »UAE’s Thuraya Conducts Intensive Training at Pacific Endeavor 2017
Thuraya Telecommunications recently attended U.S. Pacific Command’s (USPACOM) Pacific Endeavor 2017, hosted by the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) in the United States, where it presented an intensive training workshop on critical satellite communication technologies for first responders and military experts from 22 participating Asia-Pacific countries. The annual invite-only event ran …
Read More »UAE Space Agency Discusses Challenges and Solutions On First Day of ICAO/UNOOSA Aerospace Symposium
Senior UAE Space Agency officials have delivered speeches on issues related to the space and aerospace sectors at a joint event held by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA). Held in Vienna, Austria, from August 29 to 31, the three-day …
Read More »Morocco’s High-Resolution Earth Observation Satellite to be Launched by Arianespace in November 2017
Moroccan press sources are reporting that the kingdom’s first high-resolution Earth observation satellite – currently designated as MN35-13 – is being readied for launch on an Arianespace Vega space launch vehicle from Kourou in French Guiana on November 7 or 8, 2017. The MN35-13 satellite has been built by French-based …
Read More »Inmarsat Certified for GX Aviation Installations on Qatar Airways’ Boeing Aircraft Fleet
Inmarsat (ISAT.L), the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has obtained a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for GX Aviation retrofit installations on Qatar Airways’ Boeing 777 aircraft. The milestone follows an announcement in June that Qatar Airways will be the first Middle Eastern megacarrier to offer GX Aviation …
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Read More »Intelsat’s Stephen Spengler Appointed as Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development
Intelsat S.A., operator of the world’s first Globalized Network and leader in integrated satellite communications, announced on August 24, 2017, that the company’s Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Spengler, has been named a Commissioner of the United Nations Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. The Broadband Commission, jointly managed by the International …
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